Kinsingers give Char-Le Apartments a facelift

The Char-Le Apartments near the Cougar Food Mart has recently been freshened up, giving a new look to a building with an interesting history.

The building was constructed in 1937 on Main Street at the current site of the Cougar Food Mart. It was purchased in 1944 by veterinarian Dr. Charles Hayward and his new bride Letia McGuire Hayward. According to an account from an interview with Letia, the bank was hesitant to extend a loan, because a veterinarian had never been successful in Colfax. The Haywards lived in one half of the building and conducted the veterinarian practice in the other half....