October 23, 2020

Courtesy of Steve Weston '63

The belated passing of David Gray '63 kind of got lost in the shuffle last week.  Lee Cook '66 talks about Dave as a professional musician, while classmate Owen Western shares a delightful story of an a capella rendering of Ricky Nelson's Poor Little Fool, which he recorded.  He even sent an mp3 file of the recording, which I have been unsuccessful in posting for your enjoyment.  Go to the Class of '63 Obituary Page to read these stories.  Click HERE to listen to Dave.

Anyone interested in a yearbook that once belonged to Coach Jo Ulstad?  She's given them to Craig Churness and he's hoping to find them happy homes.  We've got 1967, 1971, 1972 and 1973.  Get back to me and I'll forward your request.  Craig still lives near Crawford, so if you're also local it should be easy to pick up.

Scott Shaw '68 shares a poster from his successful run for 6th Grade Class President at Oak Park Elementary in the Fall of 1960.  The Flintstones, he notes, had debuted on TV at the same time, so he rode their coat tails to victory.  Scott cleverly drew Flintstone images on shipping labels so kids could wear them.  Mr. Burris was his teacher.  

This photo of the Drug King in Pacific Plaza around 1968, and the iconic Newberry's tower at the rear, showed up on the Vintage San Diego Facebook this week.  Click HERE to check it out enlarged and see what else I've included.  (I know, this has nothing to do with Crawford or East San Diego, but I couldn't help myself.  It's a great photo!)

Click HERE to peruse the KCBQ Top 40 list for the week of October 25, 1965.  The Beatles were #3 with Yesterday/Act Naturally.  Isn't that TWO songs?

Crawford ended a 17-game losing streak when it upended Hoover 26-15 in football.  The headline, of course, was Colts Flip The Birds.  Click HERE to read the Golden Anniversary issue -- 50 years ago today -- distributed on October 23, 1970.

Mike Schwartz and Marion Pasas were the Senior Sketches and Suzi Patz was Girl of the Month in the October 27, 1960 Pacer.  Click HERE to check out those stories and more.

Don Christofferson '68 says his classmate Penny Farley Gore suffered a fatal heart attack on October 18th while visiting children and grandchildren in Washington State.  Don had known Penny since Kindergarten at Euclid Elementary and continued on with her through Horace Mann and Crawford.