Hamtramck Star

I have been looking for information of the owners of Atlas pop for years. Me and my family went and supported this beverage company for years, I still brag about the Cream Soda being the best ever. I still wish they were still in production! Does anyone know who the owners were? Are family members still alive? I would love to talk to family members about the memories that their family has given me! I wish I could of given it to my daughters! SOMEONE HELP ME!!! I NEED INFO! BEEN LOOKING FOR IT FOR THE PAST TWENTY YEARS!
TIM

I'm sorry but I also have to add! Remember what great times we all had at the Polish Festival?? Life was sooo Great them weekends! I sure miss my Grand-Parents! Bill Kenedy at the movies, 4:00 Movies on channel 7, Godzilla Week, Sir Graves, The Ghoul, Billy Bonds, Ally Fredder (did I spell that right?) Doctor Who? Remember Channel 62? Or the beeeeeeeeeeeppppppppppppppp after the national anthem after 2:00am? CKLW! HONEY RADIO! Anyone remember TOWER 96??? WHOOO! I am showing me age! Wasn't DETROIT and HAMTRAMCK THE GREATEST??? HELL YES!
TIM (on a RANT)

Here's a start. I don't think they answer the question of what happened to the Atlas owners (or if they really turned into Town Club) but someone in that message board should have a better idea. Yeh, used to be a case of Atlas/Brownie in the basement of my Dad's Grandmother's house all the time (a little ways away from the case of Stroh's). House was on Shield's not far from the original Shield's Bar (and Pizza).

http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/76017/75336.html

Hi, I am the granddaughter of the owner. The business was started around 1929. My grandfather died in 1945. The business was then run by my uncles. The downfall of the business started when my cousins took over after my uncle died in 1993. They closed the shop around 1996?? The buildings then fell into terrible disrepair. They were sold around 2003. No one from the family wads allowed to go i nto the buildings to retrieve items. This broke my mothers heart.(She is 81) She remembers the meticulous care that her father took while running his business. It was a treat for me to visit the shop, even when I was young because their was so much family history there. My grandparents were from Poland. The pop was really good. We always had cases of it in our garage. The business was never turned into Towne Club. Several of my cousins and I collect items from the Atlas shop when we can find it.

Hey Tim, Remember Sonny Elliot? His weather reporting was more accurate with the stick on smiling sun faces and lightning bolts than all this doppler stuff now! I thought it was Tower 92? WTWR?

Sonny Elliot, (it will be colder tonight than a politicians hand shake!) Bill Bonds, (I'll take you on in a boxing match Mayor Young), How about Bill Kennedy?? Anyone remember him? Ollie Feddar?? How many pounds of coffee was that kids?? I remember! I loved the Four O'Clock Movies on Channel 7. Abbott and Costello week one of my favorites. TOWER 92!?!? YIKES SCOOB! Haven't heard that for years!! WABX?? KEENER 13? (did I spell that right?). The Ghoul. THE GREAT SIR GRAVES! Cunninghams? Buy-Lo? ALEXANDER'S...Grandpa stopped there right after getting Atlas pop to play the numbers, and smokes. Okay my mind draws a blank, what was the grocery store name on the corner of Garvin? It became Five Brothers I think, but what was it orignally? Ahhh the memories you bring back....THAT is what Hamtramck was...wish it still could be. Some people don't understand that!
TIM

You forgot about Angelines Pizza on Capenter and Conant...

Johnny Ginger, Milky the clown, The Three Stooges, Bozo the clown, Poop deck Paul, Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Greenjeans, The Golden era in television. Big time wrestling.

Just came upon this post about Atlas. The owners were my relatives, the Tomaszewski family of Warren. It was run by Butch and Leonard, two of the brothers in the family, both now past on. I share many wonderful memories of Atlas too and have several of the crates with me here in Portland, OR.

I am so glad I found this, was on line and something made me think of Atlas, I wish I could get some. Im only 37 but I remember my granparents keeping it at thier house.

good stuff, im sad its gone.

I remember Atlas Beverages and some of the fine flavors they had such as Cheer-Up (7-Up), V-Mix (Squirt), Brownie Root Beer, Golden & Pale Dry Ginger Ale and especially Bulldog Ginger Beer. Just about every bar/club in Hamtramck and the east side carried Atlas as well as my grandparents at their store.

I just happened upon this site. My Dad had a Gulf Gas station in Redford and from 1961 and on he carried Atlas pop (the only pop I drank growing up) I believe my brothers still carried the pop into the 90's. I was always curious who else ever carried it. I never saw it anywhere but my family service station. I remember my Dad saying it was carried in a lot small bars in the city. If the family reads this they will probably remember the Walshs Service account!

I have 1 unopened bottle of Strawberry Soda and several wood cases someone threw out years ago. Anyone interested?
You can leave a comment here, I think.

If it's about Atlas, you can post it here.

I have one bottle of club soda, and no, you can't have it.

You must have misunderstood, Hillary. I don't want your club soda. I also have an unopened bottle and was wondering if someone collects them and would like to buy it (cheap).