Shopping in Jonesville is the perfect activity for a Saturday afternoon while walking off your ice cream from The Udder Side. 

The local shops welcome customers with warm greetings, displaying everything from trendy home essentials to Carhartt overalls. 

At Powers Clothing, several members of the Pope family will greet you. The Popes have kept the store running since their ancestors started it in 1890. David and Sara Pope run the store along with their children Jim Pope and Marcy Boone. Sara Sauber, a grandchild and member of the Pope family’s sixth generation, also works there. 

“We are kind of an anomaly,” David said. “We are an old-fashioned store. We carry everything from suits down to work clothes.”

According to David Pope, Powers Clothing is also the oldest Carhartt dealer in the U.S.

The shop also serves various needs for Hillsdale College. It provides uniforms for the college maintenance staff, and they also dress the senior football players in tuxedos for the football senior banquet free of charge. 

Powers said he sells everything from wool vests to suits at reasonable prices. 

A full suit can run as low as $160. While large department stores offer sales like “buy one get one free,” David said he sells everything for the same low price all year round. 

Powers is open 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, and it’s open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. 

Vintage 720 is a home goods store that Ronda Tulloch manages. Tulloch said she chooses items to sell at the store that she could envision in her own home. The store will reopen for the season on April 4, with its hours of operation being 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. The store is open regularly throughout the year at these times between April and December. 

“The products that I sell are in the realm of unique home decor and higher-end personal care products,” Tulloch said. “There are many one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture that I have repurposed and some that are still in their original condition. These include tables, chairs, sofas, nightstands, and lamps.”

Vintage 720’s tagline is “love your home.” The store sells cards, journals, and teas as well as  candles and homemade soaps. 

“I love it when one of our guests buys something and then sends me a picture of what they did with it,” Tulloch said. “I truly want to inspire people to make everything in their home beautiful.”