Suhr's Store in Mitiwanga

It's always a little sad when a local landmark is lost. 

It's not just the physical loss, the disappearance of something – a building, or whatever – that we're used to seeing year after year. It's the memories, especially when they're directly connected with good times.

Suhr's Store in Mitiwanga was one of those landmarks, a favorite stop for seasonal visitors to Vacationland.

As noted in the article below from the June 3, 1966 Journal, "The store is a landmark on Rts. 6 and 2 and has been operated by the Bowen Suhr family of Norwalk for 50 years. They stock nearly everything a vacationer might need – food, sunburn remedies, magazines."

Sadly, 59 years ago this month, the days when Suhr's Store catered to vacationers came to an end when a truck trailer crashed into it. The photo below from the October 14, 1966 Journal tells the story.

A day later, more details emerged in this Journal article that ran on October 15, 1966.

The following spring, the demolition of the damaged store was completed, as noted in this clipping from May 25, 1967.

As observed in the October 15, 1966 article, "So Suhr's Store seems destined to become only a memory, and pass from the local scene like the old Ruggles Beach Dance Hall and the Farmhouse (LSDA Club), Cicco's Tavern, and the Lake Shore Electric railway."