Didi you know that back in the early 1950s, the State of Ohio planned to make U. S. Route 6 between Lorain and Vermilion a limited access highway?
That was the plan in the story that ran in the June 21, 1954 Lorain Journal shown above. As it notes, "The four lane highway which the State of Ohio plans to build between Lorain and Vermilion next year on Routes 6 and 2 will be a limited access road, it was learned today."
It was unclear in the article whether existing businesses on the highway would have to be served by service roads. The state highway officials seemed to be noncommittal about how it was going to work.
"Route 6 is dotted with drive-in, motels, restaurants and private homes along the 11 miles between here and Vermilion," the article points out. "There is also Crystal Beach amusement Park, a drive in movie and a golf driving range."
In the end, the City of Lorain managed to get the State of Ohio to change its plans, since Routes 6 & 2 did not become a true limited access highway (like today's relocated Ohio Route 2).
But the widening did wreak havoc with many highway businesses, causing them to close all together, move their buildings back or move to an entirely new location.
This post highlights some of the concerns voiced by Routes 6 & 2 businesses in January 1955 to the widening of the highway. And this post shows some construction photos of the Routes 6 & 2 cloverleaf constructed near the railroad underpass at W. 21st Street.
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Elsewhere on the Lorain Journal page above is a great suggestion for angel food cake and lemonade as a summertime treat; a Clevelander arrested for shoplifting at Neisner's; and an ad for a beer I never tried, Duquesne Beer. Maybe it's because I wasn't sure how to pronounce it?
But how to say it is right there on the can – "DUKANE" – under its name.
8 comments:
Hey Dan - stirs another childhood memory…Duke beer was a favorite of my Uncle’s…along with a shot of Kessler’s. I can see the 6-pack in the fridge! Todd
I already think of Rt 6 as being pretty limited in access. Widening a major thoroughfare always disrupts a whole buncha stuff, I suppose.
The "pancake syrup" filler article mid-bottom of the page sort of makes me hungry.
And Duke beer, I saw plenty of Picksburgers drinking that stuff. It's a rare case of Pennsyltuckians actually pronouncing a French word with some small degree of accuracy since:
DuBois = Do boys and Versailles = Ver-sails
Of course, we don't do so hot with Spanish, either since Buena Vista = Buny (like Puny) Vister
That Homewood Stores Co on Grove Ave sounds interesting.Wonder what kind of store it was?
https://youtu.be/GNVuYLwpdfI?feature=shared
The Homewood Store became Hills in 1960 in the same building.
Maple syrup mixed with sausage drippings? Man they knew how to live back then!
That fellow on the Duquesne bottle looks like something out of an operetta. He doesn't at all resemble Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne. Of course the Marquis' own look probably wouldn't sell too much brew:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel-Ange_Duquesne_de_Menneville
...Foppish the guy on the can may have been, but towards the end of their run (late 60s or early 70s) Duke tried to appeal to the more macho drinkers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRQ7WdGZnbc&ab_channel=EnoughAboutHarvey
And cool fact: the commercial was directed by George Romero, who was about to go on to direct a movie called "Night Of The Living Dead".
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