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Saturday, September 26, 2015

#33 - Interrupted Tête–à–tête

Before I begin this post--a continuation of my story--I must admit to making a mistake in the last two posts. My Kansas City Sis read those posts today and immediately let me know in no uncertain terms that Dad's first girlfriend in Detroit was named Sadie, not Sophie. Of course, I must have had a... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 25, 2015

#32 - Rose

Slim walked down Woodward Avenue past Campus Martius and the Detroit Opera House without seeing much of anything. He almost collided with a nicely dressed couple before he realized that his mind was a million miles away from life on the main street of downtown Detroit. He had planned a really nice... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

#31 - Sadie

The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903, the year Hursel was born. By 1918, half of all cars in the U.S. were the Ford Model T's. The integrated moving assembly line had changed the time it took to make one completed car from 12.5 hours to 1.5 hours and greatly lowered the price of a new... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

# 30 - The End of Antlers

The year that Ollie cried over Hursel's picture, Ben started thinking seriously about, and planning for, moving the family to Atoka. Hursel had been gone for four years. He was nearly twenty now. Ben had lost heart for Ben's Cafe. It just wasn't the same there without Hursy. It wasn't any fun... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

#29 - The Freemason

It took every bit of the ten years that Hursy had been gone from home for Ben to admit to himself (never to Ollie) that it might have been a wee bit his fault that his son had run away from home. Ben was a proud man. He was a hard worker at anything he undertook. He was proud of his family heritage... Sign in to see full entry.

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