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  • Memories of Howell, Michigan, Scott Ginsburg (HCDL-bd-Scott-Ginsburg_m.mp4)

    Mentioned:
    • Ginsburg Family
    • Abe, Izzy, Harry & Faye
    • 1018 East Grand River Avenue, Howell
    • Ginsburg Used Auto Parts
    • WWII
    • Salvage business
    • Abe's Auto Parts
    • Abe's Auto Glass
    • Glen Fogle
    • Stan Lalewicz
    • Orland Young
    • Roseann and Shirley Ginsburg
    • Howell Chamber of Commerce
    • 121 & 123 North Center Street
    • New Castle Indiana
    • Howell Armory
    • Howell Auto Parts
    • Advanced Automotive Inc.
    • Burt Thomas
    • WHMI
    • CarQuest Auto Parts
    • Bay City
    • East Lansing, MSU
    • Raleigh, North Carolina
    • Roger Miller
    • Roy Clark
    • Ronnie Milsap
    • Anthony's Dairy Mart
    • Howell Lake
    • Susie Schnackenberg
    • Ward Gremore
    • Skylark Sailboat
    • "White supremacist"
    • Lakeview Cemetery
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  • Emmy award winning piece on the Historic Howell Opera House, Howell, Michigan (HCDL-bd-Howell-Opera-House-from-the-Michigan-Humanities-Council-2007_m.mp4)

    Mentioned/noted
    • Howell Michigan
    • Grand River Avenue
    • Bennett Hardware
    • A. Garland
    • Duane Zemper
    • Schroeder Butka Hardware
    • Lansing
    • Fowlerville
    • Brighton
    • Livingston County Courthouse
    • Lindsey Root
    • Livingston Arts Council
    • Jeffrey Stamm
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  • Diamond Dot Market Howell, Michigan (HCDL-bd-Remembering-Joe-Harris_m.mp4)

    Names or Places mentioned in video:
    Joe Harris, Diamond Dot Market, Livingston Drugs
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  • Duane Brown, station master tells the story of the historic train station in Howell, Michigan. (HCDL-bd-Visit-with-the-station-master_m.mp4)

    Names or Places mentioned in video:
    Duane Brown, Ann Arbor Railroad, Ann Arbor Depot, Grand River Avenue
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  • Virtual Memorial Day Parade, Howell, Michigan on May 25, 2020 (HCDL-bd-Virtual-Memorial-Day-Parade-May 25-2020-Howell_m.mp4)

    Names or Places mentioned in video:
    American Legion Devereaux Post 141
    Major Gerald M. Bloomfield, II
    Army Staff Sgt. Paul J. Johnson
    Staff Sgt. Thomas Christiansen
    Marine Lance Cpl. Andrew J. Kilpela
    Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Benjamin Castiglione
    SP4 Brent Nauss
    Army Staff Sgt. Gregory W. McCoy
    PFC Jason Meyer
    Marine Cpl. Mark D. Kidd
    Army PFC Wilson A. Algrim
    Howell High School Highlander Band
    Howell Veterans Organization
    Disabled Vets of American
    1st Lieutenant Madeline Lucas
    Melissa Beck, Livingston County Auxiliary Member of the Year
    Frank Munsell, Vietnam
    Wayne Moulton, Army
    Ruben Moulton, Korea
    Brent Wackerle, Air Force
    Bob Proulx, U.S. Navy
    Butch Raby, U. S. Navy
    Jim Reed, Vietnam
    Rex Sawyer, Vietnam
    Donald Banfield, U.S. Marine Corps
    Erv Suida, U.S. Army
    Scott Mannor, U.S. Army
    Michael Dunn, U.S. Marine Corps
    Austin Nash, U.S. Army
    Howell High School Jr. ROTC Program
    Howell Area Historical Society
    Livingston County Sheriff Department
    Livingston County Sheriff Mounted Division
    Howell Area Fire Department
    Boy Scouts of America
    City of Howell Police Department
    City of Howell Public Works
    Richard Lim
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  • This is a photograph of downtown Howell, Michigan.   The view is looking west on Grand River Avenue at the intersection of Walnut Street. 

    At 201 West Grand River Avenue, is the Schroeder-Rutka Hardware Store.  The building was built by Fred P. Schroeder about 1911; it is a brick building, 25 x 132 feet, two stories, with a basement and warehouse on the west side. 
    In March 1886, Fred P. Schroeder began the hardware business at Howell, and was located in the Cardell block just across the street north.  In 1911, the business was reorganized and incorporated under the name Schroeder-Rutka Hardware Company.  Fred Schroeder was president, J.H. Rutka, vice president, and J.J. Rutka was secretary-treasurer.   The Library of Congress Sanborn Fire Map for 1911, lists from east to west on the southside of Grand River Avenue, the hardware store, a stock room, undertaker, bike shop, Wickman Wire Works, print shop and produce shop.

    While the date of this photograph is unknown, in the distance is the First Presbyterian Church. The new church was built and began to be occupied in 1915.
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  • In 1964, the first graduates of the McPherson Health Center School for Practical Nursing, Howell, Michigan, received their diplomas in a ceremony at Hawkins Elementary School Brighton.   The graduates were twenty-one women.  The School for Practical Nursing was sponsored by the McPherson Health Center where classes were held, and by Brighton and Howell Public Schools.  It was  funded by government funds under the Manpower Retraining Act through 1966.   All of the graduates passed their state board examination and were eligible to be licensed by the State Board of Nursing as Licensed Practical Nurses.   The School for Practical Nursing graduated their last class in 1987.

    In this 1964 photograph, the School of Practical Nursing Class honors its graduating class in the traditional white uniform dress.

    Standing back:  Tami Alexander, unknown, Dorothy Yeagle, unknown, Sydney Morse, Susan Haynes, unknown, unknown, unknown

    Middle row: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mary Bugard Korsgren, unknown

    Front Row: unknown, Elaine Woodruff, Emily Janet Rohrabacher, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown
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  • In 1964, the first graduates of the McPherson Health Center School for Practical Nursing, Howell, Michigan, received their diplomas in a ceremony at Hawkins Elementary School Brighton.   The graduates were twenty-one women.  The School for Practical Nursing was sponsored by the McPherson Health Center where classes were held, and by Brighton and Howell Public Schools.  It was  funded by government funds under the Manpower Retraining Act through 1966.   All of the graduates passed their state board examination and were eligible to be licensed by the State Board of Nursing as Licensed Practical Nurses.   The School for Practical Nursing graduated their last class in 1987.

    In this 1964 photograph, the School of Practical Nursing Class honors its student nursing class garbed in the Student Nurse Uniform.

    Standing: unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mary Bugard Korsgren, unknown, Elaine Woodruff, Susan Haynes, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown.

    Seated: unknown, unknown, unknown, Muriel Simmons, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, unknown, Dorothy Yeagle, Sidney Morse, Emily Janet Rohrabacher, unknown.
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  • This is a photograph of Circus Elephants at the Howell Fairgrounds.  The Livingston Country Agricultural Fair was held at the Fairgrounds near Fair Street and Elm Street in Howell 1853 - 1888.  In 1888, the railroad was built and crossed through the fairgrounds, and from 1898 to 1913, Street fairs were held downtown Howell.  Around 1914, the Fairgrounds northeast of the original area became active. There was a racetrack, and grandstand, and a speaker stand as pictured.  Circuses came to town regularly, and separately from the countywide agricultural fairs.   The name of the circus and date of this photograph are unknown.
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  • Sections of video listing visible signs of businesses.
    • East Grand River South Side - Kroger, Howell Theatre,Midget Sandwich Shop, Goodnow & Jubb, National Hotel, Standard, Cozy Restaurant, Hotel Livingston, Howell Real Estate Agency, Livingston Reality Co. Citizens, Bowman's Variety Store, Adams Department Store, Todaro's Amber Lounge, Standard Office Supply, Adams Family Hair Center, Lathan's, O'Leary's Bakery Dairy Bar, Clear's Pub, Lud-mor Store, Western Auto Associate Store,Goodnow Dry Goods Store, First National Bank, Hausneer Bros. Fine Foods, McPherson State Bank
    • West Grand River South Side - Porter Clothing Co., Strobel's Grocery, Line's 5 & 10 Store, D & C, Western Auto, Family Restaurant, Johnson's Drug Store, Schafer's House of Music, Copper Pickle, Opera House, A Garland, Bennett Hardware Co., Chas. H. Sutton Hardware, The Palace Market, M.R.R. Hardware, Shippy's, Main Street Winery, Heller's Flowers, Cobb-Hall Insurance Group, McPherson Oil Co and Service, First Presbyterian Church, Russell Smith Ford, Masonic Temple
    • East Grand River North Side - Monroe Bro's, Cook, Larkin & Kruger Grocery, Greenaway Building, Cowdry's Drug Store, Baldwin's Drug Store, Bob's Pharmacy, Leist Sports, Uptown Coffeehouse, Yax Jewelry, Moe's Barber Shop, Gift Shoppe, Donald Jewelers, Dairy Queen, Court House, Citizens Mutual, Bell Telephone Co.
    • West Grand River North Side - Howell Carnegie District Library, Larson's Jewelery, Budget Tire Co., Kosin's Glass, Smith Ford Dealership, Baldwin, Line's 5 to 1.00 Store, Richards Electric, DR Electric, Mrs. Eagers Restaurant, Rexall Drugs, Spagnuola's Candy and Ice Cream, Livingston's Drugs, Charles W. Itsell, Dowen Town
    • Michigan Ave - Thompson Grist Mill, Mcpherson Mansion, Mcpherson Hospital, Mason Block, Repubican Newspaper, Howell Post Office, Masonic Temple, A.J. Parker & Co.
    • Michigan Ave & Sibley Street - Whipple Hotel, Young and Pohly Blacksmith Shop, J.W. Wright & Sons Planing Mill, Post Office, JC's Corner Pocket, Zemper, Central School, Howell High School & Junior High and Michigan Ave Middle School
    • State Street (Peanut Row)
    • Walnut Street - Post Office, Candy Kitchen, A. F. Peavy and Sons Mill, Lyndon's Studio, Parshall Flour Mill, Howell Co-op, Ten-Cent Barn, Rissman Plumbing & Heating Co.
    • Thompson Lake
    • Ann Arbor Railroad Howell Depot

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