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club the evening of Sept. 2.

The Hastings City Band, better known as

“Troxel’s Band,” will be continued under the

leadership of Dr. Clarence H. Barber.

Tents for the coming Chautauqua should be

ordered at once.

A special school meeting will be held

Monday, July 3, for the purpose of bonding

for $65,000 for the erection of a new school

building on the Central grounds.

Mrs. Herman Frost gave an enjoyable

at-home party Tuesday afternoon honoring

the 80th birthday of Mrs. Sophia Brink.

Andrew G. Cortright, former sheriff of

Barry County, died suddenly Saturday

morning at the home of relatives in Caledonia

where he and Mrs. Cortright were visiting for

a few days.

Professor Homer C. Washburn, dean of the

department of pharmacy at the University of

Oklahoma, has been selected to found a

school of pharmacy to be added to the

University of Colorado.

Forty years ago

June 20, 1901

The friends of E.G. Holbrook of Lansing

will be pleased to learn that at a recent

meeting of Lansing Division, U.R.K.P.

[Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias drill

corps], he was elected captain.

Dr. Samuel Dickie of Albion, former

resident of Hastings and first superintendent

of schools here, was last week elected

president of Albion College, to succeed Dr.

John P. Ashley, resigned.

Chas. H. Dawson graduated from the

pharmaceutical department of the University

of Michigan yesterday.

Fifty years ago

June 18, 1891

Hon. Clement Smith will deliver the oration

at the celebration at Freeport July 4.

Cadet George Rock, who is completing his

studies at the Glasgow university, recently

took the first prize awarded by that institution

to its students in naval architecture. [Later

Admiral Rock, he was put in charge of the

Brooklyn naval yard a week after the U.S.

entered World War I and credited with aiding

in the groundwork for modernizing the U.S.

Navy.]

Miss Maude Bartley and her class in

instrumental music, together with the male

quartette composing the [Methodist Episcopal]

choir for which Miss Bartley is organist, gave

a very pleasant musical at the home of W.H.

Schantz Friday evening.

Mr. Weaver, having removed from Hastings,

Messrs. Stuart and Knappen have made an

association with William O. Lowden with

whom they will have an office in the new

Hastings City Bank building.

The graduating exercises of class ’91 of the

Hastings High School will take place Friday

afternoon, June 26, in the courtyard, if the

weather is favorable, otherwise probably in

Union Hall.

Ed. Bottum will soon enter the employ of

Ingraham Mfg. Co., manufacturing chemists

and druggists of Detroit.

Miss Edna Havens’ many friends will be

pleased to learn that she has been elected

principal of one of the schools in Owosso.

Banner June 26, 1941

Twenty years ago

June 23, 1921

About 400 attended the alumni banquet

Friday evening.

The recent school census gives Hastings a

68-student lead over Charlotte, the record

showing 1,274 boys and girls between age 5

and 20, a gain of 44 over last year.

A farewell party was given for Mrs. Otto

Krueger Tuesday afternoon, prior to her

leaving the following day for her new home in

Chicago.

Through the courtesy of Claud Lydell, the

courthouse fountain has been supplied with a

large stock of goldfish.

Mrs. Effa Beamer, 70, died suddenly Friday

at the home of her son, E.F. Bottum.

Thirty years ago

June 29, 1911

Thirty-seven members of the senior class of

Hastings High graduated last Friday.

Gerald Nash, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank

Nash, and Miss Blanche Bidelman, daughter

of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bidelman, were

married at the home of the bride’s parents at

Quimby Wednesday at noon. The ceremony

was performed in the presence of the

immediate relatives and friends.

About 250 attended the annual banquet of

the Hastings High School alumni Friday

evening at the M.E. church.

Miss Bessie Bush has finished her course at

Kalamazoo Normal and has accepted a

position as kindergarten teacher in the

Ironwood schools.

Forty years ago

June 27, 1901

The 19th annual alumni banquet was held

at the Episcopal Parish house Friday evening.

The business meeting was held on the lawn of

Mrs. Rose Colgrove’s and the following new

officers were elected: President Franz

Willison, Vice President S.C. Greusel Jr.,

Secretary Miss Myrtle Sullivan and Treasurer

Miss Mary Wooton.

Prosecutor [Charles H.] Thomas and Squire

[Alanzo] Kenaston, equipped with all the

latest kinds of fishing tackle, went to Leach

Lake Tuesday afternoon and succeeded in

getting – wet.

Miss Nonna Michael will go to Grand

Rapids soon, where she expects to take a

course prescribed for trained nurses at

Butterworth Hospital.

Misses Angie and Eva Bates, teachers in

the public schools of Detroit, arrived Friday

to spend the summer with relatives in this

vicinity.

Fifty years ago

June 25, 1891

Wool commands 25 to 28 cents at Freeport.

1941 column recapped June

news 20-50 years earlier

Goldfish in the courthouse fountain,
graduating classes, biting dogs, fish that didn’t
bite, injuries, deaths, business transactions,
promotions and assignments and more were
among the bits of news published in The
Banner in June 1941. Under the heading
“Backward Glances – Bits of Yesterday,” the
column reviewed the news from 1891, 1901,
1911 and 1921.
The following extracts were reprinted in
three separate issues:

Banner June 12, 1941
Twenty years ago
June 2, 1921
The last legislature raised the tuition fee for
rural pupils attending city high schools from
$25 to $60.
The eighth-grade commencement will be in
the high school auditorium Saturday afternoon
with State Supt. Johnson giving the address. A
health pageant picnic dinner and games at the
fairgrounds are part of the program.
The safe at the Wing and Hammond store
was robbed of $150 sometime Tuesday night.
The graduating class this year numbers 88.
Mr. and Mrs. Vere Herrington of Jackson
have moved to Hastings and will reside on
Hanover Street.
Mr. and Mrs. D.R. Foster have bought a
home in Eaton Rapids and are moving there
this week.

Thirty years ago
June 1, 1911
The Palace of Sweets will open next
Saturday with Miss Crandall as proprietor.
Members of Fitzgerald Post G.A.R. and the
Women’s Relief Corps attended the memorial
service at the Wesleyan Methodist church
Sunday and pronounced the message on “He
fought a good fight,” by Rev. Chas. M.
Duryea, one of the most interesting and
scholarly they had ever heard.
James Troxel, well-known musician and
band leader, died Sunday morning from
neuralgia of the heart. [A native of Holland
and director of the Hastings City Band, Troxel
had suffered heart trouble for more than a
year, according to his death certificate. He
was 36 and left behind a wife and three
children under 5 years old.)
Miss Anna Johnson (Hope Daring) is
preparing to issue a new book next fall
entitled, “Valedero Ranch,” a story of
California life in the early days.
Deaths: Mrs. Harriette Melissa Spaulding,
75; Mrs. Abijah Eaton, 70; Mrs. J.B. Mills,
widow of the late Probate Judge James B.
Mills, 71 [and mother of Ella Eggleston, the
first county probate judge in the state].

Forty years ago
June 6, 1901
Word has been received from Washington
that the two rural free mail routes from this
city will start July 1. The route through
Rutland will be known as No. 1, and the one
to North Irving and O’Donnell [near where
Ryan Road intersects Fighter Road in Carlton
Township] will be known as Route 2. John
Curtis will be the carrier on Route 1, and
Grant Hendershott on Route 2, with Alfred P.
Trumbull of this city as substitute.
One day last week, the boys at the Table
factory were recreating by playing ball. An
extra strong batter knocked the ball through
the window at James Grace’s residence, where
it disarranged the bric-a-brac on the center
table. The boys settled, and the game goes
merrily on. [Grace lived at 305 E. Mill St.,
northwest of the factory].
County School Commissioner [John]

Ketcham has purchased the late W.S. Shriner

resident in the second ward and has moved

into same.

Fifty years ago

June 4, 1891

Mrs. Annie Demond of Woodland

Township, age 102, was in the village the

other day and had her picture taken.

Fred Heath was pressing a cork down into

a bottle with his thumb Monday when the

bottle broke in the center, and his hand

slipped down onto the broken part in such a

manner as to sever an artery in the thumb.

Geo. Van Sickle of Rutland was injured

Monday forenoon when severely bitten on the

left arm [by what it does not say] just below

the elbow, also knocked down and injured

about the face and leg.

John Busby and a party of friends captured

a boatload of Long Lake pumpkin seeds

[panfish] Friday.

C.M. Weaver of the law firm Stuart,

Knappen and Weaver will leave the last of this

week for Adrian where he will enter into

partnership in the law business with his

brother.

Banner June 19, 1941

Twenty years ago

June 16, 1921

Miss Retha Eckert, who graduates from

Kalamazoo Normal this month, will have

charge of 10 weeks of supervised play at the

playgrounds in the city park this summer.

Hastings has a fine new band. O.A. Skelcher

is leader and Dr. C.H. Barber is president.

City mail carrier Jakie Edger was bitten by

a bulldog Thursday forenoon and although a

painful injury, it is not expected to be serious.

G.M. Fox has sold his farm in Rutland

Township just west of the city and has

acquired a store building and stock of

groceries on Plainfield Avenue in Grand

Rapids.

Arthur F. Vickery has sold his drug store to

John V. Sassaman of Charlotte, who has taken

possession.

Thirty years ago

June 22, 1911

The Methodists plan to dedicate their new

church Sunday Sept. 3. Bishop Quayle, noted

author and famous preacher, will deliver the

address under the auspices of the Boosters

Rural routes date back to 1899 locally

An article accompanying the Turning

Back the Pages column in last week’s Banner

mentioned that some addresses in 1940 were

still rural free delivery, or RFD, rather than

rural routes, or RR.

However, this week’s column, a 1941

lookback at news from decades past,

mentions that the U.S. Postal Service had

announced in June 1901 two new rural

routes for Hastings.

Why, nearly 40 years later, some residents

had RR addresses and others had RFD is not

clear. The following is a list of rural route

start dates for local post offices, as approved

by the U.S. Postal Service.

Bellevue – April 1, 1903

Clarksville Aug. 15, 1902

Cressey – Jan. 15, 1904

Delton – May 16, 1904

Dowling – April 1, 1904

Freeport – April 1, 1903

Hastings – July 1, 1901

Lake Odessa – May 1, 1902

Middleville May 1, 1899

Nashville – April 1, 1903

Quimby – July 1, 1904

Woodland – April 1, 1903

Source: about.usps.com

Dr. Samuel Dickie, who served as

Hastings’ first superintendent of schools,

became the seventh president of Albion

College in 1901, a position he would hold

for 20 years. (Albion College photo)

Hastings First United Methodist Church was dedicated in September 1911. In June,

The Banner announced “Bishop Quayle, noted author and famous preacher, will deliv-

er the address under the auspices of the Boosters club the evening of Sept. 2.” (File

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR

1009 WEST GREEN STREET

The Planning Commission for the City of Hastings will hold a

Public Hearing for the purpose of hearing written and/or oral

comments from the public regarding the request for a Special

Use Permit for parking lot reconstruction at 1009 West Green

St. The public hearing will be held at 7:00 PM on Tuesday,

July 6, 2021 in a hybrid format. Please check the City of Hast-

ings website at http://www.hastingsmi.org or contact City Hall at

269-945-2468 for details.

All interested citizens are encouraged to attend and to submit

comments.

A copy of the plans and additional background materials are

available for public inspection from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Monday through Friday at the Office of the Community De-

velopment Director, 201 East State Street, Hastings, Mich-

igan 49058. Questions or comments can be directed to Dan

King, Community Development Director at 269-945-2468 or

[email protected].

The City will provide necessary reasonable aids and services

upon five days notice to the City Clerk at 269.945.2468 or TDD

call relay services 800.649.3777.

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