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It Was 50 Years Ago Today

‘Summer in the City’ Randal Hill

The old radio soundman scratched his head. Those scraggly, hippielooking musicians had requested his entire sound effects collection of traffic noises. They had even asked him to include the sound of a jackhammer.

They said all the noise would show up on their next record.

The elderly gentleman rolled his eyes. Whatever happened to “normal” music? And just what kind of oddball name was the Lovin’ Spoonful, anyway?

Harmonica player/autoharpist John Sebastian and guitarist Zal Yanovsky had played in a bohemian Greenwich Village jug band/folk group called the Mugwumps, which included future Mamas and Papas members Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty.

Seeking a new direction, Sebastian and Yanovsky eventually left the

band, recruited drummer/vocalist Joe Butler and bassist Steve Boone, and formed the Lovin’ Spoonful. For the name, Sebastian had lifted a lyric phrase from “Coffee Blues,” an obscure song by an old bluesman named Mississippi John Hurt.

After gigging in New York City clubs for a while, the bluesy folkies signed with the fledgling Kama Sutra Records

“Summer in the City” The Lovin’ Spoonful August 1966

label and quickly found success when the group racked up five Top Ten singles in as many releases.

Now pressure was on to keep the winning streak alive. No problem. To the Lovin’ Spoonful, “Summer in the City” had hit written all over it.

The future ’60s classic had begun as a freshman English class poem written by the younger brother of

Spoonful leader John Sebastian.

Mark Sebastian had been discouraged by the “F” grade the poem had earned him, but he thought his brother might be able to do something with the words as song lyrics about a young city guy being out on a summer night.

The elder Sebastian said he’d take a look but then saw only two lines he liked: But at night it’s a different world/Go out and find a girl Working with Steve Boone, Sebastian fashioned the poem into a winning musical composition that included the novelty of urban sound effects.

“We listened for hours to various traffic-jam noises and car horns and selected the ones we wanted,” Sebastian explained to Fred Bronson

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in The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. “We found [the sound of] a pneumatic hammer to provide for that section and put it all together.”

“Summer in the City” proved to be another winner for the Big Apple boys. Musicologist Toby Cresswell, in his book 1001 Songs, enthuses, “The pounding bass and drums with staccato organ jabs build an intense mood that’s shattered by the sound effects of jackhammers and car horns. This really is the sound of the city and the promise of excitement and adventure to be had in the streets

and nightclubs.”

“Summer in the City” gave the Lovin’ Spoonful its sixth winning single and their only No. 1 release.

There’s no way to calculate just how much the added sound effects contributed to the million-seller’s popularity. Maybe not much, really.

For all the time and effort spent on the project, the entire gimmick lasts all of eight seconds.

Randal C. Hill is a rock ’n’ roll historian who lives at the Oregon coast.

He may be reached at wryterhill@msn. com.

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By Sam Peeples the house is surrounded

by greenery, whether it is Driving up to Melanie a row of bushes and trees Markowski’s house, the or carefully constructed butterfly garden sits flowerbeds. prominently in the front “I love doing theme yard. It is filled with flowers gardens. I have a butterfly of cool lavender, pink, and garden, a hummingbird white and surrounded by garden, and colorplants specially chosen to coordinated gardens,” provide for every stage of a Markowski’s kitchen herb garden contains Markowski said. “I love butterfly’s lifecycle.

20 favorite herbs. matching the gardens with Following the short the color of the house.” walkway to her front door While the front yard is is another bed of reds centered on the butterfly and yellows supported by garden and flowers from shrubs and berry bushes. friends, the back and sides Right away, it is evident of the yard provide their that nature is important in own beauty. her life and has been for a A small herb garden sits long time. in pots growing thyme, Markowski’s first parsley, and oregano. memory is of planting lima Her shed is surrounded beans in June. by wildflowers and self“When they pop up out seeding plants that provide of the ground, they have A wooden tub The Green Thumb these little dirt caps. I went pollinator garden of Garden Club’s memorial cover for a small pond beloved by frogs. out and picked up all the annual flowers. garden of native plants Another pond sits dirt caps because I thought in a local park. by the fence’s gate with I was helping them be fish enjoying shade from born. I don’t think Dad nearby trees. And just active within the community. appreciated that.” off of her patio sits a bed of silver She and the other members are Markowski is a longtime plants promising to glow the next member and current vice president responsible for planting and time there’s moonlight. of the Green Thumb Garden Club. maintaining the flowerbeds Markowski’s love of gardening She joined when one of the group’s surrounding the town square and extends beyond the confines of founding members, Lucretia Fake, its borough’s four welcome signs.

They also manage a native plant her own backyard or the Green invited her to a meeting one day.

Thumb Gardening Club. memorial garden at a park and “Lucretia invited me to a For 15 years she ran the playground to honor club members meeting in 1997 and I promptly afterschool Junior Garden Program who have passed on. joined,” she said. “It’s amazing for a local elementary school. More Members donate plants to an how you can grow up right next to than 250 students passed through annual yard sale, and last year’s something and never hear of it.” the program and 2,000 more proceeds were enough to create Since joining the Green toured the gardens and learned two $500 scholarships for local Thumbs, Markowski has been about local wildlife. both correspondence secretary and students pursuing gardening“I very much enjoyed running related fields. membership chair. Her secretarial an afterschool Junior Garden Club members engage the duties consisted of writing letters, Program with a focus on gardening residents of Victorian Villa in keeping members informed of for wildlife,” she said. “Since horticultural therapy, teaching events, and sharing incoming that program has ended, Green them to create floral designs and correspondence.

Thumb and I have been looking gardens. And during the holidays, As chair, she reached out to into another way to reach out to they decorate a Christmas tree for potential members and invited children.” them to meetings, welcoming new Olivia’s House, a grief and loss She and Green Thumb also host members and maintaining a list of center for children. a series of library lectures every Of course, she makes sure to all their attendees. fourth Thursday of the month. spare plenty of time for her own The club has been consistently www.50plusLifePA.com

These lessons include herb growing, how to cut down on labor, making special gardens and orchards, and even a topiary demo for the holidays.

She is also happy to see local schools continuing their commitment to gardening and the outdoors.

“Since the war gardens of World War I and the victory gardens of World War II, school curriculums have included gardening,” Markowski said. “I am very happy to see a lot of schools receive grants and set up gardening programs.”

Whether it is in her home or throughout her county, Markowski is truly passionate about horticulture.

She believes in its benefits enough to recommend gardening to anyone who has even a passing interest in working with plants.

“I hope that everyone plants a garden with their families; whether it’s flowers or vegetables, digging in the dirt helps to keep you healthy,” she said. “It doesn’t matter if you live in an apartment, the suburbs, or on a high-rise with a balcony. If you have land, plant what you enjoy, can afford, and can take care of.

“And if you really don’t like to dig in the dirt, then go outside and enjoy the efforts of others as you tour the many beautiful parks and gardens throughout Pennsylvania and beyond.”

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My 22 Cents’ Worth

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Dreamland: Where the Action Is

Do you like adventurous experiences, maybe with a dose of shock that startles your tranquility?

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Instead, rely on your dreams. You will find plenty of action without leaving your home: thrills, anxiety, terror, romance, and the pleasure of superhuman endowments that you don’t experience during waking hours.

Sleep researcher William C. Dement describes the phenomenon this way: “Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.”

It is less terrifying to dream in our advanced years than dreaming in early childhood. Some dream analysts have a theory that evolution has given children nightmares to prepare their subconscious for the shocks that will occur in later life.

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under 5 years of age. They are most common among young children older than 5. Among adults, nightmares significantly diminish in occurrence from age 25-55.

Not all dreams are nonsensical.

Famous people have reported prophetic dreams. Abraham Lincoln allegedly told friends, days before he was assassinated, that he had a prophetic dream.

In his dream he heard crying in the White House. In his dream state, he arose from his bed, entered the east wing of the White House, and saw there a casket guarded by a soldier.

Lincoln asked the soldier: “Who is dead in the White House?”

He was told it was the president, “killed by an assassin.” Lincoln reportedly said he slept no more that night.

King Henry III of France had a dream, three days before his assassination (1589), that he had been bloodied by monks. He actually was stabbed to death by one monk.

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Great Gadgets for Aging Golfers Jim Miller

Dear Savvy Senior, Can you recommend any products that can help older golfers? I love to play golf, but I have hip and back problems that make bending over to tee up or pick up the ball difficult. And I have arthritis in my thumbs that makes gripping the club a problem.

– Ailing Eddy Dear Eddy, There are actually a wide variety of nifty golf accessories and adaptive equipment that can help older golfers who struggle with injuries, arthritis, or loss of mobility.

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Bending Substitutes The game of golf requires a lot of repetitive bending and stooping

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‘Roots’ Series Reimagined for Novel’s 40th Anniversary

By Sam Peeples On May 30, History channel began airing a reimagining of one of the most critically acclaimed series to ever appear on television: an update of the TV miniseries Roots, based on both the novel by Alex Haley and the 1977 television adaptation of the same name.

The four-episode, eight-hour series ran May 30–June 2 starring Malachi Kirby as Kunta Kinte.

History announced production in 2013 after it obtained the rights to the franchise from Mark Wolper, the son of the original series’ producer, and the Haley estate. History commissioned Wolper to produce a contemporary adaptation that drew on both examples of the work.

Roots follows the story of an African adolescent named Kunta Kinte as he is taken from his home and sent to America through the slave trade and renamed Toby by the man who buys him. It then details his experiences as a slave and

his descendants’ experiences, Mills found that ending with Alex Haley most of the physical ALEX HALEY evidence either himself. provides no proof The novel was first supporting Haley’s published in 1976.

TOM Haley claims that the story or contradicts it outright. novel is partially MATILDA In addition, people autobiographical. from Kinte’s apparent While some plot home village of Juffure elements were his CHICKEN GEORGE were inconsistent in own invention TOM LEA corroborating and the book is classified as a novel Haley’s story, KIZZY changing rather than a details historical account, BELLE with each Haley purports KUNTA KINTE rendition. his ancestry to be the same as the Even the village’s griot, one laid out in BINTA the book. a professional storyteller who However, many OMORO of the documents acts as a repository of oral history, gave and oral histories conflicted accounts each Haley used to create time he was asked to relate the his timeline have proven story. unreliable. An examination of his sources by historian Gary B. Mills Juffure itself was represented in both the novel and the original series and genealogist Elizabeth Shown

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as what it was in Haley’s time rather than Kinte’s. In the book, it is said to be a small village several miles from the coast that had only heard rumors of white men.

In truth, it was a port city very close to James’s Island, an important trading outpost owned by the British.

The new series remedied these errors, showing both Juffure and Kinte’s tribe, the Mandinka, as we now know they were back in 18th century—specifically, that they were actually mounted warriors who rode horses well enough that Europeans visited them for training.

The new miniseries also corrected how Kinte was caught and sold: by African slave traders who sold men and women, sometimes those of their own tribe, to visiting Europeans—as opposed to white slave catchers, who were far less prevalent than many assume.

Accusations of plagiarism also followed the novel. Harold Courlander accused Haley of stealing from his 1967 novel The African,

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while Margret Walker Alexander claimed her own book, Jubilee (1966), had been plagiarized.

Walker’s case was dismissed in court, the judge claiming that “no actionable similarities” could be found between the works.

Courlander’s suit was settled out of court for $650,000 after Haley admitted to copying several passages from The African.

The original television series premiered just one year after the release of the novel and popularized it with the American public. The series was a great success with both audiences and critics, created a new interest in genealogy among the public, and established the miniseries as a workable format on broadcast television.

In the original series, Levar Burton, of Star Trek: The Next Generation fame, starred as Kunta

Kinte. David L. Wolper, Mark Wolper’s father, was the executive producer.

The series drew in the largest audience for any type of television up to that point in U.S. history at 130 million to 140 million viewers. It is regarded as one of the greatest shows to ever play on television.

The new series had a lot to live up to but was able to declare itself a success. Critics gave it near universal acclaim and the majority of audiences followed suit. The series currently holds a 97 percent “fresh” rating on the review-aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, 83 percent on the similar site Metacritic, and glowing reviews in papers such as the New York Times and the Boston Globe.

All four episodes of the miniseries can be found on History’s website at http://roots.history.com.

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Rocking on the High Seas with the Inaugural Flower Power Cruise

By Stephanie Kalina-Metzger About a year or so ago, I was intrigued by a commercial announcing a “Flower Power Cruise,” featuring a star lineup of bands from the ’60s. The ship was scheduled to set sail in late February, so I hinted to my husband that it might be a great birthday present.

Being a child of the era, the trip struck his fancy and soon afterward we were booked. On Feb. 29, 2016, we joined about 2,000 other funloving music fans on a six-day, musicfilled voyage, with stops in Cozumel and Key West.

Headliners included Herman’s Hermits, starring Peter Noone; Peter Asher; Blood, Sweat & Tears featuring Bo Bice; Felix Cavaliere’s Rascals; Micky Dolenz of the Monkees; the Grass Roots; the Guess Who; Jefferson Starship; Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders; Gary Puckett and the Union Gap; the

Revelers listening to tribute bands on board ship.

Herman’s Hermits performing for cruisegoers.

Buckinghams; and the Family Stone.

The schedule of events for the Flower Power Cruise (www. flowerpowercruise.com) was literally “jam” packed, with numerous concerts slated for every day of the cruise.

To kick things off the first night, Peter Noone packed the auditorium.

The ’60s icon still looks great and drew many laughs when he responded to an enamored female who shouted, “We want to see you in

the hot tub later.”

“In England, we call that ‘Fat Boy Soup,’” he replied, without missing a beat.

Music from the ’60s resonated down the passageways of the ship as we strolled from our rooms each day to join in events such as slideshow presentations on old television series, trivia contests about artists of the era, informational sessions, and “meet and greets” with musical luminaries like Felix Cavaliere.

Wade Lawrence, a senior curator of the Museum at Bethel Woods, presented an educational Woodstock session accompanied by slides of the historic concert.

Other bands that played on the Celebrity Constellation during that fun-filled week pumped up the crowd with popular numbers.

One of my favorites, the Guess Who, started out with a bang with hits like “No Sugar Tonight” and “American Woman,” which, as we learned from bass player Jim Kale, was written about the Statue of Liberty.

Many of the passengers contributed to the fun by parading around the ship in tie-dyed shirts, beads, fringe, headbands, and other fashions of the era.

Musicians mingled with the crowd and were often spotted in elevators, deck areas, and later on stage. Micky Dolenz was oft-seen sitting and chatting with people at several bars aboard the ship.

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A Whirlwind Tour of Cozumel We hit the ground running upon arriving in Cozumel, a Caribbean island off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

Our first stop was Discover Mexico, where a tour guide led us into a building to watch a short film describing Mexican culture, crafts, and countryside. When the movie ended, we viewed Mexican-made arts and crafts at the small museum located in the same building.

Afterward, we walked the park grounds, where we inspected “toscale” replicas and learned more about Mexican landmarks like the Great Pyramid of Cholula and Palenque’s Temple of the Inscriptions.

Before we exited the park, a group of men elicited “oohs” and “ahhs” from the crowd by performing a dance, climbing an 80-foot pole and finally spiraling down the structure tethered by one ankle.

Another stop on our tour included the old town of El Cidral, home to the oldest Mayan Ruins on the island.

A “Mayan warrior” stood guard in front of the ruins and posed with tourists for pictures.

Ernest Hemingway’s home.

A “Mayan warrior” guards the ruins in El Cidral, Cozumel.

During our visit, we participated in a tequila tasting at the Hacienda Tequila Museum, where we learned about the history of the beverage and sampled several tequilas crafted in the area.

Before departing the small town, we climbed a small hill to snap a few pictures of the first Catholic church erected in Cozumel dating back to 1848.

Next was a brief stop to behold the rugged beauty of El Mirador beach, where tourists enjoyed climbing the natural bridge to look out toward Cuba and across the horizon of the Caribbean Sea. Our final stop included a visit to San Miguel, most of which I saw

through the windows of the van, wishing they would have allotted more time to allow us to walk the streets, peer inside the shops and galleries, or stroll along the wide sidewalks next to the seawall.

Time was tight, however, so we headed back to the ship to sail to Key West.

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Visiting Key West and the Hemingway House Temperatures in Key West hovered at a comfortable 70 degrees during our visit, and we spent several hours on the walkable island, enjoying the shops along Duval Street and the neighborhoods ensconced in the small 3-by-5-mile town.

Our most memorable stop in Key West was the Hemingway Home built in 1851, where we learned the importance of being Ernest and the life of the prolific writer. Guests were permitted a glimpse into his studio where he penned works like For Whom the Bell Tolls and The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Hemingway was once a boxer and that, paired with his clumsiness, resulted in nine concussions, which may have contributed to his sometimes erratic behavior.

Approximately 54 descendent cats lounged about as if they owned the place, about half of which were polydactyl.

We made a brief stop in Mallory Square to peruse the shops and watch a steel drum player before boarding the ship. The plaza comes alive with entertainers during the nightly sunset watching.

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Decorating with Family Heirlooms

There is an overwhelming abundance of home-makeover TV shows and online blogs about redecorating, redesigning, and reconsidering the objects with which we live.

Antiques and family heirlooms are front and center when it comes to innovative design. Here are some decorating tips that might prove fun and interesting.

Family Friendly If you have an object that has been handed down in the family over the years, consider designing a room around it.

If you have your grandmother’s Regina music box dating back to the early 1900s, feature it proudly where everyone can admire it.

Is that antique parlor chair from the Victorian period or cutglass punch bowl Arrange looking for a new Collections space to show its Architect stuff? Take it out Ludwig Mies of the living room van der Rohe where it may get was onto lost in the array of something other furnishings when he said, and make it the “Less is more.” featured antique Even large object in a guest collections can room, powder look organized room, or foyer if they are entryway. arranged well.

Feature a single Put antique antique object collections with family Ironstone mixing bowl in foyer atop a together by significance, like repurposed chest. size, material, Grandma’s 19thcentury ironstone color, or mixing bowl, in a prominent area of texture. This method shows both a collection’s similarities and differences. your home.

Use objects to let your family Organization of a collection shows history shine. For instance, I have my that you have given some thought to father’s war medals proudly displayed your collection and its arrangement. in my home library along with World War II literature and military The Front is Foremost scrapbooks.

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Support Groups Free and open to the public Mondays, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Grief Support Group Mohler Senior Center 25 Hope Drive, Hershey (717) 732-1000 Aug. 3 and 17, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

ANAD Eating Disorders Support Group PinnacleHealth Polyclinic Landis Building, Sixth Floor, Classroom 1 2501 N. Third St., Harrisburg (717) 712-9535 Aug. 9, 6 to 7 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group Greenfield Senior Living at Graysonview 150 Kempton Ave., Harrisburg (717) 561-8010 Aug. 10, 6 to 7 p.m.

Alzheimer’s Support Group Emeritus at Harrisburg 3560 N. Progress Ave., Harrisburg (717) 671-4700

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Support Group for Families of Those with MemoryRelated Illnesses Frey Village 1020 N. Union St., Middletown (717) 930-1218

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Harrisburg Area Parkinson’s Disease Caregiver Support Group Giant Food Stores – Second Floor 2300 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg (717) 580-7772 Aug. 31, 7 to 8 p.m.

Connections Support Group: Families of Memory Impaired Ecumenical Retirement Community Building 3, Second Floor 3525 Canby St., Harrisburg (717) 561-2590

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Ice Cream Social Spring Creek Rehabilitation and Nursing Center 1205 S. 28th St., Harrisburg (717) 565-7000 Aug. 24, 7 p.m.

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Decanter Magazine estimates that 93 million people drink wine regularly in the U.S., which adds up to 40 percent of all adults.

The amount of wine Americans drank last year rose from 2014 by 0.2 percent, but Decanter predicts that by the year 2025, 11 million more people will be wine fans, for a total of $104 million in sales.

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He Flew the Dreaded Hump, Delivering Supplies that Kept China in the War

When Newton Dana graduated have supplied the Japanese their from Trenton High School in 1941 all-essential access to the Chinese at age 17, he enrolled at Ohio State heartland.

University. But by the end of his When the list of consequential sophomore year there, the draft was targets ran thin in early 1945, Dana about to pay and his crew him a visit. were assigned So he to fly the decided to Hump back enlist in the to Chabua, Army Air India, to Corps, and join the he headed planes that for Atlantic were flying City, New the Hump Jersey, around for basic the clock, training. carrying fuel, He was ammo, and then selected supplies of all for the other kinds to aviation China. cadet Flying the program, Hump had and after begun in early completing 1942, when primary, the Japanese Newton Dana with the PT-17 Stearman he flew in primary flight training. basic, and advance had advanced taken Burma flight training, he won his wings and and had sealed off the Burma Road, became a flight officer. which had permitted trucks to carry He then joined the crew of a fourdrastically needed supplies to the engine B-24 Liberator bomber as coChinese. pilot in late 1944 and was on his way That 1,000-mile roundtrip airlift east across the Atlantic, Africa, and the turned out to be an extremely Near East to India. From there, the hazardous undertaking for our flight crew flew the Hump to their base in crews. Planes flew around the clock China, where they flew as members of over high mountains and deep gorges the Flying Tigers. between Burma and China.

Their crew’s bombing missions were Fully loaded C-47s couldn’t climb against the Japanese-occupied facilities over the tallest peaks, so they had along the eastern part of China, to fly dangerous paths between the tearing up bridges, marshalling yards, peaks, some of which reached 20,000 and airfields. feet into the skies. There was violent One mission Dana especially turbulence—with winds of 200 remembers is attacking and helping mph—huge downdrafts, and icing, to destroy the Yellow River Bridge and wild weather as a daily threat. that spanned the river that is China’s Also, there was a severe lack of second longest and the cradle of suitable charts and an absence of Chinese civilization. The bridge would navigational equipment, like radio www.50plusLifePA.com

beacons. Airlift crews were said to have faced a 1-in-3 chance of being killed.

On the ground, there were not enough mechanics or spare parts to go around, so maintenance and engine overhauls were often deferred. Many overloaded planes crashed on takeoff when they lost an engine.

Author and ATC pilot Ernest Gann remembers flying into Chabua and seeing four air crashes in one day: two C-47s and two C-87s.

But, each year the tonnage carried to China increased significantly, with more planes flying, more flight crews, and more mechanics to keep them in the air.

The weather, however, remained lethal.

“Those downdrafts were a special horror,” Dana says. “Once, one grabbed us and dropped us 4,000 feet like we were on an elevator. Nothing we could do about it. Luckily, we were still above the tops of the mountains … although barely.

“There were plenty of crashed airplanes below us, so many that it used to be called ‘an aluminum

undercast.’”

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Air Force “Typically, report in China it said, “A was C-rations byproduct we were of the delivering. numerous In India you air crashes felt like you was a local hadn’t lived boom in until you had native some Buffalo wares cacciatore.” made from Gen. A B-24 like the one Dana flew makes a high-altitude turn in the clouds. aluminum William crash Tunner, who debris.” had commanded the last phases of What happened when a Hump the Hump, later wrote, “Once the flight got to China? airlift got underway, every drop of “Usually, when we got there, they fuel, every weapon, and every round unloaded everything but the meager of ammunition, and 100 percent of load of fuel aboard that would get such diverse supplies as carbon paper us back to India, and then sent us and C-rations, every such item used by back over the Hump to fly another American forces in China was flown mission,” Dana says. in by air.

When he had a chance to grab “Never in the history of some rest between missions, what transportation had any community were the quarters like? been supplied such a large proportion “They’d have made a good tree of its needs by air, even in the heart house back home,” Dana remembers. of civilization over friendly terrain.

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After the Hump, those of us who had developed an expertise in air transportation knew that we could fly anything, anywhere, anytime.”

The dropping of the atomic bombs brought about the surrender of Japan on Aug. 15, 1945, but the Hump flying went on until China could be supplied reliably from the ground.

And on Sept. 17, Dana and his crew headed their B-24 back to the U.S., where they were discharged at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

Dana returned to Ohio State to earn his degree in animal husbandry before forging a career as general manager of the family’s Dana Packing Company, in Wrightstown, New Jersey. He came to Central Pennsylvania to be close to his daughter.

Asked if he now thinks often of those days of bombing China and flying the Hump, he says quietly, “When you have memories like those, you’ll have them with you the rest of your life.”

Col. Wilcox flew a B-17 bomber in Europe in World War II.

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Singers of the Top Songs of the ’50s Find the last names of the singers of these top songs of the ’50s: 1. “The Tennessee Waltz,” 1950 – Patti __________e 2. “Be My Love,” – 1950 – Mario __________a 3. “Cry,” 1951 – Johnnie __________y 4. “Any Time,” 1952 – Eddie __________r 5. “I Believe,” 1953 – Frankie __________e 6. “That’s Amore,” 1954 – Dean __________n 7. “Sixteen Tons,” 1955 – Tennessee Ernie _________d 8. “Hot Diggity,” 1956 – Perry __________o 9. “Love Letters in the Sand,” 1957 – Pat __________e 10. “Tammy,” 1957 – Debbie __________s

Justices of the ’50s and ’60s Find the last names of the justices who were appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court during the ’50s and ’60s: 1. 1953 – Wa _ _ _ n 2. 1955 – Ha _ _ _ n 3. 1956 – Br _ _ _ _ n 4. 1957 – Wh _ _ _ _ _ _ r 5. 1958 – St _ _ _ _ t 6. 1962 – Wh _ _ e 7. 1962 – Go _ _ _ _ _ g 8. 1965 – Fo _ _ _ s 9. 1967 – Ma _ _ _ _ _ l 10. 1969 – Bu _ _ _ r

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1. OK town 5. Mexican moolah 9. Tint 14. Portend 15. A stringent substance 16. Box seats 17. Tutu wearer 19. Adolescent hooter 20. Crab cover 21. Realized 23. Japanese capital 24. Charity 27. Rascal 28. Cooking measure (abbr.)

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29. Heifer 32. Replete 34. Charged particle 36. Domain 38. Extraordinary 43. Horse controls 45. Assistance 46. Swords 47. Castle gate 50. Sea eagles 51. Energy unit 52. Some votes 54. Singer Bandy 55. Unit of electrical current

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60. Elbow bone 62. Dinner vegetable 63. Novice 65. Spry 69. Excuse 71. Crocodilian reptile 74. Old movie 75. Clothed 76. Large (pref.)

77. Petulant 78. Mexican dish 79. Biblical prophet

1. Wanes 2. Original zookeeper 3. Unfounded, like some gossip 4. Mason’s Street 5. Equality 6. Samuel’s teacher 7. Doomed (slang) 8. Muscat resident 9. Plodder 10. In what way 11. Shoelace end 12. Exploits 13. Bar, legally 18. Wings

22. Afr. ruler 25. Disfigure 26. Pilfer 29. Freshwater fish 30. Biscuit 31. Low dam 33. A Bronte 35. Scruff 37. Wager 39. Farewell 40. Snow bank 41. Late-night host 42. To be (Lat.) 44. Close inspection 48. Grotesque

49. Paycheck (abbr.)

53. Hitch 55. Separated 56. Disturbance 57. Duets 59. Parcel of land 61. Terrestrial lizard 64. Talipot palm leaf 66. Component 67. Trademark 68. Time periods 70. Conjunction 72. Varnish 73. Wedding words

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On Life and Love after 50

Dating When a Spouse Has Alzheimer’s Tom Blake

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know that he is, but they have told him, ‘We don’t want to hear about it.’

“That puts me in the ‘other woman’ category. I feel ‘back door’ and it doesn’t feel good. I have never asked to go with him to visit his wife. I find myself feeling resentful about the position this puts me in. I know he is happy with me as he has told me he loves me and often speaks of our future together.

“But I also know that he will always be in touch with his children, who will probably ask at some point if I was ‘dating’ their father while their mother was still alive. I don’t want to be a pariah when the day comes that his wife passes away.

“Would it be reasonable or fair of me to tell him that unless I can be part of his life now, e.g., visit his wife in the facility and not be hidden from his children, I cannot go on this way?

“If I cannot go to the facility, then perhaps his wife is not really ‘that far along’ after all. Maybe she has another three or four years to go. I don’t want to be ‘backdoor Dora’ for the next four years. Please help me understand Brainteasers

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One of the most difficult and controversial senior-relationship topics that readers bring up is dating when a spouse has Alzheimer’s.

A woman, age 71, said, “I am dating a man, age 76, whose wife has Alzheimer’s and is very well cared for in an expensive facility. He visits her daily, sometimes as much as three times a day. They had a 35-year marriage in which he raised her children, and he considers them equally his own.

“Here is my dilemma. I don’t doubt that he loved his wife, and still does as much as he can. But in his online dating profile (how I met him), he said he has more love to give than his wife can accept. That is kind of awkward wording, but I knew what he was trying to say.

“I do not think he is morally bad for seeking companionship, since his wife has been going downhill for five years and has been in this facility for the past three years. But his children do not like the idea of their father going out with other women. They

1. Patti Page 2. Mario Lanza 3. Johnnie Ray 4. Eddie Fisher 5. Frankie Laine

6. Dean Martin 7. Tennessee Ernie Ford 8. Perry Como 9. Pat Boone 10. Debbie Reynolds

Justices of the ’50s and ’60s 1. 1953 – Warren 6. 1962 – White 2. 1955 – Harlan 7. 1962 – Goldberg 3. 1956 – Brennan 8. 1965 – Fortas 4. 1957 – Whittaker 9. 1967 – Marshall 5. 1958 – Stewart 10. 1969 – Burger

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my situation better.”

Tom Blake’s opinion: The man is lonely; he went on a dating site. He did not try to hide that he is married and his wife has Alzheimer’s. What he did may not be right in some people’s eyes.

One of my male readers was a caregiver to his wife for 12 years.

He said, “You need to walk in someone’s shoes to know what it’s like to be an isolated caregiver in a hostile environment before you can criticize them. With Alzheimer’s, you watch your loved one slowly vanish before your eyes and become a total stranger.”

The woman entered this relationship knowing the situation.

She should have known she was

walking into a minefield. Now, she wants to go visit the wife to see how sick she really is. That is totally wrong and disrespectful. She has no business going there.

Next, she worries about how his stepchildren view her. She’s not going to be able to change that either. Probably ever. After all, the ill woman is the children’s mother.

So, either she accepts the situation the way it is, stays in the background, and stops worrying so much about herself, or she needs to exit the relationship. I find her motives and dilemma to be her problem.

For dating information, previous articles, or to sign up for Tom’s complimentary, weekly e-newsletter, go to www.findingloveafter60.com. See also www.findingloveafter50.com and www. travelafter55.com.

DREAMLAND from page 5 seen his brother in a casket. A few days later his brother died in an accident.

Albert Einstein was asked by Edwin Newman, the radio journalist, when it was that Einstein had the initial concept of his theory of relativity. Einstein replied the idea came to him years ago when he was an adolescent in Germany. The dream was particularly memorable, Einstein said.

“I knew that I had to understand that dream. You could say, and I would say, that my entire scientific career has been a meditation on that dream.”

Einstein did not disclose to Newman the nature of that special dream. In an edition of Scientific American (September 2015), an article states that Einstein “traced his realization of light’s finite speed—the core idea of special relativity—to his teenage daydreams about riding beams of light.”

Recalling our dreams becomes less frequent as we age. Recall is most frequent among those aged 1029. For males, the decrease in recall begins in their mid-30s; for females, the decrease begins in their mid-40s.

Dream recall drops significantly for both sexes in their mid-50s, and even more for those over 60.

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If scientists have no answers, the meaning of dreams has been left to the musing of poets and songwriters.

English poet Thomas Hood, who died in 1845, expressed his view when he wrote: Some dreams we have are nothing else but dreams Unnatural and full of contradictions Yet others of our most romantic schemes Are nothing more than fictions Hood is telling us that our most romantic schemes during wakeful hours can be no more real than dreams during our sleeping hours.

But, as children, we knew that, for a song reminds us to “row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream, merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.”

Walt Sonneville, a retired marketresearch analyst, is the author of My 22 Cents’ Worth: The Higher-Valued Opinion of a Senior Citizen and A Musing Moment: Meditative Essays on Life and Learning, books of personalopinion essays, free of partisan and sectarian viewpoints. Contact him at waltsonneville@verizon.net.

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