The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-10-04

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long operated the depot meatmar-
ket. owned later by Charles Lam.
bert. later a Detroit factory owner,
Charles Smith and his son Herbert.
who sold to Mathew sinkule and
Emil Schafarlk. In the seventies
the east siders authorized the city
postmaster TO deliver their mail TO
Shemeld and Cook. tobacco manu-
tacturers in the Masonic Block.
who established a post office with
several hundred boxes. later turn
ing over the post office" TO Frank
oberst. flour and feed dealer in
the Follett House corner store. now
the Ypsilanti Carriage Co. office.
When city delivery started in 1883
this office was discontinued though
Robert Kilian and later Alfred
Weber ran branch money order
and stamp office in the drug store
until about year ago.
The Ferrier foundry and manu-
factury built milling and other ma
chinsry on River Blvd. and next
door John Lang and William Mar
tin founded blacksmith shop and
made carriages, sleighs. harrows.
and windmills
From a small carriage factory
established in 1870 by Benjamin
Thompson and his son Oliver (.
Thompson, expanded in the eighties
and made seeders and kraut cut.
tiers invented by the son. Later as
O. r. Thompsons sons. BENJAMIN
d.. Edward l., and John II. grew up.
they were taken into the firm and
built up large coal, painting and
decorating and seed businesses in
connection with the factory, which
still is under the Thompson name
but with other owners. The. Ypsi-
lanti mills operated by the Deubel
brothers sent flour TO all parts OF
the country besides part OF the
time running custom mill where
farmers brought their grain and
took home the flour.
Lately the photograph business
OF Cyrus T. Camp. the making OF
group pictures especially in high
schools, has grown to cover several
states. Mr.. Camp bought and reno
waited the Masonic Block in which
he occupies several stores and
where the popular Moyer-Fletcher
photograph gallery belongs. The
Newell block across Ninde St, oc.
cupied by the y. l.. Davis grocery
for many years. was built about
1879 by Major Cicero Newell, In
dian fighter. and still is devoted TO
groceries by the wholesale (Lee
and Cady). The Cook Barber Shop
now operated by Morgan DeVee,
existed under John D. Cook for
many years.
Inventive Genius
An old building near the bridge
was long occupied by Harvey Da-
Wis, an inventive genius, seeking
perpetual motion idea. He also
repaired watches and jewelry. His
four motherless children developed
musical ability and while still in
their teens organized the Davis
Band, which gave concerts in vari-
Gus towns. This building Is now
part OF the City Body Shop that has
grown to such proportions that it
has filled in a large part OF the
river flat west of the shop and is
now enclosing the added space to
enlarge its storage field.
The building still called the Oil
yer House, was built east OF the
Gilbert Block in the seventies and
has had many changes. Thomas
Neat operated it for long time.
then after several changes, William
Fl. Lewis bought the place and
m de its cuisine so famous that
Il 5eline men arranged their
routes so as to get at leasl
one meal there Uncle Bill
was a noted horseman and mad
an efficient street commission,
er and humane officer. He wa
the father OF Auctioneer Warrei
Lewis. Oliver Westfall and sor
Clarence whose grandson was
Mich!gan's great All American foo.
ball captain Bob" Westfall ran
the place a long time and gave It
the present name. Earlier for a
time 1t was known as Dads Tav.
ern,' run by dad" Yates who later
started a roadhouse near Michigan
Center. In the World War period
and later, Mrs. Emma Douglass and
her son, Richard Klavitter. made
OF II rooming house and boarding