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Some revelations instead of reflections

This week is not about reflections. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, January 15, 2015 3:53 pm

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What should Edwardsburg drop on New Year’s Eve?

For many years staying up to watch the ball drop in Times Square, New York on New Year’s Eve has been a ritual in our ... Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, January 8, 2015 3:38 pm

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Memories of Christmas holidays of the past

If you have any doubt about which is our favorite holiday all you have to do is look around our house. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:34 pm

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Count your blessings before moving into the new year

After counting my blessings for the last couple of weeks and as we get near the end of the 2014, the new year looms around ... Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, December 11, 2014 3:10 pm

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A few more people to be thankful for

Last week, two important groups were left out of the thankful list. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, December 4, 2014 3:40 pm

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The 1950s were big years for television

The 1950s were big years for television. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:43 am

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Have you seen the Christmas decorations in the stores already? Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, November 6, 2014 3:19 pm

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The good, the bad and the ugly of the 1950s

The Good the Bad and the Ugly of the 1950s. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, October 30, 2014 10:46 pm

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Do you remember Pyrex?

I imagine that everyone over the of age of 60 has one of these dishware pieces in their kitchen. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, October 16, 2014 2:55 pm

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The things that have disappeared from the table

The butter knife has gone the way of the saucer. In the nursery rhyme “it’s the dish that ran away with the spoon,” but in ... Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, October 9, 2014 9:26 am

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Setting a 1950s table

When the new display of the 1950s was designed at the Edwardsburg Museum, there was much discussion about table setting. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, October 2, 2014 2:30 pm

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Elvis at Edwardsburg History Museum Sunday

Elvis is coming to Edwardsburg and the Edwardsburg History Museum. Read more

by joannboepple, Friday, September 19, 2014 8:52 am

Columns

The good old days of jingles

In the 1950s before electronic gadgets took over our lives there was only the radio and television. With our eyes glued to every program on ... Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, September 11, 2014 9:35 am

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Popular 50s food items we still eat today

We have pretty well covered what was on a kitchen counter in the 1950s. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, August 21, 2014 2:24 pm

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Nifty Fifties on display at museum next month

For the past few weeks I have been writing about the 1950s, things that I remember from my mother’s house and mine. The reason for ... Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, August 14, 2014 1:28 pm

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Cool weather means hot cocoa

When the weather turns a little cooler my thoughts turn to sweaters, soups and drinks. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, July 31, 2014 1:45 pm

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Former kitchen staple was in every home

In the 1950s nearly every home in the United States had one of these in their kitchen. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, July 24, 2014 3:19 pm

Columns

Hairstyle trends in the 1950s

The 1950s had a great influence on fashion and hairstyles. Very short cropped hairstyles for women took over the early ‘50s but by the middle ... Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, July 17, 2014 9:32 am

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Potato chips were invented by accident

I’ll bet you didn’t know that the potato chip was invented 161 years ago in 1853. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, July 10, 2014 2:09 pm

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Significant medical improvements came during the ‘50s

The 1950s produced many significant medical improvements. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, July 3, 2014 3:46 pm

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The creed women lived by in the ‘50s

Over the last few months this column has been reviewing items and events of the 1950s. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:06 pm

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Some 1950s gadgets are still in use

At the beginning of the 1950s the imagination of inventors was awakened. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, June 5, 2014 12:32 pm

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Normandy landing featured at museum

Planning for the Normandy landings began in 1943. Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, May 29, 2014 2:46 pm

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Television struggled for mass attention

Television struggled to become a national mass media in the 1950s. Read more

by joannboepple, Friday, May 9, 2014 4:04 pm

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TV catches people’s fancy in the 1950s

The decade of the 1950s is also known as “The Golden Age of Television.” Read more

by joannboepple, Thursday, May 1, 2014 4:49 pm

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