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Roadside Michigan
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Name: Flint Park Street:
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City: Flint County: Genesee
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| Open: 1921 |
Closed: 1961 |
Status: Demolished |
| Web Address: N/A |
| Notes: N/A |
| Number of visits to this page since February 23, 2007: 26264 |
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Entry Date: - 7/22/2010 - leroy conway - Do anyone have any picture showing of flint park amusement,if so can u email me cowboy5874@gmail.com, I also want to know was the amusement, build over the lake!
Entry Date: - 2/2/2010 - Douglas Storrs - I worked at Flint Park Amusement from 1952 to 1960 for Walter Sala. I have fond memories of the park. I started working in the nickle pitch, the the basket ball game and then doing releifs and stocking the stands. Some of the people working ther we Gorden and his wife in the cigarette stand, John Hodge worked the highstriker, the Montpas, Dan, Elaineand Jack. Greg Spresney had the fish pond, Bill Shatles worked the icecream stand. My mother Madeline and my sister Alberta worked the main stand selling hot dogs and drinks. My father Earl worked on weekend doin reliefs.
I remember the Campbill boys working the wheel and nickle pitch. There are many others I knew. Sala was a great person to work for. At Christmas one year he invited all of his worker and families to a party in the skating rink where eyeryone skated, ate and received presents. He also had all of the families meet in Detroit for a boat ride to Bablo Island for the day of food and fun. That evening we all went to an amusement park in Detroit for an evening of rides. He did the twice, no cost to the families. I have movies that my dad took of these trips along with picture take at Flint Park of building new stands around 1956.
Entry Date: - 1/25/2010 - Sue Lossing - 01/25/10: I work for the Flint River Watershed Coalition and we coordinate the Annual Flint River and Community Clean-Up. This year it is scheduled for Saturday, May 8th 2010. The Flint Park site was suggested as a clean-up site.
I need a person who can serve as a "Site Coordinator" for this site, and a minimum of 4 people who can help on this day. The time is from 9am-12noon. Free T-shirts and volunteer lunch is part of the program. The Site Coordinator will need to:
1) Attend the Site Coordinator meeting a few weeks prior to the clean up date (about 1.0 hour) 2) Pick-up their site''s volunteer T-Shirts and equipment (rakes, bags, gloves) 1 to 3 days before the event.
3) Day of the Event: make sure people sign-in (for Thank You letters, etc.), get T-Shirts and equipment.
4) Day of the Event: complete tally form (# bags of trash, large items, # tires, # volunteers) for the press release to be issued.
We will be posting the sites to the community encourgaging people to come and help at one of the sites. College students, community groups are encouraged to pick a site to help at.
We have many sites throughout the county and for three hours many volunteers make a difference!.
Please call or email me if you are interested in helping at this site.
Sue Lossing
810-767-9491
slossing@FlintRiver.org
Entry Date: - 1/24/2010 - Jill Oviatt - My grandfather is Howard Oviatt (Flint Park Gen Mngr), his son John Oviatt. I see that a few people here are looking for Flint Park photos. Remember the carnival acts that would visit the park? I had some wonderful black and white photos of the performer families posed in their costumes. Very cool photos! They were swiped from the military trunk they were in, or I got rid of them. I intended to frame them or donate them to Flint city!! Hopefully they''ll find their way to this site. My memories of Flint Park are of my grandfather taking care of dusty grey cloaked men working the stations. It was a necessary community job and I understood Flint entertainment needs rite away!
Entry Date: - 1/11/2010 - John Oviatt - Hello out there to all you Flint Parkies. My name is John Oviatt and I'm Howard Oviatt's son. Howard was the General Manager of The Park from the early days until it's demise in 1960/61. It's truly great to read your posts, and as I read through them all, I recognized nearly everyone. Please allow me to individually say hello to a few of you: - Mickey (and his sister Lori, the cutie) Harper - with whom I shared a summer in the cotton candy/caramel apple stand (that's with Mickey, not Lori)
- Mrs. Seiko (mom) in the office, who always treated me as her favorite little twerp
- Mrs. Douglas - later in the office, who also treated me far better than I ever deserved
- Ann(?) Johnson - who, as I recall, had a huge crush on Dennis James ("What a hunk-a-man")
- Tommy Johnson - that "good-lookin' cop"
- Doc Firestone - formerly a dentist and "The Big Boss" and his wife Lucille
- Mac McComber and his wife (always "Mrs. McComber" to me)
- Van in the Penny Arcade
- Mrs. Wagner (loved those Kogel hotdogs, esp with a cup of "bug juice" - which my dad ALWAYS made me pay for...no freebies for Johnnie boy)
- Her daughter Marlene, and Jim Bleau (just hooking up back then, as I recall)
- Al Anderson who helped out on everything including ride-maintenance and fixin' stuff that broke - Johnny Anderson (Al's son who always called me a "damned poo-chay", a label I STILL don't understand) - and Sala (Walter Sala) who ran the concessions (most of the games & all the food) and who was indeed a very special individual. I Googled his name and found only this small article, apparently printed in Time Magazine in 1982 entitled "No Deadbeat". It reads...
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$40,000 for Uncle
"Never owe anybody anything-my mother always told me that." says Bachelor Walter Sala, 70. "When they bury me, I'm even with the world." That includes the U.S. Social Security system.
Sala, a first-generation Polish American who is a retired carnival and sports concessionaire, lives alone in Apollo Beach, Fla., in an $11,000, 60-ft. mobile home that he purchased with cash. He moved there five years ago, when a boil turned gangrenous, a complication of the diabetic condition that disabled him. Since then, Sala has drawn some $26,000 in Social Security and Medicare payments. He was legally entitled to every cent. Yet, to repay that amount and cover an estimated $14,000 in future benefits, he has willed $40,000 from his estate to revert to the financially distressed Social Security system.
Says he: "I'm an American, and that's like being born a billionaire." At the Social Security Administration's Tampa office, District Manager Elizabeth Lowe advised him of a 1972 law authorizing bequests to the system by citizens. Says Lowe: "It's a joy to hear from a man like this."
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This can ONLY be the Sala we all knew, respected, feared and loved - truly a larger-than-life presence for me.
You can read the page at http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923089,00.html#ixzz0c9hrGGSh
- And especially the Angers - Pat Sr. (who could always fix anything and who adopted an abused monkey he kept in the Park Warehouse) and Mrs. Anger, Patty (Pat jr.), Bill, Lenora, Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Joann, Butch (Harry) and Jimmy. Most of the family came to my dad's funeral and I'll never forget them for it. Bless you all, and please let me know if I left any of you out. I'd love to hear from you.
Here's some trivia for those who care:
- According to Howard, the "Bottomless legend of Devils Lake" came from the tale of an Indian who drowned in the Lake and was later found floating in another. - The attractions I recall consisted of (walking down the Midway from the Roller Rink end) Officially "the Jack Rabbit" - we called it the coaster, then the (Tumble) Bug, The Ferris Wheel, then the games, then the Merry-Go-Round and the Dodgem Cars, the Office, The Dark Ride (y'all forgot that one...it was built after the Boat Ride fell apart), The Penny Arcade, The Corner Stand (where I went when I could afford my occasional hot dog), The Shooting Gallery, The Tilt-A-Whirl (The Tilt), the Flying Scooter (the Scooter) and (please forgive me) KIDDYLAND - where I truly learned to detest children - I spent several summers working in Kiddyland, making 60 cents and hour (I think the cashiers made 80 cents).
Entry Date: - 1/11/2010 - John Oviatt - If you remember Flint Park, you probably remember Howard Oviatt. I''m his son, Johnnie (only relatives and Parkies can call me that). I''m going to submit a long posting if this one clears.
Johnnie O
Entry Date: - 12/17/2009 - Ginger Boerkircher - Hi everyone,
When I was little, I lived just a few blocks south of Flint Park. My mother, Betty (colosi), was good freinds with Nancy Anger. Mom can''t remember Nancy''s husband''s first name. Does anyone know? And does anyone know if Nancy is still around. My mother was good friends with her in high school in the middle to late 1950s.
Entry Date: - 10/6/2009 - Kyle - Yes, I believe the name of the roller coaster was The Jack Rabbit. That sounds familiar. I think the memory I have of it was from a July 4th celebration. I remember fireworks. I think they still had fireworks there on the 4th for a few years after the park had mostly closed down.
Entry Date: - 8/31/2009 - Judy - I was just talking with a neighbor about the old Flint Park. We were trying to remember the name of the wooden rollercoaster. Was it called the Jack Rabbit?
I went online to see if I could find any information and found this site.
Entry Date: - 7/31/2009 - Richard Cobb - I found a postcard recently with Flint Ramblers Picture on the front and a note on the back.
The note says:
Thats Gary at the drum''s setting down. The boy playing bass fiddle is no longer with the boys, he was sorta smart acting an the boys didn''t go for that. This is a beat up card, Gary was carring around in his pocket, Thought I''ll send it anyway to show you.
No postmark on card, handwritten on front is Michigan, if you want this card you can have it, email me your address if you are a family member of this band member.
1jchrist@att.net
Entry Date: - 7/3/2009 - Kyle Elliott - I found this site while searching for Flint Park Methodist Church. I grew up in Flint in the 50''s and 60''s and only have a dim memory of going to the park with my family before it was torn down. I remember seeing the old wooden roller coaster but we couldn''t ride it because my Dad said they had closed it down because it wasn''t safe anymore. I wish I could have seen it in it''s hayday. When I was older I went to the park with my brother to ice skate. Mostly I fell down for a while and then went and drank hot chocolate until my brother got tired. I live in Florida now but I miss the North and visit when I can. When I retire I will move back. I went to Gundry school, Holmes Jr High, and Northwestern. I heard it''s a charter school now. I was lucky to grow up in Flint when I did before the jobs started to disappear. Really, when I think of Flint I mainly remember that Northwest corner where we lived. Going downtown on the bus seemed like a journey to a foreign land. One post referred to an "urban legend" about the park sinking. I don''t remember that but we had a legend about Devils Lake...it was supposed to be bottomless and anything (or anyone) that sank into it was never seen again!
Entry Date: - 6/16/2009 - Betty Liss - I barely remember the park .I was 5 I remember going there for an Easter egg hunt. My grandfather ran the train for a while.My mom and aunts (as teenagers )hung out at the skating rink. my mom said she was in dance competition.She met my dad there. I remember the pony rides and the boats that went around in a pool of water.my grandparents lived on Procter(Casons) My mom Maxine Cason.I think I have pics of me on the pony.
Entry Date: - 6/15/2009 - ron sharp - The park closed in 1962 or thereabouts and the rides and games were either dismantled and put on the road with traveling carnivals or just scrapped. The buildings stood vacant for a number of years, then were torn down. The mini-mall was erected a few years later over the spot where the ball field and parking lot were located. If you dare to walk back onto the property (corner of Stewart and Dupont) you may still find the raised platform where performances were staged, and maybe even a piece or two of sidewalk from the old midway. It''s all overgrown - though the last time I saw it was several years ago and who knows what might be there now?
Still working on the book and any other memories of the people, place or events would be helpful -and any pictures that may have been taken there.
Entry Date: - 5/9/2009 - Kawonda Thomas - Is it true that the amusement park sunk into the ground? Or is it another urban legend? I was born in the 1970''s and didn''t even know that an amusement park even existed until about five years ago.
Entry Date: - 5/2/2009 - gregg limron - To the friends of JD Limron, glad to hear you speak of my dad that way, he is truly missed by family,friends. the reason i''v posted this is i have a post card of my dad with the Flint Ramblers ! and was trying to find any info? the band mate''s names or a recording of all things would be great. please contact me for anything. stories,updates,names. we''re having a family reunion in late June on my mothers side Crider''s.would love to share your stories with them.
Entry Date: - 5/2/2009 - Jenifer Limron Leyda - I am the youngest daughter of JD Limron. My Brother and I have been trying to gather any information we can on our father since he has passed away. We knew he was in a band called the Flint Ramblers but are unable to find any information on the band. If you were one of the people who remember hanging out at flint park with my father, or anything else about him would you please contact us or post anything that will help with our search. Thank you, Jenifer Limron-Leyda
Entry Date: - 12/28/2008 - Ronald Sharp - I grew up on Stewart Avenue directly across from the park. I knew the Anger kids and the park was the playground for my brothers and me for our entire childhoods. There is so much to say, but I remember sitting on the front lawn and watching fireworks that would be shot off from the park on certain evenings.
I am working on a book based in part on Flint Park and am looking for more material, including pictures and other memories folks may have of it. If you have anything to add, please email me. rfarringtonsharp@hotmail.com
Entry Date: - 12/1/2008 - R - Mike talked about his memories in and around Flint Park. I was one of the guys he mentioned- although he misspelled my name. He said Ralph McQuarter when he should have said Ralph McWhirter. Also, Jim Kent is my brother in law. We all grew up just a half a block north of the park.
If Mickey sees this memo, I''d like to get in contact with him. I was surprised to hear that JD Limron had passed away.
My memory of the park is mainly about the ball field we had in their parking lot, the penny arcade, the roller rink and the jack rabbit. Good memories. I also remember when Adili Stevenson was running for president and he was at the park. On the speakers stand he sat with his legs crossed and he had a hole in his shoe. A Journal photographer won a Pulitzer for that photo.
Entry Date: - 10/27/2008 - Patrick Young - My mom grew up in the park. She talked about the park all of the time. She had countless stories of the park and most all of them were of the wonderful times and great people. I don''t think a week went by where she did not share something about her experiences growing up there. The Beacher Tornado came up alot. She took me and my brother there many years ago. After a short walk through some weeds and tall grass she pointed to a vacant area that had once been her home. I remember looking around and thinking how hard it was to imagine being surrounded by an amusement park.
My mom was Dorothy Young (Anger), sister to Pat, Bill, Jim, Harry, Mary, Betty, Joanne, and Lenora. I miss you all and still savor the stories my mom, along with my aunts and uncles told of this place.
Entry Date: - 4/15/2008 - matt anger - the only memories i have of flint park are of the stories my father tells us his name is harry anger his father (my grandfather ) was care taker of the park they lived in a house under the roller coaster with my aunts and uncles most of whom have passed away the one thing that stands out is my dad telling how they rode on the last car of the roller coaster and oiled the tracks among others of the pranks and such
Entry Date: - 2/21/2008 - mike harper - I would like to edit a few things in my posting .... I wrote the name Jim Blue, it should read Jim bleau ....His wife''s Name is Marlene (I wrote Arlene) ... Could you please make the changes please ....Thank you Mike Harper
Entry Date: - 1/22/2008 - Betty Overmyer - My daughter wrote in to talk about Flint Park. My daughter Ginger was very interested in the Roller Rink where her father and I met. I spent alot of time there and in the park. My best friend was dating the Anger boy and they eventully got married. I lived a few blocks from the park and spent alot of time there.
We even rented the rink once after hours so we could skate. I would love to see more pictures of the park in the 50''s as this is when I spent the most time there. We knew the owners and I have lost contact with my friend Nancy so no way to get anymore info.
Entry Date: - 1/15/2008 - Ginger Boerkircher - I also would love to see more history and photos of Flint Park, as well as the Rollercade that was there. My family lived just a few blocks to the south of the park and I lived there from 1957 to 1963. My parents met at the rollercade, and my mom tells me we went to the amusement park that was there, but I can''t remember it. I''m working on a volume of Flint history that includes memories of my parents and my youth. I hope more history and photos of Flint Park will be coming soon.
Entry Date: - 10/6/2007 - Pam Thomas - I hardly remember Flint Park, its a distant memory. I would love to read more about it and see more pictures. It was a part of my parents lives here in Flint. I grew up here also but missed Flint Park. We need to review Flints great histroy. I remember cruising Saginaw Street in my late teens and as a young adult. I remember my dad buying hamburgers on Saginaw St (Beecher District) and feeding the whole family...5 burgers for a dollar. You could also get a 5 scoop ice cream for a dollar. I remember the ''53 tornado. But Flint Park facinates me and I would love a site where I could go to read or see more.
Entry Date: - 8/6/2007 - Mike (mickey) Harper - Having read all the previous postings, I can feel the memories coming from down in my soul .....Flint park !!!! (god! what memories). I grew up in my grand parent,s home at 4610 Glenn Ave. My grandmother, Lottie Saiko started working at the park sometime in the early 1930,s ,as a ticket seller.She was the kind of woman,that would attract the friendship of just about anyone that she would come into contact with. One of her close friends from her earlier years was Mrs. "Gert" Johnson (later I would attend school and become not only friends,but developed a bond with her grandsons that would and has lasted a life time as Flint Park Laker''s). Jack Johnson and I were close in our younger years as boy scouts (but thats another memory). Jack went on to not only work for the city of Flint, but to become a union official for the city workers. His brother Tom, followed in his fathers footsteps and became policeman. Not bad at all for a couple of ,depending on what side of the lake you grew up on (cross the laker''s).I can''t forget to mention another very good friend from across the lake who resently passed, Jerry Newman. I was Lucky to have Jerry as a friend for my entire life. Back to Flint Park. My grandmother was promoted to work in the office at the park. Her immediate boss was a grand gentleman named Howard Oviatte. Howard''s boss was a very colorful man named "Doc Firestone". Just to mention a few people from the park, there was Mr. "Mac" he drove the train, his wife Mrs. "Mac" had the Popcorn stand (about a thousand nights of free leftover popcorn,thank you Mrs. "mac"). Pat Anger, now there was a man. Not only took care of all the maintainace in the park, but raised his family there also. Mrs. Anger operatrd the pull the string game, one sweet woman. Then there was Van , who operated the penny arcade ,can you imagine growing up and having a friend like Van and his son "tiny". All those amazing machines in the penny arcade" wow! . Yes, and there was Mrs. Wagner, she had the food stand across from the Penny Arcade. Her Daughter,Arlene married my Friend Jim Blue,who was called a stock boy (went on to become a Die Maker at GM). Her son Jerry Wagner, who I played baseball with at a very young age. Was a very talented left handed pitcher. I was later given the chance to operate the Carmel Apple, Cotton Candy Stand (directly across from the "Striker") ring the bell with the sledge hammer. My Boss was a man we called Sailor ( his name was Sala).This man was a remarkable guy. He could be a boss, mentor or a real friend . "sailor" if your still alive, i just want to say that I truely thank you....But not to leave out my friends with whom I spend countless days and nights in and around the park .... not in any particular order....Don Clark,Ron Graham,Jerry Sullivan, Bill Chambers,J.D.Limron (deceased),Ralph McQuarter,Jim Kent......You know living around the park enabled me to meet some very important people .....Gov.G. Mennen Williams....Adila Stephenson ....and numerous flagpole sitters ....Yours truely ..... Mike "Mickey'' Harper.
Entry Date: - 5/1/2007 - Linda Cuz - I grew up on Dewey street, just north of Pasadena and east of Dupont. I can remember in the early 50s, sitting on the sidewalk on Dupont and Dewey and watching the 4th of July fireworks with all my little friends. Once each summer, Flint Park would have free ride day. You could go there and get a long row of yellow tickets for each ride. I can remember how crowded it was and all the rides. Of course, the Jack Rabbit was probably the most remembered. There were also many games you could play to try to win a prize. My parents (before they were my parents) used to visit the park when they were dating. I have the most wonderful picture of the two of them that was taken at the photography studio. My mother is sitting on a paper moon and my father is standing next to and behind her. It is one of my most cherished pictures. What a wonderful site this is! It sure took me back! If I close my eyes, I can see the ferris wheel, and merry go round and I remember the metalic smell of the roller coster rides. So, fun back then. We were so lucky to live down the street from a little amusement park sitting right near many residential homes. Dewey Woods was pretty neat as well. In the early fifties, my dad would take me there. We could feed the bears bread and honey through the fence! Can you believe, there was even a monkey cage there! Foxes and raccoons, too! And don''t forget the frog pond just off Dupont street. Frozen over in the winter and kids skating late into the night. You could also go to the big skating rink at the other end of Dewey Woods on Detroit St. ( Now martin Luther King Street). Someone usually made a little bonfire and we would put our skate toes on one of the logs and sure enough, we would leave them in too long and feel our toes burning up! I got pretty good at untying my skates really fast. Thank you for this site. It''s a real treat!
Entry Date: - 4/28/2007 - Charles Lewis - I don''t remember Flint Park Blvd. My family and I moved here in Flint in 1966 from Chicago ILL. and live on White street where I grew up graduating from Flint Northern. I am truly amazed of the phot''s of what Flint park was like in the 20''s through the 60''s. I wish that someone would take a notice of this great city and restore it''s true value and prehistoric monuments.
Entry Date: - 12/5/2006 - Dale Smith - My grandfather, Charles Reckerd, operated the Jack Rabbit roller coaster ride at Flint Park in the 1920's when the park opened. My mother, Ruth Verburg, went to the park when she was young and thought Charles was a nice man. As fate would have it, in 1947 Charles became her father-in-law. Charles retired in Chula Vista, California and died there in the early 1960's.
Entry Date: - 7/22/2006 - Sharon McCrory - no information but i would like to know what became of the merry go round. i lived on moore st as a child..a few doors from what was then dewey woods now forest park. at the merry go round with my father and grandfather i got my nickname from a discussion of the animals. everyone who is still there(i bought a house and lived in flint a year 2005, wanted the time where i grew up before i died) should go to Crossroads Villiage 6140 Bray Rd and ride the wonderful carousel there, as well as the ferris wheel, and the wonderful huckleberry railraod! i LOVE having discovered this wonderful site, thank you! i am homesick. Flint still has great advantages that too many people neglect cultural, educational, great parks. i saw world class fireworks at atwood stadium during sesquicentennial, and there were only a few of us in the middle of one side. it made me very sad.
Entry Date: - 6/5/2006 - K M McCormick - I remember visiting Flint Park during the 50s while visiting grandparents but my memories are vague. Now Im trying to track down information about a giant Victrola that would have been installed there in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The Victor Company records show that a custom Auditorium Orthophonic Victrola was built for them and I vaguely remember a Great-Uncle mentioning a "giant record player horn" but I can find no other documentation. All I can remember clearly is the Tunnel of Love...it creeped me out. I loved the Tumblebug, though. I would greatly appreciate any information on the Victrola, though... km91903@yahoo.com
Entry Date: - 3/25/2006 - Ken Kaszubowski - I grew up near Flint Park in the 50s & 60s over on Marengo street. I have lots of memories of the park. In the summer when the breeze was blowing from the direction of Flint Park , you could here the sound of the train blowing its whistle, the screams of people on the Jack Rabbit roller coaster, and the sound of the Tumble Bug going around on its track. My mom used to take me and my sister Cookie to the park alot. Many times she would bring some of the neighbor kids with us. The carousel I loved very much, with its assortment of animals and horses. I always made a point to try and get the rooster to ride if I could. As the carousel rotateded I loved listeing to the Band Organ playing the carousel music. I think the carousel was a Dentzel machine , because I remember the Jesters way up on the out side rounding boards. Just east of the carousel was a ride called the Whirlwind. It was a type of rollercoaster that went on smaller hills really fast. It was a great ride that had these neat silver bullet shaped cars. To the left of the Whirlwind was the Spook House . I remember the creepy facade of the Spook House with this gorrila head looking out a window with bars. Then there was the smell of oil and grease of the cars that you road in while entering the SPOOK HOUSE. Remember the darkness, the twists & turns &the bells ringing horns blowing & screams of those in the cars ahead of you? What fun! Some other rides I remember where the Flying Scooters , the Whip, the Dodgem Cars,theTumble Bug, the kiddie rides, especially the wooden boats that went around in real water. In kiddie land they had the little hand cars that where on tracks. You sat down on this board platform that had a crank. As you turned the hand crank the little car was propelled down the track. What great fun. I think we all wish we had that in our own backyard. Another fun thing at Flint Park was the arcade building, with allthe fun games & pinball machines. I loved the fortune teller lady in the enclosed cabinet. You put a coin in the slot and the fortune lady would move her hand from side to side over some cards. A few seconds later your fortune would slide out of a slot at the bottom of the machine. Also in the arcade building was a Swami fortune teller. HE was scary. When you put your money in the machine, every thing lit up . The Swami like came to life, this weird erie music started playing and his eyes opened up with this red glow His head &hands moved from side to side. When he stopped moveing your fortune was dispensed at the bottom. I remeber going on certain nights because they would have live entertainement. We always got cotton candy & wondered how that sugar could be spun into that soft fluffy treat. Past the carousel going towards the back of the park was the tunnel of love ride that I believed had swan boats that went through a dark tunnel. Tte tumble Bug ride was accross from it. Shooting galleries & games of chance where located near the Jack Rabbit rollercoaster. You know I never did ride it,I guess I was to scared. The Ferris Wheel was in the back of the park. I remember at different times people staying on the ferris wheel for weeks at a time, as a publicity stunt for the park. When we would leave the park we always went by the roller skating rink . There was always this roar of the skaters on the wooden floor, and that great skateing music from the band organ. I would love to see some fotos of Flint Park from those days. Especially the carousel, if any one has any please E-mail me. Thanks Ken Kaszubowski ( kaszuke@yayoo.com)
Entry Date: - 8/3/2005 - Tim Burke - I went to Flint Park as a young boy with my Father. I would love to see some pictures anyone would have of the park and its attractions.
Entry Date: - 4/8/2005 - Leona Weiss - My Grandfather was the manger of Flint Park and my mother worked and lived in the park. My Grandfather was Pat Anger and my mothers name was Mary Anger they are both deceased but they have always talk of the wonderful memories they had there it was torn down before I was born. There was a big write up on the park a few years back in the Flint Journal in Flint, MI they interviewed my mother and my Aunt Betty
Entry Date: - 2/7/2005 - Julie Campbell - During the 1950s I grew up with Flint Park. My father Albert Campbell ran the PITCH A NICKEL IN THE DISH stand. We had family and friends in other stands. Mrs. Wagoner sold the best hot dogs and ice cream sandwiches. Opal Witt and Ruby Campbell sold cotton candy. The both gave me the bits of cotton candy left behind. There was entertainment on the concrete stage behind the office. We enjoyed country music, rock and roll, Mexican music and dancers of all kinds. I would love to hear from anyone with information on the park . My mother Lenora, who worked with my dad at times is still living and I would love to share more of Flint Park with her. Thank you very much.
Entry Date: - 9/11/2004 - Irene McKay - Sorry, there is nothing there now but overgrown weeds.
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