Kathy Boulier:  

Life I've been married a couple of times, first time had four great kids, now all grown with 5 grandsons and 1 granddaughter between them, and was widowed in 1985. Graduated from nursing school in 1988 and worked at Port Huron Hospital in Port Huron Michigan, with the ICU and the open heart patients. Retired now. Married Karl Boulier in Oct.'94. He works in the SouthEast US in concrete construction. We built a home in Fort Gratiot, Michigan the next year, sold in March 2009 to downgrade to a 1 level home since kids out on their own, and now have 2 Shih-Tzu dogs, a cat and 5 birds! Still hail the black & gold! I always wanted to be a singer when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a neat idea. As it turns out, they were wrong - I became a nurse and now am a gramma. Memories of Gary from the 50s and 60s!I lived across from the Village Shopping center. At age 3 I watched it being built! Rexall Drugs, the Bakery, Leath Furniture. Oscar Meyer visited in his Weinermobile in 55 or 56, for the opening. There was Krogers (step on the mat and the door opened! Fascinating at 3 years old); the Millinery shop where my mom bought hose, turn right, there was a shoe shine chair, and the restaurant! Fredericks' Beauty Salon. Troxells Jewelry the corner.(Not as good as Comays downtown.) Three Sisters, JCPenneys, Kresge's, Marshalls, Tittles, started out as a meat counter where you took a number - was located next to Playland (a Toy Store where I got my hula hoop when they first came out). Then later the north arm of the Village was added: Montgomery Wards or was it "MonkeyWards"? South of the Village was Dr.Ornelas' office. He had white uniformed nurses with dull needles. Across the street was the Village Pump and Riss Sales. There was Save-More and then Tittles built a large store there where the Dr office used to be. DUNCANBURGER!!! I went to Immanuel Lutheran Church, originally on Washington street, building in disrepair now but still there smack in the middle of a residential block, somewhere around 41st I believe. They then moved out to 53rd and I think Harrison with a big new beautiful building in the early 60s but I went there on Washington from about 56 on. I attended Daniel Webster school, then Bailly Jr. High (2nd class to attend in that new school) then on to Lew Wallace High, graduating in 70. I lived till age 11 on Grant Street, 3585 to be exact (that house was moved to build the bank. ended up on Taft street somewhere) then moved to 3753 Fillmore. Phone was 884-7257. Daddy worked at Inland Steel, retired in 71 or 72. We would ice skate in the winter where IUNW now is in Gleason Park. I remember freezing, then going into some little shack out there with a wood stove and have hot chocolate! Gilroy Stadium, oh the Hornets Victories there!! All Hail the Black and Gold!! By the time I was in High school, we would go to Ponderosa I think out on 12 and 20, Pizza Hut, Lums, Macs (MacDonalds)- cutting out of lunch hour to hit that fun spot; BK, Roma's and my favorite, Luigi's Pizza, just a couple blocks from my Fillmore residence on the corner of Harrison and Ridge. My very very first pizza was at age 15 there and boy was it greasy and great! Balls of sausage on thick mozzarella! Started going to St. Marks with friends, turned at age 18, married there at 19. I loved St. Marks. They had dances in the summer! Gary was magical then. My friends and I would hop a bus on Broadway in Glen Park in the summer and head downtown. Azars Big Boy was down there! You could change buses on 5th and Broadway and get to the beach from there. Marquette or Miller Beach, it was all good! Swimming lessons at the huge pool gave me my first look at HUGE (seemed that way then) Lew Wallace - Girl Scouts, 6th grade. I remember is the chlorine smell that lingered in my hair and on my skin for hours. Going to the Y drive in, the Enchanted Forest (as a wee one), that park with the pool way out west Rt 6 somewhere - name is on ...Expand for more