according to the link I posted, the sign was put up in neon in 1947. Just saw that this morning when showing it to my sons. I’m pretty sure that’s the same building, and it has the neon sign on it now too. In the ‘60’s when I was a little girl, we would look for it in the night sky on car rides to cool off in the summer before bed. That was when it was still safe to drive on Saginaw’s East Side at night.
I knew some Clunies growing up, I wonder if they are related to this artist.