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ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE who can meet someone and immediately remember his or her name? Not me. I remember faces, but names can be tricky. Then I read “The Name Says It All” on p. 30, a tribute to the many ways people came by their names. So I’m taking a new tack. I’ll start by learning someone’s story, which should result in a more lasting connection to names, faces and details. Speaking of names: My parents named me Linda when I was born on St. Patrick’s Day. Patricia wasn’t going to work with a last name like Laskowski. Then again, Linda was a popular name in the ’50s, so that was that. Also in this issue, you’ll hear from a number of women who added a rank in front…

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WEEKEND CHORES Did your parents have a rhythm to housework? Maybe you did certain chores during the week and saved the major chores for the weekend. Did your mom scrub floors and your dad wash the car every weekend? Or were chores seasonal: planting in the spring, weeding during the summer and harvesting every fall? What were the chores you loved or dreaded the most? Email your submission with “WEEKEND CHORES” in the subject line. COLORFUL APPLIANCES Starting in the 1950s, kitchen appliances in colors ranging from yellow to pink or turquoise to coppertone gave homeowners a rainbow of options. Were you one of those savvy cooks with avocado and harvest gold appliances in the kitchen? Tell us or, even better, show us. Email your submission with “COLORFUL APPLIANCES” in the subject line. TV…

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EAVESDROPPING IN A ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE

IN THE 1940s, I attended Ulrich Public School, a one-room schoolhouse between New Berlin and Kratzerville in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. Our teacher, James N. Hollenbach, taught eight grades. He was a good teacher—strict, but not so strict that we couldn’t have fun. We had two 15-minute recesses and a full hour for lunch. Outside, we played tag or baseball with a sponge ball. Inside, we played games such as red light/green light, take a giant step, or Mother may I? And every day at lunch, if someone had a candy bar, we tried to guess the name of it. Mr. Hollenbach would call each grade to come up front for class. Having all eight grades in one room was a plus because you could hear what other students were being taught. That…

EAVESDROPPING IN A ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE

AN EARLY RISER RECALLS GOOD TIMES

FROM 1950, WHEN I WAS 11, until 1955, I worked alongside my parents, three sisters and three brothers on our 200-acre dairy farm in Walden, New York. My parents came from Holland, and owning the farm helped them realize their dream. We all had before- and after-school chores. Mine involved working in the barn and caring for our 50 Holsteins. Typically, I got up at 5 a.m. and helped with the milking and barn chores. Then I went home to eat breakfast, wash up and change for school. After school I changed again, grabbed a snack—some cookies or a slice of applesauce or molasses cake that Mom had baked—and went out to clean the stalls. There were 25 down each side of the barn. At 6:30 I’d go back for dinner and…

AN EARLY RISER RECALLS GOOD TIMES

Upon a dusty kitchen shelf up high Treasures once holding peaches for pie, Empty jars colored both clear and green, Now displayed proudly to be seen. Their history lies in hands that worked In orchard, in garden and within the earth, To harvest and fill each to the brim In the heat of a long-ago country kitchen. Jars given to Mother from Grandma and aunt To preserve the bounty in sealed can; Arrayed warm and clean out of the canner, Filled with treats of all kind and manner. Memories of picking, digging, gathering into bucket or pan Blanching, peeling, washing, scraping by hand, While Grandma and Mother talk and laugh Filling sterilized jars into the boiling water bath. Now finished, they rest on counter and table, Contents visible, no need for a label. We…

GROWING UP IN RURAL PLYMOUTH, MICHIGAN, I used to visit a farm down the road that was run by two brothers, Bill and Rudy. The brothers didn’t mind me wandering in the barns. They had a dusty old family buggy in the corner of one barn, and I would climb up and pretend I was driving a horse. One threshing season when I was 10, I asked Bill if I could help. He told me to search the barns for all the empty burlap bags and carry them out to the thresher. I did what he asked and later got to eat dinner with the threshing crew under the big maples by the house. In those days, the noon meal was dinner; the evening meal was supper. After the threshing was done,…

ANOTHER CHANCE TO DANCE

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT: 75 years later, having a lunch date with your dance partner from a grade-school play? Edie Richardson was one of the nicest and prettiest girls in class, and I was on cloud nine being her partner in a big dance number. We were sixth graders, and the school play was one of the major events of the school year. As the play commenced, the teacher placed her portable record player on the side of the stage and turned up the volume, and we were dancing the minuet the moment the music started. The dance was very graceful and I had fun dancing with Edie. The play took place in colonial times and included a portrayal of George Washington. So she wore a long dress, while I wore a…

ANOTHER CHANCE TO DANCE

PLAYING IN THE BAND

WHEN I WAS ABOUT 7 OR 8, my mother asked me whether I’d like to learn to play a musical instrument. After a few days, I decided on the accordion. The accordion was a popular instrument at the time—accordionists were featured regularly on TV variety shows throughout the 1950s. Plus, the instrument was big, shiny and complex, with piano keys, buttons and a bellows that worked to move air and make the reeds vibrate. I took my lessons at Mr. Brown’s Music School on Castor Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. My teacher was Mr. Black. After a couple of years, so many accordionists joined me in taking lessons that the school figured it could capitalize on this trend by forming an all-accordion band. We played for civic and religious organizations in the neighborhood…

PLAYING IN THE BAND

WARTIME MARCHES TO A COED BEAT

ATTENDING ARTHUR HILL HIGH SCHOOL in Saginaw, Michigan, in 1945, I was among the first girls to play in the school’s inaugural coed marching band. During that era, young men often enlisted in the armed forces when they turned 18 and were shipped off to war. The sudden departure of so many male students from the school left some vacancies in the marching band, so females were allowed to join for the first time. The traditional uniform of the marching band consisted of a jacket and pants. While females could wear the men’s jackets, the pants often were too large. Wartime rationing made it impossible for us to order new pants. So the school allowed us to wear skirts—which as another result of rationing were quite short. MEASURED SARTORIAL SPLENDOR Natty attire suited the band…

WARTIME MARCHES TO A COED BEAT

A WITNESS TO PEACE

DURING MY 10 YEARS IN THE NAVY, from 1936 to 1946, I had more adventures than most. One historic event I witnessed occurred on Sept. 2, 1945. The ship I was on sailed slowly through Tokyo Bay, past the stern of the battleship USS Missouri , at the exact time the peace papers were being signed with Japan. The deck we were on was higher than the quarterdeck of the Missouri , so we had an even more exclusive view than the Missouri’s own crew. Our ship was the only one that came that close at the time. It may have been brief, but it was the most memorable moment of my time in the Navy. ‘THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE CLOSED’ With those words, Gen. Douglas MacArthur finalized the events aboard the USS Missouri, where…

A WITNESS TO PEACE

HELP FIND MY CRUISE BOOKS

I JOINED THE NAVY when I was 17 to escape an abusive home life. During my travels from 1951 to 1954 on the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CV-45), V7 Division, I acquired three cruise books. After the Navy I joined the Air Force. During my time in the Air Force, while traveling from base to base, my cruise books went missing. My memories of the time I spent in the Navy, while amazing, are fading now. I would love to share these times with my grandchildren and great-grandchildren. I would be grateful to any Reminisce reader who can help me locate copies of USS Valley Forge cruise books, 1951-1954. JACK HANSON 816 N. Midland Blvd. #3 Nampa ID 83615 FREE ONLINE RESOURCE To view digital copies of cruise books from over 1,000 ships, visit www.navysite.de. Send your…

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A JUGGLER OF ROUTES

GROWING UP IN INKSTER, MICHIGAN, I learned about home deliveries from my dad, the Sealtest milkman. He started taking me with him on his weekend routes when I was 7 or 8. In the beginning, it was for only an hour or so. By the time I was 10, though, I could work all day and was experienced, seasoned and very eager to earn my own money. Dad was paying me 50 cents a day, and that was good money for a kid in the 1940s. About that time, Dad told me about a Detroit News paper route available in Inkster. I jumped at the chance to have my own business. It worked out perfectly. The Detroit News was an evening paper, so delivering it wouldn’t interfere with my working on…

A JUGGLER OF ROUTES

WORKING ROUND THE CLOCK

IN THE SUMMER OF 1951, I was 11, but because I was tall for my age—5 feet 10 inches—our paper carrier offered me a job delivering the Kansas City Star and Times. The pay was $11.50 a week, which sure beat my 25-cent allowance. The job involved tossing rolled-up papers to houses from the back of a 1948 half-ton Chevy pickup truck, and delivering the papers by hand to apartments. I would share duties with an older boy while the boss drove. I’d have to arrive by 3:30 a.m. for morning delivery and 3 p.m. for afternoon. After much debate, my mom said I could try it for a couple of weeks. I soon found out I was responsible for delivering nearly 600 newspapers to 315 street residences and almost 300 apartment…

MARINE RECRUITER FINDS HER STRIDE

BORN IN 1916 to Ukrainian immigrant parents, my aunt Catherine Burka was one of the first female recruiters to serve in the Marines during World War II. She enlisted in May 1943 and served 10 years in active and reserve duty, obtaining a rank of staff sergeant before her honorable discharge in May 1953, near the end of the Korean conflict. After her discharge, Aunt Catherine took a job with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, D.C. She worked there for 31 years, starting as a clerk and eventually earning a promotion to supervisory personnel staffing specialist in charge of all hiring at the bureau. Aunt Catherine’s long career of service to her country was an inspiration to every member of our family. When she came to visit us in…

MARINE RECRUITER FINDS HER STRIDE

WHERE MONEY GETS MADE

Millions of dollars are printed daily at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in the nation’s capital and in Fort Worth, Texas. Designers turn ideas and rough sketches for bills into final designs that are then given to the secretary of the Treasury for approval. Engravers translate an approved design for a bill in reverse onto steel dies, using sharp tools and acids to etch the metal. The grooves in currency printing plates are two one-thousandths of an inch deep but hold enough ink for intaglio printing. The paper used for U.S. currency is made from 75 percent cotton and 25 percent linen. TAKE A TOUR! Admission is free, but you may need tickets. Before you go, contact the Tour and Visitor Center at the location you wish to visit. See bep.gov/services/takeatour.html.…

TEACHER BREAKS A SPEED RECORD

AFTER GRADUATING from Bowling Green College with a teaching degree in 1936, Margaret “Marge” Hurlburt returned to her hometown, Painesville, Ohio, to teach English. But it was her pilot’s license that forged Marge’s eventual career path. With the coming of World War II, aviatrix Jackie Cochran recruited Marge in 1942 to join a group soon known as the Women Airforce Service Pilots. Members of the WASP team ferried aircraft, tested planes, instructed pilots and towed practice targets at airfields across the country in the absence of their male counterparts, who were overseas. After basic training and a nine-week course focused on flying B-26s, Marge logged more than 300 hours at Army air bases, including Peterson Field in Colorado and Great Bend Army Air Field in Kansas. The WASP unit was deactivated after the…

TEACHER BREAKS A SPEED RECORD

ONE ADVENTUROUS WAVE

WORKING AS A BEAUTICIAN in Sioux City, Iowa, in the early 1940s, my mom, Phyllis E. Riherd, couldn’t help but notice the many Uncle Sam posters that implored: “I want YOU!” In February 1943, she joined the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), the women’s branch of the U.S. Navy Reserve. This was her opportunity to serve her country, continue her education and enjoy travel and adventure while meeting like-minded people from all across the country. She spent six weeks in boot camp at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York, before doing intensive hospital training in nearby Brooklyn. From there she went to the U.S. Naval Training Station hospital in Sampson, New York. But it was her civilian training that got my mom assigned to the first beauty salon in the…

ONE ADVENTUROUS WAVE

ALWAYS THERE FOR OTHERS

MY AUNT HAZEL WOLF HAGER, born Feb. 2, 1910, in Welch, West Virginia, lived her life in service to and for her family, her friends and her community. Shortly after she married in 1933, her husband, Ora Hager, fell to his death from a railroad bridge while working as a train conductor. To make a living, Aunt Hazel cared for friends’ children and worked in a ladies dress shop. When Navy recruiters came through her town during World War II, Aunt Hazel joined and spent the next two years making and shipping ammunition. She now resides in Carrington Place outside of Roanoke, Virginia, where she celebrated her 106th birthday in 2016.…

ALWAYS THERE FOR OTHERS

VOLUNTEERS EXEMPLIFY SERVICE

THE YEAR WAS 1954 and my husband, Lt. John W. Rittenhouse Jr., was in the Army engineer battalion deployed to Chateauroux, France. He was part of a small contingent of khaki amid a sea of Air Force blue. While there, I volunteered for the Gray Lady Service with the Red Cross and enrolled in a training class at the Central Air Material Area in the 7373rd Air Force Hospital. With our training complete, my class’s capping ceremony took place on Feb. 1, 1956, nearly three years after an armistice agreement ended the Korean conflict. How I would love to hear from any of these women through this outreach. June Rittenhouse The Rogue Valley Manor 2114 Quail Point Circle Medford OR 97504 WEARING RED CROSS GRAY Technically, the Gray Ladies of the American Red Cross were not military…

VOLUNTEERS EXEMPLIFY SERVICE

THE NAME SAYS ITALL

Do You Believe in Magic? FAIRY SNOW PICKVET BURNS, TN MY PARENTS DECIDED TO NAME ME after my grandmothers, who were two of the sweetest ladies in the world. I could have been Mitty Novella, but they decided to go with the other two names, so I became Fairy Ellen. That would have been unusual enough, but my last name was Snow. Yep, I was going through life as Fairy Snow. My childhood was interesting because the other kids were never sure if I had real fairy magic. I did not disabuse them of the notion that I might. In school we were seated alphabetically in rows by last name, which is also how teachers took attendance. Everyone had a good laugh when the teacher called out “Snow, Fairy.” It reached peaks of absurdity…

THE NAME SAYS ITALL

HELLO my name is

I was named after my Great-Grandmother Millett, whose maiden name was Dennis. I can still taste her molasses cookies. DENNIS BURNELL NEW BREMEN, OH I was born only 9 1/2 months after my sister Shari, so Mom thought it would be cute to call me Bari, instead of Barry, to make it seem as if my sister and I were twins. I’ve been explaining that spelling for 67 years now. BARI STRADER FORSYTH, MO The story goes that my mother, who was close to her due date and couldn’t decide on a name, overindulged in a big bowl of cherries. She got a fierce stomachache—and a few hours later, I was born. CHERRY JORDAN GRANVILLE, NY It had been 20 years since a girl had been born to my father’s side of the family. “The odds…

FIND YOUR ROOTS

Start the journey into your past with these simple steps. Interview relatives, explore family documents and write down everything in detail. Browse census records for names, ages, relationships and birthplaces, among other details, at the National Archives (archives.gov) and the Mormon-sponsored familysearch.org. Examine local property records and newspaper clippings. Researchers at public libraries and volunteers at Family History Centers (familysearch.org) can help refine your search. Look for a local genealogy group through the Federation of Genealogical Societies (fgs.org). Stay on track and organize information with family group sheets and research logs. Try the free templates at ancestry.com. If you get stuck, consider hiring an expert. The Association of Professional Genealogists (apgen.org) lists members by state and specialty; Legacy Tree (legacytree.com) has research packages starting at $350 after a free consultation. Deanna Bufo Novak founded kidsHeritage (myheritagebook.com),…

MY SISTER AND I played Batman and Robin as kids. I was always Batman because I was older. For our annual trek to Comic-Con in 2015, my daughter made us costumes. She gave my little sister a longer cape—which Robin never had! TERRI THOMAS CRINNION I WATCHED IT EVERY WEEK. It drove me crazy, though, when they fought at the end and my mom would read every fight word out loud. DEBRA SCHRECK AYDINIAN MY FAVORITES were the two episodes with the Green Hornet. Burt Ward (Robin) marveled at the speed of Bruce Lee (who played the Green Hornet’s sidekick, Kato). The director kept telling Bruce to slow down his punches so the camera could actually capture them. JIM HOPE I STILL GET a kick out of this show—it’s so funny. I like the one where…

ROBIN’S SACRED OATHS

The Boy Wonder may not have had Batman’s fancy gadgets, but he did have a way with words. His “holy” phrases—more than 350 of them—reveal a surprising range of knowledge, from the scientific (Holy Reverse Polarity) to the political (Holy Fourth Amendment) to the literary (Holy Hamlet). Here are a few more favorites: HOLY KNIT ONE, PURL TWO HOLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE DELINQUENCY OF MINORS HOLY ASTRINGENT PLUMLIKE FRUIT HOLY UNCANNY PHOTOGRAPHIC MENTAL PROCESSES HOLY HOLE IN A DOUGHNUT HOLY FLOOR COVERING HOLY IMPREGNABILITY HOLY HUMAN SURFBOARDS HOLY BENEDICT ARNOLD HOLY RETURN FROM OBLIVION HOLY SUBLIMINAL HOLY PRICELESS COLLECTION OF ETRUSCAN SNOODS HOLY NON SEQUITURS HOLY WAYNE MANOR HOLY CLICHÉ…

A VERITABLE VILLAGE OF VILLAINY

The chance to overact with evil glee had an array of widely known character actors and A-list stars, including Oscar winners, clamoring to join the show’s gallery of rogues. Most Batman villains appeared in only one episode or story line, but a few were so good that producers brought them back to chew up the scenery again and again. THE JOKER Cesar Romero, 22 episodes THE PENGUIN Burgess Meredith, 21 episodes CATWOMAN Julie Newmar, 13 episodes Eartha Kitt, 5 episodes THE RIDDLER Frank Gorshin, 10 episodes John Astin, 2 episodes KING TUT Victor Buono, 10 episodes EGGHEAD Vincent Price, 7 episodes LOUIE THE LILAC Milton Berle, 5 episodes CHANDELL/HARRY Liberace, 2 episodes MR. FREEZE George Sanders, Otto Preminger, Eli Wallach 2 episodes each MA PARKER Shelley Winters, 2 episodes VILLAINS: PHOTOS 12/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; BURSTS: JO RITCHY/SHUTTERSTOCK…

A VERITABLE VILLAGE OF VILLAINY

Pictures From The Past

Up through the 1940s and ’50s, carefree kids had plenty of time for after-school play that often revolved around a jump rope, a bat and ball, jacks or a bag of marbles. Youngsters got together to play tag, hide-and-seek, hopscotch and other no-tech games and amusements. Brothers Hilen and Bruce Williams made good use of the well cover in the backyard of their house outside Gilman City, MO, in this fight to the finish. “It’s 1960, and we’re setting up figures from our cowboys and Indians set,” says Bruce, now living in Bethany, MO. Pushmobiles gave a kid the opportunity to gain wheels and a sense of accomplishment—all in an afternoon. Chuck Maitzen of Grand Haven, MI, gave his son a crate, a two-by-four, an old steel roller skate, a hammer, nails…

Pictures From The Past

GOOD STYLE NEVER GETS OLD

THE HAT MADE THE MAN RON HIRSCH PLANO, TX MY DAD, JULIUS HIRSCH, was a men’s hatter in the Bronx, New York, for 30 years. He opened his first retail and manufacturing location in 1929 in the East Bronx with $600 he borrowed from his life insurance policy. Those were great days in the hat business because nearly everybody wore hats. My mother worked alongside my father, sewing leathers, linings and trim, while the other employees steamed and sold hats to the customers. Sometimes there were lines around the corner to get a hat from Hirsch. He opened his second store, Hirsch the Hatter, on the Grand Concourse at Fordham Road just before WWII ended. It was a beautiful store in a high-fashion area; Hat Life magazine even had an article about it in…

GOOD STYLE NEVER GETS OLD

MEN’S HAT STYLES

BOATER: A warm-weather hat of straw or linen, it has a flat crown and a straight brim, and is often trimmed with a wide black or striped grosgrain ribbon. COWBOY OR WESTERN: Invented by John B. Stetson, it has a very high crown, usually pinched to mold to the head. The extra-wide brim protects the wearer from the elements and curves at the sides to stay clear of a cowboy’s rope. DERBY: Known as a bowler in Britain, it has a stiff, round crown and a narrow brim curled up at the edges. Tilting his trilby, Frank Sinatra oozes confidence for a 1963 movie role. FEDORA: One of the most popular styles of the 20th century, it has a high crown and is creased in the center and pinched at the sides, with a relaxed…

MEN’S HAT STYLES

A DREAM RIDE WITH A CUSTOM TOUCH

AS A CHILD, I ALWAYS LOVED CARS. At 10, I helped my Uncle Bob work on his car. He taught me how to replace the spark plugs, adjust the brakes, change a tire and check all fluids. Uncle Bob also taught me how to drive when I was 12, and he let me pull the car in and out of the garage. My grandfather had a Nash LaFayette. I used to help him service it whenever I visited him in the summer at his home in Canada. He took me on long trips to see relatives, and I got to ride shotgun. At 15, I bought my first car, a 1965 Buick Special, for $500. I worked on it for three years, and my friends couldn’t believe it when I was done. My…

A DREAM RIDE WITH A CUSTOM TOUCH

ROAD REVENGE WITH A FEISTY CORONET

Our car flew up the hill, blowing past the guy, until Mom … cut in front of him. IN 1970, OUR MOM, SYLVIA, was the organist, pianist and choir director at our church in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, so we were in church every Sunday, for sure. On a rare occasion, we’d stop at Dunkin’ Donuts on our way home. We had a 1966 Dodge Coronet 440, which had the largest standard engine for its make and model. The big white Dodge had black vinyl bench seats and no seat belts, which weren’t mandatory until 1968. So if Mom made a sharp turn, we’d have to hold on to the rock-hard elbow rest on the door or we’d slide across the bench and wham against the opposite side. Anyway, one Sunday, Mom had…

ROAD REVENGE WITH A FEISTY CORONET

GOOD TIMES PRESERVED IN SAND

MY FONDEST MOTORING MEMORY involves my older brother, Bobby. He was seven years older than me, and eight years older than the twins. He was the best big brother! We lived in Ridgecrest, California, in the Mojave Desert, so we had wide-open spaces to play in—or to ride in—Bobby’s old jalopies. More than 50 years ago, Bobby acquired a ’36 Hudson with suicide doors—hinged at the back rather than the front. Of course there were no seat belts in the car. But it did have fabric loops sewn into the headliner to hold on to if the ride got too wild. Bobby would put the three of us kids in the backseat and drive in giant figure 8s while we slid back and forth across the seat, laughing all the way. The…

GOOD TIMES PRESERVED IN SAND

I Was So Embarrassed!

AN AFFAIR TO FORGET My girlfriend, Tommie, invited me to the annual Sadie Hawkins Day Dance at the University of Iowa’s student union in November 1949. Sadie Hawkins Day originated with Al Capp’s Li’l Abner comic. In the story, Dogpatch’s Mayor Hawkins comes up with a scheme to marry off his daughter Sadie by creating a day when all the single women chase the single men. If a woman caught a man, she could marry him. For the Sadie Hawkins dance at the University of Iowa, the girls handled everything: They asked the boys for a date, bought their tickets, picked them up for dinner, took their coats and helped them get seated—a complete role reversal of the typical date routine. The girls even gave their dates corsages. These were goofy homemade creations…

I Was So Embarrassed!

Over The Back Fence

A VERY NEAR FRIGHT We lived in a small central Georgia town, McDonough, in the 1950s and 1960s. I was playing in our yard one morning when a car pulled up in front of the house. A gruff-looking man in a dirty hat and old overalls climbed out and walked toward me. He was missing several teeth, and he had heavy, dark whiskers. I got really nervous. “Boy,” he asked, “is your mama or your daddy home?” I thought, Oh my God, he’s gonna try to grab me! I backed away. “Boy! Did you hear me?” the man shouted. “Go ask yer mama if she wants any roast nears!” I’d never heard of anything like that. Was it some kind of strange animal he was hiding in his car? I was terrified. I ran inside. Mama…

Over The Back Fence

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Help Find Hattie’s Hatpins

Hattie has lost two hatpins in this issue! If you find them, tell us at reminisce.com/hatpin. We’ll randomly select 10 winners to receive a year’s subscription to Reminisce Extra. In the July issue, we hid the hatpins on page 12 at the far left, along the side of a building, and on page 25 in the spokes of the Texas Star. There’s no purchase necessary to enter to win. Purchase will not improve your chances of winning. Sweepstakes is open to legal residents age 18 years or older of the U.S., its territories and possessions, or of Canada (excluding the Province of Quebec). Sweepstakes begins on 9/02/16, and ends on 10/27/16. For official rules, visit reminisce.com/contests/hatties-hatpin-rules-rem/. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Sweepstakes sponsored by RDA Enthusiast Brands, LLC. REMINISCE EXTRA (ISSN 1069-8957) (USPS 010-065),…

MY COUSIN, THE MISS AMERICA GUY

A FEW YEARS AGO, spurred on by a budding interest in genealogy and incipient old age, I started searching for information about my mother’s maternal family. I gave up when I found enough turn-of-the-century women called Mollie Jacobson, my grandmother’s name, to fill a tenement block. But one twig of my mom’s family tree that I did know has sparked muted excitement over the years. Her cousin was Bert Jacobson, whose stage name was Bert Parks, most widely known as the longtime host of the Miss America pageant. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1914, Bert hosted the Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979, the competition’s golden age. In those days, no one cared that the talents of the 50-some beauties ranged from baton twirling to baton dropping. A contestant who wished…

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