November 8 marks the birthday of Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell, author of the much-loved 1936 novel Gone with the Wind (GWTW). Since Miss Mitchell was a private person who shunned the spotlight, avoided interviews and steered clear of public appearances following the...
Keep your fun-size chocolate bars. To me, nothing says Halloween more than a bowl brimming with candy corn. According to candy connoisseurs, the tri-color confection was created in the 1880s by George Renninger of the Wunderle Candy Company. Today, America’s...
William B. O’Connor Church Goods opened its doors in 1921 and has been providing a range of religious goods — from sacramental bread, vestments and candles to rosaries, missals and First Communion gifts — to Christian congregations and members of the...
In working with the Women’s Business Council (WBC) for a 25th anniversary promotional campaign, I learned that the organization began in 1986 with six women sitting around a dining room table, discussing ways to increase networking opportunities and promote...
Seven years after the IBM Selectric’s debut, I was a high school Junior, taking a typing-for-business course. All the machines in our typing-lab classroom were gray, utilitarian behemoths until the day the IBM Selectric arrived. Like a tall, dark, handsome...
