Westlawn Lanes, Saganaw Michigan ad

[jeff of pa]

• Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan)
• 05 Jul 1973, Thu
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[BC1969]

That's just wrong on so many levels... lol!

 

[jeff of pa]

it's odd also that it's from 73 Not 30's & the phone Number is Odd.
I don't remember letters on Phone Numbers from the 70's at least not here.
only on tv shows and movies from the 50's and 60's

 

[BC1969]

I don't remember that.

 

[Fat]

.... until cellphones showed up, you only needed to dial the last 4 digits to make a call here. Mid 90’s or so?

 

[jeff of pa]

I remember when our number was 695 3415

eventually 717 was added to the beginning and we had to add a 1 for long distance.

then they changed our area from 717 to 570. then you needed to dial 1 570 and the 7 digit number .

now even local you need 10 digits

Now Very Few have the Local 695 Landline numbrs.

Most just have a Cell phone

 

[Louie D]

Dude, that's the former Westlawn Lanes bowling alley in Lansing, MI located on Saginaw Street just east of where the Oldsmobile Rocket Engine plant was.

I learned to bowl and keep score there with my friend and his dad about the same time era as the ad, it was a smaller venue, no more than 30 lanes or so, but a fun place to visit.

The IVanhoe prefix was common in that part of town, my family had it for a few years. It was still used into the middle 70's, out of respect for those who liked the old style of things.