Record Cold September 25, 1963

     I read yesterday that the record low temperature in Rochester for 25 September was 30 degrees in 1963. It made me think about afternoons after school on those (evidently chilly in Chili) autumn days. We were always out and about either at someone's house, maybe playing basketball, or just walking around in small groups with nowhere to go. This activity usually lasted from after school until dinner time which by October meant until it was getting dark. Memorably, for a boy in the SPX class of '64,  Fall 1963 was the first time that girls might have been included in our activities so there was a whole new (awkward) dimension beyond home court basketball games. It might even include "walking with a girl" (if the crowd dispersed in a certain way so only you two were left) and such walks might have produced first glimpses of a whole new world that was on the horizon. Although it is easy to recall some of the happy days of those times, I sure don't remember the record cold days.