âThe Fenton area lost a local icon Wednesday, April 21 with the death of Robert G. Harris Sr. He was 97 years old.
âHarris, a lifelong resident of Fenton, had authored seven books on Fentonâs history. He also wrote the novel, âMany Come, Few Are Chosen,â about the U.S. Marines.
âHarris graduated from Fenton High School in 1941. He went on to earn his Ph.D. and was the commencement speaker for the FHS Class of 1972. At the time, he was president of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.
âIn a 2019 Times story written by Vera Hogan (retired associate editor), Harris had said with the 150th commencement for FHS coming up in 2022, he would be willing to give a commencement speech again, if the school would have him.
Local Eats: Uncle Ray’s Dairyland in Fenton is ‘second happiest place on earth’ with ice cream galore
Updated Apr 04, 9:41 AM;
Posted Apr 03, 9:00 AM
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FENTON, MI A staple ice cream shop in Fenton prides itself on its quality ice cream and how customers are treated.
Uncle Ray’s Dairyland, 1462 N. Leroy St., in Fenton features 24 various flavors of premium ice cream, ice cream cakes, frozen yogurt pies and shakes.
“In the event that you can’t get to Disneyland, you get to go to Uncle Ray’s Dairyland and then we talk like them - we’re the second happiest place,” Dave Durant, co-owner of the ice cream shop, told MLive-The Flint Journal.