Thursday, September 25, 2008

Hula Hoop Craze in Greenville, 1958

From The Greenville Advocate:

"As the latest craze sweeps the nation, distraught parents continue to go from store to store in search of some type of toy referred to by their children as 'hula-hoops.'

Local merchants have receieved several shipments of the plastic hoops but have not been able to procure enough to meet the increasing demand.

Many Greenville merchants have created waiting lists.

Local school yards are a mass of different colored hoops twirling through the air. The hoops are twirled around the waist, neck or legs by doing moves like those required in the hula dance."

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