June 30, 2023

 

Looks like 4th of July will be celebrated on the 4th again this year, unlike some of the other holidays that get moved to the nearest Monday.  The weather report looks good, so folks coming to the beach will probably be whining when I won't let them park on my front lawn.  Cheers!  Don't play with firecrackers.

One of my all-time favorite Far Side cartoons.  Hope you can read it.

The Green Bins finally made it to Pacific Beach.  They are to be used for organic matter which will, I understand, become part of a gigantic compost pile at the Miramar Landfill.   Looks like a good excuse to rerun the photo of yours truly on Edgemont Street around 1950.  Back then we put our organic matter in little garbage cans.

I can't remember who gave me this program from the 1959 Kiwanis Basketball Tournament, but I've scanned the good parts (not the ads) for your perusal.  I spotted the names of several Colts who are on the Fry Day email list.  Click HERE and enjoy.

This photo popped up on Facebook last week with a request for someone to figure out where it was taken.  Click HERE to check out a larger version and learn what my guess was. 

June 23, 2023

The Fountain of Yuth?

How's the Second Day of Summer treating you?  As good an excuse as any to dig into the photo bin and share once again the photos I took at La Jolla Shores in June of 1962.  Click HERE to check out some undeveloped hillsides and some two-piece bathing suits.  

Also in the photo bin was this photo from the 1963 Centaur.  If you don't remember, I put on my Sherlock Holmes hat and tried to deduce what day the photo was taken.  Click HERE to see how I did.  

Ray Wagner wandered into Warren Marley's drafting class my Junior Year, looking for someone who could make drawings of the Douglas XB-19 for an article he was writing.  I still can't believe Mr. Marley chose me.  Click HERE to read the article and see the drawings.

Elissa Ellis MacLeod ’69  passed away June 15th after a battle with brain cancer.  She was a wonderful friend of more than 60 years -- Sally Bots Chew ’69  (Elissa did not have a picture in the yearbook)

June 16, 2023

 

A wagging tail, I think, is called a Tell in poker.

Class of '68 buddies Ken Stone and John Teeter got together for lunch in Justin, Texas.  Click HERE to find out the back story.

This aerial of the old Sears store in Hillcrest appeared on Facebook this week.  Click HERE to check it out.

The last of the photos that I had developed in December 1962 feature the Heartland Queen and Princesses.  Although I could not find documentation in the Union-Tribune archives, I think the photos were taken at Morley Field at the conclusion of the 1962 Toyland Parade.  My attempts to document this led me to discover that a whole lot of Crawford girls were listed as sorority pledges at San Diego State in 1964 and that the San Diego State yearbooks are available to download and view.  Click HERE and all will be revealed.

Barbara LeSage Reemelin ’63  

My husband Al and I were visiting San Diego and stopped by Spanish Village to see Barbara.  We found out that she passed away two weeks ago from a stroke while visiting her son in Hawaii.  Barbara had a stroke a year ago February and was doing well after a long time in therapy -- Joan Hickey Stefl ’63

June 9, 2023

 

If memory serves, blue mixed with yellow gives you green.

Some old pals from Hardy, Horace Mann and Crawford -- Bernie Feldman, Marc Zeitlin, Wayne Zucker, Gary Gallerstein, and Steve Hoke -- got together at Bully's this week.  Click HERE for details.

As you may recall, I'm a sucker for color photos of San Diego streetcars.  This one shows the Georgia Street bridge, which no longer exists.  Click HERE for an enlargement and a little more information.

I took this picture on December 11, 1962 at the San Diego State Chariot Races in Aztec Bowl.  Click HERE to read about the detective work that went into identifying this photo, an enlargement, an additional photo, and the identity of the Bronzed Adonis at the right.

Click HERE to read the June 6, 1958 issue of the Pacer.

Bob Olson '72 passed away June 3, 2023 according to the Crawford High Foundation.

June 2, 2023

 

The joke -- or urban legend -- has been around a while.  I hadn't seen it in cartoon form.

This stunning night shot of downtown San Diego taken from Kate Sessions Park appeared on Facebook recently.  Click HERE to see it enlarged.

Click HERE to read all 10 pages of the June 5, 1963 Welcome President Kennedy issue of the Pacer.   You wouldn't think 60 years could go by in a flash.

I guess it's a good time to peruse the JFK in San Diego page of my web site.  Click HERE to check it out.

I'm continuing to scan the packet of photos I took in December 1962.  A handful of them were taken at Morley Field at the conclusion of the North Park Toyland Parade.  Bob Denver was one of the celebrities there.  Click HERE to see who the other one was.

Tom Crogan has submitted a more complete obituary for his twin brother Bob, and chided me for using his photo instead of Bob's in the previous memorial.

Bob Crogan ’67 passed away on May 9, 2023 surrounded by his family: Rae Crogan, his wife of 33 years; his identical twin brother Tom; his son Ryan; and his daughter Shannon. His youngest son Griffin passed away August 8, 2022.  Bob had three grandchildren: Callahan, Grady, and Hadley. Bob went to San Diego City College then transferred to San Diego State, where he threw the discus and javelin and was a member of Kappa Sig fraternity.  He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Redlands.  Bob worked at the Hungry Hunter restaurant in Mission Valley before becoming a motorcycle police officer in the City of Costa Mesa, where he worked for more some 30 years.  On January 19, 1984, while riding his police motorcycle, he was involved in a catastrophic accident and underwent more than 50 surgeries throughout his life. In 2020, he was diagnosed with head and neck skin cancer, for which he endured three rounds of radiation and chemotherapy treatments.  Bob will be remembered for his love of his family, numerous friends, golf, and his work as a motorcycle policeman.