Here's wishing all of my readers and great contributors a Happy Thanksgiving! I'm genuinely thankful that so many of you make this blog a part of your day and leave great comments as well.
Thanksgiving is a good time to visit with friends, and that includes our old pal Reddy Kilowatt. As you can see above, he's checking on his Thanksgiving turkey to see if it's, uh, ready. I'm assuming he's not cooking with gas.
Although Reddy is using a conventional oven, for many years he encouraged Ohio Public Service customers to consider purchasing an electric roaster. Here's Reddy in his younger days promoting Westinghouse Electric Roasters with a free turkey with purchase in an ad that ran in the Lorain Journal on November 1, 1939.
I like that Reddy remembered to say Grace. If it was a long one, at least the heat radiating from his light bulb schnozzola kept his food warm.
A year later, Reddy was still plugging electric roasters in a November 5, 1940
Journal ad. Westinghouse was apparently in the Dog House, because this time the brand was Proctor.
Reddy's serving up a drumstick worthy of King Henry VIII in the ad.
A few weeks later, Reddy grabbed his megaphone to make sure
Journal readers got the message to include "smart, modern electrical gifts" on their Christmas shopping list in this ad from November 22, 1940.
And by 1945, Reddy was riding the range and looking much like he does now in this ad.
Happy Thanksgiving to the Brady's! rae
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DeleteHey Dan - Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteThanks you for allowing me to travel down memory lane every morning . I appreciate your hard work in bringing fun, interesting information about things, people and places around Lorain County. Being an ex-Journal ad employee I’m partial to all the ads especially those of my childhood. Like today, I never knew that Ohio Edison was once Ohio Power. Enjoy an extra piece of pumpkin pie, you earned it. Todd
Thanks, Todd! I appreciate the kind words! Happy Thanksgiving to you!
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving to everyone!
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ReplyDeleteHappy T-Giving, everyone!
My greetings to all and wishes for a happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteAnd Dan, thanks in particular for this nostalgic post. My grandparents had that first range above (although not Reddy to make the turkey) and my mother had the Westinghouse roaster complete with the "Look-In Lid." She only brought the contraption out on Christmas, as I recall.
Also many thanks for your deft touch in putting these posts together - "I like that Reddy remembered to say Grace. If it was a long one, at least the heat radiating from his light bulb schnozzola kept his food warm" is a particularly good example!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone.Be sure to savior the memories of your loved ones.My favorite memories of Thanksgiving are of going to my grandmother's house and eating a fresh turkey that my grandfather had actually killed in order to get "fresh meat".Well,that part always made me sad but the other memories of the day are what I'm talking about.Cherish your loved ones because they won't be around forever.
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