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Goetz Drain

Located in Bay City, Michigan, Goetz Drain is a small creek or swale that runs from just off of Freeland Road east and south through the Bay City Country Club Golf Course to the Saginaw River. It is used to drain rainfall from the surrounding area to the Saginaw River. It is named after Lieutenant Commander Joseph Sidney Goetz who won the first Golf Tournament held at the newly opened in 1956 Bay City Country Club Golf Course with a score of 63. Shortly after he won that first tournament, he tragically perished as a result of an airplane accident on his way Naval Reserve Duty due to foggy conditions, leaving his widow, Mary Eloise Goetz and five children, Cynthia Sannar Goetz, Joseph Andrew Goetz, Mary Abigail Goetz, Laurel Elizabeth Goetz and Lisa Joy Goetz. LT CDR Goetz was employed at the Dow Chemical Company Plastics Research Laboratory at the time of his death. The drain was given his name due to his sparkling performance in that first tournament and his tragic death.