Article Archives: Boomerang

Halloween Parties for 20 Years!

October 25, 2018 | by Paula Nicewanger

I don’t think I’ve ever written about the Halloween parties we had every year for 20 years, but if I have you don’t remember either. My family loves Halloween especially my husband who loves everything Halloween. A good friend Dana had a party at his house in the mid 1980s … Read More

Hot Summer Doesn’t Compare to 1936 or 1983!

September 27, 2018 | by Paula Nicewanger

This summer’s heat will be something we remember and talk about for years to come. I remember wearing a winter coat the last of April during a neighborhood cleanup and getting my shorts out the next week for the first of May. We only had a day and half of … Read More

Indiana Actresses

August 23, 2018 | by Steve Nicewanger

Indiana has given the world more than a fair share of famous and important people. That includes actresses. There have been a number of beautiful and talent ladies of the stage and screen who were Hoosier born and bred. You may not have known that some of them had an … Read More

The Boomer’s Peter Pan

July 26, 2018 | by Steve Nicewanger

Hey fellow Boomers . . . remember when Producer’s Showcase on CBS broadcast a live black and white version of Peter Pan? On March 7th of 1955, everyone who had access to a TV (about 65 million viewers in all) was tuned in to watch the Tony Award-winning revival of … Read More

Traveling in the Heat

June 21, 2018 | by Steve Nicewanger

Looking back at some of my most memorable childhood moments, many of them are ties to vacations and travel. In the 1950s and early 60s, I had two aunts and a grandfather who lived in Cincinnati and across the river in Covington KY. My Dad’s sister and family lived in … Read More