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Tuesday, December 15, 2009
A silver dollar and some memories
Richard “Dick” Duncan wants to know if anyone else remembers how NCR used to have special treats for children of employees.
“They used to show movies in the NCR auditorium on Main Street year around on Saturday mornings,” Duncan said. “But at Christmastime they made it special.”
The movies were always free for the children, and at Christmas they would give each kid a candy bar. “I think it was a Clark bar” he said. “Then there was a little box of hard tack candy.”
Sometimes they would hand out fresh fruit, an apple or an orange, he said.
“But one year, in 1945 I think it was, they gave each kid a silver dollar. It was mounted on a card that said, ‘Merry Christmas from the National Cash Register Company.’ “
Duncan, now retired and living in Sarasota, Fla., added, “I’ve still got mine.”
