time. The Civil Rights movement, the Women’s Rights movement, the Vietnam War and the impassioned participation of young people in all these movements made life on the national scene very interesting. It was interesting on the home front as well. Frank was very active politically and he took his involvement seriously. Even in school Frank held the administration to account; he refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance on the grounds that the country was not providing “liberty and justice for all.” I was both proud and embarrassed. On the one hand, he was right. On the other hand, I was very proud of being an American and proud of all the opportunities my immigrant parents and rela- tives had found here. Frank was a fearless patriot not just a flag waver. In 1972, when Senator George McGov- ern of South Dakota ran for president as a liberal Democrat, Frank became very involved despite his young age. In fact he became a delegate for Sena- tor McGovern at the Democratic Convention. As I write this the news of Senator McGovern’s death at the age of ninety is in the news. It turned out that Frank was the youngest delegate in the country for Senator McGovern. I remember Frank inviting a group of school teachers to our home and with the help of a map on the wall delegating responsibilities to them for helping to elect Senator McGovern. It was amaz- ing to see what a take-charge leader Frank was becoming. During this election we had a meeting at our home that included the famous actress Shirley MacLaine. She was even more beautiful in person than on the screen. Her equally famous brother was the actor and ladies man, Warren Beatty. We were all gathered in our recreation room and it was packed with people. As soon as Wendy saw Shir- ley MacLaine she wanted to know where Warren Beatty was. He wasn’t there but the mayor of Cher- ry Hill was. Wendy was so excited she kept saying, “A real live mayor! I can’t believe it. I never met a real live mayor.” Everyone thought it was an act but it wasn’t, she was just twelve years old and she was as excited over the mayor as she would have been over Warren Beatty. Well, maybe not quite as much. CAMDEN As part of the McGovern campaign Frank
pole – it telescoped right into the ground and the clothesline retracted right into the wall of the house. One day I was hanging clothes when I looked down and saw a pile of gray lint at my feet. As I leaned to pick it up I noticed a tiny pink eye looking at me from the base of the house. It was a tiny rabbit. Not knowing what to do I called a man who helped build our house. He told me lint made a nice nest for the rabbits. We collected all of the babies, five or six or them, and put them in a shoebox. Over the next five or six weeks I held each one of them and fed all the bunnies a combination of milk and Karo syrup every few hours from a baby bottle. Suddenly I had both kids and rabbits to take care of! The neighborhood children would all flock to our house to watch me feed the baby bunnies. By the end of five weeks I was tired of chasing bunnies that were now big enough to escape their shoebox. I called our construction man again and he took the bunnies home. It was just about Easter time and, of course, Michael showed up with a bunny. He had found a nest and taken one of the babies. But I had had enough of taking care of rabbits so this one had to go. THE SHOOSTER ROUND TABLE We rarely went out for dinner in those days. I used to make seven course dinners every night. It was never too much trouble to make a nice dinner for my family. I would have hot rolls and butter almost every meal along with homemade French fries, fried chicken, spare ribs, and always desserts. We didn’t even think about calories in those days. I started my spaghetti sauce at 9 A.M. and it cooked all day. We would sit around our big round dinner table together as a family. There were often friends of the kids eating with us. There were always lively discus- sions in which everyone got to speak their point of view. It is so nice when the family gets to sit together and each member has a chance to discuss their activ- ities, or speak their mind, or share what might be troubling them. I didn’t even realize at the time that what we were doing was keeping the family united and bonded with each other. WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL The Sixties and Seventies were a tumultuous
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