10/13/14

Byron and Clarissa thought they'd pull one over on Clarissa's sister Jenelle by setting her up on a blind date with one of Byron's nerdier college classmates. Though Norman was so shy he actually had to bag his face, his sense of humor won everyone over and ultimately a grand time was had by all four of them!

Nothing quite beat the heat in Fire Creek, West Virginia like Hughie Beatty's above-ground swimming pool, though he stacked the deck a bit by refusing to invite any of his male playmates to take a dip with him...

A little known historical fact is that The Liberty Bell really only had a hairline fracture in it from the mid-1800s on. It wasn't until Alison and Stacey Shearer got ahold of it in 1971 that it truly became cracked!

And so Candice Ogilvy's 1967 men's swimwear line died the same day it was born in a poorly-received runway show held in the basement store room of her father's dry goods shop.

Velma and Edith Marie took advantage of the surprisingly progressive atmosphere of Freedom, New Hampshire in order to set up housekeeping and open their own ladies' accessories boutique.

While his daring stunt had made quite an impression on everyone at The Weber's pool party, Jim did find it a little humiliating to have to spend the rest of the evening chatting and eating his metts and brats with a lifesaver tautly stretched around his upper torso!