(Taken from the archives at the Then & Now Historical Library in downtown Dorr)
25 Years Ago — Nov. 22, 1999
The Globe published a front page photo of children from St. Stanislaus School in Hilliards with canned foods and beverages being collected for the holiday season. The food was to be sent to Project Hope of Dorr.
Plans are being finalized for a walking path in Wayland as part of a recreation plan for the community.
The Globe did an enterprise piece on the issue of domestic violence, which claimed it exists everywhere, despite protestations to the contrary.
The Hopkins football team has kept its state championship hopes alive by advancing to the semifinal round, stopping Berrien Springs, 27-20. The Vikings now will take on Addison.
Martin Public Schools has established a Hall of Fame program, thanks to efforts by longtime athletic director Ron Merrill and assistant principal Todd Farmer.
The Middleville’s girls’ basketball team edged Wayland in a clash of two seriously quality programs. The Trojans prevailed 59-57 in an overtime thriller, despite Jessica Merchant’s 23 points.
Hopkins schools’ tuba player Caroline Hodge has earned a special award and will attend summer camp at Blue Lake.
Susan Barker, a longtime contributor to the Globe, penned a special editorial comment agreeing that more emphasis is needed on positive and moral behavior, but books are not the root of modern problems.
Alice and Clair Miller of Middleville wrote a letter to the editor praising Scott Sullivan for his coverage of the state champion Thornapple Kellogg girls cross country team. They opined that the Globe did a better job covering the girls’ team than the local Middleville-Caledonia newspaper.
Mary Ann Zasadil was one of many parents who commented on the current controversy about books and their influence on children.
Jeffrey Brian Wilson of Dorr has pleaded guilty to filing a false 911 report.
The Wayland City Council approved requests for expansion at Dean Foods and B & R Excavating.
The Dorr Township Board granted approval for the Hidden Forest Estates residential development headed up by local residents Paul and Karen Slater.
Dave Battjes of Wayland was chosen 4-H leader of the year by Camp Kidwell.
Nathan Smith, a third-grader at Steeby Elementary School, is playing Tiny Tim in Plum Pudding’s production of “A Christmas Carol” at Griswold Auditorium in Allegan.
Hopkins lost 31-28 to Wyoming Lee and Martin bowed to Tri-Unity Christian in district girls basketball action.
50 Years Ago — Nov. 19, 1974
The Wayland High School auto mechanics class and instructor Clayton Jackson have been working on a fully fiberglass 1964 Plymouth, an experimental car supplied by the Chrysler Corp.
Wayland City Council listened to a proposal for providing rubbish service from VanDyken of Middleville and is entertaining prospects of a state grant for an ambulance. No franchise will be granted, but VanDyken is permitted to provide service in the city.
John Zylema, son of Mr. And Mrs. Lloyd Colburn of Wayland, is taking a bicycle tour of Ireland.
Wayland Postmaster Richard L. Finkbeiner has announced the post office no longer will deliver mail that has no postage.
Earl Miller wrote a letter to the editor asking why Hopkins Township residents near the expressway must ask for help from Hopkins Fire & Rescue while the Wayland department is so much closer.
Mrs. Floyd VanderVord penned a letter thanking the Globe for publishing a story about her son Bob’s participation with the Western Michigan University band.
The Hopkins Organization of Parents and Educators reported its first-ever Halloween Carnival was a success.
Wayland High School senior Robin Shoemaker finished in the top 4 percent on Part 1 of the 18th annual Michigan Mathematics Prize competition.
Hopkins High School graduate Dennis Kiser is playing the role of Curio in Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth Night” at Bob Jones University in Greenville, S.C.
Wayland High School graduate Patricia Krup has been included in the latest edition of “Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges.” Krup is a senior at Nazareth College in Kalamazoo.
The Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Marquardt, missionaries to the Philippines, will be special guest speakers at First Baptist Church on Thanksgiving night.
Hopkins football players, Bernie Smith, Rod Hazen, Greg Betcher, Scott Pavlak, Dennis Norman, Tom Peck and Phil Arndt, were named to the A-O Conference all-star team.
Wayland varsity football coach Gerald Omness expressed his disappointment that not one of Wayland’s football players were named to the O-K Blues Conference all-league team.
Sports writer David Young wrote in his column that Jim Longstreet, the league’s leading rusher, was unjustly overlooked in O-K Blue Conference all-star selections.
Young also noted that Hopkins head football coach Jim Newell has lost his assistants, Tom Atkinson and Steve Dragoo, to Johannesburg-Lewiston in two consecutive years.
Three Martin all-league football selections were Dan Snyder, Duane Knight and Vince Pickens.
Wayland was to play South Christian, Hopkins was to take on Fennville and Martin vs. Allendale in the first-ever girls’ basketball district tournaments.
Mrs. Henry Vollink of Hopkins, longtime Hopkins Community Church and Ladies’ Aid Society member, died of a lingering illness. She was 83.
Willard Kent of Dorr, a custodian at Wayland schools, died of a heart attack.
Gus Wangit, who built Catalpa Hall in the Bradley area and farmed his land in Shelbyville, died at age 87.
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band copped the No. 1 slot among the nation’s tunes with “Whatever Gets You Through the Night.”
75 Years Ago — Nov. 25, 1949
The first annual Window Shopping Night, sponsored by the Wayland Merchants, is being conducted Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
Four deaths of local people were reported on the front page of the Globe. They were Ella Warner, 87, Margaret Calkins, 88, Alan Modrezezejeski, 54, and Viola Hicks, 74.
The American Legion and Auxiliary held a potluck supper and party with nearly 60 in attendance. Ivan Smith entertained the audience with slides of World War II soldiers and attractions in the Upper Peninsula, Canada and South Dakota.
Eli Frank, owner and proprietor of the Wayland Theatre, has opened a new movie house in Augusta.
The Wayland Chamber of Commerce has voted to offer a $20 prize for the best residential Christmas decoration, $15 for second place and $5 for third.
Wayland Boy Scout Pack 97 is sponsoring the organization of a new Sun Scout pack. Boys between the ages of 8 and 11 are invited to join.
Mrs. Frank Malmstone was recuperating from gallstone surgery at Allegan General Hospital.
The Green Lake Breezes correspondent reported a hunter wandered around the Yankee Springs area with an unloaded gun. “We wouldn’t mention any names to avoid embarrassment.”
Mrs. Hattie Hooker of Wayland was named a winner in the pie baking contest in Allegan and she will be entered in the state contest Dec. 7 in Grand Rapids.
Now showing at the Wayland Theatre:
• Rod Cameron, Adrian Booth and Walter Brennan in “Brimstone.”
- Judy Garland, Van Johnson and Spring Byington in “In the Good Old Summertime.”
- Farley Granger, Charles Bickford and Raymond Massey in “Roseanne McCoy.”
100 Years Ago — Nov. 21, 1924
Mrs. Marion Jordan, who came to live on a farm east of Wayland from Goldwater in 1866, died at age 81. Her husband, John C. Jordan, was a veteran of the Civil War.
Walter Wolfe, president of the M & W Light and Power Co., has resigned his post as superintendent of the Mac-Sim-Bar paper mill in Otsego and has decided to move with his family to Wayland.
Members of the Ladies Library Club sang two songs about health to the tune of “Dixieland.”
Members of the Northeast Hopkins Community Club gathered for a chicken pie dinner. The Honorable John Ketchum spoke about “Watching the Wheels Go Round,” focusing on the workings of Congress.
Now showing at the Regent Theatre downtown: Buster Keaton in “Our Hospitality.” Wednesday — George Arlis in “The Ruling Passion.” For four nights starting on Thanksgiving, the Regent will show “The Covered Wagon.”
The Old Master coffee demonstrator will visit the Bradley Store Saturday.
J. Ford Stratton was elected president of the newly formed Allegan Canning Co., with the plant in that city.
The Alle-Bar Community Club had a “Pioneer Meeting” with John Kaechele, an all-day affair that included a chicken pie dinner.
Payson Chrisman had the misfortune to lose the thumb on his left hand while operating a rip saw.
August Hardy, the local pioneer hotel man, expects again to be the landlord at the new Wayland House unless he leases the hotel to others.
Wayland Lumber & Coal is building three houses for Tichy & Rankin on their muck farm in the Gun Lake area.
Allegan County Treasurer Vida Condon has announced that when she assumes her office on Jan. 1, 1925, her father, A.B. Condon of Bradley, will be deputy treasurer.
Blackmar’s Orchestra will provide the music for the Thanksgiving Night night dance Nov. 27 at Woodman Hall.
Miss Georgia Lyons, has resigned her job as a Bell Telephone Co. operator to care at home for her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lyons. Her mother suffers from goiter and her father has lumbago.
School District No. 10, Leighton, will have a box social Friday, Nov. 28, for the benefit of the West Leighton Community Club.
