Good Morning, Class of '64
Untitled poem
unknown author
Today I started to school
I learned some words and a number of rules
I drew some pictures with colored chalk
The teacher said I mustn't talk
At recess we played some games
I learned most all the children's names
Most of them seemed to be all right
But one big boy tried to start a fight
It makes me tired to sit so still
I don't like school and I never will
But the little boy that sits in front of me
In the fall of 1956, we are in the fifth grade. We are preteens, tweeners, but we probably didn't use those terms for ourselves. We were just "5th graders" to anyone who might have asked.
In our weekly reader we learn about the Suez Canal and other timely events. We divide, we multiply, we learn some history.
We catch each others colds, and we've probably already had the chicken pox or measles. Maybe a wart has reared its ugly head, and there might be a callous where we hold our pencil to write.
We're not "little kids" anymore, and we're not "big" ones, either. We are in between the two and anxious to move on. Wishing our life away, as usual.
EVENTS
Jan 6th - Federal court bars former Little League Commissioner Carl Stotz from forming a rival group
Jan 30th - Martin Luther King Jr's home bombed
Feb 6th - University of Alabama suspends African-American
Autherine Lucy on the grounds that it can no longer provide a safe
environment for her
Feb 25th - Khrushchev denounces Stalin at 20th Soviet Party Conference
Feb 29th - Islamic Republic forms in Pakistan
Mar 9th - Archbishop Makarios of Cyprus arrested & exiled to Seychelles
Mar 26th - Medic Alert Foundation forms
Mar 27th - US seizes US communist newspaper "Daily Worker"
Apr 2nd - Soap operas "As the World Turns" & "Edge of Night" premiere on TV
Apr 16th - 1st solar powered radios go on sale
Apr 28th - Last French troop leave Vietnam
May 1st - A
doctor in Japan reports an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the
central nervous system", marking the official discovery of Minamata
disease.
May 2nd - US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
May 2nd - US Methodist church disallows race separation
May 2nd - US Lab detects high-temperature microwave radiation from Venus
May 2nd - US Methodist church disallows race separation
May 28th - Eisenhower signs farm bill allows government to store agricultural surplus
May 30th - Bus boycott begins in Tallahassee Florida
Jun 13th - After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control
Jun 17th - Golda Meir begins her term as Israel's foreign minister
Jun 21st - Anti-protons detected in the atmosphere
Jun 29th - Federal interstate highway system act signed
Jul 16th - King Faisal of Iraq begins visit to England
Jul 16th - Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
Jul 16th - Last Ringling Bros, Barnum & Bailey Circus under a canvas tent
Jul 19th - US refuse to lend Egypt money to build Aswan Dam
Aug 9th - 1st state-wide, state-supported educational TV network, Alabama
Aug 22nd - Pres Eisenhower & VP Nixon renominated by Rep convention in SF
Aug 24th - 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC
Aug 24th - 1st non-stop transcontinental helicopter flight arrived Wash DC
Aug 30th - White mob prevents enrollment of blacks at Mansfield HS, Texas
Aug 30th - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
Aug 30th - Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opens.
Sep 3rd - Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee
Sep 10th - Louisville Ky public schools integrates
Sep 14th - 1st prefrontal lobotomy performed, Washington DC
Sep 24th - 1st transatlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)
Oct 17th - England's 1st large scale nuclear power station opens
Oct 23rd - Thousands of Hungarians protest against the government
and Soviet occupation. (The Hungarian Revolution is crushed on November
4).
Oct 24th - Soviet troops invade Hungary, Imre Nagy becomes PM of Hungary
Oct 31st - Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen Suez Canal
Nov 2nd - Hungary appeals for UN assistance against Soviet invasion
Nov 2nd - Israel captures Gaza & Sheham
Nov 2nd - Israel captures Gaza & Sheham
Nov 5th - Israel liberates Sharm-el-Sheikh, reopening Gulf of Aqaba
Nov 6th - Pres Eisenhower (R) re-elected defeating Adlai E Stevenson (D)
Nov 8th - UN demands USSR leave Hungary
Nov 8th - UN demands USSR leave Hungary
Nov 13th - Supreme Court strikes down segregation of races on public buses in Alabama
Nov 14th - Hungarian revolt put down by Soviet invasion
Nov 14th - Hungarian revolt put down by Soviet invasion
Dec 6th - Nelson Mandela & 156 others arrested for political activities in S Africa
Dec 12th - Commencement of the Irish Republican Army's Border Campaign.
Dec 18th - Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai
Year 1956 In Review
The Hungarian uprising
and the Suez crisis
sparked the
rise of the Soviets
and the
end of the British empire.
Apr 21st - Elvis Presley's 1st hit record,
"Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
Jun 15th - John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13)
meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group
Quarrymen perform at a church dinner
Jun 19th - Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin
end partnership after 16 films
Jul 9th - Dick Clark's 1st appearance as
host of American Bandstand
Sep 28th - RCA Records reports Elvis Presley
sold over 10 million records
Oct 16th - "Love Me Tender" with
Elvis Presley premieres
Oct 29th - Chet Huntley & David Brinkley,
NBC News, team up
Dec 3rd - Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate
basketball game (scores 52)
"Heartbreak Hotel," becomes #1
Jun 15th - John Lennon (15) & Paul McCartney (13)
meet for 1st time as Lennon's rock group
Quarrymen perform at a church dinner
Jun 19th - Jerry Lewis & Dean Martin
end partnership after 16 films
Jul 9th - Dick Clark's 1st appearance as
host of American Bandstand
Sep 28th - RCA Records reports Elvis Presley
sold over 10 million records
Oct 16th - "Love Me Tender" with
Elvis Presley premieres
Oct 29th - Chet Huntley & David Brinkley,
NBC News, team up
Dec 3rd - Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate
basketball game (scores 52)
Actress Marilyn Monroe married
playwright Arthur Miller.
1956 was Elvis Presley’s first big year.
He had charted 17 songs,
five of which went to number one,
spending 25 weeks there,
16 of them consecutive.
He made 11 U.S. National Television appearances
and starred in a major movie, Love Me Tender.
New Toy
At a Fourth of July family barbecue,
Milton Levine dreamed up the idea
for the first Ant Farm,
complete with live
ants.
QUOTES
That'll be the day
John Wayne, in The Searchers
You’re in good hands with Allstate
Allstate
We will bury you.
Nikita Khrushchev
Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse
James Dean
Takes a licking and keeps on ticking
Times (watches)
Away go troubles down the drain
Roto-Rooter
You'll wonder where the yellow went
when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent
Pepsodent commercial
John Wayne, in The Searchers
You’re in good hands with Allstate
Allstate
We will bury you.
Nikita Khrushchev
Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse
James Dean
Takes a licking and keeps on ticking
Times (watches)
Away go troubles down the drain
Roto-Rooter
You'll wonder where the yellow went
when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent
Pepsodent commercial
PRICES
in 1956
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 1.52%
Average Cost of new house $11,700.00
Average Monthly Rent $88.00
Average Yearly Wages $4.450.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 22 cents Average
Cost of a new car $2,050.00
Ground Coffee per LB 85 Cents
Sirloin steaks 69 cents a pound
cantaloupes were 19 cents each
lettuce 15 cents
grapefruit 31 cents for four
Bread $0.18
Gallon of Milk $0.97
Stamp 3 cents
The price of delivered milk went up 1 cent,
from 23 to 24 cents a glass bottle quart.
Average Monthly Rent $88.00
Average Yearly Wages $4.450.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 22 cents Average
Cost of a new car $2,050.00
Ground Coffee per LB 85 Cents
Sirloin steaks 69 cents a pound
cantaloupes were 19 cents each
lettuce 15 cents
grapefruit 31 cents for four
Bread $0.18
Gallon of Milk $0.97
Stamp 3 cents
The price of delivered milk went up 1 cent,
from 23 to 24 cents a glass bottle quart.
AUTOMOBILES
BOOKS
FASHION
Marilyn Monroe First Time Magazine Cover
MOVIES
Top
movies of 1956:
The Ten Commandments
Around the World in 80
Days
Giant
Bus Stop
Friendly Persuasion and
Love Me Tender
The price of an adult movie pass was50 cents for a matinee performance
and 75 cents for an evening show.
POP MUSIC
November 26, 1955 - January 13, 1956:
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
January 14 - February 17:
Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
February 18 - March 2:
Great Pretender - The Platters
March 3 - March 23: Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
March 24 - May 2:
Poor People Of Paris - Les Baxter
May 3 - June 15: Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
June 16 - August 3:
Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant
August 4 - August 17:
I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone
August 18 - September 14:
My Prayer - The Platters
September 15 - November 2:
Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
November 3 - November 16:
Green Door - Jim Lowe
November 17 - December 7:
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
December 8 - December 21: Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell
December 22 - December 28:
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
December 29, 1956 - February 8, 1957:
Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Poor People of Paris
A number-one hit on the Billboard Singles Charts
in the US in 1956:
for four weeks on the Best Sellers in Stores chart,
for six weeks on the Most Played by Jockeys
and Hot 100 charts,
and for three weeks on the
Most Played on Jukeboxes chart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poor_People_of_Paris
This song followed Nelson Riddle's
"Lisbon Antigua"
into the number one position,
the only time in the history of the rock era
that two instrumentals have reached number one back to back.
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter - 1956
Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
January 14 - February 17:
Memories Are Made Of This - Dean Martin
February 18 - March 2:
Great Pretender - The Platters
March 3 - March 23: Rock And Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
March 24 - May 2:
Poor People Of Paris - Les Baxter
May 3 - June 15: Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley
June 16 - August 3:
Wayward Wind - Gogi Grant
August 4 - August 17:
I Almost Lost My Mind - Pat Boone
August 18 - September 14:
My Prayer - The Platters
September 15 - November 2:
Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog - Elvis Presley
November 3 - November 16:
Green Door - Jim Lowe
November 17 - December 7:
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
December 8 - December 21: Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell
December 22 - December 28:
Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley
December 29, 1956 - February 8, 1957:
Singing The Blues - Guy Mitchell
The Poor People of Paris
Les Baxter |
A number-one hit on the Billboard Singles Charts
in the US in 1956:
for four weeks on the Best Sellers in Stores chart,
for six weeks on the Most Played by Jockeys
and Hot 100 charts,
and for three weeks on the
Most Played on Jukeboxes chart.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Poor_People_of_Paris
This song followed Nelson Riddle's
"Lisbon Antigua"
into the number one position,
the only time in the history of the rock era
that two instrumentals have reached number one back to back.
The Poor People of Paris - Les Baxter - 1956
LISBON ANTIGUA
Lisbon Antiqua topped the Billboard magazine
chart on February 25, 1956 and
remained there for four weeks.
LISBON ANTIGUA - Nelson Riddle - 1956
COUNTRY MUSIC
http://www.dullist.com/2010/11/what-are-top-country-songs-of-1956.html
001
Crazy Arms Ray
Price
002
Heartbreak Hotel Elvis
Presley
003
I Walk The Line Johnny Cash
004
Blue Suede Shoes Carl
Perkins
005
Searching (For Someone Like You) Kitty Wells
006
I Want You, I Need You, I Love You Elvis Presley
007
Don't Be Cruel Elvis Presley
008
Why Baby Why Red Sovine & Webb Pierce
009
I Forgot To Remember To Forget Elvis
Presley
010
Singing The Blues Marty
Robbins
011
Hound Dog Elvis Presley
012
You And Me Red
Foley & Kitty Wells
013
Sweet Dreams Faron Young
014
So Doggone Lonesome Johnny Cash
015
Sixteen Tons Tennessee
Ernie Ford
016
Love Love Love Webb Pierce
017
I Don't Believe You've Met Louvin
Brothers
018
I Take The Chance Jim
Ed & Maxine Brown
019
Blackboard Of My Heart Hank
Thompson
020
Be-Bop-A-Lula Gene Vincent
021
Yes I Know Why (I Want To Cry) Webb
Pierce
022
Eat, Drink And Be Merry Porter
Wagoner
023
Blueberry Hill Fats Domino
024
You Are The One Carl
Smith
025
I've Got Five Dollars Faron Young
026
Little Rosa Red Sovine & Webb Pierce
027
I Was The One Elvis Presley
028
Conscience I'm Guilty Hank Snow
029
Why, Baby, Why George Jones
030
What Would You Do Porter Wagoner
031
Love Me Tender Elvis Presley
032
Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash
033
Mystery Train Elvis Presley
034
Honky Tonk Man Johnny Horton
035
My Lips Are Sealed Jim
Reeves
036
'Cause I Love You Webb
Pierce
037
Just Call Me Lonesome Eddy
Arnold
038
You're Free To Go Carl Smith
039
How Far Is Heaven Kitty Wells
040
You Don't Know Me Eddy Arnold
041
Beautiful Lies Jean Shepard
042
For Rent Sonny James
043
Any Old Time Webb Pierce
044
The Green Door Jim Lowe
045
Boppin' the blues Carl
Perkins
046
These Hands Hank Snow
047
I Feel Like Crying Carl Smith
048
I've Changed Carl
Smith
049
My Baby Left Me Elvis Presley
050
I'm A One Woman Man Johhny Horton
Crazy Arms
First #1 hit for Ray Price
Reached #1 on each of the Billboard magazine
country music charts
(jukebox, best sellers and radio airplay)
in June 1956
and has been
credited with spending
20 weeks atop the chart;
only three other songs
spent longer at #1.
In addition, Billboard named the song its
#1 country single of 1956
in its year-end issue.
Crazy Arms - Ray Price - 1956
TELEVISION
1. I Love Lucy (CBS)
2. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
3. General Electric Theatre (CBS)
4. The $64,000 Question (CBS)
5. December Bride (CBS)
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
7. I've Got A Secret (CBS)
8. Gunsmoke (CBS)
9. The Perry Como Show (NBC)
10. The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
2. The Ed Sullivan Show (CBS)
3. General Electric Theatre (CBS)
4. The $64,000 Question (CBS)
5. December Bride (CBS)
6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (CBS)
7. I've Got A Secret (CBS)
8. Gunsmoke (CBS)
9. The Perry Como Show (NBC)
10. The Jack Benny Show (CBS)
Gunsmoke
The radio version ran from
1952 to 1961.
The television version ran for
20 seasons from 1955 to 1975.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke Full Episode
Gunsmoke Full Episode
Season 2 Episode 01
Cow Doctor
RECIPE
Apple Dimplings (1956)
Total Time: 1 hrs 35 mins
Prep Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Prep Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
(Spelling is correct)
3rd place winner in the
Pillsbury 7th Grand National senior contest,
created by Mary Suciu.
Adapted from the
Pillsbury 7th Grand National Cookbook,
from 1956.
Shortening may be substituted
for half the butter.
Prep time includes chilling time.
Ingredients
Filling
8 apples, peeled,
cored and sliced in horizontal rounds
( similar to pineapple slices)
1/2 cup dark corn syrup, divided
4 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
1/2 cup dark corn syrup, divided
4 tablespoons brown sugar, divided
Pastry
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 cup cold butter
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 cup cold butter
2 eggs
1/3 cup milk
1/4 teaspoon almond extract
Additional
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup red jam, any flavor ( or jelly)
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/3 cup red jam, any flavor ( or jelly)
Directions
Sift flour, salt and nutmeg together.
Cut in butter until particles are
Cut in butter until particles are
the size of small peas.
Combine eggs, milk, and almond extract.
Sprinkle egg mixture over flour mixture,
Combine eggs, milk, and almond extract.
Sprinkle egg mixture over flour mixture,
a little at a time, while stirring lightly with fork.
Add just enough egg mixture
Add just enough egg mixture
to make a dough that will hold together.
Reserve remaining egg mixture for top.
Reserve remaining egg mixture for top.
Wrap dough and refrigerate about 1 hour.
Heat 1/4 cup corn syrup in skillet.
Place half of apple rounds in skillet.
Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
Cook, uncovered, over low heat until tender,
Heat 1/4 cup corn syrup in skillet.
Place half of apple rounds in skillet.
Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons brown sugar.
Cook, uncovered, over low heat until tender,
turning to brown both sides.
Keep intact if possible.
Remove and cool.
Repeat with remaining corn syrup,
Remove and cool.
Repeat with remaining corn syrup,
apple rounds and brown sugar.
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Divide dough in half.
Form each half into a ball and
Preheat oven to 450°F.
Divide dough in half.
Form each half into a ball and
flatten to about 1/2" thickness.
Smooth edges.
Place one portion of dough on a
Place one portion of dough on a
lightly floured board and
roll out to 1/16" thickness.
Cut out circles 1/4" larger than apple rounds.
Place on ungreased baking sheets.
Top each circle of dough with an apple round.
Combine sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon on top of each apple.
Cut out circles 1/4" larger than apple rounds.
Place on ungreased baking sheets.
Top each circle of dough with an apple round.
Combine sugar and cinnamon.
Sprinkle 1/2 teaspoon on top of each apple.
Reserve remainder.
Roll out remaining dough and
Roll out remaining dough and
cut in circles 3/4" larger than apple rounds.
Cut a round out of the center
Cut a round out of the center
of each circle so that it resembles a doughnut.
Place "doughnuts" over apple rounds.
Crimp edges with fork to seal.
Place about 1 teaspoon of jam
Place "doughnuts" over apple rounds.
Crimp edges with fork to seal.
Place about 1 teaspoon of jam
in center of each top circle.
Brush with remaining egg mixture
Brush with remaining egg mixture
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