Pioneer history of Ingham County, compiled and arranged by Mrs. Franc L. Adams, secretary of the Ingham County pioneer and historical society.

VEVAY TOWNSHIP AND ITS HISTORY

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George Sackrider also advertised furniture, while other advertisers were R. Terwilliger, harness shop; G. G. Mead, Phoenix
Flour Mill; A. D. Kingsbury, agricultural implements; Miss
C. M. Bullock, millinery, hair dressing and hair jewelry. I think
the Hughs sisters, Phoebe and Nannie, still had their millinery
shop about where the city hospital now stands, and we all went
there for our headgear. Mrs. M. A. Sweet and Helen Horton
were dressmakers.
Clark and Marsh had a livery stable and W. H. Clark and
W. M. Cline sold monuments and had the marble works.
John Rayner, Sr., called attention to his milk route. (Milk in a
big can with a long handled dipper for ladeling the milk to his
customers who brought out their own dishes when he rang the
bell."
The American Hotel was conducted by Fred P. Moody and
Hank J. Donnelly was mine host at the Donnelly House, and he
was the first man in Mason to take a daily paper.
Henry Reed was the barber and manufactured hair goods for
sale.
Seth A. Paddock was architect and builder, and put up several
of our best houses. He also owned the lumber yard.
Sayer and Phelps were the hardware men and continued the
business for a long term of years.
The bakery was conducted by J. Greenwood, while Charles
Eaton called attention to his sale of hay, grain and clover seed at
the elevator.
Henry Christmas was photographer, and Win. Claflin had the
Mason nursery. VanOstrand and Elmer were in business here
fifty years ago, starting in the spring of 1871.
The Jackson, Lansing and Saginaw division of the Michigan
Central Railroad was our only connection with the outside world,
and in 1870 had not ceased to be a novelty, and it was still quite
the thing to go down to the station to see the cars come in. The
station was on Ash street then near where the water tank now
stands, and water was supplied to the engine by means of a wind
mill.
In 1870 the first school house to be built on the present site
began its first school with N. A. Barrett as superintendent, the
teachers being Minnie Walker, Augusta Reed and Emma Caster