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DID YOU KNOW?  
Eloise Berg in 1967

Robin Hood Days was instituted by the Chamber of Commerce, taking place on August 13-19. The week of civic programs and parades was named for the Robin Hood Flour grain elevator on Highway 7 (demolished in 1968). Gene Schadow served as Richard the First, and Gil Braun as Robin Hood. Featured during the festival was the crowning of Miss St. Louis Park, who was now called Maid Marian. The ceremony, held on August 17 at the Park High Auditorium, was hosted by emcee Jim Devine. The Coronation Chairman was Bob Wolfe. Production assistance was provided by members of the St. Louis Park Community Theater. The Parkettes performed two numbers, and the Leo Fine Orchestra provided the music. Our first Maid Marian was Eloise Berg, chosen from a field of 37 contestants.Princesses Kathie Corcoran and Sheila Siegel were now called “ladies in waiting” in keeping with the festival’s Olde English theme. Coronation of the Junior Queen and Commodore was held on August 12 at the Central AV room. A note on the Maid Marian program indicates that pictures of the current and past Miss St. Louis Parks were on display at City Hall.

 


FUN TRIVIA in 1967... 

KDWB TOP HITS- 6/67

1.    I GOT RHYTHM- THE HAPPENINGS
2.    WHEN I WAS YOUNG- THE ANIMALS
3.    SOMEBODY TO LOVE- JEFFERSON AIRPLANE
4.    WHAT IS THE REASON- THE DELCOUNTS
5.    YELLOW BALLOON- THE YELLOW BALLOON

RECORDS DISCOVERED BY KDWB

1.    A LITTLE BIT OF SOUND- MUSIC EXPLOSIONS
2.    DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD- FIFTH ESTATE
3.    NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 1941- THE BEE GEES
4.    WINDY- THE ASSOCIATION
5.    SOCIETY’S CHILD- JANIS IAN
6.    ME ABOUT YOU- THE MOJO MEN

AMERICANA TIDBITS

1.    Instant money machines
2.    Teen with dental braces
3.    Large detangler combs
4.    The symbolic yellow ribbon
5.    Smile buttons
6.    Gasohol
7.    CB radios
8.    Self serve gas stations
9.    Fuzzbusters
10.  Polyester
11.  Tube socks
12.  The MS title for women
13.  Rubik’s Cube
14.  Agent Orange
15.  Gatorade
16.  The Special Olympics
17.  Transistor Radio’s
18.  Home telephone answering machines
19.  Home video recorders
20.  Cassette decks
21.  Self winding Quartz watches

PASSING FADS

1.    Pet rocks
2.    Granny glasses
3.    Platform shoes
4.    Leisure suits
5.    Clogs
6.    Jump suits
7.    Mini skirts
8.    Hot pants
9.    The Funky Chicken dance
10.   Afro hairstyles
11.   Bell-bottoms

ALMOST GONE FOR GOOD

1.    Redeemable-saving stamps
2.    Sunday Blue Laws
3.    Milkman Service
4.    Penny vending machines
5.    Corner soda fountains
6.    Party telephone lines
7.    Look Magazine
8.    The Checker Cab Company
9.    Carhop drive-ins
10.  Childhood innocence
11.  Cyclamate sweetners

20/20 Reflections

1.    The Civil Rights Movement
2.    Alabama Governor George Wallace
3.    School desegregation
4.    “Black Power”
5.    Dr. Martin Luther King
6.    Vietnam
7.    The draft
8.    Go-Go-Girls
9.    Anti-war/ Peace movement
10.   Anti-war demonstrations
11.   Draft dodgers
12.   Head shops
13.   The Bob Hope Troupe
14.   Nickel Postage Stamp

SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

1.    Heavyweight Champ Cassius Clay ( Muhamed Ali )
2.    MVP Frank Robinson/ Baltimore Orioles
3.    L.A. Dodger Sandy Koufax
4.    Super Bowl 1 Champs / Green Bay Packers
5.    Heisman Trophy winner Steve Spurrier
6.    MVP Wilt Chamberlain / Philadelphia 76’ers
7.    Peggy Fleming Woman’s World Figure Skating Champion

PRIME TIME TELEVISION SHOWS

1.     Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
2.     Lassie
3.     Ed Sullivan
4.     What’s My Line
5.     Bonanza
6.     Felony Squad
7.     Peyton Place
8.     Big Valley
9.     I’ve Got A Secret
10.   The Monkees
11.   I Dream of Jeanie
12.   Daktari
13.   Batman
14.   Bewitched
15.   That Girl
16.   My Three Sons
17.   Hogan’s Heroes
18.   Tarzan
19.   Jackie Gleason
20.   Mission Impossible
21.   Candid Camera
22.   Gunsmoke
23.   Flipper
24.   60 Minutes
25.   Get Smart
26.   Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
27.   American Banstand

BESTSELLER BOOKS
         
1.    Valley of the Dolls, Author, Jacquelin Susann
2.    Unsafe at any Speed, Author, Ralph Nader
3.    Rush to Judgement, Author, Mark Lane
4.    Human Sexual Response, Author, Masters & Johnson
5.    Paper Lion, Author, George Plimpton
6.    The Last Hundred Days, Author, John Toland
7.    Rosemary’s Baby, Author, Ira Levin


MOVIE HIGHLIGHTS

1.    A Man for all Seasons
2.    Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
3.    The Sand Pebbles
4.    Grand Prix
5.    A Fistful of Dollars
6.    In Like Flint
7.    The Fortune Cookie
8.    Casino Royale
9.    Fantastic Voyage
10.   Born Free

AUTOMOBILE INTRODUCTIONS & INNOVATIONS

1.    Mercury Cougar
2.    Chevy Camaro
3.    Cadillac Eldorado
4.    Remote control of outside mirrors
5.    Shoulder belt harness
6.    Recessed windshield wiper blades

FASHION STYLES

1.    Mod Look
2.    Pantyhose
3.    Beehive hairdos
4.    Frosted Lipstick with matching nail colors
5.    Jumpers
6.    Wide belts
7.    Colored jeans
8.    Mid-calf boots
9.    Mini-Skirts
10.  Nehru Jackets

ADVERTISING QUIPS

1.  ”Break the chain of common colds” with Listerine
2.  “I  bet you can’t eat just one” Lays Potato Chips

20/20 Reflections Copyright 1986 by R. D. LaFrenier