The summer tradition of beating the heat at home with a portable backyard pool dates back to plastics coming into popular use after World War II. In the first week of July 1962, temperatures ranged in the mid-90s, and these children knew how to cool off, in Christina Conyers’ pool. Christina, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jennings Conyers, was at left, with playmates Billie Ruth Jestice, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Jestice, and Jennifer Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Scott. File photo/The Monett Times
EIGHTY YEARS AGO July 4-10, 1942 • It was a quiet Fourth of July in Monett as most people took the day and following Sunday…
