Hawthorne Feedback

Name: John Baker ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Apr 14, 2008, 6:48 am - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Lomita, CA
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Message: Just got the word that Coach and Cathy Chauncey just celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary last Saturday, so congratulations you two, and thanks for being a big part of our Cougartown family.

Name: Patt Prewitt-Deckard ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Apr 13, 2008, 7:18 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Prewitt
Class: 1965
City & State: Lancaster, South Carolina
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Message: Cougar Sighting. I saw Chris Prewitt HHS67 and wife Kathie, on April 6 at the Orlando, Florida airport. We later got together and spent 6 days visiting, catching up and touring Disney World. It was great to see my "baby" brother during a fun time!

Name: Lee Mills ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Apr 13, 2008, 4:39 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Forsyth, Ga
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Message: Cougar Sighting. While working at Disney's Hollywood Studios I came across a guest taking a picture of the Hollywoodland billboard. I asked him if he knew about Hollywoodland and he replied he was from Southern California. I told him I was from Hawthorne and he told me he graduated from Hawthorne High. After talking for a few minutes I realized he was Joe Bernhardt and graduated with Sandy (Bunch) and myself. I got to meet his wife, daughter and grandchild, it's a small world even 3000 miles from your hometown.

Name: Milt Calkins ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Apr 12, 2008, 5:12 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Oroville, CA
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Message: Just wanted to notify you of my new e-mail address: miltcalkins@att.net Thank you

Name: Thone Ritch ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Apr 12, 2008, 10:53 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Ritch
Class: 1967
City & State: Placentia, CA
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Message: In the 1970s I heard that the teachers were afraid of the principals, principals were afraid of the district administrations or school boards, the administrations or school boards were afraid of the parents, the parents were afraid of their children/the students, and the students were afraid of no one. In the following article, it reported: Said one teacher, on being asked why too few delinquents are reported or punished: "The teachers are afraid of the principals. The principals are afraid of their superintendents. The superintendents are afraid of the board [of education], and the board is afraid of the truth. Everybody is afraid but the kids?and they seem to be afraid of nobody." Things haven't changed except the teachers seem to be more cautious on how they state the problems.

Name: Sue ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Apr 12, 2008, 10:46 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Jolly
Class: 1961
City & State: Hesperia Ca
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Message: Happy Birthday to Judi Kiester Jacobson. From one c/o 61 grad to another. Enjoy your day

Name: Cathy Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Apr 11, 2008, 10:39 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Taylor
Class: 1987
City & State: Billings, MT
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Message: First off I want to say hi John and all...I've been a bad Cougar and not visited Cougartown in awhile. Second, welcome to my cousin Claudia Smith c/o 77 to the site.....AND a belated note on the Prom thing, I remember ours, c/o 87 that it was "If Only for One Night". I still have the champagne flute glass sitting on a shelf....but NO they didn't serve champagne in them!!!

Name: Howard "Paco" Duran ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Apr 10, 2008, 1:21 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1961
City & State: Lake Forest
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Message: Did anyone see my 2nd favorite Wilson family last night, on Idol Gives Back? Heart along with Fergie...Made me feel young and old, hope you all gave.

Name: Jack Dicus ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Apr 10, 2008, 11:31 am - HHS Time

Class: 1968
City & State: Miramar Beach, Florida
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Message: Hi Sande. I went to Bruce Salisbury's site. Great work, and I am not surprised. He was working with wood when last I saw him decades ago. Sculpting bowls and the like. He did beauty work back then. I am trying to work out a way to make it out there for the reunion. I know it will be fun!

Name: Patty Saville ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Apr 10, 2008, 9:44 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Valencia
Class: 1974
City & State: Laguna Beach, Ca.
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Message: Hi All! Our 1974 prom theme was "We May Never Pass This Way Again" - uh - we didn't, until Cougartown, sort of! What a good question to ask at a high school website! Thanks. Patty

Name: Walter Holt ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Apr 10, 2008, 9:39 am - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: Surf City, Ca
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Message: Lots going on this week...In the past week I have had two Cougar Sightings both work related. At my former dealership, from a few days ago, turns out one of the guys I worked with is a Hawthorne grad Alfredo Ramirez C/O 2005. I got him turned on to Cougartown. Now my new dealership OC Nissan of Irvine, Joe Lamonica C/O ? is the service manager and assisted me on getting on there. Seems like we have had this discussion on kids today & lack of discipline before on feedback...Blame it on Dr Spock!!!!! That really was the start of it all...

Name: Karen ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Apr 9, 2008, 7:09 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Harrison
Class: 1971
City & State: Manhattan Beach,CA
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Message: Happy birthday to Jody, class of '59. We enjoy chatting with you @ Cruise Nights...God bless, Karen (the 2nd) and Eric Koch

Name: Sande ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Apr 9, 2008, 2:13 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Bashaw
Class: 1968
City & State: Garden Grove, CA
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Message: Hey Jack - I'm glad to see you are still alive as well :-) Hope you will be able to attend the reunion. I just had a great e-mail conversation with Bruce Salisbury. WOW! Take a look at his website. He does some amazing sculpture.'68 Cougs - Tell your Friends - our 40th reunion is September 20, 2008 - Wyndham Hotel Orange County. I already have over 190 confirmed addresses of our classmates. Don't miss out on the memories! Thanks to you too John!

Name: Tim Hood ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Apr 9, 2008, 2:02 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1967
City & State: Eugene, OR
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Message: Had to write in on Mr. Ashworth. I had him for 6th grade at Ramona. He had all kinds of signs above the blackboard like "If the shoe fits wear it." He taught us how to play Cricket. He was a great teacher.

Name: Bob Poorman ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Apr 9, 2008, 1:43 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1977
City & State: Wayzata, MN
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Message: HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM (Jody Halberg '59)! Hope you've had and continue to have a wonderful day! I'll buy you a birthday drink when I see you in June. Better yet let's have my little brother buy since I hear he's in town at the same time. Love you, Your #1 Son

Name: EL ROJO ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Apr 9, 2008, 1:18 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1960
City & State: KUNA, ID
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Message: Hey folks long time no write. But the verbage on Otto Plum caught my eye. He was the head coach of the "B" team in 1957, along with Sid Smith. Most of us were sophomores, with a few "older guys". Remember it was " heigth, weight, and age" that determined what level you could play at back then. The younger ones, Sophs, went on to the, I'm sorry to bring it up, but the 59 CIF team. The B team went 8-0 in the Pioneer league in 1957 and allowed 33 points in 8 games that year. Coach Plum said at our awards banquet that this was a group of kids to watch in the future. Maybe? As I recall the varsity won their Pioneer league championship also. When they went to CIF they had been hit by a flu bug and about 3/4 of the starters were gone when they played the game.. They lost to a tough Whittier team. But, I still believe that this varsity team was probably one of, if not the best group of athletes to play at HHS through the history of our school. Just thought I'd throw my .02 cents in there. Have a great golf tourney you Cougs. Was glad I got to make it last year. not so this time. MAY THE COUGAR BE WITH YOU, Jake N Jude

Name: Jim Sloey ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Apr 9, 2008, 6:41 am - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: solvang
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Message: Having spent a lot of time with Danny Litton, from coast to coast, crossing into Canada and avoiding the Legionnaires and their disease, I can say unequivocally and without hesitation that until yesterday the words 'table manners' and 'dribbling' Danny Litton have NEVER been used in the same sentence!

Name: Rick McKelvey ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Apr 8, 2008, 6:27 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1972
City & State: inthishousethaticallhome
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Message: Danny, Don't be so modest, in the Burl, Sundale ave. area you were and are the standard that all us young bucks aspired to. Baseball, Football, Basketball, you taught them all to us. So for all of us, and you know who you are, Thank you.

Name: Dan Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Apr 8, 2008, 4:54 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1977
City & State: Sherman Oaks
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Message: Jerry Scott was my Freshman basketball coach in the '73-74 season. Paul Crowell was my JV coach in the 75-76 season -- what a pleasure they were to play for! Unlike others who shall, in this post, remain nameless.

Name: Anita ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Apr 8, 2008, 4:30 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Harmon
Class: 1969
City & State: Fair Oaks, Ca
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Message: I know I'm probably a day late and a dollar short with this comment, but the poem below was my guideline in raising my daughter and there isn't a day that goes by that I am not proud to be her mother.
Children Learn What They Live By Dorothy Law Nolte
If children live with criticism, They learn to condemn. If children live with hostility, They learn to fight. If children live with ridicule, They learn to be shy. If children live with shame, They learn to feel guilty. If children live with encouragement, They learn confidence. If children live with tolerance, They learn to be patient. If children live with praise, They learn to appreciate. If children live with acceptance, They learn to love. If children live with approval, They learn to like themselves. If children live with honesty, They learn truthfulness. If children live with security, They learn to have faith in themselves and others. If children live with friendliness, They learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

Name: Danny Litton ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Apr 8, 2008, 4:02 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1968
City & State: Marietta GA
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Message: "Dribblin' Danny Litton" referred to my table manners. Not to any basketball skills.

Name: Claudia Smith ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Apr 8, 2008, 2:39 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Morrison
Class: 1977
City & State: Piedmont, Missouri
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Message: IN OUR SMALL TOWN THE PRINCIPAL STILL GIVES SWATS AND SOME PARENTS FOLLOW UP WITH THE SAME.

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Apr 8, 2008, 2:30 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: While everyone still has basketball on the brain I remember a post Danny Litton put up a couple months ago regarding the best players out of HHS in the 50s and 60s. I'm almost sure I saw Paul Crowell play at HHS in 69 when I was a sixth grader. He was awesome. I remember arriving at HHS in the early 70s and hearing about a legendary point guard named Dribblin Danny Litton. Guess Dannys legendary modesty prevented him from including himself in the list of the greats but he was definitely one of them!