During June 1922, the first of five Piggly-Wiggly cafeteria-style Terre Haute grocery stores opened at 726 Wabash Ave.

Within 18 months, other Piggly-Wiggly outlets were established at 126 Lafayette Ave., 1532 N. Seventh St, 1602 S. Seventh St. and 660-662 Wabash.

Piggly-Wiggly was not the first national chain to locate in Terre Haute. The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. already had 15 stores in the city.

Neither Piggly-Wiggly nor the Great A&P Tea Co. compared in size to Hollie N. Oakley's home-owned and home-operated Oakley grocery chain, consisting of 33 Terre Haute stores, one in West Terre Haute and others throughout the Wabash Valley.

Other notable events which occurred during the late spring and early summer 80 years ago included:

George Krietenstein presented the former Grable Farm, a 37-acre tract in eastern Clay County on Eel River, to the Terre Haute Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

The farm included a house, barn, orchard and facilities for swimming, boating and fishing. The gift was given in memory of George's son, Carl, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy who died in 1920 while in service, and was known as Camp Krietenstein.

Terre Haute actress Hazel Stark, using the stage name "Marie Crisp," was featured at the Orpheum Theater in June in the photoplay, "The Man Who Married His Own Wife," starring Frank Mayo.

It was Hazel's third motion picture. The first two -- "Moonlight Follies" and "The Idle Class" -- were released in 1921.

On May 26, Indiana State Normal's Max Case hurled a no-hitter against Muncie Normal, striking out 12 en route to a 6-2 victory. The two Muncie runs were unearned.

The game was marred by an unusual incident. Baserunner Belcher, the Muncie catcher, asked State Normal first baseman Russ Bratton if he could look at the ball. When Bratton obliged, Belcher grabbed the ball, threw it over the right field fence and raced toward second base.

Incensed, Bratton pursued Belcher and attempted a flying tackle. However, Belcher eluded his grasp but was quickly upended by second baseman John Donovan. Players from both teams erupted onto the field.

Belcher and Bratton were ejected from the game.

William Creighton Ball, 75, publisher of the Terre Haute Gazette for many years and an active community force, died. W.C. Ball and his siblings, Susan W. Ball and Spencer F. Ball, were among the city's most active community leaders.

They were the children of William J. and Julia (Creighton) Ball, who came to Terre Haute in 1847 when William was named resident engineer for the Wabash & Erie Canal.

Edward Price Bell, for 25 years the London correspondent for the Chicago Daily News, came home for a visit with his brother, Dr. Will Bell, and his nephew, Edgar Bell.

Eight years later (1930), Bell was the first journalist ever nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He began his career in journalism as a reporter for the Terre Haute Gazette when it was owned by the Ball brothers.

Popular 15-year-old movie star Maurine May Powers came home to 1234 S. Fifth St. for a two-week visit with family and friends and to make special personal appearances at the Liberty Theater for each showing of her latest motion picture, "Why Girls Leave Home."

A former student at King Classical School, Maurine first went to New York City with her mother in 1918. She had appeared in three previous motion pictures: "To Hell With the Kaiser!," "Beware" and "Democracy: The Vision Restored."

The daughter of Andrew M. and Daisy Powers was labeled "Terre Haute's Dainty Little Sunbeam."

Julius Lederer, a prominent downtown merchant since 1908, announced his retirement from day-to-day activities at Lederer-Feibleman department store, effective June 24.

Congressman Everett Sanders of Terre Haute, later secretary to President Calvin Coolidge and the national chairman of the Republican Party, was being treated for a severe case of pruritus at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.

Professional dancer Diana Hyland of 1201 S. Seventh St. announced she would open a Terre Haute studio during the summer months.

Cross-country cyclists Clarence "Crazy Horse" Wagner, Graham Elliott, Elias Bailey and Clyde Stoody represented Terre Haute in the annual 100-mile bicycle road race from Milwaukee to Chicago on May 30.

Lot sales were brisk in Deming and Edgewood Place, new subdivisions on Terre Haute's east side developed by the Deming Land Co. and Frank P. Fox, respectively.