Prohibition in this country marked the beginning of “The Roaring Twenties.” It ushered in an era of bootleggers. Speakeasies. The rise of the mob. Bath tub gin. Flapper fashions. The Charleston. Chicago jazz. And a wild decade in which “everybody” speculated in a booming stock market.
It was during these frenzied times that I was born — January 14, 1922.