Valley Oldies: Stockdale dances trace genesis to early firefighters, insistent teens
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December 17, 2018

Valley Oldies: Stockdale dances trace genesis to early firefighters, insistent teens

By Mon Valley Independent

By RON PAGLIA 

Please don’t tell me it’s been that long. Not 61 years ago.

The year was 1957. A chilly night in December.

A small “Special Notice” advertisement on Page One of The Charleroi Mail that day alerted teenagers in the Mon Valley this way:

DANCE

Stockdale Fire Hall, Tonight, 8 to 11 p.m., “Popular D.J.” Admission 50 cents.

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