March 27, 2020

All this talk about Social Distancing takes me back to every date I had in high school.  Two blocks away, the girl would start reaching for the door handle.  "You want me to come to a full stop," I would say, "or shall I just slow down and let you do a combat roll?"

Sharon Whitley Larsen '69 has forwarded a message from her classmate Stephen Bishop (pictured above with his puppy Randy Newman).  Stephen will have an on-line concert April 18th to benefit artists affected by the coronavirus pandemic.  Click HERE for all the details.

Here's this week's T-Shirt from Paula Kincaid

When I mentioned last week's photo of the Tower Bar by Julee Vaughan was taken in what used to be called East San Diego, a great cry came out of Oklahoma.  It was my classmate Londa Galley Warren lamenting the loss.  She also wondered if the East San Diego sign, at Fairmount and University, was also gone.  I'm afraid so.  Here's a photo from the East San Diego Facebook page of Gary Mitrovich '76.

Tom Cassie '62 forwards a photo of his 1956 Guaranty Chevrolet Little League team.  His brother Jim is in the photo and I recognize Paul Janicki.  Click HERE for an enlargement and the rest of the names.

Deby Cox Cowan '72 sent me her 2nd through 4th Grade photos from Webster Elementary.  Click HERE to check them out.

Larry John White ’62 passed away on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.  He was a resident of Kempner, Texas.

March 20, 2020

This coronavirus thing is playing right into my strong suit.  I've gotten self-isolating down pat over the years.  Actually, I get a regular stream of visitors, the last one a young woman who chose a chair in the next room.  I hope the rest of you are getting by in these unusual times.

I guess Spring crept in yesterday without much news.  It's not like the weather has been that nice in San Diego for the last couple of weeks.

Paula Kincaid is back, this time with some T-Shirt humor.  I'll share this one and see what happens.

Ernie Cowan says the Hooded Oriole is back in town and you can attract your own with an Oriole feeder.  Click HERE to read his Outdoors column.

Linda Schneider Crawford sends word that legendary gospel singer Sandi Patty '74 has tested positive for COVID-19 but is doing fine.  Click HERE for details.

The Class of '60 Reunion Committee met last Friday and they sent along a great photo.  Click HERE if you'd like to see it enlarged.  You can find out who the people are and why there's a '61 Centaur on the table.

Julee Vaughan takes stunning photos in and around what I still call East San Diego.  She took this one Wednesday evening, as the setting sun highlighted the iconic Tower Bar at Euclid and University.  I liked it so much I've placed an enlargement on my Historic San Diego Photos page.  KUSI liked it so much they showed it on TV.

Click HERE to read the Crawford Pacer for March 19, 1970.  The headline Cafeteria Food Discussed; Conclusions Reached caught MY eye.    

If you read the Cafeteria Food article in the above Pacer, you may want to read again the emails from folks who LIKED the cafeteria fare.  It includes the recipe for Peanut Butter Chews.  Click HERE to check it out.

James Lindholm ’70 passed away March 9, 2020.   I have known Jim since elementary school at Carver.  He lived close by in the neighborhood growing up. Then, after he bought his parents’ home, I saw him from time to time when I visited my mother or worked on her house as it was rented. I knew him as a dear man of faith, active in his church and of course loved his family -- Barbara Alvarez

Jerry Cullins ’64 died December 5, 2019.  He left Crawford at the end of his Junior year in 1963 and joined the U. S. Air Force.  After leaving the Air Force he completed law enforcement training and served as a police officer with San Diego Police Department.  Some years later he went to work with the Brawley School District where he provided student counseling until retiring to Vista to be near family.  He fought a courageous battle with lung cancer, accepted his fate and passed peacefully with his wife by his side -- Ken Daly  (He did not have a photo in the annual -- JF)

March 13, 2020

It's Friday the 13th.  The only artwork I could find was too scary to post, but maybe not as scary as what's going on in the world right now.  Have a nice day and don't step on any cracks.  The Ides of March is only two days away.

I hope this Bizarro cartoon doesn't require an explanation.

I'm having trouble getting out of my easy chair and John McGuigan '64 is celebrating his 15th year as a member of the Squaw Valley Ski Patrol.  He sent this photo of himself and Avalanche Dog Trouper.

Do you remember what year you first visited the zoo?  Me neither, but here's a 1947 map of the place.  Click HERE to see an enlargement and a link to a whole bunch of other cool maps.

I'm revisiting a photo taken 55 years ago, I assume, and sent in by Dave Knight '73.  It's the Redwood Village Darnall Elementary Carpenters Union Little League team.  Click HERE to look at an enlargement.

Click HERE to read the March 11, 1965 Pacer.

March 6, 2020

I got a kick out of Tuesday's Bizarro cartoon.  Also, it's a lead-in to a great Bar Bet question:  Which President is on the $100 bill?  

Nancy went to Disneyland last week and brought me back this pin.  Sometimes I think she's trying to tell me something.  Oh, that's right -- I forgot.  Below is the decal on the back of her old car that we shared in the Fry Day email of May 17, 2013.

I couldn't resist posting this 1967 photo, taken by F H Worsfold, posted on Greg Mays Vintage San Diego Facebook page.  One lucky Facebook follower spotted her grandpa serving as crossing guard.  Click HERE to see a larger version of the photo.

I was looking through my 1958 Horace Mann annual and came across the above page.  We won't see that again in our lifetime.  It may have been on the page after the Slave Day sale.

Vowen Clark, Vern Bowman, and Wrestling Coach Frank Smith all got their photos on the front page of the May 10, 1960 Pacer.  Click HERE to read the articles.