School Story:
Not a popular guy; drove an old 1960 Ford sedan for a time; self-conscious (broken front teeth) and very shy.
Later in HS I drove a '64 Malibu followed by a '67 Camaro— both were considered a poor man’s car at the time! One girl, Dorothy Roberson, described the Malibu as "boxy". John Travolta drove one in "Pulp Fiction".
Joe Mindel’s 1970 Torino was the hottest car around as I recall. Joe and his lovely first wife, Dorothy (mentioned above), have passed.
There was the old Shoney's Big Boy on Pembroke near the NN city limits and the Peninsula Auditorium just down the road heading away from the darkness of NN. The guys would bring their dates; see and be seen; show off their polished automobiles; hamburgers served by pretty girls on roller skates; and then peel off -- a Parthian shot as it were. I did all that too but without the peeling.
There was the old "Burger Chef" on Mercury Blvd where guys and gals would go for school lunch to see and be seen. It was also a night spot like Shoneys.
There was "Chin's" laundry on King Street near the Langley entrance where shirts were starched stiff as a board for 30 cents each. That was high to me so I did it at home.
There was the annual bonfire. A small mountain of cardboard boxes would be gathered in front of the gym, then taken to Gosnold's Hope Park ( I seem to remember) and set afire with the fire department on hand. They stopped doing that after awhile. It occurred to me at the time that all that cardboard near the gym doors was dangerous. No one paid any attention to me!
There was WGH AM radio; DJ's Dick Lamb and that other guy.
And there was the comical super hero "Chicken Man" on the radio.
There were three TV channels + UHF. One had the horror late show where the actor rose up from the casket saying,"welcome to my humble abode" and viewers were treated to the "Creature from the Black Lagoon" and other campy films.
More recently; Is that little DUI drunk putz "road warrior" still employed by Wavy TV? Andy something...
I look back at this time (late 1960's) to be the last of the waning muscle car and "American Graffiti" era.