Dick Weber:  

Life I grew up at 14081 Strathmoor with a great group of kids during the 40's and 50's when our houses were always open, as a matter of fact it wasn't until 1953 that I ever had a key to our front door. There are still fond memories of Mason's TastyCreme, the Cardinal Barbershop, Witt's Texaco and Farm Maid's Soda Fountain. What would life have been like if we hadn't also had Mahoney's Bakery, Sam's Drugs and the little C.F. Smith grocery store on Fenkell. Those days also had wonderful purveyors of things to your house like the Fuller Brush man, Pete Ruegolo the produce man, The Good Humor Man, Awrey Bakery, Sander's Bakery, Mills Bakery, Farm Maid (and other) dairy companies, Cook Coffee Company and the Jewell Tea Company. What ever happened to the good life? Both Grade School and High School Days were good ones, even if they were sprinkled with hard times and personal traumas. College found me at Wayne State, Ferris State and Indiana University's Graduate School. Those were the great days of communes, Ben Spock and Angela Davis to name a few. We saw music evolve from the Big Bands into early Rock and Roll and radio emerge into the visual spectrum of television. Neighborhood theaters were safe to walk to and the screens seemed enormous until we got to experience Cinerama and the big screens of the Fox and United Artists Theaters downtown. I remember the Fenkell Avenue electric Streetcar that ended at Snowden? and the old Ford buses with the alcohol button used for starting them in cold weather. Detroit was a wonderful city to grow up in during school days and I have nothing but fond memories of it. I have been in many professions and lines of work in my life including being a pharmacists apprentice, janitor, sound engineer, radio dj, audio-visual technician, teacher, manufacturer, innkeeper, real estate salesman and all around community volunteer. Looking back I probably wouldn't change a thing except for perhaps being more outgoing. I have now settled onto a 25 acre parcel of land along a desert creek in south central New Mexico as my retirement spot. Blessings to all of you still around, you are always welcome in Seventh Heaven. If you'd like to see pictures of my new home and projects, you can log onto seventhheavenranch.net Hope to hear from all...Expand for more