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Thursday, May 14, 2020
Sunday, March 1, 2020
1950s Winston-Salem, North Carolina Businesses
If you live in the Winston-Salem, NC or surrounding area, I'm sure you remember some of these places.
Some are still around!
Enjoy the stroll down memory lane...
Some are still around!
Enjoy the stroll down memory lane...
Friday, February 28, 2020
1951 WINSTON-SALEM NC High School Yearbook Gray, Reynolds, & Hanes
This yearbook is full of so much fun, it's hard to pick just a few pictures to share.
It's hard to believe that in just one generation (I guess in some families, it could be 2 or 3 generations) things have changed so much!
I do love the majorettes and their costumes. I still enjoy twirling the baton and wish I could do it better.
Maybe you know someone in one of these pictures? Aunt, uncle, mom, dad, or grandma?
I wish I had more time to scan more pictures, but I must get ready for work. Only so many hours in a morning.
It's hard to believe that in just one generation (I guess in some families, it could be 2 or 3 generations) things have changed so much!
I do love the majorettes and their costumes. I still enjoy twirling the baton and wish I could do it better.
Maybe you know someone in one of these pictures? Aunt, uncle, mom, dad, or grandma?
I wish I had more time to scan more pictures, but I must get ready for work. Only so many hours in a morning.
Tuesday, February 25, 2020
1948: Communism Held Top U.S. Problem
This article was in the Monday, June 7, 1948 edition of THE HILLSDALE DAILY NEWS
COMMUNISM HELD TOP U.S. PROBLEM
Kettering Tells MSC Graduates It Cannot Mix with Democracy
East Lansing, June 7 (AP) - Michigan State College's largest graduating class in history Sunday heard Charles F. Kettering, General Motors inventive genius, describe communism as the nation's greatest problem.
Kettering, addressing the college's 90th commencement exercise, said "We have a lot of problems, but only one main problem. That is the misconception we have about communism. To compare communism and democracy, to put the two on the same platter is the most outrageous thing in the world today."
"We don't belong together," Kettering said. "We don't think the same. We are doing entirely different things. We have respect for each other, but no wish to go the same road. America is the only country in the world which is a going concern today. We are trying to do things. We will keep on going as long as you all try to be better persons."
The present is the best time in history to finish college careers, the speaker said. "Never has there been a time of such opportunity for people who are willing to try something else. The world is in an upset state of affairs - which shows that what we have been thinking is not so."
Kettering told the 1,966 undergraduates receiving degrees and the 213 receiving advanced degrees that they should not attempt to plan their lives too far ahead, advising them to "work out the way you want to go and then lay out two or three roads on either side so that if you hit a detour you know where you're going."
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And now for some fun stuff in the same publication.
First, an advertisement:
And some comics:
COMMUNISM HELD TOP U.S. PROBLEM
Kettering Tells MSC Graduates It Cannot Mix with Democracy
East Lansing, June 7 (AP) - Michigan State College's largest graduating class in history Sunday heard Charles F. Kettering, General Motors inventive genius, describe communism as the nation's greatest problem.
Kettering, addressing the college's 90th commencement exercise, said "We have a lot of problems, but only one main problem. That is the misconception we have about communism. To compare communism and democracy, to put the two on the same platter is the most outrageous thing in the world today."
"We don't belong together," Kettering said. "We don't think the same. We are doing entirely different things. We have respect for each other, but no wish to go the same road. America is the only country in the world which is a going concern today. We are trying to do things. We will keep on going as long as you all try to be better persons."
The present is the best time in history to finish college careers, the speaker said. "Never has there been a time of such opportunity for people who are willing to try something else. The world is in an upset state of affairs - which shows that what we have been thinking is not so."
Kettering told the 1,966 undergraduates receiving degrees and the 213 receiving advanced degrees that they should not attempt to plan their lives too far ahead, advising them to "work out the way you want to go and then lay out two or three roads on either side so that if you hit a detour you know where you're going."
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And now for some fun stuff in the same publication.
First, an advertisement:
Tuesday, February 4, 2020
1940 Danville, VA Car Dealership contest
The Swanson Car dealership was looking for a new slogan, so they asked the public for help.
First prize in 1940 was $25 cash!
They were located at 115 N. Market St., Danville, Virginia.
I tried to find them on social media with no luck.
Great image of their dealership.
First prize in 1940 was $25 cash!
They were located at 115 N. Market St., Danville, Virginia.
I tried to find them on social media with no luck.
Great image of their dealership.
Sunday, February 2, 2020
1958 Ad: Hi Ho Crackers
This ad depicts life in 1958.
Yes, ladies cleaned house & cooked in dresses. Most ladies magazines encouraged them to "look good for husband when he got home from work".
When I was young, in the early '60s, girls still wore dresses to school. I protested in first grade and my mom made some slacks for me to wear. I was a tomboy.
The struggle was real with the cord telephone. Waiting your turn to use the phone. Party lines in rural areas. Worrying that the boy you liked was going to try to call and get a busy signal because a sibling was on the phone. Good times.
Yes, ladies cleaned house & cooked in dresses. Most ladies magazines encouraged them to "look good for husband when he got home from work".
When I was young, in the early '60s, girls still wore dresses to school. I protested in first grade and my mom made some slacks for me to wear. I was a tomboy.
The struggle was real with the cord telephone. Waiting your turn to use the phone. Party lines in rural areas. Worrying that the boy you liked was going to try to call and get a busy signal because a sibling was on the phone. Good times.
1932 Advertisement: Jones Dairy Farm, Wisconsin
I love to find that these businesses are still around - something to be proud of.
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