Martha and I met at Purdue University. We were both freshmen. I was just out of four years in the Marines, and she was just out of high school. She lived in Duhme Hall, and I lived in the Cary Quadrangle. One […]

I was just 10 years old and don’t remember a lot. but one I do remember is that some new products came out. One of them was Reddi Whip. I guess in the past it always had to be home made for […]

I’ve only had one dog in my life. Shortly after getting married i picked up a newborn pup who was a mixture of beagle and wire hair. Funny, the result looked like a small Australian Pulley. He would eat anything, but particularly […]

As a driver for kids who were a part of the provisional troop, I didn’t have many real duties during the day. I was there to maintain order in their campsite which during the day was empty as they were off partaking […]

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 […]