 | Rev. Bill Shook has been with Prairie Homestead Retirement Center for 27 years. 26 of those years he has acted as the Administrator. He retired in March 2006 but is still involved with the organization in a consultant role. Over the 27 years of service he developed the retirement community into a continuing care facility. As a continuing care facility retirees can come in at any level of independence and live out their lives on the campus. Rev. Shook holds many degrees, has served in numerous advisory positions and is licensed as a Nursing Home Administrator. He helped start and acted as the Administrator of Homestead Health Center nursing facility for a number of years along with being the Administrator of Prairie Homestead. Rev. Shook can be reached at the Prairie Homestead office, 316-263-8264 or by email at abei@websurf.net |
Senior Living
2007-07-01 12:34:00
Remembering the 20s, 30s & 40s - series
Answer: Great idea. For many of us, the time when we were kids and growing up hold some of our fondest memories. Sometimes, just a reminder of dates and things that happened on these dates can be a wonderful stimulus for memories. This month I will take the first quarter of the year 1925, and list some of the dates events happened. The web site http://www.brainyhistory.com/years/1925.html was a lot of help in compiling this list. If you like this column, let us know and we will do more of it in the future.
Some things that happened in the year 1925:
January 1 - Norway’s capital Christiania changes name to Oslo; January 2 - Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region established (now in Tadzhik SSR); January 3 - Mussolini dissolves Italian parliament/becomes dictator; January 4 - French psychologist Emil Coue brings his self-esteem therapy to U.S. “Every day in every way I am getting better and better”; January 5 - French Baseball Federation awards silver medals to John McGraw, Charlie Comiskey, and Hugh Jennings; January 5 - James Gleason and Richard Tabers “Is zat so?,” premieres in New York City; January 5 - Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA; January 5 - Under Polish control, Danzig establishes Port Gdansk post office; January 6 - Paavo Nurmi, sets indoor record, 4:13.6 mile and 14:44.6 5,000m.
January 7 - Musical “Big Boy” with Al Jolson premieres in New York City; January 8 - 1st all-female U.S. state supreme court appointed, Texas; January 9 - German Postal Minister A Hofle resigns due to corruption; January 10 - France-Saarland forms; January 10 - Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas gov, nation’s 2nd woman governor; January 11 - Franc B Kellogg replaces Charles Hughes on as U.S. Secretary of State; January 12 - John Howard Lawson’s “Processional,” premieres in New York City; January 14 - Alban Berg’s atonale opera “Wozzeck,” premieres in Berlin; January 15 - Hans Luther forms German government, with DNVP; January 16 - Gen M Froense replaces Trotsky as People’s Commissioner of Defense; January 16 - Leon Trotsky dismissed as CEO of Russian Revolution Military Council; January 19 - Minus 48 degrees F (-44 degrees C), Van Buren, Maine (state record).
January 20 - U.S.S.R. and Japan sign treaty of Peking, Seychelles back to U.S.S.R; January 21 - Albanian parliament announces itself a republic; Ahmed Zogoe pres; January 22 - Albania Republic proclaimed under President Achmed Zogu; January 24 - Moving picture of a solar eclipse taken from dirigible over Long Island; January 24; Sandler follows Branting as premier of Sweden; January 28 - Minus 46 degrees F (-43 degrees C), Pittsburgh, New Hampshire (state record); January 29 - British Liberals choose David Lloyd George as party leader; January 30 - Turkish government throws out Constantine VI of Constantinople ; January 31 - Premier Ahmed Zogu becomes president of Angola.
February 1 - 1st national conference of KPD’s Rotfrontkampferbund in Berlin; February 2 - Belgian episcopacy rejects liberalism, communism and socialism; February 2 - Dogsleds reach Nome with emergency diphtheria serum after 1000-km; February 2 - NL holds Golden Jubilee Year meeting at same hotel where NL began; February 8 - Kaufman and Berlin’s “cocoanuts,” premieres in New York City; February 8 - Marcus Garvey enters federal prison in Atlanta; February 9 - German Minister Stresemann proposes security treaty with France; February 9 - Haifa Technion (Israel), opens; February 10 - 1st waterless gas storage tank put into service, Michigan City, Ind; February 10 - AL decides to alternate leagues for game 1 of World Series each year; February 12 - 1st federal arbitration law approved by Congress; February 12 - E Thieffry departs with Handley Page for the Belgian Congo; February 12 - Estonia forbids communist Party; February 13 - U.S. Congress makes Surpreme Court appeal more difficult; February 14 - State of emergency crisis in Bayern ends, NSDAP re-allowed February 21 - 1st issue of “New Yorker” magazine published; February 21 -Mass meeting of SPD’s Reichsbanner Black-Red-Gold in Magdeburg; February 24 - Thermit explosive 1st used to break up ice jam, Waddington, New York; February 25 - Glacier Bay National Monument established in Alaska; February 25 - U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran; February 25 -U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles; February 26 - Jihad-Saint war against Turkish government; February 27 - Hitler’s resurrects NSDAP political party in Munich; February 27 - Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 and 6-37 vs. England; February 28 - Congress authorizes a special handling stamp; February 28 - Longest win streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (9 games); February 28 - “Tea For Two” by Marion Harris hit #1; February 28 - Theater Museum of Amsterdam forms.
March 2 - Dutch Socialists demand drastic disarmament; March 2 Japan’s House of Representatives recognizes male suffrage; March 2 Nationwide road numbering system and U.S. shield marker adopted; March 2 - SDAP-Second-Faction of parliament demands drastic disarmament; March 4 - President Coolidge’s inauguration broadcast live on 21 radio stations; March 4 - Swain’s Island (near American Samoa) annexed by U.S.; March 7 - American Negro Congress organizes; March 10 - Walter Mittelholzer is 1st to flies over Demawend mountain, Iran; March 12 - British government of Baldwin refuses to ratify Geneva agreement; March 13 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Arenas in 2 games; March 13 - Tennessee makes it unlawful to teach evolution; March 19 - Angelo G Roncalli (Pope John XXIII) becomes a bishop; March 21 - Edinburgh’s Murreyfield Stadium officially opens; March 21 - Iran adopts Khorshidi solar Hijrah calendar; March 23 - Tennessee becomes 1st state to outlaw teaching theory of evolution; March 24 - KSL-AM in Salt Lake City UT begins radio transmissions; March 30 - Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians; March 30 - Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1; March 31 - WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne Indiana begins radio transmission (500 watts).
That’s just a few things that happened in the year 1925.
