Reunion Date Sept. 15 and Sept. 16, 2005

Top Hits of 1956, #1-20 Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley (#1) Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley (#2) Flying Saucer (Parts 1 And 2) - Buchanan And Goodman (#3) (You've Got) Magic Touch - The Platters (#4) Born To Be With You - The Chordettes (#5) The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson (#6) Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent (#7) Glendora - Perry Como (#8) Cindy, Oh Cindy - Vince Martin And The Tarriers (#9) After The Lights Go Down Low - Al Hibbler (#10) From The Candy Store on the Corner (to the Chapel on the Hill) - Tony Bennett (#11) Garden Of Eden - Joe Valino (#12) The Chain Gang - Bobby Scott (#13) Church Bells May Ring - The Diamonds (#14) Stranded In The Jungle - The Cadets (#15) Can You Find It In Your Heart - Tony Bennett (#16) Confidential - Sonny Knight (#17) Ask Me - Nat King Cole (#18) City Of Angels - The Highlights (#19) Anyway You Want Me (That's How I Will Be) - Elvis Presley (#20) Go HERE for some Music memories Cash box top 50 best-selling singles by month: HERE Sports 1956 Heisman Trophy: Paul Hornung - Notre Dame 1956 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens - Detriot Red Wings (4-1) 1956 US Open Golf: Cary Middlecoff, Oak Hill CC, Rochester, NY 1956 NFL Champions: New York Giants vs. Chicago Bears 47-7 1956 World Series: NY Yankees d. Brooklyn Dodgers (4-3) 1956 Indianapolis 500: Pat Flaherty with a speed of 128.490 mph. 1956 NBA Finals: Philadelphia Warriors over Fort Wayne Pistons (4-1) 1956 Heavyweight Champion: Rocky Marciano 1956 Masters: Jack Burke 1956 Kentucky Derby: Needles 1956 Tennis-Wimbledon: Lew Hoad and Shirley Fry 1956 NASCAR Champion: Buck Baker, 14 wins Athletic News Exerpts from www.sportingnews.com

Academy Awards 1956 Best Picture: "Around the World in 80 Days" Best Director: George Stevens, Giant" Best Actor: Yul Brynner, The King and I Best Actress: Ingrid Bergman, Anastasia" Top Movies of 1956 1. The Searchers 2. The Girl Can't Help It 3. The Killing 4. Friendly Persuasion 5. The Man Who Knew Too Much 6. All that Heaven Allows 7. The Bad Seed 8. The Man in the White Suit 9. The King and I Most Popular Television Shows of 1956 1. I Love Lucy CBS 2. The Ed Sullivan Show CBS 3. General Electric Theater CBS 4. The $64,000 Question CBS 5. December Bride CBS 6. Alfred Hitchcock Presents CBS 7. I've Got a Secret CBS 8. Gunsmoke CBS 9. The Perry Como Show NBC 10. The Jack Benny Show CBS The Cost of : House: $22,000 Average income: $4,454 Ford car: $1748-$3151 Milk: $.97 Gas: $.23 Bread $.18 Postage stamp: $.03 Chuck Pot Roast: $ .33 lb. Spareribs: $.39 lb. Cabbage: $.04 lb. Eggs, doz.: $.45 Coffee: $.69 lb. Carnation Instant Chocolate Drink, 10oz.: $.33 Rheingold Beer, 6, 12 .oz cans: $1.20

Politics Eisenhower retained his popularity throughout his presidency. In 1956 he was re-elected by an even wider margin than in 1952, again defeating Stevenson, and carrying such traditional Democratic states as Texas and Tennessee. Eisenhower endorsed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, which created the United States' Interstate Highways. It was the largest public works program in U.S. history, providing a 41,000-mile highway system. Eisenhower had been impressed during the war with the German Autobahn system, and also recalled his own involvement in a military convoy in 1919 that took 62 days to cross the U.S. Another achievement was a 20% increase in family income during his presidency, of which he was very proud. In 1956, Eisenhower strongly disapproved of the actions of Britain and France in sending troops to Egypt in the dispute over control of the Suez Canal (see Suez crisis). He used the economic power of the U.S. to force his European allies to back down and withdraw from Egypt. During his second term he became increasingly involved in Middle Eastern affairs, sending troops to Lebanon in 1958. In the decade after the second world war, as Britain struggled to square its diminishing empire with belt-tightening measures at home, it found time to get involved in a war in Egypt. The Suez crisis is often portrayed as Britain's last fling of the imperial dice. In 1956, the globe was indeed still circled by British possessions and dependencies, from the Caribbean in the west to Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong in the east. Much of the African map was still imperial pink. In reality, though, the sun had long since begun to sink over the British empire. The greatest possession of them all, the Indian subcontinent, had taken its freedom. Popular Culture Autherine Lucy, the first black student at the University of Alabama, is suspended after riots (March 1). U.S. tests the first aerial hydrogen bomb over Namu islet, Bikini Atoll with the force of 10 million tons TNT (May 21). US GDP (1998 dollars): $438 billion Federal spending: $70.64 billion Federal debt: $272.7 billion Consumer Price Index: 27.2 Unemployment: 4.4% Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03 Kay Thompson's Eloise, the Plaza Hotel's most famous guest, is a bestseller. Grace Metalious's steamy Peyton Place is a bestseller. The Wizard of Oz has its first airing on TV. Felix Wankel (Germany) develops the rotary internal combustion engine. The DNA molecule is first photographed. Background: genetic engineering Dorsey, Tommy Birthplace: Mahanoy Plane, Pa., Born: 1905 Died: 1956