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Spence Coleman's Life Story
Interviewing Myself To Tell It Like It Was
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Preparing for the Interview
Where I Came From
Baldwin, L.I., N.Y.
Kindergarten and the Great Depression
Our Home in the Late Thirties
Music on Foot and Ice Cream on Wheels
More Ice-Cream Memories
The Cola Wars
Soda Bottle Caps
Iron-On Transfers
Bubble-Gum Cards and Flip Books
My Magnifying Glass
The War Begins
The War’s Effect on Schools
The War’s Effect in the Kitchen
Rationing on the Road
Boy Scouts and Recycling
More on Boy Scouts
The Candy Connection
From Rackets to Blades, With Hot Chocolate
My Introduction to Golf
Classrooms in Elementary School
Cartooning in Elementary School
Cartooning in High School
The Spanish Experience
Fishing
My Beagle, My Buddy
The Brooklyn Dodgers
Decisions in High School
Preparing for Bucknell
Travel to and Living in Lewisburg
Scenes Around Town
My Involvement at Bucknell
Starting With Westinghouse
Work-Study Assignments
The Westinghouse-Newark Years
Army Basic Training
Army QM in Chicago
Engineering at Westinghouse-Baltimore
Transition to Technical Writing
Starting With Tech Pubs
Tech Pubs Memories
Competitive Sports
Meeting Sports Personalities
Mediocre Musician
Photography Memories
A Writer’s Life
More on a Writer’s Life
Retiring From Westinghouse
Volunteering in the Community
A Church and Civil Rights
Joining the NAACP
Trying To Persuase
Gaining Acceptance
Bright Spot on a Dark Day
The Maryland NAACP
A Presence in Washington
The League for Human Rights
My TV Interview
Opposition
From Anne Arundel to Baltimore County
Volunteering at the Junior High
Volunteering at the Senior High
Radio Volunteer
Movie Buffs
Black-History Classroom Volunteer
Chemistry Classroom Volunteer
Senior-Citizen Issues
AARP Chapter 421
Chapter Activities
Chapter Name Change
BCASCO
Recruited by AARP-Maryland
Specialist Turned Coordinator
Helping Other Volunteers
50th of Brown v Board
Voices of Civil Rights
Catonsville Senior Center
Gardening
Up to Date
Random Thoughts
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VACATIONS
California Sightseeing
Caribbean Visits
Florida Travels
Grand Canyon and Yosemite
The Great Southwest
Massachusetts Bus Trip
New Orleans
New York and Niagara
Williamsburg, Virginia
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ENTERTAINMENT
1939, Hollywood’s Golden Year
Art Lund Over Three Decades
Being Part of a Comedy Act
Clarinet Adventures
Countermelodies: Theirs, Ours, and Mine
Discovering Broadway Musicals
Early Days of Television
Football Team Derailed Stage Tryout
Grable’s “Dolly” Wowed the Audience
LaGuardia Read the Comics
Lash LaRue Helped Me Get Through College
Musical Instruments Over the Years
Music Collecting Over the Years
My Introduction to Show Business
Phil Ochs, When He Was Just Starting
Radio Acting: The GRB and Me
Radio Versus Television
Radio When I Was a Kid
Seeing My First Street Performer
Sitting Ringside at Toby’s
Song Lyric Was Victim of Pearl Harbor
Stage Acting Class
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Family Tree
1800 – 2024
