Name: Elizabeth A Aleccia ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 6:39 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Redondo Beach
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Message: Raymond graduated in 1965. He became a fireman, of course. He had the prerequisite good looks. In fact, I think he may have been on a calender. As for the 'easy' comment, John....we all know it's true. I managed to keep my legs together but the kissing part was just too good to pass up. My first kiss was by Tom Engle in the sixth grade behind a fourth grade classroom at Ramona. We had an after school dare. I was scared to death but wasn't about to back down with my girlfriends there. Sharon Volland had to kiss Todd Wadman and Christy Higgins had to kiss somebody...I don't remember who it was. It was the talk of the sixth grade playground for a week. Poor Tom felt obligated to give me his Saint Christopher, I guess to make an honest girl of me. Whatever.

Name: Karen ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 6:20 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Graham
Class: 1959
City & State: Vista, CA
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Message: I have to agree that the new design in type-style and format are much easier to read with these old tired eyes of mine! Thanx JB, you done good!! Happy New or Nude Year to ya'all. Here's hoping 2006 will be the best year ever!! Cheers and lots of love to all my fellow Cougars.

Name: Elizabeth A Aleccia ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 5:05 pm - HHS Time
City & State: Redondo Beach
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Message: Okay, I can't take it no more. This is just too boring so I'm going to tell you a story of a sexual nature. Nothing explicit so as not to offend the easily offendable but with just enough titillation (is that a word?) to provide a grin or two. This is a story of a very handsome boy from Hawthorne High who happened to live next door to me. He was much older than I and had capivated the attention of every girl on the street, if not in the entire town. He surfed, played football and he stood tall. He had black hair and dark skin. We called him Raymond and I'll leave off his last name to protect his identity, but anyone, female, that is, who attended HHS in the mid-sixties will know of whom I speak. It was the summer before my freshman year at Hawthorne and Raymond had just come home from a day of surfing. He went into his house for a shower and when he came out I happened to be walking out the back door of our house. I could see into his hallway where he stood with nothing but a towel wrapped around his waste. A few minutes later I went over to give his mom something we had borrowed earlier and Raymond invited me in. His mom wasn't home...thank God! I don't remember how it happened but I ended up getting kissed by him...I mean really kissed. Kissed alot. It was innocent for the first few minutes but then something happened. I know now what that something was.....He came to his senses. I was barely 14 and he was 17. He got up very fast and told me to go home. I floated across the driveway and dreamt of those kisses for the rest of the summer....and then some. I'm a sucker for a good kisser. He was a good boy, that Raymond G. DZ

Name: Lisa ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 4:55 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Graham
Class: 1967
City & State: Ramona, CA
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Message: HAPPY NEW YEAR TO COUGARTOWN. GO USC........LOVE, LISA

Name: Al Murphy ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 4:17 pm - HHS Time
City & State: Helena Montana
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Message: I wish you and all the Cougartowners a very Happy New Year. I really enjoy the site and read it almost every day. Have a good one. Al Murphy

Name: Daryl Lundquist ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 3:43 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Colorado Springs, CO
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Message: Hello JB: New format on the website looks GREAT!!! Happy New Year to you and all Cougs! How many times did you go to a New Year's eve party with the intention of partying all night, staying up til dawn and then going to the Rose Parade? Well, I started out to a few like that but never did make the Parade (for obvious reasons I'm afraid). All the best in 2006. Daryl

Name: Lillian Parra ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 3:01 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: McDonald
Class: 1963
City & State: Havasu Lake, CA
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Message: We're here John never fear:-) HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Name: Steve Temoshek ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 2:26 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Lag Hills,Ca
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Message: Thanks for changing the text and backround,its a lot easier to read now.Happy nude year everyone!!

Name: Elizabeth A Aleccia ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Dec 29, 2005, 1:46 pm - HHS Time
City & State: Redondo Beach
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Message: I hear ya, John. Where'd everybody go? I have a correction on my last post. Vicky graduated in '64.
I had a great Christmas celebration. I made sure Michael heard the story of Christmas and not just the story of Santa. We sang carols and prayed together. I told him about Christmas being a time to give love to each other the way God loves us all. He's only two and a half but he listened very seriously. He says prayers every night and blesses each and every person in his family, neighborhood and classes and every dog and critter living in his yard or on his DVD's. "Madagascar" is the lastest favorite.
When the Beach Boys Christmas song came through the speakers at the grocery store, I stopped the cart and had him give it a good listen. I told him who was singing and where they came from. It's amazing how he listens to everything I say. I think I'll get him a Beach Boys CD for Valentine's Day. Get that boy started out right. So, what's the plan for New Year's Eve, John? Going with tradition or are you going to try someone new? DZ