Page 10 - REALLY What A time Book IX

REALLY SO WHAT
What A Time

INTRODUCTION

For kids every adult seemed to accept responsibility for us, to
lead us in a direction, to become members of the vast
community. One even larger than our home, or
neighborhood. One that seemed to establish rules and trust
for everyone. Our schools, and playgrounds encouraged and
taught that behavior.

I’ll not try to describe the effect these changes had on me.
Seven decades later and I’m still not sure. But I will try to
describe the things I did, some of the adventures I had and the
wonderful place where I lived and the people that cared for
me.
Our towns and cities in America probably never had a physical
structure, like Farlington, that strived to lead us in that
direction. You could say that the American leadership that
arose from the late 1930’s and the1940’s also had a profound
effect upon us children. We were part of that growth and to
be included in their guidance and decisions.

Above all we had a great deal of freedom. We often directed
ourselves, in school, and playground activities, social affairs
and entertainment. So some of my experiences were pretty
good, and some were pretty bad. Many of them have stayed
with me all my life. These 10 years were something.

10