From Franklin T. Wike
In the nostalgia section of the April issue, a segment was printed about the Ford Mustang being introduced at the Worlds Fair in Flushing New York in April of 1964. That mention of the worlds fair brought back some memories.
I lived in Indiana in 1964, but in April of that year, I happened to be spending some time in Lebanon, PA. During my visit, I had met a young girl and talked her into going out on a date with me. This was back in the days when many teenagers enjoyed spending their Friday or Saturday nights at the drive-in theater and one of the movies that was playing that night was Whats New Pussycat staring Nancy Sinatra.
I don’t remember the names of the other movies that were playing that night but during the intermission, they played an advertisement for the New York World’s Fair and I remember my date making the comment that she wouldn’t mind going to see it sometime.
Some of the other baby boomers may remember a song by the Everly Brothers titled, Wake Up Little Susie where the lyrics talk about a young couple out on a date where they both fell sound asleep. Well, I didn’t fall asleep but my date did. I don’t know if it was because I was boring or the movie was, but anyway by the time she woke up, we were in New York City and I was looking for a parking spot within walking distance of the Worlds Fair.
So besides the walk down memory lane, this story also has a message to the young girls of future generations. Be careful what you ask for, especially when you are on a first date with a boy, because you just might get it. And the message for guys is, don’t take young girls across the state lines without asking their parents first because they have a tendency to get a bit upset and worried when their daughters are missing all night long.
Mothers Day Memory
From Liz Martinez
I remember that in grade school PS 75, this was very typical back in that time, we used to make Mother’s Day cards. We would make a flower out of Kleenex tissue, then we would make a card out of typical drawing paper and attach this flower to the top of the card.
This was done every year for Mother’s Day at PS 75. I remember that every year when my mother got this card from me, she acted like it was the first time I had ever given it to her. It was the same card with probably the flower going from white to pink.
It’s funny how we do not think of these things back then. If this was to happen now I am sure the kids would say, Hey, we already made a card like this last year.
The memories of my mother acting so surprised and happy when I would give her the card with the flower made out of Kleenex tissue, are very special to me.
Published in U S Legacies Magazine May 2004
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