September 11, 2026

My late gal-pal Nancy Watson always complained about being picked last for "everything".  I don't think she'd have gotten much sympathy from Joe Zyriek '69.

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69 years ago YESTERDAY was Opening Day at Crawford.  Click HERE to see the newspaper article, buffed out and enlarged with ChatGTP.

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Here's an aerial shot of the newly-opened school, taken on September 30, 1957.  Click HERE to see it, and two others, enlarged.

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The rich kids from Alvarado Estates purchased cool book covers at the Financial Office.  Some of us used paper bags from Piggly Wiggly.  Click HERE to check out a selection donated by Dietra Anderson Davis '62.

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Boy, one of these would look cool in the back window of a hot rod.  Click HERE to see decals saved by Sally Brett '63

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Click HERE to peruse all 40 pages of an early Colt Handbook.  I wonder if it specifies girl's skirt lengths.

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I've just learned of the passing of Bruce Jaffe in Dayton, Ohio on November 23, 2025, after a short battle with cancer.   After graduation from USC, Bruce began his career at Price Waterhouse, earning his CPA before joining Bell Industries in 1967. He spent nearly 30 years there, serving as CFO and later President.  At 41, Bruce started running, and once he started, he didn't stop. He completed 24 marathons and carried the Olympic torch in 1984. When his knees finally quit, he bought a bicycle and kept going. Later in life he found a 2nd home at Yankee Trace Golf Course spending nearly every day hitting balls, playing a round, or volunteering. The best gig of his life.