The club started at the old airport, Lobb Field, in SE Rochester.

During that year, fuel was $0.24/gallon, tuition at Harvard was $1,250/year, a cheeseburger/fries/drink at McDonalds' was $0.45, Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army, the Alaska statehood act was signed into law, The Bridge on the River Kwai won the Academy award for best picture, Gunsmoke and the Phil Silvers Show won Emmy's for best dramatic and comedy series on television, Congress formally created NASA, Michael Jackson and Kevin Bacon were born, and music released included La Bamba, The Stroll, Great Balls of Fire, The Chipmunk Song, Purple People Eater, At the Hop, Lollipop and Jingle Bell Rock.

Yes, we have come a long way!