Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week at Crawford. The foundation paid for a Panera breakfast to be catered for the teachers on Monday and, on Cinco de Mayo, there was a catered lunch from Taquiza Jose. Thanks to a large check from a '65 grad, and your donations, allowed gift cards to be passed out to an appreciative faculty. Hey, isn't that the cafeteria on the right? I got kicked out of there for shooting a straw wrapper.
Who knew? I was scrolling through the guide on my television and noticed a kids' show on KPBS starring a donkey named Hodie. I burst out laughing when I sounded out Donkey Hodie.
Recognize these ladies? The Los Angeles Times on Tuesday, in an article asking if masks might no longer be necessary outdoors, took a photo of a fellow either putting one on -- or taking it off -- under the watchful gaze of some old friends at Knott's Berry Farm.
Boy am I confused. Marcia Sleet '59 shares her 5th Grade photo from Rolando Elementary, not to be confused with Rolando Park Elementary. Rolando Elementary, on Tower Street west of 70th, is still there -- but part of the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District. Click HERE to see an enlarged version of Marcia's photo, with some names.
Click HERE to peruse all 6 pages of the May 12, 1966 Pacer. By the looks of the ad below, Sports Editor Bob Zucker had a side hustle. Remember LPs? Remember 45s? Remember dial phones?
Jeff Garrison '73 shares a photo of his sister Christie '68 on the cover of the June 1976 issue of PSA Magazine
If you were heading east on Upas Street in the '50s, say from Morley Field or the Zoo, you would have spotted this gas station at 30th Street. There's a Jack in the Box there now. Click HERE to see an enlargement of this photo, which appeared on Facebook this week.
Remember Balboa Stables across from Navy Hospital? This photo appeared on Facebook this week. I'm not gonna enlarge it for my web site, but thought it might bring back memories for some Colts. A 1959 newspaper article said it was going to have to move because of the proposed Crosstown and Switzer Canyon Freeways. The Switzer Canyon Freeway was never built, but I think the Crosstown Freeway would be I-5.
