Category Defying
This page is a miscellaneous collection exploring some of the city's unique places, institutions and people.
George Cvetanobski tells of a day he spent with two women he met on a beach in 1955. He goes on to reflect on swim suits changes and the time he was asked to leave a beach because he was wearing his Speedo.
Greg Kowalski recalls his brother's stint in a local motorcycle gang and his parents reluctant acceptance of his friends and their lifestyle.
Reverend Darla Swint describes her wedding day and her father's unorthodox approach to giving her lifelong advice.
Frank Zacharias remembers his career as a Hamtramck letter carrier and years as an usher at the stadium that is now known as Comerica Park.
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Frank: I became a letter carrier in 1964 I think, became a letter carrier and I worked 28 years as a letter carrier. So I retired in 1992 so I’ll be retired 24 years in October. I loved it, that’s why I took the job. It was good. I, I had, I had nice areas, I, I worked in Hamtramck, I also worked on the west side around Grand River and Greenfield for about 10 years and then I came back to Hamtramck and it was nice. It was a good job.
Oh I worked at the ballpark for 17 years at Tiger’s stadium. I was an usher there for 17 years until they, until they moved to Comerica Park. I worked there during the 1984 world series, that was before your time. [Laughs] Thats when we used to have a, dress up in a— with a blazer, cap and now they walk around with a golf shirt and khaki pants. When you had a jacket on, you showed a little bit more authority, you know it— at least I think so. So you— everybody is dressed up so. Wipe the seat, seat people, watch the game, in case somebody got hurt call first aid or take them to the medics or take them to first aid, stuff like that. So it’s like crowd control. When I came out of the service, that was my goal not to work in a factory, that’s— that was it, I just— nothing personal, it’s just that I didn’t want the shop— I didn’t want to work in a shop, that’s all because you come after seeing my father come home from the factory, always have oily clothes and you know, he worked hard I mean but I just didn’t want to because when I was in the army I worked on tanks for two years and I, I had my fill of oil and grease. |
George Cvetanobski and his friend Denise Swindell explain that George's friends in the US are like a family to him.
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