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Karla O Pikna 1920 - 1996

Karla O Pikna of Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ was born on December 13, 1920, and died at age 75 years old in March 1996.
Karla O Pikna
Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, NJ 08826
December 13, 1920
March 1996
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    Karla was the mother of 5 children: Olga, Paul, Peter, Micheal, and Joesph. Karla began her journey in life in former Czechoslovakia as a tight rope walker. It was her family's business and dedication to performance art. As a small child Karla was the subject of many photos, postcards, and other photography as a contortionist and circus performer. Although Karla had many prestigious careers her favorite was as "grandma." She was a dedicated and loving grandmother to her many grandchildren.
  • 12/13
    1920

    Birthday

    December 13, 1920
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  • 03/dd
    1996

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    March 1996
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    Karla O Pikna lived 2 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 75.
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In 1920, in the year that Karla O Pikna was born, speakeasies replaced saloons as the center of social activity. After the 18th Amendment was ratified and selling alcohol became illegal, saloons closed and speakeasies took their place. Speakeasies, also called a blind pig or blind tiger, were "so called because of the practice of speaking quietly about such a place in public, or when inside it, so as not to alert the police or neighbors". There were a lot of them and they were very popular. And where saloons often prohibited women, they were encouraged at speakeasies because of the added profits.
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In 1944, she was 24 years old when on June 22nd, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill, was signed into law, pushed through by the veteran's organizations. Benefits provided for veterans to return to school (high school, vocational school, or college), obtain low interest home mortgages and low interest business loans, and (if needed) one year of unemployment insurance. Since most returning vets immediately found work, less than 20% of the unemployment benefits were distributed.
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