MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FROM ED and NANCY
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| Our first grandparent photo card with our six grandchildren It feels like a long time ago!!!!!!!!!!! |
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
CHRISTMAS PAST PART THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Terri first Christmas 1961 at our first apartment 5414 Loughborough. |
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| Christ decorations at my parents home 3137 A Chippewa |
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| I realize this does not look like Christmas however This was Christmas week 1966 our first Christmas in Independence MO. Our two girls with their cousins Kelly and Suzie and even thought Terri is holding Tinker. The puppy is really Sherri's as she convinced us to let her have the Dalmation puppy given to her by a house painter. Stay tuned for Christmas eve and our last of Christmas past photos for this year. |
Saturday, December 17, 2011
CHRISTMAS PAST PART 2
There is a story with picture one as it is actually right after Christmas as someone has a birthday close to Christmas. First we had to purchase Miss Beasley on the "will call plan'. Only my older readers will remember buying things by putting them in "will call'. All thought WalMart is advertising buy it on will call in 2011.!!!! What comes around goes around. The store had a hard time understanding why we were going to pick up Miss Beasley after Christmas. Secondly the day of the birthday there was a big snow storm in Independence but I had to get to the store and bring Miss Beasley home.
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| 1967 in Independence MO |
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| Then there was three. |
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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| Our first tree 1959 at 5414 loughborough |
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| Our first photo card |
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| Our first photo card with two at 7315 Lansdowne. |
I will not keep you in suspense as there is no photo card with three. The only explanation I have is a guess that our budget could not handle the expense. Only a guess!!!!!!!!!.
More old Christmas past to follow so stay tuned.
Friday, December 09, 2011
Saturday, November 26, 2011
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| Yearly membership for $5.00!!!!!!!!! |
CAMP NE O TEZ READERS!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO YOU REMEMBER?
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| Is it the valley or Cuvier River? |
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| Again I do not know if it is the Desoto pool we rented are is it Cuvier River? |
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| I wonder who the campers are? |
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| Who are they? I honestly do not know. |
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| This was the steel building when it was located on Chippewa |
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| Who remembers the bus? |
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Saturday, November 19, 2011
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| Cypress Gardens 1966 ski show |
You had to be living in 1966 to believe the story that follows.
Nancy,five year old Terri, three year old Sherri and I left Shrewsbury Mo on a Saturday morning headed for Florida. I had $250.00 in my pocket and three hundred dollars in travelers checks, a Standard Oil credit card and four nights in St Petersburg FL prepaid. We had the following goals.
* If at the ocean we needed to stay in beach front accommodations
* Every place we stayed with no beach had to have a pool
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| Daytona Beach I drove a 1966 Chevy Impala on this beach |
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| Directly across the street from Atlantic ocean in Fort Lauderdale We paid $20.00 per night for a two bedroom unit with free breakfast and a pool. My 1963 Impala is parked in the front. |
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| Hialeah Race track Miami FL I wonder who the two little girls are? |
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| St Augustine FL street scene 1966 |
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| Marine Land near St Augustine I was so thrilled with the Dolphin show I made all set through a second show. |
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| Another street scene St Augustine FL |
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| Sky line of Miami FL from Biscayne Bay Results of our two week trip ***Arrived home with $9.00 and no traveler checks. *** Gone fourteen nights *** Spent two nights with relatives *** Four nights were prepaid *** All car expenses were on Standard Oil card We went too!!!!!!! ***Silver Springs *** Marine Land *** Cypress Gardens *** A boat ride on Biscayne Bay *** The Everglades *** Circus Hall of Fame in Sarasota FL *** Drove on the beach in Daytona FL *** Toured Busch Gardens in Tampa Fl {but it was nothing like today} *** No Magic Kingdom or sea World as they have not yet been created. I know if I had not lived through it I would not believe it.!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Monday, November 14, 2011
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODD!!!!!!!!
What was the world like in 1988?
*** Gas was .72 to .98 per gallon
*** Teacher salaries averaged $19,860
*** #1 movie was Rainman
*** first time CD's outsold vinyl music albums
*** First heart pacemaker implanted
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| 1994 |
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| 2007 |
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| too cute!!!!! |
A piece of useless trivia. There is fifty years difference in Todd and my age. What was my life like in 1961?
*** Todd,s mom Terri was born
*** Our house payment was $89.17 per month
*** gasoline prices were .31 per gallon
***Nancy was a stay at home mom
Happy birthday Todd!!!! Grandma and I hope you have a great birthday and a really special day with Sara.
Saturday, November 12, 2011
THE ST LOUIS ZOO A LONG TIME AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| The lake near the seals photo taken 11/1959 |
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| Bear pits photo taken 11/1959 |
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| Bear pits of 1959 |
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| A comparison of the bear pits of today |
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| The Monkey show around 1966 and of course even when I was a little boy. {a long time ago} |
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| Reasonably certain this is the same stage as the Monkey show. When did it change? anyone remember? In many ways our zoo has certainly improved. Yet I miss the shows. we had real animal trainers putting on three outstanding animal shows up until I guess the late sixties when we moved to Kansas City. We had a monkey show, a elephant show and a Lion show. All three shows where first class. I have no memory of the seal show even thought I must have been there as I have the picture to prove it. |
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| For comparison this is the Tulsa OK Zoo in 1967 |
Wednesday, November 02, 2011
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| Yes we had the four youngest for a night at the grandparents. |
THE END of SUMMER!!!!!!!!!
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| I wonder who is in charge? |
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| Saying good by |
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| We actually enjoyed the sleep over!!! |
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| Grandpa sure enjoyed this day of grass cutting |
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| The lecture!!!!!!!!!! |
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| The boy loves basketball |
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| I know it is hard to see but Donovan cut his #51 into the grass Similar!!! to the arch at Busch Stadium The reason grandma and I stayed in St Louis is our six grandchildren. |
Friday, October 28, 2011
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| A boat race on the Tennessee River |
THE END of OUR FALL TRIP
WE stopped in Chattanooga TN for a lovely
lunch on a bluff overlooking the Tennessee River.
The photos clearly show the boat races that were going on.
Chattanooga has lots of bed and breakfasts and would be a neat place
to stop for a night on the way to are from a southern locale.
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| In the distance is downtown Chattanooga. |
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| More of the boat races |
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| Lunch was good at Tony,s |
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| A nice way to end our short but great southern trip. |
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