The Owosso times., 1922-04-21
Michigan
Happenings

cried as POSITIVE crime against the
children" by medical men of Michigan,
Indiana and Ohio assesmbled at Lans-
ing for the forty-ninth annual meet
ing of the Tri-State Medical Associa-
ton. Discussion of the more techni-
cal side of the profession was dropped
when the subject of child feeding in
public schools was introduced by DR..
G. l.. Bliss, of Kalamazoo. More
than an hour was devoted to consid-
Grafton of the subject.
Richard Peckham, years old,
whose father is facing trial in circuit
court at Kalamazoo on charge of
torturing and cruelty and illegally pun
ishing him, was made ward Of the
juvenile court. He was placed per-
manently in the juvenile detention
home. The father, Frederick Peckham,
professor In a commercial school, is
said to have whipped him till the
blood ran down his back and to have
hurled a chair against him, knocking
out one of his teeth.
Mrs. Charity Wintergreen, of Kala-
mazoo, aged and toothless, unable to
eat the contents of the well-laden din
ner baskets sent to her home by the
Salvation Army, wrote to the army Of
ficials, asking them to send her set
only acknowledgment received by the
army after distributing about 100 din
ner baskets among the distressed |
families of Kalamazoo.
Major McCord and Captain Lovett |
of the army division of Chicago came |
to Mt. Clemens to make arrangements |
for removing all the army supplies
from Selfridge Flying field. The camp
Major McCord says, will be kept for
training purposes for army reserves.
The field will not be sold With the
removal of the equipment and sup
plies, the camp will be closed.
The Kalamazoo county board Of SUI
pervisors has refused to allow a bill
Of $91.46 incurred by DR.. F. S. Collier,
former president of Vicksburg village,
during his stay in a Kalamazoo hos
pital last summer after he had been
arrested on the charge of man
slaughter. The bill was contracted
while DR.. Collier was in custody of
the sheriff. He was later acquitted.
About 375 officers and soldiers sta
toned at Fort Brady, United States
army post at Sault Ste. Marie, will
leave there about May 1 for Camp
Custer Members Of the quartermas-
ter corps, including two officers and
26 men, will remain at the post. The
departing troops will hike large por-
ton of the distance.
AT a session of the circuit court at
Monroe, Judge Jesse H. Root allowed
/ writ of habeas corpus, and ordered
he return of Cleobelle, 14-months-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey ,
karns, to the maternal grandmother,
rom whose custody she had been ,
aiken by an order Of the Juvenile
court.
Part Of the loot taken in the Malta [
van postoffice robbery several months I
lgo was found at Kalamazoo. buried ]
n the railroad yards, and has set ]
Ocal police on fresh search for the 6
landits. John Zweedyk found the
oot containing 500 in postage and
evenue stamps.
Harry M. Slater, rate expert for the I
illinois Public Utilities commission, !
redited with having rid Illinois of the
reight rate zoning system, will be re-
aimed by the Michigan Public Utili- |
les commission in connection with !
he statewide freight rate hearings, |
o start at Lansing April 21.
Proposed charter amendments voted
lown at the last spring election at {
arand Rapids, due to the manner in
which they were phrased, may be re-
at the fall election or any I
ther time thereafter, according to
lecision Of City Attorney Ganson Tag
,ar.
An attempt will be made to get suffi- |
lent signers to guarantee at least |
me hundred acres Of strawberries
nd raspberries, SO that Grand Trav-
rse region may branch forth into the 1
mall fruit business with proper ship 6
ing and marketing facilities. I
Fred Dernberger, of Addison, was
lected chairman of the Oakland 4
ounty board of supervisors, succeed t
ng F. G.. Malcolm of Commerce.
William Hawley, Of Ash township.
fonroe county, has been appointed B
hartman of the equalization commit B
ee Of the board of supervisors. /
Albion city officers, directed by City
manager e. J. Mallory and Chief of t
,oIica CIvda Stoddard raidad fva a