The History & Mystery of Three Rivers

East Michigan Ave. (Old Third Avenue) from Main Street to Garden

East Michigan Ave. (former Third Avenue) continued from Main Street to the river and to Garden Street has changed over the years. A glance at 1959 : #107 Jean’s Lunch

(Arlene Longacre, owner), #108Michigan Gas & Electric, James Proffitt General Sales Mgr.,

#111General Telephone Co. J.W. Wiltz, mgr., #112 Three Rivers Furs, Raymond Linsley Pres.

Gustav Pegel VP., Gus Lived at #214 4th Ave. Frank E. Schweitzer sec. Mary Moore Treas. TR Furs building demoed Oct. 2001.

Portage Bridge, 1959 #150 Gordon Reinel (teacher TR High School & (mother, Crystal), #156-160 Tri County Neon Signs – Donald & Paul Burkett partners, #156 Florence Austin, Henry L. and wife Olive Trewitt. Henry park maintenance, City of TR, #160 Charles A. Fetch Plumbing & Heating, #163 Mary Ellen Beauty Parlor, Mary Irwin owner, #173 housed two businesses: Fabius Farms Storage, Flora Mae Jones owner, George Krull mgr. and Whitehouse Mfg Co. (uniform mfr.) Anthony Luckey, mgr., #176 Brown Apts, Ada Brown owner, and Hattie Blanchard, Douglas Griffin, Nellie Kemmerling, FF Potter, Brown Electric J Harwood Brown owner, #178 Affeld Electric, Howard Affeld owner, #179 Three Rivers Bowling Recreation, Roy W. & Loretta Norberg, #180 Knapp’s Roofing, Ernest (Chub) Knapp owner, #180 Red Barn Live Bait, John Foerster, owner, #182 Tase’s Hardware, Merle Tase owner, #183 Lepley’s Photo Studio, Frank G. Lepley, #185 H.F. Baker, #186 F. S. Pipes, John Mandish, #186 ½ F.W. Baker, #188 W.J. Barkalow, W.R. Scott, #189 W.H. McGlothlen. #190 F.S. Savery, #195 J.E. Worline, Jack Welcher, #196 Dr. Clark Porter, #197 Raymond Mahalek, Garden Street intersects.

In 1990: #150 Pier Point Salon, Chris Lanning owner, #156 Richard Johnson, #172 offices Shoon H. Lee M, RO Jong Park MD, #173 River Glen Condominiums with 22 apts, #176 Appraisal; Service, Donald Locke, #180 Richard Boughton Insurance Agent, Michigan Association, State Farm Insurance, #182 J and K Floral Shops & Country Cupboard, Wayne & Knaomia Fulton owners. (Numbers 183, 185, 188,190 no info). #186 Stanley & Laura Detwiler, retired, #189 Bessie Dixon, Willie McCloud, both retired,#195 Dorothy Byers retired, #195 ½ Albert Bruce, and #196 Timothy & Suzanne Lind (ch: David, Maria, Jon, Mark, Elenore). Garden Street.

Next tune: East Mich. continued.

Submitted by Anna Smith, a Three Rivers history and mystery lover.