Vic Nelson

Personal

1. 1200 miles by car
2. 4 grandchildren
3  Retired
4. Being able to attend my 50th class reunion
5. 300 game in bowling, and hole in one in golf
6. Australia, New Zealand, and the Bonneville Salt Flats were my favorite places I  have traveled to
7. I have a patent.  Mayor George Pradel, Jack Weissenborn
8. Yes, cheers by John Perry and Sean Moore
9. No
10. No
11. Being healthy
12.  Small town with character
13. Being able to answer this questionnaire
14. Looking up
15. Don’t be afraid to ask questions.
16. 63 years.  Yes

Memories

1. Simple life, you didn’t have to lock your doors
2. The Lantern
3. George Toothill
4.  There are too many to talk about in this short space.  Ask me in person, I have many stories
5. Senior ditch day, when Pat Lanter’s car quit running under a viaduct on the south side of Chicago
6. Besides mine???  Jack Weissenborn
7. DA haircut, wearing your jeans as low as you could without falling off, and rolled cuffs
8. Toss up between Wheel a Meal, Four Corners, Oswalds and Andy’s popcorn
9. Went to Oswego drag strip
10. No, I brought my lunch
11. Elvis, Chuck Berry, Bill Haley.  Rock around the clock, Blackboard Jungle
12. A signed diploma
13. Pickles
14. Worked at Dean Perry’s garage
15. Bandstand
16. The Oscar Meyer jingle
17. Eisenhower, Churchill, John Wayne, Mario Andretti (when you came to Naperville HS to talk)
18. The movie Pinocchio
19.  YMCA dances
20.  Miss Mcderman.  I had a lot of fun playing outside, life was simple then
21. Went to the beach everyday and went to Junior joy shows on Wednesday afternoons