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2003 Schedule

January 

4th - Meeting 
15th - Martin Luther King Day - El Mirage - Color Guard 
February 

1st - Parada del Sol 

5th - Apache Junction School 

8th - Mesa Historial Museum 

22nd  - Apache Junction "Gold Dust" days Parade - 
          Honor Guard - Color Guard 

March 

1st - Meeting 

13th - Festival of the West 
14th -       "                   " 
15th - FOW - Honor Guard - Color Guard for the Stars 
16th - FOW 

April 

5th - Arivica "Buffalo Soldier Days" 
6th -   "               "           "          " 
12th - Meeting 

May 

3rd - Monthly Meeting 

26th - Memorial Day - Veterans Memorial Cemetery 

June 

6th - Meeting 
20th - Emeryville, California - "Culture Fest" 
21st -        " 
22nd -       " 

July 

5th - Meeting 
19th - NABJA - St. Louis, MO 
20th -     " 
21st -     " 
22nd -    " 
23rd -    " 
24th -    " 
25th -    " 


August 

2nd - Meeting 
8th - Golden Boot - Hollywood, CA 
9th - 
10th - 
11th - 

Colorado State Fair Western Ass'n 

September 

6th - Meeting 
19th - Ft. Bayard Days - Silver City, NM 
20th -             " 
21st -             " 

October 

4th - Meeting 
19th - Veterans Day Parade - State Fairground 


November 

8th - Meeting 
11th - Veterans Day Parade 


December 

6th - Meeting - Annual Christmas Dinner 
13th - Christmas at the State Home Retirement Center 
29th - Fiesta Bowl Parade 


January - 2004 

1st - Rose Bowl Parade 

"One Hundred Years Ago"

The year is 1902, one hundred years ago ... what a difference a century makes.

Here are the U.S. statistics for 1902.

• Theodore Roosevelt was serving his first term as US President.
• The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven (47).
• Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
• Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City Cost eleven dollars.
• There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads.
• The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
• Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
• The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
• The average wage in the US was 22 cents an hour.
• The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
• A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
• More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.
• Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
• Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.
• Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
• Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
• The five leading causes of death in the US were:
  • 1. Pneumonia and influenza
  • 2. Tuberculosis
  • 3. Diarrhea
  • 4. Heart disease
  • 5. Stroke
• The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
• The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 30.
• Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
• There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
• One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
• Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores. According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives uoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
• Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
• There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US.