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Prom Photos From Our Readers

Name: Joe Germy
High School: Norwin, Irwin, PA
Year photo taken: 1962

Memory:
50 years ago (May 1962) for the first date of his life, a young 16 year old Joe Germy happily escorted a sophisticated Jackie Dempsey to Norwin High’s (PA) junior prom. Two months later her family moved to the west coast and they’ve never seen each other again.

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Joe Germy

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Photos from: The 21st-Century American Prom »