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Published September 10, 2012, 12:00 AM

BACK IN TIME: Rozum Motors and Mitchell Bowling Center


Rozum Motor Company, located at Fifth Avenue and Main Street in 1939 is pictured here. In 1941, an eight-lane bowling alley was opened at 510 N. Main in the basement of the building. (Carnegie Resource Center)

  • Rozum Motor Company, located at Fifth Avenue and Main Street in 1939 is pictured here. In 1941, an eight-lane bowling alley was opened at 510 N. Main in the basement of the building. (Carnegie Resource Center)
  • Mitchell Bowling Center, owned by J. B. and Clarence Shearer, had previously been located at 108 E. Third Avenue. The Shearers purchased Mitchell Bowling Center in 1939 from P. W. Huntemer. They later sold the business to Phil Thompson in 1949. The Bowling Center was located in this building until Dec. 10, 1959, when it moved to the new building and was then called Village Bowl. Village Bowl burned down on July 16, 1975, and was rebuilt and reopened in 1976. The first Village Bowl was a 20-lane alley, while the second was built as a 24-lane alley. There were several other bowling alleys in town as early as 1907. Scharnweber Brothers had a billiards and bowling parlor at 106 N. Main (bowling alleys were on second floor). The J. W. Elliott Billiards and Bowling Parlor was at 308 N. Main (bowling alley on second floor), which is now Harve’s Pro Print. Scott Brothers opened a bowling alley, Dec. 4, 1907, in the basement of the Widmann Hotel located the corner of First Avenue and Main Street.