Hawthorne Feedback

Name: Don Burns ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 2, 2006, 2:43 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1957
City & State: Downey, CA
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Message: Hey Cougs, it was a good show @ Los Alamitos as long as your car didn't overheat while waiting to get in @ 6:30 in the morning. I didn't but a lot of them did, it took almost 40 min. to get parked. Don't think I will go next year, I have been there for the last 3 yrs., it is too big, almost 1,000 cars. Later Don

Name: DAWN ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 2, 2006, 9:39 am - HHS Time
City & State: LAKEWOOD, CA
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Message: How many of you went to the Los Alamitos Car show Sunday? My husband (Bob Stevenson) and I were looking for the Couger shirts but did not see any :( Take care, Dawn

Name: Pat Bush ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Nov 2, 2006, 8:22 am - HHS Time

Class: 1980
City & State: Buena park
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Message: Any names to go with that 73 team?

Name: Liz Perri ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 2, 2006, 8:23 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: KERGER
Class: 1979
City & State: Kennesaw, GA
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Message: SO PROUD OF OUR BEACH BOYS! UK Music Hall of Fame announce four more legends in line for Britain?s music honours list First plans revealed for live performances and special tributes.... and on and on.....

Name: Linda Dill ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 9:23 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Sutton
Class: 1967
City & State: Redondo Beach, CA
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Message: To all the former Cougars from the classes of 1966 and 1967 Pat Morrow and Judy Storie have a meeting to pay the $1,000 deposit on Tuesday (11/7) for our 40ish year reunion (somebody else would like to book the room for the same day). We have about half of the money -- Judy does have a lot of cousins -- but we are still in need of about $500. If you know you are coming, could you please send the money NOW --$65/person. You'll actually end up saving some money as the price will go up to $75/person in early 2007. Directions on where to send the money is on the Reunions Page. To those of you who have already sent in your money, we are really grateful. We are looking forward to seeing lots of you 66/67'ers on July 2l, 2007. We'll have a great time.

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 8:09 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: Ray, I remember you. You and my brother were good friends. Yes the Stars was the team you guys played on. My brother played on the Braves in Little League. He never played in the minors because of his size. Same thing in High School, cause he was so big they made him play a level up.

Name: Ray Nelson ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 4:55 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1973
City & State: Billy Goat Acres, GA
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Message: Cougar Sighting!!! While doing my auditing job today in Horseshoe Bend, Arkansas, I met the company?s COO, Charles Shultz co-72. He lived in Holy Glen. It?s a small world!!!!Keith I have some photos of playing ball at both Little and Middle Leagues levels. But I have more fond memories than photos. I remember playing on the ?Stars? with your brother.

Name: Connie Gaston ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 2:03 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1979
City & State: Lomita, CA
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Message: Mrs. Holly. There's a wacky teacher that I remember. I only had her for math. I remember she almost never talked about that, but instead went off on her nutrition bent. As I only had her for one period (such as they were at Intermediate), I didn't get the full glory of the brains experience. Instead, we got the lecture on boiling chicken bones down to feed to our dogs for their health!

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 9:42 am - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: I know John I saw you too. But, I see you almost everyday. Does anyone have any Wiseburn Little League pics from the late 60's or Middle League from the early 70's.

Name: Dan Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 8:59 am - HHS Time
Class: 1977
City & State: Sherman Oaks
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Message: Is the guy in the front row, far left, Richard Rosales?

Name: Wade Greasby ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 8:55 am - HHS Time

Maiden: Baseball
Class: 1973
City & State: Surf City, Ca
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Message: Lets try this again. In the Baseball Picture of the H.A.L.L. Yankees the team photo consists of Top Row Noel Hand; Team Father, Wade Greasby, Jim Hansen; Manager, Brian Bianchi, Tony Cairo: Asst. Coach Middle Row Gil Hansen, Frank Vargas, Randy McGee, Ken Cummings, Kevin Hansen Bottom Row Brian Hand, Kirk Greasby Jim Johnson, Gary Teal, Chris Ulrick. The bottom row may be out of order, I'm trying to recall this by memory not looking at the picture. Clark, Tom Deuel could bring the hit when he wanted to. He was and still is a very passive guy!!! A picture of the 1970 Indians of H.A.M.L. needs to be in there too. There are some Cougs who went on to bigger and better things.

Name: Bobby Fitzgerald ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Nov 1, 2006, 12:10 am - HHS Time

Class: 1960
City & State: Santa Ana, Ca.
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Message: Thanks Paco for the nice words, Always great to see a fellow Cougar anytime anywhere. PS thanks for the plug on my store. Hope you all had a great and safe halloween.

Name: Marilyn Ross ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 11:12 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Wisham
Class: 1956
City & State: Garden Grove, CA
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Message: Thanks to Paco for the great pics of the Hawthorne campus. I haven't been in Nyman Hall in 50 years but I recognized it right away. Wow, the memories that come pouring out! There were a lot of fun times in that place. The Varsity follies, school plays, noon movies and the chorus performances.

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 10:36 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: I too just watched all three disks on my plasma. I didn't realize I coudl just put them in my DVD player for the TV. So me and my oldest daughter watched it all. UNREAL. Man I swear I missed out big time. I had so much fun recoginizing people. People whose names Ihaven't said in 30 years rolled off my tongue. Amy Jenson, Jasna, John Lydon, Liz Frietag (i love you), Dave Kaintz, Ricky Bainbridge, Albert Delgado, John Butterfield, Carmen Fishler, Gloria V., Sharon B., Dale Craig, Carol Gross, Robert Cobb, Glenn Vickers, Dave Krikac, John Achrem, Kirk Greasby, Beth Treckman, Lee Whitley, Craig Bodkin, Sherry Blackwell is still hot, the Driscoll girl too, and so many others. It was just awesome. You guys are lucky. I am going to try and make it to the 77 reunion. My best buds Morlock and Staffon are going. I also saw Scotty Beers was there. Diane Plinck didn't show. I can't Mr. Key and even Mr. Allen were there. I really liked Mr. Allen. Anyway, great job on everything. The class of 76 really was different. We all stayed so close. It was just a blast watching everyone react. 76 was one of the busiest and best years in history. So many things happened that year. And also mostof us were born in 58' and that too seemed to be a pretty busy year. I was the youngest in our class.

Name: Alan Nelson ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 7:34 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1973
City & State: Parker, Az
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Message: Dougie Burgers? Didn't he end up playing left field for the Mets?Happy Halloween, Cougs!

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 7:29 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: Hey Jeff, I was pleased to no end to read that you still remembered the Loyola game and yes I do remember Ted Hastings monster hit on Fred Brown, Loyolas' all CIF running back. That brings to mind a cougar sighting story that must be told...It was the fall of 1976 and I was a freshman at Occidental College. We were playing Whittier college one saturday night. Keep in mind that this is division 3 ball! A big game, the Oxy Tigers versus the Whittier Poets (Yes I swear they are the poets!) Anyways we scored a touchdown and I was sent in to kick the extra point, the snap was late (where is Dale Halbeck when i needed him!) I decided to pick the ball up and run with it. I went to the right only to face three Whittier defenders. So I did an about face and went the other way only to be met head on by another Whittier guy who knocked me out with the hit. As I came to the guy who hit me was straddled on top of me, he said "Clark are you o.k.?" I said "Who are you?" He said" It's Tom Duel from Hawthorne!" Tom was mvp on the Hawthorne varsity his senior year and was a tough guy. He helped the poor groggy kicker up and I asked if anyone else was at the game. He said Ralph Fallone and Dale Halbeck were in the stands. Finally the ref came over and asked us to pick up the reunion after the game. You never know where you'll bump into a fellow Cougar!

Name: Jim Sloey ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 6:41 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Solvang, Ca
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Message: The second row middle kid is Randy McGhee, an olympian running back of some renown.

Name: Dave Krikac ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 6:19 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Franklin, TN
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Message: WOW, what a DVD of our reunion. MAN, John Achrem (and his inspiration Gloria), you are magical. I was SO amazed on the slideshow, the editing, the interviews, everything. I forgot who filmed that Bad Boy, but hats off to you all. Thank YOU Thank YOU. What a keepsake, and while I am at it, The Reunion Staff knocked it OUT of the ballpark.....On another note, I had the liberty to hear in person the First Lady Laura Bush in Franklin, what an absolute class act, so cordial, so humble, what an real gem. She hung around after her talk and took the time to take pictures and shake hands until everyone in line was happy....Wow. What a school teacher she must have been. God bless the Cougars.....Thanks John for this place.

Name: Debbie ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 3:45 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: Miles
Class: 1977
City & State: Del Aire
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Message: Don't forget another important Aviation Little League contribution to society. Douggie burgers!

Name: John Baker ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 1:37 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1962
City & State: Lomita
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Message: Happy Birthday to my old buddy HHS62 Tom Shelley. Hope you have a great one, Tom, and let me know when you want to go to birthday dinner.

Name: Jim Sloey ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 1:09 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1966
City & State: Solvang, Ca
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Message: Happy Birthday to my buddy Bill Young, class of '66. Many happy returns Youngie!

Name: carl rilling ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 1:00 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1959
City & State: Oregon City, Oregon
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Message: Thank You Paco for the new photos. Everyone take a look at them. I spent 3 saturdays in Nov 1956 behind HPD station washing and waxing Police cars. (Simonize Paste Wax) Seems I was accused of egging a police car on Halloween. It wasn't Murphs car either. But Murph's message about egging cars did flog my memory. Never egg a police car with two guys that can run faster than you. And to this day the other two Cougars remain unnamed.

Name: Keith D. Jones ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 12:51 pm - HHS Time

Class: 1976
City & State: Kona, HI
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Message: Dan, yes Aviation had a few. But Wiseburn just had an unreal number of guys that went on to play pro or major college ball. Colburn, Scott, Lee, Allenson, Staffon, Pomeroy, and others. My brother was a great pitcher and I think he could have made it to pro ball. He had several no-hitters and even a perfect game. He just didn't like baseball that much. And I know if I wasn't such a screw-up I should have played.

Name: Wade Greasby ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 12:16 pm - HHS Time

Maiden: oldcougs
Class: 1973
City & State: Surf City, Ca
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Message: Clark, You maybe right!! With Gino, Terry, and Kenny not to leave out a number of Cougars from yester years, we may have to go out there and put some points on the board. I received some smack talk about HHS's performance of this year, but I know there is going to be some payback coming. If we only played one series, we'd score!!! The rules have changed a bit since our days, but I'm still confident in the abilities of former players from back in the day that they would score. Cougar pride lives on in all of us!!!

Name: Ed Sharp ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 10:12 am - HHS Time

Class: 1968
City & State: Anaheim Ca.
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Message: Robert Ruggeri, JW and I are still hanging together. Send me an email.

Name: Al Murphy ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 31, 2006, 8:21 am - HHS Time
City & State: Helena Montana
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Message: Happy Halloween to all you YOUNG AT HEART Cougars out there! "PACO", the Pics are the best! Wow! what a campus! Sure has changed from the "OLE" days. Everyone be careful tonight and don't get caught with any eggs in your car. John this site is the best, All take care, MURPH