Back on this date in 1952, "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" made its television debut. Five years later, on October 3, 1957, another family program, "Leave it to Beaver," was added to the network schedule. Decades after the Nelson and the Cleaver families first appeared in our living rooms, we remember them with a look at some language born the same years as those two TV families.

Ozzie, Harriet, David, and little Ricky Nelson began sharing their adventures with us in 1952, the same year the terms coffee hour, plumber's helper, country music, lap belt, sonic boom, and tax shelter joined our lexicon. '52 was also the year white pages first appeared in print, the year of the BLT and the bomber jacket, and the year just-folks and six-pack made their way into our vocabulary. It was also the birth year of at least one television-term: rabbit ears.

Five years later, when the fictional Ward and June, Wally and Beav came along, so did another television term: ghosting, meaning "a false image on a television screen." That was also the year Americans began using the label role model, the acronym WASP, the verb computerize, and the adjective full-service. And it marked the birth of two names far from television land: sputnik (literally, "traveling companion" in Russian) and Vietcong.

And in those white pages the telephone number was listed as: WH9-2739! Before dialing we would ask for Whiting 9-2739 please. Now it is difficult even to find a dial phone!

I believe our listing in Southern Ontario was EMpire! As in EM7-9102! My Grandpa's was Clifford (CL)...I hadn't thought of that in ages! I do have about 10 dial phones in my possession. I wonder if they're worth anything yet?? I was born in 52 and only remember re-reruns of Ozzie & Harriet, but "the BEAV" I remember well! It kind of irked me, as I grew up in a single-mom household (more rare then, in the 50s!), and leaned more toward Bachelor Father and Sky King!

Lefois, our listing in S. Ontario was PLymouth 9-0280. Don't ask me how or why I remember!

Oh...I see you're back..geez............How Could I Live Without You! I'm the "idea" twin........blue's the "facts".......... Together we almost make one complete person!