By Peter Cook
On the morning of February 21, 1925, two Millburg State Bank employees prepared for what they thought would be a routine Saturday. However, their first customers were anything but ordinary. Dressed in trench coats, a group of armed men forced the tellers into the back closet and looted the bank. While the robbery only lasted a few minutes, the subsequent car chase, manhunt, and trial would long be remembered as one of Southwest Michigan’s most dramatic crimes of the 1920s.
Peter Cook, the Director of Programs & Outreach at the North Berrien Historical Museum in Coloma, will present the Great Millburg Bank Robbery and its aftermath in all its exciting detail. Peter holds a bachelor’s degree in Public History from Western Michigan University and has been working at the museum since 2018.
NOTE: 1:00pm On Zoom shown at the Scott Club. Or, join via Zoom from wherever you are located. Email info@scottclub.org for a Zoom link.
Enjoy a delicious luncheon and entertainment by Ken Cooper in celebration of Scott Club’s 140th year. Ken Cooper is a Chicago-based trumpet virtuoso, international touring musician, and recording artist. He began playing with the prestigious Nisei Ambassadors Drum and Bugle Corps in eighth grade and embarked into touring with Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions at the age of 19. Ken has performed with B.B. King, Aretha Franklin, James Brown, members of Earth, Wind and Fire, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, and many other artists over the years. He is mainly a jazz musician but also plays with R&B, country, and salsa bands and has recorded a CD of classical music. He is currently composing and recording his original music. 
