The Superior Express -

My parents always spent New Year’s Eve with the couple’s club that got together to play bridge once a month. They scheduled the January session for New Year’s Eve. This left me home by myself, although when I was younger Aunt Lena came to stay with me during the evening.

We would listen to the radio. At midnight, Guy Lombardo and his orchestra in New York City would play “Auld Lang Sine” and a radio reporter would describe the lowering of the ball at Times Square.

Back then there were no fireworks set off as I recall, but some left over from the 4th of July may have been shot of...