March 3, 1966, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern
I know I'm slow but it took me a while to ascertain what the Deputy was holding in his hand. After a few more readings of the caption, I decided it was a magic wand, which fit with the whole theme. Knowing how mandatory assemblies go, I'm sure a grand time was had by most but I'd bet a number of the audience would have been happy if he'd used that wand to make them disappear.
February 24, 1966, Twin City News-Record
Things are bad enough at rush hour but when the word doesn't get out in time that part of the bridge will be closed at noon for maintenance, then the scenes shown above are likely to develop.
February 7, 1950, Appleton Post-Crescent
Decades before President Nixon's trip to China in 1972 popularized table tennis in ways never seen before, most rec rooms had a ping pong table and we all were familiar with it. Table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988. Trivia: "table tennis" as a term for the sport grew into favor because the commonly used name "ping pong" was copyrighted by a British manufacturer in the early 1900's and in the 1920's by Parker Brothers who had marketed the game to American consumers.
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February 7, 1950, Appleton Post-Crescent
The set-up is just too tempting; I'm sure some smart aleck made comments in the letters to the editor page in the days to follow. Be it known that city government never ran smoother than when it was in the hands of the Boy Scouts as opposed to the locally elected officials, etc., etc. Well, be that as it may, I'm sure civics or other equivalent merit badges were awarded to all involved after this experience and all benefitted, to include our local government.
February 26, 1916, Menasha Record
This is actually the "new" Orpheum theater, replacing the old one that had been founded five years before. A pretty fancy showplace, it eventually evolved into the Valley Theatre.
February 22, 1924, Menasha Record
Probably more about George Washington than you'd ever want, at least in the context of this blog! But I found the whole birthday discrepancy issue fascinating. I had forgotten about the calendar shift in the 1700's. I'll bet most people don't even know about that.
February 20, 1941, Appleton Post-Crescent
We've met some of these young ladies in a previous post last week as they were part of the cast for the play "Little Women" at Menasha Junior High. A Happy Washington's Birthday to you!