25 Years Ago —Oct. 24, 1990
Deputy Danko, a G
erman shepherd, and Deputy Ken Blackwell of the Allegan County Sheriff’s Department gave Wayland High School a clean grade after inspection of the halls and rooms for illegal drugs in the building. Danko is 8 years old and soon will begin retirement.
Paul Jackson wrote a feature story about the Wayland High School 1931 varsity football team that played in “Sandburr Stadium. Some of the team members were Merland Pepper, Harold Dietiker, Robert Dietiker, Ray Calkins, Robert Heydenburk, Haven Tarnutzer, Ellis Tooker and Larry Wisniewski. Coach was George Howard.
Three Martin students, all under 18 years of age, were arrested in connection with a break-in and vandalism at the high school.
The Wayland branch of First Savings Bank of Three Rivers has been purchased by Hastings City Bank, according to an announcement by Chief Executive Officer Robert E. Picking.
Wayland High School is welcoming the addition ofn a Peer Assistance Listening (PALs) program to help troubled students receive help from fellow students.
Hopkins Athletic Director and varsity basketball coach Scott Palczewski has resigned to take a new administrative position with Big Rapids High School.
The Spook House, sponsored by the Hopkins Community Recreation Committee, will begin second year of operation, with “spook” dates set for Oct. 27, 30 and 31 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the village/township hall.
Longtime Wayland community activist and A & P grocery manager Marion DeWeerd died at his home. He was 86.
Hopkins lost a wild football contest to Jackson County Western, 42-34.
The Martin girls’ basketball team finally aborbed a defeat, 29-27, at the hands of Gobles, after winning 12 straight to start the season.
Matt Morse, the first Wayland golfer to qualify for the state meet since 1976, finished with a disappoint 88 for 18 holes. Wayland’s last appearance at state had been by the foursome of Tom LaValley, Jesse Clyma, Tom Smith and Kim Suhusky, who recorded a team score of 365 in the competition.
Aaron Whitley and Paul Omness both came up with two interceptions against pass-happy Cedar Springs in a 46-12 rout for the Wildcats, who can fashion a winning 5-4 season if they can beat Middleville Thornapple Kellogg in the finale.
The Wayland girls’ basketball team, which has been going through tough times of late and an 8-6 overall record, learned that Heather Staley reinjured her knee and Julie Ainsworth left the team.
50 Years Ago — Oct. 20, 1965
An estimated one thousand people, including State Senator Harold Volkema of Holland, toured the new Kessler’s Undies and Woolies factory on South Main Street.
Arthur H. Johnson, Harold Weaver, Robert Lucke, Charles Andringa, William Kessler Jr., Clara Durfee and Clayton Blue were named to the board of directors for the Wayland Development Corp.
Ground was broken for the new Herb Chevrolet dealership on West Superior Street near the U.S.-131 expressway. Owner Lester Herb said he hopes to be open for business by March 1966. The old dealership was destroyed by a fire the previous summer that wiped out half a business block on North Main Street.
The Wayland Rotary Club plans to start a travel and adventure film series in six programs on Australia, Ethiopia, Japan, Italy, Brazil and America.
Mrs. Thomas Ayers of Wayland has been named Grand Committeewoman for the Michigan Order of the Eastern Star.
The Wayland Village Council is lobby against a bill introduced in the State Legislature that would mandate libraries, police stations and schools to remain open year-round during regular hours to be available for voter registration.
Coach Gus Charles’ Hopkins football team was 5-0 after blanking Martin 19-0. Defensive standouts were Dick Schwartz and Ron Kraft. Quarterback Jesse Goodrich tallied two touchdowns, fullback Bill Pavalk scored the other and Jim Newell ran in an extra point.
Middleville, the state’s No. 1 Class C football team, pummeled Wayland 67-20, led by two touchdowns apiece by all-staters Dave VanElst and Rob White. The Wildcats, however, scored more points on the heralded Trojans than anybody else this season. Leonard Kaminski rushed for more than 200 yards, QB Terry Parks caught a TD pass from Terry Bartell, Bartell scored himself and Parks hit husky Gordon Hudson for another six-point strike.
Walt Disney’s “The Monkey’s Uncle,” starring Annette Funicello and Tommy Kirk, was showing at the Wayland Theatre.
The First Congregational Church will have a special potluck dinner Sunday to welcome the Rev. and Mrs. Oscar Wilson and introduce them to the community.
The Beatles’ “Yesterday” spent its third straight atop the music charts.
75 Years Ago — Oct. 25, 1940
National politics is really beginning to get warmed up and from advance information from the various township clerks, it would appear that a record vote would be cast for president on Nov. 5. If the Globe seems to be lacking in some of our news items, you can blame this rush in getting out the county ballots as the reason.
Public opinion polls came in for their share of the praise and abuse. When the Gallup poll showed that Candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt would more than likely carry the election, the Republicans countered with the Dunn survey, reputed to show Candidate Wilkie out in front.
First step in national conscription was completed with the registration of some 16,500,000 young men between the ages of 21 and 36. Reporting to more than 120,000 polling places throughout the country they listed personal information about themselves and now results of the lottery in Washington, which will decide in what order they may be called into service.
There was increasing talk of a vast four-sided alliance between the British Empire, the United States, Soviet Russia and the China of General-Dictator Chiang Kai-shek. It was intended to thwart the axis of Germany, Italy and Japan. Thus would the world’s seven big powers line up, it was stated by some railbirds.
The state department was undoubtedly wooing the Soviets, to counterbalance the rising sun of Nippon. Stalin liked the axis combine no better than did Roosevelt. lt was true, objectors said, that British investments in the Far East were 10 times as large as those of the Yankees, and that the Far East was 7,000 miles away, and that we were scheduled to get out of the Philippines anyway, and many Americans did not like Moscow at any price whatsoever.
100 Years Ago — Oct. 22, 1915
The Wayland High School football team played Grand Rapids South High School to a 7-7 tie. The Globe reported, “The South football team proved to be a husky bunch and showed good training, but some fumbling cost them cost them much headway.” Anway, the quarterback, scored Wayland’s touchdown in the first period.
Mrs. Clara Standish of Leighton Township had the misfortune to burn herself very badly with a kerosene heater.
The Improvement League had 25 members in attendance to enjoy an all-day meeting at the home of Mrs. Ida Mills. They feasted on a Pioneer Dinner and watched and heard a presentation from Grace Stromberg on “The Early History of the Community.”
The Good Cheer Circle of the Congregational Church is planning a Halloween Social Friday, Oct. 29, and everyone is invited.
The Dorr Methodist Episcopal Aid Society will have a Fair Experience social and dinner in the basement of the church. The dinner’s cost will be 15 cents.
Supervisor Frank Chamberlain has spent the entire week in Allegan attending the meeting the Board of Supervisors’ meeting.
Clyde Pierson traveled to Grand Rapids to accept a position with a grocery store on Wealthy Street.
Vern Shattuck of Milwaukee returned to the home town to visit with friend and do work at the Shattuck farm southeast of Wayland. He and Miss Inez Sias took in a production at the Powers Theatre in Grand Rapids.
The Wayland Grange will meet Saturday, Nov. 6, and members are instructed to answer roll call with “How to make our Grange more interesting.”
The Ladies Library Club heard a presentation on the SanFrancisco Exposition, “ably carried out by Mrs. Carner, Miss Fannie Hoyt and Miss Neva Walch.” Also included in the program were a recitation and two original dialogues.
PHOTO: Beall’s Dry Goods, where the new Jayda Gale distillery plans to locate.
