2004 Macomb County (Michigan)
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Carmella Sabaugli Macomb County Clerk!R.eglster of Deeds 40 North Main S-treet Mount Clemens, MI 48043 The 2004 Macomb County Directory Dear Friends of Macomb County: Photo Selection Process It is my pleasure to proVide the 2004 Macomb County Directory. As information changes, The photography contest, co-sponsored by Macomb County updates will be posted on the Internet at Clerk/Register of Deeds, Carmella Sabaugh and Community http://www.co.macomb.mi.us/clerksoffice.My Central Bank. Tom Swain, a resident of Chesterfield office provides other services including: Township, won a prize of a $100 U.S. savings Bond for being chosen as the Grand Prize winner. Swain took the cover • Seniors wanting to know if a caregiver or home-helper has a photograph of U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy studying before Macomb County criminal case may find out. A circuit court a speech he delivered it in Mount Clemens in 1959. case index is on the Internet to make it easy to see if cases were filed against a person. "Macomb County plays an important role in national politics," • When refinancing a mortgage or buying a house you may get said Sabaugh. "U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy's 1959 visit to Macomb County real estate records on the Internet and I was Mount Clemens shows Macomb County has been important the first Register of Deeds in Michigan to use computerized for quite a while." scanning and indeXing. Photos were to spotlight a past or present United States • There's no need to come to my office to get a form. We have President or United States Presidential candidate. Macomb a toll-free fax-on-demand system to provide forms and County Clerk/Register of Deeds Carmella Sabaugh, Branch information. 1-888-99-CLERK. It even works on weekends Manager Kathy Trombley on behalf of Community Central when the office is closed. Bank, and President of Robinson Photography Michael Robinson jUdged the contest. • Military personnel and others needing a copy of a birth certificate or other record can get it quickly without a trip to my The back of the directory features the five finalist's office because I was the first county clerk in Michigan to photographs. Each finalist won a $50 U.S. Savings Bond. provide overnight delivery. You can also request records via They are (clockWise from lower-left corner): fax and Internet. • Sean Gunnery of Richmond Township (Sean Gunnery with President Bill Clinton at Selfridge Air National Guard • Entrepreneurs starting a business need not drive to my office Base in 1999); to find out if the desired business name is already taken • Dorothy Storz of Macomb Township (George H.W. Bush because assumed name business registrations are now the in St. Clair Shores in 1980); Internet. Macomb County businesses were the first to benefit from this service. • Kenneth Sanborn of Macomb Township (Clinton Township Supervisor Kenneth Sanborn, Congressman Thank you for alloWing me to serve as your Clerk/Register of Robert J. Mcintosh, Vice-President Richard Nixon in Deeds. Mount Clemens in 1960); • Tom Swain of Chesterfield Township (U.S. Senator John Sincerely, F. Kennedy in Mount Clemens in 1959); and, • Lori Welsh of Harrison Township (Thomas S. Welsh with President Harry S. Truman in Mount Clemens in 1971). ~~ Carmella Sabaugh Macomb County Clerk/Register of Deeds Printed at Printwell Printing, 26975 Northline Road, Taylor MI 48180. (734) 941-6300. MACOMB COUNTY OFFICE HOURS AND HOLIDAYS BRIEF HISTORY OF MACOMB COUNTY Monday through Friday Named in honor of General Alexander Macomb, a highly County Office Hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. decorated veteran of the War of 1812, Macomb County was formally Circuit Court Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. organized on January 15, 1818 as the third county in the Michigan Circuit Court motions are heard on Mondays at 9:00 a.m. territory. At that time, it covered a much larger area than it does today. In 1819 and 1820, large portions of the county were removed to form the County offices will be closed on the follOWing holidays: counties of Oakland, Lapeer, Genesee and St. Clair. Holiday To be observed on The first Europeans arrived in the area during the 17'h century. New Year's Day Thursday, January 1, 2004 They included French fur trappers who recognized the richness of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday, January 19, 2004 marshes and sought new opportunities for trade. Moravian missionaries Presidents' Day Monday, February 16, 2004 established the first organized, non-native settlement in the county in Good Friday Y, day, Friday, April 9, 2004 1782 as a refuge for Christianized Indians driven out of Ohio. They built Memorial Day Monday, May 31,2004 along the banks of the Clinton River, then known as the Huron River, but Independence Day Monday, July 5, 2004 were forced to leave four years later by the Chippewa Indians. In the Labor Day Monday, September 6, 2004 late 1790s, Christian Clemens visited the area, and in March 1800, Columbus Day Monday, October 11, 2004 purchased a distillery considered the first building on the site of the future Generai Election Day Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Mount Clemens. The next year he purchased 500 acres for Veterans' Day Thursday, November 11, 2004 development. This site, known as High Banks, was platted as the Village Thanksgiving Day Thursday, November 25, 2004 of Mount Clemens in 1818, when it was proclaimed the Macomb County Day AFTER Thanksgiving Day Friday, November 26, 2004 Seat. Christmas Eve Thursday, December 23,2004 In the early 1800s, and at least by 1840, settlers moved into the Christmas Day Friday, December 24, 2004 interior of the county, carving out farms from the hardwood forests. The New Year's Eve Thursday, December 30, 2004 roots of the county villages and townships were established by this time. New Year's Day (2005) Friday, December 31,2004 In addition to the original French and English, later settlers included Germans, Belgians and others who came directly from Europe. ELECTION DATES In the 1870s, mineral baths brought international fame to Mount Village Primary Monday, February 16, 2004 Clemens. Many believed the waters had healing powers. Although the Village General Monday, March 8, 2004 stream still runs beneath the city, interest in the spas died out in the early Annual School Monday, June 14, 2004 20 'h century. Recently, there has been a reemergence of interest in the State Primary Tuesday, August 3, 2004 mineral baths now being offered at St. Joseph Hospital in Mount State General Tuesday, November 2, 2004 Clemens. Between 1920 and 1930, Macomb County doubled in population, LABOR UNIONS REPRESENTING MACOMB COUNTY EMPLOYEES rising from 38,103 to 77,146 persons. Two significant developments AFSCME Local 411 spurred this grow1h - the establishment of Selfridge Field in 1917, and Building Trades Association the beginning of the urbanization movement northward from the City of International Union of Operating Engineers Local 547 Detroit. During the 1940s and the 1950s the movement from the central Macomb County Environmental Health Association city to the suburbs increased. The largest growth occurred between Macomb County Professional Deputy Sheriff Association 1950 and 1970, when over 440,000 people were added to Macomb Michigan Association of Public Employees County's population. Michigan Nurses Association Today, Macomb County encompasses 482 square miles, and Police Officers Association of Michigan ranks third in population in the state, with a 2000 census total of 788,149 Police Officers Labor Council persons. The county is recognized as a leader in business and industry, Service Employees International Union and designated as a "Community of Economic Excellence" by the State Teamsters Local 214 of Michigan. United Auto Workers Union list provided by Macomb County Human Resources Department Prepared in consultation with the Macomb County Historical Society President Ross Champion 2 3 MACOMB COUNTY FACILITY LOCATIONS MACOMB COUNTY FACILITY LOCATIONS MAP 1 County Service Center Includes: Sheriff's Office, County Jail, Probate Court, Juvenile RQRDMA~ Court, Youth Home, Family Independence Agency, Martha T. Berry Medical Hospital, Health Department, 42'd District Court - Division II ARMADA TOWNSHIP (located in the County Jail) Groesbeck Highway and Elizabeth Road, Mount Clemens RICHMOND TOWNSHIP 2 New Haven Health Center ARMADAVILL® 57735 Gratiot (M-19), New Haven ~n 32 MILE 3 42'd District Court - Division II Macomb County Jail - West Entrance 43565 Elizabeth, Mount Clemens 4 Administration Building, County Building, Circuit Court Building, Clemens Center Main Street and Cass Avenue, Mount Clemens ~ ~ :~~; , MILE 5 Sheriff's Office - Marine Division ....... ,,,"",,. ~CO",' 3125 South River Road, Harrison Township S'H~7"• ..J.I.1-_---=--'liMB 6 Southeast Health Center TOWNSh. HIP 25401 Harper, SI. Clair Shores I 7 Southwest Satellite Services Building 29600 Civic Center Drive, Warren 6 Public Works and Road Commission 115 South Groesbeck, Mount Clemens 9 Freedom Hill County Park 15000 Metropolitan Parkway, Sterling Heights 10 County Library MACOMB 16480 Hall Road, Clinton Township COUNTY 11 North Area Satellite Facility FACILITIES 42'd District Court - Division I 14713 33-Mile Road, Bruce Township MILE 4 5 MACOMB COUNTY SEAT: MOUNT CLEMENS MACOMB COUNTY OFFICIALS Carmella Sabaugh (D) ARMADA MEMPHIS County Clerk/Register of Deeds rOWNSHJP Term expires: 12-31-04 BRUCE RICHMONO TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP Macomb County Clerk's Office: VILlA~ ARMADA 40 North Main, 1s1 Floor, Mount Clemens, MI 48043 Phone: (586) 469-5120; Fax: (586) 783-8184 32MILE RICHMOND Macomb County Register of Deeds: ROMEO VILLAGE 10 North Main, 2nd Floor, Mount Clemens, MI 48043 -'------'""-----'-'-'---- Phone: (586) 469-5175; Fax: (586) 469-5130 WASHINGTON RAY LENOX TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP ~ NEW HAvEN VILLAGE Carl J. Marlinga (D) 26MII.E Prosecuting Attorney Term expires: 12-31-04 SHELBY MACOMB CHESTERFIELD Macomb County Prosecuting Attorney's Office: TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP TOWNsHIP One South Main, 3rd Floor, Mount Clemens, MI 48043 Phone: (586) 469-5350: Fax: (586) 469-5609 Mark A.