James (Jim) Fairbrother
There was an eclipse in 1959, I think, but I recall it as if i was in 2nd or 3rd grade. Anyway, the morning sun was just peeking over the horizon. My dad had given me photo negatives to safely view the eclipse, he was an astronomy buff, always in the back yard star-gazing at the planets and moon with his telescopes.
The morning sky was brightening, then it started getting darker again as the totality began, and then it quickly regained brightness. I called my big sister to the back porch, but she was wrapped up with Elvis on WENY. Both parents had already gone to work at the "Eclipse" LOL (the factory in Elmira Heights). At the bus stop, nobody knew what I was talking about "An 'eclipse' What's that?" At The Coldbrook School, the teacher gave me a figurative pat on the head and made a couple of remarks to the class.although she was surprised anyone even noticed it. I always think of that day as "The Day with 2 Sunrises."
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