January 31, 2020

Did you watch the Grammies last weekend?   Me neither.  I don't know any of the singers or recognize any of the songs.  I guess some guy named Billie Eilish won everything.   Oh, wait -- Billie Eilish is an 18-year old girl?  I rest my case.  CBS Sunday Morning had a snippet from the first Grammies in 1959.  The winning single was Volare and the best album was The Theme from Peter Gunn.  That was REAL music.  Hey, you kids get off my lawn!!!

I guess members of the Class of ’68 have begun turning 70.  The guys above met at Mike Meyer’s abode in Palm Desert last weekend to begin celebrating.  Pictured are Rick Walsh, Mike Tyndall, Richard Mossay, John Risly and Mike Meyer.  Mike Tyndall, John Risly, Rick Walsh and Mike Meyer met at Montezuma Elementary.  Richard Mossay joined the group at Horace Mann.

Terri Quinlivan Parham '66 posted her 6th Grade class photo from Darnall on Facebook.  I've added it to the Darnall Elementary page on my web site.  Click HERE to see the above photo enlarged.

Rik Kranenburg '72 died January 18, 2020 according to the Crawford Alumni Association.  There were no other details.

January 24, 2020

Here's a bucolic image of Julian, California circa 1900.  I think it's looking southeast toward Lake Cuyamaca.  Click HERE to view an enlargement.

Click HERE to read the Pacer from January 21, 1965.  I think the 55 year stone is Emerald.   I noticed photos of Sue Roel and Bob Boone, who -- I believe -- later went on to get married.  

If you could read this you might recognize disk jockeys Ernie Myers, Art Way and Noel Confer.  You might also fondly recall El Paso, Why and Scarlet Ribbons, the top three hits on the Mighty 690 Top Forty list for January 1, 1960.  Click HERE to enlarge it to a point where you might be able to read it.

Patricia Daniel Schatz ’64 send word that her classmate Donna Maxey Webber passed away January 15th.  Details may follow.

January 17, 2020

Not a lot to share this week.   I've been busy folding, sealing, labeling and banding the quarterly alumni newsletter, which I hope to get in the mail today at the Midway Post Office.

I'm not sure if the swallows are still coming back to Capistrano each year, but Paul Hildebrand Clare is still coming back to La Jolla -- and still running into Coach Dick Draz.  He's seated next to his buddy Henry Zopatti, who once taught at Pacific Beach Junior High.  I assume they're watching all the girls go by.

Those of us who grew up in the '50s were dealt another blow with the passing of Edd "Kookie" Byrnes.  What I DIDN'T know was that Logan Byrnes, local KUSI newsman, was his son.  Click HERE to read an obituary from the New York Times.

January 10, 2020

I don't know what year this image was taken.  Jack in the Box was still offering Shrimp and Chicken -- but not French Fries.  They were still called French-Fried Potatoes.  It's a good excuse to revisit the Jack in the Box page.  Click HERE -- and enjoy.

Sharon Mass '61 won a trip to New York, according to the January 14, 1959 issue of the Pacer.  I think that was before jets.  Click HERE to enjoy all four pages of the student publication.  This was 60 years ago, so I guess it's a Diamond Anniversary Pacer.

The article on Savings Stamps in the Diamond Anniversary Pacer is a good excuse to visit the Savings Stamp page on my web site.  It also includes Green Stamps and Blue Chip Stamps.  Click HERE please.

I'm passing on a couple of obituaries garnered from the Crawford Foundation web page.   They came with no additional data.

Mary Allison '65 passed away December 15, 2019

Richard Bredeson '72 died December 19, 2019

January 3, 2020

I guess the Roaring '20s are back.  I'm waiting for it to stay light a little longer -- and warm up.   I don't expect to get a lot of sympathy from Colts ensconced in cooler climes.

I liked this Harry Bliss cartoon from yesterday.

Better late than never!  An article in the November 21st Union-Tribune told about George Glover '73 being honored as the Veteran of the Year in El Cajon.  George joined the Coast Guard and was sent to the Coast Guard Station on Harbor Drive.  Reminds me of my late friend John Finn.  He was raised in Los Angeles and joined the Navy to see the world.  I think he spent the first 10 years of his enlistment at North Island, but managed to win the Medal of Honor for his heroics at Pearl Harbor on December 7th.  John died in 2010 at age 100.  By the way, George Glover eventually put to sea.  Click HERE to read all about it.

I've added two more items -- a matchbook and an ash tray -- to my Aunt Emma's Pancakes page, courtesy of John Clay '69.  Remember when everyone smoked in restaurants, even the waitresses?  But the health department made them wear hair nets?  Remember when you could be seated in the No Smoking section, but still be next to a table in the Smoking Section?  Glad I got THAT off my chest.  Click HERE to revisit the Aunt Emma's Pancakes Page.

Here's a brilliant color photo of San Diego, circa 1953, when Navy Hospital was a sprawling pink complex and San Diego High was covered in ivy.  Click HERE to see this photo enlarged on my web site.