Yesterday in La Crosse
Kids had “Santicipation” at Christmas, 56 years ago
Around Christmas of 1962, the La Crosse Tribune reported “Santicipation” among local children who were lined up to see Santa Claus inside his trailer parked downtown. For the ladies, the Barron’s department store was offering slacks, culottes, skorts, and a new product called “panti-legs”…later called pantyhose.
In time for the holidays, the Exchange State Bank opened a brand new building at Rose and Clinton Streets…now, an M-and-I Bank. Directors of the bank included Carl Iverson, Irving Pertzsch, and W.J. Lowry.
The Four Seasons had two songs hit number 1 that fall…”Sherry” and “Big Girls Don’t Cry.” But the top song in the land during Christmas week was named after a satellite…”Telstar,” by the Tornados. In 1962, yesterday in La Crosse.