Gas sure was cheaper in 1951...

A three book series that you can be a part of!

By David D. Dickinson and Americans everywhere

The site will be online soon and ready to accept your written contributions for the American Wisdom and Memoirs book series. Your generation will have a voice in one of these books:

• “American Wisdom and Memoirs: Seniors Edition”
• “American Wisdom and Memoirs: Baby Boomers Edition”
• “American Wisdom and Memoirs: Young Americans Edition”

For now, check out a little bit of history from the day I was born.
(Wow, gas sure isn’t as cheap as it used to be! )

Tuesday, September 18, 1951 (Yep, I’m a Baby Boomer!)

Top News Headlines This Week:
Sep 19 - 1st broadcast of "Search for Tomorrow" on CBS-TV Sep 19 - Italian civil servants strike for pay increase Sep 20 - 1st North Pole jet crossing Sep 20 - Swiss males votes against female suffrage Sep 20 - NL President Ford Frick elected 3rd commissioner of baseball Sep 21 - Emil Zatopek runs 15,000 m. in record 44 min, 54.6 sec

Top Songs for 1951:
Come On-A My House by Rosemary Clooney
Because of You by Tony Bennett
If by Perry Como
Too Young by Nat King Cole
Cry by Johnnie Ray
Be My Love by Mario Lanza
How High the Moon by Les Paul & Mary Ford
Sin by Eddy Howard
Cold, Cold Heart by Tony Bennett
Mockin' Bird Hill by Les Paul & Mary Ford

In Office:
US President... Harry S. Truman
US Vice President... Alben W. Barkley

Academy Award Winners:
Best Picture: An American In Paris, Produced By Arthur Freed
Best Actor: Humphrey Bogartin The African Queen
Best Actress: Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire

1951 Prices:
Bread: $0.16/loaf
Milk: $0.92/gal
Eggs: $0.72/doz
Car: $1,800
Gas: $0.27/gal
House: $16,000
Stamp: $0.03/ea

Avg Income: $4,194/yr
Min Wage: $0.75/hr
DOW Avg: 269

People born on September 18:
1905 - Greta Garbo Stockholm (Ninotchka, Grand Hotel, Camille)
1933 - Robert Blake Nutley NJ, (Baretta, Little Rascals, Coast to Coast)

On TV in 1951:
Amos 'n' Andy
All Star Revue
The Red Skelton Show
Strike it Rich
The Jack Benny Show
The Roy Rogers Show
Gangbusters
Racket Squad
Goodyear TV Playhouse
Dragnet

Hot New Toys in 1951:
Colorforms

Top Books in 1951:
Amos Fortune, Free Man by Elizabeth Yates
The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
From Here to Eternity by James Jones

Looking at all of that really takes me back. What was happening on the day you were born?

Take a moment right now and be sure and go to our “Coming Soon” page at http://www.AmericanWisdomAndMemoirs.com/ and bookmark it, so you can return easily so you can find out:

• how you can make a written contribution to the book series
• where you can get this kind of information and a timeline of events in your life
  

Dig out your old High School annuals, your boxes of pictures and talk to your family about things that happened in your past. Think about what you have been through and then write down the best of your memories, stories, wisdom from your elders and the things that you have learned from your own experiences. What are some of the mistakes you have made and the lessons you have learned? What’s the story you always tell at family get-togethers? American Wisdom and Memoirs is going to be a three book series where you can leave something for all to read. It won’t take long to gather the stories to publish these books… So, start thinking now and come to the site and publish your thoughts, wisdom and memories. We’ll be up and running soon and ready to accept your written contribution.

If you would like to contact me directly, please send your email to dddickinson@AmericanWisdomAndMemoirs.com

David D Dickinson