2013 Eva Palmerton

Eva J. Palmerton, age 94, of Howell, died Wed. March 27, 2013. She was born Aug. 20, 1918 in Howell to Russell & Ethel (Dean) Van Amberg and married Glen Palmerton in Howell, he preceded her in death in 1976. Eva loved cooking and baking for her family and helped her husband run Glen's Standard Service for many years, washing cars, waiting pumps and picking up parts. In their early years, she loved going hunting and fishing with Glen, even coon hunting. Surviving are her son: Fred (Dottie) Palmerton of Howell, 2 daughters: Glenda (Tom) Heintz of Howell and Jane Ann (John) Mills of Fowlerville, 16 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren, 2 great-greatgrandchildren and her sister : Ella May Aldrich. She was preceded in death by dear friend Bob Botko and 4 brothers. Services 11AM Saturday, April 6, 2013 at Fowlerville Freedom Center Church (in the school on North Collins Street) with Pastor Dan Vander Velde officiating. The family will receive friends from 9AM until service time. Memorial contributions are suggested to Salvation Army of Livingston County. Arrangements by Niblack Funeral Home, Fowlerville.

The above obituary came from the Livingston Daily site online.

As mentioned in the obituary, Glen and Eva Palmerton owned and operated the Standard Station in Fowlerville.  Above is a picture when that gas station was located at the southwest corner of East Grand River and South Second Street.  That lot is now a parking lot for Chase Bank.

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.

1954 Orr Theatre

Throughout all of my posting, there have been quite a few articles I've written about the Orr Theater.

 

The Orr Theatre was located in the western half of what is now the Fowlerville Hardware.  If you search on "Orr" in the upper right hand box below the heater, you will find all the articles that have been posted on this site.

 

Recently, the following memoriabilia was handed over to me to be placed in the Fowlerville Historical Collection.  I thought before tucking these items away they should be put added here.  There are so many interesting pieces of history to be found in our collection--some day, one day, we will put everything on display.

 

For now, enjoy the following poster from 1954, a snapshot taken at about that same time, and a band of tickets (note the price and federal tax):

2013 New Restaurant

Just within this last year, Grille in the Ville opened up . . . and now . . . another restaurant will be opening soon.  Check out this article at Livingston Daily regarding the Crooked Bayou Cafe.

It is great seeing empty storefronts filling up!

Also, be sure to check out the Paranormal page -- there's a new memory added, and it is wonderful!  Thank you to one of my readers for providing it.

2013 Village Manager

Congratulations to both Wayne Copeland and Kathy Arledge.  Why?

Check out an article in today's Livingston Daily on Wayne's appointment as village manager.

My Apologies

In four years, since starting this website for Fowlerville, I have posted articles and pictures everyday.  But . . . I am going to have to take a couple weeks off.

So, please bear with me and I will get back to posting history lessons, current events, pictures, and whatever else I come up, in the very near future.

Please check back . . .

1970 Library Construction

The following picture was given to me a few days back:

In 1970, the Fowlerville library was finally, truly, getting a home of its home.  The building -- where the library continues to operate out of -- was built in 1970.  Before that, the library was located in the Handy township building, and had outgrown the confines of those walls.

Since 1970, the current library building has been added on to, but continues to experience growing pains.  Every available space is used up and the staff is constantly working at making sure all the books, magazines, dvds, and reference materials are well displayed.

But, back to the above picture.  A note came with the picture indicating Ronald Brunger, a pastor in Fowlerville and a library board member, is sitting at the keyboard.  Can anyone identify the others in the picture?  And, does anyone have a memories to contribute of when the library building was under construction?