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415. Doctor making house call when my sister

had scarlett fever, health dept putting quarantine sign in our front window.

Penny candy and 2 for a penny candy in wooden frame case with glass windows at corner mom and pop store.

Getting written script from doctor to take urine sample to hospital lab for pregnancy test, then waiting several hours for results.

American Bandstand setting trends in music and hair styles (for girls).

Bouffant hair styles, "bee hive" hair that was "teased" (back combed) and piled high on top of the head, then sprayed with lacquer hair spray.

Wool cardigans and pullover sweaters with pleated, plaid wool skirts. Wool wrap around skirts in tartan plaids with large kilt pins that resembled giant safety pins.

Weaving pot holders at summer playground activities and selling them for spending money to neighbors who did not really need or want them but rewarded our efforts.

Playing until hide and seek until dusk in summer when parents called us home. Then sitting on the porch with cold soda or Kool Aid drinks until the house was cool enough inside to sleep.

Radios, automatic transmissions being extras on new car purchases.

Very long cars with big fins that could not fit into some old garages.