One of the First IN TOWN TO HAVE…#2: TV

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TV

We were, I think, the first in town to have a TV. It was set up in the big room on the side of the house that had its own outdoor entrance (as well as one into the main part of the house). The room had been the doctor’s office for the physician who used to live in our house, and later would revert to being our father’s office.

But in the TV metamorphosis, we had a lot of chairs set up so people from the town could come in to watch our TV. Having the door to the outside made it easy for people from the town to come and go without bothering us. I can remember coming into the main part of the house for dinner, and leaving others sitting in that room watching our TV. Naturally it was black and white.

This was in the early 50’s if my memory serves me right. I was about 12 or 13 yrs old, and the Korean War was on. The shows I remember were Milton Berle with Imogene Coco, an actress called Dagmar (who looked sort of like Dolly Parton), Tom Corbin Space Cadet (a forerunner to Star Trek), and professional wrestling. Later I would watch Jack Paar, a forerunner to the late night talk shows.