Innholdsfortegnelse for October - November 2016 i Reminisce

Without kids in school, I find that my harbinger for that seasonal shift is the point when leaves start turning colors. That’s when I know it’s time for some big events. First up is the World Series. After a long, grueling battle through the summer heat, the pennant winners of the National and American Leagues meet in the Fall Classic. So while you wait for a winner to emerge—no predictions, but this Chicago native has her hopes on one particular team—turn to page 22 for a reprise of some great baseball plays, players and finales. And then there’s Halloween—a day of revelry for kids of all ages. Whether it’s the candy or the costumes you enjoy most, when you read our roundup on page 40 you just might recall giving…

OUR CAST OF CLOWNS EILEEN MATTISON HACKETTSTOWN, NJ OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER was excited in October 1969 to go trick-or-treating with her family and friends. She was 11/2 years old, and her great-grandmother wanted to make her a costume. What fun! Gran, as we called her, had some shiny fabric that she thought would be perfect to use to make a clown outfit for her first great-granddaughter, Kristine. My husband, Jim, was Gran’s oldest grandson. The costume included black pom-poms made from yarn and a hat that fit perfectly. As our family grew, both our son, Jim Jr., and youngest daughter, Jacquelyn, wore the costume, as well as all eight of our grandchildren. Today, Jacquelyn keeps the costume at her home, well preserved and looking brand-new. Jim and I look forward…

Decades of kids grew up pretending to ride the range—thanks to the heroic cowboys and cowgirls they encountered via radio, movies and TV. Naturally, those boys and girls wanted gear to enhance their make-believe play. Stars such as Tom Mix, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Clayton Moore (TV’s Lone Ranger), and Gail Davis (TV’s Annie Oakley) lent their images to numerous toys and other products. Here are some of our favorites. GENE AUTRY: Melody Ranch acoustic guitar; Official Gene Autry Club pin; sheriff badge; lunchbox and thermos set; and singles such as “Back in the Saddle Again” ROY ROGERS/DALE EVANS: Cap gun and holster; Double R Bar Ranch moccasins; child’s cowboy shirt with fringe; Roy and Dale hand puppets; and a tin lantern TOM MIX: Ranch Boss badge; Ralston Straight Shooters…

27 New York Yankees 11 St. Louis Cardinals 8 Boston Red Sox 5 New York Giants Philadelphia Athletics Pittsburgh Pirates Los Angeles Dodgers Cincinnati Reds 4 Detroit Tigers Oakland Athletics 3 Baltimore Orioles Chicago White Sox San Francisco Giants 2 Chicago Cubs Cleveland Indians Florida Marlins Kansas City Royals Minnesota Twins New York Mets Philadelphia Phillies Toronto Blue Jays 1 Anaheim Angels Arizona Diamondbacks Atlanta Braves Boston Braves Brooklyn Dodgers Milwaukee Braves Washington Senators These eight teams have never won a World Series title: • Colorado Rockies • Houston Astros • Milwaukee Brewers/Seattle Pilots • San Diego Padres • Seattle Mariners • Tampa Bay Rays • Texas Rangers/Washington Senators • Washington Nationals/Montreal Expos…

WHEN EVIL WAS GOOD WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, a bunch of us girls piled into a car to hit the local mall after school because Barnabas was going to be there in person. Wow, were we excited! Of course the mall was packed when we got there; obviously we weren’t the only Dark Shadows fans in town. But we all went home happy with autographed pictures. JUDY BOZARTH WE SCREAMED whenever Barnabas was planning to bite someone. I loved Willie Loomis. I felt so bad for him. And Angelique was beautiful and evil. GLORIA MAXWELL ONE EPISODE (No. 402) that I’ll always remember: Barnabas was trying to poison Angelique, but she passed her glass of sherry to Barnabas’ mother, Naomi. Barnabas quickly reacted: “Mother, there’s a chip on…

Dominant in standard business typewriters, Underwood introduced its portable in 1919. Early ads for the portable catered to traveling businessmen, but by 1923 the company had turned to the home market, while stressing Underwood’s professional-grade quality. A nascent example of the “new and improved” technique of advertising, this promo from The Household, a women’s magazine, offers a free trial of the redesigned Edison phonograph, which encourages the “united family” to gather for “mutual enjoyment and recreation.” A mere six years before Bill Haley’s seminal hit, “Rock Around the Clock,” this RCA ad seems to anticipate the always-on culture of rock and roll, which was helped along by the portable radio.…

If you’ve seen the 1983 movie A Christmas Story (set in the 1940s), you may remember that the Lone Ranger had a nephew whose horse’s name was Victor. Can you match these other Western icons—real and fictional—to their mounts? 1 . Roy Rogers 2. Dale Evans 3. The Lone Ranger 4. Tonto 5. Hopalong Cassidy 6. Gene Autry 7. Marshal Matt Dillon 8. Red Ryder 9. TV’s Annie Oakley 10. Cisco Kid 1 1. Pancho 12. Tom Mix A. Champion B. Diablo C. Tony the Wonder Horse D. Thunder E. Buttermilk F. Loco G. Trigger H. Silver I. Buck J. Topper K. Target L. Scout…

NATIONWIDE – The phone lines are ringing off the hook. That’s because U.S. State Silver Bars sealed away in State Vault Bricks are being handed over to U.S. residents at just the state minimum set by the Lincoln Treasury for the next 7 days. This is not a misprint. For the next 7 days residents who find their state on the Distribution List above in bold are getting individual State Silver Bars at just the state minimum of $57 set by the Lincoln Treasury. That’s why everyone should be taking full Vault Bricks loaded with five U.S. State Silver Bars before they’re all gone. And here’s the best part. Every state resident who gets at least two Vault Bricks is also getting free shipping and free handling. That’s a real…

Tour the mother lode along California Highway 49, the nearly 330-mile Gold Rush Trail that runs from Oakhurst in the south to Vinton in the north. Old mining towns, state parks and natural wonders mark the trail. You can visit Sutter’s Mill, see the largest crystalline gold leaf specimen on display, and in May witness the Calaveras County Fair and Jumping Frog Jubilee. You can drive the entire road in a day, but slowing down allows you to immerse yourself in all the sights and sounds of yesteryear. To plan your visit, start here: historichwy49.com.…

More than 66 million viewers tuned in for the first Kennedy-Nixon debate. So Near and Now So Far BOB McILHENNY SAN DIEGO, CA BACK IN 1960, I was going to school in Chicago and had a part-time job with a catering company. On Sept. 26, 1960, I was working the banquet where Sen. John F. Kennedy was to speak after his first debate with Vice President Richard M. Nixon. The banquet was a full sit-down dinner, and it was packed. As both a Republican and a Protestant, I was not a Kennedy fan. Indeed, I’m sorry to say that I was quite the opposite. So I don’t know why I pushed to get to the front of the greeters when Kennedy arrived. But there I was in line to shake…

I THOUGHT ANGELIQUE was so pretty, and I tried to fix my hair like hers (without success). I had a huge crush on Quentin Collins. MARIA MARTIN MY ELDER BROTHER BOBBY got me hooked on the show when I was 9. My mom would join us and point out the bloopers. She wanted Barnabas and Julia to get together. Quentin was my first crush. I was brokenhearted when the show was canceled, but I could never forget it. Eventually, I got the DVDs. ALONDRA RACHELLA LABUTE I LOVED QUENTIN’S sideburns! I had a major crush on him. My favorite episodes were about the parallel time. I wish some producers would develop a new Dark Shadows soap. PAM MEIRING I RAN STRAIGHT TO THE TV after getting off the bus to…

DRESSED UP AS THEIR HERO, Hopalong Cassidy, it’s no wonder brothers Kenneth and Lon Carnley of Maiden, NC, wore such big grins for the camera in 1951. “My brother was two years older and a sleepyhead,” says Kenneth. “But I woke up early and went to the living room to find out what Santa had left. I was so excited, I woke Lon up and told him everything we had received.” HALLOWEEN 1959 proved to be a great time for sisters Debra, 5, and Kathy Steilen, 3, to jump on the cowboy chuck wagon. Raised on an electronic diet of TV Westerns (thanks to two older brothers), the Des Moines, IA, girls happily wore cowgirl costumes sewn by their mother, Gladys. Matching Zorro masks added an air of mystery to…

To our mother’s chagrin, it turned out to be Garrett and Ronald. SHE PUT A BUG IN HIS EAR My 3-year-old nephew came blackberry picking with us one summer. We each had a bucket, and when it was full we’d pour the berries into a large tub and head back to the fields to pick more. On our second round, we went to empty our buckets, but to our surprise, the tub was almost empty. That’s when my mother spotted my nephew with blackberry juice running down his chin and covering his shirt. My mother told him that we have to wash off the bugs from the berries before we eat them. When he heard that, my nephew looked like he was going to be sick. We didn’t lose any…

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A FRIENDLY HANDSHAKE WON HER VOTE ANITA DUNCAN EVANSVILLE, IN WHAT CAN I SAY about that Monday morning in 1960 at the airport near Hyannis, Massachusetts? Summer stock would be ending in a few days and we were one play away from the Labor Day weekend. Why had I volunteered to drive one of the actresses to the airport for her early flight back to reality? Why did I choose to park in the unloading zone to help her? Did I have any idea I was about to shake hands with history? Did I think about anything other than getting the luggage into the airport? The answer to the last two is no. I was totally in the moment and very startled when the redcap asked me to move my…