Name: Ray Smith () on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at 19:51:44
E-Mail: Kawabunganorth@juno.com
Class: 1981
City and State: Portland, OR
Message: Linda, whoo hoo that pic of yours is cute! Maybe we can go back and finish off that kiss and DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME.
OK Raymond, pour a gallon of ice water on your groinal area so we can get back to Hawthorne talk.

Name: Tim Helble () on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at 10:39:59
E-Mail: TKHelble@netscape.net
Class: 73
City and State: Columbia, MD
Message: Cindy Colby - check out the SNOPES2 urban web page at: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/virus/quickfix.htm They say the 0000 trick works sometimes, but not always.

Name: Tim Helble () on Wednesday, December 5, 2001 at 10:37:10
E-Mail: TKHelble@netscape.net
Class: 73
City and State: Columbia, MD
Message: More on Dr. George -- I think he does now spend most of his time back home in Albuquerque. His daughter in law and grandkids could still live in the valley. I think it was back in '78 when his son died in that shooting accident. I remember how he used to show up every weekday for the afternoon weather briefing at the old weather service office on Wilshire. He was the only LA TV weatherman to do that, and he would scratch down notes on what the forecasters were saying. He would xerox copies of the 12, 24, 36, and 48-hour forecast map for the upper levels (what we called the 500 mb LFM prog) and then color in the jet stream at the 5700 m level. Then he'd show it on the news at 5 and 6. He was way ahead of his time - while the other TV weathermen were just showing drawings of clouds and happy sunshine faces, Dr. George was educating us with 500 millibar maps. My favorite story about Dr. George was the time in the 80's when all the TV weathermen but him were saying it was going to rain on New Year's Day. A few days before New Year's, he pointed to a storm way out in the Pacific on satellite picture and said "now here's the storm all those east coast weather companies are saying is going to hit us on New Years's Day. But the National Weather Service says it's going to be beautiful, so don't you worry." We had Chamber of Commerce weather - sunny and in the high 70's.
Speaking of weather, here's one from this morning.

Name: Cindy Colby () on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at 22:39:43
E-Mail: cindycolby@att.net
Maiden: Maxson
Class: 63
City and State: Laguna Hills, CA
Message: Maybe someone can tell me if the following will actually work. I got an e-mail that said in order to stop a virus from attaching to your address book and infecting all of your contacts, you can add a contact "0000" nothing more, the virus wants to send all contacts in your book an e-mail with itself attached, if this happens you will get an error message that it was unable to find the 0000 then you can delete it and not infect your friends. I guess that you will still have it, but you can save your friends the trouble. Cindy Colby

Name: Kathy Frankforter () on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at 22:17:24
E-Mail: kathy90277@earthlink.net
Maiden: Tom's wife
Class: 79
City and State: Redondo Beach,CA
Message: Ouch-I got the goner virus today. Not a fun virus either. Computer going back in the shop tomorrow to see if we can get rid of the little puppy. It wiped my Norton Anti-Virus right off my computer and has corrupted some files.. I thought I was protected as I update my definitions weekly but this was sent by a friend who had NO idea she was sending it to me and like an idiot, I opened it. It attached to her Outlook address book. Folks, I highly endorse Eudora E-Mail Client ( I have used it for years). You would think with all Bill Gates knowledge he would have figured out how to protect his customers. His Outlook E-Mail client is the worse. This "Worm" is nasty and is far worse than the Love Bug Virus. I'm totally disgusted that I even opened this doggone thing. I had scanned with Norton and it stated it was "Virus Free"...If you receive this attachment gone.scr do not open. I don't care if Aunt Mabel sent it..Don't open it. Do yourself a favor and invest in Eudora!!!!
I've used Eudora Light for years and have never encountered a Eudora based virus.

Name: Alan Nelson () on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at 18:17:50
E-Mail: boatcop@boatcop.com
Class: '73
City and State: Parker, Az
Message: There were a few times in the back seat, where we both THOUGHT our clothes were on fire.

Name: Maureen () on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at 16:28:42
E-Mail: MoMo90250@aol.com
Maiden: Trott
Class: 64
City and State: Thorne
Message: FYI - I just got a call from one of our computer programers, notifying us of a new virus just out. The heading in your e-mail is "Hi" or "Howdy" and the message is something like this...Saw this screen saver and thought of you...DO NOT OPEN THE ATTACHMENT. There is no cure/fix for this virus.
Thanks Mo....

Name: Susie Russelle () on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at 10:25:30
E-Mail: Mustangsusie21@msn.com
Maiden: Klingenhagen
Class: 71'
City and State: Albq,N.M.
Message: Hello Cougarboysngirls...regarding Dr.George, if he's anywhere, it'll be here in New Mexico. He often talked about N.M. and if I recall correctly, he also wore a beautiful Native American ring on his right hand. Maybe I'll inquire at our ABC studio,KOAT here in Albuquerque...one more thing, still can't talk about the Yankees and now the Beatles...
Yeah, I still can't believe the "Diamond Lanes" beat up on the "Yanks". It was an early Christmas present for all us West Coast Fans....

Name: Myrna () on Tuesday, December 4, 2001 at 00:16:03
E-Mail: mybizz@onemain.com
Maiden: Bell
Class: 66
City and State: Coalinga, CA
Message: Seems to me that when the dam broke my PE teacher (I think Miss Dicus) had a Volkswagen. She was shopping at Fedco at the time of the break and her car was floating in the parking lot. The Christmas I remember the best seems to be my freshman year. When I was four my mother got rid of our television and my freshman year was the one that my OLDEST brother Tom bought "Mom and Dad" a colored RCA television for Christmas. That was pretty great!! This wasn't the best Christmas ever, but definitely very memorable.

Name: Norma Jean () on Monday, December 3, 2001 at 21:23:45
E-Mail: Nleonard48@aol.com
City and State: The Thorne
Message: Caught the last 15 minutes of a program on Bravo the other night, featuring the band "Blondie". Hawthorne High School was listed in the credits. Wondering if anyone knew what the connection was?

Name: GAIL OLIVER () on Monday, December 3, 2001 at 20:15:55
E-Mail: GAILSGOODIES@SOCAL.RR.COM
Maiden: BEAIRD
Class: 69
City and State: TARZANA, CA
Message: IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION IS DR.GEORGE STILL ALIVE? YES HE IS ! WHEN I TOOK MY GRANDSON BOWLING, I SAW HIM DURING THE SUMMER BOWLING WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN AT WOODLAKE BOWL IN WOODLAND HILLS..I ALSO WAS A DR.GEORGE GROUPIE AND WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE HIM LOOKING JUST THE SAME...SMILING AS ALWAYS..I ONCE ALSO WAVED TO HIM IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AS I PASSED HIM ON THE 405 FWY...HE WAS DRIVING A "ABC NEWS CAR"...

Name: Jill McFarlane () on Monday, December 3, 2001 at 19:01:59
E-Mail: jillmcfar@aol.com
Class: 1977
City and State: Mission Viejo, CA
Message: Tim, thanks for the 411 on the Baldwin Hills Dam. I too was a Dr. George groupie. Is he still alive?

Name: Jill McFarlane () on Monday, December 3, 2001 at 16:32:35
E-Mail: jillmcfar@aol.com
Class: 1977
City and State: MissionViejo
Message: I too have a Christmas memory. Way back when, I think I was a Junior, a boyfriend and I had broken up, and it broke my heart. So, I handled it the way a mature 16 year old handles such things, I got drunk. My drink of choice was Schultz Malt liquor, you know the one with the Bull on the can. Anyhow, I think I drank 1 tall can, maybe 1 1/2. I came home, Mom and Dad were in bed, I noticed Mom had put up the Christmas tree, it was so pretty, with all the lights, and a spinning wheel. I started to focus a little too long on that spinning wheel, and felt sick. With nowhere to go, I got sick near the tree, as I was collecting myself, I knocked the tree down. Well, imagine my dilemma. So, I cleaned the carpet, and put the tree back together. Fortunately, Mom and Dad were heavy sleepers, so I dont think they ever knew. They know now. Happy Holidays.

Name: Tim Helble () on Monday, December 3, 2001 at 15:30:55
E-Mail: TKHelble@netscape.net
Class: 73
City and State: Columbia, MD
Message: Jill McFarlane and Cindy Colby - the Baldwin Hills dam broke on December 14, 1963. I was 8 and my family was visiting my grandparents in Illinois and Iowa for Christmas. I remember seeing it on the evening news. Recalling my geology classes, Baldwin Hills is a salt dome like Signal Hill. The pumping of oil in the area caused the ground to subside which eventually led to the dam collapse. In the 1970's, my hero Dr. George Fishbeck did a series of 1/2 hour specials for KABC called "Disasters - How and Why" and one of them was on the Baldwin Hills Dam failure. There was some great footage of the collapse because they knew it was coming hours in advance. An evacuation was conducted and fortunately only 5 people were killed. The oil well with red christmas lights was closer to La Brea, just to the south of the old Baldwin Hills reservoir. For quite a while after the dam failure you could park along La Brea and walk over to the edge of the reservoir and see this huge "V" crack all the way down the dam. The former director in my office (Hydrology) at Weather Service Headquarters was Dr. Danny Fread - who is the foremost U.S. expert on the modeling of dam failures, so I used to get lots of stories from him. Maybe in a future posting I can tell the story about how we almost lost Glen Canyon Dam in 1983. If Alan Nelson was in Parker back then he probably remembers the 83 flood.

Name: Elizabeth Estrada () on Monday, December 3, 2001 at 13:21:18
E-Mail: dzlizzy219@aol.com
Class: 69
City and State: Redondo Beach, CA
Message: My father was a big man, a strong man and a handsome man. To many young men who came courting one of his five daughters, he was a formidable man. He was also a man who never turned down a good time or good scotch. Every Christmas my mother decorated a fresh tree with her beautiful glass ornaments and meticulously placed the tinsel on every branch, one at a time. It shimmered beautifully. Dad bought boxes of lobster, crab, shrimp and scallops every year for our traditional open house on Christmas Eve. The bar was always well stocked and all the neighbors came, The Curries, The Considines, The Spenskos, as well as the aunts and uncles. One year while dad and Jim Currie were singing along with Coco Sanchez, I came through the front door with a new boy, who shall remain nameless. I could see instantly that the two men were feeling no pain. Dad’s eyes were floating in his head and he was grinning like he knew some delicious secret. When his eyes focused enough to see that I was about to introduce him to a potential suitor, his smile faded and he got very serious. Dad never wanted a young man to feel too comfortable around him, at least not until he proved his mettle. My father stood as I began the introductions. The room must have tilted a bit to the right because my dad began to lean to the left. He leaned a little more and a little more until his right foot came up off the floor. In slow motion, like a giant redwood falling in the forest, he went down. He went crashing into the Christmas tree and landed on top of it shattering mom’s ornaments and sending tinsel flying in all directions. A sister screamed, the dog howled and my mother, well, my mother had a look on her face that I’ve yet to see again in 30 years. Had I had a camera handy that night I would have captured the moment for Paco’s Christmas Album, but I’m afraid I was empty handed. Merry Christmas everyone. Dizzy Lizzy,
Sounds like another Happy Hawthorne Christmas to me.......

Name: Jill McFarlane () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 14:53:58
Class: 1977
City and State: Mission Viejo, CA
Message: John, what a great picture. Could you blow it up and send one to me? I would love to frame it. I like stuff like that. As for the 2002 reunion, we should find out who organized the 20th. I am game for a reunion since I have become reacquainted with old classmates through this webpage, of course the class of 77 participating in CT probably consist of 4 people as opposed to ALL the people from earlier classes, of course back then, Hawthorne was not as populated in the early 60's as it was in the 70's so probably the entire class of the 60's participate on CT. Sorry for the rambling, but I have not been able to participate a whole lot lately, been busy.
Jill, I think you'll find there're lots of 77 people reading the Feedback. If you email all of your classmates and ask them to let their friends know, you'll have a good nucleus for a reunion.
I would send you the picture but your email address is not on the Feedback.

Name: Cindy Colby () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 14:01:12
E-Mail: cindycolby@att.net
Maiden: Maxson
Class: 63
City and State: Laguna Hills, CA
Message: The Baldwin Hills flood was in November or December of 1963, I was working at Fedco at the time and was pregnant with my oldest son. That was the scariest thing that ever happened to me, the water was flooding into the store and they made us stay at our registers until the customers were evacuated.

Name: John Baker () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 13:35:14
E-Mail: john@cougartown.com
Class: 62
City and State: Lomita, CA
Message:Here's a picture I took about 6:30 while biking the strand this morning. The surf was high and look how the shoreline has eroded because of it. This was taken from the Manhattan pier looking north towards the Hyperion plant in the distance.

Name: Jill McFarlane () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 13:10:15
Class: 1977
City and State: Mission Viejo, CA
Message: I too remember that Christmas Tree on La Cienega, but I believe it was Baldwin Hills, not Ladera Heights. My grandma use to live off of Coliseum and whenever we use to go to her house we would look forward to seeing that bright red christmas tree. Speaking of Baldwin Hills, anyone remember the dam breaking, and flooding the Fedco on the corner of Rodeo and La Cienega? I am not sure of the date or year, but I do remember a friends grandmother was shopping in Fedco when it happened. Didn't Hawthorne also decorate the water tower near Hawthorne Blvd.?
Don't remember what year of the flood, but do remember it.

Name: Gloria Herlosky () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 12:19:06
E-Mail: Gpork3@aol.com
Maiden: Valencia
Class: 76
City and State: Las Vegas
Message: Well, Mike Burris is alive. I didn't (don't) know him, but perhaps the reprimand you got from Ms.Dicus on Prom Nite was well deserved after all, Mr. Baker!
Reprimand...WHAT reprimand? Of course those teacher reprimands went right over my head in High School, so I don't know why I would've remembered one on August 18th.

Name: Teri Hoenig () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 11:53:44
E-Mail: teri8045@aol.com
Maiden: Klein
Class: 73
City and State: Paradise, CA
Message: Hi, If anyone knows the address or e-mail address of Loretta Montagna (Martin) class of 73 and Lisa Mascagno (Turner) class of 73, would you please e-mail them to me. I have pictures from the class reunion I think they would like. Thanks, Teri

Name: Anita Young () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 09:56:46
E-Mail: youngun39@yahoo.com or youngun39@care2.com
Maiden: Aceves
Class: 1978
City and State: Hillsboro, OR
Message: My heartfelt condolences go out to Coug Patty Arias for her husband and ex-Beatle,George Harrison, passed away from complications from cancer last night. The poor man had been battling one form of cancer or another for years now. How very sad. Time to go and put on my copy of "All Things Must Pass" and think of how George's music touched our lives. He will sorely be missed.

Name: Chris Prewitt () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 09:54:17
E-Mail: cjprewitt@juno.com
Class: 1967
City and State: Fullerton, CA
Message: My sympathy goes out to Livy Arias for the passing of her husband. Like a tree we all must branch out but when a limb should fall remember your roots are here to hold you up.

Name: Melinda Farrow () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 09:46:14
E-Mail: Linda.Farrow@trw.com
Maiden: Elia
Class: 82
City and State: Redondo Beach, Ca
Message: Ray~ I totally forgot what a hottie you were in high school, I love the picture. But I have to mention again that you have forgotten some important high school facts..you were not the modest comsumer of alcohol from what I remember. Yes you did supply a nice demand, especially for us younger teens, but you really got me hooked on the Boones Farms wines. And I remember a few parties I had where bottles were a flowing! (sorry mom) You were never a shy man to not join in on the festivities and consumption.. Yes I remember the liquor stores on Inglewood Ave that sold the brew. A few of us girls also got ahold of a few and would have our own little party in my 68 Firebird in the school parking lot..

Name: Glenn Crist () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 06:08:54
E-Mail: gfcrist@sonic.net
Class: 1964
City and State: Sonoma, CA
Message: George Harrison passed away yesterday afternoon in Los Angeles, where he had been receiving treatment for cancer. His wife, Olivia, and son were at his side. He was 58 years old.
Cougartown Man in the Street, Glenn Crist, with that report.
Hi Glenn, Are we going to finish up Dave's website or not?

Name: Dan Johnson () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 03:07:55
E-Mail: wch1ispink@aol.com
Class: 77
City and State: Shure Man, Oaks CA
Message: Jill, I'm glad that I'm helping you to move away from the idea that floyd is somehow "stoner" music. As an officer of the court, I am duty bound to make sure that the demon THC is eradicated from the earth. I just heard that George Harrison passed away a few hours ago -- truly sad. It's incredible that the man could be in the Beatles and STILL be underrated as musician. My Sweet Lord. George, we'll come see you when its our time. I want to tell you, my head is filled with things to say . . . . (EJ and Band-X are playing the Little Rock 12/1)

Name: Anita Young () on Friday, November 30, 2001 at 02:05:49
E-Mail: youngun39@yahoo.com or youngun39@care2.com
Maiden: Aceves
Class: 1978
City and State: Hillsboro, OR
Message: Banta....you are a CRACK-UP! I never knew you had a crush on me and well....dear Lord, I wouldn't expect ya to still have it, ya know! Much water under that ol' bridge,ya know, and then some! LOL!

Name: Polly Martens () on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 21:55:00
E-Mail: pmartens@mediaone.net
Maiden: Beach
Class: 74
City and State: Hawthorne
Message: Question for all my fellow classmates from 74', does anyone know what ever happened to Pam Byrd (74). I have already located Donna (Billingsly)Phillpi 74', Debi (Cooley) Levy 74', Carol (McClintock)Shih 75', Debbie (Corwin) Fisher 74'. Now we all would like to locate Pam. If anyone has any information please contact me, Donna, Carol, Debi, or Debbie. Thanks

Name: Alan Nelson () on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 20:48:27
E-Mail: boatcop@boatcop.com
Class: '73
City and State: Parker, Az
Message: To Ken and Larry. Yes, Tom (Mosher) is semi-retired and living at the River near Parker. I say "semi" because he's substituting at the High School here when needed. He's got a house right on the River and still has his toys. You can't miss the house. It's the one with the big Saguaro Cactus growing through the roof. I see him a couple of times a month, along with Coach "T" and a few other HHS Faculty, when they're visiting. I'll tell him you-all said "HI".

Name: Donald Finley () on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 20:25:24
E-Mail: truckcollector@prodigy.net
Class: 1980
City and State: Torrance California
Message: Hi all ANYONE who remembers me e-mail me i would love to hear from you anyone know where Pat Maca is now the Avation Teacher?

Name: Patti Smith () on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 20:09:43
E-Mail: GrnidL80@mediaone.net
Class: 68
City and State: Cypress, CA
Message: To Tim Helble: it's not that the girls didn't have the "sin nature" and therefore the PE teachers didn't need a paddle, it that we DIDN'T HAVE TIME to get into any trouble in the locker room! Especially in the 60's and before. This was pre-pantihose and the era of full makeup and teased hair. It was a mad scramble to run into the locker room, shower (or at least sponge bath), get all those clothes on (ever try putting stockings on wet legs?), redo or at least refresh makeup, fix hair, grab books and purse, and RUN to the next class. There wasn't a second to spare on fooling around.

Name: Gina () on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 19:48:31
E-Mail: gina_peck@yahoo.com
Maiden: Black
Class: 80
City and State: Pasadena, CA
Message: Awe, Raymond!! I guess you need some more fantasy material? Well, darling, just have your wife email me a note and tell me it's okay and I'll dig up that photo for you. Those were the days!!

Name: Maurine White () on Thursday, November 29, 2001 at 18:45:56
E-Mail: maurinekwhite@hotmail.com
Maiden: Endicott
Class: 59
City and State: HB
Message: I, too, was very upset when I saw Mike Burris' name in CT! Called my brother, he called Pat, and we got the good news Mike is alive and well! Thanks to Pat for being such a great guy--he probably got many such calls. Their father, Bob Burris, passed away a couple of months ago--perhaps someone saw that and got confused. Who knows!! Anyway, Mike, I am so glad the news was in error!!! My memories go way back to the first grade with Mike. Whew!!! Am I relieved as I know many others are.
Again, sorry for the mis-info.....