CAROLE'S PERSONAL PAGE

Monday, October 18, 1937

[The Day I Was Born ... St. Joseph's Hospital ... Flint, MI ...
to Leonard & Anne Ballard La Flamme]

Top News Headlines This Week:

Oct 1 - Pullman Co formally recognizes Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Oct 2 - FDR visits Grand Coulee Dam construction site in Washington State
Oct 10 - NY Yankees beat Giants 4 games to 1 in 34th World Series
Oct 15 - Ernest Hemingway novel "To Have & Have Not" published
Oct 18 - Leonard & Anne La Flamme announce the birth of
a daughter, Carole Anne La Flamme
Oct 21 - Franco-troops occupies Gijon
Oct 25 - Casey Stengel signs to manage Boston Bees

Top Songs for 1937

That Old Feeling by Shep Fields
Once In Awhile by Tommy Dorsey
It Looks Like Rain in Cherry Blossom Lane by Guy Lombardo
September In the Rain by Guy Lombardo
The Dipsy Doodle by Tommy Dorsey
The Moon Got In My Eyes by Bing Crosby
Sweet Leilani by Bing Crosby
Boo Hoo by Guy Lombardo
Goodnight, My Love by Benny Goodman
Whispers In the Dark by Bob Crosby

US President: Franklin D. Roosevelt
US Vice President: John N. Garner

1937 Prices
Bread: $0.09/loaf
Milk: $0.50/gal
Eggs: $0.56/doz
Car: $675
Gas:$0.20/gal
House: $6,622
Stamp: $0.03/ea
Avg Income: $1,789/yr
DOW Avg: 121


Academy Award Winners:

Best Picture:
The Life Of Emile Zola Produced by Warner Bros
Best Actor:
Spencer Tracy in Captains Courageous
Best Actress:
Luise Rainer in The Good Earth


People born on October 18

1889 - Fannie Hurst novelist (1019?)
1934 - Inger Stevens Stockholm Sweden, actress (Katy-Farmer's Daughter)
1939 - Lee Harvey Oswald JFK assassin, born
1971 - Bob Whitfield, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1405 - Pius II, [Aenea S Piccolomini], Italian pope (1458-64) (Cynthia)
1925 - Melina Mercouri Athens Greece, actress/politician (Never on a Sunday)
1939 - Mike Ditka coach/tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961)
1972 - James Stream Thurmond Jr, son of US senator Strom Thurmond
1937 - Carole Anne La Flamme Beighey (Author-Waddodle Series)
1811 - Hugh Thompson Reid, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1874
1926 - Chuck Berry St Louis, rocker (Roll over Beethoven)
1958 - Jean-Claude Van Damme Belgium, actor (Kickboxer, No Retreat)
1818 - Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883
1970 - Shane Bonham, NFL defensive linesman (Detroit Lions)
1831 - Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia
1951 - Pam Dawber Detroit, actress (Mindy-Mork & Mindy, My Sister Sam)
1890 - [Agathe] Henri‰tte [M de Beaufort], Dutch author (Rembrandt)
1902 - Miriam Hopkins, Bainbridge GA, actress (Becky Sharp, These Three)
1922 - Little Orphan Annie comic strip character
1919 - Pierre Elliot Trudeau (L) 15th Canadian PM (1968-79, 1980-84)
1956 - Martina Navratilova Prague Czech, tennis (Wimbledon 1989,79,82-87)
1921 - Jesse Helms (Sen-R-NC) right-wing
1942 - Willie Horton baseball slugger (Detroit Tigers)
1926 - George C Scott Wise Va, actor (Patton, Bible, Taps, Hardcore)
1950 - Patrick L Swindall, (Rep-R-GA, 1985- )
Gary Hoyle (2nd Cousin)
Larry Murtha, Jr. (2nd Cousin)
Meg Harrington (Annie's Friend)


Hot New Toys in 1937

1936 - Monopoly
1936 - Scientific Football
1934 - Radio Flyer "Streak-O-Lite"
1934 - Parker Brothers' "Sorry!"
1930 - Mickey Mouse Dolls
1929 - Duncan Yo-Yo
1928 - Chinese Checkers
1924 - Tootsietoys
1919 - Pogo Stick
1917 - Radio Flyer "Liberty Coaster"
1916 - Lincoln Logs
1915 - Raggedy Ann
1914 - Tinkertoy
1913 - Erector Set
1903 - Crayola Crayons
1902 - Teddy Bear
1901 - Lionel Trains
1892 - Ouija Boards
1888 - Gund Soft Toys
1888 - Tiddledy Winks
1870 - Snakes and Ladders
1867 - Parcheesi
1865 - Cap Guns
Spinning Top
Rubber Baby Doll
Wooden Building Blocks

Top Books in 1937

1937 - U.S.A. (trilogy) by John Dos Passos
1937 - Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
1937 - Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
1936 - Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1935 - The Studs Lonigan Trilogy by James T. Farrell
1935 - The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes
1935 - The Strange Death of Liberal England by George Dangerfield
1935 - Dobry by Monica Shannon
1934 - I, Claudius by Robert Graves
1934 - Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
1934 - Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1934 - A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
1934 - Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
1934 - The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
1934 - Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

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