| Summary: | Tikalsky Building Tikalsky Building Jim Tikalsky was born in Fayette, Ml and lived and was educated in Wisconsin. He came to Michigan in 1901 worked as clerk for J.P. Lamb Co. and Michigan Mercantile. His brother Paul also worked at the store. Jim bought the building constructed by Lambs for business places in 1908. He opened a confectionery store and billiard room both were situated toward the front and there was also a spacious parlor in part of the building where people were served in the style of the day. An ice cream factory was built in 1914 by his residence in the north end of the city (now LeRoy Sparks residence) He manufactured Tikalsky's Arctic Ice Cream. An addition had to be built on due to the vast business and an artificial ice plant was installed. It was declared by officials as one of the finest in the country. An enlargement soon became necessary this was to put out a ton of ice a day and the ice cream plant 500 gallons a day. We can now see that the pioneers were great ice cream consumers. Jim operated the business with dignity till his retirement in his late years. His son-in-law Oscar L i I ley for many years operated a very successful Red Owl Store in one part of the building. After Oscar left Harley Hjelseth had an L.B. Hartz store for a couple of years before closing. With the repeal of prohibition the billiard room turned into a tavern and a cafe was later put in this part of the building. This cafe was operated by Bob Stephens in the forties and he also took over the tavern. They remained in business in Michigan till 1962 when Edward Anderson took over the cafe. In 1967 Alf Larsons had it for 22 months and then Ed returned. Dale Flom took it over till the new mall was built. Then it was an appliance store, in conjunction with the Johnson Store. The tavern was operated by Vernon (Ole) Sheard till his demise, Walt Sommerfeld, Louie Haugen, Jim (Pop Thompson), Gordy Bogart, Marie Benson, Ann Ham, and Karen Hjelseth and Julian Gust. It went under various titles such as Walts Tavern, Louies Bar, Pops Bar and Wagon Wheel. The building was demolished in 1979 to make room for a new addition to the Mall that now houses Johners Fairway and other offices. Another land mark that hit the dust! ■•**. m,»^ Original Red Owl Store opened in 1938. Louie Haugen working at Tikalsky Confectionery in the 30's. Taken from Michigan Arena, February, 1917, An old settlers dance will be held. "Young frivolous unmarried folks are not in favor at this dance. 48 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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