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The Music in Our Lives, Part 1: Holiday Music by Peggy K. Newton If one lives long enough and keeps a mind that’s open wide enough and ears tuned to all stations (metaphorically), they’ll hear an enormous variety of music without even trying. Even when we’re not paying attention, we’ll hear it. Life would be poorer without it. As someone with a lifelong hearing deficit, I am thankful for the ability to hear music. Music is my goto therapist when I need to chill or pep up my spirits, and rarely does it fail to do so. My earliest memories of music center around Christmas carols and other songs of the holidays. When I was growing up, our next door neighbor worked for the Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation, and he is largely responsible for initiating my love for reading. When books were being phased out at the end of the school year and marked for the garbage bin, he gave books to kids in our neighborhood. He was a fix-it guy; he repaired “ailing” machinery and in the summer if he had repaired a movie projector for the School Corp., he would test it out by showing the movie in his backyard and inviting neighbors and their kids. I remember my mom reading from a poetry book that he gave to my sister and me. Mom’s favorite poem was “Over the River and Through the Woods.” Robert Frost it wasn’t, but it reminded her of her childhood, growing up in the country with only horses and wagons to haul people from one place to another. Thinking back, I am
Mickey Braddock played "Corky," who took care of the animals, including Bimbo the baby elephant, on "Circus Boy," shown on Saturday mornings on NBC in the mid-to-late 1950s. Mickey grew up and threw away the "e" in his first name and used his father's last name to become Micky Dolenz, lead singer of The Monkees, which aired Monday nights on NBC.
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amazed to realize I’m only a generation away from that way of living. But this is about music during the holidays. The very first record I could call my own and not a handme-down from my older sister was “The Chipmunk Song” by Alvin, Simon and Theodore, the Chipmunks. This was around 1960, maybe before, certainly before the Chipmunks had their Saturday morning TV cartoon show. By the time they had their own show, I had already outgrown them. I had to play the 45-rpm record on my sister’s record-player. And actually, the Chipmunk Song had a predecessor from the same guy who recorded the Chipmunks. It was “Witch Doctor,” one of my sister’s records, produced by David Seville aka Ross Bagdasarian, the mastermind behind the speedy voices of the Witch Doctor and the Chipmunks.
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My sister also had other records that she’d outgrown: “Tina the Ballerina” and the Peter Pan Peanut Butter version of “The Ballad of Davy Crockett” circa 1955. I played them a lot, but my favorites were “Dance with Me, Henry” by Georgia Gibbs, “If I Give My Heart to You,” by Doris Day (I couldn’t figure out why anyone would want Doris Day’s heart), and “Bimbo.” The latter, in my little childhood mind, was about the baby elephant in “Circus Boy,” a TV show on Saturday mornings about a blondhaired little boy who traveled with a frontier circus. I even had a plastic “Circus Boy” hat with Bimbo’s picture on the front. The Circus Boy, billed as Mickey Braddock, grew up and became Micky Dolenz, one of the Monkees. And yes, I had four 45s and two albums of the Monkees; Davy Jones was my favorite Monkee but it had nothing to do with his musicianship. He was cute. But recently, in relistening to the Monkees’ recordings (courtesy of the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library, since I’d given away my original records long ago), Dolenz’s voice still holds up after all these years; Jones’, not so much. Getting back to Bimbo: It turned out the song was not about the elephant. Years later I looked up the words and to my shock, it Continued page 4
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was about a “girlio,” not an elephant. I suppose I could blame it on my hearing-impairment but I think it was more about being naïve (and in my humble opinion, children 10 or under should be naïve). One of the earliest Christmas songs I remember singing with my sister was “Go, Tell It on the Mountain.” She probably doesn’t remember singing it, but I remember that we sang it together. We may have seen it performed on TV. Back in the 1950s and ’60s there were a million variety shows on TV and we saw them all. Dinah Shore (“See the USA in your Chevrolet”), Tennessee Ernie Ford, Pat Boone (who was also sponsored by Chevrolet), Your Hit Parade with Gisele Mackenzie and Russell Arms (on Saturday nights before Gunsmoke), The Garry Moore Show (with that new comedienne, Carol Burnett), Perry Como and of course Andy Williams with their annual Christmas shows. Bob Hope had his “specials,” and then, after the
first of the year, he aired his Christmas shows filmed at army and navy bases around the world. Usually Marilyn Maxwell was on his Christmas specials and sang “Silver Bells” with him. And you can’t mention Christmas without mentioning Bing Crosby: “White Christmas,” “Silent Night,” “Do You Hear What I Hear,” are some of my favorites as well as the duet on his last Christmas special, “The Drummer Boy” with David Bowie. In the mid-1960s I was a big Julie Andrews fan (still am). In 1965 Firestone sponsored a Julie Andrews Christmas album and my dad took me to the nearest Firestone store to purchase it. Earlier that year, for my birthday, I got my own record-player – a stereo! The earliest records I bought with my own money (allowance) were still monaural because they were at least $1 cheaper and maybe more. So “Mary Poppins,” “Sound of Music” and “The Beatles ’65” were not stereo. I didn’t care. One of the neat things about my new record-player was that I could turn the needle over to a different needle to play 78-rpm records, and there was a stack of them at our house. A couple, I’m sure, were bought by my parents: a Hank Williams (Sr.) record and another by Lefty Frizzel. The others dated back to the 1930s and 1940s: Jimmy Dorsey’s “All God’s Children Got Rhythm” and “Mutiny in the Brass Section” and Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Orchestra with “Delovely” were not at all the type of music my parents would have listened to; they were strictly what was then hillbilly or country-and-western. My guess is that Continued page 6 4211 Grimm Road, Newburgh, IN 47630
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my dad found the stack of records somewhere. I ended up with several Christmas albums – today they’re called vinyls – but mostly I heard the Christmas music on the radio. I didn’t hear just “country Christmas songs” on Christmas Day on the car radio. My sister favored the rock ‘n’ roll-influenced songs of Christmas: “Jingle Bell Hop,” “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” (Brenda Lee), “(I’ll Have a) Blue Christmas” (Elvis), “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” (Jimmy Boyd) and strictly for the sake of inclusion, the dogs barking “Jingle Bells.” This year, after recovering from COVID, I look forward to all of them and will be looking for the first Christmas songs to air after Thanksgiving. And then on Christmas Day, they’re gone. We have a week to look forward to the next annual tradition, “Auld Lang Syne,” in recent years apparently a recording of Guy Lombardo’s dirge-like rendition. I remember when Lombardo himself said when he died he was taking New Year’s Eve with him. Well, he didn’t, and so on New Year’s Eve we hear his depressing so-long as the ball drops down at Times Square in New York. Thankfully, it’s quick-
ly followed by a rousing version of “New York, New York” as only Frank Sinatra can sing it, even after he’s long gone. I know people say they get tired of Christmas and holiday songs by December 24th; there’s only so many times you can take Burl Ives’ “Holly-Jolly Christmas.” But I look forward to the songs each year and never tire of them. They bring back an awfully lot of pleasant memories of Christmases past and the shopping experiences (when we could cross the street catty-corner downtown on Friday and Saturday nights) or going “over the river and through the woods” to both sets of grandparents in Kentucky. I would leave you now with a stirring rendition of “Deck the Halls,” but I’ll spare you. Even in good times my voice leaves something to be desired (like a pair of ear plugs covered by ear muffs) and right now it’s not even that good. So find yourself a good radio station or selection of songs from Spotify or wherever you get your music and listen away. Sing along if you feel like it. It will absolutely help you get into the holiday spirit. Next: How music helps us feel better. MJ
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“Finally” – Title IX Comes to Evansville by Sarah Burns, Social Studies chair, Reitz High School
The early 1970s in America, one could say, were extraordinary times. The Cold War, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the women’s rights movements were all in full swing. The women’s movement secured a lasting victory with the passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” Originally intended to assist women in applying for undergraduate and professional school admissions, Title IX also had significant implications for girls’ and women’s sports. The 37 now-famous words of Title IX were penned by Indiana’s own remarkable senator Birch Bayh
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1973 Reitz gymnastics team. On this team was Jeanine Susott who won the State individual title making her Evansville’s first female State champion.
(D), who was then just 42 years old and who can count among his many legislative accomplishments two constitutional amendments, the 25th and 26th, in addition to the Juvenile Justice Act. Bayh was inspired in his fight for women’s equality by his wife, Marvella. Marvella Hern grew up in Oklahoma and, though a star student, was denied admission to the Uni-
versity of Virginia and was told that “Women need not apply.” In 2006, Bayh told the NCAA News, "We spent 26½ years together with Marvella teaching me about what it was really like being a woman in a man's world. Without her, I know I wouldn't understand the importance of this legislation." Bayh championed the bill that would become Title IX in the Sen-
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ate, with Representatives Patsy Mink (D – Hawaii) and Edith Green (D – Oregon) shepherding its companion act, the WEEA (Women’s Educational Equity Act) through the House. President Nixon signed Title IX into law on June 23, 1972, just five days after a break-in occurred at the Watergate Hotel. Extraordinary times, indeed. On April 30, 1972, Evansville Courier sportswriter John Updike reported, (in an article anachronistically titled “The Gals Make Waves”) that women’s liberation was succeeding not just in California or New York, but in Indianapolis, too. Earlier that year, in January, the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) hired Miss Pat Wright, a 1960 graduate of Ball State University, to head the implementation of women’s athletic programs at the state level. Though eight sports (track, golf, badminton, bowling, swimming, gymnastics, and volleyball) were being offered for girls at most schools in Indiana through the Girls’ Athletic Association (GAA), hardly any schools competed against each other, and no girls’ sports were sanctioned by the IHSAA. In the 1972-1973 season, the IHSAA instituted state tournaments in two programs, gymnastics and volleyball, with the promise of more to come. During that same 1972-1973 season in the Evansville high schools, after a year of study and planning by a committee of local principals, teachers, administrators, and coaches, girls officially took the field for the first time in gymnastics, volleyball, tennis, and track and field, with plans for basketball to be added at an undetermined future date. Only gymnasts would participate in a state tourney. If the program succeeded, the girls in the other sports could compete outside the city the following year, including in state tournaments, and coaches of the girls’ teams would be paid the same amount as coaches of the boys’ teams. The first volleyball season began on October 1, 1972 and ended with the sectional tournament on December 9. In November, Castle volleyball coach Ginger Lutterman told the Evansville Courier that over 100 girls had showed up to try out and twenty-five to be
managers, despite the school not previously having had a GAA or intramural team. The players at Castle competed for gym time with reserve boys’ basketball, showing up long before the school day began to practice. In these early years, concerns about facilities and funding plagued the new girls’ teams. No one was sure that receipts from girls’ games would be able to cover the costs of uniforms and equipment. The volleyball team at Central, struggling to find uniforms, wore the boys’ cub football jerseys to compete. Mrs. Marty Ruggier, volleyball coach at North High School, was confident of her players’ ability, telling the Courier that “All we lack is practice space, and money, money, money, money, money.” While surveying the newspaper articles of the day, another concern emerged, too – a concern about the girls’ comportment. “We’re moving slowly,” admitted James Graham, athletic director of the Evansville schools, “but we feel we better go slow and get it right. What we’re trying to do is provide activities that will develop physical fitness without giving up poise and grace.” Girls’ “poise and grace” was at the heart of debates about the implementation of the girls’ version of that most hallowed Hoosier institution – basketball. During the summer of 1973, Evansville girls between
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1976 Reitz girls basketball
the ages of 8 and 12 could try out for their own teams for the inaugural girls’ baseball league, and the Indiana Supreme Court ruled that if a girl wished to participate in a non-contact sport (golf, tennis, swimming) and her school did not offer a girls’ team, she could play on the boys’ team, but basketball remained off the table. In Southern Indiana, girls’ basketball had had a rich history with impressive players at schools like Boonville, Petersburg, and Mt. Vernon in the early 20th century. By the 1930s, however, attitudes toward women in sport had begun to change. Historians cite several potential causes for this shift, including concerns about women’s bodies, competition for resources and gym
time with boys’ reserve squads and financial difficulties in the wake of the Great Depression. But at any rate, in 1938, the IHSAA banned girls from state or national tournament play. In the 1970s, the Courier identified concerns about rough play, a lack of adequate funding, and the difficulty of finding female coaches as reasons why basketball was slow to be added to the list of sanctioned girls’ sports. The first IHSAA girls’ basketball tournament was held in 1976 when Warsaw defeated Bloomfield to become Indiana’s first state champion. Notably for Evansville, the Reitz team won the 19801981 state title under the leadership of Louise Owen. Girls’ sports had arrived and had begun to thrive. The number of girls playing high school varsity sports in the nation tripled from the year before Title IX to reach 817,073 in its first year, 1972-1973, and it would continue to grow. Evansville’s girls could proudly count themselves among these athletes. Asked for comment, physical education teacher Rosemary Ewing summed up her feelings in one word – “Finally.” For further reading on Title IX, see 7 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination by Sherry Boschert (New York: The New Press, 2022), and on local sports teams and individual athletes, see Local Legends by Ron Eaton (Evansville, IN: MT Publishing, 2008). MJ
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History of a Patriotic Woman Mary Allison Davis (Born 11/21/1789, died 10/26/1882) From CHVNSDAR member: Charleen Browning Spear
Mary Allison was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Robert Allison (soldier patriot of the Revolutionary War) and Elizabeth Phillips. Mary with her parents and older sister Nancy moved to Marietta, Ohio and lived in Kenny’s Garrison. During these tedious years of bloody struggle, little Mary was in the fort from about her third year to her tenth year. There were many hardships on the frontier and life was difficult with the cruel scenes of Indian War. Mary married Nehemiah Davis, whose father was a soldier and patriot of the Revolutionary War, on April 18, 1805. So, this young couple both had fathers who were Historical Patriots. The couple gathered their small quantity of earthly goods together and left the Garrison. They settled on Sugar Creek, in what is now Dover Township, four miles north of Athens Ohio. At about that time of their settling in Sugar Creek, a dozen or so mirrors were
brought to Athens and offered for sale, the first lot that had reached this locality. One of these mirrors was purchased by Mrs. Davis, and this old looking glass mystified her. She had never seen her face, and the mirror was one of her most cherished possessions at the time of her death at the age of 93. Mary Allison, with her husband Nehemiah, traveled from Ohio to southern Illinois where they settled in Hamilton County in 1839. There, they received land from the government to settle in the Northwest Territory. They were the parents of 12 children. Mary Davis became a mid-wife and female physician at the age of 40, and she attended the birth of more than one thousand children, riding on horseback to the homes where she was needed. She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church and became a faithful member until her death on October 26, 1882. MJ
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This colorful, captivating “Crazy” Quilt was made in 1893, making it over 130 years old! Nannie Morrow of Newburgh made the quilt. Her descendant, Mary Jean Barr, donated it to the Newburgh Museum. Nannie Morrow was part of the James Morrow family. James wrote poignant letters home to his “Dier Wiffe”, Susan, during the Civil War and several of these letters have been featured in the recent August-November issues of Maturity Journal. We feel this exquisite piece of family folk art is a fitting closing to the “Letters Home” series. Crazy quilts were very popular from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. In contrast to patchwork quilts
made primarily from cotton and wool, crazy quilts were created from fine dress fabrics such as silk and velvet and had intricate embroidery and trims. This particular quilt even has hand-painted floral designs on the fabrics and Nannie's name stitched in it. One panel even displays presidents of the United States! These quilts took a lot of time, skill and artistic talent to produce and this particular quilt had been entered in quilt shows. The rich textiles, intricate patterns and needlework are something to behold. The Newburgh Museum proudly exhibits this beautiful piece of handiwork. Visit the museum to see and better appreciate this lovely Crazy Beautiful Quilt. MJ
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The process of adding beneficiaries to your Indiana accounts can vary slightly depending on your financial institution. However, the general steps are as follows: Contact Your Financial Institution: Reach out to your bank or credit union to obtain the necessary forms. You can often find these forms on their website or request them in person. Complete the Beneficiary Designation Form: Fill out the form accurately, providing the names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of your beneficiaries. You may also need to specify the percentage of your assets each beneficiary will receive. Review and Sign the Form: Carefully review the form to ensure all information is correct. Sign and date the form in the presence of a witness. Submit the Form: Return the completed form to your financial institution. You may be able to submit it in person, by mail, or through online banking.
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Reflections Reflections Barbecue, Burgoo & You Evansville’s barbecue traditions are deeply rooted in its geography and historical role as a hub for transportation and trade. Settled in 1812, Evansville quickly became a crossroads of Midwestern and Southern influences as goods, people, and cultures converged along the Ohio River. This location facilitated the sharing of recipes, techniques, and food traditions, including barbecue, which was a staple for travelers, laborers, and settlers from Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Deep South. Barbecue as we know it today began to take shape in the 19th century. Evansville, like other river towns, was home to various immigrant communities who brought with them their own meat-smoking practices. Germans, who were prominent in Evansville, introduced techniques like sausage making and smoking, blending with Southern-style pit smoking traditions brought north by former Southerners and African Americans who had traveled along the river. The result was a unique form of barbecue that combined Southern-style smoked meats with local, German-influenced methods of seasoning
By Kris Shefveland, Professor of History, USI (Photos courtesy Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library)
and preparation. Transplants from Kentucky brought with them barbecue traditions. One of these lost legends is Baugh’s, which opened in 1934 under the direction of Floyd Baugh, who had arrived in Evansville that year from Kentucky. Baugh later sold the business to Bruce Hall and J.B. Render, who sold it two years later, in March 1946, to Kenneth A. McKinney, who renamed it Mac’s Bar-B-Q, a bygone restaurant much beloved by folks in the Tri-state for the sweet tomato-based barbecue sauce and a plethora of pies, like lemon, pecan, chocolate, banana and coconut. Located at 1409 E. Maryland Street, Mac’s served plates of barbecued chicken, pork, mutton, and beef with rye bread and pickles. On the menu as well were ham steak, barbecue ribs, and a variety of sandwiches. Maturity Journal reader Carl Johann shares, “It seemed like practically every Sunday after church, our father (Art Johann, founder of Arts Potato Chips and Thin Twin Potato Chips) would take us to Mac’s for some take-out barbecue. Being only 5-10 years old in the late 1950s, I still remember the hickory smell, the great big pies and the best potato salad ever.” McKinney
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sold it to his nephew William Skelton in 1972. After moving to 500 South Green River Road, Mac’s closed in 1993 or 1994. One of the first barbecue restaurants in Evansville was started by Kirby Williams of Hawesville, Kentucky in 1920. In an oral history, descendants Mark Williams and Bob Williams told stories about their grandfather’s establishment, Kirby’s Barbecue along South Kentucky Avenue. When Kirby passed away in 1937, his wife, Mabel, maintained the restaurant through World War II, until Alby Brougham bought it. Mark and Bob’s uncle James “Jim” Louis Williams went on to start Kirby’s Fine Dining restaurant in Haynie’s Corner and, according to Jim’s daughter Julie, Bob Williams always spoke fondly of how his father, Kirby, had a unique way of prepping barbecue using a self-fashioned smoker made from parts of a cylindrical train car. Among his
recollections, Bob Williams told stories about “dragging Main Street,” which meant that he’d go out cruising in his car with a pretty girl for a bit before turning around and going back down Main Street to Riverside and continuing down to Kentucky Avenue, where he’d hit his grandpa’s restaurant, the Humpty Dumpty, then the Farmer’s Daughter, Hamilton’s Drive In and the first McDonald’s restaurant in Evansville as well as the House of Como. Bob continued by commenting on what young couples could do in the 1950s and 1960s when sixty-five to seventy dollars a week was probably the average pay. He said there were three things you could do as a couple: have a nice car, have a nice house or go out to eat at fine places. Bob opined that you could not do all three, but if
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you were creative, you could work around your income and still have an active social life. For example, if you had the nice house and wanted to go out for a nice dinner, you could get reservations at the Elks Club, drive your old Model T car and walk two blocks to the Elks Club so no one knew you had an old car. In his recollections, Bob spoke fondly of F’s Steakhouse and lunches at the YWCA. Bob also joked that Kirby’s not only had barbecue mutton – hearkening to their Kentucky heritage – but also offered chicken. Bob was a classmate of Jerry Turner’s (founder of Turoni’s Pizza) and is a 1960 graduate from North High School. Kirby’s Old Kentucky Barbecue closed in the late 1960s. Evansville barbecue restaurants are also famous for burgoo, a stew-like dish that has origins in Kentucky and was popularized in river towns like Evansville. Traditionally made with a combination of meats – sometimes even wild game – and a variety of vegetables, burgoo is a symbol of Evansville’s agricultural history and its reliance on community gatherings to share food and company. Burgoo, a thick and hearty stew, has deep roots in the Ohio Valley, especially in areas like Kentucky, southern Indiana, and Illinois. Often thought of as a "frontier dish," burgoo has a history that reflects the resourcefulness and communal spirit of early settlers in the region. It’s traditionally made with a mix of meats and vegetables, simmered over an open fire for hours, producing a rich, flavorful stew that was once a staple at social gatherings, harvests, and community events. Modern burgoo recipes are more refined than their frontier counterparts, but the spirit of “using what’s available” still influences the dish. While wild game is rarely used anymore, the essence of burgoo remains the same: a blend of meats, vegetables, and spices cooked to a thick, flavorful con-
sistency. Today, beef, pork, and chicken are common ingredients, and vegetables like tomatoes, okra, corn, and lima beans often appear in the mix. The exact ingredients vary by region, family recipe, or even by individual cooks. The flavor profile of burgoo is savory and rich, thanks to the long cooking time that allows the ingredients to break down and meld together. Burgoo often includes a variety of seasonings – Worcestershire sauce, garlic, black pepper, and sometimes hot sauce – that give it a slightly spicy, tangy flavor, but the seasonings can vary widely depending on the recipe. Some recipes call for bourbon as a nod to Kentucky’s famous spirit, adding depth and a hint of sweetness. The best burgoo is cooked outside, typically made with vegetables provided by local farmers, like the fundraisers done at Mars Elementary School since the 1950s or out at St. Philip’s.
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There are so many stories to share about Evansville’s barbecue tradition! And here’s my question for you for future columns: What are some of your favorite side dishes to serve with a plate of barbecue? Is your potato salad German or more American Southern in flavor? We look forward to hearing from you! MJ
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Picturing Our Past
by Hannah Thomason, Archivist at Willard Library
During the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) boosted jobs and morale in Evansville through a Christmas parade. But as organizers planned the 1941 event, they learned the WPA could no longer support it. Generous community members, under an oath of secrecy, formed the Knights of St. Nicholas to let the parade go on. On November 21, the streets filled with festive floats, vibrant costumes, and school queens, kicking off the season. Just 16 days before the world changed with Pearl Harbor, this beloved parade brought joy and unity, lighting up the city and leaving a lasting memory. MJ
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Three male employees showing two female customers a cut of meat in New Harmony in 1941. Other identifiable products include Hershey’s baking chocolate, Prem canned meat, Argo laundry starch, Domino cane sugar, Jell-O, Arm & Hammer baking soda, and Lux soap. One customer holds 2 lemons or limes and a can of FrancoAmerican brand food. There is a wrapped package, probably meat, on the counter. MJ
l He was such a mean kid that he would hide his grandfather’s bedpan in the freezer. l Grandson: Grandpa, I can’t find the least common denominator in this math problem. Grandpa: Are they still looking for that? I couldn’t find it when I was young either. l First man: Does your daughter spend a lot of time on the phone? Second man: I’ll say! When she moves out, the phone company is going to retire her number.
l Today, we spend $60,000 for a school bus to pick up the kids right at the door so they won’t have to walk. Then we spend over a million dollars for a gym so they can get some exercise. l Heckler: I wouldn’t vote for you if you were St. Peter. Politician: If I were St. Peter, you wouldn’t be in my district. l Did you hear that A&P and Stop & Shop merged? The new store’s called Stop & Pee. l How many Californians does it take to change a light bulb? Six. One to turn the bulb, one for support, and four to relate to the experience. MJ
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If you’ve ever watched or read historic fiction set in the WWII era, you are already familiar with the United Service Organization (USO). The USO was formed in the early 1940s to serve American service members. They held dances, provided meals, beds, and even a place to do laundry. Basically, anything that the service members needed. The USO was explicitly formed to be non-discriminatory. However, putting something on paper doesn’t always translate to action. Most of the local USO’s were segregated, and Evansville was no different. In fact, at first there wasn’t anything here for black service members. Some local residents decided something needed to be done, so they formed a Volunteer Service Club (VSC). This club provided a lot of the services that the USO did but was not actually part of that organization. A short time later, the Lincoln USO Club opened in a former orphanage not far from the VSC. This club continued on to become a community center, which served the black community until the 1970s, when the building caught fire and had to be torn down. Question: In what housing development was the first VSC located? MJ
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SEARCH PARTY by Ron Eaton
In this letter grid you will find thirty words of at least 5 letters each. The words can be found by searching horizontally, vertically, or diagonally in any direction. The thirty words can be divided into six groups of five related words. (Ex: planets, baseball teams, U.S. states) After you have found the thirty words, the unused letters, when read from left to right (top to bottom), will spell out five words of a seventh related group. IF YOU NEED SOME HELP, turn the next page upside down to reveal the 6 categories for this Word Search.
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ACKB & ROTHF
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Unscramble the words on each side and match the words on the left with the words on the right to make common phrases. Good luck! (Example: BACK & FORTH) _________________
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The Cooking Corner By Jancey Smith Holiday Traditions
Visit janceys.blogspot.com With every holiday comes some type of tradition. It could be coloring Easter eggs, grilling burgers, carving pumpkins, or eating turkey. Christmas is one holiday that brings with it multiple traditions. There are parades, nativity scenes, poinsettias, and the ringing bells with the red kettles. At home there’s holiday baking, gift wrapping, and decorating the tree and house. Years ago, when the kids were little and I was trying to be some kind of Martha Stewart Super Mom, we made a day of getting ready for Christmas. I made cookie dough ahead of time and gathered the crew around a flour-covered dining room table to cut out, decorate and bake cookies. Flour, icing, sprinkles and kids – what was I thinking? After that hot mess was cleaned up, we bundled the crew up in winter wear, stuffed them into my poor old minivan, and chugged out to the Christmas tree farm with the radio blaring rock and roll. Nothing says Christmas like a little AC/DC. We then unloaded the littles and traipsed through mud, slush, and sometimes snow, in the hunt of the perfect Christmas tree. This always led to great
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debate. The house is old, the ceilings are high and we just couldn’t do a Charlie Brown tree. The real trick was tying that perfect tree on top of the old van and getting it home. It swayed and swerved in the winter wind all the way home. The Griswolds in the movie Christmas Vacation had nothing on us. One year, after dragging in the King Kong of trees and losing those lovely little needles the whole way, we realized the fun had just begun. When we tried to stuff the tree into the stand and hoist it upright, it kept toppling over. The silly thing outweighed the stand. I’ll never forget my dad walking in as I was trying to hold the tree up while hubby was under it, fiddling with the stand. It wasn't pretty, but it was comical. Finally, we resorted to power tools and drilled some eye hooks right into the living room walls so we could tie the thing up. Perseverance pays. After the tree was in place and as the hubby was on the quest for the inevitable burned-out light bulb, we set out those homemade Christmas cookies and washed them down with apple juice or egg nog in fancy glasses. Yes, it may seem a little silly, but that was our little tradition. Over all the years baking cookies for my crew, their favorite by far is what we called Cinnamon S cookies, to some a Snickerdoodle. I found this recipe somewhere way back in college, but it's always worked great. (Hint: keep the dough chilled) The ingredients are simple and the steps minimal. Perfect for the littles. A good friend of mine does a variation on this recipe. She adds pumpkin. So, if you have a can leftover from Thanksgiving, this is a perfect way to use it up for Christmas. Happy holidays and always remember, you too could have a Griswold Christmas with lots of memories. Directions: In medium mixing bowl combine: flour, cornstarch, cream of tartar, baking soda and powder, salt, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie Mix well to combine. In a large mixing bowl cream softened butter, sugar and brown sugars. Mix in egg yolk and vanilla extract, then add pumpkin puree. Slowly add dry ingredients to the wet ones and mix until just combined. Cover bowl and refrigerate for at least 30-40 minutes. You should be able to roll it without being sticky. Preheat oven to 350. Spray or line two large baking sheets. Make rolling sugar. Remove cookie dough from the refrigerator. Use a 2-tablespoon cookie or melon ball scoop to place balls on baking sheets, leaving 2 inches between cookies. Roll each ball in sugar. Bake 10-13 minutes until set. Cool on baking sheets for 5-10 then transfer to a wire rack. Store in airtight container for 4 days or freeze up to 3 months. Makes about 3 dozen. MJ
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Search Party Answers
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Relationships: FRIEND, FIANCE, CONFIDANR, PLAYMATE, NEMISIS Ill Health: BRONCHITIS, LUPUS, DIARRHEA, MALARIA, LARYNGITIS Movie People: ACTOR, EDITOR, PRODUCER, EXTRA, CINEMATOGRAPHER Large Birds: OSTRICH, BUZZARD, CONDOR, SEAHAWK, PELICAN She’s Lovely!; PRETTY, STUNNING, ATTRACTIVE, GORGEOUS, BREATHTAKING Times of Day: MORNING, SUNUP, SUNDOWN, TWILIGHT, EVENING Remaining Letters Spell: (Prizes & Awards) OSCAR, GRAMMY, HEISMAN, NOBEL, PEABODY
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