“Albion in the 20th Century”
by Frank Passic, Albion Historian

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Index and Corrections

Numeric Entries

1935 Centennial parade - 44

1939 Migratory Waterfowl stamp - 21

1947 “A” team - 64

1948 Berlin airlift - 59

1953 National Jamboree, BSA – 73

1999 Festival of the Forks - 113

2001 Festival of the Forks - 121

2001 Whitewater Open Canoeing - 115

46th Division Artillery - 91

4-H Club tractor-maintenance program - 67

4th of July parade – 62

A

A & P Supermarket - 49

Adams & Kemler Electric shop - 13

Adie, Madeline - 122

African-American Veterans of World War I - 39

Air Force Filter Center - 82

Albion Across the USA - 113

“Albion Aglow” - 108

Albion airfield - 70

Albion All-America City – 98, 99

Albion Area Ambulance Service - 96

Albion Auto Sales Chrysler dealership - 78

Albion Beverage Company - 35

Albion Board of Education - 126

Albion Business & Professional Women’s Club - 43

Albion Chamber of Commerce - 85, 98, 103, 105

Albion Church Slow Pitch Softball League - 100

Albion City Council - 125

Albion City Hospital - 14

Albion City Manager - 125

Albion Civic Foundation - 92, 117

Albion College

Albion Community Foundation - 113

Baldwin Hall - 71

Britons football team – 109-111

Church steeple - 84

Dean of Women - 59

Earn, Learn and Play program - 97

Ferguson Center - 128

Football – 39, 109-111

Football coach Pete Schmidt - 110

Homecoming parade, 1915 - 15

Interstate 94 - 7

Kellogg Center - 116
Mitchell, Dr. Peter - 116

National Whitewater Open Canoeing - 115

Sigma Nu House - 48

Student Army Training Corps - 30

Tau Kappa Epsilon House - 48

Albion Community Hospital - 96, 122, 123

Albion Day Care Center - 90

Albion Department of Public Safety - 16

Albion Elevator – 12, 74

Albion Evening Recorder newspaper - 78

Albion Fire Department - 16

Albion Foodland Grocery - 101

Albion Forensic Debate Teams - 67

Albion Frozen Food Market - 74

Albion Health Services Board of Directors - 122

Albion High School - 40, 51, 67, 76, 103, 112

Albion High School Girls Swim Team - 112

Albion High School Glee Club - 51

Albion Junior Chamber of Commerce - 82

Albion Lumber Company - 96

Albion Malleable Iron Company

Albion Public Schools M. Duckworth - 90

Albion State Bank - 32

American Molder Statue – 2, 92

Boy Scouts, miniature foundry - 73

Carter, Collins - 2, 53, 92, 93

Dubina Boarding House - 63

Duck Lake Meeting of Supervisors - 53

Fire Brigade - 68

First prize yellow perch - 75

Founders Society - 65

Giants Fast-Pitch Softball Team - 77

Hayes-Albion Corporation - 93

Holy Ascension Orthodox Church - 33

Interstate 94 - 7

Kessler, Warren S. - 32, 85

Lloyd, Thomas T. - 53, 92, 93

Mexican workers - 64

Michigan Central Railroad - 18, 27

Parker, Harry B. - 32, 34

Russian Baptist Church - 34

Tokens - 51

Union Local 413 - 68, 69

Albion merchants train - 108

Albion National Bank - 19

Albion Post Office - 24

Albion Public Schools float - 121

Albion Recycling Center - 102

Albion State Bank - 32

Albion Township officials - 24

Ali, Muhammad - 120

All-America City award – 98, 99

Allen, Keith - 40

Allen, Sylvester - 48

Amateur Boxing - 49

Amberton Village subdivision - 70

AME Zion Church - 31

American Legion - 29, 39, 81, 82, 118

American Molder Statue - 2, 92

American Morgan Horse Association - 114

Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl – 109

Anderla, Mark - 114

Anderla, Matt -114

Anderla, Michael - 114

Anderson, Edward “Doc” - 72

Anderson, William - 24

Angels Messengers float - 15

Angle parking - 54

Anglin, Dan - 100

Ansterburg, William Ed - 24

Armistice Day - 30

Army, see World War I, II

Army-Navy Production “E” Award - 58, 60

Arza McCutcheon, Real Estate - 10

Asaro, Sr., Peter - 88

Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company - 49

Auto mechanics class - 42

Auto racing - 70, 106

B

Baader, August J. - 15

Bachinski, Lou - 77

Bacon, Lloyd - 52

Bailey, Herb - 68

Baker, Lowell W. - 24

Baldwin Hall, Albion College - 71

Baldwin, Eric - 100

Baldwin, Joseph A. - 58

Baldwin, Rev. Charles - 71

Banks, Billy - 53

Barber Shop - 36

Barnes, Truman L. - 102

Barr, Fredd - 52

Baseball, see also Softball - 20, 64, 77

Baseball celebrity James "Deacon" McGuire - 20

Baseball, T- Ball - 77

Bastian, Mary - 44

Beard, Dan - 73

Bearman, Benjamin - 114, 118

Bearman, Teddi - 114

Bedient, Jack C. - 82

Behling, Albert C. - 22

Behling, Wilta - 51

Belcher, Commodore Perry - 24

Bell, Fred - 53

Bell, Jeff - 118

Bellman, William - 53

Bentley, Terry (Ward) - 89

Ben Franklin grocery - 11

Berry, Hardy - 68

Biggs, Lucille - 44

Bijou Theatre - 15, 16

Billboard: Albion College Britons 1994 - 111

Billings, David - 51

Birdsall, Elizabeth - 51

Bitney, Dewey - 52

Blair, Homer drug store - 10

Blakeley, Mrs. Juliette Calhoun - 43

Blanche Holden tavern - 12

Blankenbaker, O . - 52

Bobzien, Lisa - 112

Boehlke, Eugene - 67

Boff, Mike - 122

Bohm Theatre - 65, 78

Bohm, Virginia - 51

Bokovec, Nina - 34

Bommarito, Jim - 64

Bommarito, Joe - 77

Borthwick, Bruce - 127

Bournelis Shoe Repair - 62

Boxing - 49, 95

Boy Scouts - 62, 72, 73, 81, 92, 114

Boyd, Lee - 53

Boyer, Joan - 89

Bradford, Geraldine - 51

Brankovich, Leada - 50

Brankovich, Peter - 34

Brendtro, Dr . Larry - 120

Brick streets - 54-56, 104-107, 119

Bridges

Cass Street bridge - 117

N. Albion St. bridge - 28

Porter St. footbridge - 14

Britons football team - 109, 111

Brown, Pastor Robert L. - 100

Brown, William F. - 100

Brownell, E. Lauraine - 40

Brownridge Drugs - 65

Brownridge, Joseph G. - 65

Brownswood Road - 107

Bruce Kinmont Drugstore - 11

Bruffee, A . T. - 52

Brunner’s Dairy - 79

Builders, The - 38

Burden, Jack - 53

Burns, Thelma - 44

Bushong, Lynn - 66

Buskirk, Ben - 114

Bussing, Harold - 40

Butler, Jr., Ralph - 62

Butters, Barbara - 44

Butzer, L . Feroda - 40

Byron D. Robinson Jewelers - 12

C

Cable, Ernest - 53

Caines, Esther - 51

Caines, Mary - 51

Calderone, Santo - 35

Calderone, Victor - 35

Calhoun County Board of Supervisors - 91

Camp Grayling - 91

Cannon Park - 12

Canoeing - 115

Cardboard Classic sled race - 108

Cargo, Adrian - 127

Carland, Custer T. - 45

Carr, Ruth - 51

Carrigan Grocery - 80

Carrigan, Anne - 80

Carrigan, Leland - 80

Carrington, E.C. grocery - 10

Carter, Collins - 2, 53, 92, 93

Carter, Mary - 2

Carter, Sue - 67

Carver, Stuart - 52

Cascarelli’s Tavern & Restaurant - 66

Cass Street bridge - 117

Castle, Joel - 90

Castle, Lewis - 90

Cemetery, see Riverside Cemetery

Centennial Celebration, July 1-7, 1935 - 44

Centennial Queen - 44

Central Meat Market - 37

Chamber of Commerce – 82, 85, 98, 103-105, 108, 111

Chandler, Robert - 57

Charlotte - 44

Chesebrough, Bernard - 52

Chesney, Ed - 2

Christensen, Mary - 112

Christmas parade - 108

Church steeple - 84

Churches

First Presbyterian Church - 90

First United Methodist Church - 84

Goodrich and Wesley Chapels – 84

Grace Temple Church of God in Christ – 100

Holy Ascension Orthodox Church - 33

Leggett Chapel AME Zion Church - 31

Methodist Church - 38, 40

Russian Baptist Church - 34, 34, 36, 50

Russian Gospel Singers Choir - 50

St. John’s Catholic Church - 128, 84, 114

Cigar-making firm - 15

Citizens to Beautify Albion - 118

Cities see also Villages

Charlotte - 44

Eaton Rapids - 44

Litchfield - 44

Marshall - 44

City Government

Albion City Council - 125

Albion City Manager - 98, 125

Albion Department of Public Safety - 16, 125

Albion Township officials - 24

City Hall - 82

City of Albion - 81, 99

"Dog tax" - 22

Recent Albion Mayors - 124

Civil Defense - 82

Civil War cannon - 12

Clark, Charles - 100

Clark, Frank - 64

Clark, Richard - 100

Coal storage areas - 87

Coats, Leroy - 100

Coddington, Darwood - 53

Cohen, A. N. - 52

Coins, see Tokens

“Cold War” - 82

Cole, Winfield - 40

College Bookstore - 116

College, see Albion College

Collins, Jerome - 100

Collins, Lloyd – 68

Columbia - 44

Comfort, Jean - 51

Commercial & Savings Bank - 12, 48

Commonwealth Power Company - 13, 17

Concord - 44

Conley, Herbert - 78

Consumers Power Company - 14, 17

Cooking class - 41

Coomer, Dave - 38

Corning Glass Works - 78

Costello, Frank - 82

“Costume dress-up day” - 40

Cram MD, Dr. Ralph - 122, 123

Cram, Mary - 123

Crandall, Don - 62

Crandall, Larry - 62

Crandall, Wayne - 62

“Crazy Legs” Curtis - 76

Crowell, Jesse - 12

Crumbsy, Grover - 57

Culliver, Jr., Hillary - 100

Curl, Hazel - 40

Currency

Albion National Bank - 19

Romanchuck dollars - 91

Curtain, Joe - 97
Curtis , Frances - 39

Curtis, James - 51, 121

Curtis, Ulysses - 76

Curtis, Will – 39

D

Dailey, Art - 68

Dairies - 79

Dale, Ellen Farm - 79

Dalrymple Woods - 90

Dante, Michelle - 112

Davenport, Beulah - 40

David Peabody house - 94

Davis, Arthur - 125

Davis, Bud - 51

Davis, Don - 93

Davis, Gerald - 58

Davis, Mary E. – 51

Day Care Center - 90

Dean of Women - 59

Dean, W. Clark - 52

Dean, William - 38

Decker, Miles - 52

Dedication of Superior St. - 107

DeJesus, Tony - 100

DeLaRosa, Theodora - 64

Densmore, Floyd - 40

Detroit News - 46

Detroit Tigers - 20

Devereaux Post Office - 25

Devereaux Village - 25

Dew, Arthur - 15

Dew, Eliza - 15

Dew, Gwendolyn - 46, 15, 47

Dewey, Dan - 40

Dews Flowers - 15

Dice, Alvin - 53

Dice, Don - 53

Dickie, Brockway - 52

Dickie, Dr . Samuel - 48

Disaster (tornado) - 18

Dobbins, Emily - 112

Dodge automotive plant - 59

“Dog Tax” - 22

Dolberg, Evelyn - 51

Domingo, Frank - 68

Downey, Brian - 117

Dredging the Kalamazoo River - 102

Dubina, Mike - 63, 80

Dubina, Sophia - 63

Dubina, Mike Grocery - 80

Dubina’s Tavern and Dance Hall - 63

Duck Lake - 53

Duck Lake Barber Shop - 25

Duck Lake Hotel & Dance Pavilion - 53

Duck Lake Meeting of Supervisors - 53

Duck Lake Post Office - 25

Duck Lake Store - 25

Duckworth, Colonel Joseph - 59

Duckworth, Mildred - 59, 90

Dunn, Lester - 40

Durham, Albus - 66

Dutch elm disease - 24

Dutton, Floyd - 40

Dysart-Drake, Alfredia - 126

Dysinger sisters – 9

E

E. C. Carrington grocery - 10

Earn, Learn and Play program - 97

Eaton Rapids - 44

Eckford - 26

Eckford Post Office - 26

Eckmyre, Peg - 111

Eddy, Dave - 83

Eddy, Hewitt - 83

Edgar J. Emmons grocery - 10

Education, see Schools

Edwards, Don - 53

Egnatuk, Christie - 112

Egnatuk, Helen - 33

Egnatuk, Mary Ann - 112

Egnatuk, Tracy - 112

Elementary schools, see Schools

Ellen Dale Farm - 79

Ellerby, Helen - 58

Ellis, Myron - 38

Elushik, Estelle - 34

Elushik, Helen - 34, 50

Elushik, John - 90

Elushik, Russell - 50, 51

Elushik, Stella - 50

Elyea, George - 82

Emmons, Edgar J. grocery - 10

Epworth Building , Albion College – 30

Erie Street - 119

Esling, Norma - 51

Eslow Block - 16

Evans, Walter - 52

Exchange Club - 81

F

Face, Ron - 112

“False Armistice Day” - 30

Family Life Radio - 127

Farley, Dave - 73

Farley, David C. - 126

Farmers Market - 13

Federal Discount Company (FEDCO) - 89

Feldpausch, Tom - 81

Felisky, Konrad O. - 34, 36

Felisky, Mary ( Prigodich) - 50

Felpausch Foods - 81

Festival of the Forks – 113, 121

Fillmore, John - 38, 40

Fire Brigade - 68

Fire station - 13

First Presbyterian Church - 90

First United Methodist Church - 84

Fishpond in Riverside Cemetery - 23

Fitch, Wayne - 51

Fitzgerald, Joseph - 66

Fleenor, Ethel - 67

Flores, Meagan - 112

Florida A & M University - 76

Florists Telegraph Delivery Association - 47

Folden, Rev . Donald - 100

Food Stamp Credit tokens – 101

Foodland - 101

Football - 76, 109-111

Football Coach Pete Schmidt - 110

Ford, Harold - 53

Foust, Rev. Paul J. - 84

Fox, Sallee - 67

Frank, Twila - 78

Franklin & Davis grocery - 11

Franklin, Carl - 58

Franzen, Trisha - 126

Fraser, Morley - 97

Fred Smith service garage - 52

Frederick, Louie - 40

French, Andy - 118

Frost Shoe Store - 62

FTD Running Mercury logo - 47

G

G. C. Murphy - 86

Gaffney, Charles - 52

Gale Manufacturing Company - 7, 13, 27

Gale, Josephine - 40

Gale, Priscilla - 51

Gamble, John - 69

Gant, Greg - 99

Gant, Ron - 125

Garrison, Katie - 112

Geal, Sidney N. - 38

Gem Dairy - 79

General Store in Marengo - 26

General Store in Eckford Village - 26

George Cady home - 12

George P. Griffin hardware - 10

Giants fast pitch softball team - 77

Gibbings, Norman - 52

Gibbs, Ted - 64

Gilbert, John - 67

Gladney, Barbara J. - 98

Glen- Gery Brick Corporation - 106

Godby, Neal - 98

Golden Gloves 1937 state champ. - 95

“Good for” tokens - 66, 87

Goodrich and Wesley Chapels - 84

Google, James - 100

Gordon, Emmett - 40

Gotch, J. D. - 91

Grace Temple Church of God in Christ - 100

Great American Car Race - 106

Great Depression era - 8

Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce - 82, 104, 108, 111

Greene, Harry - 53

Greene, Ross - 53

Greenman, Clarence - 68

Greenman, Josephine - 40

Grenevitch, Sophie - 50

Griffin, Ed - 52

Griffin, George - 100

Griffin, George P. Hardware - 10

Groby, Josephine - 40

Ground Observer Corps - 82

Guy, Harley - 58

Guyselman, Harry - 66

Guzman, Joe - 87

H

Hafford, Dr . Alf - 53

Hagerman, Clarence - 52

Hanlon, Patrick Leo - 29

Hansen, Dr. Carol A. - 126

Harden, Kristen - 112

Hardt, Dick - 40

Harris, Melvin - 80

Harris, Willie - 68, 69

Harris, Sr., Arthur - 100

Harry, Frances - 34

Harry, John - 34, 50

Hart, Jean - 51

Harvard Industries - 32

Harvey Sweet optician - 10

Harvey, George - 100

Hatch, Carl T. - 52

Hathaway, Stephen - 51

Haven Hills Farm - 79

Havens, Keith - 115

Havens, Zack - 115

Havens, Zane - 115

Hawkins, George - 78

Hawkins, Jr., James - 69

Hayes Industries, Inc. - 93

Hayes-Albion Corporation - 92, 93

Health care

Albion Area Ambulance Service - 96

Albion City Hospital - 14

Albion Community Hospital - 96, 122, 123

James W. Sheldon Memorial Hospital - 14

Oaklawn Hospital - 122

Ralph and Mary Cram Center - 123

Sheldon Memorial Hospital - 71

Sheldon Memorial Hosp. Bd. of Trustees - 32

Trillium Hospital - 122, 123

Heidenreich, Dr . Lawrence J. - 101

Hembdt, Phillips V. - 38

Henderson, Don - 73

Henderson, Edward - 38

Hensel, Alden - 73

Herman, Mike - 125, 127

Herriff, Dean - 38, 40

Herzog, Bud - 77

Hetherwick, Edwin C. - 93

Hiatt, Kim - 112

Hickman Air Force Base - 59

Hicks, Lucy - 40

High School, see Schools

Hill & Young shoes - 10

Hill, Harold - 66

Historical marker dedication - 117

Hoaglin, Esther - 40

Hoaglin, Harry - 40

Hoffman, William R. - 26

Holden, Blanche tavern - 12

Holmes MD, Martin - 122

Holt, Finis - 57

Holtz, Emil - 53

Holy Ascension Orthodox Church - 33

Home Dairy - 79

Homecoming parade, 1915 - 15

Homer - 44

Homer Blair drug store - 10

Hooper, Warren G. - 45, 52

Horse show, All-Morgan Youth of the Year award - 114

Hospitals

Albion City Hospital - 14

Albion Community Hospital - 96, 122, 123

James W. Sheldon Memorial Hospital - 14

Oaklawn Hospital - 122

Ralph and Mary Cram Center – 123

Sheldon Memorial Hospital – 32, 71

Trillium Hospital - 122, 123

Hovnanian, K . John - 78

Hubbard, Frederick C. - 2

Huffman, Olen - 68

Hughes, Charles - 52

Hull, Don - 98

Hummel, Joe - 68, 69

Hunt, Heather - 99

Hunt, Lynn Bogue - 21

Hurley, Larry – 100

I

Interstate-94 - 7, 85

Interurban trestle - 27

Interurban, see Railroads

Isaac, Elkin R. - 97

J

J. C. Penney - 86

Jackson, Laree - 90

Jarvis, Mary - 51

Jaskiw, Efrosina - 90

Jaycees - 81

Jeffers, Gladys - 40

Jefferson, John - 68, 69

Joan Boyer’s School of Dance - 89

John McAuliffe meat market - 10

John Tower boarding house - 12

Johnson Child Care and Development Center - 99

Johnson, Geraldine - 99

Johnson, Herbert - 52

Johnson, John - 51

Jones, Diane - 98

Jones, Leon - 66

Jones, Mayor Charles - 98

Junior Chamber officials - 82

Junior High boys – 38

K

Kaiser, Lena - 40

Kalamazoo River - 13, 22, 28, 98, 102, 118

Kelley, Park - 68

Kellogg Center, Albion College - 116

Kellogg Company - 116

Kessler, Warren S. - 32, 85

Ketchum Field - 97

Keyes, Kristin - 112

King, Kenneth - 77

Kingsbury, Myron - 68

Kinmont, Bruce Drugstore - 11

Kiwanis Club - 81

Klein, Jackie - 89

Klepper, Sue - 125

Kline, Harry - 53

Klinkelwicz, Ted - 68

Klinkle, Frank - 69

Knight, Ben – 68-69

Knopp, Paul - 53

Kolodica, Helen - 34

Kolodica, John - 34

Kolodica, Nick - 34

Konkle, Sr., Bernard - 122

Kopp, Charles - 53

Kopp, Fred - 53

Koroluk Confectionary - 63

Koroluk, Paul - 63

Kotz, Ed - 53

Kovach, Sarah - 112

Kracko, Leonard - 64

Krause, April - 112

Krause, Tim - 114

Kraushaar, Helen - 44

Kreger, Lucille - 51

Krugman, Lucille - 44

Krusik, Russell - 34

Kukowski, Jim Casey - 82

Kulikauskas, Nikodemas - 75

Kulikowski, Julius - 69

Kulikowski, Mike - 75

Kurtz, Raymond – 93

L

Ladd, Clyde - 66

Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad - 21, 27-28

Lambert, Bert - 53

Land-O-Lakes Council - 72

Lane, Willie - 90

Lazarchuck, Nada - 34

Lazarchuk, Naida - 50

Learning Exchange - 126

LeClair, Craig - 77

Lee, Kim - 99

Lee, Rev. James S. - 100

Leggett Chapel AME Zion Church - 31

Lentz, Charles - 122

Leonard, Betsey (Monroe) - 25

Leonard, William H. - 25

Lewis Chapel Softball Team - 100

Lewis, Nancy - 127

Lewis, Willie - 127

Lewis, Wilma - 40

Liberati band - 35

Lines, Helen - 40

Litchfield - 44

Lloyd Park - 14

Lloyd, Gardner - 53, 93

Lloyd, Thomas T. - 53, 92, 93

Locke, Mary “Lois” - 90

Locke, Ralph - 49

Lockwood, Louis - 66

Lohrke, August - 53

Lonergan Manufacturing Company - 66

Longhurst, Jordan - 112

Loomis, R. V. - 37

Louis Cascarelli Tavern & Restaurant - 66

Lowell, James Russell - 2

Ludlow, Norman - 40

Luedtke, George - 70

Luedtke, Lewis - 70

Luke, Geraldine - 44

Lutzke, Nancy - 89

M

M-99 - 56

MacBeth, W . J. - 52

Maccabbees Hall, Eckford Village - 26

Maier, K. Bruce - 51

Malleable Founders Society - 65

Maney, Ed - 103

Maple City Athletic Club Headquarters - 36

Marcos, Sue - 111

Marengo - 26, 28

Market Place - 13, 45, 74

Markovich, Sam - 77

Marshall - 44

Marshall, Elijah - 38

Marshall, I. A. - 52

Marvin, Steve - 56

Marzic, John - 58

Matheson, Stanley - 44

Matson, Ken - 58

McAllister, Emily - 112

McAuliffe, John Meat Market - 10

McClellan’s - 86

McCloud, Jimmy - 68

McClure, Lois - 124

McCreary, Celesta - 90

McCreary, David - 90

McCullough, Hiram - 87

McCutcheon, Arza Real Estate - 10