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Motor City From The 70's !!!!
"Basement of Motor City" { as told by ex Employee/Skater
Steve Schang}
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I am sure the stories were told about the pool down there, they were true. Motor
City had a giant coal furnace to heat the building. In the 70's they switched to
gas. I painted the whole basement white (except the filter room); it took a long
time, and a lot of paint. It reminded me of a dungeon, and it was scary, but a
lot of fun. The "Pool Room", was the old coal room, where the coal was stored
before being used by the furnace. There was an automated belt that would feed
the furnace from the coal room. Once the basement was painted white, Eddie
decided to make the coal room a "Pool Room". Blocked off the door. made it about
4-ft high, water was heated from the furnace. "Rembrandt", Eddies
picture/advertising person, painted a fish and other things on the wall. My
memory's (60's) are of working a skating session, and Eddie telling me I had to
go down stairs during a session and shovel coal in the coal room, that wasn't
bad, but I was wearing a white shirt and tie, uniform at the time
....Competition & Regular Skaters of the 1970's....
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***Photos below Courtesy Of Steve Schang***
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Paul Thursom, TracyVelandra, Eddie,Unknown |
Donna Lee MC Employee, Skater |
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City Skatersof the 1970's |
Regular Skaters of the 70's & 80's Lt -Unknown guy, Patty Foster, Michelle |
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| Regular Skaters of the 1970's Lt-Shawn Beasley, Patty Swick, and Doug Thursom |
Roger & Karen Karen's nickname was Dummy |
Jay Thome Skater of the 1970's |
Crazy Jimmy Regular Skater 70's |
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| Cheryl Dobiesz SkatedCompetition, shows in the 60's, by the 70's was just into Skating |
Linda Hakim, Terry Booza, Judy Toon |
Lynn Rizzo Employee & Skater |
Mary ---, Cheryl Dobiesz Mary Skated regular sessions |
Sue Brooks Regular Skater |
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| Cindy Hall Regular Skater |
Cindy Tanner & Sabrina Regular Skaters |
Del Woods & Marge Schang |
Dennis Rooke & Girlfriend Regular Skaters |
George Wojtuniecki & Cindy Hall |
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| Al Cash | Bill Pranto Kevin McNabb Vicki Petree Patti |
Earl Brady Billy Pranto |
Carol Booza | Carol Booza | Carol Booza 1981 |
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| Carol Booza Earl Brady |
Carol, Earl, Connie |
Connie | Connie 1970 | Connie, Carl Huges | Debbie |
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| Debbie Ingall's | Debbie Ingall's & Spunk |
Debbie Woods | Denise Holtzman |
Denise Holtzman Earl Brady |
Earl, Laura, & Bill |
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| Earl Brady Debbie Bradshaw |
Eddie Lacek, Ray, Richard & Suzie Hughes |
Jeff Miller | Jeff Miller | Jeff Miller Lorreta Vandozen |
Jerry Pierse & Diane |
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| Julie Flatt Michelle Hill |
Karen (Dummy) | Karen (Dummy) & Michelle (Stupid) |
Kim King | Kim Yacherson | Laura |
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| Lee Ann Earl Brady |
Lee Ann, Earl, Peggy Redman |
Linda Eppich | Lorraine LaCroix | Marie Ziejka | Michelle Hill |
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| Mickey Lacek | Patti Swick | Penny | Regular Skater in The 1970's |
Regular Skater in The 1970's |
Regular Skaters Steve Schang |
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| Roger | Sherry Holtzman |
Steve Oakford (Froggy) |
Sue | Sue Ziejka | Tammy |
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| Terri Booza | Tracy Velandra | Tracy Velandra | Tracy Velandra Regular Skaters |
Tracy Velandra Graduation Day |
Wayne Stribbling |
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***Photos Below Courtesy Of
Tracy Velandra***
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| Ann, Lori, Marie, & Rick 1979 |
Carl, Tracy, Shawn 1979 |
Connie, Nancy 1979 |
Debbie, Jennifer, Janet, Greg 1979 |
Denise, Tracy Halloween 1979 |
Dion, Tracy 1979 |
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| Dion, Tracy 1979 |
Eddie Hakim Jr. | Eddie Hakim Jr. 1979 |
Glen, Cathy 1979 |
Sue 1979 | Sue, Terry, Denise 1979 |
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| Tammy, Gary, Kelly Tracy 1979 |
Terri, Joyce, & Glenn |
Terri Booza 1979 |
Tim & Kelly 1979 |
Tracy & Kelly 1979 |
Tracy, Ken, Les Keith, & April 1979 |
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| Tracy & Mark 1979 |
Tracy & Richard 1979 |
Tracy & Richard 1979 |
Tracy Velandra & Earl Brady 1979 |
Val & Mike 1979 |
Wally, Tammy, Kelly & Janel 1979 |
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| Wayne & Dave Stribbling |
Jackie & Wally 1979 |
Keith, Tracy & Brian 1979 |
Kelly 1979 | Kelly Jackie & Tammy |
Linda & Timmy 1979 |
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| Joy, Anna & Lynn 1979 |
Mark & John 1979 |
Regular Skater in the 70's |
Regular Skater in the 70's |
Regular Skater in the 70's |
Sandy 1979 |
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***Photos Below Courtesy Of
Lisa Forbes***
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| Andy | Andy, Lisa & Leo |
Bob Nestle & Doug Roberts |
Cheryl, Wendy and Cindy |
Danny Roberts | Eddie Wood |
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| Eldo and a Girl | Gillbert (Bert) and Shelly |
Gillbert and Shelly |
IEO | Jeff and Shelly | John Wojtuniekci MC Floor Guard |
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| Kathy and Lisa | Leo | Lisa and Leo | Lisa and Roger | Lisa in the Women's Bathroom |
Lisa, by the back steps in the game room |
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| Otto | Priest and Kelly | Regular Skater | Ronald McDonald and Shelly |
Sheila and Leo | Shelly and Gillbert |
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| Shelly and Lisa in the Women's Bathroom | Shelly, Dave and Cindy |
Trudy | Trudy & Shelly | Unknown, Shelly, Dave, Kathy, Leo, Denise, Tony and Cheryl |
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***Photos Below Courtesy Of
Mike Chynoweth from the late 1970's***
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| Debbie Wood | Kim Y. | Mike Chynoweth & Lori McNeil |
Sherry Popour | Nancy Chynoweth Sue Opolski |
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| Regular Skater | Regular Skater | Sam Mcdonald | Sam Mcdonald | Dar-Regular Skater |
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| Nancy Stribbling &Regular Skater |
Regular Skater | Deanna M. | Regular & Denice Allan |
Regular Skater | Paula McNeil |
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| Michelle Hill & Paula McNeil |
Regular Skater | Paula McNeil | Lareta Vandosen | Regular Skater & Steve Oakford (Froggy) |
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| Regular Skater | Chrissy Ziejka | Regular Skater | Nancy Chynoweth (in Back) Sherry Popour- Employee- Regular Skater |
Theresa Redman, Michelle Hill & Paulla McNeil |
***Photos Below Courtesy Of vtwinstar@hotmail.com from the late 1970's***
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| Bob Burgess & Char 1973 |
Junior Low 1973 | Mike & Carol Burgess | Rick Harrison |
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| Cecil Owens & Carol Burgess |
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| Nancy Barbier Bob Weber 1976 |
Nancy Barbier Bob Weber 1976 |
Nancy Barbier Joe Blavatt |
Nancy Barbier Painted by Cliff Reeves |
Nick & Nancy Barbier Wendy & Penny 1976 |
***Photos Below Courtesy Of Frank Arabo from the 1970's***
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| Debbie ? | Shirley Brooks, Frankie Arabo & Connie |
Shirley Brooks | Lisa Forbes |
***Photos Below Courtesy Of Eddie Hakim JR. from the 1970's***
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| Dianna Keller and Eddie Hakim Jr 1974 |
Eddie Hakim Jr 1974 |
Greg Hakim 1974 |
Rollerama 1974 Its A Small World Greg and Tim in center |
Lynn Suwinski Tim Hakim and Laura Suwinski 1974 |
I'm pretty sure that the following picture is the Skate
World Speed Team the first year it opened... But Greg, Tim, Gerrianne Blavatt/Hahne,
and me are all in this picture:
Picture From a Jerry Lewis Telethon (guessing around 1976).
I've labeled us in the picture, but not Joe Glover, Jerry Hodak, and the two
MD guys.
Put this picture wherever you feel appropriate.
The following picture contains a couple of significant
people, including (from right to left):
Mary Hakim (my grandmother), Bill Holliman (he owned Northland Roller Rink),
my mom Anne Lewis/Hakim/Thomas, my dad, and a couple of more people including
the guy (Armbruster) who owned (or still does?) Midwest Skate Company where
most roller rinks in Michigan bought their skates and equipment from. A
couple of people, on the left, I cannot identify.
My grandfather Shaw probably took the picture.
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