Some New News About Old Stuff.
1. LIBERTY SHIP: Feb. 19th Wilmington Star-News. Dane Fulton's senior project was to make a scale model of a World War II Liberty Ship which he presented to the Hannah Block Historic USO Homefront Museum and will be displayed in the building's lobby.
It represents the SS Virginia Dare, a Liberty Ship built in Wilmington during the war. It is quite an impressive model.
2. STEVE GOODMAN'S POST OFFICE-- The March 17th Chicago Tribune reports that there is an effort underway to name the Lakeview post office at 1343 W. Irving Park Road near Wrigley Field after the singer and songwriter so associated with Chicago.
Mr. Goodman died in 1984 at the age of 34.
He wrote the Cubs fight song "Go Cubs Go," "Lincoln Park Pirates," "A Dying Cubs Fan's Last Request," and "The City of New Orleans."
This would be a very fitting memorial.
3. STUPID BUSINESS MOVE-- The March 23rd List Universe had a list of top ten stupidest ever business decisions. I'm just going to write about one, Quaker Oats' acquisition of Snapple. Mt dad worked most his life for Quaker Oats and really loved that company, but he went ballistic when he found out the company had bought Snapple, saying it would break the company.
It did just that. CEO Smithberg bought Snapple for an overpriced $1.7 billion and then found out the product had to be refrigerated, and Quaker had no refrigerated trucks. After selling off much of the company, Quaker finally unloaded Snapple for $300 million.
Dumb Move, Mr. Smithberg. --Cooter
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