I see that Steve Martin got partial credit for yesterday's Bliss Cartoon. They've written a book together, entitled
A Wealth of Pigeons.
Ernie Cowan says the White-Crowned Sparrow, and other birds, should have arrived in San Diego this week if they're on schedule. Click
HERE to read his column.
I can't help myself when Greg May posts car photos on his Vintage San Diego Facebook page. This brand-new 1963 Chevy Bel Air station wagon was photographed, I suspect, on the Sunrise Highway turnout that offers views of the desert. Click
HERE for a larger view.
Aerial photographer Jimmy Erickson was, for a short time after WWII, a business partner of my late friend Howard Rozelle. Howard found him difficult to work with and something of a blowhard. Jimmy claimed to have been the first to take an aerial photograph. He also claimed to have been Charles Lindbergh's roommate when the latter came to San Diego to oversee the construction of the Spirit of Saint Louis. Turns out Jimmy may have been telling the truth. Click
HERE to check out the results of research I did last year.
Click
HERE to read the September 24, 1971 Pacer. That's EXACTLY 50 years ago!! Dang!!
Crawford teacher Mary Lee Anderson passed away peacefully on September 8th at the age of 97. Mrs. Anderson graduated in 1947 from San Diego State College with a major in English and a minor in French, earning an M.A. in English Literature from Syracuse University. She taught English at Woodrow Wilson Junior High and then at Crawford High School for over thirty years, retiring in 1985. She was a lifetime member of First United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women. She remained active in the Delta Kappa Gamma Society for women in education. Her husband, Harry Lancelot Anderson, a noted bibliographer of piano recordings, died in 1990.
A memorial service will be held at First United Methodist Church on Saturday, Sept. 25, at 10:30 a.m.
Click HERE to look at the Faculty Obituary page
Thank you Linda Roberts Ponsford '70 for telling me of Mrs. Anderson's passing.
