Growing Up in Albion

by Frank Passic, Albion Historian

It was a time like no other in Albion’s history. The boom years of the 1950s and 1960s were filled with prosperity, growth and development. Hundreds of persons came to make Albion, Michigan their home during this period, when the population grew from 10,406 in 1950 to 12,749 persons in 1960. Factory employment was at an all-time high, a housing shortage existed, and professional offices were located on second stories above downtown merchants establishments. New schools were built, new housing subdivisions and streets were developed, and new businesses were developed on the outskirts of town. The Albion Public Schools partnered with the City of Albion to provide recreational opportunities for hundreds of youth in our community.

Such is the setting for the new book by Albion Historian Frank Passic entitled “Growing Up in Albion,” a 128-page pictorial featuring people, places and events of the 1950s and 1960s. The book takes a nostalgic look at this golden-era in Albion’s history, and targets the “baby boomer” generation which grew up during these special years. The book was printed at Standard Printing and Supply in Marshall, which is a member of the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce.

The book is available from Mr. Passic for $25 each plus $1.50 Michigan sales tax for a total of $26.50. Those wishing to order by mail please add $5 postage and handling and 6% Michigan sales tax (a total of $31.80) to: Frank Passic, 900 S. Eaton St., Albion, MI 49224. To save postage costs, books are also available in person at the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce, 416 S. Superior St.

An author’s book signing event will be held this Saturday, July 22 at the Farmer’s Market in the Market Place in Albion from 8 am until Noon. “Come on down and let’s enjoy the morning together as we go through these memorable photographs,” states Passic.

Growing Up features over 240 specially-selected photographs, some of which have never before been published anywhere. The majority of the photographs were culled from hundreds of original 4 x 5” black and white negatives that came from the archives of the old Albion Evening Recorder newspaper facility on W. Center St.

What has resulted is a book that contains a unique blend of photographs that is sure to jar the memories of those who lived in Albion during this era. “This is a people book,” states Passic. “There are lots of group photographs of school events, clubs, organizations, sports teams, and employees--all identified. Many family names are represented in this book. It was time to come out with a book about this precious time period which many people can remember and relate to.”

Passic is the author of several other books about Albion history, the most previous one being “Albion in the 20th Century,” published in 2002. He has written a weekly Albion history column in the Morning Star shopper for many years, which is reprinted on the www.albionmich.com website. An index to Growing Up in Albion has been prepared by Robin James, and can be easily downloaded and printed off the Albion website. “I encourage everyone to take a look at this index Robin made in order to find out who and what’s in here,” Passic states.

The book cover features a group of Albion Midget League baseball players in line, ready to board a Greyhound bus to attend a Detroit Tigers baseball game in 1954. Standing with the group is their coach, Jerry Sacharski, the inventor of Pee-Wee baseball, which this year is celebrating its 50th anniversary. “Putting this photo on the cover really typified the 1950s, and nearly all the boys are identified in the caption later on in the book,” Passic remarks.

The first chapter contains various scenes around town. These include members of the Ground Observer Corps watching for Communist airplanes on top of City Hall, the dedication of the “Red Arrow Highway” in 1953, the erection of the Rieger Park skating shelter in 1954, and the erection of new housing developments such as Northview Homes, Peabody Place, and Grandview Heights. A 1954 Ford Fairlane police cruiser is one of several photographs relating to the Albion Police Department. Readers will enjoy remembering a “craze” of the 1950s with a photograph of a hula-hoop contest held here. Also pictured are groups of Boy Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Albion Junior Chamber of Commerce events, Albion at the Calhoun County Fair, and even Santa Claus down from the roof of the Commerical & Savings Bank.

The second chapter featuring Albion businesses appropriately beings with several photographs of Albion Evening Recorder personnel, beginning with longtime editor George V. Mather (1910-1992). A photograph of the Recorder paperboys in 1953 is sure to bring back memories.

Other businesses featured include the A & P grocery led by John Kehoe, Henry’s Fashion Shop with Henry and Ralph Hirsch, Moses Union at Union Cleaners, Byron Wooden of Woody’s Service Center, and Earl Cartwright of Cartwright Shoes.” Other businesses included are: Dickerson Cleaners, J.C. Penney Company, King & Helrigel Funeral Home, Gambles, the Bank of Albion, Sears, Consumer’s Power Company, Weatherwax Drugs, Thomson’s Flowers, City Bank & Trust Company, Benincasa Chevrolet, Pesch Grain & Seed Elevator, Sharp’s Hardware, Yankee Department Store, and the Frosty Freeze Ice Cream store. Restaurants include the Tik-Tok Drive-In, the Starlite, the Satellite, and the American Way Restaurant.

Chapter Three remembers the various industries in town, with photographs of the Albion Malleable Iron Company leading the way. Other factories represented include: McGraw-Edison employees, Gale Manufacturing Company, Alfab, Brooks Foundry, Union Steel Products, Corning Glass Works, and the Turtle Drilling Company. Readers will especially note the photograph of famed oil well fire fighter legend Red Adair (1915-2004), who paid a visit to Albion in 1962 to put out a spectacular blaze.

Chapter Four surveys the various new elementary schools that were erected during this period: Crowell, North, and Harrington, as well as the addition to Dalrymple School. Several “country schools” that were annexed into the Albion Public Schools during the 1960s are also pictured, such as: Bath Mills, Holmes, Tamarack, White, and Wright Schools, plus the Riceville School which went to Concord. Readers will especially enjoy the “Safety Patrol” boys photo of 1952, featuring two lads standing with Superintendent George Walkotten. Some construction projects which added to the skyline at Albion College are included in this chapter.

Chapter Five will perhaps be the most favorite of readers and is entitled “Recreation and Sports.” The chapter begins with several photos of Dutchtown, which was the outdoor swimming area along S. Hannah St. which operated through 1957. Several “water ballet” photos, some never published before, feature groups of youth who participated. Various sports are represented, with basketball especially highlighted. Other sports include: bowling, sledding on Victory Park hill, model airplane flying, tennis, wrestling, baseball, track, boxing, ice skating, hockey, football, and even shuffleboard.

Growing Up in Albion is sure to be a popular topic of conversation around town in the weeks to come.

Books are available by mail for $25 + $5 s & h + $1.80 Michigan sales tax for orders in Michigan for a total of $31.80. Out of state there is no tax and so the total is $30.00.

In person on the shelf at the Albion Chamber of Commerce at 416 S. Superior St. the cost is $25 + $1.50 sales tax for a total of $26.50.

Mail Orders may be sent to: Frank Passic, 900 S. Eaton St., Albion, MI 49224.

More local history and numismatic information from Frank Passic.

Index for Growing Up in Albion

There is a version for downloading and printing using your home computer, in Microsoft Word format, six pages long.

There is another version in PDF format for Acrobat viewing and printing.

Here is the internet version of the index for your immediate convenience:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Index by Robin B. James

A


A & P Supermarket…57-58
A & W Drive In…73, 77
AAA…94
Aalbregtse, Aaron…126
Aalbregtse, Bob…126
Abbott, Mary Jane…7 (not pictured)
Abbott, Robert B.…89
Adair, Red…92
Adams, Robert…50
Albion Action Agency…34
Albion Armory…33
Albion Auxiliary Police…10
Albion Beverage Company…59
Albion Blackhawks hockey team…126
Albion Board of Education…49, 88, 104
Albion Bowling Lanes…110
Albion Chamber of Commerce…7 (not pictured)
Albion City Dump…29
Albion College…5,28, 101-102, 122
Albion Drive-In…78
Albion Elevator…21
Albion Evening Recorder…49-52, 54
Albion Exchange Club…19, 110
Albion Fairway…79
Albion Fire Department…46
Albion Fire Station…39
Albion Golden Gloves…120
Albion High School…5, 90, 96-7, 100, 113-115, 120
Albion Home Builders Show…31-32
Albion Housing Commission…49
Albion Industries…88
Albion Iron & Metal Company…59
Albion Junior Chamber of Commerce…31
Albion Junior Red Wings…126           
Albion Malleable Iron Company…5, 40, 43, 81-84, 86, 115-117
Albion Manufacturing Association…43, 123
Albion Memory Gardens…11
Albion Men's Bowling Association…118
Albion Merchants Association…41
Albion Moose Lodge…121
Albion Pattern Company…43
Albion Police Chief…10
Albion Police Department…14
Albion Post Office…31
Albion Public Schools…5, 95, 103
Albion Rangers…127
Albion Recreation Dept…5, 108, 112, 117, 123, 127-128
Albion School Board…49
Albion Shuffleboard Club…112
Albion Stunt Jockeys…119
Alfab Company…89
Allen, Barbara…45
Amberton Village…79
American Automobile Association…94
American Legion…12, 36, 41
American Way Restaurant…74
Anderla, Andy…126
Anderson, Bob…123
Anderson, Dick…116, 118
Andrews, Marietta…108
Andrews, Shirley…108
Anglin, Dan…124
Anglin, Pam…110
Anglin, Ron…117
Arbor Day 1965…4
Arey, Chuck…126
Aris, Francis…15
Ashdown, Don…114
Ashdown, Mark…124
Atkins, Will…117
Austin Elementary School…98
Austin, Mylan…13
Auxiliary Police…18
Ayres, F. Bud…18

B


Bailey, Dale…95
Baldwin Block…67
Baldwin, Georgia…97
Baldwin, Phillip…15
Baldwin, Virginia…100
Ball, David…116
Ballentine, Marshall…116
Bank of Albion…64, 76, 88
Banks Bank of Albion...64, 76, 88
Chemical Bank...64
Citizen’s Bank...7 (not pictured)
City Bank & Trust...68
Commercial & Savings Bank...35, 46
Banks, John…117
Baptist Church…45
Bar-B-Q House…74
Barkley, Weldon…87
Bartell, Dale…125
Bartell, David…95
Baseball…122, 124
Basha, Mike…112
Basha, Paul…124
Basketball…115-117
Bath Mills School…106
Beardslee, Margery…87
Bearman, Brenda…33
Bearman, Larry…117
Bearman, Mike…33
Bedient, Blair…50
Bedient, Jack C.…51
Bedient, John…37
Behling, James…118
Benincasa, William…64, 69
Bennett, Ken…116
Bennett, Ronald…96
Bentley, John…17
Bentley, Myrtle…44
Berg, Edward…18
Berry, Brian…128
Bethel Baptist Church…41
Bielfuss, Jean…77
Biggs, Bill…79
Biggs, James…128
Biggs, Phil…128
Blackhawks hockey team…126
Blodgett, Mel…111
Blomquist, William…52
Blyveis Iron & Metal basketball team…116
Blyveis, Peter…64
Board of Education...88, 104
Bobbitt, Cara…37
Boedy, Judy…109
Boggan, Willie…113
Bommarito, James…90
Bommarito, Joseph…85
Bommarito, Josephine…85
Bonner, Harry…114
Boone, Howard…54
Bormann, Kathy…38
Boughner, Malcolm…52
Bournelis, Pete…20
Bowling…110-111
Boxing…120-121
Boy Scouts…39, 40, 41
Bradford, Betty…53
Bradley, Howard…123
Bradshaw, Arlene…38
Bramble, James…98
Branch, Mark…45
Brand, Gene…18
Brankovich, John…87
Bratley, Jerome…117
Brautigam, Carl…34
Bricker, Ray…43
Broas, Laura…50
Broas, Michael…108, 123
Brooks Foundry…77, 88
Brooks, Ralph…64, 88
Broughton, Benjamin…18
Brown, Fred…53
Brown, Jim…124
Brown, Marjorie Jo…37
Brown, Terri…37
Brown, Tom…115
Brubaker, Bob...118
Brundage, John…53
Brunswick Collegiate Bowling…111
Bryce, Graham…53, 100
Buckler, Don…108, 109
Bungart, Larry…18
Burden, Laurence…17
Burgan, Larry…16, 20
Burstein, Victor…34
Butters, Edwin…46

C


Calderone, Victor…59
Caldwell School…99
Calhoun County Fair…42-43
Calhoun County Intermediate School Dist…105
Calhoun County Sheriff Department…33
Calhoun, George…87
Calvaruso, Elizabeth…98
Calvaruso, Frank…69
Campbell, Alan…41
Campbell, Alice…104
Campbell, Irene (Tyzsko)…12
Camp Fire Girls…4, 38, 62
Campo, Joe…90
Carrier, Kent…113
Carrier, Philip…10
Carter, Robert…109
Cartwright Shoes…65-66
Cartwright, Earl W.…65
Carver, Robert…94
Case, Verna…95
Castle, Joe…98
Cemetery See Memory Gardens, Riverside Cemetery
Chamber of Commerce…7 (not pictured)
Chamberlain, Rollo…87
Chamberliain, Wilson…87
Champlin, Sandy…118
Chapman Iron & Metal Company…56
Chapman, Gordon…18
Chatman, Doris…114
Cheek, Samuel…120
Chemical Bank…64
Chopper, Alex…48
Chopper, Cynthia…41
Christmas parade…46
Citizen's Bank…7 (not pictured)
City Bank & Trust…68
City dump...29
City Hall…38
City of Albion…5
Civil Air Patrol…15
Civil Defense…10, 15-18, 41
Clark, Dick…111, 117
Clark, Randy…37
Clark, Richard…90
Clark, Robert…90
Clayton, Sandra…98
Clemons, Richard…18
Cleveland, Grover…30
Clifford, Richard…100
Cline, Ralph…80
Cloy, Canduace…4
Cloy, Tony…98
Colburn, Vern…19
Coleman, Charles…120
Coleman, Millard…120
Cole's Town & Country Restaurant…74
Collins, James…87
Collmenter, Georgia…44
Color Guard…11
College See Albion College
Combs, Joseph…87
Commercial & Savings Bank…35, 46
Concord Public Schools…105
Coney, Daniel…71
Consumers Power Company…19, 21, 23
Cooper, Claude…87
Cornelius, Hiawatha…116
Cornell, Charles…18
Corning Glass Works…5, 91, 110, 112, 117
Costianes, Fran…7 (not pictured)
Costianes, Nicholas…50
Crawford, Jerry…126
Crowell Elementary School…5, 103
Crowell Park…47
Crum, Walter…118
Crumsby, Grover…98
Crumsby, Marguerite…34
Cuatt, Kenneth…17
Culver, Nancy…16, 17
Currie, Lachlan…89
Curry, Connie Lee…41
Cutler, Doug…128
Cvitkovic, Jerry…87, 112
Cvitkovic, Mike…112
Cypret, Marvin…87

D


Dairy Queen…72
Dalrymple Elementary School…5, 93-95
Dalrymple Block…60
Daly, John…33
Daly, Martha…33
Dance, Norma Jean Miller School of…38        
Davey, Anne…37
Davis, Dean…15
Davis, Gerald…89
Davis, Linda…109
Davis, Lois…98
Davis, Ruby…98
Day, Don…98
Day, Russell…53
Dean Drive…29
Dean, Annabelle…37
Dean, Jerald…41
Dean, Martha…38
Dean, Roger…33
Dean, W. Clark…101
Debate Team...96, 100
Devereaux Furniture…80
Devereaux (Village)...80
Dew, Gwen…35
Dewey, Joyce…38
DeWitt, Dexter…98
DeWitt, Janet…98
Dianich, Helen…12
Dickerson Cleaners…63
Dickerson, John Bion…63
Dickmeyer, Connie…38
DiMaggio, Samuel…52
Dixon, Henry…121
Dog Pound…25
Domingo, Joseph…13
Domingo, Larry…108, 119
Drive In...5, 73, 78
Driver, Rick…124
Duckworth, Kathy…95
Duckworth, Mildred…95
Duncan, Eldon…91
Dunn, Robert…95
Dutchtown…107-109
Dziurkiewicz, Barbara…98
Dziurkiewicz, Bill…126
Dziurkiewicz, Emil…87

E


Earn-Learn-Play…110
Eaton Street Baptist Church…45
Eckmyre, Austin…18
Eckmyre, Geraldine (Nester)...71
Eckmyre, Peg…7 (not pictured)
Ed Niecko's Body Shop…111
Eddy, Dave…7 (not pictured)
Eddy, Edna…44
Edwards, Ted…86
Edwardson, Edward…18
Eggleston, Sandy…4
Eggleston, Robert…116
Egnatuk, Dave…113
Elevators (grain)...21, 69
ELT Club…37
Embury, Ernest…121
Emmons, Nancy…109
Enco Station…76
English, Guy…112
Esch, Connie…97
Esch, Laban…52
Estelle, Steve…124
Evans, Don…72
Everett, LaVerne…53
Everett, Richard…124

F


Fainter, Leslie…53
Fairley, Eric…89
Fallout shelter…17
Farley oil well…92
Farley, Arthur…39, 100
Farley, Charles…37
Farley, David…39
Farr, Ernest…87
Faulk, Henry…18
Fausz, Randy…111
Felisky, Mary…104
Felisky, Priscilla…45
Festival of the Forks...48
Few, Morris…86
Fire Department...46
Fire Station...39
First Methodist Church…41
First Presbyterian Church…45
Fisher, Dan…121
Fisher, John…69
Five Points…13, 68
Fleenor, Ethel…96, 100
Fletcher, Vicky…108
Foley, Clifford…77
Football...113
Ford, Mildred…44
Fouts, C. Vernon…33
Fowler, William…17
Fox, Cleora…44
Fox, Herschel C.…35
Frank, Lillian…58
Fraser, Morley…122
Fred Groff house…102
Free & Accepted Masons…44
Friberg, Bob…116
Friia, Pat…16
Frost, Robert…32
Frosty Freeze ice cream…78
Fry, Ernie…13
Fry, Hal…13

G


G & C Recreation…71
Gable, Ray…17
Gale Manufacturing Company…43, 89
Gale, Pal (Wickens)...110
Gamble, Drucilla…98
Gamble, Harry…53
Gambles Store…62
Ganakas, Gus…124
Gardanier, Frank…13
Gardner Elementary School…94, 104
Gardner High School See High School
Gardner, Lynn…37
Garland, John…100
Gem Dairy…71
Geyer, Patricia…36
Giants baseball team…116
Gilbert, Bruce…45
Gilbert, Mark…45
Gilbert, Paul…45
Gladney, Tom…18
Glassford, Al…34
Globensky, Nancy…17
GOC (Ground Observer Corps)...15-17
Golden Gloves tournament…121
Gonzales, Valdemar…34
Graff, William…16
Grand Rapids Filter Center…15
Grandview Heights…27
Gray, Ernest…16
Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce…7 (not pictured)
Greathouse, Bill…86
Green, Ray…110
Grenevitch, Ben…118
Grenevitch, John…118
Greyhound bus…100
Grice, Herbert…71
Grisamore, Garold…73
Groff, Fred (house)...102
Ground Observer Corps…15-17
Gunderman, Lindsay…109
Gunderman, Shurlegh…110
Guthrie, James…17

H


Hagemann, Fred…50
Haines Auto Sales…72
Haines, Harlo W.…72, 111
Hall, Eleanor…62
Hall, Jacqueline…95
Hall, Willie…62
Hallman, Ruth…90
Hamm, Richard…31, 32, 35
Hanks, Gary…18, 108
Hansel, Ralph…63
Hansel's Recreation…63
Harrington Elementary School…5, 104
Harrington, Donald…104
Harrington, Harriet…104
Harris, Bob…124
Harris, Donald…13
Harris, Jack…126
Harris, Richard…126
Harris, Richie…110
Harrison, Jim…19
Hart, Chipper…108
Hart, Dorothy…53
Hart, Lucky…108
Harton, William C.…13
Hartung, Ralph…33
Harvard Industries…81
Haven Road bridge…28
Hawk, William…108
Hawkins, James, Jr.…85
Head Start…34
Helrigel, Bill…4
Henderson, Ted…108, 123
Henry's Fashion Shop…55
Henson, Al…123
Herriff, Walter…58
Herzog, Bud…119
Hettinger, Jon…53
Hickerson, Junior…87
High School...5, 90, 96-7, 100, 113-115, 120
Hill, Suzi…33
Hirsch, Henry…55
Hirsch, Ralph…55
Hoadley, Gerald…123
Hoaglin, Roy…112
Hobus, Henry A.…51
Hockey…126-127
Holland,Robert…34
Holland, Robert,Jr.…53
Holland,Rodney…114
Holland, Ruth…96
Holmes School…96
Holmes, Lena (Stevens) Cable …95
Home Dairy…77
Homecoming parade…97, 101
Honeywell, Mary Margaret…38
Hopson, Robert…117
Howard, Pat…114
Howell School…106
Hoxie, Mary…109
Hrab, Mary…95
Hubbard, Wheeler…44
Hughes, Charles…10, 17, 39
Hughson, Victor…18
Huitt, Benjamin…87
Hula-hoop contest…41
Hull, Donald…116
Hull,Margaret…12
Hull, Mike…41
Humble Oil & Refining Company…76
Hummel, Joe…26, 43, 85
Hunt, Don…44
Hunt, Richard…118
Hunt, Robert…90
Hunt, Ruth…44
Hurley, Michael…124, 128
Huvendik, Nancy…38
Huvendik, Sally…38

I


I-94 welcome sign...2
Ice skating…125
IGA supermarket…59
International Molders and Foundry Workers Union…85
Interstate-94…2, 5
Irwin, Paul…100
Isaac, Ron…114
Ismon (Mary Sheldon Ismon) House…37
Ivanski, John…64
Ivey, Freeman…18

J


J. C. Penney Company…60-61
Jacks, Richard…53
Jackson Athletic Association…120
Jacobs, Bruce…87
James, Coy "Jimmy"…53, 118
Jaycees…32-33
Jemima, Aunt…33
Jenkins, Clifford…10
Johns, Duane…7 (not pictured)
Johnson, Charline…98
Johnson, Clethine…36
Johnson, George…124
Johnson, Gil…114
Johnson, Ingrid...4
Johnson, Lyle…10
Johnsonbaugh, Larry…123
Jones, Charlie Joe…86
Jones, Gary…122
Jones, Harry…52
Junior Chamber of Commerce…31

K


Kahl, Al…122
Kaiser, Ken…33
Kalamazoo River…48
Kehoe, Jane…45
Kehoe, John…58
Keifer, Robert…53
Kelmer, Dean…10
Keyes, George…52
King & Helrigel Funeral Home…61
King, Allan…33
King, Carol…38
King, Ken...116
King, Kenneth…19
King, Paul…114
Kirby, Pat…53
Kissinger, Rolland…18
Kittinger, Larry…10
Klein, Eda…44
Klimkiewicz, Sharon…38
Klimovich, Peter…84
Kline, Arthur…87
Knight, Ben…85
Knoblauch, Deanne…108
Knuth, Herman…110
Koon, Fritz…123
Koth, Rein…44
Kracko, George…10, 17
Kraus, Fritz…118
Krause, Gary…109
Krause, Margo…45
Krebs, Charles…26
Kreger, Herbert…90
Kreger, Ron…113
Kresge, Stanley S.…101
Kroger Grocery…75
Krueger, Walter…19, 116
Kruger, Victor…128
Kruse, Elizabeth…37
Kulikowski, Pauline (Passic)...110

L


Lake, Jody…98
Lambrecht, Wilta…7 (not pictured)
Lamphier, Thelma…50
Lange, Karl…78
Larjun, Mervin…126
Lark, Ben…90
Lark, Julia…44
LaViolette, Ronald…53
Lawler, Henry…117
Lawrence, Howard C.…101
Layne, T. J.…53
LeClair, Lowell…116
Lewis, George…9
Lewis, Patrick…45
Liebherr, Roger…33
Lighthill, Grant…62
Lindstrom, Charles…18
Lloyd, Gardner…10
Locke, Dan…121
Locke, Ralph, Sr.…121
Lockland, Morrie…112
Lohrke, Leonard…18
Lohrke, Leonard, Sr.…119
Lonergan Manufacturing Company…87
Long, Don…123
Lorey, Mike…127
Lutzka, Dave…117
Lutzka, Inez…106

M


Magnotta, Alphonso A.…64
Magnotta, Mike…16
Malleable See Albion Malleable
Manley, Terry…53
Maker, Tom, National Food Store…59
March of Dimes…33, 35
Marcos, Sue…7 (not pictured)
Market Place…22
Marsh, Craig…122-123
Marshall, Donald…87
Martin, Gordon…68, 108
Martin, Harold…87
Mary Sheldon Ismon House…37
Mason, Basil…19, 116
Masonic Temple…44
Masse, Arthur…17
Masse, Winifred…44
Mather Apartments…49
Mather, George V.…49, 51
Matthews, George…104
McAuliffe, Dan…26
McAuliffe, Donald…7 (not pictured)
McAuliffe, Harry…17, 64
McAuliffe, Mike…117
McCormick, Walter…109
McCoy, Willis…10
McCracken, Joe…125, 126
McCullough, Donald…10
McCullough, Earl...86
McCune, John…126
McDonald, Dale…112
McGee, Lynn…33
McGormley, William…90
McGraw, Vaughn…126
McGraw-Edison Company…87
McInally, Jane…36
McIntosh, James…10, 17
McIntosh Park…29
McKay, Milton…89
McKinney, Dave…126, 127
McPeck, Charles…91
McPeck, Edythe…91
Measel, Clifford…87
Memorial Day Parade…11
Memory Gardens...11
Men's Bowling Association…118
Merchant’s Association...41
Mercury Space Capsule…75
Merriam, Otto…37
Messacar, Don…50
Messick, Sheryl…98
Metzler, Greg…110, 126
Michigan Bell Telephone Company…89
Michigan Blind Products Company…37
Midget Baseball…122-123
Miles, Linda…98
Miller Drive…27
Miller, Charles…114
Miller, Charles “Middy”…30
Miller,
Frances…44
Miller, Karl H.…10
Miller, Ken…98
Miller, Les…114
Miller School of the Dance…38           
Miller, Pete…126
Miller, Ron…98
Miller, Russell…64
Mills, Brian…128
Mills, Linda…41
Mills, Melvin…124
Miniature golf…79
Minor, Beth…110
Mitchell's Confectionary…65
Model airplane competition…119
Moore, Bobbie…86
Moore, Gauin…32
Moorehead, Ken…114
Moose Lodge...121
Morgan, Donald…52
Morgan, Junior…112
Mullins, Sharon…38
Munk, Joseph…96
Murat Lodge No. 14…44
Murray, Glenn…128
Murray, Jon…53
Murray, Margaret…4
Murray, Richard…87
Muskegon Chiefs…127
Myers, Otis…104

N


Nass, Frederick "Fritz"…67
Nass, Helen (Thomson)…67
Nass, Judy…67
Nass, Julius…84
National Guard…11
National Guard Armory
   Albion…31
   Jackson…121
Neil, Frank…35
Nelson, Gary…53
Nelson, Janet…33
Nester, Mike...71
Nester, Geraldine (Eckmyre)…71
Neuman, Kitty…37
Newman, Randy…119
Newsom, Laurie…7 (not pictured)
Newsome, Eddie…128
Nichols, James…13
Nichols, Walter…18
Niecko, Edward…111
Norma Jean Miller School of the Dance…38
Norris, Lee…18
North Elementary School…5, 99
Northview Homes…5, 26
Norton, John…108
Nowlin, Frank…59

O


Oben, Kathleen…38
Oberlieter, Carl…13
Oil wells…92
Okley, Jennie…58
Olsen, George…87
Order of the Eastern Star…44
Osburn, James…50, 53
Osburn, Peter…53

P


Paddock House Museum…105
Palmer, Carole…95
Paniccia, Dominic…112
Parades
   Homecoming...97, 101
   Memorial Day...11
Parker Inn Hotel…15, 54
Parking downtown…23
Parking meters…20
Parma Township Hall…103
Pasick, Marsha…100
Passic, Frank Sr.…111
Passic, Pauline (Kulikowski)…110
Patterson, Ross…118
Paulsen, Clarence…79
Peabody Place Senior Housing…28
Peabody, David…28
Pearson, Vince…86
Peck, Frank…51
Pee Wee Baseball…5, 124
Penney, J. C., Company...60
Perry Sharp Construction Company…21
Pesch Grain & Seed Elevator…69
Pesch, Joseph…69
Pete Bournelis Shoe Repair…20
Peterson, Kenneth…16
Peterson, Margaret…110
Phelps, William…87
Phipps, Kraig…127
Pickens, Donna…44
Pickens, Vaud…10
Pittman, Hugh…120
Pobuda, Robert…34
Police Chief...10
Police Station...14
Posey, Gerald…18
Post Office
   Albion…30
   Springport...31
Powell, Robert…53
Prescott, Charles…10
Proctor, Waldo…53
Proteau, Al…91
Punt Pass and Kick contest…128
Putnam, David…45
Putnam, Kenneth…45

Q


Quigg, Doran…112

R


Rabakon, Dan…7 (not pictured)
Rabakon, Scott…128
Radiation emblem…17
Radtke, Barbara…42
Rahfeldt, Dan…108
Rampy, Gary…18, 123
Rangers...127
Rausch, Richard…71
Ray, Herb…86
Recorder See Albion Evening Recorder
Recreation…107-128
Red Arrow Memorial Highway…13
Reed, Consuella…34
Reed, Robert…64
Rehor, Mike…123
Rent Advisory Board…26
Rettinger, Frederick…47
Reynolds, Mike…124
Reynolds, Robert…73
Rice, Ronald…53
Riceville School…105
Richards, Chuck…111
Richardson, Wilmore…116
Rickenbacher, Melvin…86
Rickman, Grant R.…86
Rieger Park…19, 41, 112, 125
Rieger, Hugo…17, 19, 64
Rieger, William…19
Riggs, Steve…33
Riverside Cemetery…13
Roberts, Darlene…98
Roberts, Pam…38
Robinson, Joseph…95
Robinson, Melvin…117
Robinson, Thelma…34
Rockey, Terry…124
Rogers, George...16
Rohwedder, Carrie…91
Rohwedder, Otto…91
Romanchuk, Joe…112, 126
Romero, Winnie…110
Root, Bonnie…98
Rosenbrook, Marie…44
Rosenlocher, Claus…118
Rote, Frank…39
Rousseau Harness Shop…56
Rowan, Chris…37
Rumsey, Jay Dee…109
Rumsey, Storme…37
Russ Miller Chevrolet…69
Rutz, L. J.…48, 65-66

S


Sacharski, Dave…114
Sacharski, Jerry…7 (not pictured), 122-124, 128
Sadger, Gaylord…10
Safety Contest winners…86
Safety Patrol…94
Safreed, Robert…16
Sailor, Janice…27
Sailor, William…27
Sanders, Jim…41
Santa Claus…46
Sargent, Stanley…35
Satellite Drive-in…5, 75
Satori, James…110
Sayers, Nylie…13
Schepel, Sue…97
School Board...49
School Bond…99
Schultz, Bob…31
Schultz, Jim...123
Schultz, Judy…108, 109
Schofield, Wilma Reed…51
Schools
   Albion College...5, 28, 101-102, 122
   Austin Elementary School...98
   Bath Mills School...106
   Board of Education...88, 104
   Calhoun County Intermediate School District ...105
   Concord Public Schools...105
   Crowell Elementary School...5, 103
   Dalrymple Elementary School...5, 93-95
   Gardner Elementary...94, 104
   Gardner, Washington See High School
   Harrington Elementary...5, 104
   Head Start program...34
   High School....5, 90, 96-7, 100, 113-115, 120
   Holmes School...96
   Howell School...106
   Miller (Norma Jean) School of the Dance...38
   North Elementary School...5, 99
   Riceville School ...105
   West Ward School...95
   White School...42, 105
Scott, Don…118
Scout-O-Rama…40
Sears Roebuck & Company…67
Sebastian, Elnora…44
Sebastian, Wayne…121
Seelye, Dan…16, 39
Seelye, Judy…35
Seger, Don…76
Sewage plant…25
Sewer line...22
Shaffer, Jeannie…111
Sharrar, Bob…123
Sharp, Dr. Ara…5, 27
Sharp, John…73
Sharp's Hardware…73
Sharrar, Bill…108, 112
Sharrar, Gloria…108
Sharrar, Robert…117
Sheldon Memorial Hospital…5, 36
Sheldon, Mary Sheldon Ismon House…37
Shepherd, Mary Ellen…50
Shideman, George…15
Short, Jim…98
Short, Joyce…98
Short, Waverly…124
Shuffleboard...112
Shuring, John…104
Sibal, Frank Jr.…15
Sigsworth, Art…126
Siler, Dan…33
Simmons, M. C.…85
Simmons, Richard…18
Simpson, J. C. …117
Sindt, Conrad…18
Skating…125
Skinner, Roger…95
Slaughter, John…123
Sledding hill…115
Smith, Brenda…38
Smith, Brent…39
Smith, C. Reginald…104
Smith, David…98
Smith, James…86
Smith, Stafford…39
Snyder, Ben…19
Snyder, Ethel (Tate)...36
Snyder, Larry…90
Snyder, William…19
Softball…112
Southeastern Michigan Gas Company…24
Spaan, Arnold…116, 123
Spagnolo, Bill…126, 127
Speedway 79…78
Sports…107-128
   Baseball...122. 124
   Basketball...115-117
   Bowling...110, 111
   Boxing...120,121
   Football...113
   Hockey...126, 127
   Ice skating...125
   Midget Baseball...122, 123
   Model Airplanes...119
   Pee-Wee Baseball...5, 124
   Punt Pass and Kick...128
   Shuffleboard...112
   Softball...112
   Swimming...107-109
   T-Ball...5, 124
   Tennis...118
   Tobogganing...115
   Track...120
   Water Ballet...108, 109
   Wrestling...114
Sports Teams
   Blackhawks...126
   Blyveis Basketball team...116
   Junior Redwings...126
   Malleable Giants...116
   Men’s Bowling Assn...118
   Midget Baseball...122-123
   Muskegon Chiefs…127
   Pee Wee Baseball...124
   Rangers...127
   Shuffleboard Club...112
   Stunt Jockeys...119
   Wildcats...114-115
Springport Post Office...31
St. John's Catholic Church…41
Stadium Plaza…75
Stamp, Safety Patrol…94
Standard Oil…74
Starlite Drive-in…5, 73
Statfield, John…98
Steimel, Bernie…33
Steinhauer, Margaret…91
Steinkraus, Paula…41
Stevens, Lena (Holmes Cable)...95
Stevens, William…91
Stevenson, Al…69
Stevenson, Robert…42
Stockton, Doran "Sonny"…108, 109
Stoffer, William…123
Stokoe, Ernest…80
Strohmenger, Nan…37
Stunt Jockeys (model airplanes)...119
Sullivan's Dairy Bar…48
Susanna Wesley Hall…101
Swathwood, Keith…119
Sweet, Edward…18
Sweeter, Leonard…89
Swimming...107-109
Syler, Ivan…69

T


Taber, Jim…126
Tackett, Dewey…34
Taft, Jeanette…77
Tamarack School…105
Tanawida Council, Camp Fire Girls…4
Tanner, Elijah…117
Task Force board game…70
Tate, Ethel (Snyder)…36
Taylor, Margaret "Peg"…96
T-Ball…5, 124
Tennant, John…26
Tennis…118
Thomson, Helen (Nass)...67
Thomson's Flowers…67
Tik-Tok Drive-In…5, 71
Tirrell, David…45
Tobakos, Lee…37
Tobogganing…115
Tokens
   G & C Recreation...71
   Hansel's Recreation...63
   Tool check...83
Tom Maker National Food Store…59
Tomchak's Tavern…55
Tool check tokens (Albion Malleable)…83
Torrey, Claire…25
Torrey, Patricia…35
Toussaint, Dennis…46
Toussaint, William…46
Town and Country Shopping Center…5, 73, 76
Track…120
Transue, Kent…111
Trippitt, Sam...123
Troop, Albert…87
Tuchtenhagen's Jewelry…20
Tucker, Harriet…44
Tudor, Hal…126
Turnbull, Jack…116
Turner, Tom…86
Turtle Drilling Company…92
Tymkew, Michael…128
Tymkew, Nickolas…87
Tyzsko, Irene (Campbell)…12

U


UAW-AFL-CIO Local 474…86
Union Dry Cleaners…55
Union Labor Picnic…43
Union Steel Products…43, 90
Union, Moses…55
US Post Office…31, 64

V


V & W Game Company…70
Van Meter, Vern…83, 98
Van Order, Alice…97
Van Schoick, Robert…52
Van Shoick, Ken…109
Van Sickle, Floyd…13
Vasquez, James…117
Vaughn, Yale…70
Vaughn's Apparel for Women…65
Vaughn's Mens Wear…62
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)…12, 13, 54
Victory Park…47, 115, 118
Vieweg, Linda…95
Vitale, Guy…70
Vitale, Virginia…97
Vournakis, Jim…123
Vournakis, John…39

W


Waito, Ken…7 (not pictured), 98
Waito, Kris…7 (not pictured)
Wagner (Mike) Ford…128
Wales,Russell…53
Walkotten, George…94, 104
Wallace, Cecil…95
WALM radio station…41
Wardwell, Dale…109
Warson, Ken…33
Washington Gardner School See High School
Water ballet…108-109
Water tower...24
Watson, Park…44
Watts, Ken…18
Weatherwax Pharmacy…66
Weatherwax, Alan and Cecillia…66
Weaver, Gary…18
Weaver, Nadia…91
Weaver, William…91
Weaver, William "Bud"…70
Webster, Wendell…87
Weidner, Anna…87
Wernet, Ronald…18
West Ward School…95
West, Ella Mae…44
Wesley, Susanna (Hall)...101
Weston, Barbara…44
Weston, Craig…127
Weston, Jack…126
Wheeler, Aubrey…116
Wheeler, Darryl…114
Wheeler, Harvey…117
Wheeler, Rev. Marion…29
White School…42, 105
White, Carrey…74
White, Don…61
Whitehouse Residence Hall…102
Whitehouse, William W.…101, 102
Whitfield, Nancy…34
Whitney, Donald…18
Wickens, Pal (Gale)…110
Wiener Plat…27
Wiener, Norman H.…12, 13, 15, 59, 64, 101
Wigner, Leah…44
Wildcats…114-115
Wilde, Lanny…18
Wilder, Fred…53
Wilder, Jim…111
Wilder, Pearley…53
Wiley, Karen…108
Wiley, Loren…87
Wilkings Office Supply…40
Wilkinson, Harold…58
Williams, Brenda…34
Williams, Charles…39, 48, 94
Williams, Dennis…123
Williams, Edwin…10
Williams, G. Mennen…43
Williams, Nathaniel…116
Williamson, Al…18
Williamson, Fred…18
Wilson, Karl…114
Wilson, Ron…114
Wilson, Woody…114
Winchell, Kasmir…98
Winchell, Lyman…52
Wincholls, Wendy…111
Wintermute, Fred…51, 52
WMSB-TV…124
Womack, Curtis…55
Wood, Marvin…90, 116
Wooden, Byron…56
Woodward, Durwood…87
Woody's Service Center…56
Wrestling…114
Wright School…103

Y


Yankee Department Store…75
Yates, John…117
Yorkey, Ann…61
Yorkey, Don…39
Young, Ina…52
Young, James…78
Young, Lena…36
Young, Nelson…86
Young's Pharmacy…78

Z


Zaremba, Ed…120
Zeigler, Ben…72
Zeller, Ivan…87
Zimmerman, Jeff…126
Zody Discount…75
Zuehlke, Ken…86

Index by Robin B. James, robinja56@gmail.com
5:44 PM 9/17/2006