tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.comments2023-10-31T14:01:24.808-04:00The Family TreethymeBecke Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comBlogger243125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-2488993214252964272023-10-31T14:01:24.808-04:002023-10-31T14:01:24.808-04:00Happy Halloween 👻 Happy Halloween 👻 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-67854001156428858922023-10-14T19:45:05.476-04:002023-10-14T19:45:05.476-04:00Pam? It's taken me a year to update this blog ...Pam? It's taken me a year to update this blog and to see your comment. Of course I remember you! Connie just moved back to Illinois last year after years in Texas and Wisconsin. Hope you're doing well!Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-83188584762538696302022-08-16T22:14:44.901-04:002022-08-16T22:14:44.901-04:00Small world....somehow I thought about the Ben Fra...Small world....somehow I thought about the Ben Franklin I used to go to with my grandma when I was very small....I googled Ben Franklin Elk Grove to see if I could find a picture or two and came upon this page. I scrolled a tiny bit in the comments and was juuuuuust about to give up until I saw Connie Villars! <br />Connie was one of my Mom's best friends...I'm sure you know her (and me for that matter), Pam Ellis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-39213008932017127982022-03-16T05:48:16.381-04:002022-03-16T05:48:16.381-04:00Wow, I missed a lot of these comments. Sorry! I no...Wow, I missed a lot of these comments. Sorry! I noticed I said this store was in Goshen and Bethel. Both of those towns are close to each other and I'm not actually sure which is correct. I wonder if that Ben Franklin is still there?Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-32320469868633757972022-01-01T14:51:26.084-05:002022-01-01T14:51:26.084-05:00Becke reading this is like sitting and listening t...Becke reading this is like sitting and listening to your delightful stories I going to sample some of these myself thank you gma CathyGma Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11509740460613029511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-31762362998885059192021-09-11T20:14:34.684-04:002021-09-11T20:14:34.684-04:00Sorry I meant 1958Sorry I meant 1958Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352545880682358340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-54377089234904502252021-09-11T20:13:55.899-04:002021-09-11T20:13:55.899-04:00My first job was at Ben Franklin. I was in the fir...My first job was at Ben Franklin. I was in the first 5th grade graduation class from Rupley school. My family moved to Elk Grove Village on February 2, 1948. <br />John MaherasAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10352545880682358340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-46111178077877042202021-02-05T17:43:19.578-05:002021-02-05T17:43:19.578-05:00OMG I forgot all about that baseball machine but w...OMG I forgot all about that baseball machine but when you mentioned it, it came back like a flash!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455991424960702785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-43180745963114001282020-10-23T13:36:29.466-04:002020-10-23T13:36:29.466-04:00I know rightI know rightAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-47651535341539518392020-10-23T13:35:32.795-04:002020-10-23T13:35:32.795-04:00Wow super cool.Wow super cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-43485253841111426722020-09-13T21:27:05.942-04:002020-09-13T21:27:05.942-04:00Does anyone remember Audrey at Ben Franklin? She w...Does anyone remember Audrey at Ben Franklin? She was great with the kids and was definitely a memorable part growing up in Elk grove village. My mom had us ride our bikes at 6:00 a.m for hot bread and pastries from Jarosh bakery. The IGA grocery store. The drugstore at the end of strip mall, I forgot the name. Wow what a flash back. Rupley school was a block from our house. I graduated high school in 1973. Thanks for the memories...oh and the biggest snow storm EVERSue Pernohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04525850938164679390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-89312917207121758132020-04-05T04:53:35.881-04:002020-04-05T04:53:35.881-04:00I went to Rupley!I loved that baseball machine at ...I went to Rupley!I loved that baseball machine at the Ben Franklin,sno cones in the summer time! All the people that worked there and also the IGA,Bakery and Drug store were all like family.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17705579368993193120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-27421362872127741302020-01-13T21:54:27.148-05:002020-01-13T21:54:27.148-05:00SUCH a treasure trove! My mom threw away all my Be...SUCH a treasure trove! My mom threw away all my Beatle stuff.Hank Phillippi Ryanhttp://www.hankphillippiryan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-84963930677668863112015-08-29T14:19:50.605-04:002015-08-29T14:19:50.605-04:00Mary - I always think of that old song, "Make...Mary - I always think of that old song, "Make new friends and keep the old, one is silver and the other gold." You might be one of my newer friends (wait - we've been friends for how long now? Seven or eight years? I think you count as an "old" friend, too), you'll always be one of my treasured friends!<br />Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-49335425016498918532015-08-26T07:18:14.050-04:002015-08-26T07:18:14.050-04:00Sounds like your "golden days" are memor...Sounds like your "golden days" are memories from the past, but also living in the present and planning for the future. Best wishes for more days of fun and friends. Love ya. marye.ulrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14117135737966931119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-80855008542959881542015-07-12T13:27:35.396-04:002015-07-12T13:27:35.396-04:00Adaline is now coming up to her third birthday, an...Adaline is now coming up to her third birthday, and she STILL stops and points to the place on the wall where the hole used to be. "The hole is fixed now," she reminds us. We miss you, hole in the wall!Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-35367040885110906322015-07-12T13:27:23.465-04:002015-07-12T13:27:23.465-04:00Adaline is now coming up to her third birthday, an...Adaline is now coming up to her third birthday, and she STILL stops and points to the place on the wall where the hole used to be. "The hole is fixed now," she reminds us. We miss you, hole in the wall!Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-41693805095011278912015-06-17T05:20:22.335-04:002015-06-17T05:20:22.335-04:00Very interesting post.Very interesting post.BT email helplinehttp://www.customercarenumber.co.uk/bt-com-change-password-reset-help/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-54528532597248618342015-03-13T00:44:59.358-04:002015-03-13T00:44:59.358-04:00Debbie - If that miracle ever happens, you'll ...Debbie - If that miracle ever happens, you'll be among the very first to know! One of these days I hope to actually meet you IN PERSON! It's on my bucket list! ;-)Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-68315023788588574912015-03-13T00:44:49.618-04:002015-03-13T00:44:49.618-04:00Debbie - If that miracle ever happens, you'll ...Debbie - If that miracle ever happens, you'll be among the very first to know! One of these days I hope to actually meet you IN PERSON! It's on my bucket list! ;-)Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-43229363464748069672015-02-13T15:10:01.954-05:002015-02-13T15:10:01.954-05:00OMG that's what's wrong with me :) LOL I s...OMG that's what's wrong with me :) LOL I skipped crawling and went from barely sitting up to running full speed as my mom likes to say. Becke you're a consummate professional in whatever you do, so I know that sometime in the hopefully near future I'll get a release alert from one of my publishers and I'll say. I knew her when ;)<br />xo<br />love you<br />debThe Reading Frenzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908245479700999445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-86999004102584103072015-01-30T22:37:49.302-05:002015-01-30T22:37:49.302-05:00Kathy - I think I'm going to save these in a t...Kathy - I think I'm going to save these in a treasure box for her!Becke Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05347467350985614111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-36197401849125332812015-01-30T18:51:55.356-05:002015-01-30T18:51:55.356-05:00a little girl after my own heart....<3a little girl after my own heart....<3Kathleen Sara Shattuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07672181043824757491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-46789893051335781082014-12-08T05:06:40.130-05:002014-12-08T05:06:40.130-05:00That’s a correct statement in my views too. What’s...That’s a correct statement in my views too. What’s in the name? A person is identified by his work on a stage regardless of his real. We know so many celebrities with their <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-with-stage-names/celebrity-lists" rel="nofollow">stage names</a> and very few know their real names.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821497762377234854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2076772516994296846.post-75305153988101018512014-12-08T01:37:50.496-05:002014-12-08T01:37:50.496-05:00Thanks for providing famous pseudonyms list of cel...Thanks for providing <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-with-stage-names/celebrity-lists" rel="nofollow">famous pseudonyms</a> list of celebrities who have unique and stylish names. I really appreciate your collection of names and you have spent a lot of time in collecting it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05306206420714531955noreply@blogger.com