Archive for History
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Calendar of Events | August 2023
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, the Eighth Month of Our Year
By Eloise Graham The August birthstone is the peridot. It is a pale green to yellow-green gem stone. This gem has been found in both Greek and Roman jewelry dating as far back as the 16th century BC. The Egyptians called this lustrous stone the “gem of the gods.” The secondary birthstone for Au...
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Variety Is the Secret
By Mary Schricker Gemberling “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Recently a friend phoned and apologized for not calling sooner to extend a dinner invitation to Gary and me. We had been w...
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Calendar of Events | July 2023
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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Ellis Island: “Island of Hope; Island of Tears”
By Mary Schricker Gemberling On a recent trip to New York City, Gary and I visited the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Although we had seen both from a boat, we had never had an up-close look. After a subway ride from our hotel in Times Square, we boarded the ferry that would take us by the Sta...
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Just Saying…
Oh, The People I Know By Q.C. Jones Remember Studs Terkel? A Chicago-based writer, historian, and broadcaster, Terkel was famous for his interviews of the interesting people he met while plying his craft on the streets of the Windy City. He had a radio show called, The Studs Terkel program wh...
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A Pause for Poetry
By Gary Heath Poet in Residence for 50+ Lifestyles. Scales The scales, they sway in the breeze, They waver, they shake in the Storms through the years and over The millennia. The scales rebel, They try to even out and balance For the people, the scales that Weigh our lives, yet never ba...
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Happy Birthday, Uncle Sam – and all July Babies
By Eloise Graham This July 4, 2023 Uncle Sam will be celebrating his 247th birthday. He has aged well; barely looks older than when he did in 1776. Did you know that July rated second in the number of births per year? As of July 2022, there have been 7,500,795 recorded births in July making it t...
