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 Matthews 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 Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda 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 bubble gum cigars Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! And was it really that long ago? If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it WAS a great time!!

I remember when ignorance was bliss. I would play in rain storms, I love the wind before rain and the sweet smell during and after. I have no idea how dangerous lighting was. I would stay out even in the cold to feel it on my face. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: <SandKatC@aol.com> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:05 PM Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > 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 Matthews 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 Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, > Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda 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 bubble gum cigars > > Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! And > was it really that long ago? > > If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it WAS a > great time!! > > > ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at > <http://www,rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

_________________ Do any of you remember a grandmother with a rain barrel? The rain water was strictly for shampoos - and NO WASTING THE WATER. And rinsing your hair with a vinegar rinse. Bettye (Mrs. Max G.) Maupin - Rolla MO _______________________ >I remember when ignorance was bliss. I would play in rain storms, I love the >wind before rain and the sweet smell during and after. I have no idea how >dangerous lighting was. I would stay out even in the cold to feel it on my >face. Jackie >----- Original Message ----- >From: <SandKatC@aol.com> >To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:05 PM >Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > >> 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 Matthews 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 Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, >> Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda >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 bubble gum cigars >> >> Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! >And >> was it really that long ago? >> >> If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it WAS >a >> great time!! >> >> >> ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== >> RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the >author. Read RootsWeb's Acceptable Use Policy at > > <http://www,rootsweb.com/rootsweb/aup.html> >> >> ============================== >> To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, >go to: >> http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >> >> > > > >==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put >you in touch with millions. ><http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi> > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy >records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I can tell you one better than a rain barrel. My Mom's family is from Brodhead Rockcastle Co. Ky. They had sulfur springs, smelled like rotten eggs. We were visiting and my Aunt Janet was with us, she wanted to wash her hair, and she didn't want to use that stinky water. There was a spring where they got drinking water that wasn't sulfur. Instead of getting some in a bucket and washing her hair, she washed it in the spring! They had to wait 24 hrs for the spring to clear before using it! Boy was she in trouble! Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Maupin" <mgm148@rollanet.org> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > _________________ > Do any of you remember a grandmother with a rain barrel? The rain > water was strictly for shampoos - and NO WASTING THE WATER. And > rinsing your hair with a vinegar rinse. Bettye (Mrs. Max G.) Maupin > - Rolla MO > _______________________ > > > > >I remember when ignorance was bliss. I would play in rain storms, I love the > >wind before rain and the sweet smell during and after. I have no idea how > >dangerous lighting was. I would stay out even in the cold to feel it on my > >face. Jackie > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > >To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:05 PM > >Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > > >> 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 Matthews 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 Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, > >> Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda > >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 bubble gum cigars > >> > >> Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! > >And > >> was it really that long ago? > >> > >> If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it WAS > >a > >> great time!! > >> > >> > >> ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > >> RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of the > >author. 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Hi Jackie and all, Just catching up on the chats of the 50's. One thing forgotten in the 50's was the "wonderful" music to dance to (and listen to) - the jitterbug; waltz; Friday night at the Polish Hall; slooooooooow dancing to really romantic music and tap your foot to the Big Bands. In "my" younger day, even while in high school, and taught dancing to some of my male classmates so they could "strut" at the Senior Prom. I also took ballet and tap. Now my Bill, he had and still has "2" left feet that still go in different directions. HeHe - he played the drum while in high school. In Hamilton, he grew up between the Germans and Italians - had the best of both worlds. Me, I had a very oversized 2 lots and raised most of our food with chickens and we sold eggs and many of the veggies we grew. Bill is 5'10" and me-(adopted Maupin) only 5'0". Our dtr is 4'11", of course "my mother was only 4'9". Jackie, what are some of your mother's surnames in Rockcastle Co. Bill's Adams were heavy in the County for many years. Carolyn F ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosamundi4" <Rosamundi4@dragonbbs.com> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > I can tell you one better than a rain barrel. My Mom's family is from > Brodhead Rockcastle Co. Ky. They had sulfur springs, smelled like rotten > eggs. We were visiting and my Aunt Janet was with us, she wanted to wash her > hair, and she didn't want to use that stinky water. There was a spring where > they got drinking water that wasn't sulfur. Instead of getting some in a > bucket and washing her hair, she washed it in the spring! They had to wait > 24 hrs for the spring to clear before using it! Boy was she in trouble! > Jackie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Maupin" <mgm148@rollanet.org> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:59 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > _________________ > > Do any of you remember a grandmother with a rain barrel? The rain > > water was strictly for shampoos - and NO WASTING THE WATER. And > > rinsing your hair with a vinegar rinse. Bettye (Mrs. Max G.) Maupin > > - Rolla MO > > _______________________ > > > > > > > > >I remember when ignorance was bliss. I would play in rain storms, I love > the > > >wind before rain and the sweet smell during and after. I have no idea > how > > >dangerous lighting was. I would stay out even in the cold to feel it on > my > > >face. Jackie > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > > >To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:05 PM > > >Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > > > > > >> 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 Matthews 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 Nancy Drew, The Hardy > Boys, > > >> Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda > > >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 bubble gum cigars > > >> > > >> Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! > > >And > > >> was it really that long ago? > > >> > > >> If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it > WAS > > >a > > >> great time!! > > >> > > >> > > >> ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > >> RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of > the > > >author. 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There are many. Here are a few. Brummett, spelled many ways of course Blanton Brock Baldwin Wilson Saylor Caldwell brain dead right now Have you seen the monument the erected in Crab Orchard for Lincoln co. war vets? really nice a surprise for such a small area. Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: "cafarmer" <cafarmer@houston.rr.com> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > Hi Jackie and all, Just catching up on the chats of the 50's. > > One thing forgotten in the 50's was the "wonderful" music to dance to (and > listen to) - the jitterbug; waltz; Friday night at the Polish Hall; > slooooooooow dancing to really romantic music and tap your foot to the Big > Bands. In "my" younger day, even while in high school, and taught dancing > to some of my male classmates so they could "strut" at the Senior Prom. I > also took ballet and tap. Now my Bill, he had and still has "2" left > feet that still go in different directions. HeHe - he played the drum while > in high school. > > In Hamilton, he grew up between the Germans and Italians - had the best of > both worlds. Me, I had a very oversized 2 lots and raised most of our > food with chickens and we sold eggs and many of the veggies we grew. > > Bill is 5'10" and me-(adopted Maupin) only 5'0". Our dtr is 4'11", of > course "my mother was only 4'9". > > Jackie, what are some of your mother's surnames in Rockcastle Co. > Bill's Adams were heavy in the County for many years. > > Carolyn F > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rosamundi4" <Rosamundi4@dragonbbs.com> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 8:54 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > I can tell you one better than a rain barrel. My Mom's family is from > > Brodhead Rockcastle Co. Ky. They had sulfur springs, smelled like rotten > > eggs. We were visiting and my Aunt Janet was with us, she wanted to wash > her > > hair, and she didn't want to use that stinky water. There was a spring > where > > they got drinking water that wasn't sulfur. Instead of getting some in a > > bucket and washing her hair, she washed it in the spring! They had to wait > > 24 hrs for the spring to clear before using it! Boy was she in trouble! > > Jackie > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Max Maupin" <mgm148@rollanet.org> > > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:59 PM > > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > > > > _________________ > > > Do any of you remember a grandmother with a rain barrel? The rain > > > water was strictly for shampoos - and NO WASTING THE WATER. And > > > rinsing your hair with a vinegar rinse. Bettye (Mrs. Max G.) Maupin > > > - Rolla MO > > > _______________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > >I remember when ignorance was bliss. I would play in rain storms, I > love > > the > > > >wind before rain and the sweet smell during and after. I have no idea > > how > > > >dangerous lighting was. I would stay out even in the cold to feel it on > > my > > > >face. Jackie > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > > > >To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > > > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:05 PM > > > >Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > > > > > > > > >> 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 Matthews 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 Nancy Drew, The Hardy > > Boys, > > > >> Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, > Brenda > > > >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 bubble gum cigars > > > >> > > > >> Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember > that! > > > >And > > > >> was it really that long ago? > > > >> > > > >> If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for > it > > WAS > > > >a > > > >> great time!! > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > > >> RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission > of > > the > > > >author. 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A crises arises for a small boy when he puts polywogs in the rain barrel. I know! Bert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosamundi4" <Rosamundi4@dragonbbs.com> To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > I can tell you one better than a rain barrel. My Mom's family is from > Brodhead Rockcastle Co. Ky. They had sulfur springs, smelled like rotten > eggs. We were visiting and my Aunt Janet was with us, she wanted to wash her > hair, and she didn't want to use that stinky water. There was a spring where > they got drinking water that wasn't sulfur. Instead of getting some in a > bucket and washing her hair, she washed it in the spring! They had to wait > 24 hrs for the spring to clear before using it! Boy was she in trouble! > Jackie > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Max Maupin" <mgm148@rollanet.org> > To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:59 PM > Subject: Re: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > _________________ > > Do any of you remember a grandmother with a rain barrel? The rain > > water was strictly for shampoos - and NO WASTING THE WATER. And > > rinsing your hair with a vinegar rinse. Bettye (Mrs. Max G.) Maupin > > - Rolla MO > > _______________________ > > > > > > > > >I remember when ignorance was bliss. I would play in rain storms, I love > the > > >wind before rain and the sweet smell during and after. I have no idea > how > > >dangerous lighting was. I would stay out even in the cold to feel it on > my > > >face. Jackie > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: <SandKatC@aol.com> > > >To: <MAUPIN-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 6:05 PM > > >Subject: [MAUPIN-CHAT] The 50s > > > > > > > > >> 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 Matthews 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 Nancy Drew, The Hardy > Boys, > > >> Laurel &Hardy, Abbott &Costello, Sky King, Little Lulu comics, Brenda > > >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 bubble gum cigars > > >> > > >> Didn't that feel good, just to go back and say, Yeah, I remember that! > > >And > > >> was it really that long ago? > > >> > > >> If you were too young to remember, please accept our sympathy, for it > WAS > > >a > > >> great time!! > > >> > > >> > > >> ==== MAUPIN-CHAT Mailing List ==== > > >> RootsWeb forbids posting of copyrighted material without permission of > the > > >author. 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