Growing Up Brittingham

Buffalo Hunt June 13th 1960

2012-02-09T16:41:00.000-06:00

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z2IfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=p9QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1533,6904934&dq=stanley+brittingham&hl=en

March 24th 1964 King's Jewelry Store Robbery

2012-02-09T16:34:00.000-06:00

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a5YfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U9QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3268,3595855&dq=stanley+brittingham&hl=en

Police Department Receives New Walkie-Talkies Jan 30th 1963

2012-02-09T16:21:00.000-06:00

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=l2EfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1337,1330036&dq=stanley+brittingham&hl=en

Sept 24th 1964

2012-02-09T16:11:00.000-06:00

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6JUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S9QEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2496,1425006&dq=stanley+brittingham&hl=en

Where did Barbie come from?

2012-02-07T13:59:00.001-06:00

story

Believe it or not, Barbie originally was a real person. Her name was Barbara (Barbie) Handler and her mother and father were Ruth and Elliot. In the early 1950's, Barbie's mother watched her and her girlfriends play with adult female dolls more than they did the baby dolls. Her mother knew it was just as important for young girls to imagine what it would be like to be grown up. Since most of the adult dolls available at that time were paper or cardboard, Barbie's mother decided to make a three-dimensional female adult doll. One that was lifelike enough to serve as an inspiration for little girl's dreams of the future. She took her ideas to the ad executives at the Mattel Corp., the company that she and Barbie's father had founded in the garage many years prior. The all male committee rejected the idea saying it would be too expensive and with little market appeal to the mass. She had gone on a trip to Europe and returned with a Lillie doll, modeled after a character in a German comic strip. She then spent lots of time designing a doll (Barbie) to resemble Lillie and even hired a clothing designer to make realistic clothes. The result was the Barbie Doll. Mattel finally agreed to back her efforts and Barbie debuted at theAmerican Toy Fair in New York City in 1959. Girls went wild over her and set a new sales record forMattel the very first year at 351,000 sold at $3.00 each. Since then the Barbie Doll's popularity has rarely waivered and today, with over one billion of her lookalikes sold, the product line is one of the most successful in the history of the toy industry. As you can see, Barbie was blonde with a pony tail, zebra-striped swimsuit, open toed shoes, sunglasses and earrings. Barbie had lots of accessories available. The silly buyers at the industry's annual Toy Fair in New York were not impressed but the little girls sure were! That's all it took to take the retailers by storm! Mattel was so swamped with orders that it took several years for supply to catch up with demand! And now you know the rest of the Barbie History.

Click here to see all of our Barbie Dolls!

In 1960 Dad took me to the Firestone store on the square in Nevada Mo and bought me the EXACT same Barbie! And an outfit of black stir-up stretch pants with orange fur coat and blue Barbie doll case (which Flora has now) My Barbie; I sold to the neighbor girl (Susan Helm) for $5.00 sometime in the early 60's, when I thought I had outgrown it! Little did I know the value of keeping her!

I still have this cookbook from Jr High Home Economics 1961

2012-02-03T15:31:00.000-06:00

Mom and Dad gave me $5.00 to buy it!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Betty-Crocker-New-Picture-Cook-Book-First-Ed-6th-Printing-1961-5-Ring-/170774393296?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c2f271d0#ht_2127wt_952

And 6 Kids! Thanks for the Memories Barbara!

2012-02-03T15:24:00.000-06:00

HEY, WASN’T THAT US?

A little house with three bedrooms, one bathroom and one car on the street.
A mower that you had to push to make the grass look neat.

In the kitchen on the wall we only had one phone,
And no need for recording things because someone was always home.

We only had a living room where we would congregate...
...unless it was at mealtime, where in the kitchen where we all ate.

We had no need for family rooms or extra rooms to dine,
When meeting as a family those two rooms would work out fine.
(living room) (kitchen)

We only had one TV set, and channels maybe two,
But always there was one of them with something worth the view.

For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip,
And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton's onion dip.

Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked to cook,
And nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker's book.

Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play,
We all did things together -- even go to church to pray.

When we did our weekend trips depending on the weather,
Not one of us ever stayed at home--because we liked to be together.

Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own,
But we knew where the others were without our own cell phone.

Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star,
And nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.

Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season,
Pack a lunch and find some trees and never need a reason.

Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know,
Have real action playing ball -- and no game video.

Remember when the doctor used to be the family friend,
And didn't need insurance or a lawyer to defend?

The way that he took care of you or what he had to do,
Because he took an oath and strived to do the best for you.

Remember going to the store and shopping casually,
And when you went to pay for it you used your own money?

Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount,
Remember when the cashier person had to really count?

The milkman used to go from door to door,
And it was just a few cents more than going to the store.

There was a time when mailed letters came right to your door,
Without a lot of junk mail ads sent out by every store.

The mailman knew each house by name and knew where it was sent;
There were not loads of mail addressed to "present occupant."

There was a time when just one glance was all that it would take,
And you would know the kind of car, the model and the make.

They didn't look like turtles trying to squeeze out every mile;
They were streamlined, white walls, fins, and really had some style.

One time the music that you played whenever you would jive,
Was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five.

The record player had a post to keep them all in line,
And then the records would drop down and play one at a time.

Oh sure, we had our problems then, just like we do today,
And always we were striving, trying for a better way.

Yup, I lived through most of this.....wish it was still the same.

Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun,
How can you explain a game, just kick the can and run?

And boys who put baseball cards between bicycle spokes,
And for a nickel red machines had little bottled Cokes?

This life seemed so much easier and slower in some ways,
I love the new technology but I sure do miss those days.

So time moves on and so do we, and nothing stays the same,
But I sure love to reminisce and walk down memory lane.

Always say what's in your heart....tomorrow may never come and you may not get a second chance.

Thanks for the Memories!

2012-02-01T14:00:00.000-06:00

----- Original Message -----

Subject: FW: WE ARE AWESOME!!!

No matter what our kids and the new generation think about us,
WE ARE AWESOME!!! OUR Lives are LIVING PROOF!

To Those of Us Born

1925 - 1970 :

~~~~~~~~~

TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

1930s, '40s, '50s, '60s and '70s!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who may have
smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can
and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then, after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies
in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-based paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets, and, when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps, not helmets, on our heads.

As infants and children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, no booster seats, no seat belts, no air bags, bald tires and sometimes no brakes.

Riding in the back of a pick- up truck on a warm day
was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle,
and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter, and bacon. We drank Kool-Aid made with real white sugar. And we weren't overweight.

WHY?

Because we were always outside playing...that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.

--And, we were OKAY.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride them down the hill; only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Play Stations, Nintendos and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVDs, no surround-sound or CDs, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS

and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth, and there were no lawsuits from those accidents.

We would get spankings with wooden spoons, switches, ping-pong paddles, or just a bare hand, and no one would call child services to report abuse.

We ate worms, and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls, and
- although we were told it would happen-
we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team.
Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers,problem solvers, and inventors ever.

The past to 85 years have seen an explosion of innovation
and new ideas. We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of those born between 1925-1970, CONGRATULATIONS!

My teenage Art by Kay

2012-01-29T16:33:00.000-06:00

These drawings were done on Missouri Public Service paper I found in the trash and drawn in the back room while I waited for Mom and Dad to clean the offices. Maybe this is where Andrew got his artistic talent?? LOL!

Now this is a CUPCAKE!

2012-01-29T09:40:00.000-06:00

OK-for my next birthday this is the cake I want! Anyone listening??

And a 1967 Frost Turquoise Mustang-THANK YOU ;-)

Flora's Birthday Necklace Story

2012-01-27T11:54:00.000-06:00

For Flora's 4th birthday I got her a age 4 birthday necklace on Etsy. The next Oct while visiting Flora asked me if I would get her a necklace for her 5th birthday, I said "Flora I will get you a necklace for every one of your birthday's until you turn 18!" Well I forgot I had said this but Flora hadn't! Amy emailed me about 10 days before Flora's 5th birthday and told me that Flora told her I was getting her a 5th birthday necklace. I sprang into gear with my friend we designs jewelry, made a quick trip to Hobby Lobby, made the necklace and it arrive at Flora's house just in time for her 5th birthday Princess party! This year we also made a rush designed necklace after one I had ordered on Cafe Press turned out to be a piece of junk! The 6th birthday necklace is Hello Kitty badge style with felt cupcake and we ironed on the number SIX!

Memories

2012-01-24T22:06:00.000-06:00

It flips through my mind, when Andrew was 3 or 4 we would arrive in Nevada to visit. We would surprise Mrs. Hergert, Grandma Hergert at Mattingly's Dime Store and when she saw Andrew and he saw her they would run to each other and Grandma Hergert would swing Andrew around in her arms-it was so nice!

Flora is 6!

2012-01-23T15:27:00.000-06:00

Click this link for Flora's PJ Birthday Party Pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dmhergert/sets/72157629000329615/

1st Issue Nevada Daily Mail July 10, 1883

2012-01-22T13:50:00.000-06:00

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=M3zsPnPgUlUC&dat=18830710&printsec=frontpage&hl=en

Twiggy my high school fashion Icon

2012-01-21T10:56:00.001-06:00

I found my high school scrapbook in my storage locker. Twiggy was the fashion model that I used for my inspiration during my teenage years! She was AWESOME! I remember in my room (which became Galen's room) that I took a pencil and drew Twiggy (life size) on the back of my bedroom door. She is still there (probably) covered over with wallpaper insert.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twiggy

http://www.twiggylawson.co.uk/

2012-01-12T13:41:00.001-06:00

Joplin 'Extreme Makeover' episode airs Friday

Thursday, January 12, 2012

Nevada Daily Mail

By Lynn A. WadeNevada Daily Mail
Seven places to call home, rising up from the devastation of the May 22 tornado in Joplin. Thirteen thousand people coming together to help others. One dream wedding.
Yep. A dream wedding.
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," ABC's award-winning reality show came to Joplin in October to build seven homes for seven families. and helping them out were several local volunteers ranging from students to professional builders. A crew from Buildet, a general construction company in Nevada joined the effort. They are Chris Hendren, Cliff Keepen, Jordan Herron, Wes Ogle, Donnie Bugg, Scott Schulze, Cole Ogle, Richard Brockman, Charlie Bombagi, Tyler Parrack, Mike Witte, John Howell, Jason Rinker, Brad Ogle and Mark Selsor.
In another aspect of the build, Emily Ricketts, a Vernon County native, was one of several students from Stephens College, Columbia, Mo. The group of interior design students "were responsible for sewing, figuring drapery calculations, following patterns, pressing, steaming, installing in two of the homes built, and several students were given special projects to complete, which will be revealed during the episode when the families see inside their new homes for the very first time," said Stephens College Director of Marketing and Public Relations Shelley Gabert. Gabert added that a watch party is planned at the college and will include a presentation by interior design instructor Shelly Vincent Masek.
Nevada native JR DeLaney and his wife Suzanne made the trip from Washington, D.C., to help with the effort.
"My wife was the big one who pushed for it ... She didn't have to push me too hard to get sold on the idea," DeLaney told the Daily Mail in October. "She was really gung-ho about wanting to spend her vacation time away from work coming (to Joplin)."
The DeLaneys signed up to volunteer within hours of the announcement that the popular television show would be coming to the town in which they once lived. DeLaney said they had family and friends who still live in Joplin and one friend lost everything.
According to the October story, they learned upon arrival that Suzanne knew one of the families that would receive a new home. She knew Crystal Whitely, a single mother working as a personal care aid to raise her three children. The storm not only took Whitely's home but it also took the lives of her 10-year-old daughter Shante and 6-year-old son Trentan as the storm literally ripped them from her arms as the family took cover in the bathtub. Whitely and her 4-year-old daughter Keana were the only survivors.
DeLaney said it was an amazing experience to be able to help rebuild their friend's new home.
About that wedding ...
While all this was going on, the show partnered with clothier Men's Wearhouse to give one couple their dream wedding that was attended by all the families helped in the episode. Natalie and Scott Gonzales were able to stay true to their promise made to one another as they huddled in a bathtub to protect themselves from the devastating storm in May: If they survived, they would get married.
As the Extreme Makeover crew worked in earnest on new homes for the seven families, they all were whisked away to Disney World to attend the wedding of Scott and Natalie. Men's Wearhouse outfitted the groom and his groomsmen to assure they looked their very best for the big day.
Sam Stogner, VP of Formalwear at Men's Wearhouse said, "Just as we at Men's Wearhouse believe that every man deserves a good suit, we also know that every man deserves to look and feel his best on his wedding day. When the opportunity to help Scott was presented to us, we agreed without question."
Bride Natalie Gonzales said, "After a disaster like the one we experienced, you wonder how you are ever going to pick up the pieces, but 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' and Men's Wearhouse gave us the opportunity to start over, as a family, in a brand new home."
Watch Friday's episode, the two-hour series finale to air at 7 p.m., on ABC.
See more photos and read more about Scott and Natalie's wedding in SHE magazine, coming in February.

Double Cola History in Nevada Mo-I loved that stuff!

2012-01-12T12:38:00.001-06:00

Children from Blair School at The Double Cola Bottling Plant Nevada Mo 1940's. The Plant was located at 214 S. Cedar St. where Gammon Glass is now.

Nevada Girls Bowling Team 1940's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Cola

http://www.doublecola.net/index.html

This might take a couple of hours! LOL!

2012-01-12T11:44:00.002-06:00

http://www.experiencenevadamo.com/

On The Occassion of Miss Flora's 6th Birthday

2012-01-12T10:51:00.000-06:00

O & B Market Nevada Mo 1966

2012-01-11T12:58:00.000-06:00

I have written about the little market that Mom would call up her grocery order and we would pick up before we went to school. Marty was driving, this was our morning routine, if we needed school supplies they even had a little section of these! What ever we bought we put on Mom and Dad's charge account of which they paid monthly. Next door was the best Bakery in the World! Ewing's Bakery was a morning treat! 5 cents a piece or 60 cents a dozen! Best Bismark's in the World! Ever!

This is either Marty's or Andrew's?

2012-01-09T08:52:00.000-06:00

Flora will be 6 this week-I think the reason I want to get her a birthday age necklace for each year started with this little necklace that has hung on my frig since either Marty or Andrew was 6&1/2-I just don't remember which one made it?? Boy's help me out here!

Chef Nick

2012-01-07T13:49:00.000-06:00

2012-01-07T13:07:00.003-06:00

Movie producer turns cameras on Rich Hill

Friday, January 6, 2012

By James R. Campbell/Nevada Daily Mail

Tracy Tragos.

RICH HILL -- A California filmmaker who often visited Rich Hill as a child has begun work on a documentary about this Bates County community as exemplary of a small town whose efforts to survive are characterized by the uniqueness of its people.A 2003 Emmy Award-winning film that Tracy Droz Tragos made about her father, a casualty of the Vietnam War, will be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12, at the Rising Sun Opera House at Sixth Street and Park Avenue. Admission is $2 to see the 57-minute work "Be Good, Smile Pretty."
Rich Hill businessman Larry Hacker, a retired postmaster who is working with Droz Tragos, said Tuesday that the producer brought a crew here from Dec. 18 through 20 to film school events, the Methodist Church's Christmas program and other scenes.
Asked what the title will be, Hacker said, "Tracy is still flexible on that and what specific direction she'll go in.
"She will be back eight more times to do interviews and shoot film. Her general direction is to focus on Rich Hill as a small community, what happens here and how we survive. It's a struggle as a town of 1,500 between two county seats, Butler and Nevada, and soon to be between two Walmart Supercenters."
Referring to a Supercenter's opening next week at Butler, Hacker said the town has the assets of being alongside a major highway, U.S. 71, having Rich Hill Youth Development Center with its 30 employees and having its public school and the Rich Hill Mining Review newspaper.
"This was a coal mining town in the early days with over 10,000 population," he said. "Tracy always came back to visit her late grandparents, Glenn and Dorothy Droz, and she still has family here."
Hacker said the Santa Monica producer will not attend the Jan. 12 program but is scheduled to return in February.
Taking inquiries at (417) 825-7038 about the showing, coordinator Natalea Hoeper said Droz Tragos was 3 months old when her dad, Lt. Donald Glenn Droz, a swiftboat commander and Naval Academy graduate, died in a 1969 ambush on the Duong Keo River.
"Tracy's film has been frequently shown on PBS stations throughout the United States, oftentimes around Memorial Day and Veterans Day" said Hoeper. "It's available on Netflix. She will be depicting the life, events and struggles that face many small communities today.
"Plans are for the film crew to make frequent trips to Rich Hill throughout the year to capture the actual life happenings of residents in small town America. The town is buzzing."
Droz Tragos' Web site says "Be Good, Smile Pretty," the title taken from letters Lt. Droz had written home, also won the President's Award for Excellence in Documentary Film from the Vietnam Veterans of America. The film stars actor Terrence Howard and U.S. Sen. John Kerry.
Having taken a degree in English at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., and a master's in fine arts at the University of Southern California, Droz Tragos began her career at the DreamWorks Co., producing story-based CD-ROMS including "Goosebumps: Escape from Horrorland" with Jeff Goldblum and Isabella Rossellini, her Web site said.
She founded and is president of the Orphans of War Foundation. "By chronicling my own personal struggle to know my father, I hoped to raise awareness," she wrote.
"It is estimated that nearly 20,000 Americans lost fathers in Vietnam. The loss we endured is real and so is the opportunity to heal.
"Our fathers were young men with blemishes and fears who faced difficult choices, who fought in a war that wounded a nation and who wanted more than anything to come home to us."

New Years Eve Andy Warhold Picture

2012-01-03T18:03:00.000-06:00

2011-12-31T14:34:00.001-06:00

I was very sadden to learn Dr.Greg had passed away. I last saw Dr. Greg 6-9 months ago in his office. He seemed tired and spoke very little, which was not like him. I noted this to myself and felt something was wrong.

We started seeing Dr. Greg went Susan Taylor referred him to me when Marty was a teenager. I think we went to him for over 25 years. We started with his father and then Dr. Greg.

He really liked Marty and Andrew and would ask how they were EVERY TIME I when to see him. He was a wonderful family man and the hardest working person I knew besides my Dad!

DR. GREGORY ALOYSIUS KELLING

Dr. Gregory Aloysius Kelling, 58, Kansas City, Mo., passed away on October 1, 2011, in KU Medical Center surrounded by friends, family and all the angels and saints. The funeral Mass will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Christ the King Catholic Church, 53rd and Leavenworth, Kansas City, KS 66104. A visitation for friends and family will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the church.

Greg was born on Sept. 22, 1953, in Kansas City, Mo., to Dorothy (Ross) Kelling and Dr. George W. Kelling. Greg attended Rockhurst and graduated from St. Mary's high school. He went on to get a history degree at Park University, where he also played basketball, received his Juris Doctorate from UMKC, attended the University of Kansas for post-graduate studies in journalism, urban planning and public administration and received his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Cleveland Chiropractic College.

Greg married his wife, Kathleen Orel on Aug. 22, 1981, in Christ the King Catholic Church and was blessed with six children. The couple lived in Kansas City, Mo., for 10 years, until they moved to Kansas City, Kan., where they continued to raise their children. After merely piquing his insatiable thirst for knowledge graduating from Cleveland Chiropractic, following in his father's footsteps, Greg took over his father's chiropractic practice in Independence, Mo., after his death. This was simply one front where Greg changed lives. He loved his job and patients dearly and besides using his healing hands to adjust them, he also performed ART, acupuncture, sports medicine, and used an all around holistic medicinal approach to cure patient's ailments.

Much of Greg's clientele came from the athletic spectrum; he was a personal trainer and coach to numerous athletes. One of Greg's greatest passions was coaching his children in baseball, basketball, and football. The number of lives that Greg touched in this arena is immeasurable. His infinitely optimistic attitude turned many, as he would say, "fafalonies" into real athletes.

Aside from coaching, Greg also enjoyed athletic activities himself, especially running and basketball. Some of his favorite Sunday afternoons were spent going on long walks with his children and wife in Shawnee Mission Park and Wyandotte County Lake.

God may have rested on the seventh day, but Greg Kelling never did. He was known for working long hours and seeing patients on Saturdays and Sundays. One of Greg's highest priorities was providing for his family and as testimony from his patients, he never was shy in showing his pride in them. Those blessed enough to live out Greg's memory are wife, Kathy, sons, Zachary, Michael, Matthew and Joseph, daughters, Gina and Ali. Also his mother, Dorothy Kelling, sister, Cheryl Nowlin and husband Dan, brothers, Dr. Douglas M. Kelling and wife Sherry, Dr. Brian R. Kelling, and Eric A. Kelling, and numerous nieces, nephews, friends, patients and athletes. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to the Kelling Children's Education Fund c/o Security Bank of Kansas City. Memories, stories or thoughts for family can be left atgregkelling.com. Arrangements: Skradski Funeral Home, 340 North Sixth, Kansas City, KS 66101 (913) 371- 1404.Skradskifh@kc.rr.com