Editor, ALLEGAN`S OLD REGENT THEATRE Vol 8, No 1O October

Vol 8, No 1O
October 1994
Editor, I(atherine Wilcox
857-27 16
ALLEGAN'S
OLD
REGENT
THEATRE
Thursday, October 10, 1994
7:3O prn
Old Regent Theatre
21 I Trowbridge, Allegan
change your calendars. This month's
DAY.
The Allegan County Historic.al
ginia Mizner, president of the society,
atre and about the county's historical
street to the county historical musetlrn
society general rneeting will be on TrrrJRSSociety will host us for a joint rneeting. Virwill tell us about this historic old Regent Thesociety. A-fter our meeting we will cross the
for refreshrnents. See back page for rnap.
If you would like a ride, meet at the Weathervane Shopping Center at 6:30 prn. If you
would like to eat at the new waterfront restaurant in town, Reflections of the water,
(3'1o water st) let Kay Krause know so she can give the restaurant a nose count (8524510). If you would like to carpool to the restaurant, meet at the Weathervane at
5:3O.
JIM
SIIERIDAN
PASSES
I-,ocal historian and Society mernber Jirn Sheridan died in September and
we will rniss hirn. Jirn's grandfather vr'as a lighthouse keeper and his father
was the light keeper at the Michigan City lighthouse, where Jirn was born.
The farnily rnoved to Saugatuck shortly after his birth and his father tended
the Saugatuck lighthouse until 1915. ffe u'as a high school principal in
Michigan's
upper peninsula and he retired here in l9?1. He was the firsr
chairrnan of the Saugatuck Historic District Comrnission.
Jirn and his wife Catherine are charter mernbers of the Society. In the early
years Jirn would have a front row seat. He could be counted. on to set the
historical record straight and to add an anecdote or two. Jirn's lively participation and presence in the Society assisted in attracting others who were
interested in knowing rnore or sharing historical inforrnation about the cornmunity.
Jirn is well known for his book, Saugatuck Through the Years I93O-19EO,
now out-of-print.
As a young boy, Jirn read a column in old Comtnercial
Records called, "Saugatuck in Early Tirnes." He found it the most interesting feature of the paper because it gave hirn a fascinating, rnental picture of
what Saugatuck was like in the days gone by. In his rnind's eye, he lived
those days again. That is precisely the contribution he rnade to docurnenting the history of the area in his very readable book. We're sorry he's gone
and we're grateful for his contribution
to the historic record. Jirn's farniiv
narned the Society as a recipient of rnemorial gifts.
WTIO'S w.HO AND WTIAT'S 1^IIIAT
As reported earlier, all Society and
Museurn jobs are available. Aside frorn
the elected offic.ers of the Society, $'ho
rvill cornplete their terrn through April,
any job rnay be assumed now. Specificaliy, rve know that our longtime treasurer Oren Sherrnan will be passing the
ledgers and l{ay Krause will be stepping
down frorn the Museurn Volunteer
would
Cornrnittee. I(atherine'Wilcox
like to be replaced on the Oral History
Comrnittee or she could be pursuaded
to continue if there was a co-chair to
carrli sorne of the load. Todd Oleson was
entitled to wear the firelnan's hat as Fire
Chief and he says its too rnuch fun to
hog. Joan Philtips has served as hospitality coordinator (she sets up hosts for
the general and board rneetings) for forer.er and thinks this rvould be a fun iob
for a newcorner.
NEu/SLETTER
NE\I/S
If you
No "Hex" in I(leinheksel.
counted 6 or rnore typos in the last nev/sletter, the editor wants you on the tearn.
We need a proofreader
who could be
available on the first Tuesdav of the
rnonth.
Production Executive Needed. Once the
newsletters are printed and addressed,
they need to be collated, folded, stuck
shut, sta-rnped, and rnailed - a no-brainer
for sorneone who has the tirne- Call
Itatherine Wilcox (857 -2716)Ttranks to Joan Phillips for getting
this newsletter in the rnail.
How about rnaking a one year participation pledge for 1995? The following
is a partial list of jobs to choose frorn.
SOCIETY
OFFICERS
President - Todd Oleson
Vice President - Bob Johnson
Treasurer - Oren Sherrnan
Secretary - Ben Ebling
At Large - I{ay Krause
- Joan Phillips
- I(atherine Wilcox
COMMITTEES
Building Inventory - Del I-anghorst
Fire Chief - Todd Oleson
Historian - Jirn Schrniechen
Hospitality - Joan Phillips
Membership - Joan Phillips
Newsletter - I(atherine Wilcox
Oral History - I(atherine Wilcox
Prograrns - Bob Johnson
Publicity - Jane Badarno
COMMITTEES
MUSEIJM
Board Liaison - Todd Oleson
Budget & Financing - Oren Sherman
Chair - Jeff Wilcox
Chief Engineer - Bob Johnson
Collections - Bill I(emperrnan
Exhibit Space - Caroline Evangelista
Fundraising - Arlene Sherman
Grant Writing - Ben Ebling
Group Tours - Arlene Sherman
Holiday Lights - Todd Oleson
Rehab & Rernodeling - Dick Wright
Store - Joan Phillips
Volunteers - I{ay Krause
T}IE
CENTIJRY
OF
\\/OMEN
Michigan Wornen's Historical Center &
Hall of Farne in I-ansing chronicals the
progress of Michigan wornen and rnarks
the 75th anniversary of the 19th arnendrnent granting women the right to vote,
For rnore info call (517)484-1880.
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DIRECTIONS
GE]VERAI
MEETING
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TO ALLEGAN
AND
RESTAI]RANT
Take M 89/ M 40 into town. Remernber that Trowbridee is
one way, so you'll have to go to Cutler or Hubbard ".rI go
around the block. If you find yourself going over the bridge
or going past the hospital, you've gone too far.
The Old Regent Theatre is located at 211 Trowbridge,
frorn the Catholic Church.
across
Reflections on the Water is at 34O Water St - next to Radio
Shack and across frorn Mr B's Restaurant. they have a wide
rnenu. bar and water view.
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IVIIJSEI'I\'{
SABA DONATES
TO MUSEUM
-fhe
Saugatuck Area Business Association held its annual meeting at the Museurn. Ttre Society was presented a $25O
check for the Museurn by Rosemary
Noonan. And this is not SABA's first
donationSABA rnembers have been
very supportive of the Museuin, putting
posters in windows, donating gifts for
the benefit ra{Ile, offering Museurn flyers to patrons and talking it up. It is
this kind of support that is evidence that
the Museum is wanted and needed in the
comrnunity and that the cornrnunity is
willing to support it.
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MUSEIJM
CLEAN-UP
Jirn Schrneichen arranged a landscape
clean-up pzrrty and enrolled a cr:ew of
n onrnernbers, including a landscape
designer. They worked all day to take
out the dead bushes in the front and
plan to work on the back. Looks
MLICH better.
MIJSEIJM
TUCII'S
E\rENT
A SUCCESS
In Septernber Tuck's of Saugatuck
showcased its new line of "Departrnent
56" villages. Owner and Society rnernber Woody Ogle had a pig roast and
raffled items to benefit the Museurn.
Society mernbers staffed the parking lot,
sold raffle tickets and assisted at the
event- ft was a very successful day for
Tuck's and Woody estirnates that he
will be writing a check to the Society for
anound $1,OOO. Way to go, Woody!!!
LEBEN
PRODUCTIONS
PRODIJCES
L,ocal video producers John and Marcia
Leben, who gave us a heck of a break
on making the Big Pavilion oral history
docurnentary, recently donated a video
to the high school. We were planning
to donate one, so we really appreciate
their donation and continued support
for our video projects.
1995
We know we have engaged a person's
irnagination when they say: "What
you should have done..." If they care
enough to tell us, we need to capture
that energy and channel it toward the
1995 exhibit. When we ask "Would
you be willing to work on that for the
next exhibit?" some people will say
"yes." There are
loads of things we
rnight have done better or di{ferently,
but we need the ideas BBFORE
the
exhibit goes up and we need people
who want to implernent their ideas.
Call Je{T Wilcox (857-17O5).
About the strongest criticisrn we've
heard about the little theater is that the
screen is too srnall. We purchased the
largest TVI\/CR
combination
we
could find and still be within our lirnited budget frorn the Allegan Foundation. There is plenty of roorn for a rear
projection large screen, but it's nothing that rnoney can't solve. Is there
anyone who would like to donate or
spring for it? Call I{atherine Wilcox
(8s7 -27 16).