Subject: Re: 1954
From: "Jack Berndt" <[email-masked]>
To: "Jim Kirchstein" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:11:14 -0500

"Spirit" is a good word... There was a strong sense of community & these pageants involved so many people, looking back... I think the last event that captured that was the Sauk 125th in 1978. There was still a "downtown" business district in Sauk City & PdS in circa '78, which made all the difference. 

When did you get back - mid Sept. '54?  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Jim Kirchstein 
  To: Jack Berndt 
  Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 7:02 AM
  Subject: 1954

  Thanks for the clippings....I missed the pageant by days getting home from the service, so it's important to me to see these again...
  Gore had his input well done, and his supporter (Lachmund, Bower, etc) took part.
  Reading other articles brought back some familiar names, too.
  The spirit of the Star was quite different at that times.
  Thanks again.