Part II - Business, a supplement to the Big Rapids Pioneer Newspaper. Used with permission.
PAST CHAMBER PRESIDENTS
The presidents of the Mecosta County Area Chamber of Commerce
1935 - A.A. Worchester, Attorney
1936 - J.J. Hammer, Sinclair Oil
1937-38 - C.L. Scholler, Optometrist
1939 - Eugene Ward, Attorney
1940-41 - Don Worchester, Attorney
1942 - Russ Hagan, Gamble Store
1943 - Nuel N. Donley - Attorney
1944 - Loren Hanchett, Hanchett Company
1945 - Irving Kingsley, Kingsley Food Stores
1946 - Evar Swarvar, MichCon
1947 - Irving Kingsley, Kingsley's Food Store
1948 - Arthur Wilson, Wilson's Store
1949-50 - John Rosander, Rosander's Chevrolet
1951 - George Pratt, Big Rapids Greenhouse
1952 - Stan Maney, Maney's Jewelry Store
1953 - Stan Michael, Michael's Oil Company
1954 - Royal Klein, Klein's Furniture Store
1955 - Milton Kelly, Attorney
1956 - Frank Hall, Hall's Store
1957 - Gregory Cahill, Scott Store
1958 - John Keen, Wolverine Electric Co-Op
1959 - S. J. Turille, Ferris State College Instructor
1960 - Norman Silvernail, First National Bank
1961 - Carl M. Schuberg, Schuberg Agency
1962 - I.O. Gammons, Chiropractor
1963 - Lyle McCann, Big Rapids Finance Company
1964 - C.R. Losey, Michigan Cigar Company
1965 - Homer VanderKolk, Consumers Power Company
1966-67 - Robert Horan Jr., Triangle Auto Sales
1968 - Kenneth J. Hicks, Central Concrete Products
1969 - Lawrence J. Jensen, Dentist
1970-71 - Lawrence J. Brown, Rieth Riley Construction
1972 - Robert Evrin, College Inn Motel
1973 - Dave Hyde, Binney Auto Parts
1974 - Melvin Smith, First National Bank
1975 James Adams, AAA
1976 - John Ariss, Ariss Insurance Agency
1977 - Robert Stanton, Attorney
1978 - David Graham, The Family Room
1979 - James Bruskotter, The Pioneer
1980 - David Pickel, Central Michigan Bank
1981 - Tom Orlow, AAA
1981-82 - William Scheible, Ferrris State College
1982-83 - Gary Gilbert, Whistle Stop Restaurant
1984-85 - George Keen, SKE, Inc.
1986-88 - P. Martin Roshak, MichCon.
1989-90 - Robert J. Hampson Jr., Lerner & Associates
1991- Jack Batdorff, The Pioneer Group
1992 - Karl Linebaugh, Chemical Bank Central
1993 - Kay A. Smith, Kay A. Smith Communications
1994 - Rex Schuberg, Schuberg Insurance Agency
1995 - Tom Hogensen, Mecosta County General Hospital
1996 Sueann Walz, Mutual Savings Bank
1997 - Linda Stevens, PDS Phone Guide
1998 - Dan Hurley, Ferris State University
2000 - Deb Szot, Big Rapids Printing/Kopy Korner
2001 - Tom Everin, Individual
2002 - (Resigned July 2) John Hill, Big Rapids Public Schools
2002-July 2003 April- Chris Schwandt, Carter's Plus
2003-04 - Kevin Roe, Rogers Jewelers
2005 - John Norton, Pioneer Group
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