This Week (May 27th-June 2nd) in 1954. President Eisenhower signed legislation on Tuesday, June 1st, to officially change the name of Armistice Day to Veterans Day in the United States. This new holiday will honor all our veterans. The holiday still falls on November 11th in remembrance of the official peace starting on the 11th hour of the 11th day… Read more »
This is the first Macallan Scotch I tried, and I have to admit, it’s probably my favorite whisky of any sort, and my favorite spirit, too. But I’m a whisky kind of guy, so all those vodkas, gins, rums, and whatnot don’t hold my interest nearly as much as fine whisky. First, the basics. The Macallan 10 is aged in… Read more »
This Week (May 20-26) in 1954… On Wednesday, May 26th, the USS Bennington caught fire off Narragansett Bay in the Rhode Island Sound. Fire crews worked valiantly to snuff out the flames, but 103 servicemen were killed in the blaze. In the seemingly weekly communist update, Chiang Kai-shek was re-elected in the Republic of China. Kai-shek is an anti-capitalist Chinese… Read more »
Despite the cold relationship with Bob Donnelly I decided to stay in town. It was the roaring twenties, and things were going well even in tis podunk town in the southwest of Mississippi. I put down a deposit on an apartment in town, over a deli owned by a crazy veteran of the war. He was probably the only Jewish… Read more »
This week (May 13-19) in 1954… On Monday, May 17th, the Supreme Court of these United States decided the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka case. This landmark ruling will have impacts that echo from sea to shining sea. The decision was unanimous in stating that separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. This goes against the doctrine established in… Read more »
The title of this week’s Leggy Lady is taken from a quote about our subject: Ava Gardner. Gardner had a career spanning just over forty years, but her career really picked up in the 1946 adaption of Ernest Hemingway’s short story “The Killers”, was married three times, and was friends with Howard Hughes. Gardner was a Southern girl, born in… Read more »
This Week (May 6-12) in 1954 On Wednesday, the newest Ed Wood film, Jail Bait, was released. This is a crime film, starring Timothy Farrell. Farrell plays gangster Vic Brady, a career criminal and armed robber. Brady and Don Gregor, played by Clancy Malone, get into quite a bit of trouble after robbing a theater… Tuesday marked the last episode… Read more »
Ronald Cavanaugh Mini-Bio: Ron was born to Winston and Irene Cavanaugh (nee Bosarge) on June 15th, 1927, in Escagoula Point, Mississippi. He was the first of three children: his brother, Thomas, was a year behind, and his sister, Jean, came two years after that. Up until he left for college, Ron lived his entire life in Escagoula Point. The family… Read more »
On May 1st, Flame and the Flesh, a remake of the French film known as The Kiss of Fire, debuted to thrill audiences. Starring Lana Turner as Madeline, a visitor to Naples. Madeline has an eye for men and is known to get by on her looks. While staying in a room provided by well-meaning Ciccio, a young composer, she… Read more »
I have to confess before starting this: Before smoking this cigar, I had never smoked a Romeo y Julieta of any sort. I’ve heard good things, but they just never made it into my humidor before. This was a well-constructed cigar. I always like the torpedo shaped head, as it allows more control over how much of the cap is… Read more »