THE GLEN HAVEN Canning Company, where area farmers sold some of their produce (1926): Much like today, Port Oneida women and others picked up spending money during the cherry harvest by helping pick and process the fruit. This snapshot of her coworkers was taken by 15-yearold Laura Basch with her prized Kodak Brownie camera. She recalled that during harvest time the crew worked from 8 a.m. – midnight, with no breaks except for lunch. 5 YEARS AGO

July 5, 2007

If they come, they’ll have plenty to do. But will they come to Leelanau? The Diversions section in this week’s Enterprise is chock-full of events planned for the Leelanau Peninsula despite having the Fourth of July fall dead in the middle of the week, on Wednesday.

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Leelanau Township fruit grower Tom Van Pelt is the exception — not the rule — when it comes to the 3-year sweet and tart cherry survey conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Michigan Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistic Service. He planted 500 tart cherry trees last year, making him one of the few to do so between 2003 and 2006.

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Mike and Linda Bartlett aren’t afraid to show their “true colors.” Red, white and blue can be found all over the barn at their family’s 1908 farmstead and yard south of Northport. It’s hard to miss. “We’re very patriotic,” said Bartlett, who represents the third generation of owners of the home and barn.

10 YEARS AGO

June 4, 2002

A 7.22-acre tract with more than 1,000 feet of frontage along the Crystal River has been purchased by the Leelanau Conservancy. The property, known to locals as the tip of the “Oxbow,” was put up for sale by the Leelanau School in October. Funds for the property were provided through a new Great Lakes Revolving Loan Fund backed by the Mott Foundation.

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Bobby Atkinson of Maple City has played his accordion right into the Michigan State Music Hall of Fame — Polka Category. He will be inducted at the Cedar Polka Fest before the thousands of polka enthusiasts who annually swell the community just after the Fourth of July.

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While the National Park Service admittedly looked into closing down the Dune Climb near Glen Lake to protect sensitive areas, the option now preferred calls for improved public access on the popular climbing hill. That word comes from Mike Duwe, Park Service specialist who is helping organize the process of writing a new General Management Plan for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.

35 YEARS AGO

July 7, 1977

Leelanau County came through the long Fourth of July weekend in good shape this year, with no major accidents recorded on either land or water despite a big influx of visitors and temperatures up into the 90s. Chief Ranger Charles Parkinson of the National Park Service said 17,060 persons were counted during the holiday period at the dune climb.

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Orchardists and farm officials were trying yesterday to assess the amount of damage to Leelanau County cherry crops as a result of high whipping winds late last week. Wind-whip had been noted in exposed sections of a number of orchards and that fruit had been knocked to the ground in others.

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Residential construction in Leelanau County took a big jump in June with building permits issued for 28 new houses and 18 residential alteration/addition projects. Eighteen new houses were authorized with a total valuation per house of $46,356.

60 YEARS AGO

July 3, 1952

Miss Ruth Belanger, 18, of Lake Leelanau, as national cherry queen, will rule over the national cherry festival July 9-11 at Traverse City. She was chosen Thursday night from a field of 17 regional candidates.

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Leelanau County, with a total population of 8.600 persons, now has 4,400 registered voters, according to a telephone poll of township clerks made yesterday by this newspaper.

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One of the best commercial catches in several years was reported Monday by a fishing crew at Leland. Henry Steffens, his son Henry Jr., and Leo Stallman lifted 1,400 pounds of chubs from 20 nets in 400 feet of water in the Lake Michigan channel between Leland and North Manitou Island.

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Floating debris on Suttons Bay and Grand Traverse Bay constitute a real hazard to all power boat operations and should be removed by boatmen and property owners along these watercourses when ever possible, the Suttons Bay Boat Club warned today. High waters have reached far back from the normal shoreline to pick up logs, stumps, planks, old railroad ties and fenceposts and scattered them over the water.

115 YEARS AGO

July 1, 1897

Philip Portner has purchased a fine 80- acre tract of land from Antoine Ance.

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The Ide E. brought in two large scow loads of wood for L.J. Grobben this forenoon.

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The steamer Tiger will sell tickets on July 3rd, 4th and 5th for half fare for the round trip.

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The North Manitou resort is fast filling up with resorters.

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Remember that Leland will celebrate the 4th on Saturday.