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i) CA SS C ITY CHRONICL, E @ Vol. 15, No. 1. CASS CITY, MICH., FRIDAY, MAY 9, 1919 8 PAGES =~ 7=, ............ ........... BoYs AR IVE the State of Michigan, do hereby ALL SOLDIERSOFA:E.F.HoMEBY AUGUST!C~SS gIIY Wl~8 HOME FR()M OVERSEAS designate and set aside Sunday, MeW TI?I-01JNTY • i ¸ eleventh next, as Mothers / Day and I call upon our people, both young" Washington, May 7.--Secretary Ba- The following soldier boys from and old, to ~ather in their several ker announced today that by August T~umb counties arrived at New York places of worship and tahe part in 11 the last man of the American expedi- NOEATH[ETIC FAME !frOm overseas within the past week: E[T HERE JU E services appropriate to the day, and, tionary forces will have been with- t Frank E. Wallace, Owendale. by the wearing of a red flower for drawn from France. He said this es- I James O. Coan, Kingston. the living mother and a white for the THUMB CHAMPIONSHIP IN BASE timate was based on the movement t Win. J. Hebner, Bad Axe. ORIGIN OF FIRE UNKNOWN; dear departed, to symbbHze tk_eir love of 300,000 men a month to the United [~ John L. Harris, North Branch. ABOUT $4,000 IS ESTIMATE BALL WILL ALSO BE and reverence for the mothers of the States. Mike Makowski, Harbor Beach. DECIDED. INTERSCHOLASTIC. OF PROPERTY RUINED. nation. Already, Mr. Baker said, the Jacob q)ienes, Bad Axe. suggest too that absent American° forces in France have been Andrew A. Markham, Croswell. Let me sons and daughters tat:e this occasion divorced from the army of occupation. Francis J. McCormick, Caseville. Meredith Auten Tells How Local J. N. Dorman, Hires Condensed MiIk to visit, if possible, the mother in the Response to P~eIiminary Announce- Plans have been completed to supply Melvin Pollard, Sandusky. Quartette Went from Obscurity Company and Mrs. Agnes Hill old home, or, such a visit is ments Very Encouraging; Big the force in : Germany through the Chas. B. Cudney, Applegate. where impossible, that they send a message Crowd Is Assured. ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam, re- to Prominence. ~ Ervin M. Smith, Snorer. Are the Losers. of cheer and greeting-. By this may moving the necessity for maintainin~ Anthony VaIkorin, Caseville. mothers know in rush of at.- the 700-mile line of communication Capt. Gee. H. Wilson, Care. that the fairs forgotten. The response to preliminary an- from Blest. The French port wilt be The Cass City high school entered Julius Carpenter, Vassar. Shortly after three o'clock Satur- they are not accordance with a ~aouncements of the Tri-county high maintained, however, for the with- into athletic fame in the southern Robt. V. Bailey, Bad Axe. day morning, fire was discovered in In resolution of Congress school track and field meet at Cass drawal of the A. E. F. part of Michigan last Saturday. Our the J. N. Dorman warehouse build- the of the United States, I request the people Michi- City on Wednesday, June 1t, from More than half of the expedition- boys in the dressing-room were an in- ings on Seeger Street. south and with- further of g'an on the day aforesaid to display ~he many high schools in the three ary force has now left France, Mr. conspicuous group, four in number in an hour they were destroyed by the United States flag in their homes c(mnties of Sanilac, Huron and Tus- Baker said and as the withdrawal and I doubt very much if the name in SPE[IAL LUN Y the flames and in other suitable places, as a fit- cola, has been very encouraging and progresses facilities which were used their corner was even noticed, "Cass The fire, the origin of which has not ting expression of their desire to pay the members of the local high school for those forces are being turned back City." The other schools like Battle TAXES EFFECTIVEbeen determined, started in the build- homage to American mothekhood. are much pleased over the hearty re- either to private owners or to the mu- Creek, Kalamazoo, and Grand Rapids ing formerly used as an ice house. Given under my hand and 'the ception given the meet by the high nicipalities which they belonged. had dozens of men standing around, This has been used of late for storage to Most Lines of Business Must Add I Great Seal of State this twenty- school athletes of the Thumb. getting rubbed down, puttin~ on lini- and when the fire was discovered this the ninth day of April, in the year of our The best schools from the three ment, etc. Clark LtrcKenzie, Claude to Retail Prices to Pay building was a mass of flames. The Lord thousand nine hundred and counties will be here vAth the best Wheeler, and I (this is Meredith Au- Government. fire was not long in travelling to the one nineteen, and of Commonwealth they have and every courtesy will be "THE SCHOOL OF ten talking) seemed to be the only main building, a structure which has the shown visiting teams and spectators. ones interested. stood on Seater St. for about 30 the eighty-third,. ALBERT E. C;LEEPER, Considerable money and effort is be- The men went out on to the field in The revenue act of 1918 provides years. This bui!ding together with a HERE E)[T TUESDAY Governor. ing spent by the lqcal high school and a pouring rain. One of the first events for a so-cMled luxury schedule, a small oil house adjoining is now a Governor: b~siness men to make the meet a was the" shot put.. Dodge got first. special tax upon many articles pur- mass of ruins. By the Vaug'han, success and Cass City is looking- for Senior Class Will Present Five- That was the public's first introduc- chased generally by the public. The main building was originally Coleman C. tion to Cass City. A few minutes la- Secretary of State. a large crowd from all parts of the act Comedy at the Opera The tax is on all articles of jewel- erected as a barn and over a quarter Thumb on June 11. ter earne the 440 yard run. Gowan ry, real or imitation, on which must of a century ago was moved to the House. g'ot in a trap for the first 220 yards. be paid a tax of 5 per cent to the re- The following is the program as ar- corner of Seeger and Third streets i We were a little fearful for him but tailer. The same on watches, clocks, ranged for the day: where the late H~nry Robinson con- he used his head and knew his speed. opera glasses, etc. dueted a woolen mill. He was suc- OONDE $ABY ENPLOYEES 9:30 Base ball game. The Senior Class of the Cass City He slowed up, got off to the outside of high schgot presents a classical come- Manufacturers of candY, either at ceeded by J. N. Dorman and 3.~r. Dor- 11:00 100-yd. dash trial heats (if the track, and on the latter part of wholesale or retail must record the man, later disposing of the woolen needed). dy, "The School for Scandal" at the the rear stretch, he tore by the crowd opera house next Tuesday evening', number of pounds made each month mill machinery, used the building" for Discus. as though they were tied and finished and pay a special tax of 5 per cent a grocery store. In late years, it has 12:00 Dinner. May 13, with the following east of in the lead with a gcod ten yards to Hires Co. Adds $10,700, Giving Local characters: of the price at which it is sold. been used as a storage buiKting. The 1:30 100-yd. dash finals. spare. "Cass City, were is that?" Plant Credit for $1G400 in Vic- Sir Peter Teazle : Cameron WalIace Proprietors of theaters, museums, tructure was buitt in days when pine Broad jump. iThey learned more about it later. ~ tory Loan Campaign. Sir Oliver Surface ....... coi~cert halls where an admission fee umber was most plentiful in the 1:45 880-yd. run. When it cafne to the discus throw, ...... Benj. Benketman, jr. is charged and which seat not more Thumb of Michigan and the building Shot put. the prettiest thrower in the bunch was than 250 persons must pay a tax of contained some very fine specimens 2:00 220-yd. dash. Joseph Surface ..... Frank Dodge i Jim Brooker and he took first in that. $50 per year. On those seating not Two weeks ago the Chronicle print- Charles Surface . Wayne Flee>or ~of pine. Pole vault. ':A little later he entered the pole more than 500 the tax is $100 per ] ~Ir. Dorman, the owner of the ed an article regarding the whirlwind 2:15 Running high jump. Cr~btree ...... Robert Adams .vault" i had~ to laugh at the way the ye~r;~o~ fo~-" 800 capacity $150. In pla- campaign for Victory Loan bonds at Sir Benj. Backbite . Grey Lenzner i buildine;s, estimates his loss at $1,- Mile run. other schools had their poles done up cos of 5 000 and undm2tt~e rate is one- 500. No insurance was carried. the plant, of the Hires Condensed. 2:30 220-yd. tow hurdles. Rowley ........ Charles Wood !in towels to keep them dry. Our pole l ~ ' ve amounts Milk Coo 'at Cass City when subscrip- Moses ..... Colin McRae The Hires Condensed Mi!k Co.