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The Observer/THURSDAY, MARCH 7. 1996
<strong>Kroger</strong> from page IA Many contribute to Bennett couple
Johnson told Frankel about his
incomplete plana.
The CWUr will be built south
of a planned AAA claim* <strong>center</strong>
building. which will he »oulh of
Julien* store on the southwest
corner of For*l and Canton Center
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The <strong>center</strong>, on JO scre». will
boasl 184.000 square feel. The
largest building will cover 98,000
square feet, with the greatest por
lion devoted to <strong>Kroger</strong>
The ensting <strong>Kroger</strong> n from Kroner officials.
People are going 10 say to me,
And vou believe them'
Johnson asked what she is sup
pO^I to sa> to residents who are
•«DCMiering about duplication not
enly with <strong>Kroger</strong> but with Kmart
and a planned Super K
""ft you notice whei* growth in
IS taking place, it's all on
* west side.'' Frankel said. "The
aastrrn portion of Canton will
S&op at the existing <strong>Kroger</strong>
J-Tliat store is expected to expe
fiencr only a 5-percent Io«w of
when the larger <strong>Kroger</strong>
tbn> iLs door*. Frankel said. The
e*i»t;ng store is 40.000 45.000
aquare feet, while the rvew store
«dl comprise about 65.000 square
« ^FVankel also told planning com
"ha 1 — that he has n«Jt given
)tgager expansion rights in his
agreement »i th them 'I'd be tell
Itf you a fib if I told you thev
don't like to control their temto
ry.*" he said adding he cannot al
low certain other retail stores in
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the <strong>center</strong>, such as a fish market
or bakery, that would compete
with <strong>Kroger</strong>
But Frankel admitted that the
new <strong>center</strong> will feature a drug
store even though <strong>Kroger</strong> will offer
s pharmacy department
Johnson and other planning
commissioner*, such as Bob
Wade, expressed concern for emp
tv store building*, such as the for
mer Great Scott' — bought by
<strong>Kroger</strong> — that stood empty on
Ford R»ad for a number of years,
a> well as the still vacant Farmer
Jack store on Main Street in
Plymouth
"What's going on in Plymouth
i* an abomination.' said commissioner
Melissa McLaughlin, also
a township trustee But she re
minded commissioner* that the
request from Frankel was for site
plan approval, not a special land
approval that might give commissioners
(creatrr control
"It is not under Mr Frankel a
control what happens to the store
at Ford and Sheldon. McLaughlin
added
The new <strong>center</strong> will have three
entrances off Canton Center
Road, as well a^ a connection to
the AAA site immediately north.
A boulevard entrance off Ford
Road will be built simultaneously
with construction of the <strong>center</strong> on
property adjacent to the Christ
Community Church That proper
ty is up for reioning in May. A
restaurant or other use is planned
on the site. Frankel said
The <strong>center</strong> will be constructed
in what is called drivet — that
can be painted and repaired - a»
well as brick
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could sail quite a ways He
used old fence posts lo make the
raft
As « small child. Hargreaves of
ten visited her aunt and uncle
Robinson If she couldn't get a
ride with the man from the
creamery, she'd walk the four
miles lo their house It wasn t too
far. she thinks, looking back "*I
played along. 1 knew every house
along the way '
When she was a student.
Hargreaves recalls. Sheldon
School had a woodshed and
outhouses. She and her friends
walked along Michigan Avenue to
get there "We weren't supposed
lo walk the rails for the Detroit
nett's list, which ii more exten
sive than Clerk Bennett's liat. she
said.
The Bennetta haven't decided
if they'll have another joint fun
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I'rhan Railway, but occasionallv
tsr did. if we didn't get caught "
Al age seven, she was safe trav
eling the interurban to Detroit in
the sole company of her porcelain
doll. Years later, she took the
Dl'R to Ypailanti lo attend high
school and college Hound trips
coal 26 cents "But I always had a
little change left over, so on Fn
day night I could stop in Ypailanti
and have a tin roof with my
fnend. Kdna Fischer
Other memories of Sheldon
Corners tnclud* the old Macabees
Hall They had programs there
in the winter like the Fanner's In
stilute . . The milkman always
provided supper. The creamery
bought ice cream and sent out oysters
and paid for the milk (to
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haven't talke«I about it for the fu
ture "
For the April fund raiser. Clerk
make) oyster stew And the worn
en made pies
Hargreaves also recalls visiting
Frank Windsor's store, a central
future in Sheldon Corners The
coffee gnnder. cheese rounds, a
pot belly stove, and candy —
which some children stole
stand out in her memory
Hargreaves ahowed many heir
looms in her video interview She
demonstrated how some worked,
including her set of early irons
Women heated these three heavy
metal weights on stove plates A
removable handle allowed for easy
exchange of cooling for hot ones
Other treasures included an
iron kettle for trying out 1 rentier
ing) the fat on hogs Her father,
Robert, liked using it lo make
ice skates that strapped on lo ev
eryday shoes.
Robert owned a fencing buai
ness in addition to his farm
Once, someone helping him with
a fence got his hand in the way.
and her father clipped the end off
the man's finger A doctor in
Wayne "had to lake the finger or
thumb off to the joint- My father
had to aaaist him. and he gut the
benefit of the laneathetic)." Rob
ert slaggercd home and had to
unit lor the second hand effects
to pa*»
Hargreaves' interview and stories
reflect that she has alwayt
hatl an independent apirit. Aa a
child, she'd pray her father had a
job for her to do on Sunday so sha
wouldn't have to do housework,
l-ater, her mother disapproved of
her driving, so Hargreaves drove
the Ford Roadster with her father
When she was a young woman.
Hargreaves" father diad. and she
look over the brunt of the farm's
management. "My father had prs-
L MI red me all the summer before.
He told me. "We do this because
of this . .
She rented out the land, but
luring tHeT)epression. one farmer
defaulted on hia payments
Hargreaves took a firm hand and
put him off the land.
What has changed moat in her
87 years'* "We live in the lap of
luiury now. moat of ua. We were a
happy people. We had plenty to
eat and good clothes to wear
None of my frienda went to the
movies every week or anything
like that We juat didn't have the
wherewithal kida to today."
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