SECTION REAL ESTATE OBITUARIES CLASSIFIEDS Ease the stress B on your loved ones with a pre-planned funeral to fit your needs. LifeStyles No cost or obligation consultations ( ) www.sharpfuneralhomes.com Sunday, October 28, 2018 810 629-9321 Source: fentonhotel.com Fenton Hotel, Holly Hotel and historic homes feature more than the eye can see By Vera Hogan hotel bartender, whose favorite drink was noises and lights going on mysteriously. did not know that the original owner of Thrill-seeking people are fascinated Jack Daniels (whiskey). This drink just The Holly Hotel has been referred to the inn smoked cigars. The descriptions with the paranormal. Are there actual happens to show up on a certain table in as the most haunted historic building in of flowery perfume is often strikingly haunted houses? Do they really exist or are the bar area. But, when it is served, no one Michigan, and perhaps the most haunted similar as well, and, for some reason, the they the figments of vivid imaginations? at the table actually ordered it. in America. By all accounts, the Holly meat cleaver is the favorite toy for a little Residents who occupy tri-county area Many years ago, a cleaning woman, Hotel does seem to be one of the few ac- girl’s spirit who still plays in the kitchen haunted buildings and dwellings are ada- early one morning after the hotel had tive haunted hotels where the occurrences and on the banquet room steps. mant that spirits or ghosts exist. closed, was scared out of her wits when continue over and over. someone (no one was there) tapped her on The haunting and strange happenings Private homes The Fenton Hotel the shoulder while she was vacuuming. have been observed by employees and There are reportedly many “haunted” (now Fenton Hotel Tavern & Grille) Other staff members have been frightened guests. Very few of these can be easily houses in Fenton, particularly in the Dib- The historic Fenton Hotel, now the when entering a storage area. discounted. The ghostly residents seem bleville area and on streets heading south Fenton Hotel Tavern & Grille, has long to follow certain “habits,” and even if one toward High Street. been said to be haunted. Stories of strange The Holly Hotel is ignorant to the fact that the restaurant A family lived in an old 1880s Fenton noises, doors slamming shut by them- Professional “ghost hunters” have is haunted, their experience will often fit home on South Holly Road for many years selves, water turning on by itself and eerie documented the historic Holly Hotel as into a known set of occurrences. without ghostly occurrences. However, voices are among the hauntings. a spirited location. Strange occurrences For example, many people have when they moved to a home built in the There are tales about Emery, the former include the sound of a child crying, eerie smelled cigar smoke, even though they See HAUNTS on 2B 2018 FALL SPECIALS • WINTERIZATION • STORAGE • REPAIR • SHRINK WRAP Complete Winterization service Indoor storage packages Engine Repair, tune-ups Outboard, Stern Drive, Inboard Outdoor Storage to total rebuilds • PICK UP-DELIVERY Propeller Repair A FACTORY AUTHORIZED REPAIR CENTER FOR: WE SERVICE 3460 SILVER LAKE RD. • FENTON ALL AREA LAKES 810-629-2905 www.whiteslandingmarina.com 2B Sunday, October 28, 2018 LIFESTYLES myfenton.com Just sayin’... [email protected] I didn’t win, but if I did ... gone. I know them, they would be back for more. And as charming as they are, No, I didn’t win either — not the I would end up giving it to them. $1.6 billion Mega Millions, nor the Grandma, my husband’s mother, Powerball the next day. Again, it wasn’t would be set for life and that’s all I’ll meant to be. I truly believe that all say about that. She is the best, the things happen for a reason and appar- queen, and deserves whatever we can ently there is no reason for me to be do for her. rich. After family and a few friends are People always ask each other, “What taken care of, I would get busy with would you do with that money?” I cer- some investments, maybe buy a couple tainly would not buy some lavish 32- of fun companies — do whatever I room mansion, with seven bathrooms, need to do to keep that money growing. two enormous Everybody says they would keep kitchens and working if they won. But I don’t countless bed- think that’s true. I can’t see anyone rooms. I can’t legitimately going to work day after even keep my lit- day for a chump change paycheck tle 1,900-square- when they’ve got millions in the bank. foot house as Excuse me, if you’re earning a decent clean as it should living and are able to pay all your bills be. With a man- and have a few extras — that suddenly sion like that, I qualifies as chump change if you won would have to VERA HOGAN millions in the lottery. hire an entire Lastly, I would do something phil- cleaning company just to dust every anthropic. As much as I would hate to week. do it, if I won that $1.6 billion and took Nope, I would not do the mansion thing. I would, however, consider buy- the $878 million (before taxes) payout, ing a little piece of property in a wood- it would be okay to give $20 million ed area, with maybe a stream or river or so to fix some or all of the city of running through it on about 10 acres or Fenton roads. Then no one in the city so. I would then build a modest-sized, would have to face a big tax increase one-story log home with a couple of for roads. I would have to make sure fireplaces. That enormous kitchen the money gets into the right hands to would have to happen though. I would make sure that’s how it is used. love a bigger cooking and baking area. The great thing is, the proposals on Of course, my children would be the the Nov. 6 ballot are for the repair of major benefactors of my big win. But roads and streets in the city exclusively. I wouldn’t just fork over cash. Even If I won and gave $20 million toward though they are adults, I would insist that cause, the city could not use the tax that they hire a lawyer and accountant dollars, if the proposals pass, for any- (my youngest is an optimist and already thing else. has both). The accountant would have Yeah, I would do that for my Fenton to set up the financials so that my sons friends and neighbors. would not be able to let that money Opinions offered in Just Sayin’ are the author’s alone and do not neces- sarily reflect the opinion of the Tri-County Times or its staff. Email Vera at burn a hole in their pockets until it’s [email protected]. HAUNTS decided to always say “good morning” Continued from Page 1B to the spirit. ’30s, it was a different story. Pictures on Both apparitions and strange hap- the walls began to tilt and keys disap- penings have occurred at a Shiawassee peared, only to return a day or two later. Avenue home. The heavy front door has One time, the missing keys were found flown open; things have mysteriously outside in the mailbox. The television fallen off walls and a rocking chair in and stereo would sometimes go on “full a bedroom rocked by itself. blast” at about 3 a.m., awakening the The feeling of force pushing the household. owner down the staircase was expe- One day, birdseed was found on the rienced and drapes and sheers in the floor in a perfect symmetrical cone living room would whip out and strike shape. While the woman of the house those walking by, when there was no was sorting clothing one day, wild breeze or no window open. birdseed fell from the clean laundry. A minister who lived there more than The family didn’t have a bird. a century ago was seen in apparition The piano in the music room would form on the front steps one evening occasionally play unrecognizable tunes when a teenage neighbor boy was for about five minutes and stop. One walking his dog across the street. The day the china cabinet opened suddenly dog stopped dead in his tracks until the and a delicate crystal goblet fell to the apparition disappeared. floor undamaged. Family members Sources: Times archives; hollyhotel.com. not Michigan. The Great Lakes State is HOT LINE CONTINUED treading water. IN A STATE where toxic chemicals from nnn military and industrial sources are found VOTE BLUE THIS November. Vote out the Republicans who have taxed and at dozens of sites and in water serving raised fees endlessly on the middle class, thousands of people, regulators soon especially the retirees whose pensions will propose hard, enforceable limits were taxed to help pay for their big tax cut for how much of those contaminants for businesses. can be in drinking water. That state is myfenton.com LIFESTYLES Sunday, October 28, 2018 3B Chocolate candy bars are popular Halloween treat Compiled By Vera Hogan We’re Americans, and we love chocolate, lots of chocolate. And with Halloween just around the corner, these are the best candy bars, ranked in order. These are all candy bars that are popular and sold in America.