Businesses of Footville

Center & Plymouth Townships, Rock County, Wisconsin

Business

Location

Year(s)

Notes

B & H Feed Co.

Purina dealer

Baertschi, John H.

building & remodeling; bathroom fixtures

Bern Meat Market

Alfred & Ebba Bern, proprietors

Bienash, Wm. F.

livestock trucking; insured carrier

Canary Butcher Shop

W. J. Canary, butcher/owner

Central Tavern

Pabst & Braumeister on tap; cheese; hamburgers; H. Schultz & Bob Neuschwander, proprietors

Colvin's Baking Co.

Purity & Corntop bread

Curler Meat Co.

custom slaughtering; wholesale & retail meats

Devins, John

blacksmith (before & after Ed Stevens); operated McManus Blacksmith Shop

Drevdahl, Earl

general carpentry & cement work; electrician

Eastman Trucking Co.

trucking company

Eastman's Texaco Service

service station

Fenrick, C. F.

insurance

Footville Cafe

John & Gyda ____, proprietors

Footville Crane Service & Construction Co.

John. L. Piekarski (Janesville) & Edward JaDoul (Footville), props.

Footville Dairy Lunch

homecooked meals; Anne Pearl Kjelland, proprietor

Footville Hardware

hardware; paints; electrical merchanise; sporting goods; bottle gas service; Speed Queen washers; Walter Gempeler, proprietor

Footville Heating Co.

Lennox heating systems; sheet metal work; eave troughs

Footville Implement Co.

"everything for the farm & home"; Donald W. Helgesen, proprietor

Footville State Bank

bank

Footville Telephone Co.

telephone company

Gempeler's

grocery & general merchanise

Helgesen Lumber & Supply, Inc.

building hardware, lumber, paint, coal, siding, etc.; Lester A. Helgesen, president

Holm General Store

D. J. Holm, proprietor (building owned by W. J. Canary)

Honeysett Variety Store

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John's Service Station

dealer in gasoline, kerosene, lubricating oils, tires & accessories; John W. Butler, owner

Johnson, Roy V.

plumbing & heating supplies & service

Kennedy (Wm. J.) & Son

road contractors, grading & graveling

Martin, R. E. (Mr. & Mrs.)

landlord; apartments to rent

McManus Blacksmith Shop

owner/operator John Devins

Midget Grocery

Mable Smoke, proprietor

Mike's Barber Shop

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Milbrandt, Clyde

Westinghouse dealer (dehumidifies, air conditioners, refrigerators, water heaters, dishwashers, freezers, ranges, dryers, ranges, etc.)

Miller's Leghorn Hatchery

poultry & barn equipment; fertilizers; Pyrox bottle gas; Magic Chef stoves; gas water heaters

Morris Motor Co.

authorized Chevrolet service

Northway & Bancroft

groceries, general merchants

Pet Milk Co.

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Sherman Motor Service

general auto repair; tubes; tires; accessories; Boyd Sherman, proprietor

Silverthorn General Store

George Darius Silverthorn, proprietor; store; George's engraving from front door; now the Top Hand Saddle Co.; Source: Allison

Smoke's Tavern

tavern; Frank Smoke, proprietor

Snyder Hotel

Spencer Snyder, proprietor;

5 photos; Source: Allison

Stevens, Ed

blacksmith

Summers, Crosby

lawyer; offices also in Janesville

Thorson's Grocery & Meats

groceries; meats; clothing; shoes

Top Hand Saddle Co.

Western gear; store; previously Silverthorn General Store; Source: Allison

Village Gardens

restaurant; fish fry Friday nights; sandwiches at all times; Jim & Lee _____, proprietors

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