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There's one picture from our old photo albums at home that remains clear in my mind: that of a snapshot taken during my sister's birthday party. The scene was of children seated at little table and chairs in a garden, with balloons tied to the back rests of the chairs. Seated on one of the chairs was my childhood friend Mark, seemingly deep in concentration as he dug a wooden spoon into his ice cream cup. It's all too familiar for most kids in the 1970s when Magnolia was the unchallenged choice of ice cream, whether it was a popsicle or a drumstick you had in mind. I certainly had my fill of all of the offerings that Magnolia had in its heyday that seeing this poster of "Howie" and those "frozen delights" simply fills me with a sense of nostalgia! I instantly remember Aling Ising, the nice, bespectacled lady who stayed behind the ice cream cart under the big tree on the school grounds all throughout my years of elementary school. Come recess time, we...