The Bunny Says

April 4, 1949, Menasha Record

Whether it be getting good service for your car or just getting things ready for this Sunday, the blog (and the Easter Bunny) wishes you a Happy Easter.  Enjoy the day and your family traditions.  

Open House

 

April 12, 1945, Appleton Post-Crescent

The Twin Cities' young people gather at the Y to have a nice evening of games.  And a chance to meet others of the opposite gender.  This day was important in history in that President Roosevelt passed away on this day.  The war in Europe raged on but would be over within the next month.  By the end of summer, the war in the Pacific will have ended as well and these kids' loved ones would be returning soon.

Chamber

 April 11, 1960, Twin City News-Record

The Menasha Chamber was formed around 1919 while the Neenah Chamber organized in 1940. In 1946 the Directors of the Neenah Chamber invited Menasha businesses to join with them and reincorporated into the Neenah-Menasha Chamber of Commerce.   In 1976, the business community realized that bringing the two largest area chambers together would provide even more of an impact on economic growth. So the Appleton and Neenah-Menasha organizations consolidated to become the Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and Industry, creating a broader geographical service base and range of business interests.

Like Menasha, the Fox Cities Chamber celebrates its 150th birthday this year, as it charts its founding from a day in August 1874 when the Appleton Chamber of Commerce was first organized.

Junior Birdmen

March 7, 1960, Twin City News-Record

Here are some proud kids showing off their bird house technique, placing in the competition sponsored by the Menasha Rec Department.  

(For the unititiated, the title of our blog post is a jab at The Junior Birdmen of America which was a national organization for young people interested in aviation and model plane building.  It was founded in 1934 and promoted by the Hearst newspaper chain, with the cooperation of the U.S. Bureau of Air Commerce.  Over time, the newpspaer chain divested itself of the club and an organization separate from the papers took up the matle.  By 1939, the whole thing had gone belly up, unfortunately.  But for that five year period of time, it was a hot ticket, to include it's own newspaper columns and a song "Up in the Air, Junior Birdmen", which has been sung with a variety of lyrics over the years to mock would-be or inexperienced aviators.)

Addendum to the comments:

To be done, while singing the song. 

Lovely Gift

April 11, 1960, Twin City News-Record

With Easter right around the corner, fresh flowers for the dinner table are always a great idea.  But aren't these tulips?  No matter, Linsdau's had all the bases covered, whatever your tastes.  

TV Hospital

March 15, 1960, Appleton Post-Crescent

Treating your television as if it were a member of the family, or even your pet dog or cat!  I'm surprised these guys weren't dressed as doctors, complete with that stereotypical strappy round head light that used to signify a doctor in the old days.  Instead, we've got futuristic sci-fi looking technicians with devices, one of which looks suspiciously like a cell phone of today!  Wild.

Nice to be Wanted

March 12, 1968, Twin City News-Record

Statistics like this would be the envy of any newspaper today.  Instead, the internet is available to probably almost 10 out of 10 Neenah-Menasha homes and people get their news from that.  Or their phone.  Or their televisions.  Yes it was a different, slower era where the news wasn't considered stale if it sat long enough to be printed on newsprint. And industrious young people would go from house to house delivering it.  I'm sure you had someone like our photographed model bringing your newspaper to your homes.