Name: Steve Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 21, 2009, 9:57 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Laguna Woods, CA
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Message: With memories of the theaters we knew as kids, we forget the Lennox Theater on 10723 Hawthorne Blvd. My mother worked there around '44. I think it was still standing in the 70's. Before it was torn down, it was a mattress store. Did anyone go there? (Jerry will let us know).

Name: Cliff Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 21, 2009, 12:11 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Northridge, Ca.
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Message: Very Cool picture of the current Market Street. I really appreciate the time and effort of the person that took this photo. It does look very different than the way it did back in the hey day of the 60s. My Dad used to call downtown Inglewood "Gold Town". Called Hawthorne the same thing. In the picture the area doesn't look too bad. It appears that the Fox is up for lease. I sure hope that someone who occupies it does the same thing as they did with The Paradise in Westchester and keeps the facade. In Hawthorne, Lennox, Inglewood, Lawndale, Torrance, growing up there in the 60s was a wonderful time. Very "Wonder Years". I enjoy hearing and sharing the memories.

Name: Roger Richmond ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 21, 2009, 12:02 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1968
City & State: Bend, Oregon
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Message: Wow, does time fly... In 1964, 1965 and 1966, I enrolled in Algebra I, Geometry and Algebra II respectively. Mrs. Adkins was patient and worked incessantly to assist me. Unfortunately, math was not my forte at that time in my life and very often I had to retake math in the summer because my parents didn't accept the gifted C's or D's. My junior year when I was struggling with Algebra II, Mrs. Adkins called my parents and I remember my father saying, "You think that Roger deserves a break?" Mrs. Adkins said , "No, I do..." What a phenomenal educator! I am now a Superintendent of Catholic Schools in Oregon---Mrs. Adkins, would you like a job???

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 21, 2009, 11:19 am - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, Karloffornia
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Message: I can only think of one double-feature that I saw at the Fox Inglewood: "The Hellfighters" with John Wayne (as a Red Adair oilwell firefighter) and "Three Bites of the Apple" with David McCallum. It was around 1969.

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Feb 21, 2009, 9:10 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks, CA
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Message: As the Christmas decorations suggest, the Fox picture was taken in January of 1975 so 1974 release films would be apropos. Not to mention the fact that by the mid-eighties Fox Inglewood was drifting away from being a first run theater. But for me the picture is just a reminder of the wonderful times I had ten years earlier with my friends there watching some great films on a weekend night.

Name: BRUCE (McMEANS)HANSON ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 11:28 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1959
City & State: CATHLAMET WA.
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Message: BOTH THE ODESSA FILE AND BUSTER AND BILLIE WERE 1974 FILMS.

Name: Richard of Long Beach ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 7:40 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: LongBeach
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Message: The N/E corner of Crenshaw and Imperial was a Food Giant, which turned into a Smith's Food King. That is where father-in-law worked. This is from the absolute authority (the wife).

Name: Marilyn Ross ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 5:42 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Wisham
Class: 1956
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Message: There may well have been a Food Giant at Western and Imperial but in 1956 the Food Giant opened at Imperial and Crenshaw. I saw a posting on the net from a guy that said he lived behind the Food Giant at Crenshaw Imperial shopping center. I lived on Imperial just east of Prairie. My first job application ever was at Newberrys Crenshaw Imperial after graduation. I didn't get hired.

Name: Debbie Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 3:14 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Miles
Class: 1977
City & State: Del Aire, CA
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Message: Add me to the list of people who are grateful to have had Ms. Atkins for a teacher. She was tutoring a bunch of struggling geometry students before school, during her prep, lunch and after school. She really went the extra mile and then some. She was also Diaconian sponsor when I was in school. The last time I ran into her was Mother's Day at Redondo Beach pier many years ago.

Name: Cliff Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 2:24 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Northridge, Ca
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Message: I was showing my wife the pics of Market street and find that I just can't get past not only talking about the places that we all used to go to like The Fox, The UA, Selwins Jewelers, Sav On Drugs.. But the shots of the cars we drove is just as nostalgic. In the current shot, there is a beautiful 73 Mercury Cougar coming at us in front of the theatre followed by a Buick Electra. Going away from us it looks like a 67 or 68 Chevelle and in front of that is a 72 or 73 Monte Carlo. Since my wife grew up in New York, I had to laff when I told her about the Datsun b210 that is parked in the photo and seen just in front of the oncoming Cougar. It gave me quite a giggle when she asked "What is a Datsun".....I'm looking forward to the next pic...

Name: Michael M Kratz ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 12:41 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Vegas Hold'em
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Message: Odessa File on the marquee...I remember when Gary Shambaugh(71) and I saw the movie "MANDINGO" at the FOX Theater in the summer 0f 75. Boy! Were we lucky to get out of there with our lifes.

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 8:09 am - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, Karloffornia
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Message: Back in the 1960s, if one should go to the top of the hill at Imperial Highway and Western Ave., you could look down towards the west and see two Thrifimart "T"s. One was at Crenshaw & Imperial, and the other next door to HHS. The Food Giant was on the northeast corner of Western and Imperial.

Name: Doris Donaldson ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 7:34 am - HHS Time
Maiden: donaldson
Class: 1957
City & State: Twin Falls ID
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Message: BROTHER, AM I REMISS! I meant to post yesterday so I could wish a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our own CT GODDESS aka DZ LIZZY aka ELIZABETH! Rumor has it though, that she was having a WONDERFUL BD ... go for it Goddess! And while I am at it, perhaps I should just catch the rest of the February cuties who are having birthdays and for whom I care SO MUCH! HAPPY BD TODAY!!! to JAKE aka El Rojo who also lives in beautiful I-DEE-HO. 39 and holding! In a couple of days KAREN KUEHL will be 21 ... HAPPY HAPPY! And in a week CT's own SURF BABE will be 19 ... woooooie! HAPPY BD to sweet Kelley Currie! What a great month for us old/young timers! LOVE YOU ALL! xoxo doris

Name: Henry Cooper ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Feb 20, 2009, 7:22 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Redway Ca.
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Message: John: "Garbage Man Garbage Man I would rather be a Garbage Man than to go to Hawthorne High." These are the words that were chanted to us by much larger and smarter soon to be Leuzinger Students, while attending Hawthorne Intermediate. What vision they had. Who would of thought a RE-Tired Garbage Man that worked for a Major City pulls in around 60K a year. I chose Self Employment after H.H.S. And I'M just waiting for the Mexican Peso to come back and then it will be Easy Street. Have a Great re-union My Leuzinger Friends. Henry

Name: Cliff Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 6:11 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Northridge, Ca.
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Message: The pictures of Market Street in Inglewood are terrific. I've saved them to my computer. This current picture is the way Inglewood looked the last time I saw it around 1978 or so. On Occasion I go down Sepulveda Blvd thru Westchester and see the building that once housed The Paradise Theatre. Not quite the same. Does anyone have a pic of Market street as it is today? I don't suppose the Fox Theatre or The U.A Theatre are still there?

Name: Tammy Nichols ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 6:10 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Levene
City & State: Omaha NE
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Message: I used to walk to the beach barefoot. Straight down Rosecrans so, about 5 miles? I had some tough feet. This was after I grew out of my Earth Shoes. Now I do the next best thing which is wear my flip-flops most of the time (weather permitting.

Name: Marilyn Ross ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 5:40 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Wisham
Class: 1956
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Message: I remember a Food Giant at Crenshaw Imperial. When it opened my parents started going every Saturday at 9:00 am sharp. As for toe stubs, I was riding on the handle bars with my sister and caught my big toe in the spokes when I was about 7 years old. Talk about blood and pain. Isn't it amazing I can remember that far back?

Name: Larry Biller ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 4:12 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1967
City & State: Portland,Oreegunn
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Message: Cool pic of the Fox. Very expensive to get in though..around $1.25 for two movies and a cartoon. Now it's almost $10 for one movie..no cartoon...ten billion commercials and that's before the previews.

Name: Wayne Dickey ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 2:44 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: La Palma, Ca
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Message: Britt! You brought back one bad memory. I was about 8 or 9 and riding my bike barefoot along a brick wall. I lost my balance and ran foot first into that wall. My toe nail has never healed right. What a mess. Blood everywhere. Thanks for the memory.

Name: Britt Stonebraker ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 1:03 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1978
City & State: Kingman AZ
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Message: I remember going to that theater about 1973 and they refused to let us in because we were barefoot, How long has it been since you've seen a barefoot kid? Does anyone remember stubbing their toe while riding bicycles barefoot? That's a special kind of pain!

Name: Jill Jaynes ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 11:44 am - HHS Time
Maiden: McFarlane
Class: 1977
City & State: Mission Viejo, CA
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Message: I have a correction to an earlier post. I have been informed by the family of Lillian Calix that she has NOT passed away, but rather she is in a coma and she is not expected to survive. I have also been given a contact name and email address is anybody would like to visit Lillian or more information on her condition. You may contact her daughter Yvette Calix-Wollmer at living4today@tmail.com. I deeply apologize for the premature post.

Name: Jill Jaynes ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 10:40 am - HHS Time
Maiden: McFarlane
Class: 1977
City & State: Mission Viejo, CA
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Message: About a week ago a picture of the Crenshaw/Imperial center was posted. I'm surprised I did not see my Grandmothers 59 Rambler in the parking lot. One thing that has me stumped, (swiss cheese memory) is across the street where Sauls and the Boston Store was, there was maybe a grocery store (Thriftimart) that was on the Imperial Hwy side of the street but within that shopping center. Does that sound right to anybody, or was it something else? By the way John, great pictures of memorable landmarks that made growing up in Hawthorne special. Keep em coming.

Name: Jessie Koehn ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 9:50 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Corral
Class: 1974
City & State: Los Angeles, CA
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Message: Hey John, This photo of the Fox brought a tear to my eye...such great memories I have of this place. And next door is Selwyn's jeweler...where all of my siblings bought their wedding rings. It is still there, different owners.

Name: John Baker ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 19, 2009, 7:40 am - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Lomita
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Message: For all Cougars having reunions this year, Please finish your sign in on the Ctown Information System as I'll be sending address info to your reunion committees tomorrow. If you're having a problem please contact me. Thanks very much

Name: Jean Caldwell ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 18, 2009, 8:39 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Caldwell
Class: 1968
City & State: Albq NM
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Message: Love reading all the stuff about the stores in Inglewood and Hawthorne. I have one memory of Mr. and Mrs. Solomon. A couple times I would see them on the old Steve Allen Show. This was on rather late, so we didn't get to see it often. They were always in the audience. They were regulars I heard. Anyway they would always bring Steve Allen a huge salami. In return he would give them one of his rubber chickens and his favorite word....Squawk! Squawk! Or something like that! I thought Steve Allen was sooooo funny!

Name: Wayne Dickey ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 18, 2009, 3:11 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: La Palma, Ca
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Message: Betty!!! Shame on you. You know you have 3 pairs of shoes. Remember our last reunion? Hint (4" heels). Thought I would refresh your memory.

Name: Tammy Nichols ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 18, 2009, 12:50 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Levene
City & State: Omaha NE
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Message: I remember Earth Shoes. I had a pair when I was kid. I still have the rough, burlap type bag they came in. (I'm a saver.)

Name: Jack Dicus ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 18, 2009, 12:33 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1968
City & State: Miramar Beach, FL
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Message: Hey Clark! I had Mrs. Adkins for algebra 1 in 1964-1965. If it had not been for her, I would not be where I am today. I would have certainly failed algebra. Thank you, Mrs. Adkins, if you read this. BTW, I have already called my Mom and thanked her for making me take her class, despite my objections and desire to take auto shop. She told me I would thank her someday. Whew, that was hard! I hate being wrong.

Name: Tom Buckingham ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 18, 2009, 12:22 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1964
City & State: Clovis, CA
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Message: Thanks to Cindy and everyone for memories of Groves Market and the Solomons sundries store. I can remember my mother giving me a dollar to go to Groves for a pound of ground round, a loaf of bread and a quart of milk--and still had a nickel left over for a Snickers bar at the Solomans. Most of the time our milk was delivered by Gold Crown dairy. But if we were running short it called for a quick walk to Groves before dinner time.

Name: Cal Kappen ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 18, 2009, 11:12 am - HHS Time
Class: 1959
City & State: Oceanside CA
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Message: Sears in Inglewood had one of those green x-ray machines for your feet. That's why my toes curl up on the ends!

Name: Connie DeWald ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 18, 2009, 8:21 am - HHS Time
Maiden: DeWald
Class: 1961
City & State: Omaha, NE
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Message: Comments on the stores in Hawthorne are bringing back memories. Do you remember Laramies Shoe Store, I believe owned by Larry and Emily Wolfe? They had a machine there that we would stand on with an area to put our feet forward into it and it was like an xray and we could look down into it and see where our foot fit in the shoe. I thought it was fun and don't know of any other store that had that.