June 24, 2022

 

Summer's here and it's time to go to the beach!!

I've retrieved some snapshots I took at La Jolla Shores in June 1962.  Click HERE to check them out 

 

Tragically, on the first day after graduation the Class of 2022 lost a member when basketball player Woodlain Prudhome disappeared in the surf off Mission Beach.

Dick Cloward '60 recalled a similar incident when Glen Carraway '59 was lost while swimming off La Jolla Shores on April 15, 1960.  Click HERE to read more about Glen Carraway.

Turns out that 19-second Channel 8 video of Crawford in 1958 was followed by a 5-minute story done in 1978 -- and it's in color.  Click HERE to travel back.

Some years ago Bob Richardson '61 wrote about Aztec Villa, a portion of the old Frontier Housing where a lot of San Diego State professors and their families lived.  The recent publication of the 1950 Census may have muddied up his research.  Click HERE to take a look at Bob's original story -- and HERE to read about some changes.

June 17, 2022

The latest Outdoors column by Ernie Cowan '62 encourages you to Sit and See.  Click HERE for the full story.

A recent Channel 8 Throwback features a 19-second video of Crawford's campus getting cleaned up prior to opening in 1957.  Click HERE and have a look via YouTube.

The Vintage San Diego Facebook page showed a bunch of color shots of a San Diego State Homecoming Parade from the 1950s.  I was able to find the exact date and transfer most of the photos my web site.  Click HERE to check it out.

Mark Hamm '68 passed away at home in Cottontown, Tennessee on May 31st.

June 10, 2022

 

John Montello shared this Gary Larson cartoon from 1987

John Horner '65 visited recently from his home in Virginia and snapped this photo of the construction at Crawford.  I can't be sure, but I think this is in the general area as the iconic photo below.

We've added Bill Ross '65 to the Colts Who Served Page.

Annette Godels Conway forwarded the story about Dale Irby

I decided to share eight photos from my years teaching at Hale Junior High in the 1970s.

Here are the Pacer Graduation Issues from

June 4, 1962 -- 60 Years Ago

June 7, 1967 -- 55 Years Ago

June 9, 1972 -- 50 Years Ago

The Crawford Foundation says Roy Wayne III '72 passed away May 27th.

June 3, 2022

 

Last week we added a photo of Larry Vansworth to the Colts Who Served page.   

This week we share:

Larry's 1952 Andrew Jackson Kindergarten class photo

All six of his Darnall Elementary class photos

The program from the 1958 Redwood Village Little League Championship game

And a nice photo of the winners -- VFW Ship 1774

This is NOT an obituary.  I just thought I would throw in Larry's yearbook photo to complete the K-12 adventure