Well, if you had fun with the Old Howell Eateries Trivia... how about some Old Howell Shops & Businesses... I'll make a list from an old yearbook(s)... if I get some more time, I might scan photos from old yearbooks, or maybe some of you worked there and might have some of your own. In any case, this should bring back some memories!
From the 1964 Torch advertising section (since it's the oldest one I have) ... so it's not just shops, but includes a variety of businesses from that era. For those of you in or familiar with Howell now, you might tell us what stores match up with these storefronts now. For others, you might recall other businesses that were located at these addresses. Notice there is no "546" in the telephone numbers. And notice too if the business had a slogan, I included that from the display ad in the yearbook.
EAGER'S CLEANERS 307 E. Grand River Phone 404
LIVINGSTON'S DRUGS 112 W. Grand River Phone 9176
RUSSELL D. SMITH - AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER 401 W. Grand River Phone 1632
MCPHERSON STATE BANK 207 N. Michigan, Phone 1480
TOWN & COUNTRY BEAUTY SALON 1233 E. Grand River (Howell Shopping Center) Phone 1233
SLAYTON MOTOR SALES 301 E. Grand River Phone 349
KROGER ("Go Krogering") 1135 E. Grand River "Save Top Value Stamps"
D. W. GOODNOW ("Something for Every Family Member") 103 E. Grand River Phone 99
D & C STORE ("5 cents to $5") W. Grand River
COMPLIMENTS OF THE BERRIMAN BUILDING With a cute photo of the daughters of attorney Stanley Berriman.
SWIRL & CURL BEAUTY SALON ("The Finest in Professional Beauty Care - Distinctive Hair Styling - All Beauty Services") 207 W. Grand River Phone 1330
OLD HOWELL HOUSE ("Distinction in Taste") 107 E. Grand River
SPAGNULO'S CANDY & ICE CREAM 118 W. Grand River Phone 9184
HOWELL BOWL-E-DROME 907 East Grand River Phone 384
Note: The owners included their "Residence" phone... 1040-M12... for those who don't know, this indicated a "party line" ... still puzzled? Here's a link for those born after 1964: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony)
ZEMPER STUDIO 214 South Michigan Phone 326
HOWELL GEAR 818 Fowler Phone 1076 or 1081
DANCER'S FASHIONS Phone 981
ITSELL'S MEN'S AND BOYS' WEAR 102 West Grand River... (Now home to YAX JEWELRY, but not the "original" Yax Jewelry. See below.
Just spoke with Mr. Itsell at the services for Pete Baldwin Friday 8/31 and he still looks as dapper as ever! Uses a cane and the arm of son Dennis to get around, but he was a bright and chipper as I remember him. I told him, because I didn't know how to "tie a tie" until he taught me, I think of him every time I put on a tie or tie one for one of the boys in the high school where I teach because word has gotten around, that on game day, "Go see Mr. Salisbury. He knows how!"
HOWELL IGA 323 E. Grand River Phone 9174
HOWELL AUTO PARTS 214 W. Grand River Call 246 or 905
D-R ELECTRIC ("We Service What We Sell") 323 W. Grand River Call 757
CARRIER'S GROCERY 4689 East Grand River at Chemung Lake
SUTTON'S ("Howell's Finest Hardware") 121-123 W. Grand River Phone 152
"For Good Food, Try EAGER'S RESTAURANT" 114 W. Grand River Phone 455
BAILER'S BARBERSHOP - "For Those Good-Looking Cuts" - 117 S. Michigan Phone 1720 (You won't find this address in town... Now, who can tell me why? I remember, do you?)
AKIN & AKIN INSURANCE AGENCY - 1255 E. Grand River Phone 100 (Who can tell me where they were located BEFORE this address? I think I can; how about you?)
FIRST NATIONAL BANK - 101 E. Grand River Phone 585 (And only their phone number has changed! How about that!)
COMPLIMENTS OF FRED BARLEY ... boy, I am going to need some help here folks.
SCHAEFER'S SIX MILE HOUSE - 4675 E. Grand River
CHEM-TREND INC. 3205 E. Grand River Phone 2880 ... another business where only the phone has changed.
HOWELL LAUNDRY & DRY CLEANERS 124 E. Sibley "Free Pick Up" Phone 280
VANDERCOOK PHOTOGRAPHY 96 Chilson Road Phone 1127 (just a few doors away from my house at 184 Chilson)
TAYLOR ELECTRIC 5829 Fisher Road Phone 2985
HOWELL TOWN & COUNTRY, INC. 1002 E. Grand River Phone 2005 (Penny worked "co-op" there in high school and about a year after graduation too.)
SMITH & LOWE Household Appliances and Furniture 204 W. Grand River Phone 62 (Worked there myself for a few months in 1968.)
DODD'S SHOE STORE "For The Best In Brand Names and Latest Styles" 104 E. Grand River Phone 1548 (I know what's there now, because Penny and I stopped in the current business, Eclectic Twyst — Original art works, furniture, lamps, retro accessories, jewelry, vintage clothing, Friday when we were in Howell.)
YAX JEWLERY Phone 911-W (It's a bit confusing now, but this is the store Howell folks know as DONALD JEWELERS which is in the 100 block of E. Grand River.
BALDWIN DRUG STORE 102 E. Grand River Phone 193 ... Now home to UPTOWN COFFEE HOUSE.
ARROW HEAD STEEL PROD. PLANT - GOULD NATIONAL BATTERIES This business was located near the railroad tracks not far from "Page Field" and my grandfather Harry Harwood and his son, my Uncle Harry Jr. worked there.
FISHER TOOL & DIE 115 University Drive Phone 634
HOWELL ELECTRIC MOTORS 409 N. Roosevelt Phone 20 (Makes one wonder who had numbers lower than 20 eh?)
CITIZENS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY STILL THERE!
GREEN'S MUSIC CENTER 840 E. Grand River Phone 810 ... originally I believe located on State Street, I recall being able to go into a glassed-in booth and listen to a record (Yes, VINYL kiddies!) before determining if I wanted to purchase it. One of the first 45 I purchased there was in 1963, "So Much In Love" by The Tymes and the other was by Dion and The Belmonts... what a bargain it was! "Runaround Sue" on one side and "Runaway Girl" on the other! Two hits for the price of one. And I believe 45s were 69 cents at the time.
Second bit of trivia, is that by 1964, Green's move from State Street to East Grand River (next to what was then an A&P store) into the "Timbers Building" and into the same end of the building whose previous tenant was "Salisbury's Market." If I recall, Green's didn't last long there and the next tenant was a beauty school. Today, the building is gone and the location is now the site of a gas station and small party store.
SNEDICOR'S CLEANERS 220 S. Michigan Phone 330 ... still in business, correct?
CLEVELAND METAL ABRASIVE CO. 631 Dearborn Street
THOMAS TOTS & TEENS 110 W. Grand River
GAMBLE STORE 110 E. Grand River Pone 1180 ... This is Schaefer's House of Music location now.
ANTHONY'S DAIRY MART 900 E. Grand River Phone 947 ... Now who recalls when there was an in-ground trampoline business at pretty much that same location?
COUSINS PRINTING CO. 124 N. State Street Phone 1042
REULAND ELECTRIC CO. 4500 E. Grand River Phone 1430 -- Still in business aren't they?
WHMI 1350 RADIO The radio station was above Shippey's Paint, now a wine shoppe, which was next to Heller's Flowers. At the time, the station was ONLY broadcasting an AM signal and their FCC license (first owned by Mel Wirth and later the Bignall family) allowed the station to only be on the air from sunrise to sunset. Do you recall when the Friday night games were "tape delayed" and rebroadcast on Saturday mornings? Folks from my class should know this trivia question, but who was the first "voice of Livingston County?" Maybe you went to his teen dances at the "Blue Lantern" on Island Lake in Brighton? Or later at the "old" Howell Armory next door to the Howell Theater? Or later in the all-purpose room at Southeast School? And speaking of the Howell Theater... how come those tight-wads didn't ever advertise in the yearbooks? The old poops!
HELLER'S FLOWERS 203 W. Grand River Phone 284
WRIGHT HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 211 E. Grand River Phone 1699-R
JOHNSON' DRUG STORE & The PINCH-A-PENNY 117 W. Grand River Phone 425
ADAMS DRY GOODS Since 1912 201-203 East Grand River Phone 37
HOWELL CO-OPERATIVE "It Pays to Buy Co-Operatively" Office 1650 Grain 267 Store 87 Petroleum 808
DICKSON'S BAKERY Established 1903 111 W. Grand River Phone 53
STEVEN'S FURNITURE & APPLIANCE 119 N. Michigan Phone 1717
SEARS & ROEBUCK COMPANY Catalogue Sales Office 1245 E. Grand River Phone 1990
