Old theatre ads

It must have been kismet. The very same day that we went to Terre Haute to visit the Indiana Theatre, a family member there was getting ready to throw away a portion of The Terre Haute Star from December 1st, 1949. They had found it in the walls of an old house. We very excitedly took it off of their hands and found advertisements for movies playing not only at the Indiana Theatre but also at the Lyceum, Idaho, Swan, State, and The Wabash. Evidently, there were a lot of movie lovers in Terre Haute in 1949. The paper is a little torn up but we love it. Be sure to click to get a larger image of the photo with the ads for the Swan and Idaho- there's an interesting little item about a babysitter.

Nostalgic sweets and more

Ah, we love nothing more than to turn the big band music station on the TV (that's channel 435 on our Comcast dial), flip through The Vermont Country Store catalog and imagine that we're in another era. They have goodies like "Gee, Your Hair Smells Terrific" shampoo and the original Snoopy Sno-Cone machine. They even ask for your suggestions for beloved beauty products or old timey foods that you have a hard time finding now. They have a big selection of some sweets that you probably used to enjoy as a kid and might not have thought about for awhile such as Sugar Daddy, Necco Wafers, Mary Jane, Chuckles, Now and Later, Slo Pokes, Mallow Cup, Bun Bars, and Zagnut. Do any of these sugary delights bring back memories? Is there another treat from your childhood that you liked to find again? Locally, a good place to find these is at the Noblesville Logan Village Mall. There is a room up front with lots of nostalgic candy (and some good birch beer in the cooler).

Does it make anyone else really happy that there are still some big hat Arby's signs around? This one is on Pendleton Pike.

Since we seem to be having a Fort Wayne theme day, we will take this opportunity to recommend the blog http://childofthefort.blogspot.com/. If you spent any time at all in Fort Wayne during the 70s and 80s, this is a must read. You can even identify with it if you are just a child of the 70s and 80s. We have a tendency to be nostalgic and sentimental anyway so we just love it. It also prompted us to dig through some of our old boxes and pull out the gems pictured here. Mrs. WYA! always wanted to grow up to look like Margie from this ad in her comic books, despite the fact that she wasn't blond and didn't have white go-go boots. Did anyone else read the Summer Weekly Reader, order books from Scholastic, or read Dynamite magazine?

General Cinema

If you are of a certain age, and went to movies in the 1970s, this video clip will bring back fond memories. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZVfA2tJRXc&NR=1 You Tube has a couple of clips of this bumper but this one has the best quality. It is the opening logo of General Cinema's Feature Presentation and it will transport you right back to your 1970's mall movie theatre. You can also find Loews Theatre's great Muppet bumper from the 1990s and the Regal Cinema roller coaster one (although that one always made me a bit nauseous on the big screen). If you want to read more about the history of General Cinemas and see some old pictures, you can check out their website at http://generalcinematheatres.com/ I can smell the popcorn and taste the Goobers just hearing their jingle.