Wednesday, August 12, 2026
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Monday, January 25, 2010, Leave It To Beaver
Monday, January 25, 2010
Leave It To Beaver
Ken Osmond, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow
1957 - 1963
This show has endured because of its classic situations, based on the experiences of the writers.
"Leave It To Beaver" brings back memories of Moline situations. Here is one:
Wally: "Beav. You didn't brush your teeth."
Beaver: "How did you know?"
Wally: "Your toothbrush is still dry."
Beaver: "OK. I will go back and get it wet."
The demonstration on how to make the tube dirty, to fake a bath, was another classic, and taken right out of the Jackson playbook. I wondered at the time, "Who told?"
He cut a deal to share in the merchandising.
Lumpy is his investment advisor!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Must See TV in the 1950s
George Reeves was stopped by a bullet.
TV was pretty limited in the 1950s. We had to wait for the stations to go on the air Saturday morning, so we waited, watching the test pattern.
Black and white was the only choice for many years, and we had two TV stations to watch.
The kids had to watch these shows:
Superman
Howdy Doody
Lassie
Disney
The parents had to watch:
Lawrence Welk
Ed Sullivan
Milton BerleSyd Caesar
The Milton Berle show made us kids uneasy. He was almost funny. Syd Caesar was funnier than we realized. If we complained about a show, the response was short and quick, "You kids are spoiled rotten."
We were the first generation to reach a zombie state in front of an electronic device. My parents spent a lot of time sending us outdoors, "to blow the stink off." They were worried about the effects of passive watching. We could go outside and play all over the neighborhood. We were not warned about adults, because all our neighbors were part of an informal neighborhood watch group that ratted us out for anything we did. Experience taught us that the least infraction would be reported before we got home. So we played outside until dark or came home when my mother's whistle sounded.
Moline was safe for kids, and we had plenty of things to do outside.
Monday, August 10, 2026
Saturday, August 8, 2026
Adam Jones, WQUA Radio and very popular.
Adam Jones and Melo Cream
"Last month I heard from Greg Jackson. His father Homer was a friend of mine when Bob and I (and later, Dale) worked in Moline, Illinois. Homer was a swell guy, a real Cubs fan (win or lose), and the best donut maker in the history of the world, BC and AD. Forget about loose-meat sandwiches, the best thing about living in the Quad-Cities was Melo-Cream Donuts! Does anyone remember "Adam Jones Dilly Bread?" Homer did that for me. He even had bags printed with that on them. The bread was really good – yum! Not quite as good as the Jack Barlow Donut, but very few things are. They were covered in peanuts and if you ate them frozen they tasted like ice cream! Greg has a blog about Moline: http://molinememories.blogspot.com. It was nice to hear from him. (It must be spring; my taste buds are blooming.)"
Adam Jones, WQUA Radio and very popular.
Friday, August 7, 2026
Friday, October 20, 2017 The History of the Name - Maroons. Provided by Fran Coberley McNelly and Gary Allen
Friday, October 20, 2017
The History of the Name - Maroons.
Provided by Fran Coberley McNelly and Gary Allen
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| For easier reading, click on this MHS 62 link. |
The best way to read this is to check out this link to the history of the name Maroons - from the MHS 62 website. If you enlarge the type on that link, the article will be easy to read.
The graphic is by Gary Allen. The article was discovered by Fran Coberley McNelly during a lengthy debate on the MHS 68 Facebook page.
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| The Class of 1968 is having its 50th reunion in 2018. MHS 66 borrowed their logo - or did they borrow ours? This mystery will be solved in 20 or so years. |
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