“Miniver Cheevy, child of scorn,
Grew lean while he assailed the seasons;
He wept that he was ever born,
And he had reasons.”
(the beginning of the poem “Miniver Cheevy” by Edwin Arlington Robinson, 1869-1935)
HALCYON DAYS
The top five songs on the twelfth Silver Dollar Survey on WLS radio, Chicago, Dec. 31, 1960: 1. Wonderland By Night, Bert Kaempfert; 2. Are You Lonesome Tonight?…