April 10, 2020

The Stephen Bishop on-line concert has been cancelled.  I'll keep you posted if I learn anything.

Speaking of learning things:  I learned last week that the word quarantine comes from the Italian quaranta giorni -- the 40 days ships in Venice were required to sit at anchor during the 14th century plague.

Also, I learned that on April 2, 1958 San Francisco Chronicle columnist Herb Caen coined the term beatnik.  It was apparently a conflation of the Beat Generation and the recently-launched Sputnik.  

Here's another T-Shirt from Paula Kincaid.  It might be the last.  I'm not sure

I LOVE the rich tones of early Kodachrome film.  This shot of a Rosie the Aircraft Engine Assembler at North American illustrated a recent New York Times article on how WWII brought us out of the Great Depression.

Let's don't talk about who dropped the ball, but the photos of the Class of '64's August 24th reunion, sent to me by Charlene Krebsbach Clark, have finally been posted.  Click HERE to check them out.

Debbie Nichols Poulos '63 has asked me to tell you about her latest book.  You can read more about it, and order a copy, on Amazon.

Somewhere in the bowels of the New York Times they've got a 7th Grader writing headlines.  Click HERE if you'd actually like to read the article.

Remember when I-15 across Mission Valley was still called Ward Road.  Here's a Facebook photo that appears to date to about 1940.  Click HERE to see it enlarged and also read a 1908 article about a new Rural Free Delivery mail route that included Ward Road.

Our little sister Lori Klein Sand ’67 lost her 29-year battle with breast cancer on March 2nd.  It returned nine years ago after being in remission for seventeen years. She was a stewardess for PSA after graduation, and was an Andy Girl hostess for the San Diego Andy Williams Open in about 1969.  She was also in the first group of Chargettes, as they were  called in the early years.  She and her former husband Bill operated Sand Manufacturing for many years. She worked as a dresser at the Old Globe and volunteered at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop in Point Loma the last few years.  She had two daughters, five grandchildren and many dear friends.  She will be greatly missed -- Sarina Klein Nordmarken ’63 and Ron Klein ’66