Comments on: Be Honest With Yourself: We Are Making Memories http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/26/be-honest-with-yourself-we-are-making-memories/ Where our past is never very long ago Sat, 25 May 2013 06:15:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Clark http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/26/be-honest-with-yourself-we-are-making-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-60416 Clark Wed, 27 Apr 2011 16:03:23 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5998#comment-60416 Other relics of the past:
*The beehive with the bandalo
* A scout wearing a neckerchief
* A live band providing the dance music
* Missionaries with hats
* The baby pram

(My favorite vignette is the center purple one of the girlfriend pining away for her missionary.)

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/26/be-honest-with-yourself-we-are-making-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-60398 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:43:57 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5998#comment-60398 Oh, I love it when a reader can identify some quaint object from the past whose use is a mystery today!

]]> By: MMM http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/26/be-honest-with-yourself-we-are-making-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-60391 MMM Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:32:17 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5998#comment-60391 1961 was the year of my birth, and it is beginning to seem like a long, long time ago.

If you look closely at the picture of the man in the bottom right-hand corner, you will see what we used to call a “newspaper”. Apparently, in bygone eras, people would pay young boys to deliver these “newspapers” to their homes, and sit and read them for news, comics and advertisements. Oddly, they were even willing to get black ink all over their fingers to do so.

]]> By: David B http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/26/be-honest-with-yourself-we-are-making-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-60254 David B Wed, 27 Apr 2011 05:43:28 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5998#comment-60254 Interesting that there’s no mention of the boy “who’s left behind and waits for the missionary’s return”, even though that worked quite well for Jeanne and me…

(And it’s not like it’s a completely new phenomenon, either—it seems to have worked quite well for Flora and Ezra Taft Benson, too.)

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/26/be-honest-with-yourself-we-are-making-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-60153 Ardis E. Parshall Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:33:53 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5998#comment-60153 Grant, you nailed it. If you haven’t already, you might want to read the article linked at “See here for background” — “positive” was definitely the keyword.

]]> By: Grant http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2011/04/26/be-honest-with-yourself-we-are-making-memories/comment-page-1/#comment-60147 Grant Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:19:05 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=5998#comment-60147 So, in those days, not all were expected to go on missions but if they were “fortunate enough to perform missions” they could expect “the girl who’s left behind” to wait and marry them? Hmmm. I guess sometimes that worked (my patents-in-law married 1958 after his mission). But in general, it all seems to couch a positive sentiment and good advice subtly conveyed. Inspired for its time.

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