Scope and ContentSpiral-bound notebook with newspaper clippings from 1985 to 2005, plus a few flyers and snapshots, that trace the history of the Saugatuck Douglas Area Senior Center. Compiler of album is not identified. Notebook traces the efforts to create and run the center, the activities it offered and its closing in 2005 Nutshell history: 1985 - 60 seniors meet at Douglas Village to elected officers, incorporate and begin fundraising to build the New Day Senior Center. Victor and Pearl Herring of 68th St. (Blue Star Hwy.) donate two acres of land for the building. Name changed to Saugatuck-Douglas Area Senior Center, Inc. since New Day is already in use elsewhere. 1986 - Other locations considered include spot north of Tara Restaurant and next to Overisel Lumber. Contractors bid on designs. Fundraisers include spaghetti dinner, white elephant sale, pig roast, ham dinner, arts and crafts sale, bake sale and soup dinners. An electric organ is acquired [!?!]. 1987 - 1990 - More fundraising activity including variety show at Red Barn with George and Joann Gallas dancing. 1991 - Proposed location changed to former "Sno-Gooders" clubhouse on the Saugautck "airport site" on 63rd St. [Sno-Gooders was a snomobile club started in 1969. The met at the Butler until 1971 when they purchased a club house from Virgina Park in Holland and moved it to the site.] Senior get to work fixing up the club house. 2005 - Center closes, donates its savings to other community organization. According to board member D. Hilton Brown, "the Senior Center went from 90 members to three in a period of 20 years."