Hi, Harpgirl-
I attended Vernor School (near 7 Mile & Shaeffer) for Kindergarten. On special occasions, we got all the Vernor's Ginger Ale we could drink. I went to Christ the King Catholic school at 6 Mile and Grand River for Grades 1-4, and we got a day off for the pastor's dog's birthday.
The absolute best thing was double chocolate sodas at Sander's candies.
Detroit was a wonderful place to live in the 1950's - Edgewater Park, Bob-Lo, Belle Isle, Greenfield Village, the toy department at Hudson's that covered the whole floor (14th floor, I think), the Detroit Zoo, the Detroit Street Railway, the Ambassador Bridge and the tunnel to windsor.

-Joe Offer-