The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-04-20
Michigan
Happenings
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The feeding of school children un-
der the direction of teachers incom-
petent to diagnose and pass expert
judgment on children's health was de-
cried as "a positive crime against the
children" by medical men Of Michigan,
Indiana and Ohio assembled 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 a 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 a set |
OF false teeth. The letter was the |
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,
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 $9146 incurred by DR.. F. s. Golfer
former president of Vicksburg village,
during his stay in Kalamazoo hos
pital last summer after he had been
arrested on the charge of man
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 for Camp
Custer. Members Of the quartermas-
ter corps, including two officers and
26 men, will remain at the post The
troops will hike large por-
ton of the distance.
At session of the circuit court at
Monroe, Judge Jesse II. Root allowed
a writ of habeas corpus, and ordered
the return of Cleobelle, 14-months-old !
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey |
Harms, to the maternal grandmother. ,
from whose custody she had been !
taken by an order Of the juvenile
court.
Part of the loot taken in the Malta I
wan postoffice robbery several months I
ago was found at Kalamazoo, buried !
in the railroad yards, and has set ]
local police on a fresh search for the &
bandits. John Zweedyk found the
loot containing 500 in postage and
r venue stamps. I
Harry M. Slater, rate expert for the 7
Illinois Public Utilities commission.
credited with having rid Illinois of the
freight rate coming system, will be re-
tanned by the Michigan Public Utili- /
ties commission in connection with |
the statewide freight rate hearings. /
to start at Lansing April 81. /
Proposed charter amendments voted
down at the last spring election at c
Grand Rapids, due to the manner in Y
which they were phrased, may be re-
submitted at the fall election or any /
other time thereafter, according to
decision of City Attorney Ganson Tag
gar. I
An attempt will be made to get suffi- ]
cient signers to guarantee at least |
one hundred acres Of strawberries
and raspberries, so that Grand Trav-
erse region may branch forth into the |
small fruit business with proper ship 6
ping and marketing facilities. I
Fred Dernberger, of Addison, was
elected chairman of the Oakland |
county board OF supervisors. succeed t
Ing +. G.. Malcolm of Commerce.