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Bob Dove

Loved DQ, but eventually gravitated towards Cock Robin. Where else could you get ice cream in cubes?

Thomas L. Bakos

Yes, I remember Dick Biondi - WLS.  Pre-music streaming, way pre-!  We are trying to get over how fast our grandchildren are growing and you have put it ll in perspective with the passing of a young high school student's legend.  I paid $35 for a portable trnsister radio so I could listen to WLS on my walks to the Dairy Queen.  Pretty soon, all we will have is memories.  Better than nothing, I guess.  

Mark Wieting

With the passing of AM radio in automobiles [if not right now, eventually], I remember trying to get faraway radio stations late at night, partly to extend my bedtime "illegally" and partly to be thrilled with hearing something between 890 and 1000 on the dial: Denver! Pittsburgh! Cleveland! Or maybe between 670 and 780: Memphis! Indianapolis! St. Louis! Reception improved if there was widespread cloud cover between there and here. Still not sure how that works. Maybe Bob D can enlighten us all.

But, truly, it was a much simpler time.

Lawrence Wayne Price

Mark, I did the same thing at night, mostly weekends. I could listen to radio stations anywhere in north america. At night, AM radio waves would bounce off the ionosphere, but it was very unstable, a station would come in very clear but in a few minutes it would fade away....

Bob Dove

As Larry says (hi Larry), radio wave propagation can travel or skip long distances by bouncing off the ionosphere. This long-distance transmission was greatly enhanced in 1941 with the creation of clear channel radio stations. At night, many lower power stations were required to go off the air. This cleared the way for designated clear channel stations to significantly raise their transmitter power, enabling them to have much greater reach. More from Wikipedia:  

Bob Dove

BTW Mark, at least three of the frequencies you mentioned, WMAQ, WGN, and WLS, were clear channel stations. If he were still with us, classmate Don Geiger would be able to expound at length on this topic. He was an amateur ham radio operator, and for many years, Engineer-in-Charge of the WTTW transmitter atop "Sears Tower."

Thomas L. Bakos

Mary Lou Schmidt (Brunner)

Hi Fellow Classmates,

We received some sad news last night. We have found out that our daughter-in-law Kristyn has breast cancer. Please keep our son Doug, Kristyn, their two boys and 3 grandchildren in your prayers.  She will be having a biopsy Friday afternoon and we'll see what the next step will be.  The ironic part is that she has been an x-ray tech for over 30 years-most of those years doing mamograms.  She has always insisted that both her mom and I have yearly mamograms. Unfortunately she waited for over 1 1/2 years to get hers.  Kristyn's dad also has dementia, is  rapidly getting worse. Her mom has several health issues also. Unfortunately, they refuse to sell their home and move into a life care facility.

Mark Wieting

Sorry to hear this, Mary Lou. I'll hope for the best for you and your family.

I was going to post something funny about getting older but this makes me pause--many life circumstances are way too serious for jokes.

Mary Lou Schmidt (Brunner)

Thank you Mark.

Thomas L. Bakos

That, of course, is not something any one of us would want to have to deal with, but, there will always be something. 

I suggest that, fortunately, we, live in an era in which medicine has advanced to a point that we can reasonably hope cancers can be effectively addressed to minimize more serious health risks that would occur without treatment. 

I hope there is no discovery of complications that will make that cancer worse. 

Kerrin Anne Kinsey (Sgourakis)

Mary Lou.  I am so sorry to hear this.  I am a breast cancer survivor.  I had Stage 3a breast cancer.  Went through mastectomy, chemo and radiation, 5 years of Tamoxafin, 5 years of Femara.  I am now a 22 1/2 year survivor.  I will remember your daughter-in-law and all of the family in my prayers.  When I walk every morning, I always do my rememberances and say the rosary.  Kerrin (Kinsey) Sgourakis 

Mary Lou Schmidt (Brunner)

Thanks Tom and Karen. I appreciate the thoughts and prayers. We will know sometime Wednesday what the next step will be.

Ethel (Jean) Snyder (Riskus)

I am so sorry Mary Lou.  She and the family are in my prayers.  Please keep us updated.

Mary Lou Schmidt (Brunner)

Thanks Jean. The biopsy has been done and we will know Wednesday what the next step will be.

Don Comfort

I didn't see your original message, but I understand what your family is going through.  Our prayers are with you and your family. God Bless.

Patti and Don

Mary Lou Schmidt (Brunner)

Thank you Don. I appreciate your prayers. We will know more about the net step by the ed of the week.

Mark Wieting

There have been numerous mentions of the beloved Dairy Queen at Main and Maple. With forewarning that last night was to be the first of August's two "Super Moons," I headed there to take a photo. With my camera and tripod, I camped out across the street, directly in front of the Maple Street Chapel, previously First Church of Lombard. I looked for the moon directly east of my position and saw nothing until it was quite dark. Then I noticed something well toward the south of the building: the moon wasn't where I expected it to be at all. So I ran across Maple to the northwest corner so I could show you 'Your" Dairy Queen plus Super Moon. Here's your photo:

Bob Dove

Super moon,

Soft serve swoon.

Super shot!

Thanks a lot.

Mark Wieting

Thanks, Bob. That is a Dovely poem.

William Gibson Heller

Thanks, Mark, I don't stay up that late much!

Linda Louise Crissey (Cotten)

Inspired by Mark and Bob and René Magritte, I add....

This is not a dilly bar.  This is a super moon at the Dairy Queen.

Mark Wieting

Linda, ceci n'est pas une pipe ou un bar de Dilly!

Nor is it a Bob Dove bar either!

Bob Dove

Well, like a pipe, the Dilly has a stem. Et à la Magritte, this bar can only be appreciated visually. Once enjoyed, a Dilly bar is gone. But the Super Moon will return!

Diane Lynn Cass (Elder)

A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Judy Reinking     Hope that your special day is lovely!