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| 1) Reason for a Neighborhood Party: | 4th of July/Holiday 5, Birthday 1, Olympics 1, Moon Landing
1, Housewarming 1, Barbecue 1 |
| 2) Favorite Hangout After School : | Diner 3, Ice Cream Parlor/Milk Bar/Soda Shop 3, Village Hall
1, Mall 1, Friend's House 1, Bowling Alley 1 |
| 3) Organization Adults Belonged To : | PTA 3, Elks Lodge 2, Church 1, Masons 1, Veterans Group 1,
Bowling League 1, Rotary 1 |
| 4) Organization/Group Children Belonged To : | Scouts 10 |
| 5) Favorite Vacation Trip : | Seaside/Beach 4, Camping 2, Rocky Mtns/Grand Canyon 2, Disneyland 1, Summer Camp 1 |
| Categories | Reason for a Neighborhood Party | Favorite Hangout After School | Organization Adults Belonged To | Organization/Group Children Belonged To | Favorite Vacation Trip | |||||||
| 01) | Doug Kent | Holiday | Diner | Elks Lodge | Scouts | Grand Canyon | = | 89 | + | 22 | = |
111 |
| 02) | Fred Davis | [[no entry received]] | = | 92 | + | 17 | = | 109 | ||||
| 03) | Kevin Wilson | 4th of July | Diner | PTA | Scouts | Disneyland | = | 85 | + | 22 | = | 107 |
| Jim Reader | 4th of July | Diner | Masons | Scouts | Seaside | = | 84 | + | 23 | = | 107 | |
| 05) | David Partridge | Barbecue | Soda Shop | Rotary | Scouts | Beach | = | 87 | + | 19 | = | 106 |
| 06) | Tom's Mom | Olympics, | Ice Cream Parlor | Veteran's, | Scouts | Camping | = | 88 | + | 17 | = | 105 |
| 07) | Brendan Whyte | Moon Landing | Milk Bar | PTA, | Scouts | Summer Camp | = | 84 | + | 18 | = | 102 |
| 08) | Tim & Sarah Snyder | Housewarming | Friend's House | PTA | Scouts | Beach | = | 81 | + | 19 | = | 100 |
| 09) | Tom Howell | 4th of July | Bowling Alley | Bowling League | Scouts | Camping | = | 76 | + | 19 | = | 95 |
| 10) | Mark Stretch | Birthday | Village Hall | Church | Scouts | Seaside | = | 71 | + | 17 | = | 88 |
| 11) | Ward Narhi | Holiday, | Mall | Elks Lodge | Scouts, | Rocky Mtns | = | 42 | + | 20 | = | 62 |
| 12) | Mark Nelson | [[no entry received]] | = | 42 | + | 17 | = | 59 |
Top Score Possible: 25 Top Score Achieved 23 by Jim Reader
1) Reason for a Neighborhood Party: I don't recall many
Neighborhod Parties in the suburb I grew up in. The closest was probably
Halloween when many houses had displays and some really made a production
of it. I recall the person who became my high school band teacher, one
year, created a "mad scientist" lair with a Frankenstein and was giving out
a greenish punch to visitors. For the 4th, some families got together for
sparklers and such. As for the Moon Landing, I remember setting on the
floor in front of our black and white TV seeing the feed, but no parties or
get-togethers.
2) Favorite Hangout After School: In my case (I ended the decade
at 9 years old), a friend's house was the hangout or the backyard.
Sometimes we'd go to the drugstore down the street to get candy and comics.
3) Organization Adults Belonged To: In my past, PTA was big with
civic (Rotary and such) and veteran groups next line. Fraternal
organizations weren't that noticable.
4) Organization/Group Children Belonged To: Yep, Scouts was
expected to be the number one choice. Even I was a member, but briefly.
However, I had expected a church group to get a mention.
5) Favorite Vacation Trip: Our vacations were road trips (which I
would have answered). We did some camping with a pop-up camper through the
Northeast and Canada. Then, there were trips to my grandfather's hunting
cabin/spread (no hunting though). We did do Disneyland one summer,
primarily staying in a great aunt's condo in Ft. Lauderdale at the end of
the road trip.
1) Reason for a Neighborhood Party: [Tom's Mom] Since "party"
seems to me to be a celebration I did not think a neighborhood getting
together to morn President Kennedy's Death appropriate. [Tom] Tough
one. I'll stick with the 4th, but won't be at all surprised if football
game wins! [Brendan] ??? you need a reason? A send off for someone
enlisting to fight in Vietnam? The seizing of power in Bolivia by a
pro-American dictator-for-life-that-will-actually-be-about-3-months? But
seriously, the First Man on the Moon!
2) Favorite Hangout After School: [Brendan] or am I too 50s
here?
3) Organization Adults Belonged To: [Brendan] PTA (Harper
Valley of course!). You did say 'parents' here, or I would have said
Buffalos/Druids/Friendly Society/Masons/Lodge a la the Flintstones.
4) Organization/Group Children Belonged To: [Brendan] or 4H,
Boys Brigade, or one of those other wanna-be scout organizations.
5) Favorite Vacation Trip: [Tom] Specifically, car camping,
as opposed to backpacking. Completely different animals. (In backpacking,
the bears one meets are much less likely to be interested in filching a
meal off one (most years)). [Brendan] Christmas vacation?
Thanksgiving vacation? Easter vacation? I think you mean the where rather
than the when, so how about 'summer camp' a la all those teen horror
movies, and that song "hello mudda, hello fadda, here I am at Camp
Grenanda' (but that was probably 40s or 50s, not 60s).
1) Best Chain Store
2) New Speciality Produce Item
3) Favorite Cut of Meat
4) Common Non-food Department
5) Brand of Canned Good
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