The Trylon and Perisphere, represented the World of Tomorrow theme of the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. The Trylon, a triangular tower, measured 610 feet high, and the Perisphere, a globe, measured 180 feet in diameter.
1939 Worlds Fair
From Jim Kirby
My brother went to a 1939 Worlds Fair in New York City in 1939. The Trylon and Perisphere were the outstanding identifying features and logo. He made many photos. He won the trip for getting new subscribers to the Huntsville, Alabama Times. They stayed in the St. Georges Hotel which is a rat trap now.
1939 Worlds Fair
From Disy
My aunt and uncle went to the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York. They spoke of it for many years after. They brought back a marble souvenir to my mother of a sphere with a pointed column aside of it and engraved on it was 1939 Worlds Fair, New York, I remember it vividly.
Prices and Wages
From Bernie
I remember going to the gas station and turning the crank to pump gas, which was, by the way, 8 gallons for a dollar on weekends.
How about 14 cents per hour [wages] and one of the savings banks would accept 50 cents per week for a Christmas Club.
Old Square Knot Belts
From Swarts
I am looking for an old square knot sailor that can remember the store on Sand St. in Brooklyn that sold square knot belt material. The last time I ordered any thing from them was in 1977. Since the Brooklyn Navy Yard closed I wonder if they are still in business.
My granddaughter saw some of my old square knot belts and wants to try it. If any of you old salts have any information on the store let me know.
Kanto Plain
From Cindy (Cavanaugh) Taylor
My father, Retired Air Force Lt. Col John Robert Cavanaugh (now 86) wrote a book titled Kanto Plain while he was stationed at Yokota Air Force Base, Japan (in the Kanto Plain) during the Korean War. A Japanese artist drew and painted the cover, which depicts the story concerning the plight of hundreds of American POWs forced into farm labor in the Japanese agricultural fields and the half Japanese/American children’s hardships.
The book and the art work sat in a box for a decade until his granddaughter got it out one year ago and typed it up. Luckily, this book was up at the publishers, Vantage Press, Inc., when Hurricane Ivan destroyed his house in Pensacola, Florida, last September.
The family is trying to let interested people know that this historical book is out and available via Amazon.com. Can you post information on this books availability?
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A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctors office. Is it true, she wanted to know, that the medication you prescribed has to be taken for the rest of my life?
Yes, I’m afraid so, the doctor told her. There was a moment of silence before the senior lady replied, I’m wondering, then, just how serious is my condition because this prescription is marked NO REFILLS.
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Slippery Pot Pie
Submitted by Pauline (Polly) Mazariegos
Let me tell you a story as told to me by my mother, Myra C Riley (Wagaman nee Wike).
One day Nanny, as we called our Grandmother, was boiling on the old wood stove what one of her 6 children thought was going to be delicious Slipper Pot Pie. As he came in from the outside he spotted the kettle on the stove. He grabbed a big spoon and dipped it into the pot. Yummy he said. He went into the other room and found his mother to tell er he couldn’t wait for the pot pie to be done. She said, What pot pie? I’m boiling you dad’s pants to get them clean.
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Published in U S Legacies Magazine April 2005
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