booklet
Catalog Number
2023.45.23Title
Song of MacatawaDescription
Booklet, Song of Macatawa, with two color photos of Big Red on the front cover. This booklet consists of photographs, both black and white and color, of various families and places in Macatawa Park.The people featured in this booklet include the following: Gilbert (1890-1987) and Elizabeth (1890-1982) Quick; Wally Van Regenmorter; Earl and Florence Carroll; Mary Van Regenmorter; Frank Welch; Bob (1920-2007) and Janet Quick (1922-2006); Chuck and Bonnie Martindale; Dorothy Hall; Frank Evans; and, Bonnie Van.
History
Items in accession 2023.45 focus on the history of Macatawa Park (in Park Township, a few miles southwest of Holland, MI) . They are from the collection of Art Tazelaar, gathered over the course of his lifetime. Art was born in Grand Rapids, MI in 1913 to John J. Tazelaar (1868–1957) and Gertrude C Lopperson (1880–1961).The US Census shows that the Tazelaar family had moved to Macatawa Park by 1920. By 1940 (US Census), Art had begun working as the postmaster here, a position he held up to 1980. He also worked at a hardware store in Macatawa Park.
Art married Janet Virginia Wierda on 4-15-1941 in Grand Rapids, MI.
Gilbert Quick was born in 1890 and lived in Pennsylvania with his wife Elizabeth. They had two boys: Robert J. (1920-2007) and Edward C. Quick (1924-2005). Their cottage in Macatawa Park was located at 2430 Grove Walk.