November 6, 2020

Nancy Watson Wingo says her Mom let her ditch school at Escondido High on November 2, 1960 and watch John F. Kennedy give a speech in front of the U. S. Grant Hotel prior to the Presidential Election of November 8th.  Click HERE to see some lovely enlargements from the Union-Tribune archives.

Here's a Colt logo created by my '62 classmates Ron and Heather Meyer Jagodinski.  I still don't have a handle on how they do this, but they did sent me a link that appears to show other items they've created and perhaps some other stuff too.  Click HERE and take a look.

Ben Cordilone '70 sends his OWN photo from Luckenbach, Texas.  That's his wife Louie (Point Loma '71) next to him.  Her given name is LuAnn, but when the song Louie, Louie came out -- well, you can guess the rest.  Ben says the history of Luckenbach is quite interesting and sends along a link.  Click HERE to take a look

Mary Ann Roskos '63, who passed away in 2016, must have enjoyed a fabulous social life while at Crawford -- and she saved every menu, program and ticket stub.   Her sister Susie has given me the entire collection, which I will scan and share in the weeks to come.  We can start with the program from a 1963 race at the El Cajon Speedway.  Click HERE to check out all 12 pages.

I can't help myself.  Whenever I see a color shot of a San Diego streetcar I have to share it.  This one shows a streetcar on the Number 2 line headed east on Broadway, where it would then head north on 30th Street to Adams Avenue.  One of my earliest memories was of one of my aunts on Edgemont Street being terrified to take the #2 line to North Park because it went across the rickety trestle bridge over Switzer Canyon.  That's me below on Edgemont Street about age 5.

Click HERE to read all six pages of the Golden Anniversary Pacer of November 7, 1970.  There's a lot of talk about The Witches and a fascinating Letter to the Editor from faculty member Philip Heubach.