Nobody Loves Me Like You was written by the great Sam Cooke. It peaked at #30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went to #23 on R&B/Hip-
Hop chart.
Terry “Buzzy” Johnson (center) and his Flamingos. Terry will be
79 years old on November 12, 2017.
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Zimmerman’s 12-Mile Store was located at 223rd and SE Stark Street.
The 12 mile store opened in 1938 by Carl Zimmerman as a small gas station
and grocery store (top photo). The store soon expanded to 30,000 square
feet with a butcher department, pharmacy and a post office. The building
was demolished in 2005 and replaced with Weston Kia (below).
The corner of 223rd and S.E. Stark St. as it looks today.
Operation is a game of physical skill that tests players’ hand-eye coordination
and fine motor skills. The game’s prototype was invented in 1964 by John
Spinello, a University of Illinois industrial design student at the time, who sold
his rights to the game to Milton Bradley for a sum of $500. Initially produced
by Milton Bradley in 1965, Operation is currently made by Hasbro, with an
estimated franchise worth of $40 million.
John Spinello, inventor of the popular board game Operation.
In 2014, John Spinello, 78, and friends raised over $25,000 for much needed
oral surgery for himself. At last report, he is presently still working.
The original prototype for the board game Operation.
Milk Ad with a young Ron Howard from a 1967 magazine.
