Innehållsförteckning för November 2018 från Reminisce Extra

HOME REMEDIES Gargle with salt water for a sore throat. Wrap duct tape on your warts. Take a spoonful of baking soda for indigestion. Place a whole clove on a sore tooth. What old-fashioned remedies do you remember that you still use today? Label your story “Home Remedies.” HOME EC PROJECTS Remember making a jumper, an apron or a pillow cover in your home economics class? Did you bake a casserole or a pound cake? Have those skills stayed with you? What was your best creation? Label your story “Home Ec Projects.” CIVIL RIGHTS Voting rights, fair housing, school integration and equal employment opportunity—our history is rife with civic efforts that have led to change. Did you participate in sit-ins, marches or other activities? Tell us about it. Label your…

The H 2 N 2 avian influenza A virus, now known as Asian flu, originated in China in 1956 and set off a two-year worldwide pandemic killing almost 2 million. The Suez Crisis (initiated when Egypt nationalized the Suez Canal) took U.N. involvement to resolve. In the U.S., President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized more than 40 , 000 miles of interstate highways. Elvis Presley shook up the music industry with his gyrating pelvis. New York Yankees pitcher Don Larsen threw a perfect game in the World Series. And the invention of Certs sparked our obsession with minty fresh breath. JAN. 1 Sun Records in Memphis, TN, releases “Blue Suede Shoes,” written and recorded by Carl Perkins. FEB. 23 Norma Jeane Mortenson (aka Baker) legally changes her name to Marilyn Monroe.…

Songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller, white teenagers living in L.A., were 19 when they composed “Hound Dog” in 1952. Colonel Tom Parker booked his client, rising star Elvis Presley—dubbed the Hillbilly Cat back then—into the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas in April 1956. At that time Sin City attracted adults, not teens, so the entertainment town wasn’t quite ready to rock out yet. Entertainer Freddie Bell, at 24 only three years older than Presley, had Las Vegas figured out. He and his group, the Bellboys, headlined the lounge at the Sands Hotel with a highly polished stage show. A surprise highlight of their act was a good-natured sendup of a woman’s lament called “Hound Dog,” a No. 1 hit on the 1953 rhythm and blues charts by raucous…

BACK IN THE EARLY 1960s, living with my parents and working in Gary, Indiana, I bought a couple of raffle tickets at a gas station one November. Days later, the owner told me I had won first prize, a live turkey in a cage. He told me I could use the cage to take the turkey home, but I had to return it. Once home, I made a temporary cage by wrapping rope around the legs of an old table and placing it over the turkey in the basement. My dad’s inclination was to kill the bird. But my younger siblings had already named him Clark Gobble. When they heard Dad’s plan, they started to cry. My supervisor, who lived on a nearby farm, agreed to take Clark and let…

If you suspect you may have American Indian ancestry, there are many avenues to explore for answers. First find every U.S. federal census in which your family participated. Then check the race column for entries other than white. Other research documents to examine include histories and historical maps of tribal locations near where your family lived. For more help, try these resources: Follow this path on FamilySearch: familysearch .org/wiki/en/American_ Indian_Genealogy Check records and guides within the National Archives: archives.gov After you determine which tribe could be yours, contact the Bureau of Indian Affairs: bia.gov If you have had your DNA tested, you may want to visit dna-explained.com and search on “proving Native American ancestry.” PEGGY CLEMENS LAURITZEN, an accredited genealogist, writes and lectures about family history. Visit:…

1880 Margarete Steiff, a seamstress whose childhood polio left her unable to walk, establishes her toy company in Germany. Her first big seller is a felt elephant. 1892 The catalog shows a line of felt toy animals that includes a monkey, dog and giraffe. 1902 Margarete’s nephew Richard designs Bear 55PB, the world’s first toy bear with moveable arms and legs. Instead of felt, it’s covered in plush mohair—better for cuddling. 1906 3,000 bears, named Teddy Bears after President Theodore Roosevelt, hit the U.S. market. By 1907, Steiff has made close to 1 million toy Teddys. 2018 Recent Steiff designs include Bobby the Blue-Footed Booby ($90).…

Miss Pond, a nice lady in my neighborhood, told me I was her favorite helper and asked what I would like. My eyes lit up. A bike, I told her. I chose a 26-inch red Schwinn. That was in the 1960s. I still miss the best bike I ever had, and I still remember Miss Pond and her kindness.GILBERT ROMERO • KETCHIKAN, AK ANTICIPATION WOKE ME that Christmas Eve of 1963. The house was quiet and, aside from the night light in my bedroom, quite dark. Naturally, I did what any other 8-year-old would do under similar circumstances: I went to sneak a peek at the array of presents under the Christmas tree. Even in the unlit room I could see all the wrapped gifts, and an unwrapped one that…

75 Number of years since the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League was founded in 1943 by Major League Baseball team owner and chewing gum mogul Philip K. Wrigley. The league employed female ballplayers to replace the teams whittled down when male professionals joined the military during WWII. Initial tryouts were held at Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL. 60 Number of players on the original roster of four teams: the Kenosha Comets and the Racine Belles of Wisconsin; the Rockford Peaches of Illinois; and the South Bend Blue Sox of Indiana. 40 65 Pitching distance and base path measured in feet during first-season games. The league employed baseball rules except for a 12-inch softball pitched underhand. Occasional modifications were made throughout the league’s history. 910,000 Peak game attendance, in 1948. Over…

Before Penny Marshall’s film A League of Their Own debuted in 1992, Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson made a 27-minute documentary of the same name for Los Angeles public television in 1987. Kelly is the son of Helen Callaghan, a left-handed center fielder for the Minneapolis Millerettes and the Fort Wayne Daisies. Marshall saw the documentary and immediately knew it would make a remarkable movie. She contacted Kelly and Kim, brought in scriptwriters and produced a film with some of the most memorable scenes in sports film history. Who can forget these lines: Are you coming? See, how it works is, the train moves, not the station. There’s no crying in baseball. Lay off the high ones! I like the high ones! Mule. Nag.…

“If you want something extra special for the holidays, try this recipe.” SHARON SKILDUM • MAPLE GROVE, MINNESOTA Deluxe Pumpkin Cheesecake PREP: 35 min.• BAKE: 55 min. + chilling • MAKES: 12 servings. 1 cup crushed gingersnap cookies (about 20 cookies) 1/3 cup finely chopped pecans 1/4 cup butter, melted 4 pkg.(8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened, divided 11/2 cups sugar, divided 2 tbsp. cornstarch 2 tsp. vanilla extract 4 large eggs 1 cup canned pumpkin 2 tsp. ground cinnamon 11/2 tsp. ground nutmeg GARNISH:  Chocolate syrup, caramel ice cream topping, whipped topping and additional crushed gingersnap cookies, optional 1. Preheat oven to 350°. Place a greased 9-in. springform pan on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square). Securely wrap foil around pan. 2. In a small…

Back in 1957 , I was 9 years old and living in Parma, Ohio, though I dreamed of the Old West when I watched my favorite shows such as The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid, Hopalong Cassidy and other TV Westerns. We were only a few houses away from my elementary school, so I often rode my “horse”—actually, my 20 -inch Murray bicycle—to the playground in the summer. One day as I was riding I came up with a great idea. I remembered how the cowboys would leap off their horses to jump on a bad guy, and thought I should be able to do the same thing. My target wasn’t a bad guy, but the park’s merry-go-round. I peddled fast to work up a good head of speed and…

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Where were you when The Wizard of Oz premiered? Did you see the movie in a theater? Or did you come along later, as part of the generation that watched the beloved fairy tale on TV each year while digging in to a bowl of hot popcorn on a cold, rainy night? In our house it was a November tradition. I also remember being sick with tonsillitis just about every year at that time, downing my medicine with warm tea and honey as the monkeys chased Toto and pulled straw from the Scarecrow’s body. Many years later, in my 20 s, I watched the movie with my husband and was totally amazed by the color transformation when Dorothy opened the door to Oz. I had only seen the movie in…

From humble beginnings, Dean Martin, a suave crooner, and Jerry Lewis, a slapstick comedian, together hit their stride as comedy royalty. They were kings of comedy on stage and screen—and America’s No. 1 box-office earners from 1950 to ’56. See what you remember about this droll duo. 1 What was Dean Martin’s real name? Jerry Lewis’ real name? 2 Which one was born in the Midwest, and where? 3 Where did their act debut on July 25, 1946? 4 Name the 1949 NBC radio show they hosted together. 5 What was the name of their televised variety show? 6 Name their first movie together. 7 The duo appeared as mystery guests on what game show in 1954? 8 Name their last movie before they split in 1956. 9 Where was…

1920s Johnny Gruelle’s publisher first sells Raggedy Ann Dolls and books in 1918; Raggedy Andy appears in 1920. 1930s After 20 prototypes, the Shirley Temple Doll hits shelves in 1934. The smallest sells for $3, or $56 in today’s money. 1940s Hedwig Dolls, based on Marguerite de Angeli’s children’s stories, are a hit, with nine dolls in the series. 1950s 1959 ushers in Barbie, who has girls expanding their worlds and imagining pursuing careers outside the home. 1960s Chatty Cathy talks back, and girls love it. G.I. Joe, the first “action figure,” is popular for boys. 1970s Star Wars figures become collectibles. 1980s Each Cabbage Patch Doll comes with a birth certificate and adoption papers.…

WHEN MY HIGH SCHOOL softball coach told me at the end of my senior year that she knew the chaperone from a team of professional women baseball players, I knew what I had to do. I drove to the woman’s home, about 30 miles away, and played catch with her in her driveway. That chaperone turned out to be Dottie Green, a former catcher who now worked for the Rockford Peaches. Apparently I passed the test, because about two weeks later I received a contract offering me $ 225 a month for the 1953 season. Accepting the offer was a no-brainer. Playing baseball at a high level was something I’d always dreamed of doing. So in the spring of 1953 , when I was 17 , I took the train…

Tom Hanks was right, there’s no crying in baseball. For the 640 women who played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, there was no better job to be found. Here’s why: Everyone played as a team. Off the field, rookies stuck together; older players hung out as a group. Rivalries were few and only during game time between the teams playing that day. Most girls roomed with families in their host town. Managers were often former ballplayers, much older and married. Players had deep respect and learned a lot. Salaries, though minimal, included room, board and travel expenses.…

When my mother was in grammar school, her teacher asked the class what they would like to do when they grew up. My mother was quick to answer: “Well, I’d like to have 10 children—five girls and five boys—and I’d like to travel.” Her teacher, Sister Clare, said, “Anne, dear, those two things don’t go together.” But somehow my mother found a way to make her dream come true. I’m the fifth girl, and my brother Pete the fifth boy, in an Irish Catholic family of 12 . My other siblings are Gemma, Anne-Marie, Steve, Walter Jr., Jim, John, Martha and Florrie. We grew up in Peace Dale and then Providence, Rhode Island. My dad, Walter, was an organist and choirmaster who came from a very musical family. Still it…

1953 TUCKED IN AND TIDY Mass production all but eliminated embroidery and intricate detailing. Instead it produced crisp, unadorned sheets suited to the pared-down style of platform beds (top left). Modular layouts show the trend to combine living and sleeping areas. 1953 DOUBLE DUTY Disguised beds had been around since 1885, when entrepreneur Sarah Goode got a U.S. patent—the first African-American woman to do so—for a folding cabinet sleeper. But they took off with the boom in rental housing in the 1950s. 1952 BUILT-IN COMFORT DESIGNED TO LAST Before he began his 50-year collaboration with North Carolina’s Thayer Coggin company, pioneering designer Milo Baughman styled contemporary furniture for Drexel. His Perspective line, now prized by collectors, has features that later distinguished Baughman as a master of California Modern—smooth lines, adaptable…

WRITING ABOUT THE CHRYSLER Turbine in Popular Mechanics, former late-night TV host and classic car buff Jay Leno calls it “the most collectible American car” for its unique design and extreme rarity. Only 55 were made and just nine have survived. Leno owns one of three Turbines that are still drivable. (The two others belong to Chrysler.) A car with a jet engine was the height of innovation in 1963, even in an era when novel automotive design was common. Chrysler used extended leases to get average drivers’ impressions of the Space Age vehicle. “The families who tested the Turbines were treated like rock stars in their towns,” Leno writes. Even so, drivers complained that the Turbine burned fuel too quickly, and they didn’t like having to hunt for the…

On Aug. 12, 1939, the Strand Theater in Oconomowoc, WI, hosted the movie premiere of The Wizard of Oz. Next year marks the movie’s 80th anniversary, so get ready to celebrate. The Potawatomi living in Indiana were relocated 660 miles west in 1838. Today a caravan retraces the group’s journey. See the story on page 24. Indoors or out, roller-skating spans the seasons. Check out some happy skaters on page 62. A Thanksgiving treat—cheesecake with a trace of pumpkin spice. The winning recipe is on page 55. Davy Crockett, played by Fess Parker, was adored by boomers in the mid-’50s. One reader got to meet him. See page 12.…

~ ACADEMY AWARDS ~ BEST MOTION PICTURE Marty BEST ACTOR Ernest Borgnine, Marty BEST ACTRESS Anna Magnani, The Rose Tattoo MUSIC (SCORING OF A MUSICAL PICTURE) Oklahoma! ~ EMMYS ~ BEST ACTRESS, SINGLE PERFORMANCE Mary Martin, Peter Pan (Producers’ Showcase) BEST ACTOR, SINGLE PERFORMANCE Lloyd Nolan, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (Ford Star Jubilee) BEST ACTRESS, CONTINUING PERFORMANCE Lucille Ball, I Love Lucy BEST ACTOR, CONTINUING PERFORMANCE Phil Silvers, The Phil Silvers Show BEST COMEDY SERIES The Phil Silvers Show, CBS BEST AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION SERIES The $64,000 Question, CBS BEST CHILDREN’S SERIES Lassie, CBS ~ NEW ON TV ~ As the World Turns, CBS Circus Boy, NBC Queen for a Day, NBC The Edge of Night, CBS The Huntley-Brinkley Report, NBC The Price Is Right, NBC To Tell the Truth, CBS…

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On Sept. 5 , 1838 , 180 years ago, 859 Potawatomi were marched at gunpoint down Main Street in Rochester, Indiana. Surrounded by 100 armed soldiers and volunteers, the tribe members were being forcibly removed from their lands and relocated to a site 660 miles west in Kansas. Their journey is known as the Trail of Death. A century and a half later, in 1988 , to honor the Potawatomi who had lived in Indiana, I organized the Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan to retrace their original path. The trip took about two dozen of us history buffs and Potawatomi to St. Philippine Duchesne Memorial Park northeast of Centerville, Kansas, where the tribe had been relocated. I’d long been involved in honoring this history. As president of Indiana’s Fulton County…

MISSION: NORMANDY FIRST LT. LeROY BLATTNER, second row right, poses with other members of his bomber crew on Aug. 2, 1944. The next day, their B-26 Marauder crashed outside the village of Sceaux sur Huisne, France. LeRoy’s sister CHARLOTTE BECKER of Hays, KS, was at the ceremony in 2014 when the community dedicated a memorial to the men. Below their names, the inscription translates as “They died for our freedom.”…

GIFTS THAT RUN ON FUN One beloved set of trucks rolls through generations. AS A YOUNG BOY growing up in the early ’50s, my life was not always easy, and toys were scarce for me and my siblings. Our dad worked hard as a machinist, but he had an uphill battle trying to keep the bills paid and food on the table for our family of seven. My sister Barbara had been born with a heart defect. Her condition required surgery when she was 12 and again when she was 16, and those medical bills kept Dad so busy he had to work two jobs. I had three brothers, one of them my identical twin, Ron. Ron and I often got one toy to share between us at Christmas. The…

I didn’t let go of my Cathy-envy for quite some time. Here I am giving my baby doll a ride in her carriage in 1955.ALICE SCHEFFELL CLARK JACKSONVILLE, FL MY FAVORITE DOLL as a kid was a real chatterbox: Chatty Cathy, the toy sensation of the early 1960s. I loved Cathy and her repertoire of almost a dozen observations and musings: “I’m hungry,” “I’m tired,” “Let’s play house!” In the days before the computer chip, Cathy was able to chat thanks to a small recorder activated by a pull string at the back of her neck. I not only loved Cathy, I coveted her. My mom balked at the price tag, which was high at the time. “I’m not spending $18 on a doll,” she told me. And it didn’t…

1962 Schwinn research head Al Fritz learns kids in California are souping up their bikes to look like motorcycles, with high handlebars and banana seats. He makes his own, the Sting-Ray. 1963 Fritz bets a skeptical Frank Schwinn $20 that he can sell 20,000 Sting-Rays in a year. About 45,000 sell in the first six months. 1968 Schwinn introduces Krate ’Rays. The Lemon Peeler, Apple Krate and Orange Krate look like dragsters with a 16-inch front wheel, spring suspension fork and stick shift. 1973 Schwinn retires the Krate line. 2017 The first bikes in a limited Lemon Peeler reissue sell out in a day. 2018 A limited reissue of the Apple Krate (left) will sell on Amazon for $499, beginning Dec. 3.…

I PLAYED FOR THE MUSKEGON LASSIES FOR ONE YEAR (1949) AND GOT FINED FOR BUNTING AND FOR STEALING A BASE. TERRY McKINLEY USELMANN PARK RIDGE, IL ALTHOUGH HER BATTING AVERAGE WAS JUST OVER .200, SALTY’S FIELDING PERCENTAGE WAS .936. BASEBALL WAS MY LIFE. From the time I was 4 and went to a baseball game with my dad, I wanted to play. I told everyone I was going to be a professional ballplayer when I grew up. I didn’t even know if that was possible, but I knew that’s what I wanted to do. Growing up in Orangeville, Pennsylvania, I played all kinds of sports with the boys in the neighborhood. They would knock on our front door and ask my mom if I could come out and play. I…

WE WERE EXPECTED TO LOOK LIKE BETTY GRABLE AND PLAY BALL LIKE JOE DIMAGGIO. THE FOUR SEASONS I SPENT in 1951 -’54 playing baseball for the Fort Wayne Daisies and the South Bend Blue Sox were the best years—great fun—and I got paid to play. It doesn’t get any better than that. When I was 16 , I attended a game in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and tried out for the team the next day. Then I went back home to Westfield Center, Ohio, and waited to hear from the organization. In January 1951 , I was a senior in high school when I got my invitation to arrive at spring training. I arranged with school to complete a few assignments and send homework to one teacher. Then I left for…

COMING UP: Holiday photo contest winners. Post your picture-perfect memories: REMINISCE.COM/SUBMIT-A-STORY “I took up skating in 1941 and competed through the mid- 1940 s. A number of years ago, I joined a Friday morning skate group at a local rink and kept it up into my late 80 s.”GLORIA MOORE • OMAHA, NE HOMEMADE BUMPER In 1966, I was teaching myself to skate in front of our house in Redondo Beach, California, with a pillow to soften my falls. I was 5 at the time and couldn’t understand all the interest from passers-by.…

For years I delivered Meals on Wheels to a lady named Adelaide Healey. She was no relation to me, but we became good friends and shared lots of laughs. At the time I was about 63 and she was close to 90. Adelaide had to have surgery and was recovering at her home, where a visiting nurse came to see her. When I answered the door, the nurse asked if Mrs. Healey was in. I saw a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I jumped at it. “Yes, she is,” I told the nurse. “And I’m Mr. Healey.” Then I called out, “Darling, there’s a lady here to see you.” When Adelaide came to the door, the nurse openly stared at her and then at me. She kept looking at us throughout the…

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My dad was a milkman for Malsby Dairy in Mineral Wells, Texas. I was helping him with his route on the day before Halloween, Oct. 30 , 1953 — a ride I’ll never forget. About 7 a.m., we crossed the Brazos River for deliveries in Palo Pinto, Texas—and all the towns, stores, beer joints, truck stops and cafes between there and Ranger. It had rained hard the day before, and the dirt roads were rough. Our last stop was around 5 p.m. at a small store in Brazos, Texas. Dad asked the man who worked there if he thought we could make it across the swinging cable bridge on East Water Plant Road. The bridge was condemned and covered with warnings, but most of the locals, including the school bus…