Photo courtesy of Bay Mills History Department
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Robert "Lazy Bob" Best would give Christmas Parties for all the local children from the Brimley and Bay Mills area at his establishment which was located where Willoughby's Restaurant is now. He built "Lazy Bob's" after the "The Sea Gull Cafe" had burned down. Bob and his brother had moved to the area from St. Ignace where they had owned a fish and ice store.
Those identified in the picture are the following - 1: "Lazy Bob" Best; 2: Noann Rich; 3: Virginia Beamish Best; 4: Robert Lehner; 5: Lucy LeBlanc; 6: Gladys LeBlanc; 7: John McKarron; 8: Hank Bowen; 9: Florence Bowen; 10: Myrtle Hutton; 11: Bill Kinsella; 12: Karl Parker; 13: Alex Goldade; 14: Jim Bowen; 15: Leo Bowen; 16: Frances Jane Teeple; 17: Emerson Teeple.
If anyone can identify more people in this photo please call the Bay Mills Ojibwe History Department at 906-248-3241 ext. 4148 or 4149.
