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Sunday I drove up to Breezy Point Resort for our annual retreat. The weather co-operated and the food was great. One of the cabins that is available is the 11 bedroom Fawcett House. It was Breezy Point Resort’s founder Captain Billy’s personal residence. My mother, Bernice Larson was a nanny for the grandchildren of Captain Billy Fawcett in the 1930s. She had a bedroom in the Fawcett House and spent the winters in Los Angeles with Captain Billy’s son Gordon Fawcett, his wife Vivian and their two children, Gordon Jr. and Dennis.

Wilford Fawcett, better known as Captain Billy, was a millionaire publisher from Robbinsdale, Minnesota. His most famous publication was the Capt. Billy’s Whiz Bang magazine. The book “Humor Magazines and Comic Periodicals” noted that “Few periodicals reflect the post-WW I cultural change in American life as well as Capt. Billy’s Whiz Bang. For much of the 1920’s Capt. Billy’s was the most prominent comic magazine in America.”

Captain Billy purchased Breezy Point in Pelican Township, from Fred LaPage in 1920 and soon the main lodge was built along with his personal residence. The original lodge was destroyed in a fire in June of 1959. Of course he rebuilt the lodge and the “Fawcett House” still stands. With 11 bedrooms it is perfect for large family reunions. It was recently renovated. For details on rates and golf packages, go to www.breezypointresort.com

This week’s APHC show is the final (finally) rebroadcast before the new season starts on October 7! (Tune in for a live broadcast from Saint Paul!) Jack White visits the Fitzgerald Theater to play “City Lights” and brings out singer Margo Price for a duet on “I’m Lonely (But I Ain’t That Lonely Yet)” — Lake Street Dive performs “Call Off Your Dogs” and pays tribute to Prince with “When You Were Mine,” and comic Maeve Higgins talks dating and life in New York City. Plus: Chris Thile’s inaugural Song of the Week, “Get it Out on the Radio,” Sarah Jarosz and the band play Harley Allen’s “High Sierra,” and a word from the Meditation App from Fritz Electronics. Tune in on your radio or your smart device and we’ll see you back again next weekend for a brand new live broadcast!

“Is there nicotine stains on his index finger? A dime novel hidden in the corncrib? Is he starting to memorize jokes from Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang?” Professor Hill in The Music Man.