There was no such thing as politically correct and they weren’t rewritten with each change of administrations. In those days, history books were meant to last a decade. Today, we live in a throwaway world and history changes as rapidly as we replace cell phones. We knew it existed, but it just wasn’t there and I always questioned which countries had better propaganda, theirs or ours. Nope, it was grayed out on all of the school maps. Communism was evil and Red China did not exist. It was a time when we were proudly taught how great it was to be an American. Civic duties and patriotism were etched into our minds. The newer ones were usually about some South American country, but we were in the midst of a cold war with Russia then. A lot of them were old government films - you know, the duck and cover variety. It was a lucky day when we got to see one of those newfangled color ones. Most of them were from the forties and fifties and the sound was always warped and gurgled. He was in the National Guard at one time because his favorite saying was, “At ease, disease - there’s a fungus among us.” I think it was an old military phrase.Īt least once a week, we’d sit in his classroom watching old post-WWII black & white films on the noisy projector. Robert Higerd was my 7th and 8th grade social studies teacher back in the 60s at East Amwell Township School in Ringoes, NJ. I made minor changes today, but it’s still the same thing.) (I wrote this in 2005 and amended it in 2006. I’ll bet the turkey farm that it’s a big seller today. Later, I’m headed to Wawa to ask about their seasonal gobbler sub. Maybe some people ate ham or lasagna instead, yet still missed the traditional meal. They were just fulfilling their subconcious cravings. They were shortchanged and didn’t get to eat it. The wait staff at restaurants that served dinners on turkey day. I know we went a couple of years wondering.įinally, it dawned on us! We figured those L-tryptophan zombies had to work on Thursday. Round-and-round in our heads, Roland and I went back and forth over this perplexing ponderance, trying to understand why people would want turkey. Or you’d think they’d have lots of leftovers to munch on. And after eating so much, you’d think people would be full of it. For the life of us, the owner, Roland Smith, and I couldn’t figure out why turkey would be such a big hit the day after. Interestingly, one of the most popular sandwiches on that particular day was sliced turkey breast. Black Friday was one of their busiest days and I would go to help out any way I could. When I worked for an ad agency, way back when, I’d meander up the street to Beefy King the day after Thanksgiving.
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