"Old times there are not forgotten"
Public works projects were instituted to rebuild American cities, black and white television sets began to give way to color television sets, organized labor numbered 15 million workers and comic book sales exceeded one million. The last Kaiser automobile rolled off the assembly line.
New book titles: Band of Angels, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, And Other Stories, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit and Majorie Morningstar.
At the movies: Marty, Night of the Hunter, The Rose Tatto, Mr. Roberts and East of Eden.
Television premiers: Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Gunsmoke, The Grande Olde Opery, The Honeymooners, The $64,000 Question, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Lawrence Welk Show and The Micky Mouse Club.
Songs we listened to included: Ballad of Davey Crockett, Love Is A Many Splendored Thing, Something's Gotta Give, Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White, Unchained Melody, Sincerely, Ain't That A Shame and Love and Marriage. But the favorite song in West Virginia may have been Sixteen Tons and teen music changed dramatically with Rock Around The Clock by Bill Haley and The Comets, introducing Rock And Roll.
May 25
Graduation from Beckley Junior High School for 512 students of the future Class of 1958.
September 6
First day at Woodrow Wilson High School for the future Class of 1958.