Relax, Laugh and Remember with Reminisce Magazine. Each issue is a "time capsule" of life from the 30's, 40's, 50's and 60's filled with reader-written stories, pictures from the past, embarrassing moments, ads from the Old Days and much more!
Feature stories are always a labor of love for the editorial team, and this month’s pair is no exception. The charm bracelet story, “Wrist Journals” on page 38, held personal meaning for Senior Editor Mary-Liz Shaw, who wove her memories about her mother and the charms she collected for her bracelet into the mix. I connected more to the feature “Rock the House” on page 32. I grew up in the 1960s on Chicago’s south side in a neighborhood with garages and alleyways. All the neighborhood kids would gather in the alley at the end of the block to watch Butchie and Donny play guitar and drums. While working on the story, I just had to listen to some of those old songs. They brought back memories of grammar school,…
Count the Flags Dixie Detuerk of Ogallala, NE, won the flag-counting contest in our June/July 2018 issue. There were exactly 50 flags. Holidays & Celebrations Photo Contest We’ll share the winners in our December/January ’19 issue. Facebook.com/Reminiscemagazine Join us on social media, where you’ll get an early peek at the issue cover before it mails. Instagram.com/Reminiscemag Be there on Throwback Thursday when we post the best vintage photos. IN THE NEXT ISSUE • Favorite Toys • Heroes in the Sky • Women in Baseball…
FOREIGN TRAVEL Did your bucket list include visiting the Champs-Elysees, Machu Picchu, ancient Gr eek temples or Victoria Falls? Has your wanderlust taken you to faraway places out of the country? Where did you roam and what did you discover? Label your story “Foreign Travel.” SCHOOL UNIFORMS If you went to a private school, uniforms were the standard wardrobe. Did you wear one? Or did you create your own? Did you have different clothes for school, work, play and dress up? Tell us what you wore to school. Label your story “School Uniforms.” DANCE LESSONS Tap and ballet, jazz and swing, ballroom and salsa. Dancing keeps us on our toes, plus it’s a lot of fun. Whether you took lessons at an early age or later in life, we want…
The year started with a pope’s plea for peace. Instead, North Korea captured a Navy intelligence ship, U.S. soldiers massacred unarmed civilians and North Vietnam launched the Tet Offensive. A civil rights leader and a politician were assassinated two months apart. The year’s triumphs included Boeing’s first 747, Apollo 8 astronauts orbiting the moon, and TV’s first recorded interracial kiss, between Star Trek’s Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura. JAN. 1 Pope Paul VI requests that Jan. 1 be called a Day of Peace. JAN. 15 Suffragist Jeanette Ranken, 87, leads women’s groups in Washington, D.C., to protest the Vietnam War. JAN. 23 North Korea seizes the USS Pueblo, a Navy intelligence ship with a crew of 83, in the Sea of Japan. JAN. 30 North Vietnam launches the Tet Offensive…
ACADEMY AWARDS BEST PICTURE In the Heat of the Night BEST ACTOR Rod Steiger In the Heat of the Night BEST ACTRESS Katharine Hepburn Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner EMMY AWARDS OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC SERIES Mission Impossible, CBS OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES Get Smart, NBC OUTSTANDING VARIETY SERIES Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, NBC BEST-SELLING ALBUM Are You Experienced The Jimi Hendrix Experience BEST-SELLING FICTION BOOK Airport by Arthur Hailey BEST-SELLING NONFICTION BOOK Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by BH&G Editors MOST POPULAR CHRISTMAS TOY Hot Wheels MOST POPULAR BOARD GAME Don’t Break the Ice OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST, WOMEN’S FIGURE SKATING Peggy Fleming…
Feb. 29, 1968. It was the night of nights for music industry professionals waiting to see if their creativity would be rewarded. Along with Ella Fitzgerald, who received a lifetime achievement award, these men, women and songs made it big. 1 This soul-influenced quintet won four Grammys for their smash hit “Up, Up and Away.” 2 Aretha Franklin, above, took home her first two career Grammys for this R&B hit. 3 Best Engineered Recording; Album Cover, Graphic Arts; and Album of the Year went to this Beatles production. 4 With this song, Elvis Presley won his first Grammy, for Best Sacred Performance. 5 Best New Artist went to this country singer who wrote and recorded her own material. 6 Best Vocal Performance, Male went to this artist who sang “By…
