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.
Here's the program for the 21st Annual San Diego City Schools Football Carnival, held in Balboa Stadium on September 26, 1959. Click HERE to see all 16 pages.
Click HERE to read the October 14, 1958 Pacer.
Click HERE to read the school paper from April 7, 1959.
If you graduated from Crawford in 1966 -- and attended Kindergarten at Andrew Jackson -- you should be in the photo at left. Can you see yourself? Click HERE to see the photo and ALL of Dwight Yakel's Andrew Jackson photos enlarged.
Click HERE to read the 16-page program from the Twentieth Annual San Diego City Schools Football Carnival, held September 26, 1958. I was interested in the team from La Jolla High, which included Mike Chamberlain (husband of our departed Betsy Cairns Chamberlain '60), the late surfing legend Butch Van Artsdalen, and some guy named Doug Manchester.
Crawford math teacher Robert Juel died on December 9th. Click HERE to read what his daughter Connie Juel '67 wrote about him.
Jeff Graham '59 passed away December 8, 2011. Click HERE to read the obituary on the Scripps Institute of Oceanography page.
Here's the website for Crackpot Crones, one half of which is Carolyn Myers '68. I'm laughing and I don't even know their schtick.
Here's another color photo of President Kennedy's trip down El Cajon Blvd on June 6, 1963. Maybe you can tell me where John's Hair Styles stood. Click HERE to check it out.
Here's the Pacer for September 21, 1961.
Greg Trompas '67 passed away December 12th. His sister Mia forwarded a great photo and an obituary, which I've posted to the Class of '67 Obituary Page. You can also sign the Guest Book.
Bill Rainey wasn't the only All-Star on Crawford's 1961 football team, but he made every list. A whole bunch of other Colts are mentioned in the news clippings I retrieved from my scrapbook. Click HERE to check them out.
Click HERE to check out the KGB Top 30 list for February 14, 1972
The cover on this football program says C.I.F. Finals, but I'm confused. That was my Senior Year and I thought we played Helix in the finals. Oh, well, all will be revealed. Click HERE to browse through the program.
Click HERE to go to the Eco Ambassador on-line ballot and vote for Jay Wilson '61 and Mission Trails Park. If he wins, Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation will get $25,000.
Sheryl Slayen Baron '66 and Gary Dreyfus, who didn't know he was a Slayen, meet after 60 years. Oh, but there's SO much more. Click HERE to read about all of the Colts who are on the same Family Tree.
Louie Schwartzberg '68 is featured in this 10-minute video showing some of his gorgeous nature photography. Also something about his philosophy on life. Click HERE -- and enjoy!!
I don't recall attending a Crawford football game at Aztec Bowl, but I've got the program. Maybe someone gave it to me. Wow!! Duane Farrar weighed 200 pounds? Click HERE to check out the other players.
Click HERE to see the color photos Mary Smith '62 took with her new camera the last week of school. A bunch of folks are wearing caps and gowns across the street from San Diego High School. I assume it was Vespers or Baccalaureate at Russ Auditorium.
Where would we be without Bob Richardson '61 and his stash of great photos? He took this one on assignment from his father: to document the kegger being held in the front yard of the Sigma Phi Epsilon house. Click HERE to see an enlargement of the photo and to read the REST OF THE STORY!
Norm Black '68 shares a shot of the Car He Drove To School -- a '57 Ford "Surf Wagon". Click HERE to see a larger shot and read what Norm has to say about it.
Lynn Elliott Townsend and Lynn Routt Swanson cozy up for a photo at the 2007 Colt 45 Class of '62 reunion at El Torito in Mission Valley. Click HERE to look at photos of that event taken by Penny Bobrof and Nancy Watson Wingo.
Scott Bankston '68 passed away October 21st. Services will be held today at El Camino Memorial in Sorrento Valley at noon. A gathering at the family home in Spring Valley will follow. Click HERE for details.
Linda Bennett, wife of Michael Bennett '60, supports the prisoner swap that freed the man who killed their daughter Marla. Click HERE to read the article in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Ron Layton '64 poses with his 1950 Chevy in front of the house of Buddy Green '65. I assume Buddy took the photo. Click HERE to see a larger view and to check out some of the other Colt Chariots.
I'm trying to locate reunion photo links on my web site and put them all on the Reunions Page. Click HERE to look at the folks who attended the Class of 1962's 40 Year Reunion at the Catamaran Hotel in Pacific Beach. Be prepared to see folks who are no longer with us.
Ted Hazlewood '63, among others, emailed me the link to the Penny Postcards site, which allows you to look at historical views from all over America. Click HERE to check it out.
William Terry Collins '61 was known as Terry Collins at Crawford, Terry Ork in the punk rock field, Noah Forde in connection with cinema criticism. When he died in 2004 he was listed as William T. Drake. Bob Richardson researched these facts and more, which I've posted on the Class of '61 Obituary Page.
Prudy Milazzo Stephens '61 was the driving force behind the most stunning Crawford reunion ever. Click HERE to see photos taken by Bob Richardson '61. Click in the upper left corner after you get there if you want to watch it as a slide show.
Countless hours of selfless toil apparently have come to naught as the Lyric Opera San Diego filed for bankruptcy and laid off Leon Natker and Jack (J Sherwood) Montgomery '62. Click HERE to read the article in the Union-Tribune.
For many of us Al Davis, the owner of the Oakland Raiders, who died last week was the Darth Vader of football. I'm glad that sportswriting legend Jerry Magee was able to share a nice thought, that involved the Crawford attendance area. If you lived on Chaparral Way, maybe YOU lived next door to Al Davis. Click HERE to read the article.
Bob Mardon '64 shares two photos of his 1956 Chevy. Click HERE to check them out on the Cars We Drove To School page.
Rory Pullens '75 has turned the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC into quite the success. The Los Angeles Unified School District apparently tried to lure him west. Click HERE to read the Los Angeles Times article. Click HERE to read more about the Rory.
Bob Gagnon recently discovered the fact that Maureen Reardon, his date for the 1965 Senior Prom, died September 14, 2010 at her home in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He forwards a delightful remembrance from the local paper. Click HERE to enjoy it.
Horace Mann Vice Principal Mary Varley passed away September 23rd at the age of 96. Mr. Henzie has already signed the guest book. You can, too. Click HERE -- and be nice.
Mark Weissmann '69 is the Big Poobah for The Prestige at PGA WEST, the collegiate golf tournament being held at La Quinta October 8-11. He says Crawford alums and their families are free, but I'm not sure what that means. Click HERE to go to the web site for complete information.
Robin Rhett Henry '74 passed away September 2nd. Click HERE to go to the Class of 1974 Obituary Page and sign the guest book.
Click HERE to see a bigger picture of Irma Perez '74 being honored on the Petco Park scoreboard.
Click HERE to read A Look Back at 75 Years of Padres Baseball by Bill Center '63
Bob Baker '65 passed away September 19, 2011. A Celebration of Life will be held on October 18th. Click HERE to read the obituary, sign the guest book and/or RSVP for the memorial service.
I don't even REMEMBER the Oscar's on 38th and University, but that's where this photo of Susan Roskos Mardon '65 was taken. Click HERE to revisit the Memories of Oscar's Page, view a slightly larger photo of Susan as an Oscar's waitress, and read what folks remember about their favorite drive-in.
Beverly Swaim Wickstrom '62 shares a photo from the Class of 1960's 2011 Picnic held at the Submarine Base on Point Loma. Click HERE to view the enlarged photo. You probably can't spot Bev's husband Larry since he's wearing sunglasses and a hat.
Beverly Swaim Wickstrom and her committee are already hard at work on next year's reunion. They'd like you to take a look at the Class of '62 Missing List and let us know if you have postal or email addresses for any of the folks listed.
Last week's Class of '66 reunion at El Torito has been digitally captured. Jan Bremner Hall submits, for your viewing pleasure, three Picasa slide shows -- Album #1, Album #2 and Album #3. Susan Kitaen Rhea also shares an album.
Last week's Fry Day shot of Don's Hamburgers reminded Scott Shaw that, as a 7th Grader, he sold his first artwork to Don's. The picture of Homer Simpson reminded him of his latest work -- Bart Simpson Comics #61. Click HERE to see a couple of pages.
I don't know the details, but it would appear that Melissa Moss '72 headed to the Other Coast and met with considerable success, the most recent of which was appointment by President Obama to an arts commission. Classmate Ron Bennett remembers Melissa from Montezuma Elementary, Horace Mann and Crawford. He shares links to four different articles on Melissa. I will try to put them in reverse chronological order. The White House/President Barack Obama (September 8, 2011)
New York Social Diary (October 30, 2008)
PR Newswire September 27, 1999
Fast Company November 30, 1998
David Knight '73 sent in this photo, I'm just not sure if it should be called Darnall Little League, Redwood Village Little League or Carpenters' Union Little League. Doesn't matter. Click HERE to enlarge the photo and help put names to the faces.
Gary Williams '73 passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho where he moved in 2004. Click HERE to read the obituary and/or sign the guest book.
He's the Sheriff of San Diego County now, but on September 11, 2001 Bill Gore '65 was head of the San Diego Field Office of the FBI. Click HERE to read the Union-Tribune article from Tuesday, September 6, 2011.
Click HERE to watch a hilarious sendup of West Side Story.
