Do You Have the Time?

The first Thanksgiving is believed to have taken place November 1621. My first Thanksgiving was slightly later. I think most people enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanksgiving is a day that all people can enjoy and celebrate. The day has parades, football and turkey. It kicks off the holiday season. The day says another year is winding down. The new year is on the way and everyone hopes it will bring good things. In the 1950's I remember my father taking me downtown for the

I am having dinner recently with a couple of neighbors. We are about the same age and grew up in the same parts of Detroit. We begin to talk about the movie theatres we went to as kids. The first one we remember attending when we were very young in the early 1950's was The Dexter Theater. The show was located at 11618 Dexter Detroit, Michigan. The theater was opened in 1926. It had 1226 seats. I remember seeing The Creature From The Black Lagoon on a Saturday afternoon. It wa

Daylight savings time. We turned the clocks back one hour this past weekend. This was an idea that started in the late 1890's. Someone decided this would save fuel and that people would enjoy an extra hour of sunlight certain times of the year. Move the clocks ahead in the spring and move them back one hour in the fall. Surveys show that most people find the time change annoying and tiring. People don't seem to care about the benefits of time change and would like to see it e