Let's spend a few days experiencing Christmas 1975. (I tend to favor the 1950s and 60s here on the blog so it's good for a change to focus on an era that some readers might actually remember.)
Above is some nice holiday artwork by the great editorial cartoonist Herbert Block. His wonderful, memorable panels graced the pages of the Journal's Page of Opinion for many years. The above cartoon ran on Dec. 24, 1975.
Here's the editorial from that same page.
The "Peace on Earth" cartoon with the little angel in the editorial was by another
Journal editorial page regular,
Hugh Haynie.
And here's a corny-copia of holiday ads that ran in the Journal on December 24, 1975. The first one is a business that I patronized for many years.
My parents bought an awful lot of Oldsmobiles from this Milad's in Amherst.
I bought one of my first cars (a Chevy) at the Lupe dealership in Avon Lake.
I never bought a car at
Sliman's in Amherst but I sure am glad they are still around.
Hey, it's another appearance of the
Kmart raccoon that Google AI insisted never existed!
I think of Carek's every time I go to Center of Sheffield and see the Carek name on a street nearby. I bought a lot of flowers there over the years, including corsages for the high school prom and formals.
And Mom patronized both of these stores: Ted Jacobs and Hills Dept. Store.
Tomorrow: Omnibus ads and 1975 Holiday Movies
It's always nice to see local newspaper ads, considering they are almost extinct nowadays.
ReplyDeleteKeep focusing on the 50s and 60s (as well as the 70s) - I for one remember those earlier days!
I too enjoy the ads from my childhood (60’s) but these advertisers were all going strong when I started at the Journal in1980. First Federal and Carek’s were both accounts of mine during my time. No matter what holiday we were working on putting together an ad for,
ReplyDeleteJerry Carek would always pick out a very nice arrangement pull out his pocket knife clip off the price tag and hand it to me. Very nice man.
Todd