The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-04-27
THUMB TALES
TERSELY TOLD
Items Taken From Newspapers of
NeighbOring Towns and
Villages

North Branch has set April %
and % for it's annual cleanup
days.
The new M. E. church at APP
plegate will be dedicated the 18th
of May.
A new bus line started last Sat
urday between Brown City AMI
Saginaw.
A German reunion was held in
Croswell recently, when more than
800 were present.
Capt Asa Tappan, of st. Clair,
brother to Judge Harvey Tappan,
was taken by death last week.
Harsen's Island wants 5000
tons of crushed stone from it's
township for better roads and also
wants more adequate ferry SER
vice.
Every store and Office in Bad
Axe was closed last week Tues
day during the funeral services
of Donald McAuley, Huron county
sheriff.
Ex-Governor A. E. Sleeper has
been elected pl esident of the Tru-
man Moss state bank at Sandusky
in place of Thomas J. Anketell. Of
Detroit.
4 bequest of $1,000 has been
made by the recently deceased
Mrs. Emma F. Rice, former res
ident Of st. Clair, to the st. Clair =
Hospital.
The Commercial and Savings
Bank of st. Clair will erect new
bank home this summer, starting
the first of May and to be finish
ed by October.
Omar D. Thompson, an old res
ident of Romeo, a man we'll be-
loved by all, for twenty-five years
principal of it's schools died last
week at the age of sc years.
Louis Goldstein, of st. Clair,
has received word from Russia
that his two brothers in that far
off famine stricken land, have
died from starvation. Mr.. Gold
stein has sent money, clothing and
provisions to his relatives. but he
has been told they never received
anything.
S. w. MacFarland, receiver for
the Aikman Bakery Co., of Port
Huron, last week sold at public
auction the plant and all assets
of the concern to E. A. West, Of
Port Huron, who, it is understood,
represents local parties, interest
ed in the company. The sale price
was $4,000.
Ed Burns, Emmett, was award
ed the contract of Road No. Is,
at $60,599.84, and No. 15 3, at
$443, ,660.50. These roads are in
Sanilac Co. The contract covers
Lapeer road from the village Of
Peck west to the county line, dis
tance of about nine miles. The
road through Peck will be con-
crete.
Edgar A. Guest, of Detroit, was
in Croswell on Wednesday eve
ming of last week under the aus
pices of the Mems Brotherhood.
The entertainment was held in the
Maxine Theatre. The Croswell
orchestra gave a few selections
and the theatre company showed
comedy. David e. Hubbell then
introduced Mr.. Guest.
William Kohns, jr, aged II
years, a Capac high school stud
ent and son of William Kohns,
was struck by an automobile on
Friday night last, as he was re-
turning from a box social at the
Shut school house. He with three
girls were walking home and just
reached the cement road on Main
street. The machine driven by
Fred Knoll, had turned out to
avoid a party of people walking on
the opposite side of the road and
in doing so ran into the Kohns
party. The unfortunate victim
was thrown to one side of the auto
cutting a big hole in his skull and
tearing out one Of his eyes. The
driver quickly stopped and took
the boy to a doctors office, but
he was beyond aid. dying in half
an hour. Two of the girls were
also knocked down by the machine
but escaped injury. Fred Knoll,
% years of age, is nearly frantic
with grief over the heart rending
accident.