Hawthorne Feedback

Name: EL N IDA ROJO ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Sep 18, 2008, 6:42 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1960
City & State: Kuna, ID(home of kavemen)
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Message: Paco, I ran around with a guy named Bruce Johnson, as you know. His bro Terry, a few years older than us(also with the Satins Angels) and friends, hung out at the Hambuger Handout at Centinela and Sepulveda. Every Tuesday night, rods would show up and there would be a challenge. They used to go out and run behind LAX which was not an international airport place at the time, on a road I believe was called Lincoln. It connected Imperial Hwy with Westchester and was west of the airport. Some really good drags held out there. And I've told this story before, but the bad dude, Bruce's bros buddy, had an 52,53 Olds with a 57 J2 engine and 6 2's on it and had never been beat. A deuce coupe showed up one night at the Handout, challenged him and ran him three times. Beat him all three. The last time, he just kept going towards Westchester. No one ever knew what he was running or anything. De ja Vue? Little Deuce Coupe, B.Boys? Or John Milner in American Graffiti. Take your choice. It really was cool. Jake N Jude. MAY THE COUGAR BE WITH YOU.

Name: jim sloey ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Sep 18, 2008, 6:32 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: solvang, ca-home of arnie's ak
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Message: hamburger handout not to be confused with hamburger hamlet was located at the corner of Sepulveda and Centinela. The original fast food burger for 19 cents. Feed a family of 4 for... oh that was the peanut guys line at dodger stadium. not the Roger Staubach look a like.

Name: Steve Hutchins ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Sep 18, 2008, 5:54 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1959
City & State: St. George, Utah
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Message: The Hamburger Handout was over near Sepulveda and Centinela and served "Skippy's" style fast food. Tha Hamburger Hamlet was a regular restaurant on the Sunset Strip. Their specialty was giant-sized hamburgers at (for the time) giant-sized prices.

Name: Sande Gosper ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Sep 18, 2008, 3:13 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Bashaw
Class: 1968
City & State: Garden Grove, CA
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Message: Well, there's going to be a major Cougar sighting this weekend! The class of '68 will be celebrating their 40th reunion this Saturday, Sept. 20th - Wyndham Hotel Orange County - 7pm-12 midnight. Not too late to buy a ticket and join in the fun! You can also purchase your ticket at the door. All Cougs are welcome. We would love to see you there! You too John :-) Also, thank you '68 Cougars for all your e-mails and well wishes - wish you all could be there!

Name: Carolyn Ladd ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Sep 18, 2008, 1:51 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Gamradt
Class: 1962
City & State: Ann Arbor, MI
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Message: Good memory John! I recall it was the Hamburger Hamlet. ~C

Name: Howard "Paco" Duran ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Sep 18, 2008, 9:09 am - HHS Time

Class: 1961
City & State: Lake Forest
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Message: Does anyone remember, Hamburger Handout"? Seems like there was a couple of them, Westchester and the Studio Drive-In area..Well off to play golf with the Dennis's. FORE!!

Name: GARY BEAIRD ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Sep 17, 2008, 3:17 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: NORTHRIDGE,CA.
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Message: LAST SATURDAY I WORKED ON A COMMERCIAL OVER AT A-N-A STUDIOS IN VAN NUYS. AS I WAS WALKING BACK FROM MY GRIP TRUCK, AND A PRETTY LITTLE BLONDE GIRL, I JUST HAPPENED TO NOTICE, STROLLED BY. IT WAS GLADYS ALBAIN, WHO IS MARRIED TO RON NARY, ANOTHER GRADUATE OF HAWTHORNE HIGH. THEN LATER THAT DAY, I RAN INTO JUDY ROBERTS(ALBAIN) WHOM ALSO WORKS THERE, HOW RARE !!! SHE IS MARRIED TO RICHARD ALBAIN, BROTHER OF ED, OF COURSE, ALBAIN. WE HAD A GREAT LONG CHAT ABOUT THE LAST FEW 40 YEARS. JUST THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE ON C-TOWN. GREAT SITE!! IF ANY OF YOU ARE ABOUT TO MAKE A MOVIE, LOOK THEM UP. THEY`LL GIVE YOU A GREAT DEAL ON THEIR STAGES.......

Name: John Baker ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Sep 17, 2008, 11:42 am - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Lomita, CA
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Message: Re Cougartown Picnic: For all who are in the Chili Contest, please bring your chili in a pot or pan that can be heated on a BBQ. We have two BBQ areas that will handle about 40 people each so that's where we'll do the Chili and Salsa Contest thing, along with the watermelon eating contest. Also, with 2 BBQ areas you can bring something to BBQ rather than just a picnic basket. As of now it looks like a short 100 will be there so hope to see you too. Thanks all and we'll see you on the 27th of September. There's a map on the Picnic page.

Name: Kell curr ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Sep 16, 2008, 8:58 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1967
City & State: Englewood, OR
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Message: I'm so ashamed of myself..I forgot my very dearest friends birthday...Lisa Graham Happy Belated Birthday!!!!! Get ready next year if the big one for us...Love you so sorry Kell Also my niece Meghan Currie ( Chucks daughter) is getting married march 2009!!!! hip hip cool

Name: Karen Sullivan Koch ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Sep 16, 2008, 8:24 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Harrison
Class: 1971
City & State: Manhattan Beach,CA
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Message: Cougar Sighting...I have been filling in for a couple of days in the physical therapy department for their receptionist, who happens to be first and foremost my oldest daughter, Kristin. A new patient came in with his wife and grandson. After a few minutes his wife stands up, looks at me and says " you went to HHS, didn't you?" She said she did also and was Darlene Harvey class of 1973. I remembered the name, but did not know her. She says she is not good with names but never forgets a face...hmmm. She decided she remembered me from my many years in Mrs. Hohenthaner's student store.

Name: Sharon Leach ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Sep 16, 2008, 5:01 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Moore
Class: 1966
City & State: Long Beach
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Message: Well, "Off like a prom dress," JudyWudy and Janny are doing a great job on the picnic. Talk about creativity, Judy is overflowing with it. Janny hang in there in that surplus Marine tent. I hear you are wearing camouflage and staying under the radar of the El Segundo park rangers. Judy promises to send you more rations as soon as she finishes freezing that t-shirt for the picnic. Frozen t-shirts? That sounds interesting. Stay tuned to find out more.

Name: Judy Blomsterberg ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Sep 16, 2008, 7:33 am - HHS Time

Maiden: DeGrazia
Class: 1964
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: Cougar sighting. Learned that my wonderful, pain free, one man show dentist is a HHS alumni. Dr. Jerry Okuda came from the same "root canal" as we did. Hope you make it to the picnic Dr.O.
RE: SEPT 27th PICNIC IN THE PARK EVENT: Last weekend, Janny and I dropped by the park to check it out. It's a great setting with lots of trees and open spaces for games. Don't forget to sign up if you plan to be there. Even if you don't sign up, you can just show up, but we'd like to have a feel for the numbers attending. Since it's first come first serve, make sure you bring your blankets and cooked food as we're not sure of how much access we have to the grills and tables. We'll have games, prizes, Paco's going to take lots of pics.. music, and lots of stories about how we got from high school to here. More info as it unfolds. And, yes, Janny is still in his tent holding the spot at the park. Only 10 more hot afternoons and cold nights in the park baby, hang in there. Judy D.B.

Name: Howard "Paco" Duran ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Sep 15, 2008, 5:56 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1961
City & State: Lake Forest
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Message: Cougar sighting: While buying my "Chow still works for BYU" t-shirt at Costco, I saw Paul Penn class of 1962. Paul still looks the same as did in school. He said to say "hi" to all.

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Sep 15, 2008, 12:58 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: A very legitimate Cougar sighting: I dropped my car off at Best Buy at PCH and Hawthorne Blvd and Manny Mercado('99) is installing my speakers in my Jeep as I write this. Boy there are a ton of young Cougars working down here in the South end of the South Bay!

Name: Penny Prouty ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Sep 15, 2008, 10:42 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Prouty
Class: 1962
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: I was at the Brian Wilson concert on Saturday night.....what an event! The Hollywood Bowl was packed. Brian's music reached everybody there...all generations. The momentum built up throughout the concert and by the time we were half-way into the concert, the crowd was on their feet, singing and dancing in the aisles. It made you proud for him, knowing how far he's come, how he's made it through and where he is now. His orchestrations and his top-quality musicians show off Brian's creative genius abilities and now he's better than ever. The last song from his new cd, "Southern California" is very moving...the words go right to your heart. So glad I was able to go!

Name: Steve Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Sep 14, 2008, 8:55 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: Laguna Woods
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Message: Anyone catch one of Brian Wilson shows? Reviews?

Name: Mari Davis ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Sep 14, 2008, 2:25 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Rutter
Class: 1967
City & State: Lubbock, TX
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Message: Hey!! That's right John!!! Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss!!! Were you there too? Sorry I didn't recognize you either. Yep, you're right...I knew that. Really. No, really, I was just kidding that I didn't remember. Really.

Name: Neil Andersen ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Sep 13, 2008, 8:12 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Dallas, OR
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Message: Somebody go wake up UCLA, they've got a game today.

Name: Janet Amuchastegui ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Sep 13, 2008, 8:23 am - HHS Time

Class: 1968
City & State: Cincinnati, OH
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Message: It would be nice to crumble to peer pressure~ I would LOVE to come to the reunion and then fly south to Cabo with folks, brother and sister in law... I hate the way "they" hang retirement over our heads! Dang. Have a Hurricane for me and in memory of Garnett...we sure enjoyed the last reunion. Let's have a girls week (ah guys, you can join us too!) next summer... anywhere on Delta's map :o) Really, have a "bitchin" time and say howdy to everyone for me... even if I never knew them or they did not know me. I love you all!

Name: Joyce Savisky ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Sep 12, 2008, 10:47 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Savisky
Class: 1962
City & State: La Mirada,Ca.
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Message: Happy Birthday to my "Special Friend", Bill Shultz. Now you and your year of Graduation are the same! Hugs, Joyce