Fran Baker's Blog, page 8
August 9, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 1934
Went to Winnwood. Kate's was there. Rode the Scooter. Went through Funhouse. I was in some contests.
1930s funhouse
Luna Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Luna Park first opened to the public on 4 October 1935, to almost immediate success. After a successful opening season, the park closed down for the winter months (a process which was repeated until 1972). During the closed season, rides were overhauled and repainted, and new rides and attractions were added, to provide the impression to patrons that the park had changed during the three month closures
1930s funhouseLuna Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Luna Park first opened to the public on 4 October 1935, to almost immediate success. After a successful opening season, the park closed down for the winter months (a process which was repeated until 1972). During the closed season, rides were overhauled and repainted, and new rides and attractions were added, to provide the impression to patrons that the park had changed during the three month closures
August 8, 2012
Wednesday, August 8, 1934
Pauline, Gweyn and I went swimming. Dived a little. Sure hot today. Mother baked a marble cake.
Marble Cake
A marble cake is a cake with a streaked or mottled appearance (like marble) achieved by very lightly blending light and dark batter. It can be a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake, in which case it is mainly vanilla, with streaks of chocolate. Other possibilities are strawberry or other fruit flavors, or (particularly in marbled coffee cakes) cinnamon and/or other spices.
Marble CakeA marble cake is a cake with a streaked or mottled appearance (like marble) achieved by very lightly blending light and dark batter. It can be a mixture of vanilla and chocolate cake, in which case it is mainly vanilla, with streaks of chocolate. Other possibilities are strawberry or other fruit flavors, or (particularly in marbled coffee cakes) cinnamon and/or other spices.
August 7, 2012
Tuesday, August 7, 1934
Today we ironed. Aunt Kate's came by and we went to the book shop.
First La-Z-Boy recliner, a folding wood-slat porch chair
In the 1920s, two young cousins from Michigan (Edward Knabusch and
Edward Shoemaker) quit their jobs to pursue the American dream. Edwin
was a woodworker for a company and Edward was a farmer who loved to
tinker with gadgets. The "two Eds" poured their talents and their money
into their Floral City Furniture Company, each taking only a $5 per week
salary to get it up and running. Using orange crates to mock-up their idea,
they invented the reclining mechanism that eventually led, in 1929, to their
first upholstered recliner. Then they held a contest to name the chair and
the La-Z-Boy Recliner was born.
First La-Z-Boy recliner, a folding wood-slat porch chairIn the 1920s, two young cousins from Michigan (Edward Knabusch and
Edward Shoemaker) quit their jobs to pursue the American dream. Edwin
was a woodworker for a company and Edward was a farmer who loved to
tinker with gadgets. The "two Eds" poured their talents and their money
into their Floral City Furniture Company, each taking only a $5 per week
salary to get it up and running. Using orange crates to mock-up their idea,
they invented the reclining mechanism that eventually led, in 1929, to their
first upholstered recliner. Then they held a contest to name the chair and
the La-Z-Boy Recliner was born.
August 6, 2012
Monday, August 6, 1934
We washed today. Sure was hot. Had a big wash. Pauline and I went back to the Medicine Show.
Cimarroncita Ranch Camp - New Mexico
Cimarroncita was built in 1908 to accommodate New Mexico tourists who took a scenic railroad train – the St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Railway Excursion Line – to this beautiful corner of the Roadrunner State. A Texan, Minnette Thompson, bought the hotel in 1930 and established the Cimarroncita Ranch Camp for Girls. A camp for boys soon followed.
Minnette and her family ran the camps until 1995. Her relative and namesake Minnette Burges and husband Alan Huerta renovated the camp and reopened as Cimarroncita Ranch in 2005.
Cimarroncita Ranch Camp - New MexicoCimarroncita was built in 1908 to accommodate New Mexico tourists who took a scenic railroad train – the St. Louis, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Railway Excursion Line – to this beautiful corner of the Roadrunner State. A Texan, Minnette Thompson, bought the hotel in 1930 and established the Cimarroncita Ranch Camp for Girls. A camp for boys soon followed.
Minnette and her family ran the camps until 1995. Her relative and namesake Minnette Burges and husband Alan Huerta renovated the camp and reopened as Cimarroncita Ranch in 2005.
August 5, 2012
Sunday, August 5, 1934
Didn't go to church or Sunday school. Pauline came down and we traded books. I got some mysteries.
The first Dana Girls mystery novel
The Dana Girls was a series of young adult mystery novels produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The title heroines, Jean and Louise Dana, are teenage sisters and amateur detectives who solve mysteries while at boarding school. The series was created in 1934 in an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of both the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories and the Hardy Boys series, but was less successful than either. The series was written by a number of ghostwriters and, despite going out-of-print twice, lasted from 1934 to 1979; the books have also been translated into a number of other languages.
The first Dana Girls mystery novel The Dana Girls was a series of young adult mystery novels produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. The title heroines, Jean and Louise Dana, are teenage sisters and amateur detectives who solve mysteries while at boarding school. The series was created in 1934 in an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of both the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories and the Hardy Boys series, but was less successful than either. The series was written by a number of ghostwriters and, despite going out-of-print twice, lasted from 1934 to 1979; the books have also been translated into a number of other languages.
August 4, 2012
Saturday, August 4, 1934
Gweyn Richards family moved today. Laten came by and wanted to take me out to Helen's, but Mother wouldn't let me go. Daddy had a wreck.
Tony Martin (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012)
Born Alvin Morris, Martin was an American actor and singer who was married to performer Cyd Charisse for 60 years. He began recording in
1938 and had numerous hits, including the still popular To Each His Own.
Martin appeared in film musicals and was a featured vocalist on the George
Burns and Gracie Allen radio show. He was preceded in death by his wife
and their son, Tony Martin, Jr.
Tony Martin (December 25, 1913 – July 27, 2012)Born Alvin Morris, Martin was an American actor and singer who was married to performer Cyd Charisse for 60 years. He began recording in
1938 and had numerous hits, including the still popular To Each His Own.
Martin appeared in film musicals and was a featured vocalist on the George
Burns and Gracie Allen radio show. He was preceded in death by his wife
and their son, Tony Martin, Jr.
August 3, 2012
Friday, August 3, 1934
I baked a cake. Helped Gweyn a little. Sure hot. Kate's were over. Went to the Medicine Show.
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Advertisement for Hamlin's Wizard OilHow much is your health worth, Ladies and Gentlemen? It's priceless, isn't it? Well, my friends, one half-dollar is all it takes to put you in the pink. That's right, Ladies and Gents, for fifty pennies, Nature's True Remedy will succeed where doctors have failed. Only Nature can heal and I have Nature right here in this little bottle. My secret formula, from God's own laboratory, the Earth itself, will cure rheumatism, cancer, diabetes, baldness, bad breath, and curvature of the spine.
August 2, 2012
Thursday, August 2, 1934
Didn't do much today. Sure was hot. Gweyn Richards is going to move. Nadine and Ruth Ray came down.
Paul von Hindenburg (October 2, 1847 - August 2, 1934)
Second President of Germany
Second President of the German Reich
Preceded by Friedrich Ebert
Succeeded by Adolf Hitler (Führer and Chancellor)
A Prussian-German field marshal, statesman and politician, von
Hindenburg is commonly remembered as as the man who as German President appointed Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor Germany. Hindenburg personally despised Hitler, condescendingly referring to Hitler as that "Bohemian corporal."
The famed zeppelin Hindenburg that was destroyed by fire in 1937
was named in his honor
Paul von Hindenburg (October 2, 1847 - August 2, 1934)Second President of Germany
Second President of the German Reich
Preceded by Friedrich Ebert
Succeeded by Adolf Hitler (Führer and Chancellor)
A Prussian-German field marshal, statesman and politician, von
Hindenburg is commonly remembered as as the man who as German President appointed Nazi leader Adolf Hitler as Chancellor Germany. Hindenburg personally despised Hitler, condescendingly referring to Hitler as that "Bohemian corporal."
The famed zeppelin Hindenburg that was destroyed by fire in 1937
was named in his honor
August 1, 2012
Wednesday, August 1, 1934
Straightened up the house. Pauline and the girls came down. Aunt Katie's came over here.
The Shadow - August 1, 1934 edition
Featuring Gray Fist by Maxwell Grant
Synopsis:
"I have just freed myself from the power of a fiend; whispered Worth Varden. "A fiend who would stop at nothing. A supercriminal whose schemes are but in the making...."
Hours later, Varden was dead. And with him went all he knew about the worldwide dope-dealing and blackmail empire of the all-powerful crime baron known only as...Gray Fist.
Gray Fist--so treacherous that he found no act too vile, no lie too base to inflate his ill-gotten wealth. Gray Fist--so secretive that even his closest henchmen could not guess his secret identity. Gray Fist--so diabolically cunning that his climb to power seemed unstoppable.
Was there anywhere a crime fighter so agile of brain and hand that he could match wits with this infamous lord of the underworld? There was--lurking in the darkness, laughing a soft eerie laugh, stealing into the innermost sanctuaries of the forces of evil, facing single-handed the guns of mobsters by the dozen... The Shadow!
The Shadow - August 1, 1934 editionFeaturing Gray Fist by Maxwell Grant
Synopsis:
"I have just freed myself from the power of a fiend; whispered Worth Varden. "A fiend who would stop at nothing. A supercriminal whose schemes are but in the making...."
Hours later, Varden was dead. And with him went all he knew about the worldwide dope-dealing and blackmail empire of the all-powerful crime baron known only as...Gray Fist.
Gray Fist--so treacherous that he found no act too vile, no lie too base to inflate his ill-gotten wealth. Gray Fist--so secretive that even his closest henchmen could not guess his secret identity. Gray Fist--so diabolically cunning that his climb to power seemed unstoppable.
Was there anywhere a crime fighter so agile of brain and hand that he could match wits with this infamous lord of the underworld? There was--lurking in the darkness, laughing a soft eerie laugh, stealing into the innermost sanctuaries of the forces of evil, facing single-handed the guns of mobsters by the dozen... The Shadow!
July 31, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 1934
Came home. Stopped at Joe's and Ollie's. Ate lunch at Perry. Rained a little. Got home about 5 p.m.
[image error]Romania - July 31, 1934
Performance by the children's choir of the Hebrew Tarbut
school in the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp.
Chaia Libstug (foreground) is the daughter of Isaak Libstug and Fira (Esther) Sudvarg Libstug. She was born in Belz, Romania on July 31, 1934. The entire family survived the war living in Tansnistria and the Soviet Union. In 1945 they came to the Foehrenwald where Isaak worked as the camp's JDC director.
[image error]Romania - July 31, 1934
Performance by the children's choir of the Hebrew Tarbut
school in the Foehrenwald displaced persons camp.
Chaia Libstug (foreground) is the daughter of Isaak Libstug and Fira (Esther) Sudvarg Libstug. She was born in Belz, Romania on July 31, 1934. The entire family survived the war living in Tansnistria and the Soviet Union. In 1945 they came to the Foehrenwald where Isaak worked as the camp's JDC director.
