Hawthorne Feedback

Name: Mike Mecey ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Nov 7, 2015, 8:54 am - HHS Time

Class: 1961
City & State: Roseville, CA
Message: Watching a local Sacramento news station this morning... Last month Bob Goldsand of El Dorado Hills bought a licensed Batmobile to the T replica for $170,000. He hired a local artist to convert his garage into a Batcave for the car...

Name: Ernie Nixon ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Nov 7, 2015, 3:41 am - HHS Time

Class: 1963
City & State: Atantic Beach, Fl.
Message: Just found out that Mr. Barris also created the Beverly Hillbillies "limo".

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Nov 7, 2015, 1:20 am - HHS Time

Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, Karloffornia
Message: There is a replica 1966 Batmobile at Barris's shop in Studio City/Toluca Lake on Riverside Drive near Cahuenga Blvd.

Name: Jerry Rigney ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Nov 6, 2015, 11:51 am - HHS Time
Class: 1959
City & State: Palmdale, CA
Message: Correction: According to Barrett-Jackson the Batmobile was sold to the Arizona collector at the January 2013 auction for $4,620,000.00.

Name: Ernie Nixon ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Nov 6, 2015, 3:34 am - HHS Time

Class: 1963
City & State: Atantic Beach, Fl.
Message: I believe. That Mr. Barris designed the Munster Coach for the TV show. Got to see it in Bakersfield on the street. It was loud. George Barris will be missed in the car community.

Name: Jerry Rigney ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 5, 2015, 11:19 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1959
City & State: Palmdale, CA
Message: Car collector Rick Champagne of Arizona bought the Number 1 Batmobile at the Barrett-Jackson auction held in Scottsdale, Arizona in November of 2012 for $4.6 million.

Name: Esther ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 5, 2015, 7:19 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1970
Message: If I was rolling in billions I still wouldn't paid that much for a car~ Would you? But it was a beautiful car.

Name: Esther ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 5, 2015, 5:31 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1970
Message: P.S. I went to view the images of the bat mobile and the one I saw didn't have any red coloring on it. It was all black and these huge wings on each side and the front of the car also huge almost design like a corvette. Perhaps I didn't get to see an original after all. LOL

Name: Esther ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 5, 2015, 4:52 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1970
Message: I just saw the bat mobile in Escondido about a week ago; I couldn't believe my eyes what an awesome car. It was getting onto San Pasqual valley road from a private drive way in Escondido. I drove right in front of it. I wondered why it was in Escondido. Perhaps the owner lived in Escondido? Anyways I had the pleasure of seeing it in person. I drove very slowly so that I could get a good look at it. LOL

Name: Larry Bach ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 5, 2015, 3:50 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1972
City & State: Torrance, CA
Message: RIP George Barris, designer/builder of the Bat Mobile used on the 1960's TV series, and many other great custom cars.

Name: Carl Rilling ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Nov 2, 2015, 4:19 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1959
City & State: oregon city, oregon
Message: Way to go Judy, dropping the Kringle hint. www.kringle.com are the best. They are located in my home state of Wisconsin. Other than Collins street bakery fruitcakes, nothing is better. Next month I will be looking forward to some of these gift products. Then it is a job to keep my blood sugar meter under 130.

Name: Janet Burkett ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Nov 2, 2015, 11:05 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Humphreys
Class: 1962
City & State: Ca
Message: Belated happy birthday wishes to Tom Shelley. And Jannie, did you put Glenn up to that wrong birthday info? Just lookin for an extra birthday gift? Sorry, I don't have one for you on either date!

Name: Glenn Crist ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Nov 2, 2015, 12:01 am - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Sonoma, CA
Message: Last time I'll believe ClassMate.com for anything.

Name: Thomas Shelley ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Nov 1, 2015, 11:17 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Beaumont,CA
Message: Yeah, Yeah, that's what I meant..."Happy Birthday on Dec. 7th"! I might be out of town that day. (Very funny Glen. Anything for little attention!!?)

Name: Jan Blomsterberg ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Nov 1, 2015, 11:42 am - HHS Time

Class: 1963
City & State: Harbor City, CA
Message: Thank you for the birthday greetings but my birthday does not fall on 1 November...it's 7 December! Thank you again and I'll be looking for the same kudos in five weeks!

Name: Judy Blomsterberg ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Nov 1, 2015, 9:59 am - HHS Time

Maiden: DeGrazia
Class: 1964
City & State: Harbor City
Message: Reading all the Happy Birthday wishes to my hubby. All I can say is "Jan's done it again.. made-up that Nov 1st his birthday to get more gifts." The truth is that his birthday is Dec 7th. However, keep those gifts coming in. He'd like a leaf blower and some Danish Kringles from the order catalog. We welcome gift certificates as well. J

Name: Tom Shelley ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Nov 1, 2015, 9:01 am - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Beaumont, CA
Message: Happy Birthday Jan. Have yourself a wonderful day, my friend!

Name: Glenn Crist ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Oct 31, 2015, 7:25 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Sonoma, CA
Message: Let me be the first to wish Jan Blomsterberg a happy birthday, tomorrow, November 1st.

Name: Thomas Shelley ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Oct 31, 2015, 7:22 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Beaumont,CA
Message: John Guerra, John Baker and Jan Blomsterberg, Thank you all for your b'day wishes. The greatest birthday gift one can have is good friends. And I have them in spades! My best to you all!

Name: Jan Blomsterberg ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Oct 31, 2015, 11:15 am - HHS Time

Class: 1963
City & State: Harbor City, CA
Message: Happy birthday Tommy Shelley. Wishing you many, many more!

Name: John Guerra ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Oct 31, 2015, 6:03 am - HHS Time

Class: 1960
City & State: Anaheim, Calif
Message: WISHING A GOOD GUY AND FRIEND OF MINE Mr Tom Shelly a great Happy Birthday, enjoy it Tom

Name: Debbie Miles ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Oct 30, 2015, 3:24 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Miles
Class: 1977
Message: I just booked a hotel room for Coach Charlie T's favorite dog for his sister. I know it doesn't count as a Cougar siting but it was still fun to connect with a family member.

Name: Mike Mecey ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Oct 30, 2015, 2:56 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1961
City & State: Roseville, CA
Message: Being Junior Class President... I was just trying not to break anything... But it was a great experience...

Name: Doris Donaldson ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Oct 30, 2015, 1:45 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: donaldson
Class: 1957
City & State: Twin Falls, ID
Message: Someone just emailed me to let me know that Ann Arnold, class of 1957, recently passed away. I have no particulars but should I learn of any services, I will be sure to post it here. My condolences to Ann's friends and family.

Name: Janet Burkett ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 29, 2015, 4:51 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Humphreys
Class: 1962
City & State: Ca
Message: Gary, I was in student government and our House of Representatives in my Junior year. Don't remember specifics, but I loved it and seemed we were making student effecting decisions at the time. Going back a way, but I think Mr. Brown was our advisor and I also think that may have spurred on my interest in politics. Janet

Name: Gary Bickers ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 29, 2015, 8:27 am - HHS Time

Class: 1963
City & State: pve cal
Message: After watching the debate last night I got to thinking, having never been involved with HHS student government, did you guys get to make any decisions and/or do anything? The only thing I had an interest in was shorts day on Fridays.

Name: Leo Ainsworth ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 27, 2015, 6:59 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Saint Helena, Calif
Message: Happy Birthday to Anita Ash, Herr Grahamer's favorite German Student.

Name: John Baker ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Oct 26, 2015, 8:41 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Lomita, Ca
Message: Just heard from Lisa Lonsbury Williams that Paul Krikac HHS74 passed away last Wednesday. I have no details. Our sincerest condolences to the Krikac family and friends. There will be a memorial service on Saturday, October 31st at 10:00am at 23915 Garnier Street in south Torrance at King Harbor Church.

Name: Wade Greasby ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Oct 26, 2015, 6:11 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1973
City & State: Surf City, CA
Message: Stephanie, you have made some valid points. The more affluent areas and their high schools have to some extent lost interest in football state wide. This is according to CIF and their research. I have been a baseball coach at Fountain Valley High School here in Orange County, the school has over 3500 students, the Varsity football team is down to 30+ players and the interest and attendance of the student body at the games is down. Two years ago FV, in the Sunset League, was in the BIG FIVE Conference. Due to the won/loss records and student participation, the Sunset League was dropped down to the next level. The demographics show this. Parents advocate their children today to prefer non contact sports, with less verbal instruction and injuries. New sports such as ice and roller hockey, although contact sports, along with lacrosse, and Ultimate are growing in popularity. There is a big rise in lacrosse, both in popularity and in participation throughout the state. Football is still popular in the inner cities and small towns. It is a social gathering place for the communities and still carries the prestige and a way out for some! The CIF is doing its best to keep football interesting, safer, and popular in the more affluent areas, but changes in the populations, the mind set, and the interests of the students are not helping the cause very well. The injury factor in football is high priority, and the long term effects that follow also lead to a lack of participation. I hope HHS remains competitive and continues to produce excellent student athletes who go on to bigger and better arenas.

Name: Stephanie Brito ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Oct 26, 2015, 7:54 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Hall
Class: 1961
City & State: RPV, CA
Message: Yesterday I wrote response to Gary about Pen High and football and the Cougartown system would not let me send it and I did not think of copying it to save it..John has fixed that tech snag so the least I can do is try again..... .Poly is large now I think I remember reaching over 4000 but Pen is reaching around 2000 and there are many, many schools in LA County closer to Poly than Pen: Huntington Park, Bell, Fremont, El Camino Real, Banning lots more around 3000 in 2015 Pen high ranks 683 below the top in the states a few years back. So Pen is not a large school. It is not a small school either. It is a school that parents like because of its high academic ratings. And up here students can pick which of the 3 high schools they want to attend. Academics and sports programs are important. (You need it all to get into the universities.....) I know really nothing about football except that perhaps it is not the fav sport on the hill. Maybe not with parents either. Does MIT or Cal Tech have teams? I do know that cancelling the program was much discussed by the public up here. As a parent we want to protect our children from permanent injury. And we want our children to be fit and enjoy sports. Kids get hurt. Doing what they love. I have to assume the coach made his decision with the health of the students in mind. He probably knows their conditions well enough to know what to do. That is part of his job. Certainly he has given all of us, as well as the students, something to consider.

Name: Robin Hood ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Oct 25, 2015, 9:52 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1960
City & State: Eugene OR.
Message: Congrats to the Mighty Cougars! As for Peninsula HS. There might be some apathy but my guess is the demographics of "the hill". Affluence has nothing to do with lack of participation. That would be saying middle class parents are not really concerned about their child's welfare. I remember years ago when San Marino HS dropped football. It simply made no sense to lace up 40 Al Jardine size kids to compete in a sport they had never played before. Soccer and LaCrosse was fine. Head injury is a deterrent but Demographics trumps everything else.

Name: Carl Rilling ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Oct 25, 2015, 5:42 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1959
City & State: oregon city, oregon
Message: Under contacts, click on Mr. Newell and sent a quick message to the coaches and players of the 2015 HHS Cougar football team. Use name and year of graduation and where you live. Let them know they are supported throughout the country. Still bleeding Scarlet and Gold forever.

Name: Wade Greasby ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Oct 25, 2015, 1:37 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1973
City & State: Surf City, CA
Message: John, Thanks for the score!!! Roll On You Cougars... Congrats and keep it going. My junior ('71) year we lost our first four games and then won five to go undefeated in Ocean League. Gary, It is a sign of the times for the kids on the hill. Their moms want them to be safe and not get hurt. Especially when they have to drive down to the Centinela Valley and play Hawthorne, Leuzinger, and Lawndale. (LOL) Football is fading in the Upper Class Neighborhoods throughout California,(CIF report June 2015) where as soccer and lacrosse are fast becoming the sports of choice. The same thing is happening in Orange County, schools are dropping their football programs because of the injury effect in favor of lacrosse. Stay tuned.

Name: Gary Bickers ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Oct 25, 2015, 12:54 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1963
City & State: pve cal
Message: Chris, first you're not thinking like a state of Calif school administrator. I think the real reason is apathy. Talked to a West Torrance coach and he felt bad for the kids. He thinks they were the last thing on anyone's mind.

Name: Chris Prewitt ~~~~~~~~~~ Sat-Oct 24, 2015, 10:30 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1967
City & State: Fullerton, CA
Message: Gary Bickers, I don't understand why Peninsula HS didn't bring some of the JV team up to Varsity. Any ideas?

Name: Gary Bickers ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Oct 23, 2015, 8:39 am - HHS Time

Class: 1963
City & State: pve
Message: The HHS football program might not be in great shape but consider this. Peninsula HS in Rolling Hills has cancelled the balance of their season due to lack of players and low attendence. I think PHS is the second largest school in the LA area next to Long Beach Poly and obviously one of the richest. I think its a sign of the Apocalypse.

Name: Bill Snyder ~~~~~~~~~~ Fri-Oct 23, 2015, 5:37 am - HHS Time

Class: 1978
City & State: Chandler, Arizona
Message: John, Thank you for the plug! Looking forward to signing books this Saturday at the Hawthorne Historical Society. We're expecting a great crowd of Hawthorne Leuzinger, Lawndale, and Lennox kids from the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. Singer/Comic/Surfer, Keith Boyd is set to entertain the contingency with Beach Boys songs. Should be a great afternoon of Hawthorne nostalgia.

Name: Glenn Crist ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 22, 2015, 9:31 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1964
City & State: Sonoma, CA
Message: For those of you who have an Ancestry.com subscriptions, there are a few El Molino yearbooks available online. The ones I see are those from 1960, 1962, 1963, 1986, 1987 and 1988 and one from Richard Henry Dana for 1978. If you are interested, they are certainly less expensive than buying one from ClassMates.com. Some are indexed and they are searchable. From the main search screen click on Ancestry Card Catalog near the bottom on the right side and click on the link. Type in yearbooks in the Keyword box and click Search. Click on U.S., Yearbooks, 1880 -2012 at the top right. You can search with a first name or initial, last name and hawthorne, california in the School. This should provide most of the indexed names and keywords. You can also page thru by using the < and > arrows once on a page.

Name: Wade Greasby ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 22, 2015, 5:19 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1973
City & State: Surf City, CA
Message: John, how about putting the Cougar's football schedule in Cougartown so we can check out the locations and scores of the games? This way Clark won't have to rely on his Cougar sightings to get the info!!! Keep up the good work....

Name: John Baker ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 20, 2015, 8:27 am - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Lomita, Ca
Message: A Big Happy Birthday to good friend Dennis Morris HHS61. Have a great day, Dennis.

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Sun-Oct 18, 2015, 8:14 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Manhattan Beach, CA

Message: Cougar sighting. Met Natalie Comacho HHS'14 Sunday night at 24 hour fitness on Rosecrans. Nice young lady who was a cheerleader and played soccer at HHS. She agreed that the cheerleaders are more "cheer performers" rather than cheerleaders involving the fans. She said no one is interested in going to the football games because they have not had a winning season in her lifetime. To top it off, her senior year she preferred to attend Venice Highs homecoming rather than HHS because Venice had fireworks, an exciting band and lots of excited alumnae!! Hey big John that's 2487 sightings, where's my cubie doll?