March 26, 2021

 

Courtesy of Lulu Anaya Summers '63

Rolfe Pope '62 just discovered this brand new Crawford Alumni polo shirt, size XL.  He'll mail it to whomever asks first.   Contact him at rolfe.f.pope@memorypoint.net  If you live near Anacortes, Washington he might deliver it in person.

I've always loved this photo from the 1967 Centaur.  I'm not sure if it shows all of the Colts who participated in mens' organized sports, but it appears to show all of the coaches.  You can see it enlarged on the Class of '67 Email Page.

Click HERE to read the Pacer from March 23, 1961 -- 55 years ago this week.

March 19, 2021

 

A belated Saint Paddy's Day to ya.  This came from my classmate Marcia Lame Schneider

Whatever happened to the boat being built on the triangular lot south of Horace Mann in the 1950s?  Bob Schriebman says he has the answer:  It rained for 40 days and 40 nights and -- well, you know the rest.  Tom Cassie and Larry Slayen both were of the opinion that the builder was the father of our classmate Paul Janicki.

John McGuigan saw the Flying Ship mirage photo and shared one of his own showing the Flying Coronado Islands.  I always thought the island on the right looked like the bison on a Buffalo Nickel.

This photo by Howard Lipin was part of an article in Saturday's UT about recent mysterious booms in the area.  I didn't actually read the article so I'm not sure what this photo had to do with booms.  I just really liked the shot.  I'm guessing it was taken from Mount Soledad.  You can see Table Top Mountain in Mexico, downtown San Diego, and a whole lot of fog pouring in from the coast.

74 Colts submitted entries to the 1966 Science Fair in Balboa Park.  Click HERE to read that and other stories from the 6-page Pacer issued on March 17, 1966.

Iconic Disk Jockey Happy Hare showed up on campus for the Walk for Breath Cystic Fibrosis Rally.  Read all about it in the March 19, 1971 Pacer from 50 years ago.  Click HERE.  

March 12, 2021

 

A vintage Far Side from 1985.

I loved the headline on this little snippet about a study of twins that determined that Bargain Hunting can be genetic.  It appeared in the Health Section of Tuesday's U-T.  

This photo was taken off the English coast last month.  Turns out it's the opposite of a desert mirage, where heat from the sand makes a lake appear.  Here, apparently, cold from the ocean makes the water disappear.  Hopefully you can access the article in the New York Times and get the real story.  Click HERE.  

This is a photo of Jewish twins who were sent off to a concentration camp in 1943.  They miraculously survived and are alive today.  When Steve Lopez wrote about them in the Los Angeles Times, a fascinating story unfolded.  I hope the Times will let you read it.  Click HERE to check it out.

Do you remember that while we we were attending Horace Mann in the mid-50s a guy was building a wooden framed boat  on a piece of triangular shaped land just across the street south of school?  It was there for a long g long time?!  I wonder whatever happened to it -- Kay Ross Slater ’60 

(I'm guessing this is where Alpha Dental is today -- JF)

Remember Five Points, where Pacific Highway, Washington, and some other streets all came together?  Well, this ain't it.  I thought it was, and so did some other folks on Facebook.  It's actually a southbound view of where Barnett Avenue merges with Pacific Highway.  Click HERE for more details and an enlarged view.

Gilbert Navarro ’63 died December 20, 2020.  My brother was born in Redlands, California. Our family moved to San Diego in the summer of 1950.  After high school graduation Gil  joined the United States Air Force, then returned to San Diego after his discharge.  He went to work for Pacific  Southwest Airlines until they were bought out by US Air, after which he retired.  He and his wife Irene loved traveling, and Gil loved camping, hunting and 4-Wheeling.  He is survived by Irene, his daughter and son-in-law, Andrea and Kevin Keating and me --  Christine Navarro Hayes '61

Donald Johnston '69 passed away, according to an email from the Crawford Foundation.  Either he died February 21, 2021 or sometime during the month of February 2021.  That's all I got.

March 5, 2021

The above ad from a 1955 Little League Program donated by Tom Cassie reminded me of photos of Esquire Motors taken by Howard Rozelle around the same time.

Here are three Pacers issued during the first week of March 60, 55, and 50 years ago

March 9, 1961

March 3, 1966

March 5, 1971

Earl Asbury ’64, my friend of sixty years, has passed away January 11th due to complications of Covid-19.  Earl was a good friend, and an avid hot rodder and fisherman.  After graduation he joined the San Diego Police Department  and later went on to manage a local Chevrolet Dealership for over 30 years.  He is survived by his daughter Danielle and girlfriend Bessie Cassion. I will miss him dearly -- Barry Penn ‘64

Michael McDonald ’66 died on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2021, after suffering a massive heart attack at his home in Indio, CA.  He was the epitome of health,  a 70 year old man able to hike the Sierras, who kept a karate dojo in his home.  He was Jack McDonald growing up in San Diego and while at Crawford. Taking Michael as his first name in adulthood, he studied at San Diego College  and was a devotee of Dr. Anderson in the Philosophy Department.  During that time he formed a relationship with my sister Lori “Anne” Selten ’67.   Michael and Anne moved to Hawaii where they married on the beach in Kauai.  Michael attained his Doctorate from the University of Hawaii in Religion.  Anne and Michael moved to Pioneertown, California to be close to our father, who lived in the Palm Springs area.  Michael and Anne worked in real estate and both wrote on the subject of I Ching. They were both passionate about spirituality and I Ching in particular. Anne eventually completed her book “The Nature-Based I Ching / A Modern Woman’s Book of Changes”, which Michael edited and published after she died.  Michael had since completed his own book “I Ching Self-Change”   He had a dry, delightful sense of humor and wrote a few things for Hollywood and for personal expression, that I found very funny.  My aunt and daughter say that Michael is now with my sister and that’s all they ever wanted. I’m good with that. He was in my life for more than fifty years.  For those of us that remain, he is missed -- Eric Selten ’64