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Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Post-Christmas Idyll
December 28, 1954, Appleton Post-Crescent
Okay, so I accelerated things a bit...we're not THAT close to Christmas yet. But how often do you get a dynamic shot of the Seventh Street playground rink?
Christmas 195X; first pair of skates; three(3) blocks from Warsaw St.; cherished memories. Prayed for freezing weather and snow before Christmas; waited and watched the Parks Dept. plow/shovel the snow; connect hose to a fire hydrant and flood the baseball field; and, not like "a watched pot never boils" - watched the water turn to wonderful, menacing ice! Current Hart Park will always be "7th Street Park". Respects to the Parks Dept. employees who operated the "warming" shelter.
Christmas 195X; first pair of skates; three(3) blocks from Warsaw St.; cherished memories. Prayed for freezing weather and snow before Christmas; waited and watched the Parks Dept. plow/shovel the snow; connect hose to a fire hydrant and flood the baseball field; and, not like "a watched pot never boils" - watched the water turn to wonderful, menacing ice! Current Hart Park will always be "7th Street Park". Respects to the Parks Dept. employees who operated the "warming" shelter.
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