"Mary Had a Little Lamb" was published. (1830)

"Mary Had a Little Lamb" was published. (1830)

Emma M. Nutt becomes the first woman telephone operator. (1878)

V-J Day (1945)

The image of "Uncle Sam", a symbol of America, was first used. (1813)

TV soap opera “Search for Tomorrow” premieres on CBS. (1951)

George Eastman received a patent for roll film and trademarked the name "Kodak".

The First Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia. (1774)

The first Miss America beauty Pageant is held in Atlantic City N.J. (1921)

“Star Trek” premiered on television. (1966)

Elvis Presley first appears on the Ed Sullivan Show. (1956)

Islamic Al-Qaeda militants flew planes into NYC's twin World Trade Towers and the Pentagon. (2001)

Francis Scott-Key composed the lyrics to "The Star Spangled Banner." (1814)

The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth, England. It carried pilgrims headed to the New World, to escape religious persecution. (1620)

Henry Ford retires from Ford Motor Company. (1945)

Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court Justice. (1981)

The U.S. Postal Service was founded. (1789)

Rayon is patented. (1902)

World War II began with the Nazi invasion of Poland. (1939)

The United States Treasury Department was established. (1789)

The nation's first Labor Day Parade, sponsored by the Knights of Labor, was held in New York City. (1882)

The funeral for Princess Diana was held in Westminster Abbey, London. (1997)

A hurricane, reaching winds up to 120 mph, struck Galveston, Texas, killing 6000 persons, and causing property damage estimated at $20 million. (1900)

Mounted police were used for the first time in New York City. (1904)

Elias Howe, of Spencer, Massachusetts, received a patent for his sewing machine; the first in the United States with an eye-pointed needle. (1847)

"Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS television. (1955)

Food Stamps were authorized by the US Congress in a program to distribute surplus food to impoverished Americans. (1959)

"Lassie" made its television debut. (1954)

New York City was declared temporary United States capital. (1788)

The United States Constitution was signed. (1787)

Construction began on the Hoover Dam at Las Vegas, Nevada. (1930)

The first spinet (small harpsichord with oblique strings) was made in America by John Harris of Boston, Massachusetts. (1769)

The first edition of the "New York Times" was published. (1851)

Patent leather was first manufactured in United States by Seth Boyden in Newark, New Jersey. (1819)

"Perry Mason" premiered on CBS-TV. (1957)

The transistor was invented. (1947)

The Bill of Rights passed in US House of Representatives. (1791)

"Tonight" with Steve Allen as host, premiered on NBC-TV. (1954)

The United States regular army was established. (1789)

Dr. William Morton, a dentist, used an experimental anesthetic, for the first time on a patient in Boston, Massachusetts. (1846)

September Birthdays
Gladys Amendt 21^st




The Elevator
In the week before Labor Day, Wally, a poor country farmer won $100,000 in the Lottery. As a treat he took his wife and their four children to see the Labor Day parade in New York.
They booked into a hotel at the corner of Park Circle and Central Park North. Having never been further than their local town, Benton in Arkansas they were bowled over by glitz and excitement of the "Big Apple".
Wally and his son Willie were especially mesmerized by a shiny box with silver walls. They had never seen doors that could move apart and then automatically come back together again. Neither had seen an elevator before so they were both amazed when a little old lady entered the shiny box and the door closed. The lights outside on the wall flashed for a minute, and then the doors opened and out came a beautiful young woman.
Wally turned to his son and said, “Son, go get your mother.”

50th Anniversary
A couple goes out to dinner to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. On the way home, she notices a tear in his eye and asks if he's getting sentimental because they're celebrating 50 wonderful years together.
He replies, "No, I was thinking about the time before our wedding when your father threatened me with a shotgun and said he'd have me thrown in jail for 50 years if I didn't marry you.
Well, tomorrow I would've been a free man."


My oldest son liked nothing better than to sit on his grandfather's knee and have stories read to him. One day after a story about Noah's ark, and how Noah led pairs of animals to the safety of the ark. My son asked, “Grandpa, you are very old, were you on Noah's ark?”
“Good grief no”, replied Grandpa.
“Well then, how come you didn't

drown when the flood came?”

Three fans were complaining about their football team.
“I blame the general manager,” said the first fan. “If he signed better players, we’d be a great team.”
“I blame the players,” said the 
second fan. “If they made more of 
an effort, we’d score some points.”
“I blame my parents,” said the third fan. “If I’d been born in Green Bay, 
I’d be supporting a decent team.”