Scope and Content1976 letter referencing J Serene Chase, the land sold in 1883 for the Chase School District #5 that was located at the Blue Star Highway and 126th Ave. The school was closed in 1949 and annexed to the Fennville Public School system in 1956. James Serene Chase purchased the land and sold the building to Ralph Sheldon who moved it to Pier Cove for use as a home. [The "Old Chase School/Joseph Robbins Home" is listed as at 2351 Lakeshore Dr. in the 1999 historic structure survey.] The letter is addressed to Robert Wolbrink but unsigned. The author is likely Margaret Chase. The letter lists some of the Chase School teachers: Mrs. Flora Gaze Drought of Douglas Miss Grace Thorne of Ganges Lloyd Goodrich of Ganges (later Allegan County School Commissioner) Hattie Knowlton of Saugatuck Township Mrs Willard L. Claver - former Effie Randall Mrs. Walter Wightman of Saugatuck Township Mrs. Rosco Funk aka Julia Funk Mrs Adolph Zeitch of Douglas Mrs Opal Masier Hasty Photocopy of a 10 Jan 1991 letter to the editor of the Commerical Record by Robert Wolbrink thanking Mrs. Chase for her Ganges News articles that mentioned "Chase Road, Chase School, Chase Hill and, even further back, the Chase orchestra", James (Jimmy) Chase who lost his life in the Pacific in World War II and Mr. Serene Chase who was Ganges Methodist Church Sunday school superintendent.