Good Old Days Magazine

Hoping the Phone Rings

In 1970, I was a senior at Iliff High School in northeast Colorado. It was a small school, and everyone knew who was dating who.

I was 17 at the time and had never been out on a date. Nevertheless, I was hoping one of the boys at my school would ask me to the prom.

There were quite

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