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DR. ALFRED J. DELACY
Dr. Alfred J. Delacy, the subject of this cut, was born in Edenburg, Scotland April 16, 1835. He came to Boyne City in 1883 and practiced medicine here until 1900 when he left the city and has been away more or less since. He was elected President of the village in 1886 and held the office continuously for nine years. He was county physician for three years and health officer for six years. Much of his early practice was long, country trips, the roads, if they were any, were bad and in the winter the snow was very deep. It was often necessary for the doctor to take his pay in chickens, a pig, a calf or in fact most anything, as money was scarce. Many of the Doctor's records were burned in the courthouse fire here in 1887.
S.A. FLEMING
Mr. S.A. Fleming, proprietor of the Boyne City House Furnishing store is, comparatively a newcomer among local merchants. He is a Wolverine by birth, and had been farmer boy, school teacher, bookkeeper, office manager and furniture man. His long experience at Grand Rapids, the furniture city, put him in touch with some of the best places to buy reliable goods. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming came to Boyne City to make it their permanent home, and are interested in anything that tends to the advancement of the town.
URQUHART AND MADDEN
A.G. Urquhart graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1903. He practiced law at Besmer, Michigan one year and came to Boyne City in February 1904. His law business has had a steady growth. He was city attorney two years and was elected circuit court commissioner six years ago, which office he still holds. January 1911, he took as partner in his steadily increasing business George Madden. Mr. Madden has been a resident of Boyne City since 1903 and conducted a livery and dray line previous to the real estate business. Urquhart and Madden make a very good combination and their increasing business and prosperous
D.H. FRANCIS
D.H. Francis, proprietor of the Francis Music House, came to Boyne City in 3.904 and Started a music score on Park Street. The following summer he built a two story and basement brick store at 310 Lake Street where he is at present located, where he has built up a permanent business of which he is justly proud- He handles a line of strictly high grade pianos including many prominent makes. The first three years he rented a part of the store, but the business has grown so he is now using the whole building.
WILL M. MCGILLIVERY
Will MacGillivery, our pressman, is one of the best all around printers, considering his age, that can be found. He is exceptionally capable as a make-ready man and as a newspaper "make-up" could hold a position on any paper. He has been around a print shop for years, in fact he could not be kept away from one from the time he was large enough to hold a composing stick. He probably feeds cylinder and jobber as rapidly as any man in the country. Our 2000 per hour stonemetz cylinder is as easy for Bill as an old drum cylinder at 500 would be for some.
R.C. LEAVENWORTH
R.C. Leavenworth came to our city in 1904 from Luther, Michigan. The same year he built the building, which he now occupies as a photograph gallery. In 1307, he purchased the brick building now occupied by The Times and the next year built- on the lot between the two buildings. Mr. Leavenworth is not only an artist, but a lover of nature. When trout season opens he is devoted to sun-rise views and incidentally brings home a well filled basket of fish. When hunting season opens he studies the artistic wooded hillsides oŁ Northern Michigan and brings home all the deer the law will allow.
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