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Mayberry gun era reflections and a school clock incident
David Chung recalls growing up in Cedar Falls during the 1960s and 70s, describing how guns were common in life and school then. He recounts a memory of a classmate bringing a real shotgun with blank shells to a hallway scene that shattered a clock, ending with reflections on today’s violence.
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Mayberry
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Perry
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson High School
Halcyon
Sinclair
Sears
Andy
College Hill
Bryan
P.E
Doug
Jeff