Fwd: (RP) From Sally Monday 08/12/02

[Guest guest]

How many do you remember?????????????

Add to the list below, The Cinnamon Bear at Christmas with the

crazyquilt dragon and Paddie O'Cinnamon, Lets Pretend on Saturday

mornings, going to the special Saturday matinee with five bottle caps or

some other thing because the show was sponsered by a local business.

Ahhh the god old days.

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> >Were you a kid in the Fifties or earlier? Everybody

> >

> >makes fun of our childhood! Comedians joke. Grandkids

> >

> >snicker. Twenty-something's shudder and say " Eeeew! "

> >

> >But was our childhood really all that bad? Judge for

> >

> >yourself:

> >

> >In 1953 The US population was less than 150 million...

> >

> >Yet you knew more people then, and knew them better...

> >

> >And that was good.

> >

> >The average annual salary was under $3,000... Yet our

> >

> >parents could put some of it away for a rainy day and

> >

> >still live a decent life... And that was good.

> >

> >A loaf of bread cost about 15 cents... But it was safe

> >

> >for a five-year-old to skate to the store and buy

> >

> >one... And that was good.

> >

> >Prime-Time meant I Love Lucy, Ozzie and Harriet,

> >

> >Gunsmoke and Lassie... So nobody ever heard of ratings

> >

> >or filters... And that was good.

> >

> >We didn't have air-conditioning... So the windows

> >

> >stayed up and half a dozen mothers ran outside when

> >

> >you fell off your bike... And that was good.

> >

> >Your teacher was either Miss s or Mrs. Logan or

> >

> >Mr. Adkins... But not Ms Becky or Mr. Dan... And that

> >

> >was good.

> >

> >The only hazardous material you knew about... Was a

> >

> >patch of grassburrs around the light pole at the

> >

> >corner... And that was good.

> >

> >You loved to climb into a fresh bed... Because sheets

> >

> >were dried on the clothesline... And that was good.

> >

> >People generally lived in the same hometown with their

> >

> >relatives... So " child care " meant grandparents or

> >

> >aunts and uncles... And that was good.

> >

> >Parents were respected and their rules were law....

> >

> >Children did not talk back..... and that was good.

> >

> >TV was in black-and-white... But all outdoors was in

> >

> >glorious color....And that was certainly good.

> >

> >Your Dad knew how to adjust everybody's carburetor...

> >

> >And the Dad next door knew how to adjust all the TV

> >

> >knobs... And that was very good.

> >

> >Your grandma grew snap beans in the back yard... And

> >

> >chickens behind the garage... And that was definitely

> >

> >good.

> >

> >And just when you were about to do something really

> >

> >bad... Chances were you'd run into your Dad's high

> >

> >school coach... Or the nosy old lady from up the

> >

> >street... Or your little sister's piano teacher... Or

> >

> >somebody from Church...

> >

> >ALL of whom knew your parents' phone number... And

> >

> >YOUR first name... And even THAT was good! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

> >

> >REMEMBER....

> >

> >Send this on to someone who can still remember

> >

> >Drew, The Hardy Boys, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott &

> >

> >Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics,

> >

> >Starr, Howdy Doody and The Peanut Gallery, The Lone

> >

> >Ranger, The Shadow Knows, Nellie Belle, Roy and Dale,

> >

> >Trigger and Buttermilk as well as the sound of a

> >

> >real mower on Saturday morning, and summers filled

> >

> >with bike rides, playing in cowboy land, playing hide

> >

> >and seek and kick-the-can and Simon Says,

> >

> >baseball games, amateur shows at the local theater

> >

> >before the Saturday matinee, bowling and visits to the

> >

> >pool...and eating Kool-Aid powder with

> >

> >sugar, and wax lips and bubblegum cigars

> >

> >Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah,

> >

> >I remember that!

> >

> >And was it really that long ago?

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Thank God for church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually

> appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services:

>

>

> 1. Bertha Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight

at

> Calvary Methodist. Come hear Bertha Belch all the way from Africa.

>

> 2. Announcement in a church bulletin for a national PRAYER & FASTING

> Conference: " The cost for attending the Fasting and Prayer

conference

> includes meals. "

>

> 3.The sermon this morning: " Jesus Walks on the Water. " The sermon

> tonight: " Searching for Jesus. "

>

> 4.Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8 PM in

the

> recreation hall. Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.

>

> 5. " Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid

of

> those things not worth keeping around the house. Don't forget your

husbands. "

> 6.The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been canceled

> due to a conflict.

>

> 7.Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.

>

> 8.Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say " hell " to someone who

> doesn't care much about you.

>

> 9.Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.

>

> 10.Miss Charlene Mason sang " I will not pass this way again, "

giving

> obvious pleasure to the congregation.

>

> 11.For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a

> nursery downstairs.

>

> 12.Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all

the

> help they can get.

>

> 13.Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more

> transfusions. She is also having trouble sleeping and requests

tapes

> of Pastor Jack's sermons.

>

> 14.During the absence of our Pastor, we enjoyed the rare privilege

of

> hearing a good sermon when J.F. Stubbs supplied our pulpit.

>

> 15.The Rector will preach his farewell message after which the

choir

> will sing " Break Forth into Joy. "

>

> 16.Irving Benson and Jessie were married on October 24 in

the

> church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.

>

> 17.A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church

hall.

> Music will follow.

>

> 18.At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be " What

is

> Hell? " Come early and listen to our choir practice.

>

> 19.Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to the addition

of

> several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.

>

> 20.Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be

> recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.

>

> 22.Please place your donation in the envelope along with the

deceased

> person you want remembered.

>

> 23.Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a

healthy

> lunch.

>

> 24.The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb

entertainment,

> and gracious hostility.

>

> 25.Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 P.M. - prayer and medication to

follow.

>

> 26.The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind.

They

> may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.

>

> 27.This evening at 7 P.M. there will be a hymn sing in the park

across

> from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.

>

> 28.Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10. All

ladies

> are invited to lunch in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.

The

> pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would

> lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next

Sunday.

>

> 29.Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please

> use the back door.

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