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TIDBITS® LOOKS AT SOME

FAMOUS COUPLESby Kathy Wolfe

Better half, soulmate, significa t other – no matter how you say it, it’s all about being a couple. Tidbits has the acts on some famous couples both real and imaginary.

• In March of 1952, Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio determined that he would like to meet Marilyn Monroe and within days, they had their fi st date. Due to his spectacular achievements with the New York Yankees, DiMaggio was much more of a celebrity at the time than the beautiful movie star. The two were married in a San Francisco civil ceremony in January, 1954, and just nine months later, were in divorce court. Raised in a strict traditional home, DiMaggio strongly disliked Marilyn’s film career, believing she should be a housewife caring for his home, and asked her to give up her career. For 20 years after her death at age 36, Joe had roses delivered to her grave twice a week.

• Virginia McMath and Frederick Austerlitz made ten films together during the 1930s, a dance duo better known as Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Prior to their fi st fil , 1933’s Flyin’ Down to Rio, Rogers had never before danced with a partner. By 1936, the pair were top box offic stars. From 1933 to 1949, the famous dancers made a total of 10 movies.

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• The love story of Cherilyn Sarkisian and Salvatore Bono began in 1962 in a Los Angeles coff e shop. She was 16 and he was 27. Bono, who worked for a record producer at Hollywood’s Gold Star Studios helped get Cher a gig as a backup singer on some of the studio’s classic recordings, including The Righteous Brothers’ hit “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling.” By late 1964, the pair were married and performing together, calling themselves Caesar and Cleo, releasing a single “Do You Wanna Dance?” Early the following year, they switched their name to Sonny and Cher. Their signature hit “I Got You, Babe” was released in 1965. Their third album, in 1967, featured Sonny’s composition “TheBeat Goes On,” another Sonny and Cher trademark. In 1971, they were offe ed a summer television series, The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour. The show was such a hit, the couple was offe ed a regular prime time program later that year, and it quickly soared to the network’s Top Ten. The program continued for four seasons, garnering 15 Emmy Award nominations. Unfortunately, by the third season, the marriage was unraveling, and although they separated that year, the show went on. A nasty divorce was fi alized in 1975. Yet nothing seemed to hold the couple back, as they reunited in 1976 for The Sonny and Cher Show. Poor ratings resulted in its cancellation the following year. Cher went on to a successful solo singing and acting career, while Sonny was elected mayor of Palm Springs, California, for a term, followed by his election to the U.S. House of Representatives. While serving in that position, he was killed in a Lake Tahoe skiing accident, when he struck a tree. It seems only fi ting that his tombstone’s epitaph reads, “And the beat goes on.”

• Biblical figure Samson was a judge over Israel when he fell for the seductive Delilah. Samson possessed supernatural strength endowed by God when he took a vow to be set apart for God’s service. Samson’s vow included never cutting his hair, and if he did, his strength would leave him. He had been exacting vengeance on the Philistines, and they were out for payback. The Philistine rulers approached Delilah, offe ing her a great sum of money if she could discover the secret of Samson’s strength. Delilah slyly wormed

the information out of him, then “called for someone to come and shave off the seven braids of his hair…and his strength left him.” The Philistines gouged out his eyes and put him in prison performing hard labor. In his pain, Samson cried out to God, and as his hair grew, his strength was restored. During a Philistine celebration, they paraded Samson into the temple to entertain the heckling crowds. He braced himself between the support pillars of the temple and used his unearthly strength to bring down the edific , destroying his enemies along with himself.

• Olive Oyl was around long before her boyfriend Popeye. Olive fi st appeared in 1919 as a main character in the comic strip

Thi ble Th atre, a tall, extremely thin girl with her hair pulled into a bun. Popeye wasn’t introduced to the strip until nearly 10 years later, but immediately became so popular, the comic was renamed Popeye. Olive Oyl’s brother was Castor Oyl, her father was Cole Oyl, and her sister-in-law, Cylinda Oyl. Olive appeared in nearly 25,000 comic strips. Popeye’s fi st animated cartoons appeared in 1933. In 1937, he was so popular that the community of Crystal City, Texas, the self-proclaimed Spinach Capital of the World, erected a statue of Popeye in front of City Hall to honor the character who had turned spinach into a very popular food. Popeye proved himself a good boyfriend over and over when he rescued Olive from the clutches of his archrival Bluto.

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• Earl carried a notebook of his ideas at all times, making illustrations of various gadgets as they came to mind. He had ideas for improved stocking garters, combs that would clip to a belt, pants that would maintain their crease, and a convertible top for a rumble seat, along with hundreds of other designs. He was tireless in his effo ts to sell his inventions, but with very few results. He fi ally established a tree surgery and landscaping business, married, and settled down.

to model, while Wood’s dentist, Dr. Byron McKeeby posed next to her. Although some folks think they represent husband and wife, Wood intended the couple as a father and his spinster daughter. While driving through Eldon, Iowa, Wood happened to see a little wood farmhouse called the Dibble House, and had a vision of the couple standing in front of it. The couple he painted were, in Wood’s words, “the kind of people I fancied should live in that house.” The painting was exhibited for the fi st time in Chicago’s Art Institute, where Wood earned a $300 prize and immediate fame. Although he is best known for “American Gothic,” Wood painted 27 other works, along with various murals, lithographs, ceramics, and other art.

NOTEWORTHY INVENTORS:EARL TUPPER

Who hasn’t stored food in Tupperware at some time? It’s become the word that stands for nearly any plastic container used for leftovers! Here are the facts on its inventor, New Hampshire-born Earl Tupper.

• As a youth raised on a farm, Earl was a hard-working, enterprising young man who sold his family’s produce door-to-door. His father was a laid-back tinkerer without much ambition, and his mother took in laundry and boarders to supplement the family’s income.

• Although intelligent and innovative, Earl struggled in school, barely graduating. He took correspondence courses after high school, including one in advertising. When his parents started up a greenhouse in Massachusetts, Earl urged them to be more

FAMOUS COUPLES (continued):

• Twenty-fi e-year-old Elvis Presley was stationed in Germany in 1959, when he met the 14-year-old daughter of an Air Force office at a party. Elvis and Priscilla Beaulieu had an eight-year courtship before fi ally marrying in 1967 in an eight-minute ceremony at Las Vegas’ Aladdin Hotel. He was 32, she was 21. Priscilla’s engagement ring was a 3.5-carat diamond surrounded by a row of smaller diamonds. The couple separated in 1972 and divorced in 1973. Ironically, their courtship lasted longer than the marriage.

• You might not recognize the name “American Gothic,” but you’ve probably seen the image. It’s a 1930 oil painting of a farmer holding a pitchfork, standing alongside a woman in her apron in front of a farmhouse. Painter Grant Wood enlisted his sister Nan

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¥ Here’s an old tip, but a good one: Before going away on vacation, put a couple of ice cubes in a plastic baggie, and set it at the front of the freez-er. When you return, if there is any evidence of melting, you will know you lost power while you were gone. If the bag is one big, flat cube, you lost power long enough to suspect all your re-frigerator items of being spoiled.

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¥ “If you get a residue inside your coff e cups when they go through the dishwasher, it might be time to give your machine a once-over. In the meantime, spray the insides of the coff e cups with a bleach-based cleaner like 409 just be-fore your turn it on. That should help.” -- E.T. in Michigan

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• Tupper’s business prospered until the Great Depression, when lack of customers forced him into bankruptcy in 1936. What seemed to be devastating became the turning point in Tupper’s life. He took a job in a Massachusetts plastic factory, working in the manufacturing division of DuPont.

• Within a few years, Tupper took his knowledge and experience from DuPont, and along with some used molding machines, he started up the Earl S. Tupper Company, concentrating his effo ts on plastic kitchen utensils and other household items.

• Tupper fi st marketed his products as giveaways, such as a plastic cigarette case with the purchase of cigarettes or a plastic glass free with a toothbrush. His breakthrough came with his “wonderbowl,” an airtight plastic container with a patented burping seal. His fi st line of kitchen items was comprised of 25 pastel-colored items, with every piece designed by Tupper himself. His wife, mother, and aunts were the testers of each item.

• In 1946, Tupperware debuted in hardware and department stores. Two years later, he received a call from a Florida woman named Brownie Wise, who presented Tupper with an innovative idea, that of selling his products exclusively through home parties. The Tupperware party was born! Tupperware was withdrawn from retail stores, and Brownie became the vice-president of the company’s home party division. She was responsible for recruiting thousands of women into an exciting career in the 1950s.

• Drastic changes came about in Tupper’s life in 1958. After eight years of Brownie Wise’s extraordinary success at the helm, Tupper fi ed her abruptly and without cause. Within months, he had sold his company to the Rexall Drug Company for $16 million. Shortly afterward, he divorced his wife, bought an island in Central America, forfeited his U.S. citizenship, and spent the remainder of his life in Costa Rica.

• Within fi e years of the founding of Tupper Plastics, annual gross sales exceeded $5 million. At the time of Tupper’s death in 1983, Tupperware’s annual sales were over $800 million.

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• We think of Jell-O as a tasty treat, but the process of making it isn’t quite as appetizing. The use of gelatin has been around since the 15th century. Gelatin itself is a protein that is produced by extracting collagen from the bones and connective tissues of animals, usually cows and pigs. The bones are boiled for several hours after which they are discarded, and the liquid is allowed to settle. The fat is then skimmed off the top and flavoring is added.

• In 1845, inventor Peter Cooper, who had created America’s fi st steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, came up with a method of making large sheets of gelatin and grinding it into a powder that was easy to use in cooking. His U.S. Patent #4084 was for “portable gelatin,” and required only

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When You Can’t Affo d a Pet---DEAR PAW’S CORNER: I’ve always wanted to own a dog, but fi ancially I just don’t feel I can affo d one right now. It makes me feel guilty that I can’t just adopt a dog and care for it. Should I really feel this bad? -- Harry in Trenton, New Jersey

DEAR HARRY: I think you’re taking a very responsible attitude toward pet ownership. Instead of running out and getting a dog, you sat back and asked yourself if you could affo d it. And that’s important, along with questions like, do you have the time to spend with a dog, is your family or roommate in agreement about owning a pet, and are you allowed to keep one in your apartment.But you can help make the world a better place even if you aren’t able to keep a pet. I encourage you to contact a local shelter to see if it accepts volunteers. Many need unpaid volunteers to help with a variety of tasks, from paperwork to cleaning cages and play areas.Some have enough people on site to handle all the work, so don’t be too disappointed if you’re not needed. Look for other opportunities instead.Sign up for classes that train you how to care for pets in a shelter. Research pet charities, and give a small percentage of your paycheck to one.Or, if you can’t spare even a couple of dollars a month, become a fundraiser ... from phone campaigns to waggy walks, you can help a pet-care organization raise thousands of dollars. Cash is what many shelters desperately need to keep caring for abandoned pets.Send your questions or tips to ask@pawscorner.com.

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the addition of hot water.

• The Jell-O trademark came about in 1897, when LeRoy, New York, cough syrup manufacturers Pearle and May Wait added strawberry, raspberry, orange, and lemon flavoring to granulated gelatin and sugar. Their concoction was 88% sugar. Although the couple was very good at making their product, they didn’t have the money to market it, and just two years later, they sold the formula, the patent, and the Jell-O name to their neighbor Orator Frank Woodward for $450 (about $12,000 today).

• Woodward already owned a profit ble packaged-food business in LeRoy, and he promptly sent out salesmen door-to-door to hand out free samples to launch his new acquisition. Immigrants landing in Ellis Island were served Jell-O and given a free Jell-O mold as a welcome gift.

• In 1902, Jell-O ads were placed in the Ladies’ Home Journal and free Jell-O cookbooks were distributed. Famed artist Norman Rockwell illustrated their early advertisements.

• Woodward’s family owned the rights to Jell-O for 27 years, and when they sold out to the Postum Cereal Company in 1925, fi e million cases were being shipped out of LeRoy each year. In 1927, Jell-O became part of the brand-new General Foods Corporation.

• Cecil B. DeMille’s epic 1923 silent movie The Ten Commandments used massive amounts of Jell-O to create the special eff ct of Moses keeping the Red Sea parted while the Israelites made their escape from Egypt.

• In the 1930s, the company introduced lime Jell-O for cooks who liked to make aspics and salads with vegetables like cabbage, celery, and peppers. As the years went by, new fruit flavors were continually added.

• Instant chocolate pudding was added to the line-up in 1936 and was an immediate success.

• The famous slogan “The e’s always room for Jell-O” was introduced in 1964. By 1970, sales were on the decline, and the company launched an aggressive marketing campaign, hiring comedian Bill Cosby as the spokesman. Sales dramatically increase, and Cosby remained on the job for the next 30 years, introducing Jell-O Pops, Jigglers, and sugar-free Jell-O, an alternative for those who cannot consume the 80% sugar content of regular Jell-O.

• Although the manufacturing plant relocated to Dover, Delaware in 1964, LeRoy, New York, the birthplace of Jell-O, is home to the world’s only Jell-O Museum.

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