Did You Know ...
... that 98 years ago today, May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a presidential proclamation officially designating the first national observance of Mother's Day?
... that 41 years ago today, May 9, 1971, the last regular original episode of Jackie Gleason's The Honeymooners aired? Jackie played Ralph Kramden, with Art Carney as his buddy Ed Norton. Several different actresses played Ralph's and Ed's wives through the years.
... that 38 years ago today, May 9, 1974, the U.S. House of Representatives initiated impeachment proceedings against President Richard M. Nixon? Facing his inevitable conviction on three counts, President Nixon resigned the following Aug. 9.
'Til next time,
Ken Tate,
Good Old Days® magazine
Looking Back® magazine
Good Old Days® Books
Ken Tate, along with his wife, Janice, edits Good Old Days magazine and books for House of White Birches, and the Annie's Attic Mysteries series for DRG. Both publishers are located in Berne, Ind. Ken and Janice live in the Ozark Mountains of north Arkansas on property that has been in their family for nearly a century.
Ken began working with Good Old Days in 1989 after a long career editing newspapers and magazines. It was only natural, Ken says, that Janice joined him in editing the nostalgia magazines in 1997. She had worked with him for years on various publications before the birth of their three children.
In addition to their work on the magazine and books, Ken and Janice run a small ranching operation on the 400-acre, old home place and enjoy time with their extended family. Ken is looking forward to the golden anniversary of Good Old Days in 2014, which will also mark his silver anniversary with the magazine. Retirement, he contends, is highly overrated -- at least for him.
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