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That is, the age of our Club. In a few months, in 2008. IACA will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Some dispute about the Founding date (some claim it was earlier). But ‘officially" we are saying the founding year was 1958 (when Alphonse Tetti was our first president).
Turns out 1958 was an eventful year.
The invention of Navy bean soup. The 7/8 oz. Hershey bar at 5 cents. A Chevrolet Corvette at $3.631 ... and a gallon of gas for 25 cents. Budget Rent-A-Car renting you an auto for $5 per day and 5 cents per mile. The beginning of Pizza Hut and I-Hop (International House of Pancakes). The New York baseball Giants moving to San Francisco. The Brooklyn Dodgers leaving for Los Angeles.
You may also recall the average cost of a new house was $ 12,750. And the average monthly rent was $92. Americans bought 100-million Hula Hoops. And a Ronson electric shaver for $ 12.88. Alaska joined the Union as 49th State. Jif peanut butter entered our world. And Golfer Arnold Palmer won his first Masters. Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson regained his middleweight title for the fifth time. And we learned to love our Rice-A-Roni.
Ah yes. The good old days. And some of us still remember. L.R. |
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