About the Book
Growing up in New York during the Great Depression, Golden Age of Entertainment, Vaudeville & Burlesque, Silent Movies to sound, Operettas to Broadway Musicals, Radio to TV, Lifestyle - indoor plumbing, electric light, telephone, refrigerator, washing machine, Newspapers & Magazines, public libraries, automobile & public transport, Rail Road, Greyhound bus & taxi, Sports college scholarships, Pro "Big" leagues, play by play Radio & movies, Babe Ruth, Red Grange, Bill Tilden, Bobby Jones, Dempsey & Louis, Jim Thorpe, Big-Bands, "Stars" and Personalities, my connection to Pres. Lincoln, Mayor La Guardia, Janet Gaynor, Max Baer, Charlie Keller, Charles Boyer, my school and the process thru adolescence, the War years, marriage and life. My memoirs, for the young to learn how we got here and the elders to recall the process of pain and the need to survive - recommended for mature minds.
About the Author :
William L. Plack. Born March 13th, 1924, in Laurel Springs, NJ, of Violet Edwards Plack and Willis Eugene Plack - Mother went to sanitarium in Sioux Falls, SD, for TB, her big sister Dora took over my care. Mother died and I was raised by Dora and Jay Durfee in Stewart Manor, Long Island, NY, with their daughter Eleanor, 8 years my senior. After school job 1940 delivery by bike all bakery products. Summer jobs, 1939, 1940, Jr councilor all boys' camp, Lake George, NY. Summers 41 & 42 - survey crew Phila Navy Yard, 1 semester Lafayette College. Drafted Jan 1943, Basic, FL and Radio School, Chicago, ILL, . AF Volunteer Para Troop 44 - rejected eyes - served in Europe - combat engineers until V.J. day - 1 semester Hofstra in Hempstead, but reenlisted - served in Newfoundland, then NJ, Korea, Japan, GA, Germany, New York, Alaska and California. Graduated Sac State - major History & minor Psych - chose Co. Social work over teaching Jr High - major mistake. Retired from Co. after over twenty years volunteered - calls bingo rest home over 20 years. Also volunteered for Kaiser Blood pressure and hospice - military skills - air traffic control - control tower operator - memorial affairs specialist, group historian and public affairs specialist, clerk and radio op.
