May 2, 2014

I wonder when Jack in the Box started offering French Fries, ‘cause this 1968 photo says French Fried Potatoes on the menu.  This is the Jack’s at PB Drive and Mission Blvd and that’s ‘67 Mission Bay High grad Lynn Perryman giving Jack a big kiss.  Click HERE to peruse a larger version of the photo on my Jack in the Box web page.

Lee Cook ’66 and Chris Hillman pose for a photo at Adams Avenue Unplugged last Sunday. Chris, who played with the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and Desert Rose Band, asked for copies of Lee’s songs Bostonia Ballroom and Texas Bounty Hunter, from the 2013 Lou Whitaker movie.  Chris said he played at the Bostonia Ballroom in the 1960s.

Dan Burton ‘66 shares a photo of the 1963 Horace Mann 9th Grade Football Champs.  Maybe you can help identify some of the winners.  There’s a bigger photo you can access if you click HERE.

Richard “Dick” Schrupp ‘64 passed away unexpectedly on March 22 according to his brother Jim ‘61.  Click HERE to read a complete obituary and sign the guest book via the Colt Corral link

April 25, 2014

Looks like I'll be making my third trip to Bank of America in an attempt to get them to close Mom's checking account.  Now, the suits in Tampa, Florida say I never sent them a formal request.  No, they can't handle it in the branches anymore, although I've been told I need to go there to get the proper form.

I couldn't resist sharing yesterday's Bliss cartoon.  That's the Grim Reaper getting what I assume is a deep tissue massage at the chiropractor.

Gary Juleen ‘64 sent me a nice story and some snapshots of he and the late Phil Bonwell ‘66.  I’ll publish them in the June Alumni Newsletter.  In the meantime I’ve posted this shot of Phil and Gary on the Cars We Drove To School Page.  They’re departing the Juleen home at 4142 Vista Grande enroute to a surfing adventure in Ocean Beach.

Sandra Harrison Barlau ’60 wanted to know how her second great-grandmother, Mildred Timbers, became a slave.  The result of her research is a two-volume work, Some Slaves of Fauquier County Virginia, published by Heritage Books.  The books are also available on Amazon.

Remember Circle Arts Theatre out at Highway 395 and Clairemont Mesa Blvd?  Our family saw John Raitt in “Oklahoma” and waited for him after the show. The man was wearing lipstick and rouge!!  Anyway, this ad is but one of the many treasures in the April 23, 1964 Golden Anniversary Pacer.  Click HERE to read the entire issue.

Marla Quinci ‘75 passed away suddenly on April 17th.  She was a resident of Davis, CA and has two children — Olivia and Grant.  Marialyn Sardo ‘73 sent me a remembrance, which I’ve posted on the Class of ‘75 Obituary Page.  There is no on-line Guest Book or, as far as I know, scheduled memorial service.

April 18, 2014

San Diego State Student Darryl Grier is working on a group project on 6th Grade Camp and its recent lack of funding by San Diego school districts.  If you went to 6th Grade Camp you could help him out by answering a few questions.  Click HERE to email him  -- and time is of the essence.

Remember The Needle’s Eye, off Sunset Cliffs?  Me neither.  Luckily Clarence Wetherill , father of Kent Wetherill ‘62, took a picture in November 1953.  It later succumbed to the forces of nature.  Click HERE to see an enlargement.

San Diego Basketball Prep Stars Bill Walton and Larry Blum '63 crossed paths last month at the University of San Francisco gym.  Click HERE to read the story.

Nathan East ‘73 checks in with the good news that his new CD is #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Charts.  “Trying to keep San Diego on the map,” he adds.  Nathan credits Crawford stage band teacher Dennis Foster and Gunnar Biggs ‘71 for his interest in music.  Click HERE to watch him on the Tavis Smiley Show.

When Terri Quinlivan Parham ‘66 offered to send me an issue of the Horace Mann Cougar Times I readily agreed.  I did not know it was the 14-page 1963 Graduation Issue.  She said her husband went to a lot of work to scan and email it.  I know I went to a lot of work to upload it.  Click HERE to check it out.

April 11, 2014

Susan Marshall Gordon ‘64 is the Crawford Foundation secretary and is desperately hoping someone out there has grant-writing experience and can give her some help.  Call or text her at 619-865-3410 or click HERE to email her.

Nancy Alba Conney ‘63 poses with one of her rescued Red Tail Hawks.  Her Skyhunters non-profit rescue center was featured in Tuesday’s U-T.  The facility is open to the public by appointment and will be added to this year's Sage and Songbird Festival and Garden Tour out of the Viejas Outlet Center May 2-4. (Photo credit: Peggy Peattie/UT San Diego/ZUMA Press)

Too cute!!  Here’s a 1949 Golden Arrow Dairy calendar featuring Ted Hazelewood ‘63 and sister Dianne Hazlewood Buchanan ‘65.  Click HERE to see an enlargement.  I'm pretty sure it was 1949 when the milk on our Spring Valley porch froze and pushed up the bottle top.

Sandra Hendrick Rhoads passed away March 6th of Cancer.  Services are being held this morning at 10 AM at the Church of the Nativity, 6309 El Apajo Rd, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067.  Click HERE to read more and sign the Guest Book

April 4, 2014

I wanted to share this from last Friday’s U-T crime column.  Mrs. Bruner would have sent this back for re-write.  Us guys know just how painful it can be to take a blow to the Valencia Park.

The Chocolate “Cigar” at Terra American Bistro was voted one of the 25 Best San Diego Desserts in yesterday’s Night and Day U-T Magazine.  Located at 7091 El Cajon Blvd., the eatery is owned by my classmate Mike Rossman ‘62.  

One of these ladies, gathered in Palm Springs for the Follies, is NOT from the Class of ‘63.   Click HERE for the details.

Russ Flynn, swinging a baseball bat on the Sports Page, was the only name I recognized in the April 9, 1964 Golden Anniversary edition of the Pacer.  Click HERE to peruse all four pages.

I have just heard of the passing, on September 10, 2007, of Ronald Yardley ‘65.  There were no details.

Linda Thaler Neiman ‘66 died on March 23, 2014, seven weeks after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer.  Click HERE to read an obituary and sign the guest book. 

March 28, 2014

IT’S STILL DARK IN PACIFIC BEACH but the sun should come up in a while.  My Mom passed away last July and I’m still working through probate.  Nancy and I will stop by the lawyer’s office in OB then head to the Midway Post Office to mail the Class of ‘66 newsletter renewal envelopes.  There’s a good chance we’ll breakfast at Broken Yolk on Midway.  You may remember it as Bit ‘O Sweden smorgasbord.

There will be a Crawford Foundation booth at the 18th Annual Rolando Street Fair this Sunday, March 30th.  Don’t ask me for directions — I assume it’s on Rolando Blvd.  Click HERE for more information.

Speaking of Rolando, here’s a photo of yours truly in 1966, shortly after moving into College Village Apartments, 4881 Rolando Court.  Hard to believe, but the women stayed away in droves.

Get back to me if you’re interested in a DVD copy of the 1959 Centaur.  Click HERE to send me an email.

Linda Coleman Peterson has a 5 PM reservation for the back patio of the Mission Valley Buffalo Wild Wings for the Class of ‘69 Reunion August 23rd.  You may remember it as Seau’s.  She’s keeping it real simple, but would like to hear from you if you plan to be there. Click HERE to send her an email.

I’ve just learned of the passing of Judy Sisler Pedro ‘66 last year on July 8th. Click HERE to sign the Guest Book

Belated word of the passing of Eileen Oshefsky Sommers ‘69 also arrived, with only a date — February 1, 2010

April 3rd is the First Thursday at the Amigo Spot.   Don’t forget your Colts Club at the Spot card for a 10% discount — or pick one up on your arrival.  If you’re an Early Bird, this is your crowd.  With Daylight Savings Time it may still be light when they head home.

March 21, 2014

IT’S STILL DARK IN PACIFIC BEACH, but that’s OK because it stays light late now!!  Nancy and I will try to breakfast at Green Flash.  It will soon be changing hands.  They claim their won’t be big changes, but I’m always suspicious.  China Inn, my favorite Chinese restaurant, lost its lease, and will be closing next week.  Not a good month for little Johnnie Fry.

Spring arrived yesterday at 9:57 AM PDT and not a moment too soon.  San Diegans were fearful of having to suffer through another one of those 85 degree Winter Weekends we had weekend before last.

Jay Easton is in Julian — and now on the Class of ‘66 Email Page.   Janice Levine Zalewski checked in from Overland Park, Kansas and can be found on the Class of ‘67 Email Page.

Remember last July 4th when the Colt Corral blog talked about Twinkies, the drive-in movies, and exactly what years the Sears store existed in Hillcrest. Click HERE to revisit that conversation and check out two photos of Sears from Paul M Bowers.

A growing number of Colts are accessing the Colt Corral via Facebook.  At least three folks asked to join the Crawford Colt Corral this week and may not have been successful.  I pushed the button on my end, but weird things happened and I’m not sure those people had a success experience.

Gerritt Hollman and Tetsuo Tajima were the featured Senior Sketches in the March 19, 1964 Golden Anniversary Pacer, while Gary Phillips was the March Athlete of the Month.  There’s lots more to read in this 6-page edition of the student newspaper.  Click HERE to check it out.

March 14, 2014

Crawford Foundation member Susan Marshall Gordon says Crawford is having some sort of Parent Community Open House today.  If you’d like to stop by and visit the campus make sure you check in at the main office.  

Kim Reynolds Baum ‘65 is a new subscriber to the quarterly newsletter.  

If you called Sherry Jarvis Daigle about cooking lessons you probably struck out.  The correct phone number is 619-654-1840.

The folks who showed up at last week’s First Thursday party at the Amigo Spot were the first to receive their Colt Club at the Spot cards, entitling them to 10 % off future purchases.  Make sure you ask for yours the next time you stop in.

If you’re a subscriber to the quarterly newsletter, you should be receiving your copy of the March issue.  It went in the mail on Tuesday.  Click HERE if you'd like more information about the 12-page publication.

Dave Duncan '63, pictured with son Shelley, is back in baseball as a special coach with the Arizona Diamondbacks.  Click HERE to read a nice article about him on the azcentral.com web site.

This photo of Old Town is a little muddy, but it’s 140 years old.  Click HERE to view a much larger version, and get a little background.

March 7, 2014

IT'S NOT FRY DAY -- IT’S THE FIRST THURSDAY of the month, and the Amigo Spot will be jumping.  Paul Caston is back with his smooth guitar stylings.  Manager Enrico Lopez is preparing my favorite Chile Relleno Casserole.  Elaine Robinson Davis ‘61 is departing snowbound Bozeman, Montana to be with us and she’s bringing a friend.  She told me who, but I forgot.  The invitation says 5 PM and some folks will be earlier.  I will be first in line when the casserole comes out of the kitchen at 5:30.  Toodles.

Sherry Jarvis Daigle ‘63 forwards a rather lengthy email which I’ll publish in its entirety in the 12-page June alumni newsletter.  She talks about the passing of her mother Shirley (that’s her photo above), who worked at Leeds Shoes in College Grove.  Shirley passed away shortly after the Sherry’s 50th Anniversary reunion, having encouraged her to attend.  She convinced Sherry to “do the things you always wanted to do”, which apparently includes teaching people to cook.  If you know someone (why are you looking at me?) who could benefit from cooking lessons, contact Sherry for details.  Click HERE to email Sherry.  The phone number is 619-654-1640.

Russ Magnuson ‘64 believes he is “the dude in the red trunks next to Jack Baker” in the 1964 Ocean Beach surf shot.  Click HERE to take another look at the photos submitted by Alan Osborn

I hope you can read all the goodies in the snazzy poster above.  The Class of ‘74 will have its 40th Reunion festivities at Admiral Baker Clubhouse, from 6 to 10 PM on August 2nd.  Special room rates are available for Crawford Alumni at the King’s Inn.  Contact them at 619-297-2231.  Click HERE to email the Reunion Committee.   Click HERE to check out the Class of '74 Email Page.  Click HERE to go to the Class of '74 Missing Page.  Maybe you can locate some of the folks on the list.

February 28, 2014

IT’S STILL DARK AND DRIZZLY IN PACIFIC BEACH and I’m awaiting the big storm.  I hope Nancy and I can breakfast at the Green Flash because I understand it’s been sold and, I assume, will change.

Yesterday’s U-T Business Section featured an article about a fabulous new restaurant coming to Little Italy.  It’s Called “Juniper & Ivy”.  It’s on Kettner Blvd, perhaps between Juniper and Ivy.

Paul Caston, pictured here at Spanish Village, will return for First Thursday at the Amigo Spot.  That’s March 6 at 5 PM.  I may try to talk the cook into preparing my very favorite Chile Relleno Casserole.

Remember the photo Bill Paxton submitted of his parents' liquor store?  The mystery of its location has been solved thanks to the world wide web -- and Bill Mondigo, a 1979 Hoover grad.  All is revealed if you click HERE.

Jane Newberry was named March Girl of the Month, John Dovey’s ‘39 Ford was Heap of the Week, and Bill Graham, John Benson, Eric Watkins and Tom Lutz had a Beatles Cover Band.  Click HERE to read all six pages of the February 27, 1964 Golden Anniversary Pacer.

Jay Theskin ‘69 sends word of his mother’s passing on February 15th at age 90. Florence Theskin Carson taught at Horace Mann in the 1960s, then went to PB Junior High as VP.  Click HERE to read more about her and sign the guest book.

Jerry Reisinger ‘62 passed away January 17th in Thousand Oaks.  His career as a CHP motorcycle officer was spent in the San Fernando Valley.  Click HERE to read more about him and sign the guest book.

February 21, 2014

YIPPEE!!  THE WATER TO MY NEW KITCHEN was hooked up late yesterday.  I’m about to sit down with my first cup of morning coffee in 27 days (but who’s counting).  Not much to report this week.

Here’s the KDEO Top 40 list for August 9, 1963.  What an eclectic mix, certainly in the top four — Wipeout, Mockingbird, If I Had A Hammer, and Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah.  Click HERE to read the rest of the hits.

We mentioned last week that services for Walt Harvey, coach and counselor, will be held at La Vida Real, where he lived in Rancho San Diego tomorrow at noon.  The address is 11588 Via Rancho San Diego, El Cajon CA 92019.  In the meantime a very nice obituary appeared in the San Diego U-T along with an on-line guest book.  Click HERE to read the obituary and HERE to read or sign the guest book.