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1950s student caught singing the blues
In 1958, I was a second-grader in Rock Hill, South Carolina. One day I asked my teacher, Mrs. Hipp, if I could go to the bathroom. I didn’t really have to go; I was bored and just wanted to get up and...
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Young postman did double duty for delivery mistake in 1930s
The day after I started work at the Phoenix, Arizona, post office in 1937, I was called at home around 5:30 in the morning and told to get to the office fast.When I arrived, I was taken to an older...
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Runaway’s plan laid bare by 1940s mom
In 1940, when I was 8 years old, I decided to run away from home. With my suitcase packed and some peanut butter sandwiches in a bag, I started for the front door of our stucco bungalow in Wantagh,...
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Couple endured second course of embarrassment
One Saturday in the summer of 1960, my boyfriend Joe and I got dressed up for a night out at a New York City restaurant called Luau 400. I worked on the east side of Manhattan and had noticed the...
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Auto dealership employee went head over heels for job
In 1953, when I was 17, I was the bookkeeper for a new car dealership, Lodico Motors of Northern Cambria, Pennsylvania. That’s me in the picture (above) with service manager Joe Cullins in an expensive...
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Wedding Bloopers: 8 Laughable Moments
No wedding day ends without a few bumps along the way. Reminisce readers shared their wedding bloopers with us. Now we’re spreading the laughs with a slide show of our favorites!
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Uh-oh, Silver!
The day before Halloween in 1936, my third-grade teacher at Milford Central School in Milford, New York, announced there was going to be a Halloween party for all the elementary classes. She...
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Love stuck: Embarrassing moment in the bowling alley
When I was 12, I discovered the fun of bowling and spent a lot of time practicing, trying not to throw gutter balls. I had a huge crush on a boy named Steven, whom I often saw at the bowling alley....
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Winter memories of a sledding snag in the 1970s
A favorite sledding spot for the neighborhood kids in my hometown of Winchester, Indiana, was the big hill behind Morton Elementary School. Across the wide yard at the bottom of the hill ran a small...
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1970s family vacation ended with embarrassment
As we parked our motor home at a North Carolina campsite on a Saturday afternoon in the late 1970s, my husband noticed a loudspeaker on a tree right above us. When Wayne asked the campground manager...
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