Name: Steve fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 8:44 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
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Message: John, I still think the Rosecrans picture is looking west. Check out the tall stack behind the tresle. That may be the sulfer plant at Rosecrans/Sepulveda or part of Standard Oil.

Name: Denny Unfried ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 7:54 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1955
City & State: Del Aire
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Message: The Wiseburn school name change was in 1948 when the other schools were built in the district. Up until then, Wiseburn was the only school in the Wiseburn district. The map John posted is interesting since the contour lines show where the Leuzinger house sat on top of the little hill at El Segundo and Aviation and also his barn was along side the house. The picture of the Rosecrans intersection looks about the same as it did when I went to school at Wiseburn. I don't remember any onions in Hollyglen and most years, beans were grown. Where the railroad tracks crossed Aviation blvd and during the war a chase scene from a Red Skelton movie was filmed but I don't recall the title.

Name: gary bickers ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 7:40 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1963
City & State: pve cal
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Message: Great train overpass picture. Second only to Howard's picture of old Rosecrans with the trees west of Aviation. Paco, I think this picture is about 300 yards from some famous dirt clod fights we had at the beanfield at the end of our street. A small freeway is there now. Even then, Goodman was throwing smoke.

Name: Billy ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 7:37 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Hawthorne. Ca
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Message: I remember that train tressle. When I was in 5th grade me and some of my friends use to play chicken there. We would stand in the middle of the tressle until we could see the train coming then run to the opposite end. One day I tripped and my leg got caught and the train ran over it. My buddy Mike ran down to the street on Rosecrans to retrieve my leg then the ambulance rushed me to the hospital. Lucky for me I had a needle and thread and could stitch it back on before we got to the hospital. Like Benjamin Franklin always said a stitch in time saved mine. I awoke from a coma 8 hours later. There were so many people there to see me that they had to move me to the Forum. Wilt Chamberlain signed my cast-I also broke my arm. I did lose a baby toe too.

Name: EL ROJO ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 6:08 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1960
City & State: Kuna, ID
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Message: Great stuff on the road to the beach! It seems to me that the trees made that blvd. Also seems to me there was a grizzly murder, body in a basket, found by a vendor that had a fruit stand or something of that nature to the north and west of the intersection, below the tracks, in the early 50's or late 40's? Jerry got any clues on that? And hey you guys and Jan Johnson (need your address on my e-mail) I got my CD problem solved. Jimmie is coming to town. Great stuff. Thanks. MAY THE COUGAR BE WITH YOU! Jake N Jude.

Name: Steve Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 6:01 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Laguna Woods, CA
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Message: Bonnie - When the Hollyglen homes were built in '54, there were several oil wells at Glasgow and 139th. After they were capped some years later about 5 new houses were built on the site. You can pick them out due the change in style from the originals.

Name: Lisa ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 5:46 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Graham
Class: 1967
City & State: Ramona, CA
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Message: HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELLEY. I LOVE YOU. LISA

Name: Dan Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 4:44 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1977
City & State: Sherman Oaks
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Message: From that old map it appears that "Wiseburn School" is located at the current site of William Henry Dana Junior High School, part of the Wiseburn School District. Offline, we've got a little email chat going with members of the '76/'77 Cougar basketball team (me, Nygaard, Turner, Zambrano & Feist). Now we need a few more members of that team to check in -- off the top of my head, Raulerson, Oliver, Agee, Galindo, Aguirre (last I heard, he was going by the name Rudy Runaway with the Wind). Who am I missing here?

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 4:14 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: Walter, I just didn't know the wood shop teacher at Hawthorne and Banning had approached me to help coach their pole vaulters on the track team so I figured they would help if at all possible to get me to help them. I plan to tap the HHS wood shop to help build benches for the "new" Senior Square that is going to rise like a phoenix from the ashes! Take care!

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 3:11 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: The "Grand Canyon Line" on the bridge was most likely a promotion from Santa Fe R.R. Here's a link to some Santa Fe Railroad history: http://www.library.arizona.edu/exhibits/pams/railintro.html

Name: Sharon Branigan ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 1:46 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Bierman
Class: 1976
City & State: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Message: Wow, what a picture. JB, where do you get this stuff? What a difference to today's intersection. What's the deal with the "Grand Canyon Line" on the train trestle? Did we have a direct to GC train track?

Name: Bonnie Lou Cozby ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 1:25 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Simmons
Class: 1971
City & State: Ocean Park, WA
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Message: Aviation & Rosecrans, of course! I used to go crawdad fishing in a little creek on the left side of that train overpass. I think my mom found watercress growing there too. Looks like this is before the eucalyptus trees were planted down both sides of Rosecrans to the ocean. Here's two myths/legends I grew up hearing about Hollyglen...1. That the area used to be (way back) an Indian village site, lending itself to hauntings and 2. There were fields of green onions growing where the houses now stand. Does anyone know if there is any fact in either?

Name: John Crotty ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 12:29 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Hermosa Beach
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Message: Interesting note about the Rosecrans picture. Most of us "oldtimers" remember that Rosecrans was lined with Eucalyptus trees almost all the way to the beach. In the picture, you can't see a single treetop past the trestle...wonder when they planted them?????

Name: Dan Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 12:23 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1977
City & State: Sherman Oaks, CA
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Message: JB, I wonder if the north/south road was called "Aviation Blvd" in the late 20s/early 30s? What was the status of LAX in those days? What's interesting (to me anyway) is that even when I was growing up in the area, there was not much west of Aviation -- either north or south of Rosecrans -- most of the development in that area took place in the 80s. (On a different subject, I seemed to recall reading somewhere that (1) Marilyn Monroe lived in Hawthorne before she became famous and (2) Jim Morrison was busted in Hawthorne once.

Name: Michael Kratz ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 11:39 am - HHS Time
Class: 1971
City & State: Vegas
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Message: John, is the picture taken in the proximity of present day Hawthorne High?

Name: Walter Holt ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 11:01 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Surf City, CA
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Message: For me it was. I spent many a day in my youth playing in the fields over there and going under that trestle to and from Manhattan not to know this one.

Name: Debbie ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 10:30 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Miles
Class: 1977
City & State: Del Aire
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Message: I don't think shop classes are offered anymore at HHS?

Name: Walter Holt ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 10:00 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Surf City, CA
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Message: John I think it's Rosecrans & Aviation....Happy Birthday Big Kell!!!!!!

Name: Petey ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 7:10 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Smith
Class: 1972
City & State: Oregon
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Message: I want to wish my friend Big Kell a Happy Birthday! Have a fun day Le Woof. Peace out

Name: Walter Holt ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Feb 27, 2007, 5:13 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Surf City, CA
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Message: That sounds great about the trophies. Thank you very much to all for the time spent. I do have a question though and I am NOT trying to start anything. I know you mentioned the shop teacher at Banning being a friend and his classes putting forth the effort to build the cases, which is great, but did the shop class at HHS not want to help?

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Feb 26, 2007, 10:27 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: A quick update on the refurbishment project of the trophies and trophy cases from Nyman Hall. Tracy Turner and I retrieved almost all trophies from the maintenance shed on campus. A few weeks ago a few of us met at my office in Torrance and Laura Geele Wang (76) and Don Ditomasso (75) tirelessly and meticuloulsy cleaned the trophies. I met with the high school shop teacher at Banning High today(an old friend) and he agreed to have his classes build us new cases to help save alot of money. These kids are talented as I had the opportunity to inspect their labors. The trophies will be back in cases and on display in due time!

Name: Howard "Paco" Duran ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Feb 26, 2007, 10:26 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1961
City & State: LF
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Message: I heard that Chyna Doll once lived in Hawthorne and went by the last name of Jones...Only a rumor.

Name: Carl Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Feb 26, 2007, 9:41 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: Torrance, California
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Message: Drive-In Movie Confessions....Twice I left the drive-in without removing the speaker from my window. Broke the driver-side windows in both my '48 Dodge (metal flake blue) pickup and my '59 (big rider) Impala. Very embarrasing....made a great impression on my dates! Luckily there was an auto glass place on the west side of Hawthorne Blvd. in Lawndale that was able to fix things good as new.

Name: Steve Fraser ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Feb 26, 2007, 6:45 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Laguna Woods, CA
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Message: If Raquel Welch really did live in Hawthorne, that would put her ahead of the Wilson boys, but behind Jim Thorpe, Marilyn Monroe and Keith Jones alphabetically on Hawthorne's "Who's Who" list.

Name: Jim Pasternak ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Feb 26, 2007, 5:01 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1968
City & State: Castle Rock, Colo.
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Message: Cougar Sighting if this counts!!!While still unpacking today following our recent move, I was connecting the TV which has more wires than JB has fans. As Jenny was wiping the snow off of Roxy's (Yellow Lab) feet. On comes Judge Judy presiding over a case where a man wants the wedding ring back from his "Cougarette" after only one year of marriage. (Darren in Flying Embers...pay attention. Rough times ahead for you in the sequel, Turning Up the Heat). Judge Judy ruled against the Blonde Beauty, forcing her to also return the engagement ring...right there in court. Coincidentally, "Todd" in my first novel once dated this little damsel...once. Top that one, Keithie! But don't get friskie...she's already re-married! Court adjourned.

Name: Bevan ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Feb 26, 2007, 3:16 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Feiat
Class: 1977
City & State: Simi Valley,CA
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Message: Help! I would really like to find some old friends. Greg Benjamin class of 76, and Mitch Junkin's class of 75. Thanks for any help. Looking forward to the 77 reunion. Dan, can't wait to see the DVD.