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Penny Loafers, White Socks | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. Penny Loafers, White Socks. April 24, 2015. Aleutie Dreamstime.com – Rock And Roll Dancing In Black And White Photo. Burgers and root beer. We attended to it often. Brown’s in Mt. View. It was our WC. Penny loafers, white socks. Dad’s car, the teen age club on Elmendorf. Onions please, never stopped being kissed. My memories do dance. To Buddy Holly, Elvis and some slow. Thank god we lived then. Class rings hung round her neck. An old Model T.
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Once a Tenderfoot, Always a Tenderfoot | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. Once a Tenderfoot, Always a Tenderfoot. August 7, 2015. Summer of 1954. Gene (in center) and Boy Scout Friends. Gene Brown. In the early 1950s in Anchorage, I was getting ready to set aside some of my kiddy activities and take on some more adult ones. Like Scouting. The fog of time prohibits me from recounting for you all that I had to endure to achieve this rank, but you can believe me when I say it taxed me to my limits. I do recall, how...
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Midnight Sun Masters | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. Get to know our Midnight Sun Masters! Multi-talented, adept at many things, here are a few of their mini-autobiographies:. In the summer of 1953, Mt. Spurr erupted. It became dark as night at midday; I still have some ash I collected from our front lawn. Dale and Jo-Li. Dale Sellin. To live in 1985, still in the travel business. While Jo-Li happily toiled in the verdant NBA/Wells Fargo financial fields, I (we) owned and successfully operated (...
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1949: Up the Alcan to the Anchorage High School Nurse’s Room | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. 1949: Up the Alcan to the Anchorage High School Nurse’s Room. July 31, 2015. Alaska, The Land of the Midnight Sun The Last Frontier. Glenn Norton family, approx. 1955. Tom Norton. The Alcan’s construction began officially on April 11, 1942, however some work began as early as March 8. On October 28, 1942, this project was completed, and on November 20, its dedication took place at Soldier’s Summit in the Yukon Territory. Driving this trail wou...
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Info Nuggets | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. Bear cub approaches runners during Gold Nugget Triathlon. Mama Bear and Cubs on Lake Otis. The History of Spenard. Jeff King talks about the snowmachine crash that killed his dog. Aliy Zirkle pushes on after encounter with snowmachine – ADN Video. Jeff King sings to puppy Nash. Iditarod 2016 hauls in snow. CLASS OF ’61. 55TH REUNION – MARCH 27-30, 2016. Friends from classes of ’59, ’60, ’62, and ’63 . . . and more). Contact us to let us know y...
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A Tribute to Wendell Crouch | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. A Tribute to Wendell Crouch. May 15, 2015. West Anchorage High School. Wendell Crouch, 1958 Anchorage High School Anchor. Compliments of Gene Brown. Today I offer tribute to just such a teacher who made a unique contribution to me, Wendell Crouch. Sadly, he passed on April 25, 1970 at the age of 45. Wendell Crouch taught English at Anchorage (West) High School just down the hall from his friend, Eugene Short, who taught science. They had a...
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Anchorage, Alaska | Anchorage | Authors | Jana Ariane Nelson | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. We host authentic stories from a variety of writers sharing their experiences of Growing Up in Anchorage during the mid 20th Century. We hope you enjoy reading these wonderful stories! For more detailed bios, check out our Midnight Sun Masters page. Newspaper and radio reporter, legal secretary, cook, condominium manager, ski resort worker, small business owner, electrician, and construction worker. Varied career? Kath worked for the State Tro...
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Potatoes: Ten Cents a Bag | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. Potatoes: Ten Cents a Bag. June 26, 2015. Trudywilkerson Dreamstime.com – Onion Family (Potatoes) Photo. Avenue. (Astute readers will remember this address as Fort Dead End from my story of Epic Battles of Korean War fought on Alaskan Soil! Farther north, at the university in Fairbanks, some of the world’s largest vegetables have been grown: Cabbages and heads of lettuce well over fifty pounds and potatoes the size of footballs. As the summer ...
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Betty Park | Growing Up Anchorage
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True Stories of Life in Anchorage during the 1940's – 1980's. June 19, 2015. 8220;Kobuk”, painted in 1961 by Betty Park, Jack Griffith. Not long ago, I dug through Dad’s small black case, shoddy with age after half a century, discarding most of the fissured, tough, neglected tubes of oil, in various sizes and disheveled colors. I let out a huge sigh. A few of Dad’s carving tools lingered in the bottom of the old case. Dad was multi-talented,. And Frank Brink’s 1967 production of. President Eisenhower was...
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