As a senior at CHS, I often stayed after for activities and missed my bus. At The bus stop at 56th & El Cajon there was a used car lot. There was my first sight of a Willys Jeepster -- the only car I ever really lusted after. And it was yellow. I finally got one for my 75th birthday! Hoorah!! Maggie Down Hart ‘64
Richard Bertain was my 11th Grade English Teacher. I think he was also in charge of the Pacer. When I made some snide remark about the school paper he opined that maybe I should sign up if I thought I could do better. I did, but he left for Harvard University, to do graduate work I assume, and Mr. Rieker became the Pacer advisor. I credit Mr. Bertain for getting me involved in journalism. In May of 1992 I was in Washington DC doing research in the National Archives and Mr. Bertain was working in some capacity as part of the George H. W. Bush administration. I gave him a call and he took me to lunch.
I spruced up the Class of '61 Senior Awards Day page. Click HERE to check it out.
From Greg May's Vintage San Diego page this week
Another pastoral view of Mission Valley in the 1940s taken from the Presidio. Click HERE for enlargements of this and two other Mission Valley shots -- plus a bonus view of vintage cars parked at the Serra Museum
Who cares about the San Diego Skyline. Check out the '58 Chevy wagon and the out-of-uniform sailor. Click HERE for a big, fat enlargement.
I'm going through some old photos. Here's one I took at Bates Nut Farm in Valley Center on October 9, 1991. Yikes, that's pretty close to 30 years ago.
