It must be spring, and in 1959, weddings and baby showers were in bloom!
Peg and Bob's wedding was a traditional 50s style: big and with lots of Chantilly lace, satin plus roses! Peg stayed on at Nissen's for 22+ years; becoming another of the valued, long-time members of the Nissen Trampoline Company family.
Page 2 contains several interesting trampoline "moments."
First, we have Boris Grunwald, Olympic diver bouncing on the first trampoline in Yugoslavia!
Beneath this is a photo of a group of New Jersey school kids...unfortunately the occasion is the first lawsuit brought against Nissen's for an accident on a trampoline.
Finally, the naming of a new model of trampoline to be manufactured in England. I searched future newsletters in vain for published results and finding none, I'll share the answer:
Named "Gazelle" - this non-folding, pit-tramp was soon found in many of Great Britain's holiday parks on the south coast near Brighten.
The Gazelle's real contribution was that it became the prototype frame for the yet-to-be-invented Spaceball!
Some notables on Page 3:
George Gulack, 1932 Olympic gold medalist on the rings, and now
chairman of the AAU gymnastics committee.
Leslie Judd, world famous gymnastics coach (special background LINK here).
Finally, Ron Munn (1st place winner) and Harvey Platte (2nd place) on trampoline at the 1959 National AAU gymnastics & trampoline meet that was held at the University of Massachusetts in Amhurst, Mass.
(Note: the newsletter states "Amherst, New Jersey" but with the amount of trampoline news pouring in, we'll let the editor off on this one!)
BUT, don't miss what will be one of my father's proudest moments (and one step closer to his goal) the photo of his Nissen Gymport equipment that what used at the AAU meet, and was selected to be used exclusively at the Pan American Games, Chicago in August!
A lot of fun "Nissen Company Family" news. If you have the time to read it all - - there's lots of great memories of life in the little town of Cedar Rapids during the late 1950s.
Do these newsletters spark a memory? You are invited to share your own stories and comments below.
"Nissen's - - a great place to work!"
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