Johnston's Skate-O-Rama, former Blue Plaza Roller Rink

Johnston's Skate-O-Rama, former Blue Plaza Roller Rink "Johnston's Skate-O-Rama" formerly the "Blue Plaza Roller Rink".

03/11/2025
03/11/2025
Cudy
11/25/2024

Cudy

Clarence (Cudy) Holtz, who ran Little America for our father/grandfather Morse Kanouse, who owned the station.
11/25/2024

Clarence (Cudy) Holtz, who ran Little America for our father/grandfather Morse Kanouse, who owned the station.

1958
11/24/2024

1958

Little America as taken from inside my grandparent's front room on South Centerville Rd., circa 1940's-ish. Probably tak...
11/24/2024

Little America as taken from inside my grandparent's front room on South Centerville Rd., circa 1940's-ish. Probably taken by my (Janell's) mom Gladys with her Brownie camaera.

Leftover skate wrenches and toe stops from way back. There's still oil inside the lid 😁. Wish we had that old oil sq**rt...
10/12/2024

Leftover skate wrenches and toe stops from way back. There's still oil inside the lid 😁. Wish we had that old oil sq**rt can. Maybe it will show up some day ❣️.

Ran across the old cash box (with Neil's stamp holder in it, lol).
10/12/2024

Ran across the old cash box (with Neil's stamp holder in it, lol).

Newspaper article from the Sturgis Journal. My mother, Gladys (Kanouse) Johnston lived across the street at 112 S. Cente...
10/11/2024

Newspaper article from the Sturgis Journal. My mother, Gladys (Kanouse) Johnston lived across the street at 112 S. Centerville when it was being built and was the first person to skate there! Johnny Hostetler (owner) borrowed my grandpa Morse Kanouse's cement mixer to lay the blocks.

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Sturgis, MI

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