Name: Cliff Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 23, 2006, 11:11 am - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Van Nuys, Ca
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Message: Hey Anita and Jonn (Crotty) I remember Sam Riddle. He was one of the "Boss Jocks" from KHJ Boss Radio circa 1965 along with The Real Don Steele and Robert W. Morgan. KHJ was the best radio station ever. That is till FM took over. I still have some air checks from that period with Sam Riddle broadcasts. Anyone got a cassette player?
I barely remember Ninth Street West but certainly remember Shindig, Hullabaloo and Shivaree (NBCs answer to Shindig). But does anyone remember Music Scene? It was from late 1969 and was on just before The New People on channel 7.

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 23, 2006, 8:16 am - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: Uh, Keith's last comment sounds a little funny.

Name: Baxter Dodd ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Feb 23, 2006, 2:26 am - HHS Time
Class: 1957
City & State: Riverside, CA
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Message: Wow! After reading the latest hot feedbacks about all the Frenching and smooching it makes me think that spring must be closer than I thought. I am surprised at how many will kiss and tell and tell it in great detail. I have to agree with John?s comment about when the girls were caught up in the passion of it all many of the guys thoughts were different, perhaps some thinking to themselves, ?If this girl likes Frenching, what else will she try?? One thing I did learn was that some of the quiet girls who I least expected--including the girl next door--were full of nice surprises (giving me--and I hope them--nice memories) Hmmm? I?d better quit before I get myself in trouble. Going back to Jim Schroeder?s summary of events, I did not have a problem believing any and all of it including the blown 409 canary yellow Corvair (it could happen) and all the Babes, but I felt kind of bad about missing the over-the-line game at Ramona. I love unorganized sports, or is it disorganized sports? Over-the-line and stick ball were among the best!(not counting Mission Beach or eastern Tri-State leagues). (I can still hear those neighborhood windows breaking.) What rules? Who kept score? --- Baxter

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 9:11 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: Sharon, yes Dennis was good. hehe

Name: Jack Hammer ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 9:06 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1968
City & State: Oakland Or.
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Message: JB Please check out page 673 that's all I know

Name: Richard Schwary ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 8:57 pm - HHS Time
City & State: Laguna Hills Ca
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Message: Does anyone have any pictures of the Tropicana, I'm in the process of making a web site on the Trop. I'll be glad to pay for pictures or just email them to me. Thanks Richard jerrlee@lworld.net

Name: Cindy Wernicke ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 8:50 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Maxson
Class: 1963
City & State: Seal Beach, CA
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Message: John Crotty, how would you remember Michael Blodgett? I have always thought he was pretty obscure, the only reason I know who he is, is that he is my cousin. Michael took over for someone on the show from Santa Monica beach called Groovy and I think Cam Nelson was his co-host.

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 8:47 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: Yes, Mr. Brown was really maji-de kakkoii. I remember especially the field trip to Little Tokyo and the lunch down there. I thought curry rice would be good (at least it sounded good). Man, that was worse than the hottest jalapeno peppers! That turned me off on curry bigtime.

Name: Jack Hammer ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 8:25 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1968
City & State: Oakland Or.
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Message: The first French Kiss. Danee Miller a very beautiful girl (who was way out of my league) invited me to her birthday party. It was a magic evening and Danee was Magic, Beautiful, Sweet & Kind.
I have sense read a posting from Mary Pool that she passed away how terribly sad. I hope she had lots of fun and happiness

Name: Sharon Branigan ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 7:49 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Bierman
Class: 1976
City & State: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Message: I can't relate my "first french kiss" story here because my MOM reads these pages!!! But I can tell you that the best HHS kisser in 76 was Dennis Drozdowski. That boy could KISS! I should thank the girl who taught him how. (Thank you, whoever you are.) Reminder to all 76ers (and others who may be interested) that Class of 76 30th reunion invites should be in the mail in about 10 days. So watch your mailbox and send it back right away 'cause it's first come first served with only 240 spots. (Facility fire rules.) E-me if you have not been receiving email updates, or are not in my database. Gonna be a great time!

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 7:15 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: There was a dance show that filmed at the beach sometimes. It was hosted by The Real Don Steele. It was called "Groovy" I used to belong to a daycare thing back when I was 8 or 9 or so and we were at Santa Monica beach one day and they let us dance with all the bigger kids.

Name: Larry Bach ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 7:10 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Seal Beach, CA
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Message: Domo arigato Armand-sama, High Daimyo of Tarzana. Mr. Brown was indeed a character as well as an entertaining (unusual) teacher. He lectured in outline format, and tested from the same outline. Copying someone else's notes would catch one up if they missed one of his lectures. Even I had a decent grade by just paying attention in class. I wish it were possible to reproduce his singularly distinctive voice so others could hear it; bass en timbre, and a curious blend of Richard Nixon and Lee Marvin.

Name: John Crotty ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 7:01 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Hermosa Beach
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Message: Damn you JB!!! I was going to bring up "9th Street West." And, calm your heart Anita, it was hosted by your own favorite "cutie,"...Sam Riddle, who was also a DJ on either, KFWB Channel 98, or KRLA or KHJ...but, didn't Michael Blodgett and Kam Nelson take over those "hosting" duties for SAM??????

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 5:33 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: Ming Dynasty?! That's Chinese, not Japanese. (Good thing I was attentive in Mr. Brown's Asian studies class to know that! Thank you, Mr. Brown, wherever you are.) The Japanese historical period around then would be the Muromachi period.

Name: Pat Underwood ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 4:33 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1963
City & State: Hawthorne, Calif
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Message: I remember my first French kiss, I was 13 she was 12. She was 4?11? tall or short depends on your perspective and she already was a 36 c. I was sitting on the brick wall in her front yard (the fence was about two feet tall) and she was standing in front of me. She bent down and slowly pressed her lips against mine and kissed me. I put my arms around her and pulled her close. My heart was racing and my knees started to shake. She slowly parted my lips with her tongue and in it went. My stomach started to churn and a tingling sensation started to happen below my belt. I have never again felt such a passionate or intimate kiss sense. The kiss came to an end and I was unable to stand for a few minutes. We still talk on the phone and we reminisce about the good old days. She is still 4?11? and has the same chest and I often wonder if she can still make me weak in knees and drop this old man to the ground.

Name: Jill McFarlane ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 4:21 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1977
City & State: Mission Viejo,CA
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Message: Okay, time for me to weigh in with the topics of baseball and kissing. Two of my favorite past times. Back in 1979, my boyfriend and I were walking out of Dodger stadium when we were almost run over by a man and his car. He pulls over to us, rolls down his window, looked like he was going to say something, smiled, rolled his window up and drove away. We realized it was Don Sutton. At that time, he and Garvey had some sort of locker room fight over Garvey's wife Cindy. My first kiss, not sure, I just remembered I did not appreciate the french part of the kiss and thought yuck, I'll never do that again! It was years until I was kissed again like that, this time it was from someone who knew how. What a difference. Returning to the Dodgers, I went to every opening day that Fernando Valenzuela started. Baseball trivia: What baseball player played for all four teams that originated from New York. Yeah, I know it's easy.

Name: Sharon Stowe ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 3:46 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Ritch
Class: 1972
City & State: Lawndale, CA
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Message: My first French kiss was not with a Hawthorne High Cougar. But my most memorable French kiss sure was. The guy shall remain nameless. The kiss was like what I would imagine it would be like to kiss a Hoover Vacuum Cleaner on ?High?. Having had little experience at that time in kissing manners, I did not know what to do. I said nothing and tried to make the best of an uncomfortable situation that I too embarrassed and unskilled to correct.
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Name: Anita ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 1:38 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Harmon
Class: 1969
City & State: Fair Oaks, Ca
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Message: Cliff, Glad someone else remembered some of those dance shows from the 60's. There was also She-Bang - KTLA channel 5 with Casey Kasem, Hollywood A Go Go, I believe you already mentioned The Lloyd Thaxton Show, and then there was also Boss City.....Remember Sam Riddle? He was sooo cute!

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 12:43 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: Gives "good phone?" Not particularly. But otherwise, to paraphrase James Bond in "The Spy Who Loved Me": "When one is in [Japan], one should delve deeply into its treasures."

Name: Bill Wadman ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 12:22 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1975
City & State: Las Vegas NV
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Message: My good friend and cousin-in-law, Cameron Olson, Morningside, but a Hawthorne boy at heart, passed away Febuary 10. One of the gentle giants of this world will be missed, so many great memories.

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 12:01 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: John, no hookers involved. I was speaking of telephoning and emailing a lady friend in Japan. Yeesh! You really did miss something there!

Name: Cliff Hitchcock ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 11:29 am - HHS Time
Class: 1973
City & State: Van Nuys, Ca
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Message: John...Your post was a riot! Just as funny as Anitas was sweet. Its funny to read folks memories of this milestone event. I thought I had a lot of kissing girls experience before moving to Hawthorne when I was 12 yrs old. That was when I ran into the "older woman of 15" who must have thought kissing was a wrestling match. She had a tongue like a Maytag Agitator and scared living hell out of me. Anyway that was my introduction to Hawthorne women.
But Anita's mention of Where The Action Is brought back a wave of memories of the great old afternoon programs we had designed for the teenage audience. American Bandstand, Lloyd Thaxton also come to mind. Anyone remember Rick Nelson hosting Malibu U?

Name: Terrence Poublon ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 10:43 am - HHS Time
City & State: San Jose, CA
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Message: Hi John...I agree with Kathy of Torrance High School. Your website is an inspiration. That's how Leuzinger's Class of 1981 website got started back in 2003... as a result of you and your wonderful band of alumni.
Thanks Cougartown!

Name: Gladys ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Feb 22, 2006, 10:39 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Verduzco
Class: 1986
City & State: Hawthorne
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Message: Just wanted to say Hello to all.