June 12, 2026

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I chided Jo Brown that nice girls wouldn’t own up to knowing most of the boys on a Pony League baseball team. “And who’s been spreading the rumor that I’m a nice girl,” she responded. “I once danced on a pool table at Tug’s Bar in PB.”  You knew her as Jo Anne Mellington ’64, who danced  up a storm in Fillies’ Follies of 1963

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We've seen it before, but let's take another look at a 1942 shot of El Cajon Blvd looking west at Alabama Street.  That's the Ed Center up in the trees.  Click HERE please.
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I ran across this previously-posted snapshot of Class of '71's Harris Triplets in Balboa Park and one thought crossed my mind -- Run it through ChatGPT and colorize it!  I like the results, and I think the mosaic tiles came out accurately.  Wanna see some newspaper coverage of the twins when they were little?  Click HERE.

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Evening Tribune • June 15, 1961 
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Evening Tribune • June 14, 1966 -- Dave had a great career as a major league catcher, and then as a respected pitching coach.
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Evening Tribune • June 14, 1966 -- I've steered clear of wedding announcements in the past, but Saundra is the cousin of my late Gal Pal Nancy Watson Wingo.  She and Norris are still together and, at least once a year, are captured by pirates and forced to go on a cruise.  They appear to be enjoying themselves, by the photos I've seen.
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Evening Tribune • June 16, 1966 -- I don't think my classmate Tom lasted long in the majors, but he sure set a lot of records in Over-the-Line.  Click HERE to get a glimpse.
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Evening Tribune • June 18, 1966 -- When did the abbreviation for microphone change from "mike" to "mic"?  I don't like "mic".
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June 5, 2026

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63 years ago tomorrow -- June 6, 1963 -- President John F. Kennedy was the Commencement Speaker at San Diego State College.  I was there and took pictures.  Later in the day he flew out to the USS Kitty Hawk for a Presidential Fleet Review.  I wasn't there, but my late friend "Hap" Hill WAS there and took pictures. Click HERE to see them -- and links to a lot of other events from that day.

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Sometimes you can't see the trees for the forest.  All these years I've been sharing historic San Diego photos, it never occurred to me to feature Jack Minteer's iconic 1972 color shot of Maynard's Bar at the foot of Garnet Avenue in Pacific Beach.  I know, it doesn't LOOK like an old photo, but at 54 it's no youngster.  Wanna see it enlarged?  Click HERE.  One of Owen's Spanish Omelets and a Red Beer on a Sunday morning.  Good times!

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I’m still not sure why a firm in Minneapolis is interested in ephemera on my web site having to do with Boney’s Market.  They want to blow up the Little League photos sent to me by my ’62 classmate Dan Lewis.  I told them the images were too small to blow up very far but I would cross over to the Dark Side and experiment with Artificial Intelligence — i.e. ChatGTP.

Here's the original photo.

ChatGTP gives a little more detail.

Look what happened when I said "Colorize the photo".  Amazing!!  I wonder if the uniforms were actually blue.

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COLTS IN THE NEWS
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65 YEARS AGO
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From the San Diego Union • June 8, 1961

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From the Evening Tribune • June 10, 1961

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60 YEARS AGO
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From the Evening Tribune • June 7, 1966

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55 YEARS AGO
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From the Evening Tribune • June 5, 1971

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50 YEARS AGO
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From the Evening Tribune • June 7, 1976

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Thank you for including the May 29, 1971 Evening Tribune article/picture on my 1971 San Diego CIF Championship in the long jump.  Although I never held a Crawford High School record in the event, I set the UCI long jump record at 23’ 7 1/4” the next year as a freshman.  That wasn’t too much of an accomplishment, however, since my freshman year was the first year that UCI fielded a track team!  I retired from track the next year because of severe shin splints — Dave Crouch  (You were a "Leaping Anteater?" -- JF)

May 29, 2026

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Last Monday was a Memorial Day to remember.  Dan Burton was able to put Rissa Stackhouse in touch with William Callaham, John’s younger brother.  Bill allowed as how they’d had a storage unit break-in many years ago in which the medal and other stuff was stolen.  Get this! Rissa lives in Citrus Heights and Bill lives in Sacramento, which I guess is sorta like La Mesa and San Diego.  Says Rissa, “I cannot tell you what an angel on earth you are.  Handing that medal over to his son was so amazing, especially after learning the story of it being stolen and my mother winding up with it.  We both cried and I felt like I had known him for years.” 

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But, wait -- there's more!!  Rick Layton '71 shares pages from Pony League programs that show John Callaham Sr as a manager.  We all know about The School With All The Catchers, but it's mind-boggling to see Ed Herrmann and Bob Boone on the same Pony League team and Tim Blackwell on another.  They all went on to careers in the Big Leagues.  Click HERE and be amazed.

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COLTS IN THE NEWS
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From the June 3, 1961 San Diego Union

Bruce graduated from Crawford in 1964.  He's probably a Chemistry Professor Emeritus from a well-known university now.

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From the May 30, 1966 Evening Tribune

Bill Kronberger '59, I suspect, went on to become a successful lawyer.  Last I knew he was living in Ketcham, Idaho.

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From the May 29, 1971 Evening Tribune

Dave was a '71 Colt.

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From the June 4, 1971 San Diego Union

Dori (or is it Dory?) was the Crawford High winner of the Union-Tribune high school journalism award.  She graduated in 1971.

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BELATED OBITUARIES
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Kenneth Hull “Bodie” McCoy ’71 passed away peacefully on September 27, 2025. Bodie had an enduring love for the ocean. Growing up surfing, he carried that passion into adulthood, embracing what he called "Surfing Love”. He found great joy in long walks, but above all, he cherished moments spent with his children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.

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Mary Gale Rogers died January 10, 2025.  She was a great help to me over the years researching on the internet.  I enjoyed chatting with her at some of the Colt get togethers at the Amigo Spot way back when.

May 22, 2026

Ron Davidson, Bill Jones, Wendy Wangsgard, and John Fry at the Stardust Hotel in Vegas in 1967.  The three guys lived at College Village Apartments on Rolando.  Ron and Wendy were PE teachers at Horace Mann.  I don’t know what became of Bill.  Ron gave his life in Vietnam.  Click HERE to read about him.

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Still one of my favorite Far Side cartoons.  My aviator friends refer to those as Cumulo-Granite clouds.

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I spotted this on the counter at the Old Folks' Home and thought it was pretty cute.

Speaking of shipping companies -- how many times have you seen this logo and not noticed the White Arrow?

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It's just a bunch of cars in a rain-swept Grossmont College parking lot, but wait'll you see it enlarged.  Click HERE and be amazed (or befuddled) at what I've put together.

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65 YEARS AGO

Evening Tribune • May 26, 1961 -- Click HERE for the REST of the story.

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Evening Tribune • May 27, 1961

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San Diego Union • May 26, 1961

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55 YEARS AGO

San Diego Union • May 25, 1971

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50 YEARS AGO

San Diego Union • May 23, 1976

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San Diego Union • May 24, 1976

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IN MEMORIAM

 

Delilah Ann Stephens ’76 passed away April 2, 2026.  She grew up in San Diego, graduated from Crawford with Academic Distinction and then attended Scripps College. She graduated from the University of Washington School of Medicine in 1994 where she received the Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and the Physician's Oath Ceremony and boarded in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics. Prior to medical school she worked at City of Hope, Beckman Institute of Research for several years. She started her medical career with Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Phoenix. She joined Apogee Physicians as a hospitalist and worked in multiple locations before settling in at Lake Havasu City, AZ. She enjoyed being a part of the Apogee team and mentored many other doctors along the way before retiring in 2025. She loved being a physician and living in Arizona.  Delilah loved to read, shop, cook and travel, She is survived by her mother, Annie G Stephens, her brother Michael, and her sister Yvette.