January 2012 • NEWSLETTER

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The new year has arrived, and our resolution here at Reminisce is to make our newsletter subscribers and all of our readers smile more and laugh as often as possible. We think you’ll get a chuckle out of the sledding incidents in this month’s newsletter. We also think you'll get more than a few chuckles out of the collection of comedies below. There’s a full five hours of funnies from old-time TV shows, including The Red Skelton Show, in this package of three DVDs. It’d make a great gift, as would some of the others DVDs you’ll see offered by our friends at Falcon Media Group.

We also hope you enjoy our latest mix of nostalgia in this newsletter. As always, consider passing it along to a friend or family member who may occasionally enjoy living in the past. If you’ve received this from someone, go ahead and sign up yourself.

—John Burlingham at Reminisce

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TV’s Greatest Comedies From the 1950s

Remember The Jack Benny Program, Burns and Allen, Ozzie and Harriet, The Red Skelton Show? These classic 1950s TV shows and performers are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face, and take you back to earlier times. Reminisce is partnering with the Falcon Media Group to bring you those shows and much more at a limited-time offer for newsletter recipients of $13.97 for each three-DVD package, with no shipping. Just click here or on the logo to learn more or to order.

In this issue:

• Sliding Toward Sledding Mishaps
• Picture From the Past
• Stirring Up Memories
• Off the Bookshelf
• Over the Back Fence
• Time Capsule Trivia
• A Thought to Remember

Sliding Toward Sledding Mishaps

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I wonder how many people remember the Tasker Project in Philadelphia during the 1940s. Our family lived there from 1943 to ’49, and it was a happy time for me. We lived at 3100 Mountain Drive, across the street from the community center, Barmack’s Drugstore and Weiss’ Grocery. At the community center, there was a large driveway leading down into the maintenance yard that was perfect for sledding.

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Picture From the Past

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I was one of the four Eastern Airlines stewardesses who posed for this photograph, which was featured on the front page of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Jan. 1, 1961. This is a copy of the actual newspaper clipping. The title under the photo was “Topsy Turvy Year.”

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Stirring Up Memories

Spicy Black Bean Soup

Remember getting through New Year’s Eve celebrations and soon realizing that your sweaters weren’t quite fitting you in a way that they were intended to look, especially to the boy or girl you wanted to impress. Yet it was a chilly winter and you also wanted your comfort food.

Bet you wish you knew then what you know now about healthy recipes from our friends at Taste of Home—concoctions like this recipe for hearty soup that won’t quickly expand your waistline. Yes, you can have your comfort food and eat it, too, without a guilty conscience mixed into the soup.

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Off the Bookshelf

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By John Burlingham
Senior Editor

Joseph Farris, the longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, notes, “War, although never desirable, brings to the fore one’s basic self.”

The general observation of his own World War II experience appears in the preface to his book A Soldier’s Sketchbook (National Geographic Society, 2011), an interesting read for World War II buffs and nostalgia fans alike. Excerpts of his letters home and dozens of sketches and paintings he created at the time portray what it was like to be a frightened young man with a natural curiosity about things.

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Over the Back Fence

Back in 1942, when Ada Taulbee was 12 years old, she recited this poem at the end of a school play. It’s titled “An Ode to Men Who Didn’t Marry Me.”

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Time Capsule Trivia

Whether it’s frosty or sultry where you live, this collection of wintry songs will have Jack Frost nipping at your nose. We’ll give you clues and excerpts of lyrics to help you guess the song titles. Make sure you have a mug of your favorite warm beverage to get you through it!

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A Thought to Remember

Smiles are just like colds; they’re catching.

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