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Ypsilanti Town News Notes

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Day
5
Month
June
Year
1903
Copyright
Public Domain
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YPSILANTI TOWN NEWS NOTES

Mrs. William Rowe, who has been unable to walk on account of an attack of inflammatory rheumatism, is now a able to be about.

Mrs. M. E. Freeman is quite comfortable at present.

The severe storm on Wednesday of last week blew the cupalo from the barn of George Wiard. The silo belonging to Charles Foster was also totally wrecked.

A nephew from Jackson is visiting John C. Tuttle.

Decoration day was appropriately observed at the Udell cemetery. The pupils of the Tuttle school gave a short and impressive program, opening with a spear drill and closing with a flag drill.

The Tuttle school closed Friday afternoon with a program. There were two eighth grade graduates, Miss Ruth and Master Peyton Draper, who acquitted themselves creditably with their essays. Miss Ruth had for a topic, "A Pleasant Evening," which was spent with famous men and women. Peyton's topic was "Ancient and Modern -Warfare." He gave a very concise description of war implements in both ancient and modern times, closing with an appeal that these methods will eventually be supplemented by the more humane methods of the Peace Commission. The pupils presented their teacher, Miss Grace Crittenden, with a beautiful silver cake basket and Miss Crittenden presented the school with five volumes for the library, Tales from Shakespeare, Whittier's Poems, Dicken's Child's History of England, Prescott's Conquest of Peru, (2 vol). At the close of the program ice cream and cake was served. The house was well filled.

The Allen school, taught by Miss Carrie Fenton, closes Friday with graduating exercises and a program by the school In the evening. The public is invited.

The L H. H. will meet with Mrs. Walter Stockdale on the afternoon of June 11.

Miss Nina Munch, a ninth grade pupil from the Tuttle school, entered ' the high school Monday for reviews and examinations.