Name/Title
Saugatuck-Douglas News 1948Entry/Object ID
2026.01.03Description
12-page newspaper supplement largely promoting tourism and local businesses.
Front page content:
Area Host to Record Weekend Crowd - with photo of Oval Beach
Critics of phone co. speak up - editorial appealing for improvements in the Tri-City Telephone Company
Predict 20% cut in state tourist biz - predicted by Michigan state Chamber of Commerce
Name manager for S-D news - William Brady, with staff of Margaret Graves, Mrs. Joseph Prentice aka Ida M. Prentice, Adelyne Gjesdahl. Newspaper office was at River Guild in Douglas.
Set new speed limits on 31 - 45 MPH
Douglas Doings by Mrs. Joseph Prentice - mentions of Mrs. Robert Waddell, Alfred Prentice, Mabel Solger, Leslie Dunn, Everard Thomas, Bard Priddy, E.S. Parrish, Russell Parrish, Arthur Gilmore in Felker addition,
Helen Corlett Becomes Mrs. Charles W. Higgins - wedding
... and hot to get there - map
Page 2 content:
News from Saugatuck by Margaret Graves - mentions of Aldeen Jarvis, Dick Pear, Bob Pear, Joe Sheridan, Mrs. Waddle, Terry Costello, Crampton Manufacturing, Mac Staples, Jack Kreager, Miss O'Mara, Stuward Felt, Edgar Lewis, Pauline Lewis, Edward Barstow, John Kruger, Pete Twiner, W.B. Lee, Mrs. John MacMorris, Mrs. Rob Crawford, Mrs. William LaGrave, Mrs. Val Smith, Mrs. William Wodall, Mrs. Joe Jackson?, Mrs. Charles Tenhave
Sisters to do ceramics at River Guild - Virginia and Barbara Blair, trained by Lew White.
Photo of Chicago 4th of July guest of R.W. Erdle of Douglas
July Peak Month for Drownings
R.F.C. will open Kalamazoo Office - Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Charles H. Schutz
Prop Wash report from Saug.-Douglas airport
Ads for River Guild opening Higgins boat agency announced by Patrick McCain, manager; Big Pavilion Movie Theater, Fruit Growers State Bank
Page 3 content:
S-D news will add section for area veterans
Photo so Miss Atlantic City
Allegan team her Sunday - Allegan Eagles Softball v. Douglas Athletic Club, aka Douglas AC's plus softball schedule
Van Buren one of six counties which really know value of tourist trade
Bride-elect is guest at shower - mentions Sophie Knolton, Mrs. Kenneth Hutchinson, Mrs. Henry Lockman and Mrs. Riley McIntosh
Ads for L.R. Brady Agency, Fruit Growers State Bank, Saugatuck Golf Course, Pine Crest Inn, Douglas Soda Bar, Jos. B. Zwemer Agency, Ed-Mar Hotel, West Shore Golf Course
Page 4 content:
Church listings with pastors Albert Dawe, Charles Nugent, James Ethan Allan, Paul Hinkamp, H.E. Maycroft,
Chinese GI bride and family arrive in Chicago
Work in honorable Dean Anthony tell 750 4-H club youth - Eanest L. Anthony
Jets in first parade trial - P-80 "Shooting Stars"
Ads for Pine cRest Inn, West Shore Riding Academy/Arnold Adkins, Davis restaurant, Lakeshore Nursery School/Ann Speith and Betty McCormick Morency, Hensley's Service Station/formerly Lundberg's in corner of Center St. and US-31 in Douglas.
Page 5 content:
When Pope gave public blessing - Pope Pius XII
Here's where you find that one in a million - crowds at Coney Island
Co. Fair gets stunt drivers - All-American Thrill Drivers at Allegan fair
Fishing--For Heroes Only - at Philadelphia Navel Hospital
Ads for Powers Powder Puff beauty salon, Nortons drugs, Holiday House by W.R. Lee, Big Pavilion with Emil Flindt and his Varsity Crew with Petty Andre and Dock with Joe Gerken at the Hammond Organ
Page 6-7 content:
Photo of Joe Gerken and Johnny Constantine at Big Pavilion
What to do listings including swimming, boating, horseback riding (West Shore Academy next to outdoor movie) Texas Sue's (Turn left off US-31 at the 3rd road north of bridge, golfing, dancing, tennis, shuffleboard, bowling, cycling, billiards fun parties, art school (Greason Art School one block east of Van Syckel's in Douglas, Taylor two blocks east of Fruit Growers Bank, Ox-Bow), for the more energetic climbing Mount Baldhead's 365 steps
Open forum complaining about Tri-County Telephone
Reception held for Mr. and Mrs. Frank Merrill - of Fennville, wedding reception at home of William Randolph at Pullman
Photo of yachts on Lake Kalamazoo
Mrs. Barron new board member - of Fennville school district
Ads for the Crow/143 Butler/A.L. Johnson; Claire Krueger light lunches in Douglas; John Ball's restaurant; Hotel Casablanca; the Tara; Airplane rides at Saugatuck-Douglas airport 2 miles south of Douglas; Hotel Butler; Texas Sue's riding academy; The River Guild; Hotel Saugatuck and the Old Crow Bar/E.G. Crow and D.J. Crow proprietors
Page 8 content:
Mention of birthday supper for Kenneth Hutchinson
Rebekahs hold final meeting
Vacancy Left o... Fennville Faculty - teacher hirings
Fennville Briefs
Palestine's Zones of Trouble infographic
Ads for the Ferry Store, Morgan Ice Company, Joe Erlewein general contractor, Complete locker plant service at Food and Supplies packers and shippers of the famous Douglas Brand cultivated blueberries, West Michigan Oil Company, Fabricated Metal Slat Co. of Douglas.
Page 9 content:
Fennville Mrs. Frances Sheehan reporting
Midwest farm family select idea farm home with floor plan
Ads for Floyd Jennings A.A.A. towing services and Mobilgas on US-31 in Douglas, Service Furriers at 205 Butler, Ev Thomas insurance, Allegan Gazette business printing, Saugatuck Dairy/Hugh and Ned Roberts, Shell Products.
Page 10 content:
Shore lines by Miss Adelyn R. Gjesdahl - photo and feature about Chloe the Cocker Spaniel dog owned by Mrs. Palmer and Mary K. of the Ferry Store. Chloe broke her leg, thus causing the closing of Ferry Store. The other Cocker Spaniel Flicka is fine.
Art Colony's beach party attracts 125 - Indian ballet produced by Angela van Neumann and Elaine Pappas; music by Eleanor Coen, Rudolph Penn, Vera Bedick, Christine Chapin; Russell Cowles lecture
Army artists will show work done in Africa and Italy - William Reynolds
Henry Glass will live in studio he designed here - Henry P. Glass in River Guild garden studio
Ads for Sundins Standard Station across from River Guild, Barrett Shingles at Saugatuck Roofing Co./ Paul J. Erlebach; Bob Hamlin's Shell; Douglas Gas & Oil/Texaco/Louis E. Quade
Page 11 content:
Ganges - J.U.G. club, Lillian Eddy, Anna Lamb reunion, Lucile Plummer, Lon Plummer recovery, Mrs. Charles Van Valkenburg, Mrs. Della Smith, Mrs. Frank Rhodes, William Hale cottage, E.S. Parrish,
35 atten WSCS picnic at Ganges - Woman's Society of Christian Service of the Methodist Church
Ads for Flint's Quality store/State and Madison; Pete & Joe's Saugatuck; Hodges Resale/121 Butler; Ben Bieler Coal and Wood in Douglas; Gourley's Market on US-31 across from Tara; Willow Bend Farm; Van Syckel's grocery
Page 12 content:
Professor among student at Ox-Bow school - E.L. Clark, George Yacorzynski, M.M. Bober, Tom Dietrich, Michael Mason, Regina Teigen, Arthur F. Deam, Fleur Fenton, Emily Parks, Rudolph Pen, Vivial Kinsley, Yvonne Fillis, Zanie Kahn, Max Kahn, Richard Bowman, Francis Chapin
Night shift going to ready Showboat - Showboat Amateur contest/C.H. Runcilman
Quotes of the week
Glenn - Mrs. Walter Stafford, O.D.T. garden club
Beach line bus schedule from Oval to Saugatuck
Ads for River Guild, Allegan Gazetter, Double Dip Shop of SaugatuckContext
State of lcoal tourism post-World War IICollection
Newspapers, 1930+ Tourism, activites, tours and attractions, 1930+ Tourism, brochures, guides and maps, Commercial businesses, Sports: baseball, Churches and religionCataloged By
Winthers, SallyPublication Details
Publication Type
NewspaperDate Published
Jul 11, 1946Condition
Overall Condition
PoorNotes
All pages have been photographed to preserve their content.Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Oval Beach 1936-present, Tri-County/Western Allegan County/Ganges Telephone Company, Brady/L.R. Brady Insurance Company, J.Petter/Joyce Petter Gallery/161 BSHwy/Gray Gables/River Guild, Dienhart, Walter A., Dunn, G. Leslie, Thomas, Everard "Ev" D. 1912-2004, Prentice, Ida (Brown) 1882-1964, Big Pavilion 1909-1960, Dock Cocktail Lounge, The, Cloverleaf Stadium/Airpark Speedway/AirPark Airport, Blue Tempo/349 Culver/Ed-Mar/Louis Beuerle Hotel ?-1976, White Dog Inn/Jocko's/Pine Crest Inn 1938-2012, West Shore Golf Course 1920-, Clearbrook Golf Club/Hamilton Lake Club/Saugatuck Golf Club, Douglas Athletic Club 1902-, Douglas Lighthouse Realty/Schreiber's Texaco Service Station, Holiday House and Rancho Villas, Gerkin, Joe, Constantine, John, Mize Rose Garden south side/Soda Lounge/Crow Hotel/Davis Hotel/Davis Restaurant/Stimson & Winslow building, 115 Butler/Beach Day/MI Coast/Music Box/John Ball's Restaurant/Niles Jewelery 1910, Tara Restaurant/Spencer House/200 Center, Hotel Casablanca/Grace Hotel/Roamers Inn 1904-1969, Erlebach, Paul J. 1904-?, 220 Water/Coral Gables/Hotel Saugatuck/Columbia Hotel/Leiendecker's Inn/Ebmeyer Shingle Mill, Crow, Edson George 1880-1958, Crow, Dale John 1899-1935, 40 Butler/Hotel Butler/Grist Mill/Haymarket/Dutch windmill, Wise Residence/515 Park/Ferry Store/Heath Shop 1917-1980s?, Bettles, Mary Katherine 1910-1984, Palmer, Jean (Anderson) 1892-1989, Farmhouse Deli/Douglas Locker Plant, Erlewein, Joseph J. 1898-1974, Jennings, Floyd Richard 1902-1966, West Michigan Oil Company, Morgan Ice Company, L.W. Mc Donald's People's Store/Gerber Building, Saugatuck Dairy, Ox-Bow/Summer School of Art, Saugatuck Roofing Co., 98 W Center/Water Street Gallery/circa/Quade Home, Hamlin, Bob, Gourleys Market, Willow Bend Antiques & Estate/1673 68th, 32 E Center/Van Syckel Grocery/J.E. Durham store, Hodges Resale Store, Bieler, Benjamin F., 325 Butler/Santa Fe Trading Company/Old World Bakery/Rosemarie/Wilson Ice Cream, Higgins, Helen Corlett 1925-2022, Brady, WilliamCreate Date
February 15, 2026Update Date
February 16, 2026
