Where do couples go after the prom? To church, 49 years ago

In May of 1969, one La Crosse church offered a special worship service at 1:30 a.m., for promgoers for Logan and Central who wouldn’t have to worry about oversleeping and missing church in the morning.  Three dozen students still dressed for the dance attended the service sponsored by Christ Episcopal Church.

President Nixon called it the most important nomination a president can make.  Four months after taking office, Nixon made his first Supreme Court appointment in 1969 by naming St. Paul native Warren Burger to replace retiring Chief Justice Earl Warren.  Burger served as Chief Justice for nearly 20 years before retiring in the late 80’s. 

A senior citizens center on La Crosse’s north side got a new name.  The Gillette Street senior center was renamed after the late Harry J. Olson, who was the former director of the La Crosse Committee on Aging.  The Olson center still operates today, and a task force has suggested either remodeling the building or replacing it.

And “Aquarius” by the 5th Dimension was the #1 song in America for six weeks during the spring of 1969…49 years ago, yesterday in La Crosse.