175 ft. Banana Split:
This HUGE summer treat is sponsored by UNCLE RAY’s DAIRYLAND and will be served beginning at 7pm.

Entertainment includes:
Dibbleville Dolls, Bobby Standal, and The Groove Party!

Children’s Games sponsored by Kiwanis:
Individual and team games including tug of war, sack races, and more! Check back for registration information.

Living History:
Meet historic figures from Fenton’s past… courtesy of the Fenton Village Players. Civil War re-enactors will be on hand as well.

Special Guests:
Fenton Mayor Sue Osborn, Fenton 175th Queen Hannah Taylor and her Court, past Queens from our 150th, 125th and 100th celebrations.

~~ IF RAIN, EVENT WILL BE MOVED INSIDE THE ST. JOHN ACTIVITY CENTER GRAND HALL AND GYMNASIUM ~~

Where: Bush Park

What: A Picnic with a FREE 175 foot banana split from Uncle Ray’s

Why: To Celebrate Fenton’s 175th Birthday

Start the picnic festivities at Bush Park around 5:00 PM and watch as workers and volunteers help Dave Durant and Todd Durant of Uncle Ray’s Dairyland assemble an incredible 175 foot banana split and share it FREE with community.  The banana split eating should start around 7 :00 PM.  This is going to something to see for sure!!

It’s less than two weeks before we gather to celebrate Fenton’s 175th Anniversary and meet with old friends and classmates at our Alumni Reunion.

The Reunion Banquet is being held at the new Air Conditioned Andrew G. Schmidt Middle School just across the parkway from the Fenton High School.

Dinner is served at 6:00PM, but the “Hospitality Room” will be open from 12:00 NOON…there you can chat with old friends and review the memorabilia reflecting your years at Fenton High!

The cost of the dinner is $35 and if you act immediately your check will probably arrive in time. However, if you are concerned about the timing…just phone or email for your reservations. We will collect from you upon your arrival at the dinner. Yes…we still have the honor system at Fenton High School!

Just phone Chuck Montgomery, our FHSAA President at
810-458-4165 or email at cpmumv@charter.net

This year we are pleased to announce that many individuals, who are not former students of FHS, but have had a meaningful relationship with our school…children graduated, etc…have opted to join us at the dinner. This should only enhance your opportunity to say “hello” to old friends.

WHERE? Andrew G. Schmidt School Gym (AGS)
3255 Donaldson Drive
(across from the Fenton High School football field)

WHEN? Arrive from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. – Dinner & Program to follow.

The dinner will be catered by Doug Bosley, manager at Spring Meadows Country Club. It will be buffet style and will include prime rib on the menu. Dress is casual and the gym is air conditioned. Parking at AGS or across Donaldson in the high school parking lot. The Hospitality Room will be set up in the AGS gym and will be open from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 P.m. All items on display are the courtesy of the Fenton Historical Museum and Curator Ken Seger.

Reunion & Dinner tickets are $35 each.
Membership dues for the Fenton Alumni Association is $5 per year.

You can send a check payable to the Fenton High School Alumni Association and mail it with a self addressed, stamped envelop (to receive your tickets) to:

Fenton High School Alumni Association, Inc.
P.O. Box 961
Fenton, MI 48430

Please also include your name, address, telephone number, graduating class year and e-mail address.

This approximately eight minute photo montage set to music with voice-over is a well done overview of Fenton, Michigan. Get the overview of Fenton’s rich history! Learn how Fenton got it’s name, and how the main streets were named. See photos of the aftermath of the August 2007 tornado that struck downtown Fenton, Michigan. Experience some projects by the Fenton Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Beautification Commission and the Fenton Tree Restoration Committe is spearheading this Saturday’s event.  The event will begin at 10:00 a.m.  Volunteers and donors are still being sought, and anyone who can help is asked to call City Hall at (810) 62-2261.

Highway route US 23 ran directly through the town from north to south before veering to the southwest and becoming the road to Hartland. There was a flow of vehicles moving through downtown most of the time. It seemed to only become a “problem” on football Saturdays at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, some forty miles to the south. On these fall Saturdays, the vehicular traffic through town was “bumper to bumper” for several hours before game time and for several hours after the end of the game.

No one prospered more from this heavy traffic moving through town than Art Dumanois, proprietor the historic Fenton Hotel. Many of the football fans either stopped at the Hotel on the way to the game or on their way home. The Fenton Hotel became a popular place to stop for a pre-game lunch or for dinner following the game. Since Art Dumanois held the only “liquor by the bottle” license in town, those who were interested in having a “nip or two” during the game found the hotel a convenient place to purchase their “liquid” refreshments. Some jokesters suggested that half of the empty bottles which littered the UM stadium following a game came from the Fenton Hotel.