Here’s What Dating Was Like In The 40s

By Martha De Lacey. Good manners, a relaxed nature and dignified attire are heralded as three of the most crucial traits to nurture if one wishes to be successful in the dating game, according to an instructional video made in The quaint tutorial from the Prelinger Archives follows four American youngsters – two couples double- dating – preparing to attend their junior prom, with a narrator explaining the errors they make along the way and how their behaviour can be improved upon.

So check out these s-inspired dating tips that might bring a little timeless I said off-the-cuff that men should date a woman like it’s

This group of local area men, along with others, have been carrying on a local tradition started approximately 70 years ago with a daily gathering of about a half hour for coffee each weekday around 9 a. The tradition dates back to when Clare Duggan owned the cafe in the late s, when Dr. Clark Rominger was joined by a similar group of men, some of whom were local downtown business owners that included dime store owner Joe Cronin, Dutch Jacobi of Jacobi’s Clothing Store and Dan Regan of Regan’s Pharmacy.

Much like today, the group would meet to discuss the business, politics and gossip of the day. Rominger recruited Dr. Louis Bray to join the group when he moved to town in , and Dr. Bray was reported as having attended faithfully each morning he could until he passed away in Modern day participant Dick Roggensack estimates there are probably as many as 25 different gentlemen who have taken part in recent gatherings, with the usual average between 10 and 16 men each weekday morning.

It is believed that Klenske, at age 86, is likely the most veteran continuing member of those pictured above, as he joined the group shortly after opening up Klenske’s Drug Store on Main Street in the late s. It is also believed that Pastor Andreae, a retired minister from Big Canoe Lutheran Church in rural Decorah, is the most recent to join the group.