Paul Olvera – Building Businesses
A small brick building on West Genesee - today it houses a phone repair shop - connects us with the rich diversity of Saginaw’s heritage....
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kellison71
Sep 275 min
The Schust Bakery Becomes A Sunshine Plant
About 1882, Henry Schust, a Swiss immigrant, purchased a neighborhood bakery on Lapeer Street. By the early twentieth century, the...
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kellison71
Sep 224 min
The State Street Kroger Store: A Wonderland of Food
When Kroger opened its store at 3430 State Street, advertising proudly proclaimed: ”Kroger Takes Another Mighty Step in Saginaw’s Great...
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kellison71
Sep 133 min
Cold War Bites: Fallout Shelter Cuisine
In honor of the new Spies and Space: Toys of the Cold War exhibit that opened in Centennial Hall yesterday, the Castle Test Kitchen has...
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kellison71
Sep 84 min
Back to The Yukon
“A new eating place known as the Yukon was opened Saturday at 4860 State by two war veterans, Robert J. Gilson, 813 South 12th and...
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kellison71
Aug 303 min
Miss Florence Wells: Arthur Hill High School at the Center
“The banquet given last night at St. John’s Guild house by the juniors of the High school to the seniors was a perfect success.” “Miss...
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kellison71
Aug 244 min
All Things Connected: Mrs. Christ Dill’s Rolled Oatmeal Cookies, Reuben Dill and the Arthur Hill Horn
“At the conclusion of the banquet, the horn made its appearance. Russell Spaulding carrying (sic) it to the steps of the school annex...
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kellison71
Aug 182 min
A Bus Trip to a Better Future
Until the mid-1950s, Saginaw’s high schools served as the “finishing schools” (offering 11th & 12th grades) for surrounding community...
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kellison71
Aug 24 min
HINDS AND WEINBERG: AN ARTHUR HILL TRADITION
“With the closing of Pankonin, Saginawians yearning to have a soda at a drugstore lunch counter are out of luck. There are no others to...
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