I grew up in Goodells but spent a lot of time in town. I'm 48 and remember going to that Kmart all the time. It was the best place ever when I was a kid!
My grandpa liked to go to Duchess once in a while even in the 1970s. My mom, aunts and uncles took him there for his birthday every year. It was called Duchess Outpost by then. I'm not sure when "Duchess" was dropped from the name. I never knew it was called Duchess Log Cabin. Sam Catanzaro's wife Anna died sometime before 1960. He married a much younger woman, and they had children together, including my classmate who was born in 1961. There was a newspaper story about it because his sons from his marriage to Anna were quite a bit older than their baby siblings -- old enough to make it newsworthy. I wasn't old enough to read that news article when it was published (I was only a few months old at the time), but my classmate shared it on facebook and is pretty proud of being part of a unique, close-knit family. My dad used to take us to Dawn Donuts once in a while after Mass at St. Stephen's on 32nd Street. Usually we went straight to visit grandparents, so it was a really nice treat to be able to stop for a donut first. I remember booths inside -- that setup with the chairs all around looked weird. I never went to Windchill. The reason the new St. Stephen's was built out there in 1965 is because population projections had the city growing that way. The downtown church, built in the 1860s, had been confiscated by Right of Immanent Domain for the college, leaving the parish to find a new home in a hurry. And of course the city only paid a portion of what a new church and school would cost. By that time, St. Joseph Church had been on 7th Street for 40 years, and St. Mary's had been built in the mid-1950s, so there weren't many places St. Stephen's could go -- the Archdiocese of Detroit wouldn't give approval to build a new parish site too close to existing parishes, but a third parish was needed for the city to accommodate churchgoers. (They also had a lot more service times than they do today, and all of them were packed). Since 24th St. was being built up, and new subdivisions were going in all along the Lapeer corridor, St. Stephen's chose the property on 32nd. It was marshland, and had to be drained before the church could be built. The original plan was for the church and school buildings to sit on the back part of the land, but the engineers determined that the land was too unstable to support the church structure. That's why the church sits so close to the road and the parking lot is out back.
My Aunt used to be elevator gal at Sperry's for years. My Aunt Hazel and Uncle Jack used to work at the Desmond Theater. She played piano, and he ran the films before the talkies!
Tex Ritter was a fixture at the Log Cabin as I remember seeing his name on the building quite often during the early 60s. We were there at the grand opening of Kmart in 1963 when they dropped ping pong balls out of a helicopter for prizes. We didn't win anything though. And the 15 cent burgers at McDonalds which also opened in 1963, seemed to taste so much better than anything you can get today.
I worked at the 24th St McDonalds in High School 1966-1969 We had to hand total the orders and I'm sure a few were actually totaled correctly. There were no tables inside the store. It was all carry-out. I also called on Dave Lawery at Main TV when I sold ads for the Times-Herald.
I grew up in Goodells but spent a lot of time in town. I'm 48 and remember going to that Kmart all the time. It was the best place ever when I was a kid!
I remember a lot of this. I'm 60 now. Was born and raised here. Thanks for sharing the memories. Without memories its just another town .
My grandpa liked to go to Duchess once in a while even in the 1970s. My mom, aunts and uncles took him there for his birthday every year. It was called Duchess Outpost by then. I'm not sure when "Duchess" was dropped from the name. I never knew it was called Duchess Log Cabin.
Sam Catanzaro's wife Anna died sometime before 1960. He married a much younger woman, and they had children together, including my classmate who was born in 1961. There was a newspaper story about it because his sons from his marriage to Anna were quite a bit older than their baby siblings -- old enough to make it newsworthy. I wasn't old enough to read that news article when it was published (I was only a few months old at the time), but my classmate shared it on facebook and is pretty proud of being part of a unique, close-knit family.
My dad used to take us to Dawn Donuts once in a while after Mass at St. Stephen's on 32nd Street. Usually we went straight to visit grandparents, so it was a really nice treat to be able to stop for a donut first. I remember booths inside -- that setup with the chairs all around looked weird. I never went to Windchill.
The reason the new St. Stephen's was built out there in 1965 is because population projections had the city growing that way. The downtown church, built in the 1860s, had been confiscated by Right of Immanent Domain for the college, leaving the parish to find a new home in a hurry. And of course the city only paid a portion of what a new church and school would cost. By that time, St. Joseph Church had been on 7th Street for 40 years, and St. Mary's had been built in the mid-1950s, so there weren't many places St. Stephen's could go -- the Archdiocese of Detroit wouldn't give approval to build a new parish site too close to existing parishes, but a third parish was needed for the city to accommodate churchgoers. (They also had a lot more service times than they do today, and all of them were packed). Since 24th St. was being built up, and new subdivisions were going in all along the Lapeer corridor, St. Stephen's chose the property on 32nd. It was marshland, and had to be drained before the church could be built. The original plan was for the church and school buildings to sit on the back part of the land, but the engineers determined that the land was too unstable to support the church structure. That's why the church sits so close to the road and the parking lot is out back.
Interesting about the church.
Thank you
Very interesting, Thank you
My Aunt used to be elevator gal at Sperry's for years. My Aunt Hazel and Uncle Jack used to work at the Desmond Theater. She played piano, and he ran the films before the talkies!
Tex Ritter was a fixture at the Log Cabin as I remember seeing his name on the building quite often during the early 60s. We were there at the grand opening of Kmart in 1963 when they dropped ping pong balls out of a helicopter for prizes. We didn't win anything though. And the 15 cent burgers at McDonalds which also opened in 1963, seemed to taste so much better than anything you can get today.
My Uncle Russ owned Atkinsons Auto Parts, and Uncle Harvey owned auto parts too....Im 76 now, and was born in PH hospital..
I worked at the 24th St McDonalds in High School 1966-1969 We had to hand total the orders and I'm sure a few were actually totaled correctly. There were no tables inside the store. It was all carry-out. I also called on Dave Lawery at Main TV when I sold ads for the Times-Herald.
Seemed like a much better place than now
Fun seeing these. So interesting, also.
Dawn donuts jingle was, "Dawn Donuts, Mmm most delish."
DoBoy Donuts was on Pine Grove just north of what is now Tim Hortons. Dawn Donuts and DoBoy Donuts were not the same!!
They were also at 706 24th St.
@@AL-jb1mh It was after 1961 but my directories only go up until 1961 so it could have been between 1961 and 1967.
Wirtz were our neighbors growing up. I used to go to that Kmart when I was little to buy matchbox cars with my allowance.
Forgot and my Aunt June worked at Coney Island
Does anyone have or remember the Fogcutter dressing that goes on the wedge salad??
Loved seeing public trans