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Pleez-U Laundry
The Pleez-U Laundry was operated by Herb and Alice Zabel and it was located on the southeast corner of 1st Street and West North, where the Ketterhagen Parking parking lot is now. They operated the laundry from 1933 until the late 1960s, when they sold it to Don Wolf, a painter/artist, who used it as a studio. Right next to the laundry, Everhardt's Ford dealership was located.
Bonnie Zabel, their daughter, used to help in the laundry, especially in the summertime when the hotels were busy and the lake people would drop off thier laundry one day and want it the next. They'd have to work nights to do the work, and would keep most of the lights out, because it wasn't legal to work a youngster like that! Bonnie had a sister, Jane, and a brother, Dusty.
1933 photo of (left to right) Bonnie, Dusty, and Jane, with father Herb in the delivery van, before the name was changed from Whitewater Modern Laundry to Pleez-U Laundry. The van is decorated for the 4th of July parade. Photo contributed by Bonnie Zabel.
Bonnie eventually moved to Milwaukee in 1944, where she worked as a model, and later moved with her family to Fort Atkinson. After retirement, she later returned to Whitewater.
Bonnie regrets that she never got to eat at the Green Shutters. She remembers the 4th of July one year, when she and her siblings decorated the laundry truck. Mr. Everhardt of the Ford Dealership asked Bonnie to ride in a brand-new bright blue Ford and throw out candy, and Bonnie was thrilled.
She remembers that the Bimlers bought the Walworth Hotel and they adopted a little girl named Bonnie Bimler and Bonnie and her sister taught Bonnie Bimler how to walk.
The Zabels lived over on George Street at the time (1930s), next to the creek, where Bonnie fished for carp and bullheads. Other residents of the street were Clara Fros, Melinda Koepke, Mrs. Schultz, the Condon family, the Lidicker family (with 5 girls; Bonnie was best fiends with Dolores and her sister was best friends with Fran), and Grandpa Way, who helped her fish, and Mr and Mrs. Beaning, who lived across the street.
Mr. Beaning was a police officer. He came home for lunch one day and Bonnie was out watering the grass. He rolled down the window and said "I dare you." So Bonnie raised he hose and hit him right in the face! Her mother was horrified, but he was a good sport about it!
Bonnie's family used to go to the Duck Inn and to the Hotel in Palmyra for fish fry.
Bonnie Zabel, their daughter, used to help in the laundry, especially in the summertime when the hotels were busy and the lake people would drop off thier laundry one day and want it the next. They'd have to work nights to do the work, and would keep most of the lights out, because it wasn't legal to work a youngster like that! Bonnie had a sister, Jane, and a brother, Dusty.
1933 photo of (left to right) Bonnie, Dusty, and Jane, with father Herb in the delivery van, before the name was changed from Whitewater Modern Laundry to Pleez-U Laundry. The van is decorated for the 4th of July parade. Photo contributed by Bonnie Zabel.
Bonnie eventually moved to Milwaukee in 1944, where she worked as a model, and later moved with her family to Fort Atkinson. After retirement, she later returned to Whitewater.
Bonnie regrets that she never got to eat at the Green Shutters. She remembers the 4th of July one year, when she and her siblings decorated the laundry truck. Mr. Everhardt of the Ford Dealership asked Bonnie to ride in a brand-new bright blue Ford and throw out candy, and Bonnie was thrilled.
She remembers that the Bimlers bought the Walworth Hotel and they adopted a little girl named Bonnie Bimler and Bonnie and her sister taught Bonnie Bimler how to walk.
The Zabels lived over on George Street at the time (1930s), next to the creek, where Bonnie fished for carp and bullheads. Other residents of the street were Clara Fros, Melinda Koepke, Mrs. Schultz, the Condon family, the Lidicker family (with 5 girls; Bonnie was best fiends with Dolores and her sister was best friends with Fran), and Grandpa Way, who helped her fish, and Mr and Mrs. Beaning, who lived across the street.
Mr. Beaning was a police officer. He came home for lunch one day and Bonnie was out watering the grass. He rolled down the window and said "I dare you." So Bonnie raised he hose and hit him right in the face! Her mother was horrified, but he was a good sport about it!
Bonnie's family used to go to the Duck Inn and to the Hotel in Palmyra for fish fry.
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