1999 Braun Receipt

So, the other day, I got ambitious enough to clean out my closet.  That feeling hits about once a year, fortunately, so I'm always finding something interesting.

This time around, I rehung some of my old (and full of memory) good dresses.  One was wrapped in plastic and at the top by the hanger was a stapled receipt.

How many of you also miss Braun's Dry Cleaners?

P.S. More posts to come in the near future.

1995 Baseball

I absolutely love when someone walks up to me, hands me either photos or memoriabilia, and wonders if I would like to add it to the website.  The answer is always yes!  Yesterday, I was given three photographs, which will be added to the Fowlerville Historical Collection at the village hall, but first, I wanted to show you, my readers.

 

After doing a little research, the first is a baseball card for Al Kaline.  The second picture is how he looked in 1993 when he came to Fowlerville.  If you check out the photograph, you can see "Gehringer Field" hooked to the chain-link fence.  That field is where the Fowlerville High School baseball team plays their games.

 

The next photograph is a young Tom Brookens when he was a Detroit player, and following that is a more current-day photograph.  Not much has changed!

And then, the last picture given to me had a bunch of markings on the front and then the following on the back:

 

~~Feb. 1999 Tiger Fantasy Game, Marchand Stadium, Lakeland, Florida, Leon Vercruysse, Batting; Mickey Lolich, Pitching; Alan Trammell, Catching.

~~Rare Picture:  Lolich and Trammell never played together (different eras) (besides Trammell is a SS, not a catcher); Darrell Evans, 2nd Base; Jason Thompson, 1st Base; Al Kaline, right field; Pitch fouled off homeplate.

How cool is all of this!

1986 Centennial Plate

In 1986, Fowlerville residents celebrated the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Ralph Fowler to this area.  One of the pieces of memoriabilia from that celebration was a plate, as you can see in the following picture:

This plate was donated by the Fowlerville Library to the collection.

1992 Poster Bottom Right Hand Corner

This is the last portion of the poster advertisement.  It is the bottom right hand corner.  As you can see, there is more to see of Dick Scott Motor Mall and Kern Road Veterinary.  Below those:

 

~~James Plumbing Co., est. 1974,

~~Absolute Technologies, est. 1978,

~~Charles H. Reason, Custom Home Building and Remodeling, est. 1952,

~~Randy's Tire & Fuel, est. 1976,

~~Countryway, est. 1977, with the Countryway ball diamonds, and

~~ball players around the All American Concrete sign -- anyone know those players?

1992 Poster Bottom Right

Today and tomorrow's posts will complete our look at this 1992 advertisement poster.

 

Starting a bit below the top:

 

~~McDonald's, across from the Hardees,

~~Amoco,

~~Fowlerville Farms Family Restaurant, est. 1987,

~~Dick Scott Motor Mall,

~~Best Western of Fowlerville,

~~Handby Mobile and the Mobile Mart,

~~Dunkin' Donuts (faded),

~~Camaza Farm, est. 1978,

~~Business Forms Plus, est. 1989, and

~~All American Concrete, Flatwork, Poured Walls, 15 Years Exp., Footings, est. 1987.

1992 Poster Bottom Center

We are almost done looking at this "map" of Fowlerville with advertisements, made in 1992.  This bottom center portion shows the train tracks, with Ames Bros. Cement north of the tracks.  Then:

 

~~more of the VanGilder Elevator, est. 1975,

~~credit by M.A.P.S., 1039 South Brown, Jackson, Michigan 49203, 517.782.9943,

~~1st National Bank, serving the area since 1934,

~~Slanker Homes, est. 1949,

~~Kleinschmidt Well Drilling, 4" wells - installation & repair, est. 1978,

~~Harmon Real Estate, est. 1946, with Tom Harmon driving the car,

~~Ace Transformer Service Co., est. 1970, and

~~Hardee's, showing a couple of ladies -- anyone remember them?

1992 Poster Second Pic From Left

As we work along the bottom of the poster, the top portion has been looked at in previous articles, so we will start with:

 

~~Small & Tall Service Center, est. 1991,

~~the other half of Copeland Rentals, est. 1968 -- anyone able to identify the men holding the sign?

~~John New Cement, est. 1978,

~~a portion of the VanGilder Elevator,

~~Bailey Homes, Inc., est. 1987,

~~Hardee's, est. 1991, and

~~Redinger Builders, est. 1986.

1992 Poster Bottom Left Corner

For the next five posts, we will be working along the bottom of the poster.  The picture above is of the bottom left hand corner.  The businesses shown across the top are:

~~Ray Slanker Contractor (retired), Township Board Member, 12 years, est. 1948,
~~M and A Automotive, Inc., est. 1980, on Converse road,
~~Country Fare Cafe, est. 1991,
~~Alchin's Disposal Service, est. 1986,
~~Fowlerville Fair, est. 1886,
~~Copeland Construction.

Then along the bottom:

~~Gascon's Greenhouse and Farm Market "Open in Season" est. 1975,
~~ITAC Business Forms & Systems, est. 1984,
~~Hitching Post Restaurant, Home Cooked Food and Spirits, est. 1937,
~~Crampton Electric Company, est. 1984,
~~Hav'alook Gardens, est 1933, and
~~Alan's Park, est. 1979.

1992 Poster Another Center Portion

This one is a bit more repetitious than even yesterday's but it gives a good view of kids on a tractor at VanGilder Farms, est. 1964, in the lower right hand corner, plus Fowlerville Farms Family Restaurant, est. 1987, and Kern Road Veterinary Clinic animals.

1992 Poster Center Close to Right Side

As with yesterday's picture, everything was covered in earlier pictures so it looks like I'll list for just the bottom right hand corner.

~~Office Management Systems Bookkeeping, est. 1990,
~~C. James Hall State Farm Insurance, est. 1967,
~~Century 21 Schulteis Real Estate, and
~~R.T.B. Construction, Inc., est. 1986 (Fowlerville News & Views is now located in this part of the house next to Bill Mollison, Attorney).

1992 Poster More of the Center

All of the businesses in the upper half of this picture were listed in previous days, so I'll just list a few:

There's a better picture of 2Fers then, just below that, you will find:

~~Frank's IGA Foodliner, est. 1921, with Ken Curtis,
~~Ames Bros. Cement, est. 1985, on Carr street, and
~~Opening in 1993, McAuley-McPherson Health Services Urgent Care -- does anyone know if this actually opened?

1992 Poster More of the Center

The businesses across the top portion were listed in a previous day, so we can start with about the middle of this portion:

~~Fowlerville Lumber, est. 1926, on Ann Street,
~~Jim Fulmer Well Drilling, est. 1967,
~~Fowlerville Lumber, est. 1944, with Doug Burnie's caricature.

Then, every thing "south" of Ann Street and along West Grand River avenue:

~~D&N Bank, now Citizens Bank,
~~Amy Rae Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Geo, Est. 1992,
~~Mid-State Body Shop, est. 1965, on Detroit Street (now Veterans Drive),
~~Everton's Income Tax & Bookkeeping Service, est. 1982 (the house at the corner of West Grand River and Free street was torn down a few years ago and is now an empty log),
~~Alchin's Disposal Service, est. 1986, and
~~Bob Smith "Ford" Country.

1992 Poster Left side of Middle

Here is the next portion of the poster.  The next few shots range across the middle of this piece of artwork.

North (or east) of the Red Cedar river shows:

~~Great Lakes Tree Service, Inc., est. 1986,
~~Cross Roads Apostalic, est. 1969, Howell, Mi,
~~Designed and Illustrated by Michael & Renee Wren, 1992,
~~Epley Excavating, est. 1987,
~~Culver Excavating & Trucking, est. 1976,
~~Culver Construction, est. 1978,
~~Bailey Homes, Inc., est. 1987, and
~~Gladiator Pizza Shoppe at the Keg & Cork Party Shoppe.

South (or west) of the Red Cedar river shows:

~~The Asphalt Doctor, est. 1989,
~~Gordon & Diane Norris, est. 1974,
~~Joe Raica Excavating, est. 1978, and
~~a few buildings of the historical village at the fair grounds.

1992 Upper Right Hand Corner

At the upper left part of this portion shows the full view of the Fowlerville Veterinary Clinic, including the horse.

 

From there:

 

~~Fowlerville Mini-Storage, est. 1985,

~~Woodshire Place Banquet Facility, est. 1984, with Gloria Glover peeking around the sign,

~~The Hair Connection, est. 1988,

~~St. Agnes Catholic Church, est. 1891, showing the location at East Grand River where the congregation moved there in the mid-1970s from the church building at the northeast corner of South Second and Church streets.

~~Brady Kennels, Inc., est. 1972, with Roger and Diane Brady,

~~Zizka Insurance Agency, est. 1930,

~~St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, est. 1888,

~~the Post office when it was located on South Second street,

~~Fowlerville Chiropractic Clinic, est. 1987, Rosemary A. Pushies, B.S., D.C., and Jeffrey H. Limonoff, D.C..

 

And, at the bottom,

 

~~Miller Hydro-Seeding, est. 1978, and

~~More Van Gilder Farms, est. 1964.

1992 Poster Upper Edge

The next portion of the advertisement poster is one part in from the upper right hand corner.  The businesses I can discern are:

 

~~Deaven's Wild Life Studio, est. 1986,

~~J. Mills Plumbing, quality work since 1977,

~~Fowlerville Machine Products, est. 1948,

~~Fowlerville Veterinary Clinc, est. 1934,

~~Lodden Technology Ltd., est. 1984, housed where Maria's School of Dance used to be located, 

~~The Grand Agency, est. 1948,

~~The Cox Law Firm, est. 1936,

~~Chiropractor Michael J. Murphy, D.C., Family Practitioners since 1949,

~~Dillingham Funeral Home, before the addition was built at the north side of the house,

~~The Penny Pincher, est. 1979,

~~Profiles, est. 1990,

~~Linda Walker, Attorney, est. 1982.

 

And then, across the bottom portion:

 

~~Cyndi's Country Crafts, est. 1989,

~~First Baptist Church, est. 1869,

~~Liverance Funeral Home, est. 1932,

~~S-J's Track Shack, antiques, collectibles, moccasins (located in the old Rounsville grain elevator at the railroad tracks),

~~Hughes Land Surveying, est. 1979, with Darryl Hughes doing a little surveying.

 

1992 Poster Center Top

The following portion of the advertising poster has a wealth of businesses:

 

~~There's a guy standing at the upper right hand corner, holding a mug of beer -- any thoughts on who that might be?

~~VanGilder Farms, est. 1964, shows seven members of the farm at the corner of Marr and Owosso,

~~Dawn and Steve Horton of Fowlerville News & Views, est. 1985, are shown alongsie a two-story house -- does anyone remember where they were located in 1991?

 

Then across the middle of the portion of the poster:

 

~~the Michigan Veterans Memorial, with two ladies holding the sign, when it was located where the parking lot now stands at Mill and North Second streets.

~~Loco's Restaurant, est. 1991, where Olden Days now offers wonderful home-cooking by Chuck.

~~Fowlerville Decorating Center, since 1926, which now houses Maria's School of Dance.

~~Lockwood Insurance agency, with Stan and Joyce Lockwood, which now houses Gormley & Johnson, Attorneys.

~~Turning the corner onto East Grand River, Shear Image, when it was located on the north side of the avenue, which now belongs to Edward Jones.

~~The Shady Lady, with its slanted-wood facade, owned and operated by Patti Reis.

~~Proos Pharmacy, est. 1968, although this location has consecutively been a pharmacy for over a 130 years.

~~Save-On, est. 1985.

Along the bottom of this portion:

 

~~Harmon Real Estate, est. 1946.

~~Sherri's Fowlerville Flower Station, est. 1991, which eventuallly became the BeeCharmer and now houses a jewelry business.  This is also the location of Tomion's.

~~Fowlerville Family Eyecare, est. 1991.

~~NBD, which is now Chase Bank.

~~2Fers, now Duke's.

1992 Poster Upper Edge

 

As we keep exploring the advertisement poster created around 1990, the above picture shows about 8" in from the left upper corner.

 

Working from top to bottom:

 

~~Davis Training Center -- anyone familiar with that?

~~Watson Electric, est. 1968,

~~Fowlerville Fire Department (building built in 1960),

~~Fowlerville District Library, with Librarian Cheryl Poch and Cindy (last name?),

~~Murphy Chiropractic, est, 1949,

~~Township building shown in two different angles for the Police department, village office, and township office combined,

~~Reggie's Barber and Beauty Salon,

~~across North Grand to Ciminelli's Old Fashion Pizza, est. 1991, where you will now find Kim's Barber,

~~the old water tower that was at the northeast corner of Power and Ann streets

~~Concrete Construction, est. 1958, and

~~Jim Fulmer Well Drilling, est. 1967.

1992 Poster Upper Left Hand Corner

Following is the first close-up of the advertising poster from 1992:

What I've been able to spot are:

~~Winners Circle Farm on Sober, est. 1990,
~~Glover Electric Ltd, with Irwin and Tim Glover,
~~Culver Buildings, Est. 1989, with Don Culver,
~~Maple Grove Field, Est. 1972 on Sherwood (where Dawn Patrol is held every year the weekend after Labor Day -- Dawn Patrol originated at Newton Field south of town but is now held at Maple Grove),
~~Garwood Cooling and Heating, est. 1986, and
~~John New Cement, est. 1978.

If anyone knows the names of those I didn't mention, it would be great if you would leave a comment or e-mail me and I'll add updates..

1992 Advertising Poster

Following is an advertising poster that has been hanging in the township hall for many years:

Since there are so many fun caricatures and a lot of information in this poster, I decided to scan the entire poster and will be putting each section on this site over the next couple of weeks -- I believe there will be 15 close-up pictures.  I started at the upper left hand corner, worked across the top, then did some middle shots, and then across the bottom.  There will be some overlapping but I just didn't want to miss anything -- it is that worth it! 

Enjoy these upcoming pictures (with some history if I have it).

1991 Harris Anniversary

Ike & Arlene Harris Observed Their 62nd Wedding Anniversary June 22~~Ike and Arlene Harris of Fowlerville celebrated their 62nd anniversary on Saturday, June 22nd.

They were married in Laingsburg, Michigan, at the Methodist Parsonage.

The couple have two daughters, Beverly (Alfred) Murnighan of Howell and Carol Brockway of Milford.  They have 10 grandchildren, with one deceased, and several great-grandchildren.

Ike and Arlene have lived in the same house in Fowlerville for over 50 years.

The above article was printed in the Fowlerville News and News, June 24, 1991.  Some may still remember Ike Harris as the owner and operator of the Orr Theatre before it became a portion of the Fowlerville hardware store.