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Bart Beck

Stories From the Life of LeBart Eugene Beck - 1910 to 2002

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Favorite Links

  • The official site for the city of Three Rivers, Michigan
  • The Three Rivers Public Library site.
  • Marcellus, Michigan
  • Bart Beck’s son Jim grows Christmas Trees in Patchen, California.
  • INTRODUCTION
    • MY FIRST COMPUTER
    • SLOW PROGRESS & THE REA
    • LUCKY OLD MAN
  • ON THE FARM
    • MY BIG NOSE
    • MY FIRST BICYCLE
    • MY FIRST AIRPLANE
    • OUR FIRST CAR
    • OUR CALVES
    • EARLY INVENTOR
    • WORLD WAR I
    • SLEIGH RIDES
    • TIE SHEDS & HOPPING BOBS
    • COUNTRY LIVING
    • LAUNDRY
    • MARCELLUS ELECTRIC
    • ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
    • SIDE ARM HEATER
    • BULLHEADS
    • GRANDFATHER BECK
    • GRANDMOTHER BECK
    • GRANDFATHER PATTERSON
    • GRANDMOTHER PATTERSON
  • THE 1920s
    • OLD RADIOS
    • HOME BREW
    • RADIO AND TV
    • THE PAPER BOY
    • HORSE RADISH & BIG PAY DAYS
    • THE MUTINY
    • ODD JOBS
    • WHEEL SCRAPER
    • BLUE PRINTS
    • RAILROAD DIVISION
    • HARVESTING GRAIN
    • PLANTING CORN
    • HARVESTING THE CORN
    • MUCHO HOMBRE
    • THE MODEL “T” FORD
      • STARTING A MODEL “T”
      • WHAT MADE IT GO
      • TIRES
    • FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER
    • DITCH JUMPERS
  • THREE RIVERS IN THE 20s
    • MAIN STREET
    • MOM AND POP STORES
    • OTHER BUSINESSES
    • THE STRAWBERRY FARM
    • THE HOFFMAN POND
    • SWIMMING HOLES
    • THE WARDS
    • INDUSTRY
    • RAILROADS
  • WHEN THREE RIVERS WAS 150 YEARS OLD
    • DR. SCIDMORE
    • STREETS OF THE CITY
    • THE GRANGE
    • THE FIRE WHISTLE
  • THE 1930s
    • THE OLD MILL
    • BABY DUCKS
    • THE DEPRESSION
    • HOLIDAYS
    • SALAD DRESSING
    • DEPRESSION JOBS
    • HAY
    • OLD QUEEN
    • THE WHIPPET
    • MUNK’S MODEL “T”
    • ELWIN’S BIG MOMENT
  • OUR MOVE TO NORTH CAROLINA
    • JUST A NICE LITTLE TOWN
    • RICH IN HISTORY
    • THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
    • OLD BUCK
  • NORTH CAROLINA PULP COMPANY
    • THE POWER PLANT
    • THE PROCESS
    • THE BOILER ROOM
    • THE TURBINE ROOM
    • STARTING UP A COLD PLANT
    • THE EXPANSION
    • THE PARSONS TURBINE
    • THE WESTINGHOUSE TURBINE
    • SOUTHERN CHARACTERS
      • THE NORMANS
      • HOPE HARRISON
      • FOGGED IN ON HIGHWAY 64
      • ERNEST SUMNER
      • BEATER ROOM OILER
      • PHONE’S RINGING
    • HAROLD KLINE’S CIDER
    • FRIENDS?
    • MAKING PAPER
    • INCOME TAX
    • THEN I QUIT
  • MUTUAL BOILER INSURANCE COMPANY
    • AL KANE
    • THE INSURANCE INSPECTOR
    • THE PISTON RINGS
    • THE BOILER X-RAY
    • THE CHICAGO SPEECH
    • PARIS ILLINOIS
    • WEST VIRGINIA PULP AND PAPER
    • BUCK SLOAN
    • THE WAR RATIONING BOARD
    • TRAINEES
    • THE METER BYPASS
    • CINCINNATI BEER
  • ROCKY RIVER PAPER COMPANY
  • CLIFTON ENGINEERING COMPANY
    • OUR WORK
    • NORTHER MICHIGAN JOBS
      • ONAWAY
      • A REAL GOOD JOB
      • MUD-MUD-MUD
      • CLIFF SWEAT
      • STUPID ME
      • SETTING POLES
      • “WHITEY” DAVENPORT
      • WHAT NEXT
      • ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
      • FALSE ECONOMY
      • TAX DOLLARS AT WORK?
      • THE WEATHER PROPHET
      • THE SAC AIR PATROL
      • THE PAT HUNT
    • THE CAMP
      • US “INGINEERS”
      • THE PADRE
      • THE ROCKET LAUNCHER
      • CRAIG LAKE
      • SAM
    • CAPE CANAVERAL
      • THE REDSTONE ROCKET
      • THE SMALLER MISSILES
      • THE ESCORTS
      • OUR SUMMER IN FLORIDA
      • MULLET JUMPING
      • THE “AS BUILT” DRAWINGS
      • BACK TO THREE RIVERS
    • THE NUN ENGINEER
    • THE NEGOTIATOR
    • SAM (AGAIN)
    • MOBILE PHONES
    • GOOD OLD GEORGE
    • ANOTHER NEGOTIATOR
    • EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
    • HOW TO GET ATTENTION
    • SOFT HEARTED
    • SOFT HEARTED AGAIN?
    • THE LAST ONE ON SAM
  • HORSEPOWER & KILOWATTS
    • THE STATIONARY GASOLINE ENGINE
    • THE CORLISS ENGINE
    • THE UNIFLOW STEAM ENGINE
  • AT HOME AT THE LAKE
    • OUR LAKE HOME
    • OUR BOYS
    • HAWK JUNCTION
    • HAWK JUNCTION CAMPGROUND
  • CHARACTERS I HAVE KNOWN
    • THE LITTLE RASCALS
    • DODGE COUPE UP IN THE AIR
    • FLINT SEDAN
    • FRESH CIDER
    • HARRY SHIVELY
    • FISHER LAKE TAVERN
    • WALTER DARR
    • HENRY COLLINS
    • THE ROVER BOYS
    • THE BRIGHT GREEN RUG
    • BEER AND BEANS
    • THE BATH
    • THE INVENTOR
    • JOHNNY
    • THE CLOWN
    • EARL MATNEY
    • ANSWERING MACHINE
  • A FEW GOOD STORIES
    • CLARK BECK & JOE FITCH
    • THE GOOSE HUNT
    • DYNAMITING FISH
    • THE HAM BONE
    • MORE BIG ONES
  • TRAVELS WITH THE BECKS
    • OUR FIRST LONG TRIP
    • SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY
    • OUR EARLY VACATIONS
    • WHILE IN OHIO
    • THE HILTON
    • HIGHWAY PATROL
    • THE RIP OFF
    • JUNCTION TEXAS
    • THE BAD “U” JOINT
    • BACK TO NORTH CAROLINA
    • LAKE SUPERIOR
    • NOVA SCOTIA
    • FIRST CALIFORNIA TRIP
    • BENNEY AND LOLA
    • OUR FIRST WINTER OF TRAVEL
    • ANOTHER CALIFORNIA WINTER
    • THE YELLOWSTONE TRAILER
    • TRAVELS WITH THE ADELMANS
    • LOUISE’S HEART ATTACK
    • POINTS OF INTEREST
    • OVER SEAS
    • OUR SEA CRUISE
  • IDEAS AND OPINIONS
    • Test
    • THE EXPERT
    • THE FOOD WE EAT
    • KICK IT
    • COD FISH GRAVY
    • SKATE BOARDS
    • HOT STUFF
    • IT DIDN’T FIT
    • WHO’S WHO IN YOUR FAMILY
    • SEARS CATALOG
    • THE MICROWAVE OVEN
    • HAVE YOU NOTICED?
    • A LITTLE MIXED UP
    • MORE GOOD OLD DAYS
    • WHO ARE WE?
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