Name: El & Ida ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Mar 8, 2009, 10:16 am - HHS Time
Class: 1960
City & State: KUNA, ID
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Message: Love the pic on BBQ Petes. That was a time when you could be anywhere at any time and not be afraid to have a good time. I remember standing in a line a half a block long with my folks waiting for one table to move out and one bunch to move in. My brother and I couldn't understand what all the fuss was about but I don't think there was a plate with much left on it. Good grits! It went on for a few years as I recall. At least until us kids found Skippys, McDs, Frosties, Roccos, Taco Tio, and cars, etc. when we were all grown up. :-) Fun times. I've been retired a week and still can't believe I don't have to set an alarm clock. Although, I was usually awake before it went off anyway. Still awake before it used to go off. But got a pretty nice retirement present from my company. Not a G-father clock like Paco, but a really nice gift certificate to Cabelas outdoor stores. It would buy a decent set of golf clubs and then some. Or set up a fly rodder like me with some classic equipment.. Pretty nice if you like outdoor stuff. Anyway, good stuff John. And, all you folks who contribute to this site. It's still great. MAY THE COUGAR BE WITH YOU! Jake N Jude.

Name: Kim Begley ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Mar 8, 2009, 9:16 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Stembler
Class: 1973
City & State: Scotts Valley, CA
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Message: I was planning on attending my first Cruise Night while visiting LA. How fantastic that Mr. Key will be there! Looking forward to giving him a hug and introducing my son to the best Principal ever!

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Mar 7, 2009, 11:29 am - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: cys at Del Amo last night and a young man approached me to offer assistance and with my usual queries I found out he was a Cougar. Christian Rivas (89). I encouraged him to come to cruise night as we need some younger folks to join in!

Name: Michael M Kratz ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Mar 6, 2009, 10:33 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Vegas or Bust
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Message: Hawthorne tops South Bay jobless with 14.1%, Los Angeles 10.0%, Lomita 7.4%, Manhattan Beach 3.8% and here in Las Vegas we just hit 10 percent joblees today and they say it will hit 13% this summer. Wow! John, who would of ever known will see this day. But I do remember the joblees rate was high in the early 70's.

Name: Gary Bickers ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Mar 6, 2009, 2:41 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1963
City & State: pve cal
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Message: John, saw the picture of BARBQUE PETE'S and only one thought, Cole Slaw, Cole Slaw, Cole Slaw.

Name: Greg Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Mar 6, 2009, 2:25 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Hawthorne, CA
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Message: FYI....Hawthorne Savings was sold to WAMU a couple of years ago and now it is Chase.

Name: Lillian Parra ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Mar 6, 2009, 10:54 am - HHS Time
Maiden: McDonald
Class: 1963
City & State: Havasu Lake, CA
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Message: Huaraches, Pendleton shirts, tanned bods, bleached beach boy hair - total cuteness

Name: George Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Mar 6, 2009, 9:46 am - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Spinnaker Coves, Ca
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Message: Huaraches don't squeek if you treat them with WD-40, Saddle Soap and Bag Balm, not in any particular order of preparation LOL. I have gone through many pairs of these sandles over the years, I buy a pair at least once a year when I travel to Mexico. The prices have gone up quite a bit over the years, I think the first pair I bought in Mexico (about a 100 years ago) were about $1.00 U.S. or less. That's back before the Mexican government re-did their money and removed three zero's from their printed Peso bills. I remember I was in Puerto Vallarta one time and when I went to check out of my hotel, my bar and food bill was $7,200,000.00 Pesos. I about cr--ped myself until they converted it to American dollars which was about $750.00 U.S..

Name: Richard (Rick) Weaver ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Mar 6, 2009, 8:50 am - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Bedford, NH
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Message: Hey John - if memory serves, "Huaraches" were more of a traditional leather sandle (made in Mexico) with a back strap and an over the arch strap (rather than a between the toe strap). However, for me, what made them "Huaraches" was the used tire tread they had for soles.

Name: Lillian Parra ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Mar 6, 2009, 8:37 am - HHS Time
Maiden: McDonald
Class: 1963
City & State: Havasu Lake, CA
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Message: Huaraches don't slap they squeak:-)

Name: Vicky Aliabadi ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 11:51 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Baur
Class: 1976
City & State: santa monica
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Message: In regards to Tom Nadal's question on February 27th, "Has anyone been to the Beach Boys Monument by the Airport?", I was there last year at another Cougars request for pictures and took the three. I was not sure how to post them on Cougartown, so I sent them to you at your e-mail address. Thought you would know how to post them.

Name: Maria Fitzgerald ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 9:09 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Juaneza
Class: 1980
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: What about flojos (sp?)

Name: Richard (rick) Weaver ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 7:04 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Bedford, NH
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Message: Sorry, back to the go-aheads - my wife grew up in Hermosa & went to Mira Costa, and we lived in Manhattan Beach for a long time, nobody I knew there ever called them go-aheads, but we did in Hawthorne. In Manhattan, they were much more commonly referred to as "Slaps", which makes sense as they would slap your heel while walking...

Name: Jessie Koehn ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 3:51 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Corral
Class: 1974
City & State: Los Angeles, CA
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Message: WOW George! that's great! Hey eveyone...George just found some lost money and is buying lunch for everyone!!Just kidding! I am sure you could use that chunk-of-change right now.

Name: George Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 2:18 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Spinnaker Coves, Ca
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Message: Hey Matt; Thanks for the info.. I just found out the state controllers office has $975.83 of my money. I had a bank account at the old Interstate Bank on Hawthorne Blvd., now defunct that I apparently forgot about. As I kinda remember it was a $100.00 Christmas club account, the interest just kept growing all these years. Thanks again.

Name: Jessie Koehn ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 1:18 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Corral
Class: 1974
City & State: Los Angeles, CA
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Message: go-ahead, thongs and zorreys are what I remember calling flip-flops...my daughters always correct me when I call them thongs sheesh! I guess it's like the words: gay, queer and fags...all have very different meanings now-a-days, then what I remember them meaning. Ahhh...the times they are achangin'

Name: Michael M Kratz ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 12:08 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Vegas
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Message: I went to the California Unclaimed Property site 6 months ago and found I had monies from a safe deposit box, I left at Hawthorne Savings when I moved to Vegas in 79. They sent me another letter, and it ask me to prove I was a resident of Hawthorne Cal. way-back then. So like John says, don't throw anything away. I looked through my old stuff of way-back Hawthorne and found my old Hawthorne Savings and Loan book, I'll bet that will work. Hey John is Hawthorne Savings still there?

Name: Matt Peterson ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Mar 5, 2009, 11:04 am - HHS Time
Class: 1974
City & State: EDH, CA
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Message: I know this is unrelated to CT but it may help some Cougars. The State of California has a website for unclaimed property such as money owed you from insurance companies. Go to http://scoweb.sco.ca.gov/UCP/ and search under your name and initials. I just found some money for my sister. Go ahead and try it.

Name: Jim Federick (federico) ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Mar 4, 2009, 10:22 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: west Hills ca ,Hanalei Hi,
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Message: OH MY GOD ! I really didn't think that this "Go Ahead" thing was going to turn into this ! It's funny because my wife ( Valley Girl from Van Nuys ) Has always giving me flack about "Go Aheads" And that she's never heard the phrase....And i felt like maybe i was wrong .THANK YOU !! I Knew i was correct !........ Sooooo Seeing how this picture thing is so interesting ......... How many people are wearing Go Aheads, Flip Flops, Zoories, Thongs (only Dickie would call them that) And trust me theirs a whole lot of other names i can't write (you know the p.c. thing ) so get your magnifying glasses out (those of over 55) and how many "shower shoes" do you see ? ! ... Aloha from the land of bare feet .. Did he say shower shoes ?....

Name: Howard "Paco" Duran ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Mar 4, 2009, 7:12 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1961
City & State: Lake Forest
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Message: Is that Harry Plotkin on the bike?

Name: Jean Caldwell ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Mar 4, 2009, 4:10 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Caldwells
Class: 1968
City & State: Albq NM
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Message: Ooops! I made a mistake with the Manchester & Market St photo...not the girl on the left....the girl on the right looks a lot like my mom. It would be neat if it was her! Oh well...maybe someone will know. My Moms name was Juanita Hahlbeck....she was also known as Nita. Her brother Dallas also attended IHS...I'm pretty sure her brother Herman did too...He was known as Buster. Have a good day everyone!

Name: Jean Macernie ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Mar 4, 2009, 2:19 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Caldwell
Class: 1968
City & State: Albq NM
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Message: I sure am enjoying all these old Inglewood pictures. I wonder if anyone out there knows who the 3 girls are in the picture of Manchester & Market. They are on the corner. The one on the left sure looks like my Mom....I doubt if it is, but you never know!! She was about 17 then and did attend Inglewood High. She grew up there. She lived at 1000 Orchard Drive. Next is the go aheads...thats what I always called them...But there was a time when I asked about them in a store and I would get a strange look from someone who would say "what are those"? I've asked friends at work and they said they never called sandals go aheads in Albuquerque. As for going bare foot...I did that too. Almost everywhere I went I was barefoot...I sure would feel awkward doing that now, but back in the day I can remember everyone without their shoes. I can also remember the hot pavement on the bottom of my feet as I dashed for shade!

Name: Marilyn Ross ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Mar 4, 2009, 11:11 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Wisham
Class: 1956
City & State: Garden Grove
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Message: I never really wondered why thongs were called go-aheads until everyone here started asking. I looked it up on the Internet and found a couple of places that said they were called go-aheads because you couldn't walk backwards in them without them falling off. Makes sense. Personally I have never worn them. They were too uncomfortable on my toes.

Name: Wayne Dickey ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Mar 4, 2009, 7:39 am - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: La Palma, Ca
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Message: Zorrie's, was another name, but the one you can't use today, is "thongs". Imagine your mother saying today, "Put your thongs on before you leave the house". Everyone knows where they are worn today??? Keith? I'll leave that alone!!!!!

Name: Richard Of ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Mar 3, 2009, 7:02 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Long Beach
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Message: Hey Jim Schroeder, quit holding out on us and share you knowledge. So, did 'Flip Flops, come first, or did 'Go Heads' go ahead? And no flip flopping on the subject. Also, we have not heard from you since pre-Christmas, so spread some wealth of wisdom with us.

Name: Doris Donaldson ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Mar 3, 2009, 4:20 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: donaldson
Class: 1957
City & State: TF ID
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Message: Being the mouthy old girl that I am, just HAVE to put my 2 cents in on a couple of things. One, Jim Frederick brought up "go-aheads" (now known as "flip-flops")! I love it! I tried to get someone on CT to come up with how that word came about, but not a single soul responded. I wondered if I was the only person who remembered it! And Sue King darlin ... I think it's GREAT you took your 29-year old daughter, Lori, to Disneyland for her birthday. You're my kinda gal! YOUNG AT HEART!

Name: Richard Of ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Mar 3, 2009, 3:55 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Long Beach
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Message: Cougar sighting: Was in a meeting today, and the gentleman beside me asked about being in band in school. I looked at him, said French Horn? Yes, he is William Coate, HHS '70. And we have only worked for the same employer for how many years!

Name: Dennis Kilroy ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Mar 3, 2009, 12:47 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1977
City & State: OC CA
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Message: Hi John & Ctown. I have been enjoying all the Inglewood pictures also. They are really bringing back alot of memories. Me and my friend shared a paper route and would get up early and throw papers all over Inglewood for not much money. But Christmas was good. We always would start porching the papers before Christmas so we would get a better tip! Looking forward to Cruise Night. Also if there are any class of 77 on facebook please find us we started a group for our class. Not to take anything away from Ctown (we can have some fun, stay in touch and save some of John's bandwidth). Everything is good except for the USC Men's Basketball team. See everyone soon.

Name: John Baker ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Mar 3, 2009, 6:56 am - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Lomita, CA
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Message: Our own Neil Larson just got back from Hawaii and produced this short video with a little Brian Wilson "Lucky Old Sun" music. Please take a look.