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Germack pistachios / Sanders hot fudge / Velvet Peanut Butter.
McClure’s pickles / Motown music / and more
You can also buy items from the major Detroit area cultural institutions and venues such as the DIA, DSO, Detroit Opera, Museum of African American History, The Henry Ford,
Eastern Market, Motown Museum, Fisher Theater, Pewabic Pottery and Detroit Zoo.
Mike Bieke, who (like me) grew up in St. Clair Shores
and now lives in Phoenix AZ, was in the Detroit area over
the Christmas holidays and made a special trip to shoot a few
that appeared in Detroit News TV Magazine in December 1967.
The Boblo boat, S.S. Columbia, May 21, 1974
Tony Spina / Detroit Free Press
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BOBLO BOAT HAS A NEW MISSION
FOR NEXT GENERATIONS
Melanie D. Scott / Free Press Staff Writer
The S.S. Columbia, one of two Boblo boats, sits in disrepair in the Detroit River, but it is getting a $10-million facelift. The boat is to be used as an educational tool in New York. Read more
About the SS Columbia
Year built: 1902
Hull construction: Riveted steel superstructure; steel and wood
Length: 200 feet
Horsepower: 1,217 indicated horsepower
Boilers: Two scotch boilers converted for oil fuel, circa 1940
Speed: Trials, 21 m.p.h.; service, 18 m.p.h.
Entered service: July 8, 1902
Last in service: 1991
Capacity: 2,566 passengers
Architect: Frank Kirby
Interiors: Louis O. Keil
Designations: National Register of Historic Places, Nov. 2, 1979
National Historic Landmark Vessel, July 6, 1992
The S.S.Columbia is considered an endangered cultural resource. It is the oldest surviving passenger steam vessel in the United States and is the best remaining work by one of AmericaÍs greatest naval architects, Frank Kirby.
from the 50s/60s/70s that you think would stump Detroit Memories Subscribers in a contest?
Send it to me! eileen@detroitmemories.com
LIVES REMEMBERED
FRED FOY
March 27, 1921 - December 22, 2010
Fred Foy, a radio and television announcer best known for conjuring up "those thrilling days of yesteryear" in the late 1940s and '50s as the announcer-narrator of "The Lone Ranger," has died. He was 89.
During a broadcasting career that began in
Detroit in 1940, Foy was a staff announcer at Detroit radio station WXYZ-AM in 1948 when he was asked to take over as the announcer for "The Lone Ranger," a show that the station started in in 1933.
Foy spent more than 20 years as a staff announcer for ABC television and radio before retiring in the mid-1980s.
I really enjoyed the December issue, with all of the holiday photos of downtown Detroit back in the day. I was visiting relatives in Detroit and had just remarked to a friend how Woodward Ave used to be so brightly lit up during the holidays. You almost didn't need the street lights. The photos were enjoyably nostalgic!
I've attached the front & back of the kiddie booklet from Kern's that Santa probably gave me or a cousin. Sorry I didn't get it to you before the December issue was published. I found it in a trunk when we cleaned out my Mom's things after she passed earlier this year.
Take care,
Bev Milner, Los Angeles CA
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Great issue, Eileen!
Love the old pics of downtown, Woodward and Hudson's.
I was fortunate as a kid to go to the Rotunda every year as we had relatives living in Lincoln Park.
In the '50s, I got my eyeglasses downtown on the 28th floor of the David Stott Building. My brother and I always told my mom that we needed to use the bathroom so we could throw a roll of toilet paper out the window and watch it unravel all the way down to the street. Now, that was fun!
Thanks for the memories!
Jim Jannssen
Cocoa FL
Maureen Bailey, who played Christmas Carol during
the Hudson's Thanksgiving Day Parade, passed away
June 15, 2010 in Lancaster, CA.
She also played Wendy Darling in Mary Martin's TV production of Peter Pan, and Liesl in Martin's Broadway production of The Sound of Music. But Detroiters may remember her Motown work and her performances with the Don Large Make Way For Youth chorus.
Stanley Wickman
Livonia MI
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EILEEN:For more information on Maureen Bailey, visit
EILEEN:Kath, thank you for the mention! Sheez, now I have a craving for Velvet Peanut Butter.
MEMORIES OF DETROIT
EDDIE LUBANSKI
1929 - 2010
Warren MI ~ November 8, 2010
EddieLubanski was a professional bowler and charter member and past president of the Professional Bowlers Association. His competitive career spanned over four decades, culminating with being named Bowler of the Year in 1959. He was 81.
He continued his career as an instructor until early this year. Ed was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame, ABC Hall of Fame, Polish American Sports Hall of Fame and City of Detroit Sports Hall of Fame. He was a longtime parishioner of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Oak Park, where he was active in the Men's Club.
That’s Jerry Goodwin (left) and me, Michael Collins (seated). I don't recall the name of the guy with the glasses.
When I was in high school, Jerry may have changed my life. At 16, I took a radio coarse he taught every Saturday in downtown Detroit. I took the bus; he drove a big white Riviera. I know this because I would come up with some chit-chat as he was walking to his car. Unfortunatly, while I had something important to say, eight other guys in the class were tagging along and ruining our conversation.
At some point during this 10-week session, he pulled me aside and told me he thought I had talent. He probably said that to everyone, including the guy with the glasses. It didn’t matter; it was all I needed.
I re-introduced myself to Jerry last September at the Motor City Radio Reunion. He had no idea who I was.
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ABOUT MICHAEL
Born and raised in Detroit and a graduate of Denby HS, Michael says
he’s been hooked on broadcasting since he was a kid. At the age of nine,
he would ride his bike over to the Eastland shopping center to watch
Bob Allison broadcast his show from WWJ’s remote radio studio.
After working his way through Ferris State as a disc jockey for WLAV in Grand Rapids, Mike worked at radio stations in Cleveland and Denver before returning to Detroit to host a morning show and later, a late night talk show at WRIF.
Jumping from radio to television news, Collins anchored and reported for stations in Lansing, Cincinnati and Detroit, winning 13 Emmy’s and other journalism awards including an Emmy for his anchor work at Fox 2/WJBK.
Behind the camera, Collins has traveled the country producing entertainment segments for ABC’s “The View,” VH-1, E! Entertainment, Fox News and CNN.
In the corporate world he has created video production for companies like
Ford Motor Company, Dow Chemical and Avery-Dennison.
“As a kid, the process of ‘live’ broadcasting fascinated me. It still does.”
DETROIT PHOTOS
Submitted by Michael Collins
TWIN PINES MEMORIES
Submitted by Jim Jannssen, Cocoa FL
Every summer, Twin Pines rented the Utica Amusement Park for an employee family picnic. That was fun as a kid!
On the right is my Uncle George, a Twin Pines milkman (who is still doing well at 88) and my cousin Mike Janssen with Milky. Photo was taken around the late 50s.
I Heard It Through the Grapevine ~ Gladys Knight & the Pips ~ 1967
Ain't No Mountain High Enough ~ Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell ~ 1967
Ramblin' Gamblin' Man ~ The Bob Seger System ~ 1967
(I Wanna) Testify ~ The Parliaments ~ 1967
Bernadette ~ The Four Tops ~ 1967
I Was Made to Love Her ~ Stevie Wonder ~ 1967
Love's Gone Bad ~ The Underdogs ~ 1967
I Heard It Through the Grapevine ~ Marvin Gaye ~ 1968
Cloud Nine ~ The Temptations ~ 1968
Love Child ~ The Supremes ~ 1968
Looking at You ~ The MC5 ~ 1968
Journey to the Center of the Mind ~ The Amboy Dukes ~ 1968
2 +2 = ? ~ The Bob Seger System ~ 1968
No Fun ~ The Stooges ~ 1969
Kick Out the Jams ~ The MC5 ~ 1969
Rock 'n' Roll Music ~ The Frost ~ 1969
Mind, Body and Soul ~ Flaming Ember ~ 1969
1970s
Cynthy-Ruth ~ Black Merda ~ 1970
A Child Is Born ~ Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra ~ 1970
The Tears of a Clown ~ Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ~ 1970
War ~ Edwin Starr ~ 1970
Give Me Just a Little More Time ~ Chairmen of the Board ~ 1970
Loose ~ Iggy and the Stooges ~ 1970
Band of Gold ~ Freda Payne ~ 1970
What's Going On ~ Marvin Gaye ~ 1971
I'm Eighteen ~ Alice Cooper ~ 1971
Maggot Brain ~ Funkadelic ~ 1971
Smiling Faces Sometimes ~ The Undisputed Truth ~ 1971
Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get ~ The Dramatics ~ 1971
Scorpio ~ Dennis Coffey & the Detroit Guitar Band ~ 1971
Superstition ~ Stevie Wonder ~ 1972
Papa Was a Rolling Stone ~ The Temptations ~ 1972
Rock 'n' Roll ~ Detroit ~ 1972
Hot Rod Lincoln ~ Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen ~ 1972
Living for the City ~ Stevie Wonder ~ 1973
Smokin' in the Boys Room ~ Brownsville Station ~ 1973
Search and Destroy ~ Iggy & The Stooges ~ 1973
Let's Get it On ~ Marvin Gaye ~ 1973
We're An American Band ~ Grand Funk ~ 1973
Night Moves ~ Bob Seger ~ 1976
The Rubber Band Man ~ The Spinners ~ 1976
City Slang ~ Sonic's Rendezvous Band ~ 1978
One Nation Under a Groove ~ Funkadelic ~ 1978
My grandfather, Lou Burr, owned and operated Log Cabin Lanes and Motor City Lanes from the '50s thru the '70s. I spent a great deal of my summer days bowling and helping out around both properties, although
Log Cabin held a special place for me.
Ray Walsh
West Lafayette, Indiana
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EILEEN:Well then, Ray, you'll probably enjoy the video below.
Fred Wolf hosts "Bowling Is Fun" from the Y-7 Bowling Lanes and can't stop raving about the new AMF pinsetters. But the real crack up is hearing him rattle off the list of prizes. You're sure to be less-than-impressed with the offerings...but in a fun way.
Here's what Lee Alan posted on Facebook:
"Fred Wolf was originally a professional bowler. Hestarted on WXYZ radio, then continued on to national television network bowling shows.
On Detroit TV, Fred hosted the Gold Cup races, professional wrestling, and more. He was the first DJ to do a radio remote broadcast. As the morning drive time personality on WXYZ, he was far and away Number One for nearly his entire career. One of a kind. Never another like him."
Fred passed away in August 2000 at the age of 90.
"BOWLING IS FUN"
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