Keith LaMotte: "I was there, September 11 -- 16, as a member of the Stan Kenton Orchestra. Perfect early fall weather. We shared the billing with Vic Damone."

Valerie Adams: "I remember the Wild Mouse rollercoaster ride with our uncle, the Belgian waffles and the fountain."

Janet Ray: "I remember the pickle pins from the Heinz exhibit, standing in long lines for the Space Needle and a ride on the monorail where you got your hand stamped and it only showed up under a special light, a demonstration of phones where you could see who you were talking to (never thought it would happen!), and having a ride stopped to let me off because I was so scared."

Sue Hille: "Constant search for missing family members."

Ted Redman: "Whenever I visit Seattle and catch sight of the Space Needle,  I'm transported back to the fall of '61 when, as a UW freshman, I watched from the window of my dorm as the iconic structure was rising day by day against the city skyline."

Chuck Young: "I was 14 years old, living in Pocatello, Idaho, and I delivered papers. The paper had a contest and those paperboys who sold the most new subscriptions won a trip to the World's Fair. The bus trip was long and the Seattle YMCA wasn't all that fancy lodging, but hey -- we were all young kids and had a GREAT time."

Janice Holcomb: "The highlight for us was seeing Ricky Nelson in concert."

Johnny Lee Achziger: "I remember looking for my brother in the Science Center. We must have found him eventually because he's in the photo I took of the family."

Marilyn Kile: "I don't remember much about the fair except for the Space Needle. My best recollection is the meal our hostess served the children. It included popcorn as our vegetable!"

Jane McIver: "Feeling like Judy Jetson riding the monorail."

Midge Thorin: "I remember the fair very well. Two kids who had never been across the Mississippi River got married in Chicago in August 1962 and set off for Seattle and the fair on their honeymoon. Drove about 5,000 miles and saw lots of the West. Never dreamed that 13 years later we would move to Spokane."

Art Anderson: "The thing that sticks most in my mind about the fair was a machine atop the Space Needle that would accept paper money and dispense change. Imagine something like that being the epitome of high tech."

Bonnie Nelson: "I remember a stripper who could get tassles going different ways on her rear."

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