Ashley Michigan History Museum

10/24/2026

RPPC . Front reads "Baptist Church. Ashley Mich" now Wesleyan Church. Notice what looks like a gazebo in background. Wrong direction for the one that was on Pine and Sterling. Roof top?
Date Unknown. Postmark unreadable.

10/23/2026

This post is of a barn raising at the Leo Davis farm in 1949.
AnnaBelle Davis told her daughter Judy (Davis) Milett about the day and who she could remember being there to help.
She said "they fed 150 people at noon and 75 at night. All the men's wives came. Fred Coty cut the whole barn at his house and brought it here. He used some of the lumber to build a long table and benches to sit on" She also mentioned Leo had to buy a b**r for everyone there.
The men she remembers helping raise the barn:
Leo, Dave, Gene, Stanley, Clifford, Dan and Lewis Davis
Fred Coty
Irvin Kennett
John Foote
William Wenzel
Bill Sadler
Ed Bradley
Robert Dayringer
Don Cook
John Stoneman
Jack Harrod
Bob Ackles
Henry Foote
photos by Bill Strpko

The following 2 posts are of a barn raising at the Leo Davis farm in 1949.
AnnaBelle Davis told her daughter Judy (Davis) Milett about the day and who she could remember being there to help.
She said "they fed 150 people at noon and 75 at night. All the men's wives came. Fred Coty cut the whole barn at his house and brought it here. He used some of the lumber to build a long table and benches to sit on" She also mentioned Leo had to buy a b**r for everyone there.

The men she remembers helping raise the barn:

Leo, Dave, Gene, Stanley, Clifford, Dan and Lewis Davis
Fred Coty
Irvin Kennett
John Foote
William Wenzel
Bill Sadler
Ed Bradley
Robert Dayringer
Don Cook
John Stoneman
Jack Harrod
Bob Ackles
Henry Foote

photos by Bill Strpko

10/22/2026

Welcome to "Who is it Wednesday?"
Do you recognize this young man? (I have an idea)
If you know please comment below.
Thank you!
Mills/Paksi Families

* Popular opinion is this is Harry Fisher.

10/21/2026

Do not know the date this photo was taken. Shows Probst Garage in the first of it's many re-purposes. I believe it's first reincarnation was as a pharmacy in the early 1980s which did not last very long.

~ photo Bill Strpko

Do not know the date this photo was taken. Shows Probst Garage in the first of it's many re-purposes. I believe it's first reincarnation was as a pharmacy in the early 1980s which did not last very long.

photo ~ Bill Strpko

10/20/2026

Graduation photo of the 1938 8th grade class.
front row L-R ~ ? Zook ~ Ardys Follett ~ Mary Follett ~ Laura Cogswell ~ Iris Townsend ~ Evelyn Whitaker ~ Corbert Hurt
back row L-R ~ Jack Harnick ~ Helen Miller ~ Freda Johnson ~ Junior Keck (hidden) ~ Thomas Horn II

photo: Probst estate

10/17/2026

Bank Remodel 1960.
photo ~ Bill Strpko

Bank Remodel 1960.

photo ~ Bill Strpko

10/16/2026

August 1941 ~ My Aunt Helen on left wearing the clothing my Grandma Anna (Stvartak) Strpko brought with her from Slovakia in 1920. Aunt Josephine on right wearing traditional clothing also. Please click on photo for complete image .
~ photo by Bill Strpko

10/15/2026

"Who Are They Wednesday?"
Dated by the photo developer, Aug. 64. Not certain that is correct.
If you know who these 2 gentlemen are, please comment below. Thank you!
~ Mills/Paksi Families

*According to responses. The sailor is John Paksi. The other man remains unidentified.