March 31, 2023

 

Baseball season begins at Crawford tomorrow at 2 PM with the Alumni Game.   The team needs help with equipment.  Click HERE for donation information.

The cardboard box of Horace Mann and Crawford treasures was in my dresser drawer for over 60 years, but it's on its way to Crawford, courtesy of Butch Higgins '65, who drove down from Rancho Bernardo to pick it up.  Luckily I snagged some previously unposted photos and stuff at the last minute.  Here's a shot of yours truly from 8th Grade at Horace Mann.  Click HERE for a real treat.

Last week's posting of the Don Jose's page got some folks fondly recalling Julios on 45th and University.  Click HERE to see the above photo enlarged, along with some other East San Diego shots taken by John Suitts in 1975.

It seems like it was just last week when I posted the great 1960 April Fool's Issue of the Pacer.  It never gets old.  Click HERE to take another look.

March 24, 2023

'63 classmates Kathy Houser Nolan, Jerry Lovelady, Linda Johnson Wise, and Jerry's wife Nancy gathered for lunch earlier this month.  Click HERE for the details and a bigger picture.

Remember Don Jose's, on El Cajon, near Hoover High.  Our family visited there once in my youth.  I was probably 12, going on 9, and wasn't impressed.  In later years I'll bet I would have LOVED it.  Click HERE to revisit the Don Jose's page. 

Yoli Leon Banda '65 asks her classmates to Save The Date -- Friday, October, 6, 2023 --  For a class reunion buffet luncheon, 11-3, at Admiral Baker Field.  It gives me an excuse to share, once again, the photo I took at the Admiral Baker swimming pool in 1964.  Click HERE if you'd like a larger view.

Click HERE to peruse the 6-page March 23, 1963 Pacer

March 17, 2023

 

Green Beer and Corned Beef Tacos?  No Thanks!  But YOU go ahead!

Abrazos de Uruguay!  Laura Montaldo now has a copy of her father's annual, thanks to Pam Woodbury '62.  Darwin was Crawford's first Exchange Student.  Click HERE to get all the details.

Nathan East '73 is in the news again.  Union-Tribune columnist Diane Bell reports that he created the score for the movie A Snowy Day In Oakland.  Click HERE to read the column.

Natalie Olmedo is looking for alumni baseball players for the game to be held on Saturday, April 1st at 2 PM.  The baseball field is apparently where the football filed used to be.  Natalie, a 17-year old Senior, is the manager of this year's baseball team.  You can email her at onatalie321@gmail.com or download an entry form from the Reunions and Get Togethers Page.

Click HERE to read the Pacer from March 18, 1958 -- 65 Years Ago

And HERE to peruse the issue from March 14, 1968 -- 55 years ago.

March 10, 2023

Sharon Mitchell Danner '62 stopped at the Denny's in Manassas, Virginia on Wednesday and thought of me when they brought out the coffee cups.

 

It may be time to again remind folks that, if they don't get a Fry Day email, they should go to the Colt Corral blog where the emails are archived.  If they don't see anything current, THEN they can worry if I'm still alive.  Go to http://coltcorral.blogspot.com/  -- and SAVE it!!

Eleven Colts stepped up the first day with pledges to pay for Championship rings for the Cross Country team.  I'll let you know, in a couple of months, how it all works out.

Ernie Cowan's Outdoors column this week is about Rare and Familiar Birds that can be spotted in San Diego County.  Click HERE to read all about them.

A couple of folks questioned the 1960 date I put on the above photo.  One recognized the brand of the motorcycle on the left as not being produced until later.  The other person noticed the Chevy El Camino behind the motorcycle as a '64.  I stand corrected.

Jeff LeSage is looking for a secure place in the San Diego area to store his new Dodge Ram Promaster while he's out of town May 25 to August 3rd.   It's too tall to fit in a garage.  He'll pay $250.  Contact him at frenchyquebec@yahoo.com

Yikes!!  It looks like it was 60 Years Ago that Larry Blum led the '63 Basketball Team to the CIF Championship.  Click HERE to read the March 7, 1963 Pacer and refresh your memory.

Ken Sheldon ’65 passed away March 1, 2022.  After Crawford he joined the Navy and was a flight deck technician on the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk.  Following this he opened an auto body shop in Huntington Beach.  After selling the shop he opened a printing shop.  He met his wife Pam Osborne, from Clairemont High School, and they married after he finished with the Navy.  They are survived by one son, Adam.  Always a car guy, he bought his first car, a new Pontiac GTO, in his Junior Year.  He had several classic cars which he showed at local car events in Orange County -- Richard Westfall ’65

 

Greg Roper ’71 died February 17, 2023 from complications of heart failure after a long battle with von Hippel-Lindau disease and related kidney cancer.   Greg was born in San Diego and lived there his entire life. He was an Eagle Scout with Boy Scout Troop 18 of North Park.  In 1974 he earned his BA in history at UCSD with high honors. He went on to attend law school at UCLA, graduating second in his class in 1978.  After graduation, Greg joined the law firm of Luce, Forward, Hamilton and Scripps, and went on to become a partner of the firm. He specialized in the protection of free speech rights as an expert in First Amendment and Media Law.  Despite the many health challenges Greg faced in his life, he lived life to the fullest, treasuring every moment with family and friends. After retirement, Greg enjoyed his favorite pastimes of golf and tennis, as well as international travel and many happy road trips with his wife Sherry.

March 3, 2023

Are all the ??????  intentional?  Some of you are getting blocks of question marks in your Fry Day emails.  I'm not putting them there.  Here's what I learned from Google:  The question marks indicate font substitution occurred because your computer does not have the same font that was used when the content was created. The substituted font does not have the glyphs that exist in the specified font that is not present.  Does that help?  I didn't think so.

Rose Mercurio Royster ’66, Butch Higgins ’65, Sally Marshall Hyde ’66 and Colt Mascots attended the ribbon cutting for Crawford’s new building on February 8th. 

The Boys' Volleyball team poses for a team photo with the new equipment purchased with alumni donations.  Click HERE for the BIG pictures.

Here's a photo that appeared on Facebook this week.  It looks eastbound on University at Central.  Click HERE to see an enlargement, plus a current shot in which nothing looks familiar.

Click HERE to take a look at the Crawford Pacer from March 4, 1958.  Yikes -- that's a long time ago!