Archive for History
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Calendar of Events | AUGUST 2025
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
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August 21 Is National Senior Citizens Day
Are you aware of any special “Day” in August? Let’s play a game. I’ll name the day, you think of the month. Here goes: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, Valentine’s Day, President’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, April Fool’s Day, (hope you didn’t miss that one!) Mother’s Day, M...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Hodge Podge of Random Thoughts By Eloise Graham I am often asked where I come up with my topics for the articles. Usually, I have a thought or theme that is running around in my mind. Not this month. I hit a wall, had writer’s block, had nothing but a bunch of little ideas that really produced n...
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Calendar of Events | JULY 2025
If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809 Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Grou...
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Eleven Special Days in July
By Eloise Graham Editor-in-Chief July 1 - Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day This is a perfect time to be going out for ice cream. Forget the chocolate and vanilla. Try something new. In the Philippines they have crocodile egg ice cream. In Tokyo you can get raw horse flesh flavored ice cream. Okay, ...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
Childhood Memories of July By Eloise Graham My toddler, early years We had a flagpole in our yard. On patriotic holidays or remembrance days, my dad would go out early in the morning and hoist the flag. I would accompany him wearing some concoction of an outfit that was red, white and blue. The F...
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July Flashback Tribute
By Eloise Graham Please enjoy a reprint of a July 2009 column by Jim Graham, the second owner of 50+ Lifestyles. In his column, Jim wrote about his love of the Fourth of July and his love for the freedoms we have in America. Eloise Fourth of July! It’s one I remember from when I was a kid. B...
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Just Saying…
Walking Beans, Hippocampus, and Reliving July of ’66 By Q.C. Jones Memories, my mind is overflowing with memories. After reading an article and discovering the “hippocampus” a spark was ignited. Thinking more, perhaps it wasn’t as much a spark as a Fourth of July Firecracker explosion. Not...
