~ A North Forker's Take On Friendship Day...

BY DANNY McCARTHY
Friendship Day encourages people to appreciate and strengthen their bonds with friends, fostering unity, understanding, and positivity. The idea of Friendship Day originated in the United States in 1919. The founder of Hallmark cards, JOYCE HALL, proposed the idea. https://www.findagrave.com/mem... The U.S. Congress proclaimed the first Sunday of August as National Friendship Day in 1935. Some common practices on Friendship Day include tying friendship bands, exchanging gifts, and {nowadays} sharing heartwarming messages on social media. Friendship Day is about acknowledging and cherishing the friendship within one's family circle as well.

BY DANNY McCARTHY

There is a publication now in its 33rd Year that is Absolutely FREE titled THE WALDO TRIBUNE. The publishers contacted me a while back requesting “Save Planet Earth links” so I sent them examples of items that are already on-board my linkedin -{ & }- northforkpatch accounts. I was told to meet a deadline so the already-existing-links were sent in time –{ & }- I was let known by the publishers that the links were NEVER RECEIVED. I had notified them of my e-mail address when I first heard from them. So… I could not GET PAID.

Volume 35, Issue 3 dated July/August 2023 of THE WALDO TRIBUNE is “The Wizard of Oz Issue.”

THE WALDO TRIBUNE is The Children’s Newspaper…that’s Read by Parents and Grandparents, too!

Let me make an issue of it, OK -{ ? }-

Eric Wald is co-owner -{ & }- co-publisher. He hopes one gets the chance to see "The Wizard of Oz"; "it is truly one of the greatest ever made."

Page 6 in this edition relates to "The Story of The Tin Man" By Jerry Cimisi where it is pointed-out that The Tin Man is "the man of tin who is in search of a heart." One is given updates by Jerry Cimisi; i.e.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book by L Frank Baum was published in 1900; "men made out of tin" in the 1800s were "used in advertising displays in stores;" Mr Baum built a tin woodman figure that was APParently inspiring enough for Mr Baum to create The Tign Man; ... "The Tin Man's faithful actions to Dorothy, the Scarecrow and the Cogswardly Lion proved he had a heart after all." {I DID NOT yearn to text ALL of what-can-be-learned to picture-a-thought{s} re: this classic by Jerry Cimisi.

APParently there is tremendous South Fork, New York advertising to be "scene" in this THE WALDO TRIBUNE.

Judy Garland had some outstanding career. She did not over-sit yet was given drugs. On page 8 in this edition of THE WALDO TRIBUNE, "Dorothy Gale; Heroine of The Wizard of Oz is By Debbie Tuma who states: "...{Judy Garland} was only 17 when she got this starring role, and it became her biggest hit.i" {What about "A Star is Born" -( ? )- That certainly was a big hit of Judy Garland, among others.

page 12 has "The Munchkins & The Wizard of Oz " written by Elisca Jeansonne -AND- a NORTH FORK AD: Aquebogue's Modern Snack Bar. For The Munchkins, I'd like to remind that the text reads: "They {The Munchkins} are actually played by little people in the film..." The Ed. {Editor} added this: "... In the book, the magic slippers were silver; for cinematic reasons, the slippers were red to make them stand out...." ALSO ON page 12 is a "Dear Ms Spiral Notebook" in which the pictured Ms. Spiral Notebook answers questions relating to kids of a certain age.

"The Cowardly Lion in The Wizard of Oz" written by Paula Timpson -AND- {the} "illustration {is} by Rosemary Szczygiel" "The Cowardly Lion was an African lion in the story by L Frank Baum..." "... Bert Lahr's lion costume weighed almost 100 pounds, -{ & }- it was made of real lion fur and skin..."

page 16 has two by Paula Timpson. The first is "The Wicked Witch of the West." Margaret Hamilton plays "The Wicked Witch of the West." ~ "Her whole outfit caught on fire, burning her face and hands..."

Also on page 16 in this THE WALDO TRIBUNE by Paula Timpson regards "The Tin Man." "... Always strive to be kind and your heart will be happy. -{ ! }-"

page 17 has "The Making of The Wizard of Oz by Jerry Cimisi in which we get a Library of Congress reminder that The Wizard of Oz "is now the most watched movie in cinematic history..." "... A lot of people were involved in writing the script, among them Herman J Mankiewicz who had authored the screenplay for Orson Welles' famous film Citizen Kane. All told, 11 writers contributed to the script, including the songs..." { WHOM WERE THEY Hm! -( ? )-}... The film was done in Technicolor which was "a new technology for films...." The Yellow Brick Road's color yellow had to be decided by "the studio art department..." {Later within the article we get reminded that "The scenes in Oz were filmed in Technicolor while the opening and closing credits and all the Kansas sequences were in (black-and-white) and adjusted with a sepia-tone process, which gives a brick-brown hue..."}... "Shirley Temple was considered for the part of Dorothy before Judy Garland was signed..." "... As the script was created by several writers, the film used more than one director. George Cukor came on, but briefly {as he was also working in 1939 on Gone With the Wind}. {SO WHO WERE ALL THE DIRECTORS INVOLVED -( ? )- According to the Jerry Cimisi article, "King Wells Vidor was called in to direct the Kansas scenes..."}
RALPH WALDO EMERSON wrote about Friendship:
https://emersoncentral.com/tex...H

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/320/ralph-waldo-emerson
MAYBE something to tune-in-to -{?}-
https://www.hallmarkchannel.co...