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Remember the hours and hours and hours of fun at
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I have been thinking about all
of the activities that I participated in during my childhood just to kill
time. I spent hours with my Phillips friends playing sandlot football,
swimming in the Phillips pool,
prowling the canyons and shooting hoops on any dirt basketball court that I
could find in the neighborhood. I tried most anything to keep from being
bored. But, the most frustrating activity that I recall as a youngster was
trying to learn all of the tricks in mastering my official, "genuine Duncan
Yo-Yo"! Remember that little toy? I can still see the boxes full of colorful
yo yos in Ostrom's. I really became excited when I put the string on my
finger and I successfully completed the "around the world" trick while in
the store. I remember buying a couple of these yo yos with paper packets of
extra string. I practiced for hours all of the contest tricks; i.e., walking
the dog, loop-the-loop, rocking the baby, the ever popular, the spinner, and
the pin wheel, et al. I recall the Duncan Yo-Yo demonstrators or
representatives who came to school to promote the product. I remember one or
two Filipinos who would carve palm trees on our yo-yos and entice us to
purchase yo-yos by talking about tournament contests. But, I don't recall
any Phillips classmates actually competing. It was fun and entertaining just
to see these guys professionally demonstrate all of the tricks. I believe
that my parents were somewhat relieved when I retired my yo-yos. I think
that was about the time that I became aware of Phillips girls.
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Phillips Swimming Pool
Photo contributed by Sherry Bugg Hopkins
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