One of the early highlights of the store was the purchase of the first projection-type televisions. John took care of the books, while Ed ran the store, carefully, graciously helping everyone who came through their door. The wooden structure leaned a little and was replaced in 1955 with a concrete building at 211 River Avenue. He entered partnership with Art Upton in the repair of radios in 1937 and continued until 1946.Įd and his brother John formed their own partnership in 1946 and opened E & J Radio Center in a former grocery store building. He operated a repair shop in Saugatuck while working as a projectionist for the Holland Theater. When he completed his schooling, he returned home and began working in electronics. When he wasn't delivering papers, Ed attended Holland Public Schools, and graduated from Holland High School in 1934.Īfter high school, Ed pushed out into the world and attended a trade school in Chicago for about two years where he learned the growing field of electronics.
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He was a paper boy for the hometown newspaper, which was then called the Holland Evening Sentinel, earning some spending cash and helping his family. So when Ed wanted something, he had to earn it. Together, Ed's parents raised their children to be honest and hardworking, and to learn the value of a dollar. Ed joined older brother John and younger sister Julie in the family home.Įd's father was a shoemaker for the Holland Shoe Factory, while his mother stayed home to raise their children. The house was built right near the River Avenue Bridge in Holland, and was soon filled with the sounds of laughing and playing children. Here in this corner of the globe, Jacob and Tillie (Les) Vroski would soon be rewarded with the birth of their second child, a son they named Edward.Įd was born on September 16, 1916, on a warm, sunny Saturday in Holland, Michigan, right there in the house his family called home. Our great nation was enjoying new technological marvels, as the automobile and the airplane were transforming our society, with a new middle class emerging to enjoy the rewards of its hard work. The year was 1916, and America was enjoying so many successes, still a year away from entering the fray of World War I, which was then encircling the globe. He was a loyal brother, devoted husband, loving and caring father and grandfather, who loved God to the fullest. Ed was a self-made man, a man who enjoyed earning his successes, of which he had so many. Ed Vroski was none of those, although his was a life as rich and vibrant as the man himself.
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There are so many different success stories in this world, stories of men who struck it rich, won the lottery, or were in the right place at the right time.