Hawthorne Feedback

Name: Peter Nelson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-May 12, 2013, 1:14 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1957
City & State: Corona Calif.

Message: Message-If I remember The Beach Boys had 2 45 records that both side A and side B made the top 40 record one side A little Deuce coupe side B Surfer girl, record 2 side A In my room side B Be true to your school. PETER NELSON CLASS OF 1957

Name: Carl Rilling ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 11:04 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1959
City & State: oregon city, Ore

Message: I saw the name Roger Peters on the birthday list for this day. Any classmates know who he is. Not in any yearbooks either and his e- mail is no good. Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful ladies of Cougartown.

Name: Myrna Wood ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 8:49 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Bell
Class: 1966
City & State: Atascadero, CA
No E-mail
Message: Thank you Sharon Leach for the birthday wish! Yes, it is Medicare year by the calendar, but my brain is in denial. I couldn't possibly be 65 - amazing how values change. My Medicare card went through the wash before I could even use it, they sent it so early! Hey John - love you Maannn

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 8:48 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks, CA
No E-mail
Message: I had a pretty good idea but I had to look up "Sound Hog" and the answer is nope I'm not. I remember the tune being sung but it might not have been on the radio. I think my uncle would sing it. Wasn't it from the mid 50's? He was always singing Great Balls of Fire too.

Name: Jim Raines ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 8:36 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Salt Lake City, Ut

Message: John, I was just reading Robin Hood's post mentioning Steve Feinberg. I was down to Danny Kieffer's house last year and so we called the other guys to come over, i.e., Alan Hauge, Gene Gutierrez, Dick Doughty, who brought Steve Feinberg along, who I haven't seen since the mid sixties. He's pretty much the same. Still pin-striping and has a million stories about the cars of the day.

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 6:33 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: Fairoaks, CA
No E-mail
Message: Gee, it finally came to me... Fats Domino singing the Bo Weevil song.

Name: Gary Miller ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 6:01 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Concord, Ca

Message: It almost sounded a little like Theme from the apartment, I know what it is now but I cheated so I won't say.

Name: Ron Reinholdson ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 5:40 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1965
City & State: Claremont, CA

Message: Hodads didn't wear Pendletons, they wore Sir Guy shirts, as I recall. Never tucked in, and always buttoned to the top. And while the surfers had "Bushy, Bushy, Blond Hairdos", the hodads had jelly rolls.

Name: Karen Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 4:19 pm - HHS Time
City & State: Hawthorne
No E-mail
Message: A wild guess... ~~My Own True Love~~?

Name: Robin Hood ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 3:20 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1960
City & State: Eugene, OR.

Message: Marilyn, whoever created that crossword was never in the South Bay in the 50s and 60s. Hodads didnt want to surf and for good reason. If you spent the time it took to apply enough Pomade to lube a school bus, then comb it to the last folical, you would never want to jump in the ocean and mess it up. They had style. We wore Converse low cuts, they wore black, highly polished Tom McCans. We liked shorts or high water 501s. They liked creased Khakis that came so close to touching the sidewalk you never saw the heel of their shoes. Shirts were a lot the same. White Penneys towncraft in the summer and Pendeltons in the winter. But the surfers left the top button open, and that never happened with a full tilt boogie Hodad. We liked cars that could make it to the beach with a few boards. They liked 53' Chebbys (and others) that were as low to the street as their Khakis were to the sidewalk. Our girls wore little make up and hair to their waist. Their girls had BIG hair. They were also very limber as they could button a sweater on backwards. Good looking girls but thats all we knew as, hitting on one of theirs and you would be beaten like a rented mule. We danced to Dick Dale (lets go trippin) at the Rendevous in Balboa. They went to El Monte legion stadium to the Teen Queens (Eddie my love). The best part of it all was at Fosters (133rd) back then we all got along and even had another group..."The racers" but thats for another chapter...

Name: Gary Miller ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-May 11, 2013, 12:13 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Concord, Ca

Message: Is there a Ferrante and Teicher?

Name: Betty Rodriguez ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 10:20 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Kean
Class: 1969
City & State: Kingman, AZ

Message: Sloey, now I have this picture stuck in my head of Clark in Target, cheering his head off. And Baker, this has to be the most popular game you have ever hosted here on C-town. But yer gonna make someone mad about those rules. . . . . Happy Mother's Day, ladies! Betty

Name: Marilyn Ross ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 7:18 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Wisham
Class: 1956
No E-mail
Message: I just had the Hodad question in my crossword puzzle. The question was surfer wannabe.

Name: Jerry Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 5:32 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: Fair Oaks
No E-mail
Message: In the mid-sixties when I was at HHS I saw many definitions of hodads. Some said they were people who pretended to be surfers and actually might drive around with surfboards bolted to their car so they would not be stolen. I leaned more to the greaser/low rider definition myself. But in reality we need not look any further than the world recognized source for all things to do with the 1960's, Cougartown. The Cougartown 60's Slang page says, and I agree, "Hodad... A non-surfer, usually someone who just hangs around the beach." So that would break down the whole world to three type of people, at least in a surfers perspective. Surfers, gremmies, and everyone else (Hodads).

Name: Peter Nelson ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 4:59 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1957
City & State: corona california

Message: My wife and myself played bingo thursday at the soboba casino did not win bingo but I won 60 dollars on the new beach boys machine. happy mothers day to all mothers PETER NELSON CLASS OF 1957

Name: Ken Green ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 2:16 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1969
City & State: La Habra Heights, Ca

Message: I recently was telling my wife that in Jr High a guy kept asking if I was a surfer or a hodad, and he was never satisfied with the answer that I was a hot rodder. I tried to explain to my wife what a hodad is (was?) and didn't have a very good description. Anyone have a good description of a hodad?

Name: Cliff Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 12:56 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1973
City & State: Leona Valley, Ca.

Message: Today I can hear Sha Boom-The Crew Cuts. The other 2 are on the tip of my tongue but not coming out yet. Couldn't wait to move out to the country so I moved to Leona Valley a while back. Today I had a rattlesnake in the garage. My wife now wants a high rise condo. Hehehehehe.

Name: Steve Bunch ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 7:54 am - HHS Time

Class: 1971
City & State: Alta Loma, Ca

Message: Do I hear the theme from ~~Love Story~~?

Name: Gary Miller ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-May 10, 2013, 12:05 am - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Concord, Ca

Message: How about, Silhouettes on the shade and Mission Bell?

Name: Cindy Pablico ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 9:33 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Christon
Class: 1971
City & State: Hawthorne, Ca.

Message: Haven't been on for awhile so to all Birthdays in April i hope u had a great Birthday now for May have a great Birthday to all Cougs For all Mothers and Grandmothers Aunts Have Blessed Day on Mother's Day have a great day and be safe lol

Name: Roger Richmond ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 6:29 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1968
City & State: Whitehall, Montana

Message: How about "~~Put your head on my shoulder~~?"

Name: Karen Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 3:58 pm - HHS Time
City & State: Hawthorne
No E-mail
Message: Back on the Street Again by The Sunshine Company.

Name: Gary Miller ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 3:20 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Concord, Ca

Message: If I have 2 more I'll try Sea of Love and You can't sit down

Name: Gary Miller ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 3:08 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1964
City & State: Concord, Ca

Message: according to my calculations I got 3 on Wednesday and only 1 on Thursday, so don't I have 3 more guesses left for today? Maybe was not a guess It was like, Perhaps, Little Darlin?

Name: Karen Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 10:46 am - HHS Time
City & State: Hawthorne, Ca
No E-mail
Message: I think I hear "Wild Thing" by the Troggs.

Name: Cliff Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 9:07 am - HHS Time

Class: 1973
City & State: Leona Valley, Ca.

Message: Glad to see the music game back. I remember KRTH doing this in the 70s. We copied it at a radio station I worked at in the late 70s. So it's fun for me to see it hear (not mispelled). Its not easy to get some songs from just a snippet but here goes: Always and Forever - Heatwave, Its Magic- Pilot Sukiyaki- Kyu Sakamoto, (tragically killed in the JPL crash of 83) Denise Denise- Randy and the Rainbows

Name: Jim Peppers ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 8:18 am - HHS Time

Class: 1961
City & State: Athens, Greece

Message: Hello fellow Cougars. I'm here in Hawthorne for a visit. I hope to see some of you at the VFW breakfast on May 19th. I wish there had been a cruise night while I'm here, but... If you want to get in contact with me, I am staying at my sister's, i.e. Sherry's, place in Hawthorne. Hope to hear from EVERYONE! See ya! Jim Peppers

Name: Sherry Ward ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 7:16 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Rout
Class: 1965
City & State: Maryville, Tn.

Message: I am guessing Little Bitty Pretty One by Thurston Harris, Honey by Bobby Goldsboro, I know Something About Love (Tell Him) by The Exciters, and ~~Wild Fire~~

Name: Jim Sloey ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-May 9, 2013, 7:06 am - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: solvang

Message: That is so funny Clark. We got a call last night from one of our friends who said she was in Target when she heard a loud noise coming from the front of the store like a cheer leader. It got louder and she could finally make out the words, "I'm from Hawthorne and I couldn't be prouder, if you can't hear me I'll yell a little louder." AND HE GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER! Finally the kid from the cash register came running over saying, "I'm from Hawthorne too." This seemed to calm the man down considerably. He grabbed a greeting card and the two headed back to the register. On her way out she was paying for her stuff and asked the cashier if that man was his friend. "Oh no! He comes in here about two times a month, starts chanting some football cheer the minute he enters the building that always has Hawthorne as its focus. We've all been told that we are to run not walk to wherever he is and proclaim we are from Hawthorne and give him a date we graduated. Calms him down immediately. But this time was a little different, this time he said, Take that Sloey!" Seems the kid was still attending Mira Costa. Coincidence? I think not. Off with Cougar sighting!