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Hi,
At the this year's Apple Festival, we enjoyed the usual activities of Senior Day, the Pet & Hobby Parade, apple pie at the Senior Center, and the Grand Parade on Saturday.
However, on Thursday and Friday, we were able to watch the 1926 and 1938 movies at the Liberty, which took me on a trip down memory lane.
The 1926 movie was a local production about a young couple in love. The 1938 film showed businesses, companies, churches, schools, and some local homes. The businesses and companies included, Kugman's ladies tore, Cleland's men's store, Daniel Foos Dtore, Kroger, Wolff's Jewelry (with the big clock still located at 12th & Walnut), J.C. Penney, Ford Motor Co., Western Electric, Dr. Pepper & Coca-Cola plants, Shell & Standard Oil, Able Cleaners, Swafford & Smysor Lumber, Hart's Doerr & Rexall Drugs, and the Daily Independent newspaper.
It was fun to see the prices, such as roast for 21 cents a pound, and sauerkraut for six cents a pound, and Sim's Cafe & Barbecue had chicken pie for 30 cents.
I recognized Sister Blance and other nuns, as well as Father Fournie and Father Taggart, who served at St. Andrew's Church and School for many decades. also shown were Reverend Boatman, Jim Marlow, Frank Eovaldi, Alberta Pautler, Fire Chief Albert Herring, and Gene Comte. I was shown coming out of Brown Shoe Company, along with my sister, Josie, Cheeka Vancil, and my good friend, Mae Stotlar. Most of my siblings and I worked at Brown Shoe at one time or another.
The film also showed Riverside Park as the Band Shell was being built, and the small zoo that was there. I really enjoyed being able to pick out familiar faces and look at businesses, companies, churches, and schools, may of which are still standing.
In the background of the 1938 was some wonderful music, including such songs as, Pennies from Heaven, Night & Day, sing, Sing, Sing, Over the Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Boo Hoo.
Many thanks to the Historical Society, and to Bill & Lois Murphy, and anyone else responsible for showing these films. I understand that the films may be available for purchase as the John A. Logan Museum (at least they were during the Apple Festival).
My gem... A pessimist sees less in anything; an optimist sees more in everything.
Today, I have a poem about second childhood.
Hi,
At the this year's Apple Festival, we enjoyed the usual activities of Senior Day, the Pet & Hobby Parade, apple pie at the Senior Center, and the Grand Parade on Saturday.
However, on Thursday and Friday, we were able to watch the 1926 and 1938 movies at the Liberty, which took me on a trip down memory lane.
The 1926 movie was a local production about a young couple in love. The 1938 film showed businesses, companies, churches, schools, and some local homes. The businesses and companies included, Kugman's ladies tore, Cleland's men's store, Daniel Foos Dtore, Kroger, Wolff's Jewelry (with the big clock still located at 12th & Walnut), J.C. Penney, Ford Motor Co., Western Electric, Dr. Pepper & Coca-Cola plants, Shell & Standard Oil, Able Cleaners, Swafford & Smysor Lumber, Hart's Doerr & Rexall Drugs, and the Daily Independent newspaper.
It was fun to see the prices, such as roast for 21 cents a pound, and sauerkraut for six cents a pound, and Sim's Cafe & Barbecue had chicken pie for 30 cents.
I recognized Sister Blance and other nuns, as well as Father Fournie and Father Taggart, who served at St. Andrew's Church and School for many decades. also shown were Reverend Boatman, Jim Marlow, Frank Eovaldi, Alberta Pautler, Fire Chief Albert Herring, and Gene Comte. I was shown coming out of Brown Shoe Company, along with my sister, Josie, Cheeka Vancil, and my good friend, Mae Stotlar. Most of my siblings and I worked at Brown Shoe at one time or another.
The film also showed Riverside Park as the Band Shell was being built, and the small zoo that was there. I really enjoyed being able to pick out familiar faces and look at businesses, companies, churches, and schools, may of which are still standing.
In the background of the 1938 was some wonderful music, including such songs as, Pennies from Heaven, Night & Day, sing, Sing, Sing, Over the Rainbow, Deep Purple, and Boo Hoo.
Many thanks to the Historical Society, and to Bill & Lois Murphy, and anyone else responsible for showing these films. I understand that the films may be available for purchase as the John A. Logan Museum (at least they were during the Apple Festival).
My gem... A pessimist sees less in anything; an optimist sees more in everything.
Today, I have a poem about second childhood.
ON SECOND CHILDHOOD
When you wake up in the morning,
And you start to comb your hair,
Do you find that every morning,
There's a little bit less there?
You could take yourself shopping,
At your favorite mall or store,
If the fairy still left money,
For the teeth you have no more.
when you order up a pizza,
Or maybe a fine rib,
Do you feel just like a baby,
And you wish you'd brought a bib.
When there's stairs on the agenda,
On a trip you hadn't planned,
And you find just like a toddler,
That you need a helping hand.
You've heard of second childhood,
And you worry that it's near,
If you answer yes to the above,
Fear no more, my dear, it's here.
