July • 2011 • NEWSLETTER

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Dear ##firstname[Friend]##,

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We hope you’re enjoying an active summer but getting in some good summer reading as well. To fully enjoy our newly formatted newsletter, we suggest you go online to read everything. You can do so by clicking the link above in “Can’t view the images? Click here to see them.” In that way, you can use your back-arrow button for easy navigation.

If you haven’t gotten your extra copies of the June/July collector’s edition of Reminisce, you can get them online exclusively through www.shoptasteofhome.com/reminiscemag. Our big special issue is sure to spark memories of the things that brought you summertime smiles. It’s filled with readers’ photos and stories of backyard fun, street games, vacations, favorite summer eats, amusement parks and fairs—a look at life with the sunny side up! Why not share it with extra copies for friends and family?

—John Burlingham at Reminisce

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In this issue:

• Old Fritz Did His Patriotic Part to Build Morale
• Picture From the Past
• Stirring Up Memories
• My Most Embarrassing Moment
• Time Capsule Trivia
• A Thought to Remember

“Old Fritz” Did His Patriotic Part to Build Morale

By Wally Zahn
Rancho Viejo, Texas

When I was a kid, my hometown of West Bend, Wisconsin, always had a wonderful Fourth of July parade. Bringing up the rear of the parade, along with the kids and their coaster wagons and skates, was a guy driving his little horse and wagon.

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Picture From the Past

Click on image to see full brochure.

By Donna Moore Kadau
Clarkston, Michigan

This 1937 brochure (at right) from the Detroit YWCA is for Camp Talahi, which I attended that year. I met my lifelong friend Le May Buntrock there. She is indicated with an arrow in a number of pictures.

(Click on the image at right for the entire brochure and story)

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Stirring Up Memories

Taco Salad

So picture this. The neighbors are gathering for an impromptu picnic in less than an hour and it’s going to be potluck. You need a dish to pass, but what? With simple ingredients, you can layer together this yummy taco salad that will have everyone coming back for more. Check out this simple, fast recipe from our friends at Taste of Home.

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My Most Embarrassing Moment

By Gwen Clark
Morristown, Tennessee

Many years ago I worked at Sears after my high school classes, taking the streetcar directly from school to work. This meant lugging all my textbooks and notebooks with me.

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Time Capsule Trivia

Two summer pastimes, going to the beach and going to the movies, come together in this multiple-choice quiz about 1950s and ’60s movies related to the beach. Click here for the quiz.

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A Thought to Remember

Interested listening requires more effort than talking.

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