Got to thinking about the North Woods boy scout camp in Michigan. The camp was actually owned by the Rockford Illinois boy scouts. I am not sure all the legal and ownerships, so I will say little about them. To get there […]
Back in the day when I was manager of sales and service, I had three sales managers reporting to me. New England, East Coast and the Midwest. The rest of the United States and Cananda belongs to me. Each sales manager was […]
In my days as the service manager, I travelled pretty much the Midwest the East Coast and all of Canada. I would take care of customer problems with our product and teach service schools and help with their trade shows. I met […]
My son Dan played hockey with Rockford Hockey Club from the time he was six years old until he left for college. He was a skilled player and was even invited to the Olympic tryouts. It was at Franklin Park rink in […]
The year I was coaching midget hockey in the Rockford Hockey club I had a pretty good team. Midgets were fifteen and sixteen year olds. The nicest advantage of coaching midgets was many of them had drivers’ licenses and drove to practices. […]
In 1999 a group of Beloiters plus Martha decided they should do something about honoring Roy Chapman Andrews. He was born in Beloit Wisconsin, graduated from Beloit college and started his career for a museum in New York. He had an interesting […]
On one of my dad’s trips to the junkyard to find something to fix, he brought home a horizontal shaft Briggs and Stratton motor. It didn’t run, he brought it home for my brother and I to mess around with and possibly […]
I don’t remember what age my brother Bob and I were when our dad took us fishing. It was quite young, and we used cane poles for equipment. I remember we went to Garvin Park, which was also the home to Bosse […]
When Martha was working in Beloit Wisconsin, we belonged to the Country club of Beloit. It was an amazing facility with all the amenities, but at level that wasn’t pretentious. since that time Diane Hendricks of ABC Supply has done a lot […]
Many people who knew Martha and me, probably thought I was verbally dominant because I did most of the talking. Some would probably think it was my way of covering up my shyness. I have no idea. However, I can tell you […]