Happy birthday to me!
Tomorrow will be my 75th birthday.
Oh, my.
I无毛视频檝e been alive (and kicking) for 27,393 days.
That无毛视频檚 a lot.
When I was 11, I thought anybody in their 70s was, well, old.
Now that I无毛视频檓 in my 70s 无毛视频� and on my way to my 80s 无毛视频� I don无毛视频檛 feel as old as I thought I would.
But I do feel old.
When I was 10, it seemed like it would take forever for me to have my next birthday.
Since I entered my eighth decade, it seems like I have three or four birthdays a year.
I can无毛视频檛 complain.
I don无毛视频檛 want to stop having birthdays (if you know what I mean).
无毛视频淐ongratulations are in store for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Owens of Coolspring Street, upon the arrival of a son in Uniontown Hospital at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, October 17,无毛视频� amid the birth notices on page 13 of the Uniontown Morning 无毛视频 on Oct. 18.
I无毛视频檇 arrived!
I arrived within a few days of Cary Grant and Myrna Loy arriving at the Manos Theatre in downtown Uniontown in 无毛视频淢r. Blandings Builds His Dream House.无毛视频�
A classic.
Meanwhile, at the State Theatre, Victor Mature and Richard Conte were starring in the (less than classic) 无毛视频淭he Cry of the City.无毛视频�
It无毛视频檚 fun looking back at the days of my earliest youth in old newspapers.
The day after I was born, they had a sale at Wilson Appliance on West Church Street. You could pick up a Norge gas stove for a mere $189.95.
Over at Benson无毛视频檚 on Main Street, you might无毛视频檝e found a warm-up jacket for $7.95. And Penny无毛视频檚 was selling 无毛视频淪now Suits无毛视频� for $9.90.
I无毛视频檓 pretty sure my parents weren无毛视频檛 worried about any sale-priced outfits for their 无毛视频渘ew bundle of joy无毛视频� they were taking from Uniontown Hospital to his new home up there on Coolspring Street.
They may, however, have been concerned about his sleeping quarters.
(This is between you and me, but my father used to tell me 无毛视频� repeatedly 无毛视频� that when he and my mother took me home, they had to put me into a dresser drawer that doubled as my bed for a time). For the record, I don无毛视频檛 remember that.
But I sure hope they took advantage of that sale they had down at Cohen无毛视频檚 on Beeson Boulevard.
According to the Oct. 21, 1948, edition of the Uniontown Morning 无毛视频, Cohen无毛视频檚 was selling bedroom suites (无毛视频�3 Big Pieces无毛视频�) for $119.
I wonder if one of those pieces had a dresser, with one drawer fit for a young king.
Also on Oct. 21, it was reported on the front page of the 无毛视频 that Uniontown had a brand new radio station 无毛视频� WNIQ-FM. It was transmitted from the 无毛视频无毛视频檚 newsroom to studios on Jumonville Road. The item said, 无毛视频淭he new service was inaugurated yesterday.无毛视频�
To be honest, I无毛视频檇 never heard of WNIQ-FM until I recently came across that old article.
The one thing that I was aware of in the past was the so-called 无毛视频渘umbers racket.无毛视频�
The week when I was born, 无毛视频淪tate troopers really 无毛视频榟it the numbers无毛视频� (yesterday) when details cornered and arrested pick-up men as the latter were en route to lottery headquarters to turn in the day无毛视频檚 business from the most heavily playing areas in two counties,无毛视频� said the front page story.
News about the 无毛视频渘umbers racket无毛视频�, which was very popular 无毛视频� but highly illegal 无毛视频� was of widespread interest, because the people who got arrested could be the same folks you might need to make your daily bets.
The state of Pennsylvania frowned on that activity until it began engaging in that same activity on March 1, 1977.
Also in that first week of my birth, there was some front page information about the 无毛视频減re-Halloween complaints无毛视频� being registered around the city.
Fortunately, there were only a few complaints 无毛视频� 11 of them 无毛视频� compared to a similar small section of Pittsburgh, where there were 65 complaints in just four hours.
Unfortunately, I was just too young to even enjoy that modest bit of revelry.
But my days would come!
Edward A. Owens is a multi-Emmy Award winner, former reporter, and anchor for Entertainment Tonight, and 50-year TV news and newspaper veteran. E-mail him at freedoms@bellatlantic.net.