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news of the
impending war on
the radio, and the
boys heard it from
them that evening.
Our lives were, as
they say, forever
changed.
"Our reunion
reminiscences ran deep after almost
60 years. We recalled that, when we
were young, above all else, no one
was left behind because he or she
didn't have the money to join in, and
there were plenty of us who would
have been left out without this cardi-
nal (unspoken) rule.
"We remembered nickel ice-cream
cones, 10-cent three-hour Saturday
shows that included a weekly serial, and
gasoline at 10 gallons for a dollar.
Bernie had a hand-me-down Essex
named `Wintersee after the play of the
same name and because we could not
get it to run all winter. Sol had a Model
A Ford that ran on the change we threw
into a `pushke' • to pay for the needed
fuel. Once we even drove to Interlochen
in a car that consumed 11 gallons of gas
and five quarts of oil.
"We were raised during the
Depression, and the radio provided a
magical source of entertainment. Each
Sunday night we gathered at some-
one's house in a room almost void of
light to listen to The Mummers, The
Little Theater Off Times Square. Even
The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, Fibber
McGee and Molly and Jack Benny were
part of our weekly fare. Radio gave us
a common -bond and an opportunity
to use our individual imaginations.
"We had our Jewishness in com-
mon and, except for me, a Highland
Parker, the rest were students at
Central High School and Cass Tech.
We were in the last years of high
school and the first years of college
and had gotten together (the girls for
Anne's wedding shower and the boys
for Sol's stag party) when news of the
war came over the radio. The rest is
history.
"Fourteen of the original 22 mar-
ried within the group, but not neces-
sarily to the people with whom they
were originally paired. Our photos are
a hodgepodge of dances, songfests and
group activities, and who would be
sitting next to whom was anyone's
guess. Today, all of us have long passed
our 50th wedding anniversaries.
"Of the 22, all but two are still
alive, scattered across the country. For
the reunion itself, Shirley (Glass)
Barsh was in attendance, as were other
Californians, Bernie and Eleanor
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