Submitted by: Fay Oxley
She is a grown woman now with a husband and children of her own. I remember the Christmas in 1960 when she was ten days old. She came to us when misfortune and worry seemed to follow us. Her father had been injured early in the summer and had been unable to work for many months.
By: Sandy Williams Driver
While searching for something to snack on the other day, I scrounged around in my kitchen cabinets and then opened the refrigerator. With three teenagers in the house, there wasn’t much to choose from inside the softly humming appliance; a small bowl of leftover broccoli, an empty carton of milk, a few eggs, two brown colored apples and one shriveled up orange.
By Sandy Williams Driver
(Disclaimer: At American Legacies we strive to preserve the "old" language and spelling that stories are submitted with. Although they appear wrong to us now, this is from ages gone by.)
The image above is of an original Nickledeon Machine
I have a vague recollection of the times back in the early 1950's, when my brother and I would get to ride a train around 700 miles from our home in Pennsylvania to Chicago, without a parent or guardian to watch over us.
I was a very young boy at the time. I don't exactly remember how old I was when our train rides stopped, but I would guess they stopped when I was around 8 years old. The only reason I gave that age as a stopping point is because by the time I turned 10, we moved away from Pennsylvania.
March 2, 1944 - The Academy awards are presented for the first time, as a variety show. Hosted by Jack Benny, the ceremony took place at Graumans Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. The program was broadcast locally, due to a lack of national interest. Awards were presented to Bing Crosby, best actor for his male lead in the picture Going My Way, which won best film. Ingrid Bergman won best actress for her performance in Gaslight.
Question from Jennifer:
Entertainment
Prior to the invention of television, or at least it's appearance in the common household, what was a typical source of entertainment for a family in the evening? And what would children typically do, whereas these days they may be playing video games?
Response from Tom:
Soc Security is insurance not to be gambled with
By Polly Mazariegos
This is the story about my sister Shirley Glory (nee Wagaman).
•Whenever you return a borrowed pie pan, make sure it's got a warm pie in it.
•Make home a happy place for the children. Everybody returns to their happy place.
•Always keep a small light on in the kitchen window at night.
•It's a whole lot easier to get breakfast from a chicken than a pig.
•Always pat the chickens when you take their eggs.
•Biscuits brown better with a little butter brushed on 'em.
•Check your shoelaces before runnin' to help somebody.
One day I ran into a stranger as he passed by, "Oh excuse me please" was my reply.
He said, "Please excuse me too; I wasn't watching for you."
We were very polite, this stranger and I. We went on our way and we said goodbye.
But at home a different story is told, How we treat our loved ones, young and old.
Later that day, cooking the evening meal, My son stood beside me very still. When I turned, I nearly knocked him down. "Move out of the way," I said with a frown.
He walked away, his little heart broken. I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.