Gunnard's Greetings

GHHS Outdoor Ed. students ventured into wind swept Lake Michigan on December 15th. You can see they didn't stay long with heavy winds and high waves....plus bitter cold water temp !! Such Brave Souls!

The season is over.......Didn't Michigan State put on a show with their win over Georgia in THREE OVERTIMES? EXCITING, EXCITING game - -
....and Michigan with the win over Virginia Tech? What a great year it is in Michigan when both BIg Ten schools were represented in bowl games.
And the lowly Lions who only three years ago were 0-16 .... have had a tremendous year and in the playoffs. That's an improvement for their record. They didn't quite have the strength to take on the Saints but they played well the first half of the game and made a game out of it. There's always next year!

Just one more important game left, the super bowl. It is then we can call it a great season and one that I will be looking forward to resuming this fall!

Not much has changed in this building since it was built in 1938. It's a beautiful setting on the riverfront.

A great story about a GHHS teacher. I think you'll enjoy it and remenmber him.
GH Tribune January 30th, 2012

Many popular reality TV shows center on a theme of man against beast and surviving a challenge in nature.Perhaps the most unusual case of man vs. wild in Ottawa County history involved a 50-year-old Grand Haven High School science teacher named Frank O. Sanders.

On Nov. 20, 1953, the avid hunter engaged in what the Grand Haven Tribune described as a “hand-to-antler struggle” with an “enraged” deer and lived to tell about it.Sander’s confrontation with the buck took place at the Bass River gravel pits off Sleeper Street and North Cedar Drive. The man vs. beast battle lasted approximately one hour, though some stories carried by The Associated Press reported the engagement lasted “four hours.”

The “vicious ordeal” was reported on the front page of the Grand Haven Tribune the following day. According to the report, Sanders was hunting alone at dusk when he spotted the buck and fired seven shots before running out of ammunition. Although riddled with buckshot, the 160-pound, 10-point buck repeatedly rose to its feet and “charged” the hunter. In the heat of the confrontation, Sanders broke a 3-inch club over the buck’s head, which failed to stop it.

Sanders then tackled the animal grabbing it around the neck in an attempt to wrestle it to the ground. During the excitement the teacher was repeatedly thrown against a tree; and, after an hour-long struggle, finally disabled the creature using a small knife. Sanders suffered a laceration on his right hand, requiring stitches; and an antler gouge under his arm. There were also plenty of bruises.

After defeating the buck, an exhausted and bloodied Sanders walked a half-mile back to his vehicle and drove to the home of fellow teacher Frank Such, who lived close by on Mercury Drive. Such helped his friend by cleaning his wounds before assisting in recovery of the deer back at the gravel pits.

Frank Sanders was born Oct. 15, 1903, in Albion, and earned a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and science from Albion College. He arrived in Grand Haven in 1928, when he began teaching at Grand Haven High School. He married the former Eva May Sanford, also a teacher. Sanders retired from the high school in 1969. A relation of Sanders recently relayed that, after his battle with the deer became front page news, there were some who made a fuss about “cruelty to animals.” But, according to the Tribune, Sanders decided not to flee and chose to take down the animal with his bare hands because he was concerned that, in its enraged condition, the deer posed a threat to others.

“It was a fair fight,” Sanders told a reporter at the time. “We both weighed 160 pounds.”Sanders served three and a half years in the U.S. Air Force, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel commander. He died Aug. 16, 1980 at the age of 76 and is buried in Lake Forest Cemetery. Strangely, Sanders had a brother who had fought a buck with his bare hands sometime earlier. According to the Grand Haven Tribune, the sibling “often told Frank never to mess with a wounded deer.” Apparently, the Sanders brothers had more in common than a shared love of hunting. They had both battled bucks and lived to tell about it.

There is one quality more important than 'know how.' This is 'Know What, ' by which we determine not only how to accomplish our purposes but what our purposes are to be.

In reading the GH Tribune about the kind gesture Culver's Restaurant did for a fellow employee who died penniless. Remarkable story. Her remains would then become property of the State of MI., however through the generosity of the owners and employees, the Sunday sales and wages were donated and they collected almost $10,000. Klaassen Funeral Home donated a casket and visitation hours, Muskegon Monument a headstone and someone came forward and paid for her funeral. What great gifts the residents of the Tri Cities gave to this long time employee. Without any family members she was given a beautiful celebration of her life.

Also read about the GHHS teacher, Jack Boyer who recently passed. His wife went to VBK Funeral home to pay for his funeral and was told it had been 'Paid in Full" by an anonymous donor. How do you thank kindness like that? What a heart warming gesture and I always knew the residents of Tri Cities were second to none. It's a quaint caring small town!!

THE 5 DON'TS OF GETTING OLD.
DON'T BE CHEAP
DON'T BE CRABBY
DON'T BE CRITICAL
DON'T BE COMPLAINING
DON'T BE CRUEL

While growing up in GH, can you name six small convenience stores that were located WEST of Wallace Street. (Beacon Blvd.)

The two most important ingredients to get along in this world are two things that you learned on the playground - - sharing and taking turns!

We Do Care

Please take the time to drop a line to those not feeling well. A card or short note does wonders to lift ones spirits.

1. Robert Lyndon, The Park in Plano, Rm # 221B, 3208 Thunderbird Ln., Plano, TX 75075
2. Ernamae Wills Weidner, 5130 Galena Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918

February Birthdays !!!

CAKE AND BALLOONS AND NO BIRTHDAYS FOR THIS MONTH.

Can you name two dry cleaners that were near each other in downtown GH?

The former owner of this productive small business, Chuck Nelson, always closed it once Labor Day was over. For the past 5 years, with his son now owning it, it's open one weekend in January. Stocking 5,000 dogs and usually selling every one. What started out as as charity gift to an organization that was the owners choice, became spoiled when other charities that were not named as gift holders of his weekend profits, turned the owner off because of the complaints to him on why they weren't chosen - -

SO....... how do you fix that problem? You cease the donations to any! The weekend this year proved very good because the weather wasn't bad but the lines were very long. However, it's said, that once the pronto pups are in hand, the wait was worth it!

Don't they look good?

Florida style Snowman

LIQUIDITY

Definition: Liquidity is when you look at your retirement funds and wet your pants.

This closes out this months news. By dropping me a note, I know my effort in putting this together seems worth it. I recently heard from Elmer, Ruth, Joyce and a note from Nancy Lyndon who wrote with their thanks for my continuing to do this. There is no mistaking it, hearing from you is the fuel that keeps the fire burning and my thought process thinking.

Until next month, Happy Valentines Day. ♥

Gunnard

Feel free to send in a recent photo and/ or tell us what you've been up to... gcoslu@yahoo.com


gcoslu@yahoo.com	Gunnard's Greetings Grand Haven High School Class of 1952 Newsletter Created for the enjoyment of the Grand Haven Class of 1952
Class Websites: GHHS Class of 1952 www.macagency.com/1952 GHHS Class of 1957 www.macagency.com/1957 Tri Cities Trivia Past issues: Newsletter Archive	February 2012 Happy Valentines Day GHHS Outdoor Ed. students ventured into wind swept Lake Michigan on December 15th. You can see they didn't stay long with heavy winds and high waves....plus bitter cold water temp !! Such Brave Souls! A fixture on the main street of Spring Lake for numerous years. If you can learn from hard knocks you can also learn from soft touches. The season is over.......Didn't Michigan State put on a show with their win over Georgia in THREE OVERTIMES? EXCITING, EXCITING game - - ....and Michigan with the win over Virginia Tech? What a great year it is in Michigan when both BIg Ten schools were represented in bowl games. And the lowly Lions who only three years ago were 0-16 .... have had a tremendous year and in the playoffs. That's an improvement for their record. They didn't quite have the strength to take on the Saints but they played well the first half of the game and made a game out of it. There's always next year! Just one more important game left, the super bowl. It is then we can call it a great season and one that I will be looking forward to resuming this fall! Not much has changed in this building since it was built in 1938. It's a beautiful setting on the riverfront. A great story about a GHHS teacher. I think you'll enjoy it and remenmber him. GH Tribune January 30th, 2012 Many popular reality TV shows center on a theme of man against beast and surviving a challenge in nature.Perhaps the most unusual case of man vs. wild in Ottawa County history involved a 50-year-old Grand Haven High School science teacher named Frank O. Sanders. On Nov. 20, 1953, the avid hunter engaged in what the Grand Haven Tribune described as a “hand-to-antler struggle” with an “enraged” deer and lived to tell about it.Sander’s confrontation with the buck took place at the Bass River gravel pits off Sleeper Street and North Cedar Drive. The man vs. beast battle lasted approximately one hour, though some stories carried by The Associated Press reported the engagement lasted “four hours.” The “vicious ordeal” was reported on the front page of the Grand Haven Tribune the following day. According to the report, Sanders was hunting alone at dusk when he spotted the buck and fired seven shots before running out of ammunition. Although riddled with buckshot, the 160-pound, 10-point buck repeatedly rose to its feet and “charged” the hunter. In the heat of the confrontation, Sanders broke a 3-inch club over the buck’s head, which failed to stop it. Sanders then tackled the animal grabbing it around the neck in an attempt to wrestle it to the ground. During the excitement the teacher was repeatedly thrown against a tree; and, after an hour-long struggle, finally disabled the creature using a small knife. Sanders suffered a laceration on his right hand, requiring stitches; and an antler gouge under his arm. There were also plenty of bruises. After defeating the buck, an exhausted and bloodied Sanders walked a half-mile back to his vehicle and drove to the home of fellow teacher Frank Such, who lived close by on Mercury Drive. Such helped his friend by cleaning his wounds before assisting in recovery of the deer back at the gravel pits. Frank Sanders was born Oct. 15, 1903, in Albion, and earned a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and science from Albion College. He arrived in Grand Haven in 1928, when he began teaching at Grand Haven High School. He married the former Eva May Sanford, also a teacher. Sanders retired from the high school in 1969. A relation of Sanders recently relayed that, after his battle with the deer became front page news, there were some who made a fuss about “cruelty to animals.” But, according to the Tribune, Sanders decided not to flee and chose to take down the animal with his bare hands because he was concerned that, in its enraged condition, the deer posed a threat to others. “It was a fair fight,” Sanders told a reporter at the time. “We both weighed 160 pounds.”Sanders served three and a half years in the U.S. Air Force, achieving the rank of lieutenant colonel commander. He died Aug. 16, 1980 at the age of 76 and is buried in Lake Forest Cemetery. Strangely, Sanders had a brother who had fought a buck with his bare hands sometime earlier. According to the Grand Haven Tribune, the sibling “often told Frank never to mess with a wounded deer.” Apparently, the Sanders brothers had more in common than a shared love of hunting. They had both battled bucks and lived to tell about it. There is one quality more important than 'know how.' This is 'Know What, ' by which we determine not only how to accomplish our purposes but what our purposes are to be. In reading the GH Tribune about the kind gesture Culver's Restaurant did for a fellow employee who died penniless. Remarkable story. Her remains would then become property of the State of MI., however through the generosity of the owners and employees, the Sunday sales and wages were donated and they collected almost $10,000. Klaassen Funeral Home donated a casket and visitation hours, Muskegon Monument a headstone and someone came forward and paid for her funeral. What great gifts the residents of the Tri Cities gave to this long time employee. Without any family members she was given a beautiful celebration of her life. Also read about the GHHS teacher, Jack Boyer who recently passed. His wife went to VBK Funeral home to pay for his funeral and was told it had been 'Paid in Full" by an anonymous donor. How do you thank kindness like that? What a heart warming gesture and I always knew the residents of Tri Cities were second to none. It's a quaint caring small town!! THE 5 DON'TS OF GETTING OLD. DON'T BE CHEAP DON'T BE CRABBY DON'T BE CRITICAL DON'T BE COMPLAINING DON'T BE CRUEL While growing up in GH, can you name six small convenience stores that were located WEST of Wallace Street. (Beacon Blvd.) The two most important ingredients to get along in this world are two things that you learned on the playground - - sharing and taking turns! Start each day with a smile...then pass it on! A very interesting hobby for a GH man. Makes a guitar out of a cigar box! We Do Care Please take the time to drop a line to those not feeling well. A card or short note does wonders to lift ones spirits. 1. Robert Lyndon, The Park in Plano, Rm # 221B, 3208 Thunderbird Ln., Plano, TX 75075 2. Ernamae Wills Weidner, 5130 Galena Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80918 February Birthdays !!! CAKE AND BALLOONS AND NO BIRTHDAYS FOR THIS MONTH. Can you name two dry cleaners that were near each other in downtown GH? The former owner of this productive small business, Chuck Nelson, always closed it once Labor Day was over. For the past 5 years, with his son now owning it, it's open one weekend in January. Stocking 5,000 dogs and usually selling every one. What started out as as charity gift to an organization that was the owners choice, became spoiled when other charities that were not named as gift holders of his weekend profits, turned the owner off because of the complaints to him on why they weren't chosen - - SO....... how do you fix that problem? You cease the donations to any! The weekend this year proved very good because the weather wasn't bad but the lines were very long. However, it's said, that once the pronto pups are in hand, the wait was worth it! Don't they look good? Florida style Snowman LIQUIDITY Definition: Liquidity is when you look at your retirement funds and wet your pants. This closes out this months news. By dropping me a note, I know my effort in putting this together seems worth it. I recently heard from Elmer, Ruth, Joyce and a note from Nancy Lyndon who wrote with their thanks for my continuing to do this. There is no mistaking it, hearing from you is the fuel that keeps the fire burning and my thought process thinking. Until next month, Happy Valentines Day. ♥ Gunnard Feel free to send in a recent photo and/ or tell us what you've been up to... gcoslu@yahoo.com

February 2012 Happy Valentines Day

February 2012
Happy Valentines Day