Name: Jim Frederick ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 5:22 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Santo Borracho AZ,

Message: In regards to Sharon's Question ... Could you be thinking of "Beach Bum Burt's"? It was a cool tropical place. They had great food and drinks! Loved that place. It even had a palm roof! How they got away with that I,ll never know! And i think the guy that owned Beach Bum Burt's also owned another cool restaurant in Marina del Rey. I think it was the "Wharehouse" ??

Name: Marlin Lockrem ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 1:42 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Green Valley, AZ

Message: Thanks Jerry, so so much.....if you or anyone knows someone that would be willing to sell their 58-59 Molino Yearbook, please let me know...thanks again!!!

Name: George Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 12:44 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Palm Desert, Ca

Message: Hey, JB; I know, I went out with Louise a few times back in the day. Jorge

Name: Marlin Lockrem ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 12:28 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Green Valley, AZ

Message: I WENT TO HHS IN 1958-59, MY FRESHMAN YEAR...THEN TO LHS AND GRADUATED CLASS OF 1962. [YOU CAN CHECK OUT MY PIX AND INFO ON FACEBOOK, 0R leuzingerhighschoolalumni.com OR classmates.com.] MY FAVORITE REMEMBRANCE OF HHS IS GOING TO THE BEACH BOYS SHOW & DANCES IN THE GYM IN THE MID-60s. IF SOMEONE COULD EMAIL ME A PICTURE FROM THE 1958-59 HHS EL MOLINO YEARBOOK PAGE WITH ONE OF THE BEACH BOYS (that would probably be Brian Wilson's junior year) ON IT AND ALSO THE PAGE THAT I AM ON (Marlin Lockrem, freshman year), THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED ...THANKS!...MARLIN ....(mtlockrem@hotmail.com)

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 12:15 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks
No E-mail
Message: Thanks for the vote of confidence I can be no help with knowledge for any boat that capsized in King's Harbor in the early 80s. The closest disaster I know of was the 1988 pier fire/storm which destroyed several businesses including Castagnola's Restaurant. Sorry.

Name: Janet Burkett ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 12:10 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Humphreys
Class: 1962
City & State: Ca
No E-mail
Message: Jorge and Sharon, I wonder if you are thinking of a tropical bar/restaurant that was called Latitude 20 I believe. Can't remember where it was, but it was a favorite for Burkett special celebrations. My sweet mother in law, Velma, especially loved the tiki type drinks there...she was such a wild woman!

Name: Gary Catallo ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 11:59 am - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Moreno Valley, Ca

Message: About the nightclub on the boat in King Harbor that sunk... I remember the nightclub well....Dirty Sally's...The ship was the Lady Alexandra...Below is some info I found about... The owner was former "Our Gang" comedies star Chuck Johnston (He played the character of "Stinky Davis.") In addition to being the master lessee of the Redondo Beach Marina, he owned a variety of businesses in King Harbor, including the Blue Moon Saloon. In the late 1970s, he reopened the restaurant under the ship's original name, the Lady Alexandra. A disco/nightclub, Dirty Sally's, was added. The ship also became the home of the Palos Verdes Yacht Club. But the ill-fated vessel would soon meet its match. A record high tide, combined with wind-whipped waves, battered the Lady Alexandra in mid-January 1980, suffering enough damage to close down the businesses for a few days.

Name: George Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Jan 15, 2012, 8:55 am - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Palm Desert, Ca

Message: Sharon girl; Maaaan!!, in 1981 I was already headed towards middle age, I was 37 Y/O, had kids in school and was a gun slinger for the county. Spending most of my nights in the Ghetto pushing a black & white around, I had finally seen the light LOL. By that time, my demographics had changed, I lived in Yorba Linda & I stayed closer to home (most of the time). I'm sure that by that time (1981) many changes had occured in King Harbor, I don't recall the boat/ship you refer to that rolled in the bay, if anyone knows, it would be our historian, Jerry. Jorge

Name: Sharon Branigan ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 11:04 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Bierman
Class: 1976
City & State: Milton, GA

Message: Nope, it wasn't the Blue Moon Saloon. I remember that place, spent many evenings there, but I never noticed that it was crawling with cops and firemen. However, my gang didn't turn 21 until 1981 so I think it had transitioned to the yuppie crowd by then. We also spent a lot of time at Pancho and Wongs. And there was a tropical themed restaurant/bar in that area as well- they served a drink called a "Potted Palm." Anyone remember the name of that place? As for the mystery nightclub that was a retired cruise ship, it was moored at what I keep thinking was King Harbor, down in the same general area of Blue Moon, Pancho and Wongs, and ?? whatever the tropical place was. Remember that I went sailing with friends when she rolled over so that we could see what she looked like from the ocean view, since all we saw in the paper was the view from land. I spent a little more time trying to find it on the inter webs but no luck. So here's a new question. Little Deuce Coupe is one of my favorite songs. Can one of you car guys translate the technical jargon? "Flat head mill." "Ported and relieved and stroked and bored." "Lake pipes," "Coming off the line", and what the heck is a "Little Deuce Coupe"?

Name: Judy Blomsterberg ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 6:51 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: DeGrazia
Class: 1964
No E-mail
Message: Hi Janet B.....sorry kiddo--a nude sommersault is not my idea of marital play...it's just pure smut. Even my bar isn't set that low! But that was a few years ago, and now the best Janny can do is slowly roll over in bed without losing his salonpas patch. (emphasis on slowly) See you all tomorrow at the VFW breakfast.

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 1:27 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks
No E-mail
Message: Yes, I do remember well the barges off Redondo and fished on them several times. You could hook up a ride for a nominal cost at the Redondo Pier and get a half, full day ticket, or even overnight tickets. I only went a handful of times but my brother, Roy Ryse was our fisherman and went very often. He would bring home the enough bonito and barracuda to provide the whole family with a great meal many times. Sometimes that would be supplemented by my personal favorite, halibut. There were three boats off the Redondo coastline that I remember. As mentioned the Old Sacramento which held about 500 fisherman sunk in the winter storms of 1968. There was also the New California (sunk?) and the Isle of Redondo (built in 1980 as a fishing barge and the last to go in 1998). But they are all gone now. The last was sold and towed through the Panama Canal to the Gulf. Probably victim to increased cost of maintenance and insurance. Another wonderful memory many of us had growing up in Hawthorne that is lost forever.

Name: George Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 1:10 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Palm Desert, Ca

Message: JB; That was the ship name the "Blue Moon", the only other boats that I ever heard about that sank in King Harbor was an occasional pleasure boat that sank or caught fire at the gas docks. This was usuall caused because they forgot to blow the gas fumes out of the bilge before starting their motor, and hey, I am/was a long way from macho, I just liked to have fun, have all my life, guess that's why I was in trouble most of it, never took things to serious, just cruised. Jorge

Name: Janet Burkett ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 11:52 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Humphreys
Class: 1962
City & State: Ca
No E-mail
Message: Just read Judy's post and all I have to say is some marital play should be kept private.....I LOVE Janny, but a naked sommersault???? I think I remember some sort of plunge at the beginning of the Redondo Beach pier. Never went in, but looked through very steamy windows to see what was going on inside. That was the late 50's as I recall. That was also where I had my first taco after arriving from the East coast. Small little stand on the sidewalk end of the pier which created my love for those darn things.

Name: George Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 11:25 am - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Palm Desert, Ca

Message: Armand; Your thinking of the Old "Sacramento Ferry" Redondo used to have three fishing barges off the local coastal waters, the water taxi was boarded at the Redondo Bch. Pier. I don't remember how much it cost, but you could travel from one barge to the other all day for just one price, you wouldn't get that today. The Sacramento was the farthest one out, about 3 miles, it sank in a very bad storm many, many years ago before they could tow it into a safe harbor, I don't know what happened to the other barges. Jerry Miles probably knows, I think this was a topic (Redondo fishing barges) some time back. Jorge

Name: George Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 11:01 am - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Palm Desert, Ca

Message: Sharon girl; I think you are refering to the "Blue Moon Saloon" in Redondo Bch.. It was a cop bar and a lot of local firemen hung out there as well, only because we let them LOL, they felt safe around cops, knowing we wouldn't let any bad guys pick on them and, they were bait to keep the happy people away from us LOL. As a mater of fact, the old Fire Chief from Hermosa Bch. lives here at Chaparral C/C, I play golf with him frequently. We have discussed a few of the bar fights that occurred there and we discovered that we were both there at the same time, however, I didn't know him back then. He knew Rich. Velasco who managed the place (Blue Moon), Rich was/is still a friend of mine and now manages an RIU rseort/Casino in Aruba, small world. Jorge

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 10:22 am - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, Karloffornia

Message: I don't remember any capsized ships in King Harbor but I do remember a fishing barge or two sinking off Redondo Beach in heavy weather.

Name: Eric Larson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 10:12 am - HHS Time
Class: 1970
City & State: Redlands, CA

Message: Happy Birthday Noreen Crotty. You were invaluable in helping make last August's reunion a success.

Name: Ron Reinholdson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 6:09 am - HHS Time
Class: 1965
City & State: Claremont, CA

Message: Sea water doesn't sting your eyes at all. The eye irritation you experienced when you went in the water at 26th Street was the result of fine grains of sand churned up by the surf. If you had gone farther out, past the surf line, and opened your eyes under water, it wouldn't have stung at all--unless you had applied sunscreen too close to, or on, your eyelids. Ask any surfer. You always open your eyes when duck diving or turning turtle under a wave. Same thing for a well-maintained salt water pool. You can swim laps with no need for swim goggles.

Name: Sharon Branigan ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Jan 14, 2012, 5:57 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Bierman
Class: 1976
City & State: Milton, GA

Message: There's a photo of a grounded cruise ship in Italy on fox news.com... reminded me of the Princess Louise. Did a little research (not much!) and it seems to me that there was another cruise ship that capsized in the South Bay- at King Harbor, I thought... sometime in the early mid 80's. I remember a dance club on a ship... memory fades... anyone remember?

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Jan 13, 2012, 3:46 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks
No E-mail
Message: Judy, it was mostly simple economics. Salt water did not have to be conditioned. They just regularly exchanged it with the Pacific Ocean so no cost for chemicals and little maintenance. In Redondo's case it was also heated virtually for free from the byproduct of the heat created by Pacific Light and Power's steam plant (originally built to generate electricity for the Red Cars).

Name: Judy Blomsterberg ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Jan 13, 2012, 2:08 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: DeGrazia
Class: 1964
City & State: Torrance CA
No E-mail
Message: I have to ask why oh why would "anyone" want to swim in a salt water pool. I would think that the ocean is the cheapest salt water pool you'd want to be in & I'm serious. Salt water stings your eyes, dries out your skin, and if swallowed would make one retain water, so answers please. As for SPEEDOS, just remember you 60 something year old boys, what use to be up tight and outta sight now hangs a lot lower, so you'd better choose the long speedos. Sorry if I've offended anyone, but life isn't always fair. Besides, I've seen Howie Noodleman do a sommersault naked. Sorry... the life thingy again. ( am I in trouble Sidney??)

Name: Bob Jensen ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Jan 13, 2012, 12:12 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Los Angeles
No E-mail
Message: I remember that my dad talked about the salt water plunge in Redondo Beach which was heated by the electric company and claimed to be the largest heated s/w plunge and he also talked about the Sutro Baths in San Francisco. I would guess that the Biltmore pool was sans salt.

Name: Jan Blomsterberg ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Jan 13, 2012, 9:44 am - HHS Time
Class: 1963
City & State: Torrance, CA

Message: I hereby rescind the raffle to Hawaii. That was such an awful image of the speedo thing. The grass skirt and coconuts could work but speedos? Instead of Hawaii...how about a free drink ticket from the canteen? See you Sunday and I hope we can see some new Cougars, too. Howie Noodleman...

Name: Jim Frederick ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Jan 13, 2012, 9:38 am - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Santo Borracho AZ,
No E-mail
Message: WELL,WELL,WELL! Gosh! I just about fell out of my walker! LOL! George Nice Mug Shot!! I sent my picture to Paco's Pictures .. But in the picture I'm standing next to your favorite girlfriend! Now , If George is really 87 Then I'm thinking Georgie was born in 1924. So he could of been to the pool JB . NOT! Oh and George , We fireman loved ya! But when you guys showed up at the station , Ya all would eat all our doughnuts!! LOL!