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SUNDAY RECORD YOUR GUIDE TO PUBLIC RECORDS AND VITAL STATISTICS IN CALHOUN COUNTY BANKRUPTCIES
DEATHS Buddy Gene Adams, Wadley Florence “Myrtle” Bevers, Anniston Charlie “C.L.” Bradford, Anniston John E. Burell, Lakeland, Fla. Floyd Regan Burgess, Birmingham James Carl “Jimmy” Clark Jr., Ohatchee Linda Lou O’Kelly Clay, Jacksonville Janice Annette White Dempsey, Munford Mary Virginia Washam DeVillier, Anniston Billy James Driver, Five Points Gloria Diana Waid Fennell, Weaver Rickey Gene Fincher, Chinch Creek Mary Ann Lipham Fulmer, Anniston Mary Maurine “Muffet” Glass, Anniston Walter Gravette Jr., Ashland Norma Long Harris, Piedmont William Howard Hester, Wadley Kenneth Gary Higgins, Weaver Helon Jane Homesley, Jacksonville Winonah A. “Molly” Huddleston, Millerville
Melba Camp Hunt, Lineville Marian L. Huttenstine, Ohatchee Sarah Williams Jones, Anniston Sherman “S.W.” Kellum, Delta Michael Laney, Centre Robbie Nell Montgomery, Eastaboga Mary E. Mundy, Saks Oscar Newman Jr., Oxford Thomas W. Paige III, Texas James Roberts, Anniston Shirley Ann Rollins, Heflin George C. Short, Anniston James “Ricky” Smith, Oxford Sara Snead, Centre Tommy Spendlove, Eastaboga Shirley Mae Stahl, Florida Marvin Thompson, Tennessee Wynell Elliott Timmons, Anniston Patricia M. Watts, Ohatchee Retired MSgt. Clifton Marsden Whitehead, Saks Paul Thomas Wilson, Jacksonville Thomas W. Wood, Jacksonville Harold Eugene Woodard, Munford Michael Dennis Woodrow, Anniston
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A Chapter 7 bankruptcy allows the debtor to retain certain exempt property, but the debtor’s remaining property is gathered and sold by a trustee from which creditors will receive payment. It may also be used by businesses which wish to terminate their business. A Chapter 13 bankruptcy enables debtors, through court supervision and protection, to propose and carry out a repayment plan under which creditors are paid, in full or in part, in installments over a three-year period. During that time, debtors are prohibited from starting or continuing collection efforts. The following bankruptcies declared by Calhoun County residents were recorded by U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of Alabama last week:
Chapter 7 • Jade Esley Pugh and Lori Lynn Pugh, Oxford • Lance E. Nichols and Robyn P. Nichols, Pineridge Drive, Oxford • Donna Sellers, Dearmanville Drive South, Anniston • Christina J. Cannon, Alexandria Road Southwest, Jacksonville • Beverly C. Downs, Lee Road, Anniston • Robert J. Ragland, Anniston • Estela Yaranon, Sugarloaf Lane, Anniston • Allen Smith Mobley Jr. and Susan Jacob Mobley, Ivan Drive Southwest, Jacksonville • Scottie Pike Signor, Airport Road, Oxford
MARRIAGE LICENSES • Matthew Ora Mears of Weaver to Kimberly Shyla Hall of Weaver • Joshua Adam Kirkpatrick of Anniston to Heather Lynn Johnson of Anniston • Nicholas William Portuese of Oxford to Mary Abbigail Harden of Oxford • Kenneth Earl Angle of Oxford to Tammy Chandler Burkhart of Oxford • Aaron Whitney Houston of Piedmont to Christy Rae Webb of Piedmont • Christopher Caleb Johnson of Jacksonville to Emily Morgan Bragg of Jacksonville • Patrick Cleveland Dickerson of Anniston to Angela Lynn Hopson of Anniston • John Loren Pruitt of Ohatchee to April Sue King of Ohatchee • Jerry Lee Bowman of Anniston to Regina Jeanette Isbell of Anniston • James Madison Willett of Jacksonville to Karen Tierce of Jacksonville
• Guy Anthony Donofrio of Anniston to Kathleen Louise Douglas of Anniston • Thomas Luke Champion of Anniston to Renee Michele Pledger of Anniston • Robin Dennis Bridges of Jacksonville to Megan Claire Wallace of Jacksonville • Billy Deldricko Matthews of Anniston to Laguina Cutrice Pearson of Anniston • Donald Ray Morris of Anniston to Annette Strange of Anniston • James Stanford Nolen of Anniston to Gina Marie Byars of Vestavia Hills • Christopher Dewight King of Anniston to Amy Ana Lerosa Kulp Woodard of Anniston • Pedro Del Aguila Perez of Anniston to Jennifer Jayne Mihalovich of Anniston • Samuel Richard Blair of Oxford to Shanna Jayne Allgood of Oxford
FEEDER CLASSES:
Bulls and steers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 260.00 to 300.00; 300-400 lbs. 240.00 to 280.00; 400-500 lbs. 205.00 to 242.50; 500-600 lbs. 177.00 to 207.50; 600700 lbs. 150.00 to 180.00. Heifers (Medium and Large No. 1 and No. 2): 200-300 lbs. 220.00 to 255.00; 300400 lbs. 200.00 to 240.00; 400-500 lbs. 180.00 to 210.00; 500-600 lbs. 170.00 to 192.50; 600-700 lbs. Too Few.
SLAUGHTER CLASSES:
Cows: Breakers 96.00 to 102.00; Boners 96.00 to 102.00; Lean 90.00 to 95.00. Bulls: Normal Dressing 54-58% 116.00 to 123.00; High Dressing >58% 131.00; Low Dressing <54% 105.00 to 110.00.
WILLS PROBATED
RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS
• Retha T. Pruitt, a parcel of land in section 9, township 14, range 8. • Matthew Wayne Eubanks and Shannon O. Eubanks, a parcel of land in section 19, township 13, range 9. • Rita Turley Puls, Gregory Lynn Robinson Sr. and Deborah Gail Robinson, a parcel of land in section 28, township 14, range 8.
Here are food service establishments recently inspected by the Calhoun 44 County Health Department, along with scores. A score of 100 indicates the inspector found no deficiencies. 22 Potentially hazardous deficiencies (four- or five-point demerit items) 0 are noted. These must be corrected 52 weeks Last This immediately and inspectors say they ago week week EDITOR’S NOTE are often corrected while the inspecThe material inside the Sunday Record is tion is underway. Restaurants earnINCORPORATIONS recorded by The Anniston Star from various ing below 70 must raise their scores institutions and government offices. within seven days or face closure. • OverHallers LLC • iMowAlabama LLC The public records are published as • The Law Offices of Stacy • See-N-Side Home Inspec- they appeared on the documents obtained 4-OR 5-POINT DEMERITS Upton LLC by the newspaper. Direct questions and • Subway, 624 U.S. 278 Bypass East, tions LLC • Cool Vapors LP • ABC Logistics & Supply LLC comments about Sunday Record to Isaac Piedmont - personnel should eat/ • JEHAAN LLC Godwin at igodwin@annistonstar.com. drink in designated areas only. • QuickFast Card LLC • DATS LLC • Woodstock Health Ser- Dissolved vices LLC • Woodstock Care Partners • Abbott’s Stop & Shop LLC LTD • Krayons For Kids Inc.
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Here is the livestock market report for the Tuesday sale. Receipts for this week 436 compared to 667 last week. Receipts a year ago 1018.
• Alice D. Powers • Herbert D. Williamson DIVORCES • Billy Edwards Chapter 13 • Dana Longoria and Brown and Patrick • Rebecca Virginia Nabors Wells • Tammy Kay Woodard, New Liberty Road, David Lynn Longoria Dewayne Brown Wellington • Phillip A. Booke and • Ashley F. Jeffers and • Gary Crawford, Church Street, Anniston Sharron L. Booke AnnistonStar.com • Wesley L. Best, McCoy Avenue, Anniston • Shellah Marshell Nathan T. Jeffers
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CATTLE SALE
NO MAJOR DEMERITS
• Anniston Bowling Center, 321 E. Blue Mountain Road, Anniston - 97. • Cheaha Brewing Co., 1208 Walnut Ave., Anniston - 98. • Cobb Elementary School - 99. • Dee Ford’s, 3805 Alabama 202, Anniston - 96. • Discount Food Mart, 7876 Alabama 77, Ohatchee - 95. • Piedmont Health Care Center - 99. • Pizza Hut, 202 E. Hamric Drive, Oxford - 97. • Raceway Store, 805 N. Main St., Piedmont - 98. • Sacred Heart School - 100.
Check out the digital edition at www.AnnistonStar.com ARRESTS
The people listed in this arrest report, whose • Rhonda Monique McRath, 30: second-denames and charges are obtained from public gree domestic violence. records, are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
• Christopher Lee Bragg, 32, of Augusta, S.C.: violation of sex offender act. • Joy Unique Barnes, 32, of Anniston: parole violation. • Kerry Deshun Bowers, 19, of Jacksonville: Calhoun County bond revocation. Anniston The following felony arrests were reported by • Larry Sanders Johnson, 56, of Anniston: The following felony arrests were reported by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the probation violation. the Anniston Police Department (addresses seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. • Jeremy Ladd Little, 33, of Piedmont: first-denot provided) during the seven-day period • David Anthony Williams, 20, of Anniston: gree theft of property. ending at 7 a.m. Thursday. order of arrest. • Sandra Jean Lloyd, 42, of Eastaboga: failure
to appear in court. • Kimberly Anne Dutton, 43, of Anniston: bond revocation. • Allen Michael Cates, 23, of Anniston: probation revocation. • Leoma Dawn Jolly, 36, of Anniston: failure to appear in court. • Ronald Dale McGatha, 64, of Jacksonville: probation violation. • Bernard Steagall, 48, of Anniston: failure to appear in court.
BLOTTER Crimes are listed by location. Anonymous tips may be called in to Crime Stoppers at 256-238-1414. A reward of up to $1,000 may be given.
Anniston The following property crimes were reported to the Anniston Police Department during the seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Burglaries
16th Street: televisions.
sonal I.D., cash. • Residence, 2300 block of Morris• Residence, 400 block of Willing- Robberies ham Bridge Road: bed, dresser, • Parking lot, 1500 block of Green- ville Road: cash. clothing, paint sprayer, golf set, brier Dear Road: cash, personal • Residence, 1900 block of Davis Avenue: air conditioning unit. golf clubs. I.D., EBT card, purse, wallets. • Residence, 2700 block of Wilmer Thefts Avenue: television. Calhoun County • Residence, 300 block of East 7th • Residence, 1400 block of GlenThe following property crimes Street: televisions. wood Terrace: cash. • Residence, 2200 block of Paul • Residence, 200 block of Brenda were reported to the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office during the Street: televisions, laptop comput- road: money order. er, jewelry. • Residence, 1600 block of Hutchin- seven-day period ending at 7 a.m. • Residence, 1100 block of West son Drive: jewelry, debit card, per- Thursday.
Burglaries
• Storage facility, Rice Avenue, Anniston: windows, tote bins, boxes, lawn mower, table. • Residence, Alabama 9, Piedmont: plow, antique drill press. • Residence, Santa Fe Drive, Anniston: laptop computers.
Thefts
• Residence, Pleasant Valley Road, Jacksonville: jewelry. • Residence, Wildman Drive, Alexandria: television, medications.
PROPERTY TRANSFERRED • Martha Ann Christopher Revocable Trust to Christopher Sparks and Crystal Sparks, a parcel of land in section 29, township 13, range 9, $10. • Richard E. Moore Jr. and Janet S. Moore to Joseph L. Megill and Christine M. Megill, Legacy Hills, 3rd addition, lot 49, $6,550. • CitiMortgage Inc. to Fannie Mae, a parcel of land in section 10, township 16, range 7,
$500. • Jeffery Martin to Reginald Buttram, a parcel of land in section 12, township 13, range 10, $10. • AOD Federal Credit Union to Katherine A. Jones, Standard-Coosa-Thatcher Co., block 3, lot 20, $6,000. • Jessie Mae Martin to Reginald Buttram, a parcel of land in section 12, township 13,
range 10, $10. • Gerald B. Love and Donna L. Johnson to Lenn Costner, a parcel of land in sections 32/33, township 14, range 7, $10. • William Gene Love and Marian B. Love to Daniel Nolan and Minnie Nolan, Anniston Land Co., block 521C, lot 7, $10. • Aulton B. Pennington-Estate to Sandra B. Pennington, Oak Ridge Estates, block A, lots
11 and 12. • Alliance Realty Capital LLC to Barbara Hinton and Donald Clark, a parcel of land in section 28, township 14, range 6, $18,000. • Housing & Urban Development to Edward Parris Jr. and Deborah D. Parris, Crestline subdivision, block G, lot 2, $10.
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PROPERTY Continued from Page 6E • Aubrey L. Simmons and Daniel A. Simmons to Jacob Pennington and Connie Pennington, a parcel of land in section 18, township 14, range 8, $10. • Dena L. Greene to Parnell Turner and Angela Richardson, Pinewood subdivision, Strickland’s 3rd addition, lot 6, $10. • Barbara J. Gill to MapStar Group LLC, City of Anniston, Micou addition, block 1, lot 13, $10. • Kimberly C. Gomez to Redone Homes LLC, Linen Thread Co., lots 103 and 110, $10. • Jackie Lee Waldron and Patti Waldron to Waddell Construction Co. LLC, Cider Ridge subdivision, phase 1 reassessment, block RP, lot 9RP, $10. • Branch Banking & Trust Co. to Jonathan Butler and Charleen Butler, Mountainview, phase 3, lot 124, $10. • Houston Jenkins Jr. to Julian Scott McElroy, a parcel of land in section 8, township 14, range 8, $41,780. • Carolyn Dunaway to Andrea J. Higgins, Jacksonville Mining & Manufacturing Co., block 151, lots 11 and 12, $79,900. • Joseph Earl Linn to Robert Earl Watters,
Eulaton subdivision, block 9, lot 6, $100. • Brandy L. Ward and Eleanor G. Steed-Estate to Macedonia Baptist Church Inc., City of Anniston, Ledbetter addition, block 2, lots 4 and 5, $10. • Teresa Duncan and Sean P. Liddy to Sean P. Liddy and Michael Wayne Biddy, a parcel of land in section 22, township 14, range 9, $30,765. • Steve Dover to Brandon Dover and Travis R. Dover Jr., a parcel of land in section 5, township 15, range 8, $10. • Tony A. Hall and Frances B. Hall to Frances B. Hall, a parcel of land addressed 108 Central Avenue, Anniston, $10. • Tony A. Hall and Frances B. Hall to Frances B. Hall, a parcel of land in section 1, township 15, range 7, $10. • Benjamin L. Amberson to Benjamin L. Amberson and Jayme Kirkland Amberson, a parcel of land in section 13, township 13, range 9, $10. • Mark L. Watts to Buren Rains Sr. and Emily Sue Johnson, a parcel of land in section 1, township 13, range 7, $13,000. • Bill D. Sanford and Myra J. Sanford to John Greg Sanford, Philip E. Sanford and Felicia J. Sanford, fraction 19 of a parcel of land in section 32, township 12, range 10, $10.
• Frances M. Boyd to Brent Oliphant, Lyncoya subdivision, block 3, lot 11, $10. • John S. Martin Jr. to Christopher L. Denney and Audra Darlene Denney, a parcel of land in section 29, township 15, range 8, $10. • Joseph Conyers, Lisa C. Parris, Stacey C. Johnson and Jennifer C. Roberts to Joseph Conyers, Lake Louise subdivision, section 1, block 1, lot 1, $10. • Gabriele E. Torony-Estate to Roger Dale Fair and Miranda Fair, Mohawk Mountain Resort, phase 1, lot 3, $10. • Margie M. Vaughn to Jonathan E. Vaughn, a parcel of land addressed 740 Gate 8 Road, Anniston, $10. • Martha E. Hamilton to James Allen Carson and Millicent Miller Carson, Anniston City Land Co., block 220, lot 6, $10. • Grant Taylor to Joshua Gann, a parcel of land in section 33, township 14, range 8, $1. • Andreas Woehler to Heidi Woehler, Howle subdivision, 2nd addition, block A, lot 9, $10. • Regions Bank to Housing & Urban Development, Indian Oaks Estates, block 4, lot 2, $1. • Waltrust Properties Inc. to Custom Pharmacy Sale Leaseback LLC, a parcel of land in section 22, township 16, range 8, $4,894,171. • Mark E. Kane and Betty A. Kane to Gregory D. Finley, Anniston Land Co., block 265, lot 6,
$4,000. • Delores Anne Garfrerick to David Paul Garfrerick, Cambridge East, block B, lot 12, $10. • Delores Anne Garfrerick to David Paul Garfrerick, a parcel of land in section 20, township 16, range 8, $10. • Tommy D. Davenport to Anita Davenport Freeman, a parcel of land addressed 2103 Iron City Road, Anniston, $10. • Wright Homes LLC to Hubert W. Wright and Linda W. Wright, Oak Village, block B, lot 10, $0. • Marion S. Watson-Estate to Harriet Glover Watson Lane and Marion Elizabeth Murphree, a parcel of land in section 27, township 15, range 9, $10. • Marion S. Watson-Estate to Lon Chandler Watson III, a parcel of land in section 27, township 15, range 9, $10. • Bertha P. Sloan-Estate to Paul S. Talley and Amey M. Talley, McCall Heights, block 3, lot 6, $10. • Heather Buchanan to Justin Buchanan, Meadowbrook subdivision, block C, lots 13 and 14, $10. • Calhoun County to J & J Odom Holdings LLC, City of Anniston, block 12, lot 14, $10. • Latoya Miller to Shaun Miller, Pinewood subdivision, Nelson’s addition, lot 7, $10.
Movies, music and books that def ined a generation 10 ESSENTIAL BOOMER MOVIES — OLIVER STONE, DIRECTOR —
GENERATIONAL GAP As youngest boomers turn 50, gulf between the ‘lost generation’ and older peers widens BY KIM HONE-MCMAHAN Akron Beacon Journal
The youngest baby boomer turns 50 this year. The big 5-0. Half a century. Holy colonoscopy! Today’s kids may think 50-year-olds roamed the earth with dinosaurs, but not everyone agrees. “I see them more as my children,” said Rose Rose of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, who turns 68 this year, making her among the oldest boomers. “To lump all baby boomers together is really sort of stretching it. There’s a big difference in baby boomers.” Those born between 1946 and 1964 are considered the baby boom generation, even though there’s nearly a two-decade span between the youngest and oldest. This leads to folks assuming that boomers have had, or are having, the same life experiences. But author Jonathan Pontell says that’s ludicrous, and there’s a lost generation between baby boomers and Gen-Xers. Pontell coined the term “Generation Jones” to describes those born between 1954 and 1965. In the ’70s, that age group popularized the slang term “jonesing” — craving or yearning. Jonesing, he added, has turned out to be a core trait of this new generation because of expectations that have been unfulfilled. If you’ve never heard of Generation Jones, you likely will soon. Research groups, the media and educators are starting to use the definition. Next year, Random House is publishing Pontell’s book of the same name. Boomers, as defined by the U.S. Census, were the swell of infants born following World War II. By the end of 1964, 76.4 million baby boomers had been born in the United States. “The whole premise of basing a generation on the fertility rates of that generation’s parents is absurd,” Pontell, 55, said recently during a phone interview. “There’s no generation before or since the so-called baby boom generation that was ever based on birth rates. Generations stem from formative experiences, not head counts.” Pontell decided to call the lost generation “Jones” because it represents a large, anonymous group of people. “It could be Smith,” he said. “The second half of the boom had far more births, (causing) Jonesers to face the pipeline often clogged by boomers and then competing with even bigger numbers around us. So each point in the life cycle, whether we were trying to get into college, getting first jobs, first homes, has been a tough ride.” Pontell believes the Jonesers have a more difficult time financially than older boomers. “Boomers in general have had a pretty good ride. And boomers had big expectations that were often realized,” he said. “The boomers were not left jonesing.” There’s no denying that the youngest boomer is at a different place in life than the eldest. Rose, who is director of community and public relations at the Haven of Rest in Akron, Ohio, has three grown sons. Her firstborn is 47, just three years younger than “Joneser” Gene Fitch of Hudson, Ohio, who will turn 50 this year. Fitch has two teenage boys; Rose has grandchildren the same age. The teen years for the youngest and oldest boomers were also much different. “I remember the Hula-Hoop contests at the State Road Shopping Center, my dad buying me a transistor radio, and paisley hip huggers,” Rose said, chuckling. During their teen years, the youngest boomers watched shows like Three’s Company and Dallas. The toy of the year in 1980 was the Rubik’s Cube. And many longed to be a preppy. “I had The (Official) Preppy Handbook. It was kind of the dummies’ guide to being a preppy,” confessed
• The Graduate (1967): One of the first movies to address young people as an entity unto themselves — a new form of species, dislocated, alienated. The idea of working in the plastics business was smothering. • Easy Rider (1969): Freedom, bikes, long hair, and a general contempt for the rednecks fighting in Vietnam. • The Godfather Parts 1 and 2 (1972 and 1974): Perhaps the most significant films of the boomer age. The Godfather broke open everything. In ’72, I had just gotten out of film school. That movie was setting the standard. It made you want to do better.
• Jaws (1975): That summer was incredible. We were young and in the prime of our 1970s mischief. And here was the ultimate enemy. Spielberg in his true glory. • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979): You had two great actors, Streep and Hoffman, and a wonderfully rendered story of divorce and how it impacted the child. My parents were divorced and I’d had a divorce. This became a midlife issue for boomers. ALSO... • A Clockwork Orange (1971) • All the President’s Men (1976) • Annie Hall (1977) • Apocalypse Now (1979) • Reds (1981)
10 ESSENTIAL BOOMER ALBUMS — NELSON GEORGE, ROCK CRITIC —
Photos by Phil Masturzo/Akron Beacon Journal
TOP: Gene Fitch, 49 of Hudson, Ohio, has dinner with his teenage son, Drew. ABOVE: Rose Rose, 67, gets help from her teenage grandson, Michael Rose, cleaning out a closet at home in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Fitch, account manager at Cleveland’s Majestic Steel. But perhaps it was the music that set baby boomers apart from those who came before and since. When the oldest boomers were children, the rock ‘n’ roll revolution began. The year that the youngest boomer was born, and the oldest turned 18, the first Beatles album was released in the United States. And while some of the older boomers went to Woodstock, the youngest were left behind. Pontell recalled older kids in the neighborhood inviting him to tag along to Woodstock. “I ran home ... and announced to my parents the good news over dinner,” he said, chuckling. “Of course they looked at me like I was completely crazy.” “Woodstock?” his parents asked. “Eat your broccoli and go to bed. You are 11 years old.” The Vietnam War is a significant event in the middle and older boomer’s lives. Although people like Rose personally knew peers who were drafted, the youngest didn’t have pals who served there. “I remember we had the television news on every night and watched the casualty and killed count,” Fitch said. “To me, it seemed like we were always at war.” But an incident involving his godfather, who was home on leave from Vietnam, showed him firsthand the effect war can have on a human. “When I was very young my sister and I were on a swim team. He came to watch us. He was socializing and enjoying himself while my parents introduced him to friends. That’s when a starter pistol, used to begin a race, went off. He hit the ground and rolled. “That’s always stuck with me, though I really didn’t understand why he did it,” Fitch said. “I knew he was in the jungle and because I was so young, I just wanted to know if he ever saw monkeys and other animals.” As for the hippie vibe of the 1960s, Pontell says while the youngest members of the generation were too young to participate, they still felt its effects. “We were impacted (by the ’60s), but we weren’t a part of it,” Pontell said of the Jonesers. “While some of the (older) boomers still refer to themselves as ‘children of the ’60s,’ really they were well into their teens and 20s. They were out changing the world and we were the ones being formed by those changes.”
• The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967): The culmination of years of artistic maturation and bold experimentation. The original rock concept LP. • Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV (1971): Mystical and bombastic, acoustic and brash, the untitled fourth album defined ’70s rock (and FM radio). • The Rolling Stones Exile on Main Street (1972): Incorporating blues, soul, country, even gospel, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards dug deep into the era’s spiritual malaise and made the Stones’
most emotional album. • Eagles Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (1976): This Southern California band was both romantic and cynical, diluting any sweetness with a bitter edge that reflected the compromises of adulthood. • Bob Marley & the Wailers Exodus (1977): The sensual, spiritual album that helped make reggae one of the most popular musical genres in the world. ALSO... • Bob Dylan Highway 61 Revisited (1965) • Marvin Gaye What’s Goin’ On (1971) • Carole King Tapestry (1971) • Stevie Wonder Innervisions (1973) • Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (1977)
10 ESSENTIAL BOOMER BOOKS
— DEIRDRE DONAHUE, AARP BOOK EDITOR — • The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger (1951): Slang-slinging Holden Caulfield is the original alienated teen in this masterpiece foreshadowing the youthquake of the 1960s. • Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (1961): Parallel insanities — battle and bureaucracy — dovetail in this antiwar jeremiad, which also gave us the ultimate no-win phrase. (The original title was Catch-18; can you imagine?) • The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan (1963): This landmark work awakened millions of housewives to “the problem that has no name” — a nagging sense of incompletion.
• The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe (1969): The white-suited crown prince of the New Journalism created this unforgettable portrait of Ken Kesey, his Merry Pranksters and long, strange trips of the 1960s. • Love Story by Erich Segal (1970): A rich Harvard jock falls hard for a working-class Radcliffe pianist in a tear-jerking tragedy with a catchy takeaway: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” ALSO... • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) • The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley (1964) • Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann (1966) • The Godfather by Mario Puzo (1969) • Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (1970)