Holyoke, Mass

[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, February 19, 1922.]

Pat Shea of Holyoke, member of the world’s champion New York Giants, will leave home this week to report to the McGrawmen.  Shea turned in some first-class work for the Giants in 1921, but this year he hopes to make for himself a regular position on the staff and to take his turn against the other reams around the National circuit.  Last winter Shea was overanxious to make good with the New York club and did too much preparatory work during the winter, with the result that when he had been in the South a while he found that he was overtrained and that his arm wouldn’t respond.  He has taken his training this winter mostly in the form of long walks and short sprints on the road, going out frequently with Jack Hannafin, former Eastern league umpire.  Shea will go to Buffalo for a few days and meet the Giants there, on the way to San Antonio.  The squad is booked to leave New York Sunday.

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[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, 14 February 1922.]

Mrs. Philemon Barsalou died last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George Raymond.  Besides her daughter, with whom she lived, she leaves one son Alvaria of this city, and two other daughters, Mrs. Israel Acoine of Woonsocket, R.I. and Mrs. Fred Fortier of Westfield.  The funeral will be held at the home tomorrow morning at 8 followed by high requiem mass at the Immaculate Conception Church at 9.

The funeral of Judson A. Cleveland was held this afternoon at the home, 62 Taylor Street.  Rev. Dr. J. C. Sycamore officiated and the bearers were Frank and William Shelley, Charles Burnham, Edgar Peck, A. J. Roland and R. W. Sanderson.  Burial was in Forestdale Cemetery.

The funeral of William Thalmann was held this afternoon at Foster’s funeral parlors.  Rev. E. C. Stuebl officiated and burial was in Forestdale Cemetery.

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[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, 14 February 1922.]

Holyoke, February 14.—George Brown, 17 of 47 View Street and George Moreau, 17, of 2100 Northampton Street were each fined $20 in the district court this morning for driving away an automobile without the consent of the owner, and in addition were given suspended jail sentences of six months each.  Although there have been dozens of cases of automobiles being driven away, this is the first one to come before the court.

Harry Markoski, charged with bastardy, was discharged after a hearing.  Dennis O’Connor was allowed to plead nolo in the case of alleged trespass on the private drivewayof the Holyoke Surgical Hospital at Smiths Ferry, and Judge John Hildreth said that he was giving public notice that the roadway belongs to the hospital authorities and that further infractions of the trespass law would result in penalties.

Liquors seized January 30 on the premises of John Okarnus of 130 High Street were ordered forfeited.  About three quarts of whiskey was taken at the time.

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[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, 11 Feb 1922]

Holyoke, February 10.—Henry L. Dragon of 154 Oak street, manager of the shoe department of the McAuslan & Wakelin store of this city, died this afternoon at the House of Providence, following an operation.  Mr. Dragon had been in ill health for some time.  Mr. Dragon came to this city last June from Northampton, where he was the manager of Mandel’s shoe shore.  He was born in Canada and his parents came to the United States when he was a boy.  He lived in Holyoke during the early part of his life but in recent years had lived in Northampton.  He was a member of numerous fraternal organizations, among them the Northampton Lodge of Elks, the Moose, Circle Rochambeau and St. John the Baptist society.  He leaves his widow, a daughter Cecile and a son, eo.  The funeral will be held from the home, Monday morning to be followed by a requiem high mass in Perpetual Help church.

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[Adapted from the Springfield Republican, 11 February 1922.]

Northampton, February 10.—the state patrol, through the interventions of Patrolman Landberg as a plain clothes man, brought two defendants into district court today to answer charges of breaking, entering and larceny in the night time at the stores of Ellbert Aldrich of Granby.  The defendants were Arthur Lempkey of Holyoke and John Honsky of Granby.  In connection with the same case, Stanley Sysmiski of Holyoke was charged with receiving stolen good.  All waived examination and were held in bonds of $500 each for the grand jury.  Andre appeared for them.  The two men charged with larceny are accused of breaking into the Aldrich store August 11 and stealing 58 packages of crackerjack, 78 packages of chewing gum, 32 cakes of chocolate and other merchandise of a similar character.

Use of more than 2 per cent of cereal in the manufacture of sausage brought John Anundewicz,  who sold the sausage, into court, the complainant being Inspector Arnold Perham.  The defendant was fined $25, and the fine was suspended.  The complainant told the court that the sausage that had been inspected contained nearly 6 per cent of cracker crumbs.  Margaret Shlado of Pine Grove, who as to appear in court to answer to a charge of larceny of a hat from Sarah Cohn defaulted.  Julia Vaughn, charged with participation in this theft appeared in juvenile court and was committed to Lancaster school.

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