As of October 16, 2015, the Godwin's Past website is finished, and will not be modified any further.

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• 16 October 2015 An undated photo of the picric acid plant chimnies added to section "P".
  
  
• 17 September 2015 Ray Hall, class of 1965, added to those deceased, section "C".
  
  
• 28 August 2015 , Dan Hudson, class of 1959, added to those deceased, section "C".
  
  
• 8 August 2015 A photo of Henry Carpenter, long time chief engineer at Godwin, owner of the Coffee Cup restaurant, along with this wife Catherine, and all around Godwin supporter - Catherine was president of the PTA for a while - has been added to section "A".
  
  
• 3 August 2015 Stephen Lectka, class of 1958, added to those deceased, section "C".
  
  
• July 2015 Jerry West, class of 1953, added to those deceased, section "C".
  
  
• 17 June 2015 Larry Chapin, class of 1956, added to those deceased, section "C".
  
  
• 7 June 2015 Dennis Van Camp, class of 1965, added to those deceased, section "C".
  
  
• 15 May 2015 A piece about the athletic prowess of Jerry Bowersox added to section "C", class of 1965.
  
  
• 10 May 2015 Mick and Kalkofen added to section "C", class of 1964, at the bottom of the page.
  
  
• 30 March 2015 An undated photo of the interior of the last Union Depot added to section "R".
  
  
• 14 March 2015 A brief history of the GR Press has been added to section "N".
  
  
• 7 March 2015 Photos and information about Mike Krzeminski, grandfather of Julie Rathsack, who managed construction of the concrete stairs from Division Avenue to Belknap Hill, has been added to section "G", GR in 1960 and before.
  
  
• 19 February 2015 Southwest corner of Jefferson and Fulton in about 1900 and 2011 added to "Then and Now," section "G".
  
  
• 16 February 2015 Photos of the new use for the Davenport building on Division and Fulton added to section "G", GR in 1960 and before.
  
  
• 15 February 2015 An c1932 aerial photo of the old airport, showing an air show, and some details of the area around 32nd and Madison, has been added to section "A", "Airport on the old fair grounds." Promotional items for events at Bigelow Field added to section "B".
  
  
• 8 February 2015 Material added to class of 1960, section "C". Grade school photos added to section "C", class of 1969. Obit for Keith Matson added to section "C", class of 1956.
  
  
• 30 January 2015 Bob Fewless, class of 1960, added to those deceased, section "C".
  
  
• 29 January 2015 Little leagure, track, and basketball photos added to section "C", class of 1959.
  
  
• 28 January 2015 informaton about an inturban bridge abutment by Godfrey Ave added to section "I", GR - Kalamazoo interurban.
  
  
• 24 January 2015 a 1954 piece about Rick Brockmeier added to section "C", class of 1955.
  
  
• 20 January 2015 many items have been, and will be, added to section "C", class of 1959.
  
  
• 19 January 2015 Raymond Zanstra, class of 1959, obit added to section "C".
  
  
• 18 January 2015 information about the GR Frank Lloyd Houses added to section "G", GR in 1960 and before.
  
  
• 7 January 2015 a photo of one of the classes of 1966 at the Division Avenue school as 5th graders, 1958 - 1959.
  
  
• 26 December 2014 material added to section "L" about Loveland's drugstore.
  
  
• 14 November 2014 items about Augustine Godwin's relatives added to section "G".
  
  
• 8 November 2014 a piece on the first airport, by Godwin, added to section "A".
  
  
• 8 November 2014 a section on hunting and fishing has been added to section "G", GR in 1960 and before.
  
  
• 30 October 2014 some history of the Peck Drugstore family added to section "G", GR in 1960 and before.
  
  
• 20 September 2014 class of 1960 grade school photos added to section "C".
  
  
• 6 July 2014 Material about the Airview Drive-In added to section "L".
  
  
• 21 June 2014 Material has been added to section "I," in the area about the GR - Kzoo interurban line.
  
  
• 20 June 2014 material about the old Livingston Hotel, located where the Davenport building would later be, has been added to section "G", "GR Then and now."
  
  
• 18 May 2014 Kamminga business card added to section "L".
  
  
• 17 May 2014 1945 commencement exercises added to section "C".
  
  
• 16 May 2014 1945 commencement program added to section "C".
  
  
• 11 May 2014 information about the Morton Hotel added to section "G", GR - 1960 and before. Information about the Godwin family, including grave locations, added to section "G".
  
  
• 4 May 2014 Section "I" has been reorganized. It had gotten too large, and might have started to cause some browsers and systems display problems. Now, each interurban line has its own area.
  
  
• 28 April 2014 Section "A", added early photos of the first Kent County airport.
  
  
• 24 April 2014 Section "C", obits added for Willaim "Wally" Easton, class of 1966, and Thomas Haight, class of 1959.
  
  
• 21 April 2014 Section "D", informaton about Fifi's Lounge, once at 433 S. Division Ave., has been added.
  
  
• 7 April 2014 Section "G", GR in 1960 and before, material added about Charles E. Belknap, GR Civil War hero, businessman, and politician. The name behind Belknap Hill.
  
  
• 31 March 2014 Section "G", GR in 1960 and before, material added about the history of the Ledyard Building, on the northwest corner of Pearl and Ottawa.
  
  
• 29 March 2014 Section "G", GR in 1960 and before,
  
  
• 30 March 2014 Section "G", GR in 1960 and before, material added about the history of McKay Tower.
  
  
• 29 March 2014 Section "G", GR in 1960 and before, a photo of Sidney J. Osgood, designer of the Kortlander building on the SE corner of Fulton and Commerce, has been added. He and his son, S. Eugene Osgood, operated for a while out of the Porter Block, where Herpolsheimer's would be in 1949.
  
  
• 19 March 2014 Section "S", a newspaper piece about the little league team Godwin Pirates from July, 1957, has been added.
  
  
• 9 March 2014 Section "I", informaton about the "cattle crossings" on both the interurban track and on Dvision have been added. Just south of 84th Street, that area has changed a fair bit in the last 100 years.
  
  
• 21 February 2014 Section "H", "1950's hair styles," shows what the well coiffed donned.
  
  
• 31 December 2013 Section "G", "Grand Rapids Then and Now" is expanding. I've added more old photos of things from the yesteryear of Grand Rapids, and what the same location looks like today.
  
  
• 23 December 2013 Added sections on City Founders and Churches to section "G", GR in 1960 and before.