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Songs

of the

Past

Music has matured into
many different sounds
throughout the century. i
One will never forget the
From Happy Days to Cosby Beatle's "A Hard Day's
Night" and Elvis Presley's
countless hits, "Hound
From the first television broadcast in we see how common cable T.V. has Dog", "Blue Suede
the 1930's to the current sitcoms of to­ become. There has also been an in­ Shoes" and "Jail House
day, things have changed greatly. In crease in talk shows, Oprah Win­ Rock." The end of the
the Forties, Lawrence Welk, "I Love frey, Pat Sajak and Arsenio Hall be­
Lucy" and "The Milton Berle Show" ing some of the newest faces. Eighties will be most re­
proved to be the favorites. Over the years television pro­ membered by Michael
The best of the Fifties were "Hit Pa­ grams have changed but the people Jackson , Madonna and
rade," "Twilight Zone" and "The Ed tuning into them haven't. For teens the new rap sounds.
Sullivan Show." The Sixties brought us of the Fifties through the Eighties,
"Star Trek," "The Honeymooners," TV has provided entertainment and
"Bonanza" and "Gilligan's Island." for some, companionship. Surely as
In the Seventies teens were watching we remember our teenage years, the
"Happy Days," "Creature Featu- television shows we watched will be
re"(in Omaha)"and"Welcome Back, a large part of our memories.
Kotter."
As we entered the Eighties,"Satur­
day Night Live" was a hit, along with
"M .A .S.H ." As the Eighties escape us

Fun in the past

As teenagers, the staff Mil

Greaser here had many ways to In
spend their weekends 4
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nights. Some did the bas­
ics: homework, working
part-time jobs. Others
chose to cruise around y
town and take their dates Let's Hang Out! jo
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4?, <s> / to the drive-in movie.
Back in 1948 one could
be caught babysitting for "Hangout" is defined in W ebster's D ictionary as a
50 cents to a dollar a "place where one hangs out, a rendezvous." Hangouts
night. Iceskating was a are frequently visited after school or after sporting events.
popular weekend pas­ High school students of the late Forties went to the ice I
time, also. Supporting the cream parlors after school to hang out. They also spent
school's athletic pro­ time at the ice skating rink. Some of the favorite spots of
$ grams by attending games the Fifties and Sixties were: Tiner's Drive-In, Sandy's
has been and always will Escape and Caniglia's for double crust pizza on Friday
* * be a weekend "thing.” nights after football games. The Seventies and Eighties saw
students at McDonalds, Burger King, Sortino's Pizza, Big
Sock Hops were popular Fred's, Shakey's Pizza Parlor and Godfather's. By the time
\ in the Sixties. the twenty-first century rolls around we'll probably see
* students hanging out at a computer terminal.

rtz Those were the days