January 29, 2021

 

I KNEW this was gonna happen!!

A guy emailed me this week hoping I could sell him a vintage Gilmore gas pump.  I had no idea why he was contacting me until he sent me the link to a web page I did years ago about Dave Folck '67 and his collection of old gas pumps.  Click HERE to take a look.

Trains, streetcars and busses -- I can't resist them.  I've put this shot and another nice photo of Horton Plaza on one web page.  Click HERE to see them both enlarged.

Click HERE to check out the 4-page Pacer from January 26, 1961 -- 55 years ago!!

Robert Pearl '67 passed away August 23, 2020 according to the Crawford Foundation.

January 22, 2021

I've added this copy of a Cotton Patch menu, donated by Bob Schreibman '60, to another on my Cotton Patch menu web site.  Click HERE to check them out.  

It's a little far afield, but I thought you might enjoy this 1920 aerial of the Frederick Tudor Scripps estate in Pacific Beach, where the Catamaran Hotel is today.  Click HERE for an enlargement.

Greg May posted this gorgeous color shot of the Reformed Presbyterian Church, at 3495 College Avenue, on his Vintage San Diego web site this week.  I wonder if the young man in the suspenders is a future Colt.  Click HERE for an enlargement of the photo above.

Click HERE to take a look at the 55-year old Pacer from January 20, 1966

And HERE for the Golden Anniversary issue of January 22, 1971

Sherry Mummey Anderson ’64 died November 15, 2020.  She was born in Canton, Ill and moved to San Diego at age nine. She married the love of her life, Ken, in 1971. They raised four children, enjoying camping, exploring, entertaining and were very active in their church.

Stephen Fink ’66 passed away on December 20, 2020.  After a successful bone marrow transplant in December 2018, he was in remission from a blood cancer called Myelodysplastic Syndrome, but his compromised Immune System suffered too many complications.  He is survived by his wife Judy DeBolt Fink '67, children Stephanie Lundstrom, Shannon Villegas and Jeffrey Fink, and six grandchildren.  Steve spent four years in the Naval Reserves during the Viet Nam era.  He then worked at Leonard’s, his parents’ women’s clothing store in College Grove shopping center.  He later was employed by AT&T for 10 years and, for 34 years, was co-owner of AMI Property Management in La Mesa. His first love was golf.  He was an original member of Steele Canyon Golf Club in Jamul, where he played every weekend and in all tournaments.  Steve will be greatly missed by many friends and family alike.

Stevan Jaffe ’66 died January 9, 2021 in Springfield, Oregon.  I could not find a picture of him in the yearbook.

January 15, 2021

Who WAS that masked doctor?  (It's a Lone Ranger reference)  Dr. Wilma Wooten yesterday was awarded the MLK Human Dignity Award by the YWCA for her work as the County Public Health Officer during the pandemic.  Good for her.  I know it's important to set an example by wearing a mask during these trying times, but you would have thought -- in this instance -- they could have used a standard file photo.  I've put one at the end of this post if you're interested.

Who knew?  You can now access archived columns from two members of the Class of '62 at one location.  Ernie Cowan's Outdoors column and my own This Month in PB History column are both available on the PB Monthly web site.  Click HERE and take a look.

Did you know the Ritter sisters -- Uta and Helga?  Helga was a classmate of mine at Crawford.  Their mom Renate put together a nice book before she died, detailing how the family came to America from Germany after WWII as part of Project Paper Clip -- the American effort to get Werner Von Braun and his rocket scientists out of Germany before the Russians glommed on to them.  If you're interested in my copy of the book let me know, and I'll try to figure out a way to get it to you.  

Here's a tasty tidbit from a very early Oscar's menu, courtesy of Bob Schreibman '60.  You coulda bought two hamburgers and had a dime left over for the price of Fried Chicken Livers on Toast.  By the way, the menu says there was no car hop service on orders less than a dime.  Click HERE to check out the full menu.

The Winter Issue of the quarterly 12-page Alumni Newsletter is in the mail.  If you're not a subscriber and would like to be, click HERE for more information.

The January 12, 1961 Pacer -- from 60 years ago -- has a nice cover article on Ray Wagner and his newly-published book American Combat Planes.  Ray was my US History teacher at Crawford.  In later years I saw him a lot when he was the librarian at the San Diego Aerospace Museum.  Click HERE to peruse the Pacer.

You can never go wrong posting vintage railroad photos.   Click HERE to see an enlargement.

The unmasked Dr. Wilma Wooten

January 8, 2021

 

The third volume of San Diego Memories is out.  The photo below, from Page 73, caught my eye.  Click HERE for more information on how to purchase the book.

Dr. Paul Dean '61 gets a full-page mention in the November/December issue of San Diego Physician.  Click HERE to access the magazine.  You'll have to turn your own pages.  Dr. Dean.  Why does that name sound so familiar?

A while back I was watching an Aztec basketball game and really liked the announcer.  I spent way too much time trying to find out who it was -- and never did.  The second Aztec game against Colorado State this week found me in the same situation.  I listened with care hoping to learn the announcer's name.  Eventually he said something along the lines of "Matt Mitchell is about to break my father's record at San Diego State."  Turns out it the announcer was Casey Jacobsen (that's him above), son of Colt basketball star Von Jacobsen '66.

Arianna Huhn, after DNA testing, got some upsetting news about her parents George and Gail Schindler Fogelman  (63' and '67).  Turns out that Gail had had trouble getting pregnant and the couple turned to artificial insemination.  Ari was stunned to learn that George was not her biological father.  It got worse when she learned who her biological father was.  Click HERE to read the complete story from Voice of San Diego.

Frank Addington ‘67 passed away on October 23, 2020 in Las Vegas, NV. He was a part of the U.S. Air Force. He went on to have four children. During his life Frank was a part of the Las Vegas VFW and the American Legion.