1955

Ray Kroc opens his first McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois.

Kentucky Fried Chicken opens.

Davy Crockett and coonskin hats are the fads of the nation’s youth.

Popular movies: Mister Roberts; East of Eden; Rebel Without a Cause; Marty;
Blackboard Jungle; The Seven Year Itch.

Top songs: THE BALLAD OF DAVY CROCKETT, Bill Haves; CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE; Perez Prado; ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK, Bill Haley and the Comets; SINCERELY, McGuire Sisters.

Television show debuts: Gunsmoke; The Adventures of Robin Hood; Cheyenne: The
Honeymooners; The $64,000 Question; The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.

COST OF LIVING

The minimum wage is raised to $1 an hour.

The cost of first class postage is 3 cents.

A 50-tablet bottle of Anacin was 69 cents.

An 18-piece Lionel freight train set sells for $19.95.

SPORTS

The Brooklyn Dodgers win their first World Series title by defeating the New York
Yankees in seven games.

The Syracuse Nationals win the NBA title by defeating the Fort Wayne Pistons.

The Cleveland Browns won the NFL title over the Los Angeles Rams, 38-14.

HEADLINES

President Eisenhower suffers a heart attack, and as a result, the stock market loses
$14 billion.

Disneyland opens in Anaheim, California.

The U.S. gives its first financial aid, about $216 million, to South Vietnam.

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama bus to a white man
and is arrested. Her arrest triggers the civil rights movement.

Warwick High School

And at WHS .... the students were dilligently applying themselves to their studies, forsaking all thoughts of leisure activities; .... with the possible exception of Tom Smith who was seen near 'Red's' Pier with ________ quite late last Saturday night and everyone is wondering what they were doing there in the moonlight'; and Jimmy Jones who was caught smoking in the "Bull Pen" with some of his pals; and Catherine finally dragged her boyfriend to see that lame Elvis film at 'The Anchor' Drive-in, and ...... well, you get the idea!

Enjoy!!

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