My Dad was one as well ...
Of course we had the Cold War ...Air Raid drills ...Heavy duty racism ...Conformity ...
"Of course we had the Cold War ...Air Raid drills ...Heavy duty racism ...Conformity ..."
In my little home town there were only people of two races,
white and a few Mexican families. Nobody locked their doors in their homes or their cars. There were very few burglaries
or violent crimes. We went to the one movie theatre in town every Saturday and watched decent western movies. The only other entertainment was dragging main and honking at your friends and meeting them at the Dairy Queen for a coke.
Almost everybody with a pickup had a rifle and a shotgun in a window rack and left them in the vehicle at school unlocked. Nobody bothered them. TV was mostly black and white and every program on the air was decent enough for children to watch.
Daddy built us a fallout shelter. It took a lot of work; and it made me feel safe to know that he loved us that much.