For people who attended Crawford High School or would have attended if they hadn't
moved -- or just have fond memories of San Diego in the '40s, '50s and '60s.

Check out the Crawford High web site.

Friday, March 27, 2026

March 27, 2026

 

Mitchell's not getting dessert -- and he may be going to bed early!

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Please, please, please!  Let me be the Task Force Commander who gets to say, "You may fire when ready Gridley (look it up)

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A Pedant's Progress is the best thing I've read in years, and I'm not sure how it fell into my lap.  I think it popped up on my Facebook page.  It's a cute little essay about what can happen when you assume your language skills might be superior to those of someone else: You might wind up "with egg on your shoe".  Click HERE and enjoy.

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Hey, maybe we ought to set up a "Sister School" program with Crawford High School in Losharon, Texas, which is 30 miles outside of Houston, with a population of 1,740.  That's not a Colt, however -- it's a Charger.

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Speaking of language skills, here's my 1959 Horace Mann final report card.  Mrs. Bruner gave me an A-!!  Betty Alexander thought I was "A joy to know".  I went on to Summer School at Hoover and, a few weeks later, enrolled at Crawford.  Click HERE to see report cards from all three venues.

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But wait -- there's more!!  Long after graduating from Crawford I heard about smart people enrolling in regular classes to bump up their GPAs.  Not me!  I was the "Tail Dragger" in both these classes and somehow got into State with a C+ average.  Oh, that's right -- San Diego State took everyone.  Click HERE to see what all of this has to do with Joe Isuzu.

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Remember University Lanes?  A bowling alley and so much more.  I redid the page that has my University Lanes postcard.  Click HERE to check it out -- again.

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65 YEARS AGO: From the March 27, 1961 San Diego Union -- I have a misty memory of Jerry Houck, then a 9th grader, assisting Mrs. Bruner in our 8th grade class.

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65 YEARS AGO: From the March 30, 1961 Evening Tribune -- Bowling was a BIG DEAL 60 years ago, with "kegler" news filling almost an entire page in the Sports Section.

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60 YEARS AGO: From the March 28, 1966 Evening Tribune

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60 YEARS AGO: From the March 28, 1966 Evening Tribune -- William won his award at the California Industrial Arts Fair in Sacramento.

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