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Straight Farmhouse Museum

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To provide a museum in Garden City
which will preserve the history of the community
and serve as an

10/30/2026

Community Voice
Question Halloween Costume
1994 Garden City Observer

10/30/2026

Ghost of the Week :
Oscar Straight
Age: 47
Oscar inherited the Straight Farmhouse in 1877 from his parents, Daniel and Marcia Straight. Oscar died 4 months before his son Ralph from cholera. He still resides in the house; staff and visitors say they have seen Oscar hanging around. Two visitors even claimed that they saw him sitting at the switchboard in overalls, smiling and inviting them into the room. When they turned to thank him, he was gone. This is the only photo we have of Oscar, and it's not the greatest. He is the one on the left in...overalls.

10/29/2026

It's National Cat Day!
Meow of Cat Save Family of Four
Garden City Herald
1931

10/29/2026

K-mart "Kay"
Miss Kay Hayes posing with pumpkins.
ca. 1965?

10/28/2026

Gala Opening of the Hi-Note Photo Den
30715 Ford Rd.
1956

10/28/2026

On this date in 1961, Walter Shafer Dies
In 1939 when he built the Shafer Theatre in Garden City it was one of the most ultra-modern houses anywhere in the suburban area. He also owned the State Wayne Theater, Wayne Drive-in, in Wayne, and the Algiers Drive-in, Nankin Township (Westland).

10/27/2026

On this date in 1968, Garden City lost one of its sons:
Donald Michael Cook
PFC Donald M. Cook Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Zebronski, 6563 Gilman.
The family moved to Garden City in 1955. Donald went to school in Garden City. He attended both Douglas and Harrison until completing the 3rd grade. Donald was a farm boy and didn’t adapt to the city very well. After a couple of years, his family let him go back and live with his grandparents, where he attended North Huron High in Kinde, MI
ON THE WALL: Panel W40 Line 42
PERSONAL DATA:
Home of Record: Kinde, MI
Date of birth: 02/28/1948
MILITARY DATA:
Service Branch: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
Promotion Note: None
ID No: 54974358
MOS: 71B10: Clerk-Typist
Length Service: 00
Unit: C CO, 3RD BN, 21ST INFANTRY, 196TH INFANTRY BDE, AMERICAL DIV, USARV
CASUALTY DATA:
Start Tour: 05/14/1968
Incident Date: 10/27/1968
Casualty Date: 10/27/1968
Status Date: Not Applicable
Status Change: Not Applicable
Age at Loss: 20
Location: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Repatriated: Not Applicable
Identified: Not Applicable
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire
Burial
Saint Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery
Kinde, Huron County, Michigan, USA

10/26/2026

Mazzoni Family Works Together
Article from the Garden City Guardian
29417 Ford Rd.
1958

10/26/2026

Kmart Dance in the parking lot
Ford and Middlebelt
ca. 1966

Address

6221 Merriman Road
Garden City, MI
48135

Opening Hours

Wednesday	12pm - 3pm
Saturday	12pm - 3pm

Telephone

+17348380650

Website

https://www.straightfarmhouse.org/

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