Alan and Elaine Fass celebrated the anniversary of the day they met in the hospital with Good Humor bars.
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lan and Elaine Fass of Bridgewater, who have been married for 52 years, met at a college mixer on September 14, 1961. “That night, Alan bought me a Toasted Almond Good Humor bar from an ice cream truck,” says Elaine, 76. Since then, they’ve celebrated the date every year with the frozen treat.
In the fall of 2020, the grocery shortages associated with the pandemic left Elaine searching in vain for the couple’s beloved ice cream bars. “I found a recipe on YouTube so we could make our own toasted almond bars,” she says. She never got the chance to try, though: On the morning of September 13, Alan, 77, fell in the
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