Hey Ed,
Look at the State of Indiana,
finally we can vote to have that country State be the Home of Popcorn Officially,
as the greenwich mean time is not on the verse of the telephones bell system anymore,
so you and I can give a cast as the vote of whom can build a Clock like big ben in Europe.
Than the bat Toll will spike Lee to Ice cube a Call and Clique goes the eh Tea and Tee!!
yea can be our great of the neigh shin as the dial lean goes to the box??,
therefore our history of calling to hear the Message is not Mow tour,
its like South Dakota got a Friend.
All the State needs is these too,
1.)
Local mean time
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Local mean time is a form of solar time that corrects the variations of local apparent time, forming a uniform time scale at a specific longitude. This measurement of time was used for everyday use during the 19th century before time zones were introduced beginning in the late 19th century; it still has some uses in astronomy and navigation.[1]
Past use[edit]
Local mean time was used from the early 19th century, when local solar time or sundial time was last used until standard time was adopted on various dates in the several countries. Each town or city kept its own meridian. This led to a situation where locations one degree of longitude apart had times four minutes apart.[2] Standard time means that the same time is used throughout some region—usually, it was either offset from Greenwich Mean Time or was the local mean time of thecapital of the region. The difference between local mean time and local apparent time is the equation of time.
2.) Charles Osgood
Those Icons that Stand to See the Time is hour History!!
smiling:)
Orville Redenbacher
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This article is about the person. For the brand of popcorn, see Orville Redenbacher's.
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Redenbacher in 1979
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| Born | Orville Clarence Redenbacher July 16, 1907 Brazil, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | September 19, 1995 (aged 88) Coronado, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Drowning |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Alma mater | Purdue University |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Corinne Rosemund Strate (m. 1928–1971, her death) Nina Reder (m. 1971–1991, her death) |
Orville Clarence Redenbacher (July 16, 1907 – September 19, 1995) was an American businessman most often associated with the brand of popcorn that bears his name.
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[hide]Early life[edit]
Redenbacher was born in Brazil, Indiana, on July 16, 1907, to William Joseph Redenbacher (1873-1921), a farmer, and Julia Magdalena Dierdorff (1874-1944). He grew up on his family's farm where he sometimes sold popcorn from the back of his car. He graduated from Brazil High School in 1924 in the top 5% of his class. He attended Purdue University, where he joined the agriculture-oriented Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and the Purdue All-American Marching Band. He also joined the Purdue University track team. He graduated in 1928 with a degree in agronomy.[1] He spent most of his life in the agriculture industry, serving as a Vigo CountyFarm Bureau extension agent in Terre Haute, Indiana, and at Princeton Farms in Princeton, Indiana.[2]
Business career[edit]
He started his career selling fertilizer, but spent his spare time working with popcorn. In 1951, he and partner Charlie Bowmanbought the George F. Chester and Son seed corn plant near Valparaiso, Indiana.[2] Naming the company "Chester Hybrids", they tried tens of thousands of hybrid strains of popcorn before settling on a hybrid they named "RedBow". This name was used due to neither Redenbacher nor Bowman wanting all the publicity.[2] An advertising agency, however, advised them to use "Orville Redenbacher" as the brand name, advice that cost them $13,000.[3] They launched their popping corn in 1970,[4] and Orville was suddenly everywhere. Redenbacher first appeared on national television in 1973—long before the commercials that featured him promoting popcorn. In an episode of the game show, To Tell the Truth, he stumped the panelists (Kitty Carlisle Hart, Bill Cullen, Joe Garagiola, and Peggy Cass), all of whom were shown enjoying samples of Redenbacher's then-new novelty popping corn flavors, including chili and curry.[5]
By the mid 1970s, Redenbacher and Bowman had captured a third of the unpopped popcorn market.[4] In 1976, Redenbacher sold the company to Hunt-Wesson Foods, a division of Norton Simon, Inc. In 1983, Esmark purchased Norton Simon, and in 1984 Beatrice Foods acquired Esmark. In 1985, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts acquired Beatrice with the goal of selling off businesses. In 1990, they sold the popcorn business and other old Hunt-Wesson businesses to agribusiness giant ConAgra.
Redenbacher then moved to Coronado, California. He appeared as the company's official spokesman, wearing a trademark outfit in public that included horn-rimmed glasses and a bow tie. Sometimes Redenbacher appeared in commercials with his grandson. Some customers wrote letters asking if Redenbacher was a real person, and not an actor (see, e.g., Bartles & Jaymes). He responded to this by appearing on various talk shows, professing his identity. Redenbacher, in his book, states, "I want to make it clear that I am real."[2]
After the initial sale to Hunt-Wesson, the city of Valparaiso, Indiana, started their first Popcorn Festival in 1979. Celebrating the development of Redenbacher’s popcorn in Valparaiso, the festival featured Orville and his grandson Gary appearing several times as grand marshals of the signature event, the Popcorn Parade. Purdue University granted him an honorary doctorate degree in the College of Agriculture in 1988.
Redenbacher hosted the SFM Holiday Network syndicated movie broadcast package along with his grandson.
Personal life[edit]
Redenbacher was married to his first wife, Corinne Rosemund Strate (1909–1971), from 1928 until her death on May 24, 1971. He remarried later that year to his second wife, Nina Reder, who died on May 8, 1991, at the age of 91.[citation needed]
Death and legacy[edit]
On September 19, 1995, Redenbacher was found dead in the Jacuzzi of his condominium in Coronado, California. He had suffered a heart attack and drowned.[1] He wascremated and his ashes scattered at sea.[2] Redenbacher is survived by two daughters, Billie Ann Atwood of San Jose, California, and Gail Tuminello of Valparaiso, Indiana; 12 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
2005 marked the 40th anniversary of the development of Orville Redenbacher's popcorn, although the introduction of the Orville Redenbacher's brand name came later.[6]
Since 2006, several of Orville’s commercials from the 1970s and 1980s have aired on many channels across the country. The advertisements for the brand’s "natural" popcorn snacks were introduced in 2008, 13 years after Redenbacher's death, and feature a clip of him at the end.
In January 2007, a television commercial featuring a digital re-creation of Redenbacher appeared. Redenbacher's grandson, Gary Redenbacher, responded to questions about how he felt about the advertisement by saying: "Grandpa would go for it. He was a cutting-edge guy. This was a way to honor his legacy." The ads were quickly pulled, however, as critics said the digital Redenbacher was more like, "Orville Deadenbacher - The Popcorn Zombie".[7]
On September 4, 2012, Valparaiso unveiled a statue of Redenbacher at the city's annual popcorn festival.[8]
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