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Weather Forecaster Seldom Fumbled

Who knew that when weather forecasts were much less reliable than today, kids enjoyed predicting their own weather? A small plastic house with two doors featured a boy and girl in the left doorway and a witch in the right one. If the witch emerged from her door, rain was predicted. Appearance of the boy and girl meant that fair weather was on the way. It was surprisingly accurate! The picture below shows a 1949 vintage device predicting rain. This was on the wall in my room for years when I was a kid. Source - Ray Harding. 

Pre-microwave Wonder

Who knew that in the early 1950s an Electrical Exposition was held under a tent just west of the A.C. Jackson home on Highway 54? Billed as a “wonder of tomorrow”, a hand-held device was aimed at an egg in a skillet. As the crowd watched, the egg was cooked in the open with little heating of the skillet. It would be 20 years before microwave ovens became practical. Source - recollections of Ray Harding