Skipping Stones

I am posting early because I am about to go to school to collect little 'h', take her to dancing, then home to Luggate.  I am looking forward to that.

This morning I had the spider man come to spray my house to keep the spiders away.  While he was at it, he also cleaned my windows inside and out.  Great to get that done.

Blip No. 1954

1954 news

I started Secondary School, I biked to Hamilton Technical College 7 miles away.  There was always a head wind, there and back again.  I also biked in all weathers, even if it was raining!  The subjects I took were Typing, 
Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Geography, Science and English.

NZ news 1954

50,000 people crowded into Wellington to watch the State opening Parliament by the Queen.
The royal tour ended at the end of January.  Extras 1 and 2 is the medal that we school children were given to celebrate this event.
18 year old Bob Charles wins the NZ Golf Open.
Yvette Williams breaks the world record in the long jump.  20 feet 7 1/2 inches (6.28 metres.
At the Empire games in Vancouver we won 7 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze, a total of 19 medals.  Yvette won 3 gold, in the long jump, discus and shot put.  

Famous NZ births 1954

Peter Dunne, politician  :  Jane Campion, film director  :  Trevor Mallard, politician  :  John Wright, cricket player and coach.

Pop Songs 1954

Oh My Papa, Eddie Fisher  :  3 Coins in the Fountain, Four Aces  :  This Ol' House, Rosemary Cooney  :  That's A'more, Dean Martin  :  The Happy Wanderer, Frank Weir  :  Stranger in Paradise, Tony Bennet.

World News 1954
Elvis Presley records a 10 minute demo in Nashville.
JFK appears on 'Meet the Press'
1st mass inoculation against polio.
Sam Snead wins 18th Masters.
First Solar Battery from Bell labs.
Pulitzer prize to Charles Lindbergh and John Patrick.
Roger Bannister of the UK becomes the first person to run a 4 minute mile.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding is published in London.
Roger Bannister is awarded Britain's Silver Pears Trophy. 
Walt Disney's first TV Show Disneyland premiers on ABC
Nobel Prize for Literature is awarded to Ernest Hemmingway.

Famous people born in 1954

Oprah Winfrey, (63), TV Host  :  John Trivolta (63), Movie actor  :  Denzel Washington (62), Movie actor  :  Jerry Seinfeld (63), Comedian  :  Angela Merkel (62), German Leader  :  Malcolm Turnbull, (62) Australian Prime Minister  :  Ron Howard, (63), Director

It is a beautiful but cold winters day.  (+3C)  My main blip is of people skipping stones over the calm water.  There was lots of laughter.