We continue with our theme of “Albion, 100 Years Ago.” May 1, 1922. “Funeral services for the late Emil A. Haeske of Detroit, former Albion resident who died Wednesday at Harper Hospital, were held at his home in Detroit, and burial was in Woodmere Cemetery.”
“The detachment of U.S. regular troops that hiked through Albion Saturday morning made camp Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night near the former Vernor farm jest west of Marengo Village.”
May 4, 1922. “William Neisley, a fireman for the Albion Malleable Iron Company, will be liable to receive offers from some circus side-show if he performs many more stunts like the one he did yesterday. In discussing with fellow workmen his ability to perform gastronomic feats, he modestly stated that he thought he could eat four dozen eggs without any difficulty and his friends agreed to buy them if he could turn the trick. The eggs were secured and he proceeded to down the lot without any great inconvenience during the stunt or afterward.”
May 11, 1922. “The case of the people against George Ballentine of Homer, charged with transporting cider purchased of Albert Reese, was dismissed in Justice Hughes’ court in Marshall Wednesday on motion of his attorney, Adrian Cooper.”
May 15, 1922. “Two broken ribs, two black eyes, a broken nose and a bad cut on his face comprised the sum total of injuries received by Felix Wolshinski, 927 Carson St., in a fight occurring on Austin Avenue about 3 o’clock Sunday morning. The local officers say that the other man in the mix-up was Joe Lutski, a blacksmith living at 712 N. Albion St. The fight is said to have started in an Austin Avenue residence just east of Albion St., over a woman.”
May 18, 1922. “A rather featureless meeting of the city council was held last evening at the city offices, with nothing but routine matters being taken up.”
May 23, 1922. “James Sheldon Riley Gives City $50,000. At a special meeting of the city council held last evening, James Sheldon Riley of Los Angeles, better known to his Albion friends as “Don” Riley offered to the city a gift of $50,000 to be used for the erection of a municipal hospital. This fulfills a wish by his mother, Mrs. Madelon Sheldon Leffingwell during her lifetime, that the sum from her estate might go to the establishing of some memorial in Albion which should perpetuate the memory of her father James W. Sheldon, one of the pioneer builders of this city.”
May 25, 1922. “South School Site Favored by Committee. At a special meeting of the city council held this morning to look into the site for the James W. Sheldon Memorial Hospital, the recommendation that the South Ward School property be taken over for that purpose, was adopted by a unanimous vote.”
May 29, 1922. “Dempsky Cleared by State Board. By a vote of 3 to 2, Volick Dempsky, the local high school pitching phenom, was last Saturday declared eligible for all games played. The board of control of the Michigan Interscholastic Athletic Association met last Saturday at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor to decide the case. The charges brought against Dempsky by the Marshall High School authorities were gone over and counter testimony weighed. The board then cleared the Albion man of all charges.
