November 25, 2022

Pinocchio shouldn't play poker

Did you go to the Joel Zane page last week?  The shop where he got his car painted in 1962 is still in business at 4488 University, but it doesn't look like they're painting cars anymore.  Click HERE to revisit the page.

Here are three Pacers from 65, 60 and 50 years ago

November 26, 1957

November 21, 1962

November 22, 1967

Colts Who Served

Ron Cullins '60 sent several photos from his time in Vietnam. 

Click HERE to check them out

James Dean Johnson ’67  My brother served in the Air Force from 1967 to 1971 and was stationed in Nha Trang, Vietnam.  He finished his service at Grand Forks AFB in North Dakota.  He passed away in 2003 -- Donna Johnson ’62

Obituaries

Faculty Member Walter Billings passed away on November 14, 2022 surrounded by his family and friends. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1929.  Mr. Billings had a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Boston University, a Master's in education from Harvard University and spoke fluent Spanish. He taught chemistry and Spanish at Crawford for 28 years.  He loved learning and exploring new things. He took scuba diving lessons with Jacques Cousteau while in Massachusetts. He had a private pilot license, and played five different instruments -- all self taught.  Walter was also an avid motor cycle rider and rode dirt bikes all over Baja California, Arizona, southern California, and street bikes for long road trips with his wife Eileen.

Click HERE to read a complete obituary and/or sign the on-line Guest Book

Bill Fink ’63 passed away November 18, 2022 after a short illness.  After graduating from Crawford he served in the Navy.  Bill continued his education at UCSD where he earned a Master’s Degree, followed by a doctorate from University of Oregon, Eugene.  An avid Oregon Ducks fan, Bill was often seen wearing a Ducks shirt or baseball hat. He had a passion for gardening with beautiful gardens wherever he lived.    He was a role model in all the above.   Bill is survived by his wife, Dennett Taber, step children, several grandchildren, and sister Nancy Fink Moors, Class ‘65.

Greg Bear ’68, the affable San Diego native who wrote such highly acclaimed and plausible science fiction novels as “Blood Music,” “Darwin’s Radio” and “Eon” and who helped create San Diego Comic-Con, died November 20, 2022 following a stroke after complications during heart surgery, according to the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, or SFWA. He served as the group’s president from 1988 to 1990.

Read the rest of the story in the San Diego Union-Tribune

 

 

My classmate Lynn Routt Swanson didn't get a Fry Day email, nor did she get a response to the three emails of concern she sent to me.  Lynn is a Cox subscriber and Cox may have blocked my email, which goes out to 1500 Colts.  I have been tagged as a spammer, and I'm not sure what recourse I have.  I reminded Lynn that the Fry Day emails are available on the Colt Corral blog.  I urged her -- and you all as well -- to bookmark that site.  If you check it and I'm not there, THEN you can get worried.

Larry Slayen sent in a great history of the birth of Jack in the Box and its early years.  He reminded me that it was where Crawford kids hung out after the football games.  Click HERE to revisit the Jack in the Box page and read what he sent.

Speaking of partying after football games, I had my first taste of hard liquor out of the trunk of Joel Zane's Chevrolet.  My previous experience with alcohol involved Cheracol cough syrup and Mogen David wine, so Joel's Jack Daniels bourbon packed quite a punch.  That's Denny Aiken above, posing in front of Joel's Chevy.  Click HERE to get the back story.

Here's the football program for the game played 61 years ago this weekend.  Click HERE to read the rosters.

The folks below have been added to the Colts Who Served in the Military Page

George Glover '73

Nick Watson '64

Mike Judd '68 passed away last Sunday from heart failure and diabetes complications, according to his sister Beverly Judd Camren

November 11, 2022

Definitely the day to scan the Colts Who Served Page

The Grim Reaper on Yelp

Was the Jack in the Box on 63rd and El Cajon the very first one?  I've added a snippet from the 1952 City Directory that would seem to add proof to the assertion.  Click HERE to take another look at the Jack in the Box Page.

What?  No Beatles!!  The KGB Top 30 Survey from November 15, 1963 must have been just before the British Invasion.  Click HERE and take a gander.

This week we feature Pacers from 65, 60 and 55 years ago.

November 12, 1957

November 8, 1962

and November 9, 1967

Brigitte Revel Galgut '68 passed away on October 31, 2022   Brigitte was a fitness trainer and owned a picture frame business.  She was a great mother and grandmother.  Sadly, she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease some years ago and then got Alzheimer’s -- Sonia Fox Ohlbaum ’69

 

November 4, 2022

 

Debbie Nichols Poulos '63 is in a wheelchair with ALS.  She shares a photo of her two latest books, which can be ordered on Amazon -- HOME SCHOOLING DURING COVID-19 and Beyond and THE CONSCIOUS TEACHER

Jerry Whiting ’64 has been added to the Colts Who Served Page.  He served in in the Army from 1962-1965 in Field Communications with the 2nd Armored Division.  He attended Darnall, Horace Mann and Crawford.

Here's the program for the game in which San Diego met Crawford on the football field at Hoover.  The game was played on Friday, November 3, 1962 at 8 PM.  I am lucky to stay awake until 8 PM nowadays.  Click HERE to check out the program.

Here's Mighty 690 Top 40 program from November 7, 1958.  Click HERE to remember the Good Old Days.

When it's a slow news week you can't go wrong reprising an Aunt Emma's Pancakes menu.  Apparently you can go back in time if you drive to the Aunt Emma's that still operates in Chula Vista.  Click HERE to check out the menu.