newsletter
Catalog Number
2020.23.4kDescription
Newsletter, March 1944, from Fafnir Bearing Company (500 East 8th, Holland, MI). Found inside scrapbook 2020.23.4a. This newsletter is 8 pages long and titled "Fafnir Folks".Area residents featured in the newsletter include Herb Colton, Jr. (page 6); Antoinette Sikkel (page 6); Dorothy Busscher (page 5); Betty Powers (page 5); Laura Ter Haar (page 5); Esther Bremer (page 5); Priscilla Bontekoe (page 4); Marian Gebben (page 4); Ada Meeusen (page 3); Kathleen Schrotenboer (page 3); Beth Woldring (page 2); Delbert Woldring (page 2); and, Olga Chinalski (page 2).
History
Herbert Chapel Colton, Jr. was born in Holland, MI on 8-8-1923 to Herbert C. (1894-1965) and Jeanette (1903-1978) Colton. Herbert Jr. was a graduate of Hope College and worked at the Fafnir Bearing Co. in Holland prior to joining the US Army in February 1943.Herbert Jr. worked for 30 years at Heinz in Holland after WW2. He married Evelyn Diekema. Herbert Jr. died on 4-6-1981 in Louisville, KY.