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In this month’s newsletter, we’ve added links to some fun birthday cake recipes, something I recall quite well from growing up in the 1950s and ’60s. As always, feel free to forward our newsletter on to a friend or family member. If this newsletter was forwarded to you and you’d like a copy of your own each month, just clink this link to sign up yourself. —John Burlingham at Reminisce ##\keycode.pscopyhtml##
In this issue: Malt Shop Memories Cruise is Ready to Set Sail!
Living the High LifeBy Warren Williams
In fact, she had accepted a job in the home of Mrs. Stover as a cook, housekeeper and companion. Mr. Stover had passed away and Clara was living alone in a Kansas City mansion and needed someone to live there, help with light maintenance and prepare some simple meals.
My mother, with her roots as a Kansas farm girl, found this job to be right up her alley. She always had a longing for the finer things, but it was the classic case of having champagne tastes and a beer budget. I’m not sure if Mom was quite prepared for the enormity of the home she was about to reside in. There were four floors. The basement had a tasteful den, complete with bar, pool table and a huge sailfish mounted on the wall. The main floor consisted of a formal dining and living room, a library, a powder room, a sunroom, a music room and numerous bathrooms. The bedrooms were located on the third floor with one of the rooms sporting a round bed, of all things—something we common folk had never seen. Though seldom used, the top story was called the ballroom, a vast open room suitable for entertaining and dancing. Naturally, there was an elevator to all floors. Outside were a tennis court and a beautiful, heated, Olympic-sized swimming pool. Mrs. Stover used the pool for exercise and had it treated with saltwater to make staying afloat a little easier. The maintenance men hated it, as the valves and pipes were constantly corroding. Mrs. Stover loved to entertain and hosted many social events with some of Kansas City’s most prominent citizens in attendance. Mom was delighted at her chance to mingle with the wealthy families. We received many letters and phone calls starting with, “You won’t believe who was here today!” My wife, Ruth, recalls the first time she saw the manor was December 22, 1959, the day before our wedding. That night, she was shown to “one of the most beautiful bedrooms I’d ever seen” but was having some difficulty falling asleep when Mrs. Stover tapped lightly on her door. She gave Ruth a book titled The Life of Russell Stover, which she had written and autographed with a short message. They sat and talked a while, which my wife said helped to calm her jittery nerves before the big event. In the years to come, we visited the Stover home many times with our two children. Mrs. Stover accepted our son and daughter as if they were her own grandchildren. At one point, she arranged for our daughter, Lynette, to participate as a model in one of the many charity fashion shows she hosted. As our little girl walked the runway right alongside the professionals, I’m not sure who was the proudest, the parents, my mom or Mrs. Stover. Picture from the Past
Click here to see more Pictures from the Past. Stirring Up Memories
I enjoyed such creations from my inventive mom: bunnies, clowns, a train with Oreo-cookie wheels and a rocking horse with skinny licorice whips for the harness and reins. For Dad’s birthday in 1961, Mom made a cake with a racetrack of jimmies around the perimeter. We kids helped her place some of my Matchbox cars on the track and added checkered flags and other embellishments.
It was a way for Mom, who was pregnant with my oldest sister, to get her mind off the baby being overdue. Mom says Dad told her the cake was the nicest thing anyone had ever done for his birthday. These kinds of cakes are still very much in vogue, as our friends at Taste of Home magazine will attest. Just click on the pictures or recipe titles to see the recipes for these cakes and more. And if you’d like to share memories of these types of cakes, just e-mail us at editors@reminisce.com —John Burlingham, Reminisce Over the Back FenceAmusing morsels and bits of wisdom overheard and read here and there. Burning question on a church sign: “How will you spend eternity … smoking or nonsmoking?
— Donald Brockman, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sharp Little Gal: The other day, Savannah stepped onto the bathroom scale and said to her mother, “Mom, let’s see how much I cost." Time Capsule TriviaWith this year’s Oscars handed out over the weekend, we thought we’d test your knowledge of the Academy Awards with this multiple choice quiz. Click the Web link below for the answer, but no peeking!
Click here for the answer to Time Capsule Trivia. A Thought to RememberNo one ever invented a substitute for a good nature. |
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