And before plastic and paper straws, there were glass "straws" advertised  as 
hygienic. And, just to keep the energy flow of George Meyers' mind dumps, I  
might add that around 1953 or 1954 California schools got it in their minds 
that  amber glass milk bottles were more hygienic and retained vitamins longer 
than  those small half pint clear glass bottles.
 
Ron May
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