The Nankin Township Historical Society

Here's a Haunted Houses of Metro Detroit advertisement from the WRIF's Inside Out magazine Halloween edition in 1990. I picked this up somewhere for a buck since that's what written at the first page. The listed attractions were as follows: WRIF Haunted House (Farmington Jaycees), Brighton Haunted Barn, Barnstormer Dungeon of Doom (Whitmore Lake), Bloomer Haunted Forest Walk (West Bloomfield), Haunted Museum (Toledo), Haunted House (Hazel Park), House of Nightmares (Warren), Haunted Barn (Wayne), Mutillation Mansion, Warren Goodfellows Haunted House, Vampire Vault (Taylor), Spooktacular (Utica?). More highlights to come from the magazine.

Detroit Free Press , February 4, 1859 So maybe my idea for this sort of Historical Society isn't so far afield. It seems that our suburban forebears of the county Wayne in 1859 tried to form their own county named Washington. It was to be comprised of the townships of Livonia, Taylor, Dearborn, Nankin, Brownstown, Redford, Plymouth, Canton, Sumpter, Huron and Van Buren. According to the article below the townships included were all part of the Third District in Wayne County elections. They met at the J. L. Robert's Hotel in Wayne in September of 1852. Detroit Free Press , September 7, 1852 Originally, they proposed some parts of east Washtenaw as well but those inhabitants weren't having any of it. The bill easily passed the Senate but stalled somewhere because I could find no further hits.  Within the new by-laws was the provision that all paupers and persons residing in the County House and in jail who were not residence of the new Washington County would be returned t...

I've written about feather parties previously so no preamble will be necessary on that front. This one was held at St. Cyril's Parish in Taylor by the Men's Club on November 13-14, 1959 and tickets were 3 for a buck. Potential prizes were a name brand portable dishwasher, name brand Hi-Fi (I'm guessing television or stereo) and 25 consolation prize hams. William Labadie Prescription Service, 18753 Ecorse Road, WArwick 8-1000 and Voran Funeral Home, 5900 Allen Road, WArwick 8-2300, both of Allen Park, were sponsors. While Voran Funeral home is still servicing the downriver area, Labadie's appears to be defunct. The tickets were unearthed from a box at an estate sale in Romulus, Michigan a few years back.