Julyy 4, 2025

 

Happy 4th of July from June and the Beav' (Did Eddie Haskell REALLY say, "Good morning Mrs. Cleaver -- how's the Beaver?)

Just in case you don't have your glasses near, the palm tree is scrawled with sayings berating the only other person on the island.

Who knew there were 20 types of birth control?  I went on-line and checked in early for my annual physical this Tuesday and the questions got a little personal.  Click HERE at your own peril.

I'm still reading the Union-Tribune on-line, but I don't know for how much longer. I skip the bad news -- national and international -- and find the sports pretty depressing.  I usually find something interesting in the local section.  The headline above in Tuesday's business section stopped me.  I have NO idea what this means, but I guess the bots have finally taken over.

Emily Harvey Shepard '72 sends a photo and story of her recent trip Down Under with the Mister.  (No I DIDN'T catch his name).  Click HERE to read all about it and to see this great shot enlarged.

Click HERE to see an enlargement of this 1969 view of downtown from Coronado.  I found a lot of items of interest in this picture.

Here's a pretty nifty shot looking west on Broadway from 22nd Street around 1890.  Turns out the S. D. E. Ry. initials on that bench stood for San Diego Electric Railway -- the streetcar.  Click HERE for an enlargement.

 

I thought you'd really enjoy this vintage photo of the #7 bus downtown, as well as the historic shot of the old Ward Road bridge below.  Turns out I thought the same thing a while back.  Click HERE to revisit the bus page, and HERE to take another look at the bridge page.

I've been inundated -- overwhelmed -- with obituaries this week.  I no longer, with one exception, know who told me what about whom.  Here is what I remember.

Borden Hughes ’61 died June 29, 2025

Mike Nesbit and Jane Newberry were on top of one another in the 1964 Centaur.  Mike, twin brother to Mark, died May 20, 2025.  Janis Irvine Ricards says her friend Jane passed away on June 21st, adding "While in the class of 1964, Jane was voted the Best All Around Senior, Senior Prom Queen, Senior Class Vice-President, Auroras President, Girl of the Month for March and Junior Class treasurer.  Jane and I both lived in Del Cerro and became friends at Lewis Junior High as well as Crawford. We were freshman roommates in Sproul Hall at UCLA".

Bob Mardon ’64 passed November 8, 2024.  He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Susie Roskos Mardon ‘65