In the late summer of 1962, Baltimoreans of all ages could be seen on street corners and playgrounds, on country club lawns and back alleys, gyrating in a studied effort to keep a plastic hoop twirling about one's body while keeping it clinging. The plastic hoop was called a hula hoop, and among the celebrity hula hoopers was City Comptroller Hyman Pressman - and this is the story of how he bravely entered the City's hula hoop contest and sadly lost!
Hula Hoops
