25 Years Ago — Sept. 5, 1990

EDITOR’S NOTE: There were no copies of the Sept. 5, 1990 edition of the Penasee Globe at the Then & Now Historical Museum. The 25 years ago entries will resume next week.

50 Years Ago — Sept. 1, 1965

Vicki Chlebana, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Chlebana, was selected as Cowbell Queen and will compete in the Allegan County Harvest Queen Pageant.

\Tom Chesebro and James Kaur were winners if the Wayland Rotary Club’s Community Fair contest and they earned three-day trips to Chicago.

Top winners in the Cowbell Days Horse Show were Warren Tyrell, Tom Jackson and Jim Ward.

Wayland State Bank cashier and Village Clerk Max Vipond has accepted a position as vice president at the United Bank in Lake Odessa.

Joe and jack Silvernale have purchased the Middle Villa bowling alley and restaurant from Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cole, who built the building and established the business four years ago.

Dr. Lewis McNabb, who practiced medicine in Wayland before moving to Grand Rapids, died at age 37.

A front page picture and story announced that Wayland High School graduate Ron Stehouwer was shifting “from Steel(ers) to Aluminum because he had retired from pro football to take a post with Kaiser Aluminum.

Charles Pease, 59, of Gun Lake, died at St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Rapids. A 32^nd degree Mason, he had a long career as an engineer with the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Rollo Mosher, in his weekly “Observations” column, wrote about the earliest days of cinema in Wayland. He said the first moving pictures establishment was where Sam’s Appliance is today and Mrs. Charles Yeakey played the piano during the showings.

Moline Christian and Moline Community Schools were getting ready to open Sept. 6 and 7. For the community schools, John Rookus was principal and teachers included Mrs. Aaron TerHoor, Mrs. Louis Miedema, Mrs. Mary Narrazo, Mrs. Robert TerAvest and Mrs. Olive TenElshof.

Bids are to be taken on a paving project for 18^th Street running 3.2 miles north of Hillards in Hopkins Township, with the estimate at $110,000.

Wayland High School graduate Lee Greenawalt, son of Fred and Effie Greenawalt, has won a three-week vacation stay in the California home of the late William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publishing magnate.

Edwin Alflen of the Alflen & Sons dealership in Wayland recently was honored in Detroit with a Quality Dealer Award by the Chrysler Motor Corp.

“Fluffy,” starring Tony Randall and Shirley Jones, was being shown at the Wayland Theatre.

The Beatles “Help!” was the No. 1 song in the nation and the Liverpool Lads announced their movie with the same name had been released.

75 Years Ago — Sept. 6, 1940

Wayland’s Cowbell Carnival was another success. It seemed at times that the weatherman was conspiring against it for it would rain every day at some time during the day, yet when the time for the evening celebration   rolled around, the skies would clear and everything would move off without a hitch.

In fact, the rainy weather may have had something to do with the unusually good attendance, as the farmers could not work at home because of the wet weather and brought their families to town for the celebration.

“The average woman has a vocabulary of only 800 words,” runs a news headline. It is a small stock, but think of the turnover.

It’s time to think about our Michigan. Here’s a big man for a man’s size job. Vote for Attorney General Tom Read for Governor. Because Tom Read is a fighter. Tom Read possesses the vigor, the courage, the ability and the temperament which the next governor of Michigan must have. Tom Read has sound and experienced judgment in public questions. Tom Read, the liberal Republican candidate for Governor.

When you hire a man, be sure of his qualifications for the job. Your hired man, O.L. Smith has qualified for the job as Governor, his success as farmer, school man, lawyer, businessman and public official; his church affiliations and his home life as a Michigan citizen warrants your vote for him on Sept. 10. O.L. Smith. Old enough to know the job, young enough to do it.

In their first air attack on Berlin, British bombers swooped out of a night sky directly over the heart of the city, were driven off by anti-aircraft fire and dropped their explosives on the city’s outskirts.

100 Years Ago — Sept. 3, 1915

School sessions will commence in the area next week. Miss Mabel Foster is in charge as teacher at Shelbyville. Bradley school lists A.B Johnson as principal and Miss Gladys Olsen as primary teacher. Mrs. Ida Edwards is teacher at District No. 7 in Dorr. Miss Faye VanPutten is teaching at District No. 6. District No. 8 has been reported to have new cement at the entrance of its school.

The annual business meeting of the Moline Christian Endeavor Society will be Sept. 3 at the Congregational Church.

The Bradley Thimble Club met Aug. 13 at the home of Mrs. Nelson Ring to help her with sewing chores and they met Aug. 27 with Hattie Dupuy. Mrs. Ring made a generous donation to the Penny Fund and 11 members were treated to “dainty” refereshments at Ms. Dupuy’s.

The Methodist Episcopal Sunday School picnic was held in Arndt’s Woods, with 125 in attendance.

“Regular band leader pay night next Thursday. Dig up.”

The Common Council met Monday evening to approve a building permit for J.H. Sargent.

Rollo Mosher has purchased five village lots from J.P. Heaton. The lots are on Sycamore Street south of the high school.

The 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ayers of Shelbyville has died. The funeral will take place inside the home.

Mrs. Rosa Brown of South Main Street fell down a flight of stairs at her home and broke her wrist.

Clarence Ryno has completed foundation for three more homes on West Superior and Commerce streets.

W.E. Fitzgerald, night operator of the interurban station for the last four months, has been transferred to Yorkville near Richland.

The Ladies Library Club, which was established in 1893, has announced its schedule of meeting for the 1915-16 season. President Elizabeth Clark said the first meeting of the group will be Oct. 5.

PHOTO: The 1917 Wayland High School football team. Did they play at Sandburr Stadium? (Back row, from left) Lloyd Cutler, Ivan Baker, Howard “Fuzzy” Calkins, Ezekial Smith, Roy Jones, (front row) Wayne Thomas, Charles Gamwell, Harold Chapple, Bailey Franks, Ernest Franks, Floyd Thomas, Glenn Calkins and Hugh McIntyre. (Photo courtesy of Then & Now Historical Museum)