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Mitchell Heinrichs

Hi William Have a nice trip it should be good timeing as we recieved 5inches Sunday but the band of snow was limited to our town and only 20 miles north and south wonderful . I know I remember some very slight association with Rank and Son dealership but a distant relatiive . We had several partys at the Golden Lion hotel on Hwy 41 next to the old star light theater another relation of Barbs. We had some good times.

Jim Cejka

OK Garry and golfers - I'm sitting here watching the Valspar golf thing and in the last 15 minutes, only one guy has put his shot in the fairway. They're landing behind the trees, into the crowds, from tree to tree. That's how my golf game was, I can do that. I live between two golf country clubs. Maybe I should pick up the clubs again, and invite the TV folks. 

Jim Cejka

You mean all those dimes I spent on the Saturday matinees at the Ritz weren't enough to keep it going for posterity?

Terri Levenhagen (Hoornstra)

 I love to see these historic buildings restored, especially ones that get the neighborhood (and beyond) together for fun and entertainment. Way to go, Milwaukee (if you can do this, that is!) I've seen so many neighborhoods in other cities I've lived in cherished for their historical value and restored. If Milwaukee wants to be a city people want to visit, they have a lot of makeup work to do.

Kenneth Pallaske

Hi, Everyone.

Hope all is well with all  of you. I enjoy reading your comments, even though I am very poor at responding. 

Winter doesn't seem to waant to let go of Michign this year. My brothers are planing our anual reunion.....this year it will be in Branson, MO. I am planning on attending our 60th reunion.

Be safe and healthy my friends. God bless you.

William Nelson

I do remember the Ritz Theater well, because I passed it twice a day when walking to and from CHS. It was well after I graduated before I ever set foot in it though. My dad didn't like going to theaters. For much of the year, we were at our cottage in the little town of Tustin every weekend. He was also one of the early adopters of TV. We got a 7" B&W RCA in 1948, a week before WTMJ-TV (then channel 3) went on the air. There was a test pattern during daylight hours and the National Anthem came on with a flag around 9 PM. He bought the 2nd TV Niss Furniture sold. When it needed service, they had to bring a guy in from New Jersey! Dad actually found the problem himself. A squirrel had gotten into the attic and chewed the antenna twin lead in two. They replaced the twin lead and it worked fine again. 

My one and only entrance into the theater came at least a year after I'd graduated and was already married. I don't even remember the movie that played, but I do remember buying some Raisinettes to snack on. They tasted wierd, so I took them to the back, under the light, and discovered they were moldy. Never wanted to go back there again. 

The only time we attended a movie with my parents was when "Mary Poppins" opened at the theater in Capitol Court. Dad liked Julie Andrews and we all liked Dick Van Dyke, so he treated.

Back when my brother was still attending CHS (class of '59) we piled into a station wagon full of guys from the stage crew and went to an outdoor theater on Bluemound to see "The Tender Trap" and "The Courtship of Eddie's Father." That was the first time either of us actually paid to watch a movie. The feeling lingers; it's been a couple of years since we last attended a movie. We hardly ever watch TV anymore. We've got plenty to keep us busy outside and, if the weather is bad, I'd rather be at the computer. We did go to a theater in nearby Ruston, LA for our anniversary last week, but it was to see a live performance of "Father of the Bride" which we both enjoyed.

Garry Sellers

Okay – I’ve found the ultimate affront to our advancing age!  Take a couple of minutes to look at this 75 year old woman dancing with her grandson.  It’s embarrassing, it’s humiliating.  She should learn that at some point it’s time to quit trying to act young.  Take a couple minutes to watch the act at The World’s Got Talent show.  She should not have been allowed to perform.   She may have set senior rights back decades!!! See what you think.  Click on the YouTube player and enlarge:

Terri Levenhagen (Hoornstra)

Wow, Garry! I was watching this, sitting on my backside, resting after the exhausting labor of cleaning up after lunch - and putting off doing my exercises, thinking "Why bother?" Now where did I put those weights?

Garry Sellers

Here's some more about Milwaukee's history, from, appropriately enough, the History Channel.  For those who haven't watched "The Food That Built America - A Cold One", this is a fascinating account of the beer wars between Joseph Schlitz and Captain Fredrick Pabst.  The names, of course, are familiar to all of us but how they became the beers that "... made Milwaukee famous" and "the Blue Ribbon beer" I'd never heard before.  And to think at one point in time I thought it was my personal duty to assure their continued success. 

This link may take a little while to load and sometimes the volume is muted.   I hope you know how to "unmute" the streaming video.  It also contains ads which I don't think you can fast forward through.  Give it a try if you're curious. 

https://play.history.com/shows/the-food-that-built-america/season-3/episode-2

Jim Cejka

Now they tell us - 

I just read that a group from MIT, after much research and experimentation, have determined that it is physically impossible to twist an Oreo (with any type filling) apart and end up with equal amounts of center goo on each half. 

Nancy Davison (Boerger)

Ice fishing? I'm just on my way out the door to plant rosemary, dill, basil, fennel, etc. Waited for it to cool down - four in the afternoon, and it's 82 degrees. We put the boat lift cover on this morning before the sun got too high. Three days ago the docks went into the lake, uncovering the last remaining pile of snow at the edge of the woods. Forecast for Tuesday night  is 38 degrees. We are all over the map.

Lauren Dieterich

I'm still in Bullhead City, AZ at least for 10 more days. Going back to Portland, MI 20 miles East of Lansing. It was 62 when I got up this morning, Milwaukee was 73. The big difference is: Milwaukee's high ie supposed to be 79. Bullhead's high is supposed to be a 103. In 6 more weeks Bullhead's high will be in the 120's; for 2 1/2 months. Enough is enough. We didn't mind quite so much when we came here, 11 years ago. You do the same thing when it's real hot, thay you do when it's below freeazng; you don't go out. We're not going to miss the 7 casinos across the river, either. We quit doing that several years ago. Now, all we have to do is get to Michigan. I'm not looking forward to 4 days driving a U-haul truck, pulling a car on a trailer.

William Nelson

Lauren,

Travel safely! We don't envy your trip at all. We made a 6-day round trip several weeks ago to Hudson, WI to attend my brother-in-law's funeral. It was the two of us in our Impala, but it was stressful, with fog, snow, and some icy patches along the way. Had to detour around a 40+car pileup in Missouri. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate while you're en route. 

Jim Cejka

Garry - Hang in there. The fires will be warming you up pretty soon.

Lauren - drive carefully. I did the U-Haul thing across and up and down the country enough times, so when we moved from CA to SC 2 years ago, we did the U-Box thing. They're small, ground level, easy to load, and, you can load them at your convience. You don't have to rush to load everything because the truck rental clock is running. You fill one up and go get another when you're ready, either tow one yourself, or they'll bring one to you. I could handle that. They store them for you and when you're ready, they ship them to your destination. You get to take a nice cross country drive then in your family car, sightsee on the way. When you've arrived and are set, they deliver them to your new house. (For a few extra bucks, you can get a crew to unload them too.) Worked out great, and it wasn't that much more expensive than renting the truck, gas, and all. There's nothing less fun than traumatizing your posterior musculature loading a truck in two days, driving some thousands of miles, and then unloading it. The whole thing made our moving experience to SC, aside from a tornado or two in Oklahoma, far more relaxing and almost enjoyable. Have fun.

Jeanne Zinser (Gottschalk)

Barbara Blair (Brenzel)

Good one Jeanne!

Garry Sellers

It's the time of year to remember our fallen heroes ... not our fallen children and teachers.  I just don't think I can take this anymore!  Sorry for the downer.

Jeanne Zinser (Gottschalk)

Garry, 

No need for any apologies. You're only saying what we're ALL feeling. 

Jim Cejka

Check "The Onion" web page for today  (5/25) - 

https://www.theonion.com

In the past, they have posted the same one headline after each incident. Today took the cake for them too.

Nancy Davison (Boerger)

Thanks, Jim. Beto got it between the eyes yesterday when he was accused of making the issue "political". Well, it IS political. And moral. Hopefully, the short memory of the voting public can hold this thought until November.

Jim Cejka

Garry Sellers

Jim - Your homophoNic post got me to thinking ... which is a dangerous thing.  Do you suppose that after math teachers like Mrs. Schoeneich retire they have to deal with the aftermath?

Jim Cejka

Garry,

That would depend on whether math teachers have a conscience. We have to be careful here, because we have retired teachers in the audience. We also had people who went on to use math, engineers, rocket scientists, numbers people.

My math teachers, regarding me, would probably have a clear conscience - "lost cause, not my fault." Math wasn't my subject, I went over the deep end after geometry. Of course, English. any Science, Gym, any Shop, History, weren't my subjects either. 

I did get good grades in Latin and Band but, growing up, there wasn't a big demand for a bassoon playing priest.

Terri Levenhagen (Hoornstra)

Sure, we teachers are good at teaching cool things like homophones and even alliteration, but I think in the light of recent events, the curriculum needs to be re-prioritized to teach students how to distinguish truth from lies, and to recognize propaganda when they see it!

Marian Schopp (Bringe)

Amen Teri.  😁