Mom's 80
December 13th, 1930 was 80 years ago!
In 1930.......
"Mickey Mouse"comic strip 1st appeared
also, the 1st radio broadcast of "Lone Ranger"
"Happy Days are Here Again"by Benny Mereoff hit #1
The First Red & Green traffic lights
were installed in Manhattan N.Y.C.
Clyde Tombough announced discovery of Planet Pluto
Hostess "Twinkies" were invented
by Bakery executive James Dewar
Synthetic rubber was 1st produced
The first night organized baseball game
was played in Independence, KS
The 1,046 foot (319meter) Chrysler Building in NYC,
the tallest structure at the time, opened to the public
the First Nudist Colony opens
The Veterans Administration was created
Construction began on Boulder (Hoover) Dam
Betty Boop debuted in Max Fleischer's
animated cartoon Dizzy Dishes
and
My Mom was born.
Lila Jean 1938 |
On Monday, Mom turns 80 years young!
1939 Members of the 4th grade class |
See her in the 4th grade?
She's the only one not looking at the camera.
(that's where I get my attentiveness)
Ladies Chorus 1952 |
She was a lovely soprano!
(that's where I got my singing voice)
In 1951 she married my Dad and they had 5 children.
The rest is history....
5 children, 7 grandchildren, 2 step-grandkids, 6 great-grandkids
and one spoiled maltese!!!
Happy 80th Mom!
Back in the day...
we had to wait until Mom's birthday to put up the Christmas tree!
I'm happy to report: the tree is up and decorated.
I'm having a birthday celebration for her tomorrow
(a winter storm blew us out today)
and we're having lunch in her honor!
Enjoy a great weekend,
Lisa
www.HistoryOrb.com
Comments
I hope you both have a lovely day!