May 20, 2022

 

This Bliss cartoon was posted the same time as the Crawford aerial photo below.  I believe Emma was #2 on the most popular girls' names of 2021 I mentioned last week.

Dick Cloward ’60 checks in with news that The Map & Atlas Museum of La Jolla is finally re-opening to the general public. Wednesdays, Thursdays, plus the 1st and 2nd Saturday of reach month from 11-4. No appointment required. For more information visit www.lajollamapmuseum.org Admission is always free and no  donations are expected.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Cowan are literally Empty Nesters.  In last Saturday's Outdoors column Ernie details the departure of their Wild House Wren chicks.  Click HERE to read all about it.

Aerial photos of the Crawford campus never get old.  Click HERE to see an enlargement of this 1957 photo and two others, that I shared last on May 3, 2019

Remember the Upper Cellar?  I went there when I was 18 (going on 13)  and it was my first time out on the town.  I wonder if anyone paid the $2.00 and went on to run a successful coffee house.

My brother, Vito Danna ’66, passed away on April 7, 2022 from Esophageal Cancer -- Carol Danna Kinney ’72

May 13, 2022

Apparently The Raven has fallen off the wagon.

Janet Jensen Collins spotted this coffee cup at a Denny's.  I'm not sure what it means, but it's unique enough to share.

Did you see that the Social Security Administration released the most popular baby names for 2021?  I went ahead and researched the most popular names from 1951 -- 70 years ago.  William and James are still around, but the once-popular John is just a distant memory.

That's Gary Juleen '64 on the right.  Do you know the guy on the left?  (Answer below)

The May 10, 1962 Pacer had news about the ASB officers for 1962-1963.  Click HERE to get the skinny.

Looks like the May 11, 1967 Pacer also had news about ASB officers for the upcoming school year.  Click HERE to get the scoop.

Ron Mollick ’62 passed away May 7, 2022  in Newport News, VA where he resided most of the last 54 years.   He graduated from San Diego State with BS and MS and earned his PhD from North Carolina State University.  He taught biology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News from 1968 to 2011. We have two daughters and six grandchildren.  He was able to have both daughters on hand in his final days and died peacefully in my arms.  He was very fond of recalling his youth growing up with his family in San Diego, on Esther Street and his days as a student in Southern California -- Beth Mollick

My dear friend and classmate Carol Heimrich passed away on April 6, 2022 in Santa Monica, CA.  She died of complications, while receiving treatment for cancer.  Carol was very active at Crawford during our three years there.  She was voted "Most Likely to Succeed " in our Senior Year -- Louise Neil Abdelnour '63

Charles Michael Kuner ’69 died at home in Topeka, Kansas on May 8, 2022. Jenny – his wife of 37 years, the mother of his children and the music in his life – was at his bedside.   Mike was born in San Diego. He earned his Bachelor of Science degree from San Diego State University in 1974, majoring in Psychology with a double minor in Sociology and Cultural Anthropology. In June of 1977, he was awarded a Master of Divinity degree with a concentration in Christian Education from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey, followed by doctoral work at the Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago.  Mike became an avid home winemaker, producing his own label, The Preacher’s Cellar.  He appreciated his family’s indulgence while the kitchen was taken over by bottles, fermentation tanks, assorted equipment, and the smell of fermenting grapes.  Mike used a quote attributed to Albert Schweitzer: “The only thing of importance, when we depart, will be the traces of love we have left behind.” The indelible traces of love left behind by Mike Kuner in the lives of so many will multiply love in the world like sweet grapes on an unending vine.

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Actor Christopher Lloyd is on the left.  You remember him from the Back to the Future movies.  I loved him as Jim Ignatowski in Taxi.  Gary doesn't say what their relationship is but I suspect the Julian resident is Lloyd's apple pie connection.

May 6, 2022

 

Finally, a Bliss cartoon worth sharing.

Dahlia Bokow Zalk '68 said she thought of me when she saw this. 

Did I forget to tell you about my days in the Navy?  I sat for this portrait in a studio on Pine Avenue in Long Beach in 1948.  Probably a Liberty Weekend.  I've posted it on the Colts Who Served page.  Click HERE to take another look

I've refurbished the Barbara Holewinski Photo page.  Click HERE to check it out

It's been a while since we perused the Aunt Emma's menu.  Click HERE for some yummy memories.

The Golden Anniversary Pacer was published on May 5, 1972 -- and nary a mention of Cinco de Mayo.  Simpler times I guess.  Click HERE to read the news.

April 29, 2022

 

Jim Person '61 wondered if I had a photo of the old Safeway at 4059 El Cajon Blvd.  Sadly, the answer is no. A number of the old Safeway buildings are still around, most of which are similar to the UPS store pictured above at 3401 Adams Avenue.

This striking photo of La Jolla's Colonial Inn popped up on Facebook this week.  Click HERE to see it enlarged, along with a current Google Streetview shot.

Click HERE to read the Pacer from April 26, 1962

And HERE to peruse the issue published April 27, 1967

Kathleen Godels Dwight ’68 died April 15th.  We were friends  since the first day of Kindergarten at Andrew Jackson, although had lost touch in the late 70s.   She was a Special Education teacher and was retired.  She is survived by, among others, her sister Annette Godels Conway ’71 -- Sylvia Wicke Ryerson ’68

Daniel Hurwitz ’70 passed away April 26th.  He lived in Portland, Oregon.  He was the Salutatorian for the Class of 1970.  He is survived by his twin sister Elaine Hurwitz Heber ’70 and brother William Hurwitz ’76. 

April 22, 2022

 

Hope you can read this -- and that you enjoy palindromes

Kevin Carruth '65 noted my authorship of a book on the USS Saratoga (CV-3) and sent me three postal covers from his late father's collection.  I've put them on the web and added some information.  Click HERE to check them out.  Kevin is looking for a happy home for his collection.  Let me know if you're interested.

The Class of '72 will celebrate its 50-year reunion on Saturday, October 8th, from 6-10 PM with a dinner buffet and a no-host bar at the Treetop Room OF THE SAN DIEGO ZOO.  How cool is that?  Additional details are on the Reunions Page.

Remember when Vladimir Putin and George Bush got together on stage at Crawford High?  Me neither.  Probably because it took place at the Crawford High in Crawford, Texas.  Thanks to George Sorensen for finding this fact.  The event took place November 15, 2001.  

I think I typed 60 words per minute in Mrs. Alexander's class.  Cheryl Creel typed 97 words per minute to take the crown as the best high school typist in California.  That and more in the April 21, 1972 Pacer.   Click HERE to check it out.

Jeffrey Barrett ’60 passed away April 20th of cancer. At his passing he was a resident of Payson, Arizona.  He was preceded in death by his sister Paula Jeanne Barrett Blakesley '61, Judy Barrett and brother in law Jerry Joe Hensley '61.   He is survived by his wife Beatrice Barton, sister Marcia Lynn Barrett Hensley ‘62, brother in-law Gifford Dorn “Corky” Blakesley '60 and a bazillion friends -- Bruce Cavallin ’59

April 15, 2022

A different version of my favorite Easter Bunny cartoon

Drinks are on the house!!  Just got the Spring royalty check from Schiffer Publishing for my Saratoga book.  That's right -- $10.76.

Scott Shaw '68 hopes to see you at next weekend's Comic Fest at the Four Points Sheraton next to Montgomery Field.  Click HERE to read more about Comic Fest -- and HERE to read more about Scott Shaw.

Posted on Facebook this week was the cover and table of contents to a little book that will bring back a lot of memories.  Click HERE to check it out.

Here's one more look at Highway 80 in 1946 heading down the hill to Los Coches Road.  Jim McCleary added it after last week's Fry Day posting.  Click HERE to see all three photos.

Click HERE to peruse the April 13, 1967 Pacer.   That's 55 years ago.  The time DOES fly.

Loretta Crum Gorimar ’71 passed away on February 27, 2022.  Lorrie was born in Terre Haute, Indiana and moved to San Diego as a toddler.  Growing up, she loved visiting her grandparents in Kansas with her parents and sister and riding horses on their ranch. She also enjoyed taking dance classes and playing in the neighborhood with friends. Lorrie attended San Diego State where she studied English. Loretta worked as a journalist in Rancho Bernardo and, in 1990, bought Flagship Flags. She owned the store in Hillcrest for over 20 years.

April 8, 2022

 

My friend Jim McCleary is going through color slides taken by his mother.  Click HERE to look at a couple of gorgeous shots of El Cajon in 1946.

Bushtits have arrived on Mount Hoo!!  Click HERE to read the latest Outdoors column from my classmate Ernie Cowan.

Click HERE to check out the 6-page Spring Fashion Issue of the Pacer, published on April 6, 1962 

Click HERE to peruse a 50-year old Pacer, issued on April 7, 1972

April 1, 2022

 

If Bizarro isn't messing with commas, he's inverting letters

This 42-second video had me on the floor, probably because it sounds like me and my friends.  Click HERE and enjoy.

TWO ARTS -- NO WAITING!!  Posted on the Colts Who Served Page this week is a photo of cousins Arthur Sasena (Navy) and Arthur Borden (Army), both '68 grads, who posed for a snapshot during a visit home.

You're probably tired of me saying it, but the April 1, 1960 Pacer is still one of the best April Fool's Day publications ever!  Click HERE to see it again.