This week’s Back to the Present is a 1946-47 view of Monette’s Superette on the corner of Sagola Avenue and Hooper Street in Kingsford, submitted by Pete Monette of Breitung Township.

The store was owned by Francis and Alice Monette.

After building the store, the couple lived in the downstairs until they experienced a flood. Francis Monette then built a house next to the store where they resided.

It was a charge account store, where residents could shop and pay later, but there were several unpaid bills when the store was later sold to Ed Nault.