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- In his radio program Talk with Old-Timers, Jack Severson interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John recalls the wind storm that pummeled Grand Haven on Armistice Day in 1941. He gives details about the resulting damage and remembers other big storms that hit the area. He ends the program with a history of the Interurban and recalls the effects snow had on its operation.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John remembers old radio programs, phonographs, and the different types of radios that were available in the early part of the twentieth century. He recalls that the Hayes Radio was manufactured in Grand Haven. John also reminisces about childhood pastimes.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about the old lighthouse on the bluff and the catwalk on the pier. He gives details about the Coast Guard Training camp at Mulligan's Hollow and the rifle range. He recalls Central Park and the band concerts offered there, the old carbon street lights, and the Interurban Dummy Line that ran from downtown out to Highland Park. He discusses the fish industry and the fish shanties set up on Dewey Hill.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about the first telephone service in the area, remembers learning to drive a car and how a driver's license was not needed at the time. He recalls the day when he was injured as a youngster racing horses through town and remembers automobiles that were built in Grand Haven by the Van Motor Car Company (1910-1912) and the Panhard Motor Company (1917-1919). John gives the details about the death of John Vyn in a train accident.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about sledding on city streets, "icing" the hill on Second Street for sledding, and riding in horse-drawn cutters during the winter. He also remembers early grocery stores, ice-boxes, and home grocery delivery. He also reminisces about working a local bakery as a young man.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. In this program, John talks about the freight house at the foot of Washington Street and the men who worked there. He talks about the difference between fishing today and the industry in the early 1900s. He goes on to recall the changes along the waterfront and at the foot of Dewey Hill. John gives a detailed history of The Barn, a popular dance hall and roller rink. He recalls that the area of Central Park was the site of the city's first cemetery, which was relocated south of town to create Lake Forest Cemetery. John remembers recreational activities in the area and gives details about sledding down Second Street hill.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John talks about various steam boats and their significance to the area. He also recalls the Interurban, the Fruitport Pavilion, his first car, and his job at a local bakery when he was young. He remembers that a pie cost twenty-five cents in those days and a loaf of bread ranged from five to ten cents. He reminisces about his grandfather, who owned and operated a livery and rented horses.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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 tells the story of going to Grand Rapids to sell a directory of Grand Haven to businesses. He describes the businesses in downtown Grand Haven and their owners. He also recalls the Wiley Water Works, the Magnetic Mineral Springs, The Cutler House, and the bad snowstorms of 1915 and 1936.
- Date Issued:
- 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. In this program, John talks about the Grand Haven city founders and the early government. John has historical booklets that he describes. This starts conversations about the lumbering industry, the Board of Trade, Nat Brown's experiments with kite photography and Isaac N. Tubbs's photography business.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In his monthly radio program Memories of the Past, Doug Tjapkes interviews Grand Haven resident John VanSchelven about his early memories of the area. During this program, John remembers his Grandfather's livery, which he later sold to Bill Bronsema, who created the first taxi service in town. John talks about company picnics often held on boats. He tells the history of the Naomi, along with other boats that made trips between Grand Haven and Fruitport, and recalls early automobile traffic.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection