Who’s Your Daddy?

(author unknown) A seminary professor was vacationing with his wife in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. One morning, they were eating breakfast at a little restaurant, hoping to enjoy a quiet, family meal. While they were waiting for their food, they noticed a distinguished looking, white-haired man moving from table to table, visiting with the guests. The professor …

The Signal Oil Limericks on “The Whistler”

The Whistler was an American radio mystery drama which ran from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955, on the west-coast regional CBS Radio network. For many of those years, it was sponsored by the Signal Oil Company.On June 19, 1949, Signal began featuring limericks in their Whistler advertisements. Listeners enjoyed these so much that …

USS Midway Chocolate Chip Cookies

(from the kitchen of the USS Midway, 1945) 1 lb. butter, cream well. 2 cups granulated sugar & 2 cups brown sugar: add both to butter and cream together. 2 eggs, 2 tsp. vanilla: add both to mixture. 2 tsp. baking soda, 1.5 tsp. salt, 4 cups and 8 tbs. flour: combine these and then …

Definitions of Michigan Places with Native American Names

Ahmeek: "beaver"Cheboygan: "sewing needle" or “a place of ore"Chesaning: "big rock place"Cohoctah: "many trees in water"Dowagiac: "fishing waters"Escanaba: "land of the red buck" or "flat rock"Genesee: "beautiful valley"Gogebic: "water-mold lake"Ishpeming: "on air"Juniata: "standing rock"Kawkawlin: "place of pike fish"Kenockee: "long-legged"Keweenaw: "portage" or "where portage is made"Mackinac: "great turtle"Manistee: “river with islands at its mouth"Manistique: "vermillion" or …

For Such a Time as This

(by Alex Cravens) Don’t feel sorry for or fear for your kids/grandkids because the world they are going to grow up in is not what it used to be. God created them and called them for the exact moment in time that they’re in. Their life wasn’t a coincidence or an accident. Raise them up …

The Photo

(author unknown) My husband never really talked a lot about his time in Vietnam, other than mentioning he had been shot by a sniper. However, he had a rather grainy, 8x10 black and white photo he had taken at a USO show of Ann-Margret with Bob Hope in the background that was one of his …

The Desks

In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at Joe T. Robinson High School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks …

Vernors Ginger Ale

One of the nation’s oldest soft drinks, Vernors Ginger Ale was first served to the public in 1866. The drink was created by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor, a well-respected pharmacist with a reputation for meticulous care with his prescriptions. Like most pharmacists of his time, Dr. Vernor also ran a soda fountain adjacent to his …

Michigan Facts

Detroit is known as the car capital of the world. Alpena is the home of the world's largest cement plant. Rogers City boasts the world's largest limestone quarry. Elsie is the home of the world's largest registered Holstein dairy herd. Michigan is first in the United States production of peat and magnesium compounds and second …

Second Impeachment Vote Remarks

(By Mitt Romney, United States Senator) Once again, I have listened to the arguments of the respective counsel, studied briefs, and weighed evidence in an impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. This is not a responsibility I sought or expected. I certainly did not anticipate having to serve a second time as a Senator-juror in …