1950's

Assembly Park History

1950
image

• 1950's Early - The Thursday Night Dance - was started. Click here to see a video of the dances from the early 1970’s.

• In the 1950’s it was geared towards teenagers. According to and article in the Delavan Enterprise (7/16/64)

• Today is it geared to children 12 and under. All are welcome and all ages will enjoy is dance.

• In 2014, The dance was later changed to Friday's

1951
1952

• The Wisconsin School for the Deaf was founded on April 19, 1852

April 19th
• The Wisconsin School for the Deaf was founded.
1953
August 5th
• Street lights were installed in the Park (Click to see pdf of the mintues).

• A new concrete retaining wall was constructed to protect the beach and hold sand.

• New swings and sandboxes have been installed.

• Additonal Park benches were added.

• Children's Day started - August 16th - Teenage Dances on Thursday nights.

World Events

Presidents

• Harry S. Truman • Dwight D. Eisenhower

1950

June 25th
• North Korean invasion of South Korea begins the Korean War.

1951

October 26th
• Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1952

• Development of the first effective polio vaccine by Jonas Salk.

November 1st
• The United States successfully detonates the first hydrogen bomb.

1953

June 2nd
• Coronation of Elizabeth II.
July 27th
• End of the Korean War.

1954

May 17th
• The Supreme Court of the United States decides Brown v. Board of Education.

1955

April 18th
• Death of Albert Einstein.

1956

Oct. 29 – Nov. 7th
• Nasser's nationalisation of the Suez Canal triggers the Suez crisis.

1957

October 4th
• Launch of Sputnik 1 and the beginning of the Space Age.

1958

July 29th
• NASA formed.
July – October
• Lebanon crisis.

1959

January 3rd
• Admission of Alaska, the 49th state, into the United States.
August 21st
• Admission of Hawaii, the 50th state, into the United States.
November 1st
• Beginning of the Vietnam War, which until 1975.

• A new concrete retaining wall was constructed to protect the beach and hold sand.

1954
1955
image

• The The Pearce's Farm Stand - Robert (Bob) and Mary Ann Pearce started dairying in 1955.

1956
image

• Gail Reece, the caretaker at the Park from 1956 - 1980, retires. More information on Gail

1957
image

• The Sweet Corn Lady started selling sweet corn off the back of a truck in downtown Delavan, Wisconsin

1958
1959