It's true. The soap opera GUIDING LIGHT is dead!!
On September 19, 2009, the lights on the show, conceived by Irna Phillips, for radio in 1937, went out after playing 15,000 episodes on radio and television, a span of 72 years. If my Aunt Jerrie were still alive, this would have been a disaster.
When my widowed auntie retired, having spent all of her adult life in the nursing profession, she went to live with her sister Sarah. Living in a homey atmosphere for the first time in many years, she found the operas to be so relaxing and appealing, they became the focal point of her day. Her calendar appointments were made so as not to interfere with the shows, and it would take an event of major importance to get her away from the "tube."
Our family had a favorite radio serial show called ONE MAN'S FAMILY. We lived each week with Henry Barbour, his wife and five children who lived in San Francisco, agonizing with them over decisions - right or wrong. This show became the longest running radio serial show, beginning in 1932 and ending in 1959.
The state of Wisconsin Historical Society has become the depository for the Phillips and Proctor & Gambel Foundation (corporate sponsor) papers. Stop in to get a glimpse of Americana of old because you will not find it on your Blackberry!
More, later.
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