CADILLAC — Two members of the Cadillac City Council were recognized Wednesday by the Cadillac Area Chamber of Commerce for their various acts of service to the community.
May 24, 1921
Donald Wooley, 8 years old, arrested by local police Friday night, is a confessed member of the gang of juvenile outlaws who have kept the police blotter black with complaints for the past several days. Don was found sleeping in a barn back of his fatherâs home and now is musing over his acts at the detention home on Cottage Street while the police are seeking Lyle McClain, 10, and Roy McClain, about 12 years old, the other adventurers. Don will face a larceny charge in court Monday and probably will be sent to an institution as the parents of the three boys say they can do nothing with them. Guy Wooley is the father of the captive, whose mother is dead. Mr. and Mrs. George McClain, also of West Division, are the parents of the other lads. Nearly half a hundred separate offenses have been committed recently by the lads, all the way from skipping school and stealing to the more serious charges of breaking and entering buildings and forcing seals on freight cars. Yes
April 5, 1921
The Cadillac Retail Grocers and Merchants Association held a meeting in the Chamber of Commerce office to discuss closing the stores on the Thursday afternoon of the coming Auto Show. It was decided that out of courtesy to the automobile dealers the stores would remain open to accommodate the visitors to Cadillac on that day and to make the business section of the city more interesting. âThe grocers do not anticipate any greatly increased volume of business during the automobile show,â said J.M. Bothwell, secretary of the merchants organization, âbut it was believed that to close on the first day of the show would not be fair to the other merchants who desire to make the streets look as attractive as possible nor to the automobile dealers who are spending their money and time to bring crowds to Cadillac.â