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Atlas Pool Room
and Stag Club - 1920's |
Photos and
information submitted by Bick Beckwith 11-6-2002
In the late 1920's, my grandfather and uncle bought
the pool room and operated it for a while...I think the depression hit and
they may have sold it or could have even lost it...I don't know for sure.
I was quite young being born in 1925 plus families didn't talk about those
things in those days! I have a couple pictures of the pool room
you may find valuable...one is of the outside, the other was taken from the
front entry looking to the back. The front was the cigar stands,
shoeshine stand, and beer taps...behind the partition was located the pool
tables and card tables where a bit of gambling went on. No one under
18 was permitted back of the partition. My grandfather, Willis E.
Bicknell, is on the left and my uncle, Orrie Bicknell, is on the right.
These two men were bigger than life to me...my grand dad lived to be 96 and
worked for the State of Michigan till he was in his early 90's...my uncle
Orrie could shot a 22 cal. rifle and hit a dime sized rock that I would
throw sky high blowing it to smithereens. All the Bicknell men were
known as 'Bick'...hence my nickname. My grandfather and grandmother
are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery. |
Atlas Pool Room
1920's |
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Stag Club - 1920's
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Through the years, The Pool Room has changed ownership
several times. It was known as Cronin's Bar during the1950s-1990s,
CJ's Bar and Grill, and Rumors. Rumors was
closed for renovations after a fire in 2005 and reopened a few months later. The business never
seemed to recover after the fire and was closed in 2006.
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