Hit: Ref, Gen: 60 and Beyond

[Linda Greengrass <LINDAG@BNK1.BNKST.EDU>]

A heartfelt thank you to those who took the trouble to respond to a
somewhat off the point message (although curriculum tie-ins
immediately came to mind when reading some of the responses)
My colleague was both impressed with the wit and willingness of the
profession as well as the power of this list.
Again, thank you.
For those who were interested, the replies follow.
Regards,
Linda Greengrass, Bank Street College Library


Well since the 60's were a pretty exciting decade, she could do
something with that.  Music of the sixties, or something.

Wendy Waloff, librarian, Friends Select School, Philadelphia
frdschlib@hslc.org

Check your greeting card sections.  I recently attended a 50th and
there is a set of greeting cards that go by the year you were born,
listing people and things that happened then.  It's not the first
time I've seen them. If I can find them in Corning they should be in
the city.
Lorraine Barker, Corning East HS, 201 Cantigny St., Corning NY
14830.  607-936-3746  FAX 607-962-1658
LBARKER@ERIE.WNYRIC.ORG

Frank Lloyd Wright designed "Fallingwater" considered his
masterpiece when he was 64.

Lynn McCree, Librarian
Martin Junior High
Austin, Texas
Lmcc@tenet.edu

Two obvious ones that you've probably already thought of are wine &
cheese.

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        Splendora Middle School         Splendora I.S.D.
        P O Box 168                     Splendora, TX 77372
        Internet: mbdavis@tenet.edu     PHONE: (713)689-2853
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Hi Linda--
Not sure if this is what you mean but how about
        wine
        champagne
        coins
        postage stamps
        savings bonds
        memories
        parcels of land
        automobiles?

I don't know.  I'm trying to think while I type this list.  All but
the
"memory" one have grown more valuable in terms of $$.  Sounds like a
neat project!

Aloha - the sixtieth birthday is also when one has completed a full
cycle of the Chinese years of the different animals. There are 12
animals, and each of the twelve is also ruled by earth, metal,
water, fire, or wood. So, if your friend was born in 1936, they were
born in the year of the "fire rat", and this is the first time since
1936 it has been the year of the fire rat again.  There is a book by
Theodora Lau on chinese horoscopes that lists all the
characteristics of the various years.

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Candace Foster
Librarian, Aina Haina Elementary
801 Hind Drive
Honolulu, HI 96821
candacef@kalama.doe.hawaii.edu

I did something like this last year and found "The Timetables of
History" 3rd rev. ed. by Bernard Grunn. ISBN 0-671-74271-X Simon &
Schuster.  This book lists events by category and year.  Later I
discovered a greeting card type book in my local Target store. I
believe the titles were along the lines of "I was born in 19xx.
Good Luck with the list.

Clarence Grimm
Media Specialist
Buchanan Elem. Schools
Buchanan, MI  49107

Linda, Last month I received a birthday card that said "60 - 6
Perfect 10's." Since I love ice-skating, it really amused me.  There
are two magazines for us "elderly"   Mature Outlook and Modern
Maturity.  Each month they list people who have turned 50, 60 and
over.  Maybe you can get some ideas from that.
     Joan Miller (jmiller@freenet.columbus.oh.us)


Linda,
        How about collecting 60 greetings from the Internet?  If she
decides to do this, I'll be happy to send one!

Leigh Ann Jones
Librarian
Carroll Middle School
Southlake, TX  76092


From TIMETABLES OF HISTORY:
Published in 1936:  Walter D. Edmonds, DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK\
                    John Gunther:  "inside Europe"
                    F. Scott Fitzgerald: "The Crack-up"
                    Margaret Mitchell:  Gone with the Wind
                   Dylan THomas:  Twenty-five poems"
                    Kaufman & Hart " YOu Can't Take it with you"
etc.
Karen (POLA_KR@access.ohio.gov)
Linda Greengrass
Bank Street College Library
610 West 112th Street
New York, NY 10025
(212) 875-4452
lindag@bnk1.bnkst.edu