Long ago on independence square (Manchester, Lexington: neighborhood, theater, club)

[Mad Anthonie]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Give thanks with a grateful heart for all of the blessings we enjoy.

[MRG Dallas]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Give thanks with a grateful heart for all of the blessings we enjoy.

Indeed, and those blessings include the many great friends we have here

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

Back in 1960 the Independence directory has 81 listings for a particular category (if I counted correctly!). What is that category, which is still rather popular today?

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

Must be eating places.

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

People do occasionally dine in these places, but that is not their primary category.

My Beloved and I dined in one of these establishments recently, and it was delicious! You'll find Independence still has a lot of these fine places. Just look in the directory under "Churches".

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE.



Here is a teaser that I will leave up awhile. I will bet that someone will get it sooner or later. I have seen it mentioned a couple times on the overall City-Data U.S. Forums.


This post is unrelated to Long Ago on Independence Square except that I unknowingly became aware of this movie special effect in 1951 when I saw a Gary Cooper movie at the Granada Theater on west Maple Avenue. The special effect is remarkable and I am betting that anyone having input on this thread has seen this special effect in the movies a number of times without realizing it.

The Gary Cooper movie mentioned above was a United States Picture (Warner Brothers) Florida “western” with the Seminoles as the bad guys. One of the supporting stars of the later hit television program Rawhide, created the special effect for Warner Brothers.

I next unknowingly saw it in a 1953 Warner Brothers 3D western movie that was set in California, which I also saw at the Granada. As it turned out, this movie was the third to use it and this 3D movie is significant in that this special effect received its name from a fictional character in this production.

I did not then recognize it as being the same as in the 1951 movie, nor did I know the special effect name. And, although people did not seem to notice, it was used for Indian and white man alike at least three times in this one 1953 movie. Warner Brothers owned the special effect for a number of years and then farmed it out for other studios to use.

According to a history on the use of this special effect, 300-500 movies have featured it including westerns, easterns, Disney movies, cartoons, Indiana Jones movies, Batman movies, Star Wars movies, Toy Story movies, Lord of the Rings, The Simpsons, and even in a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial. It was also in The Titanic.


In all the films mentioned, it is associated with good guys and bad guys alike. But, no one in the audience seems to notice the multi-use. In the Mountain Men starring Charlton Heston it was used three times in less than a minute.

Everyone on this forum has more than likely seen and heard it in several movies but probably no one except maybe die-hard movie goers know it is the exact same effect first used in 1951 and given its name in 1953.


What is it?

In other words, "OUCH!!!!!"

[WCHS'59]

From the Examiner of November 28, 2015, in the "100 Years Ago" column.



"C.W. Ryan of Levasy, the owner of a piece of rich land of several hundred acres, on which he raises and handles cattle, has no fence and no running streams, and yet he provides no water or herders for his cattle. This piece of land lies in the center of the Missouri River. A gasoline ferry boat is required when he undertakes to get any of his cattle from this farm."


That island could have been Fish Island, which is no longer there.

[WCHS'59]

From The Examiner of November 28, 2015, concerning 50 years ago:

"Dr. Robert G. Sturges, optometrist, announces the moving of his offices to the new professional building at 13905 E. 39th St., just west of Noland Road. Dr. Sturges, in practice in Independence since 1947, has had offices at 207 N. Main St. for the last 15 years."

Sturges was my only optical doctor in Independence. By the time he moved to 39th Street, I was getting all my medical and optical care free. I don't know what happened to him and I don't remember ever visiting him on 39th. That building appears to still be in existence.

I received my first pair of glasses at about age six so I must have been one of his first customers when he was in the 200 block of north Liberty. The only recollection I have of that office is walking out of it with my parents and being bug eyed walking towards the Bank of Independence with my new wire rim glasses.

Based on the Examiner item, he must have moved to his north Main location around 1950.

[WCHS'59]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

From the Examiner of November 28, 2015, in the "100 Years Ago" column.



"C.W. Ryan of Levasy, the owner of a piece of rich land of several hundred acres, on which he raises and handles cattle, has no fence and no running streams, and yet he provides no water or herders for his cattle. This piece of land lies in the center of the Missouri River. A gasoline ferry boat is required when he undertakes to get any of his cattle from this farm."


That island could have been Fish Island, which is no longer there.

According to the 1920 Jackson County history C.W. Ryan was president of the Levasy Bank. In 1898 he purchased Fish Island consisting of 530 acres and farmed the island until the great flood of 1903. The island is now (1920) covered with grasses and timber. In 1917 Ryan leased it to Walter Phillips of Buckner.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

From the Examiner of November 28, 2015, in the "100 Years Ago" column.



"C.W. Ryan of Levasy, the owner of a piece of rich land of several hundred acres, on which he raises and handles cattle, has no fence and no running streams, and yet he provides no water or herders for his cattle. This piece of land lies in the center of the Missouri River. A gasoline ferry boat is required when he undertakes to get any of his cattle from this farm."


That island could have been Fish Island, which is no longer there.

Seems like they should have named it "Cow Island"!

[pearjas]

I haven't been able to snap any of the pictures of the square lit at night, but here are some that were posted around the web. You may have already seen them.

[Mad Anthonie]

Originally Posted by WCHS'59

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE.



Here is a teaser that I will leave up awhile. I will bet that someone will get it sooner or later. I have seen it mentioned a couple times on the overall City-Data U.S. Forums.


This post is unrelated to Long Ago on Independence Square except that I unknowingly became aware of this movie special effect in 1951 when I saw a Gary Cooper movie at the Granada Theater on west Maple Avenue. The special effect is remarkable and I am betting that anyone having input on this thread has seen this special effect in the movies a number of times without realizing it.

The Gary Cooper movie mentioned above was a United States Picture (Warner Brothers) Florida “western” with the Seminoles as the bad guys. One of the supporting stars of the later hit television program Rawhide, created the special effect for Warner Brothers.

I next unknowingly saw it in a 1953 Warner Brothers 3D western movie that was set in California, which I also saw at the Granada. As it turned out, this movie was the third to use it and this 3D movie is significant in that this special effect received its name from a fictional character in this production.

I did not then recognize it as being the same as in the 1951 movie, nor did I know the special effect name. And, although people did not seem to notice, it was used for Indian and white man alike at least three times in this one 1953 movie. Warner Brothers owned the special effect for a number of years and then farmed it out for other studios to use.

According to a history on the use of this special effect, 300-500 movies have featured it including westerns, easterns, Disney movies, cartoons, Indiana Jones movies, Batman movies, Star Wars movies, Toy Story movies, Lord of the Rings, The Simpsons, and even in a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial. It was also in The Titanic.


In all the films mentioned, it is associated with good guys and bad guys alike. But, no one in the audience seems to notice the multi-use. In the Mountain Men starring Charlton Heston it was used three times in less than a minute.

Everyone on this forum has more than likely seen and heard it in several movies but probably no one except maybe die-hard movie goers know it is the exact same effect first used in 1951 and given its name in 1953.


What is it?

Originally Posted by Mad Anthonie

In other words, "OUCH!!!!!"

Wilhelm.