Concert goers enjoy a warm summer evening and a performance on the Colburn Park bandstand in downtown Lebanon, N.H., in July 1965. (Valley News - Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

Concert goers enjoy a warm summer evening and a performance on the Colburn Park bandstand in downtown Lebanon, N.H., in July 1965. (Valley News – Larry McDonald) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

“The Casual Base Coaching Approach,” reads the caption in the July 22, 1964, edition of the Valley News about the annual adult softball tournament in Lebanon, N.H. “There are no bunts allowed. No fast pitching. No stealing. No leading. And no anything else in which a forty year old player would be at a disadvantage,” said the accompanying story. (Valley News – XXX) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.

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