Marti Peterkin interview 1996
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The family came from Oak Park in1942 to a house on Lake Street (now torn down), which was near Dykstra’s Funeral Home. Her sister-in-laws family had a store south of Surrey. Some of her memories include the Big Pavilion and the fire, a small Oval Beach, feelings about Saugatuck today (better). Her redwood house at 422 Hoffman was 100 years old in 1995. Abbott Davis Jr. as an historian for the Art & Women’s Clubs. Peggy Boyce, Jane Van Dis. William Butler’s desk in the Women’s Club. Neighbors Jim & Katherine Sheridan. R.J. Peterson and the Harbors – originally planned as a retirement community. Cora Bliss, painter from Chicago. She had a house on Mason St. with a studio in back. Hospital in Kirby House. Her brother had been a patient there.
Winthers, Sally
2024.41
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Peterkin, Marti
Kontio, Marsha
Feb 15, 1996
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