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• PUBLISHER’S CORNER

  By Eloise Graham Veterans Day Veterans Day is unique in that it states the exact hour of celebration... “On the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month...” This holiday was first called Armistice Day. It was established after World War I to remember the “war to end all wars...

• Calendar of Events – October 2022

  If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809  Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups ...

• God’s Country

  Part 2 of a two-part series about our recent trip to Colorado By Mary Schricker Gemberling Part 2... a continuation of tales about our day trips around the Colorado area. Durango Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad The third, memorable, feature of our Colorado trip was riding the Durango and Silvert...

• Just Saying…

  By Q.C. Jones A Road Trip through Time Your pal and erstwhile correspondent, QC Jones, is freshly returned from a long-distance road trip. I find there is nothing more mentally refreshing than 14 hours in the car beating across this great nation of ours. If you have ever made such a trip, you may ...

• PUBLISHER’S CORNER

  Some Interesting Stuff – Trivia and Such By Eloise Graham Recently, when I was sorting through myriads of papers, I ran across some things I thought you might find interesting, or boring depending on your mood.   How many of you have heard that the word GOLF is an acronym for Gentlem...

• Calendar of Events – September 2022

  If you have an upcoming event that you would like published, please mail info to: 50+Lifestyles, P. O. Box 2125, Davenport, IA, 52809  Attn: Eloise or email: publisher@50pluslife.com Attn: Eloise. Please submit by the 10th of the month prior to the month you want activity listed. Support Groups ...

• Historical Dates of September

  By Eloise Graham 1666 - The Great Fire of London began accidentally in the house of the king’s baker. It burned for four days and destroyed a large part of the city, including Old Saint Paul’s Cathedral and about 13,000 homes. 1776 - Nathan Hale, an American patriot, was hanged for spying on t...

• God’s Country

  Part 1 of a two-part series about our recent trip to Colorado By Mary Schricker Gemberling “You only live once, but if you do it right once is enough?”.............Mae West Last month Gary and I, along with a granddaughter, great-grandson, and two lifelong friends flew to Colorado to visit fa...