Take your pick of these favorite cartoon characters from the Walt Disney Company, a company that began as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio on October 16, 1923. The Disney Company has become one of the world's largest media and entertainment companies built upon Mickey and Minnie Mouse and other cartoon characters and eleven theme parks around the world, begun at Disneyland (Calif.), in 1955.
As a youngster, entertainment outside of my home was limited to summer activities. Our primary pleasure was the New Jersey seashore. Occasionally, my mother would pack enough food for the day and we would ride the Atlantic City express train ($1.00 per person, round trip) to the beach, returning late in the day with sunburn, itchy skin and sandy pants.
Our home entertainment was Clementon Lake Park, where we could enjoy a day of swimming. My greatest pleasure was jumping off of a tri-level diving platform. On one occasion my dad decided that "if the kids could do it, he could do it." Diving from the top level, he changed his mind halfway down and landed on his belly with a huge SPLAT - a sound that could be heard around the lake. My embarrassed father, his face as red as the skin on his body, never tried that again.
So, you see, dear readers, while we didn't have the entertainment extravaganses that you have today, we did, with limited funds, make the best of what we could afford, thanks to loving parents who helped us enjoy our world.
More, later.
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