Historical September 1985 report or notice. Original dates, prices and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Special to The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere August 20, 1985, wee A.M.’s I heard competing masculine voices out on the street!
A riot??
A mugging?? Down went I, creeping slowly to open my front door. Peering out, I saw: some of my favorite young men RUNNING TRACK GAMES! I watched a relay race, and a 100 (or so) yard dash—each with so many false starts that I commented aloud “You need a starter’s gun!” To which, waving, they said “We sure do!” Fun in the (LATE) evening (WHEN NOT SO MANY CARS GO BY) for these young men in the late summer … not to mention the giggles of the young women who were watching from neighborhood porches . . . not an un-reasonable desire! I wonder if we “adults” tried to make this effort maybe a little quieter (when us old folks have to sleep before going to work) and a little open-light and PROUDER, we just might gain some validity with our young people . . . or would we turn them off by trying to alter their generally innocent fun??? Quite frankly, if all they want to do is run a decathlon at midnite on a fair summer night . I, for one, will applaud and attend! I LIKE summer nights, too, and I was once (Oh, so long ago!) sixteen! —Christine Smith 58XX Pershing
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September 1985.
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