Name/Title
Chase Farm and School letterEntry/Object ID
2022.97.07Scope and Content
1976 letter referencing J Serene Chase, the land sold in 1883 for the Chase School District #5 that was located at the Blue Star Highway and 126th Ave. The school was closed in 1949 and annexed to the Fennville Public School system in 1956. James Serene Chase purchased the land and sold the building to Ralph Sheldon who moved it to Pier Cove for use as a home. [The "Old Chase School/Joseph Robbins Home" is listed as at 2351 Lakeshore Dr. in the 1999 historic structure survey.]
The letter is addressed to Robert Wolbrink but unsigned. The author is likely Margaret Chase.
The letter lists some of the Chase School teachers:
Mrs. Flora Gaze Drought of Douglas
Miss Grace Thorne of Ganges
Lloyd Goodrich of Ganges (later Allegan County School Commissioner)
Hattie Knowlton of Saugatuck Township
Mrs Willard L. Claver - former Effie Randall
Mrs. Walter Wightman of Saugatuck Township
Mrs. Rosco Funk aka Julia Funk
Mrs Adolph Zeitch of Douglas
Mrs Opal Masier Hasty
Photocopy of a 10 Jan 1991 letter to the editor of the Commerical Record by Robert Wolbrink thanking Mrs. Chase for her Ganges News articles that mentioned "Chase Road, Chase School, Chase Hill and, even further back, the Chase orchestra", James (Jimmy) Chase who lost his life in the Pacific in World War II and Mr. Serene Chase who was Ganges Methodist Church Sunday school superintendent.Collection
Education and schoolsCataloged By
Winthers, SallyAcquisition
Accession
2022.97Source or Donor
Wolbrink, Janet (Bogart) 1923-2016, Wolbrink, Robert B. Sr. 1923-1996Location
Box
152 Schools other than Douglas Union SchoolRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Chase School District No. 5, Chase, J. Serene 1887-1967, Chase, James S. 1920-1945, Chase, Margaret Gerry (McCulloch) 1983-1993, Funk, Julia (Whipple) 1903-1998, Drought, Florence "Flora" (Gaze) 1872-1937, Goodrich, Chauncey Lloyd 1876-1941, Chase FarmCreate Date
January 3, 2023Update Date
August 18, 2024
