July 9, 2021

Saw this on Facebook, courtesy of Sandie Robbins Knox '61.  The first comment was I'm not changing THAT diaper.

Nooooo!!  I'm watching some creaky geezer on TV advertising a foot massager or something and realize it's Jerry Mathers!  The Beav'!!  It's a little like Frank Sinatra's biography when he saw one of his former lovers, June Allyson, pitching adult diapers.  Old age ain't for sissies, but it apparently beats the alternative.  

Janice Ricca Hom drove by Crawford last week and snapped the photo above.  I didn't think it would tell you much and hoped to snag an older photo of the same location.  I got the photo below off of Google Street View.  It doesn't help much.  You're on Colt Way (which may have had a different name when I was there) looking north.  I think I see the outline of Blessed Sacrament Church on El Cajon Blvd. in the distance at the left.  If you squint you can pretend that the main office and auditorium are still there at right center.

Remember Locker Clubs?  Sailors were not allowed to come back aboard ship in their civvies (not to be confused with skivvies.  I learned that one the hard way.  They had to rent a locker and change out of their uniforms and into civilian attire.  I have it in my head that the 7 Seas was owned by the family of a Crawford student.  Anybody know? 

Members of the Class of '62 -- and one imposter -- gathered on the steps leading up to the gym on September 3, 1997 -- the 35th year after graduation.  Click HERE to see THREE photos, all of them enlarged.

I took this picture of Tuna Harbor, next to the Fish Market, on the day after Christmas 1992.  Our family used to dine at Tom Lai's Restaurant at this location in the 1950s.  I expect a lot of new buildings have been added since I made this photo -- and one big deletion.  The Naval Supply building on the left was recently demolished to make way for a hotel.  I forget what the Navy got in return.

Robert Harrison ’62 passed away June 9, 2021.  He served a four-year term in the Air Force after high school, then worked in construction and with mechanical and electrical equipment. He married for a short time in the early 1970s and had two daughters. In July of 1979 he married the love of his life Sharyl, and became the instant father of four children.  Bob loved working on his classic cars, piddling in his shop, fixing up the house, fishing and boating on the Colorado River. His positive outlook and one-of-a-kind humor will surely be missed by all who treasured him.  He is survived by, among others, his sister Sandra Harrison Barlau ’60

Ramon Villon

June 22, 1954 - May 20, 2021