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- In his radio program Talk with Old-Timers, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John remembers the Loutit family, one of Grand Haven's early lumber and banking families. In 1957, the family established the Loutit Foundation and later donated funds for the construction of the city's new public library. The Loutit Science Hall at Grand Valley State University also bears their name. John goes on to discuss area transportation and the automobiles that were manufactured in Grand Haven in the early 1900s. He also talks about the lumber industry, the waterfront, and tells the story of the Culter House fire of 1889.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Bernice Maciejewski recalls moving with her parents from Chicago at the age of sixteen to Grand Haven Township where they lived on the family farm in a shell of a house. Her father worked for the WPA and helped to build The Oval, which later became the Grand Haven State Park, and her mother worked at Felix's marina and bar. Bernice dropped out of high school when it became difficult to find transportation to school and she was needed at home to help with the other children. In 1941, she married Vincent Maciejewski, and after the war they built a house in Robinson Township on her parents' land. She gives a brief history of lumbering in Robinson Township, Stern's Bayou Bridge, Jack's Jungle, and the community of Bass River. Bernice discusses the book she began writing on the history of Robinson Township, which was carried on by historian and fellow resident Olive Cleave and published in 1999 after her death.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- James Sims worked for Grand Haven's Board of Light & Power from 1937 to 1963 and in time became the CEO of the company. He received his engineering degree from Texas A&M University and was trained in the Army Air Corps. In this interview, he talks about his love for flying along with the financing and development of the Grand Haven Municipal Air Park. He also discusses his experience with private and public owned electrical companies in Texas and Michigan, his electrical work on local area fountains, and his consultation for other communities in the development of power plants. Upon his retirement from the Board of Light & Power, the company undertook the development of a new facility, located on Harbor Island, and named it after Sims.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Campbell's father, Archibald I, was Mayor of Grand Haven from 1909 to 1911. He later became President of Dake Engine Company from 1924 to 1936. In this interview with Dave Seibold, Archie talks about his father and his early business, Seventh Street Foundry, which fabricated parts for Dake Engine Company. Archie also gives a detailed description of the 200 block of Franklin Avenue and the people who lived there, along with a history of the family home. He recalls when streets in town were first paved and the first flush toilets.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wilbur (Pete) Tullis graduated from Ohio State University in 1934 and came to Grand Haven in 1938 to be an agronomist in the new Soil Conservation District of Ottawa County, the first east of the Mississippi River. In this interview, he talks extensively about sand dune erosion in the Grand Haven area and describes the environmental problems Grand Haven Township experienced in the 1930s. Pete recalls what it was like to live in a Civilian Conservation Corps camp between 1939 and 1941. Later, Tullis was employed as a professional farm manager with Opekasit Farm Management and retired in 1958 from J. Sawyer Company. He was a member of the Grand Haven Rotary and a Paul Harris Fellow.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Larry Dornbos and his sister, Nancy Rehm, examine historical photographs with Dave Seibold and cover several topics, including their grandfather, Henry J. Dornbos, who in 1889 started the H. J. Dornbos and Brother fish business, which during its peak became the largest wholesale fish dealer in the world. They also talk about the development of the Dornbos Insurance Company, which Larry overtook upon his father's death in 1971 and opened the Oakes, Dornbos, & Crimmins office. He owned and operated the business along with William Crimmins and James Oakes until his retirement in 1983.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- The Sherwood family came to Grand Haven in 1904, and together with the Jacobson and Johnson families, became leading entrepreneurs of the area. In this interview, Marion and his daughter Lynne discuss the businesses that were developed by the Sherwood, Jacobson and Johnson families. These included the Grand Haven Brass Foundry, Grand Haven Stamped Products, and Michigan Plastic Products, Inc. The families later collaborated to form the JSJ Corporation in 1970. Marion was its first director and served as the company's first president until 1977. He also served as trustee for the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation. Also in this interview, Marion gives a history of the Grand Haven State Bank.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Raymond Fisher was the grandson of Abraham Fisher, one of the first commercial fishermen in Grand Haven. Raymond's father continued the tradition. In this interview, Fisher talks about the fishing business and working at The Square Drug Store on Seventh and Fulton Streets before becoming a reporter for the Grand Haven Tribune and head staffer at the Muskegon Chronicle. He was a life-long member of the First Reformed Church and talks in detail about its history. Other memories he recalls include the opening of US-31, the old coal dock, childhood and leisure time activities, the WPA, and historic schools in the area.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In her radio program The Old-Timers, Esther Dean Nyland interviews prominent Grand Haven citizens about their earliest memories of the area. In this second interview, Bronsema recalls the purchase Mr. Sprick's Livery and his own moving and storage business. He goes into further detail about the families who lived in the neighborhood around Elliot Street. Some of the family names mentioned are: Pellegrom, Keelers, Raymond, Fisher, Schippers, Baker, Stokes, Brower, Nedervelt, and Vanhoff. He also tells the story about wild mustang horses arriving in Grand Haven for sale.
- Date Issued:
- 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Ringelberg grew up in Grand Haven in the neighborhood surrounding Seventh and Columbus Streets. He recalls the different businesses in the area, including the meat markets his father Henry owned and operated through the years. As a youngster, John worked on a local celery farm as well as in the meat market, attended a Christian school and church services conducted through the medium of the Dutch language. He gives a detailed description of the route the original US Highway 31 took through town and recalls when Columbus and Washington Streets were paved, sharing the story of the role his father played in that job. John also describes the method of relocating a house in the old days and the conversion of industry to war-time production in Grand Haven. Lastly, he recounts the Andaste and SS Milwaukee shipwrecks of 1929.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection