Category Archives: 1960s

Speed bump

Posted on October 19, 2022 by Mrs. Fitz

Lately, my husband’s and my car has been spending more time alone, what with pandemic impact, more work-at-home, high cost of petrol. Lonesome status also was true of our family car in the 1960s, what with Dad’s belief a car … Continue reading →

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Buttoned up

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Mrs. Fitz

Where did Mom get her buttons? Years after her passing, it’s no mystery to my two brothers and me about their systemic storage: 59 bags organized by color, size, value. She did likewise with vegetable cans, kid-art, Dad’s handkerchiefs. No … Continue reading →

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More is less

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Mrs. Fitz

The basement of our ’50s ranch house in Elmhurst mirrored our upstairs like the Taj Mahal’s reflecting pool mirrors that place. It doubled our living area. This allowed space for a clothesline to use in inclement weather, a workshop Dad … Continue reading →

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Weenie Hallows (archive)

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Mrs. Fitz

In our holiday-happy suburb in the holiday happy 1960s, Mom stitched Trick-or-Treat costumes with the caveat that one outfit did the work for three of us: Eric the Elder, Michele the MustFit, and Mark the Shark. Not all at once, … Continue reading →

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Sodality Strong

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Mrs. Fitz

During the 1960s within Immaculate Conception high school in Elmhurst, the Sodality of Our Blessed Virgin Mary was having an image problem among girl students, which was the only gender allowed to join. Girls didn’t sign up voluntarily. The Sisters … Continue reading →

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Birth daze

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Mrs. Fitz

Some people I know react badly when surprise is bestowed upon them. This is because I am one such. My auntie engineered a surprise party for me on the occasion of my 16th birthday. Only someone of great courage would … Continue reading →

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Floating

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Mrs. Fitz

A football game and a dance in one day equals high school Homecoming. During the 1960s, each class at Immaculate Conception high school in Elmhurst, Il built a float for the parade to herald the game and the dance. Float-making … Continue reading →

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Esther Williams

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Mrs. Fitz

 The first inkling that my grasp of reality was less established than my fellow human beings happened while I was watching our 1961 console color TV on the floor of our Elmhurst living room, in Summer, with my parents, auntie … Continue reading →

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Forrest

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Mrs. Fitz

Forrest is the name of a boy about 29 inches tall, one of 14 like-sized children in the first day of the first swimming class I taught at East End pool in Elmhurst, Illinois in 1967. I remember Forest best … Continue reading →

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Pretty Sitting

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Mrs. Fitz

Two and only two babysitters ever sat for my two brothers and I on the extremely rare occasions Mom and Dad did something without us. Mom’s youngest brother Alan did it once when he was a single guy but we … Continue reading →

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