March 18, 2022

 

I wasn't sure why the marsh mellow was wearing a merit badge sash, then I figured he was a Boy Scout heading to camp.  I think that's Cracker Jack on the left.

Here's a color shot of Park Boulevard and El Cajon Boulevard from the 1950s.  Click HERE to see it enlarged.  

I rediscovered this 1954 shot of the Andrew Jackson Orchestra when I was posting last week's class photos from Jim Sotiros.  Click HERE if you'd like to see an enlargement with more information.

Mike Kennedy '61 has been added to the Colts Who Served Page.  Here he is at Fort Ord, for basic training, in 1965.

Click HERE to read the Pacer from March 16, 1967

And HERE for the issue published March 17, 1972

Earl “Sonny’ Neal ’63 passed away in La Pine, Oregon on February 27, 2022.  He was a Vietnam Veteran, a Hells Angel, and just a Good Guy.  Sonny was proud to be included on the Alpine Veterans Wall of Honor.  R.I.P. (Ride/Rest in Peace) brother -- Your brother, Al

A Belated Passing:  Yvonne Tsiknas ’71 passed away February 15, 2017, following a long battle with uterine cancer.  She was born in Newport, Rhode Island but moved to San Diego before she was 6 months old.  Following high school, Yvonne worked for several years for Safeway and later Keil's supermarkets. In 2001, she purchased a coffee cart at Kaiser Permanente on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard that she operated until illness forced her to sell it in early 2016.  She developed a devoted following among the Kaiser staff not only for her drinks, but her upbeat personality.  Yvonne will be remembered for her sunny disposition, ready laugh and quick sense of humor, often self-deprecating. 

March 11, 2022

 

At first I thought this was funny.  On further reflection I'm not so sure.

Dennis Brown retired last week as Aztec Equipment Manager at the conclusion of the game against Fresno State.  Click HERE to read a really great article in the Union-Tribune.

Ernie Cowan '62 reports that his widowed Roadrunner has returned to Mount Hoo with a new wife and child.  Click HERE to read Ernie's Outdoors column in the UT.

Tom Cassie '62 shares another Horace Mann PE photo.  This is his 7th Grade Volleyball team.   Click HERE for an enlarged copy -- with names.

Jim Sotiros '69 fished out three of his class photos from Andrew Jackson Elementary.  Click HERE to see all three.

Jackie Campbell McGurk shares the sad news of the passing on February 21st of Sandra Kramer '63.  

March 4, 2021

 

DyAnn Richardson Candee does it again!!

Here's Steve Kapchinske '65 and the '54 Dodge pickup he drove to school.  Click HERE to see an additional photo and read a little bit more about Steve's ride.

Bill Riddle, '59, in Army Initial Entry Fixed-Wing Flight School at Wright Army Air Field, Ft Stewart, GA, 1970.  That looks like a T-41 Mescalero in the background -- also known as a Cessna 172.  Click HERE to look at the Colts Who Served Page again.

Co-Ed of the Year Finalists were named in the March 1, 1967 Pacer.  Click HERE to read all four pages.

Sorry to disappoint so many people, but George Fogelman's annuals went to a good home.  Marcia Sleet '59 desperately wanted the '58 annual.  I had to break it to her that it was from Horace Mann, not Crawford.  Click HERE to look at the on-line version sent a while back by Bob Richardson.

Tom Cassie's scanner isn't working, but he still was able to send a pretty good photo of his 7th Grade Horace Mann C Championship football team.  Click HERE for an enlargement -- with names.

Dale Adams ‘60 passed away February 27th, from pneumonia, in Lake Havasu City Arizona.  He leaves his wife Ruby and his son Paul and daughter Renee.  He was a heavy equipment operator here and retired to Lake Havasu City -- Gary Morris ’61

Celeste Persley Lilley graduated in 1975, one year before her peers.  She passed away May 13, 2021 in Washington state from extended health issues. Celeste and I met in drama class at Horace Mann Junior High and became best friends. She was adventurous, spirited, and daring – everything I wanted to be.  She had a lovely singing voice and played the piano beautifully.  We lost touch after high school. Celeste met and married the love of her life, Bill Lilley, and they moved to Gardiner, Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula.  I reconnected with Celeste after I moved to Washington with my husband. It was like no time had passed.  Celeste and Billy would stop by for a visit on their annual motorcycle tours, and we would visit them on the peninsula.  Celeste was a passionate animal lover, and a fierce friend.  She loved rock and roll, dogs, the ocean and her beloved Billy. The world is a little less wild, a little less adventurous without Celeste in it -- Wendy Williams ’76

January 25, 2022

 

Another cartoon posted on Facebook by DyAnn Richardson Candee

A couple of folks got hacked this week and lost their Fry Day emails.  Just a reminder that you can read the current, and past, Fry Day emails on the Colt Corral blog.  Click HERE -- and save It to your Favorites!!

I am in possession of the late George Fogelmans's Horace Mann and Crawford annuals, courtesy of Gail Schindler Fogelman.  If you'd like to have them, contact me at mail@johnfry.com 

Foot lockers are getting opened and veterans' photos retrieved.  Here are some more.  Click HERE to take another look at the Veterans' Page.

'62 classmates Joel Zane and Denny Aiken in Vietnam, 1969

Mike Byrne '64 donned his Coast Guard whites for the 1970 funeral of his Commanding Officer.  I was unsuccessful in correcting the color.  It looks for all the world like a still shot from the movie The Sand Pebbles, about patrolling the Yangtze River in 1926.

Rick Alexander '67 had an Air Force job in Hawaii that involved working with the Navy in San Diego, so he got to visit his mom on a regular basis.  She took this photo in the mid-1980s at the family home in Talmadge.  She was my typing teacher and, when I taught at Hale Junior High, the Girls' Vice Principal.  You may have had her as a teacher also -- Betty Alexander.

A Night With Neptune was the theme of the ASB Ball, to be held February 23rd.  That and more in the February 22, 1962 Pacer.  Click HERE to check it out.

Chet Carney was one of three Colts selected for the Amigos de la Americas program.  Click HERE to read all about it in the February 25, 1972 Pacer.

January 18, 2022

Posted on Facebook this week by DyAnn Richardson Candee

Dietra Anderson sent me an envelope stuffed with bus passes, ASB cards, and other goodies.  The Star of the Show may this photo from the wedding of my classmate Donna Smith Towne.  I think I recognize most of these folks, but I'm not sure.  Click HERE to look at an enlarged version and correct my mistakes.

Pat Soper joined the Navy in 1963.  Click HERE to learn more.

Mike Kennedy shares a Chevy Super Sport video from 1963.  Click HERE for a 2-minute blast from the past.

My classmate Ron Carlson sent in this poster from when his cousin Jeff Cava ran for Senior Class President in 1969 .  I can almost hear This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius in the background.

Click HERE to peruse the February 16, 1967 Pacer.  It's a 6-page issue from 55 years ago.

February 11, 2022

It's been awhile since I came across a cartoon I thought was worth sharing. 
This one from Bizarro is pretty good.

Three veterans have been added to the Colts Who Served page. 
Click HERE to take a look.

Susan Wilkerson McCasland '71 served in the Air Force and Reserves until 2007

Navy Reservists Bob Mardon and Mike Nesbit, both from the Class of 1964, pose for a photo in 1968. 

Ron Layton '64 was at Fort Ord in 1967

 

Click HERE to read the February 8, 1962 Pacer

and HERE to peruse the Pacer from February 10, 1972

Janet Moldenhauer Albright ’65 died peacefully in her sleep on November 30, 2021.  She was born at Mercy Hospital and attended Blessed Sacrament, Crawford and SDSU.  Jan worked at UCSD Medical Center, initially at the UCSD Gifford Clinic, and then as Administrative Assistant to UCSD's Director of Medicine, a position she held until retirement.  Jan enjoyed the outdoors, including camping trips with her husband Walt and their children, summer festivals and winter skiing at Thanksgiving in Mammoth Lakes and hiking in the Sierras.  She was predeceased by her sisters, Patricia Moldenhauer and Mary Dietrich.

A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, February 17, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., at St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church, 11451 Blue Cypress Dr., San Diego, CA 92131. 

February 4, 2022

 

I hope this is self-explanatory, because I don't have additional details.  Looks like the plan is to meet up in the parking lot at the Parkway Plaza Sears at 10 AM NEXT Saturday, then cruise to the Lakeside Rodeo Grounds where folks will share their memories of the late Al McBride.  Below is a photo of Patti Frazier and Al at a 1962 Crawford car show.

Looking like an extra from Happy Days, Jerry Lombardo '59 poses with his '55 Chevy during his Senior Year at Crawford.  Click HERE for a slightly larger view on the Cars We Drove to School page.

Mike Shannon '64 has added his photo to the Colts Who Served page.  Click HERE to scope it out.

Click HERE to take a look at the Pacer published February 2, 1967 -- 55 years ago.  I especially enjoyed the ad for the Jim Pagni produced James Brown concert at the Sports Arena.

 

Kim Leimbach Lasley '75 passed away January 23rd.  She is survived by, among others, her husband Jim Lasley, also from the Class of '75.

Philip Haberstroh ’76 died November 23, 1991.  He and  I were good friends through most of high school and afterwards.  Because of our last names we were often seated next to each other, and that is how we got to know each other.  We remained in touch throughout most of the ‘80s.  Tragically, he died in a house fire in Lakeside.  He was one of my best friends and I do still think about him after all these years -- Wayne Haire