Good Old Days Magazine

What? No Training Wheels?

Happy birthday tooo yooou!

In the summer of 1965, I was the oldest of four boys living in rural southern Ohio.

On Aug. 8, I turned 6 years old.

Happy birthday tooo yooou!

We lived on Main St. in Stoutsville, a tiny village 30 miles south of Columbus.

Happy birthday, dear Jaaah-aaahn!

My hometown had no stoplight, but it did have an IGA grocery store, one restaurant and a bank downtown where the railroad tracks crossed Main Street.

Happy birthday tooo yooou!

As the closing notes rolled across the kitchen table, Dad brought in a huge

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