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RUSH at Anchor. Circa Early 1950s. Courtesy of Joseph Koye (1930-1984)
RUSH GRAM 53 was mailed out on September 14, 2008, ahead of schedule. If you have not received yours, please let us know. Please pay attention to the RED DOT or YELLOW Dot that might appear on your mailing label. The electronic version (in Adobe Acrobat PDF Format) is available in the Members Only area.
Please join me with a hearty "WELCOME" to FALL! The 21st of September, 2008, was the first day of the new season. Open your windows and air out your house. Welcome to the brief season of the year when most of us can turn off the air conditioner, open the windows and not worry about the heater turning on!!
Unfortunately, this time also seems to bring the most active tropical activity. Thank goodness, nothing else is brewing off the coast of Africa, although there is a small weather disturbance, a low pressure area, currently right on top of Puerto Rico, that could turn into a tropical depression or a tropical storm. The low pressure area is currently designated as INVEST 93 by the National Weather Service.
There are sixty-five (65) members who have not yet paid their 2008 dues and nineteen (19) of these members have not paid their 2007 dues either. Please double check your records and please pay your dues. Your membership is greatly appreciated, thank you so very much!!
An optimistic and upbeat President John F. Kennedy suggested that the Soviet Union and the United States cooperate on a mission to mount an expedition to the moon on September 20, 1963.
H.G. Wells, pioneer of science fiction, was born in Bromley, England, on September 21, 1866.
In New York City, Nathan Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher and captain in the Continental Army, was executed by the British for spying on September 22, 1776.
US ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, won a hard-fought engagement against the British ships of war Serapis and Countess of Scarborough, off the eastern coast of England on September 12, 1779.
On September 24, 1961 the beloved sitcom I Love Lucy aired its last episode. The show, created by Lucille Ball and her husband Desi Arnaz, ran for 10 years.
On September 25, 1789 The first Congress of the United States approved 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, and sent them to the states for ratification. The amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, were designed to protect the basic rights of U.S. citizens. Almost 200 years later, On September 25, 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice in history when she was sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger.
The musical West Side Story opened at the Winter Garden Theater in New York. The musical featured music and lyrics by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. The show opened on September 26, 1957.
On September 27, 1938, RMS Queen Elizabeth was launched at the John Brown and Company yard in Clydebank, Scotland. She was the largest passenger liner ever built,at the time, and named to honor Queen Elizabeth, a consort of King George VI of England and mother to Queen Elizabeth II.
The price of a barrel of oil appeared to be retreating from it's peak of over $50.00 a barrel bringing some comfort around the world. The price nearly doubled in a short period bringing concerns over the effect on inflation and the danger of a global recession. Much of the pressure was taken off when the worlds biggest oil exporter agreed to raise production capacity by 1.5 million barrels a day on September 28, 2004.
On September 29, 1982, a sick 12-year-old girl in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, unwittingly took an Extra-Strength Tylenol capsule laced with cyanide poison and died later that day. She was one of seven people to die suddenly after taking the popular over-the-counter medication, as the so-called Tylenol murders spread fear across America. The victims, all from the Chicago area, ranged in age from 12 to 35 and included three members of the same family.
On September 30, 1955, movie star James Dean died at age 24 in a car crash on a California highway. Dean was driving his Porsche 550 Spyder, nicknamed "Little Bastard," headed to a car race in Salinas, California, with his mechanic Rolf Wuetherich, when they were involved in a head-on collision with a car driven by a 23-year-old college student named Donald Turnaspeed. Dean was taken to Paso Robles War Memorial Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 5:59 p.m. Wuetherich, who was thrown from the car, survived the accident and Turnaspeed escaped with minor injuries. No charges were ever filed against him.
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