The 1963 Germantown High School Yearbook    (Allow several minutes for download)

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    Life in West Oak Lane, Philadelphia 1950-1967 and other recollections

Did you know that JFK was driven down Washington Lane during his first Presidential campaign? I saw him while standing on the corner of Washington Lane (1700 block) and Lowber Avenue, outside the fence of the crematorium (Chelten Hills Cemetary). Yes, bodies were being burned in our neighborhood. The crematorium property ran from Washington lane until Upsal Street. 
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Remembering Atlantic City
Atlantic City has always had a special place in our growing up. We referred to it as "the shore" or "going down the shore", This was an annual or semi annual pilgrimage of many Philadelphians. 
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Atlantic City hosted LBJ and company in 1964 and it was not an artistic success
When the Democrats Came to Town
By Jim Waltzer
 
The Democrats were coming. The Democrats were coming.

Lyndon Baines Johnson was seashore-bound and preparing for the capper of his long, vibrant, political career: his party's nomination for President of the United States. It was the summer of 1964, and the world was heating up.
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