Name: jim sloey ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 9:17 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: solvang, ca
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Message: Who is he, JOHN, not him. Violet Clark is going to call you and it won't be flowery.

Name: Dan Johnson ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 8:45 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1977
City & State: Lost Angeles
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Message: Yeah, I didn't see him either -- he must have been left on the cutting room floor. I heard a rumor that he is in the Farmer's Insurance TV ad where they have the fake Toto tribute band -- I haven't seen it yet

Name: Vicki Alfonso ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 11:28 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Butler
Class: 1969
City & State: Elizabeth,NJ
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Message: To all who wrote such nice message of the loss of my sister Jackie (Butler) Golla and family I can't begin to thank you all enough. Gary , not sure if you recall me (I'm the youngest of the Butler children) but hope all is well with you and your family. My mother passed away over 11 years ago , and my Dad is 95 years old, living in TN , and still going strong.

Name: Howard "Paco" Duran ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 10:45 am - HHS Time
Class: 1961
City & State: Lake Forest
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Message: I had a hernia surgery when I was about 10 years old, caused by pulling Ron Mix in my wagon. I was about 5-7 years old and would pull my wagon down the street looking for treasures...Ron would hang out at the Moore's and would always catch me. He weighed in at about 150 and I about 38. This was before sidewalks and paved streets. Also the McDowells, Bonnie, Linda, and Ricky lived on the street. One more Dennis Campbell's sister in-law Mary Valdez was on the block...And Surotnicks.

Name: Tom Embry ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 9:03 am - HHS Time
Class: 1959
City & State: Frontenac, Mo
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Message: Hey Jake, I was one 'footballer' that took a typing class; but since it was Coach Ross that taught it, all I remember of it was going to the cafeteria to get him his daily quota of pie!!

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 7:49 am - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: So. Karloffornia
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Message: The typing class I was in had about 60% girls and 40% guys. So it wasn't all that "uncool" to take a typing class. This was in 1969-70.

Name: Sharon MacDonald ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 7:09 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Badger
Class: 1963
City & State: Bruceville, Texas
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Message: My mother kept telling me to learn to type - then I would always have something to fall back on. The only problem was I had a full schedule of things like Latin and science. Then in my Senior year I had an open slot so signed up for typing to placate my mother. After a few days I quickly realized I had no aptitude for typing and kept getting my fingers caught between the keys when I didn't look at my hands! Then someone in the HHS office noticed that I had never taken the "state requirements" (drivers ed, alcohol, and first aid as I remember) and could not graduate if I didn't. Bye-bye typing .... But then, in the early 80s they introduced computers in the labs where I worked in R&D and I had to learn to keyboard. Better late than never...

Name: Gary Bickers ~~~~~~~~~~ Thu-Oct 4, 2007, 6:26 am - HHS Time
Class: 1963
City & State: pve cal
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Message: Gail, also included on that one little block of 134th Street was Paul, Gary and Bob Moore all of whom were at HHS from '58 through '63. Mike and Barry Leslie lived on our other side, Classes of '63 and '65. Two doors west of the Duran family lived the most unforgetable Cougar of them all, Ty Goodman, class of '63. I can not remember the rest, but I can count at least 19 kids in that one block that went to HHS in the 60's.

Name: Dan Dye ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 10:57 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1962
City & State: Torrance, Ca
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Message: Cougar sighting, I am working at the Hollywood Park Race Track. I saw a young lady working security in the parking lot for the Goodyear Tire company. I asked her where she was from, she said Hawthorne, I asked if she went to HHS, she said yes, Her name is Natasha Tyson class of 1989. I told her about CougarTown. She said she would check Cougartown out when she got home tonight. Thanks again J.B. for all your hard work keeping Cougartown going. You're the Man, Dan Dye

Name: EL ROJO ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 6:54 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1960
City & State: Kuna, ID
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Message: Doris, you make a case for alot of us X-Jocks who thought typing was for wussies. Funny thing I remember a gal at Hawthorne who won all kinds of awards for being able to type over 100 words a minute on a manual typewriter. Name escapes me at the moment. Jan Stevenson comes to mind. But jeez there's a whole lot of guys out there that wish they'd taken typing in school at this time. For one thing you would have been the only guy with all the girls....kind of like Jim Peppers and the cheerleaders and or Home Ec. :-)) Hey Bake, C-Town is still much fun. Last week, win one, win one, go both Blues. How did our Cougs do? MAY THE COUGAR BE WITH YOU, Jake N Jude.

Name: Gail Oliver ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 6:51 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Oliver
Class: 1969
City & State: Woodland Hills, CA
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Message: Jackie Butler did live next door to the Bickers..It was a street filled with HHS Alumni..Gary Butler is also a good friend. I seem to remember The Duran's, The Bicker's, The Nelson's, La Course Family and of course our five kid's..The Beaird's. We all remember you and your lovely family well.

Name: Clark Millman ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 4:05 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1976
City & State: Torrance, CA
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Message: Cougar siting: Just met Frank Alvarado, class of '90 working at Americas Tires on Hawthorne Blvd. in Torrance. These Cougars are seemingly everywhere!

Name: Gary Bickers ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 3:54 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1963
City & State: pve cal
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Message: Gail Oliver, was Jackie Butler the sister of Gary Butler, the HHS class of 1959? If so we lived next door to the Butlers. Mr. Butler helped my Granddad get a job at Harvey Metals when they came out to Cal from Iowa. Mrs. Butler held my Mom's hand when her two brothers were killed. Gary and I played football in the street against Ron Mix the most successful HHS footballer as both an All American and All Pro. Gary was a senior with my brother Bob, and we played on the 1959 B team when I was a freshman. Gary probably still has B exponites. They were a very good family.

Name: El Rojo, Paco and ALL oth ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 3:47 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: donaldson
Class: 1957
City & State: Twin Falls, ID
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Message: HEY! A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the YOUNG SLOEONE. And be careful there John about kidding that he is 67 or 68 ... THAT! My young friend is just a little too close to home! LOL! And keyboards? That's a subject right up my alley! You see ... I've been typing since I was 8 years old. Couldn't afford clothes or new shoes or even a bicycle, but at the ripe old age of 8, Pop got me a "portable typewriter" which came in it's own case. And I've been typing happily ever since. Did anyone ever type on the old electric IBM Executive typewriters? They put out beautiful work but most people hated them because it was difficult to correct anything. Most lower-case letters had two spaces in them, but some had one space like the "l" and "i". And then there was the "m" which had five spaces. Of course, the capital letters were off the chart with different spaces. I learned them by heart because speed and accuracy was valued in those days. Shoot! Now anybody can type and spell!

Name: Gail Oliver ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 12:04 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Beaird
Class: 1969
City & State: Woodland Hills, CA
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Message: Jackie Golla Butler was my Best friend's sister. We were all friend's from 134th Street, and have remained Best Friends. Upon hearing of her illness, I wanted to send her and the family a nice dinner from a local place in Long Beach. They chose, Marri's Pizza Parlour. When I called to have the order sent, they didn't take American Express or my debit card over the phone. I was so dissapointed..The manager then said, Go ahead and just send me a check! It restored my Faith in the Human race. Never has anyone sent food without the cash up front. It enabled the Golla family to have a nice dinner during this trying time. I sent a letter with my check for their Gracious deed. Jackie was a lovely lady, and wonderful mother of four children. She will be dearly missed.

Name: Sharon Branigan ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 9:15 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Bierman
Class: 1976
City & State: Thousand Oaks, CA
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Message: Fellow Cougars, it is my pleasure to invite you ALL to renew your dedication to supporting the current and future students of HHS by either RENEWING your Vons (eScrip) membership, or signing up as a new supporter in all of these programs: Vons (eScrip), Albertsons and Target. Vons (eScrip) has an annual renewal process which is simple to do; all those who are already signed up are asked to renew to continue your support. To my knowledge, Albertsons and Target do not require a renewal. ANYWAY ... PLEASE - even if you don't usually shop at any of these stores, you might someday, and it doesn't cost you ANYTHING to join the club and support HHS. Visit the "Hawthorne High Alumni Association" page that Cougartown has generously provided for simple instructions on signing up. Email me for help, or when you have signed up, so we can add you to our list of HHSers (Heroic Hawthorne Supporters!)

Name: Deano ~~~~~~~~~~ Wed-Oct 3, 2007, 8:41 am - HHS Time
Class: 1965
City & State: tustin
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Message: well this input was done by the hunt and peck method but in my day if you took typing you were looked at as little strange but the hunt and peck method is what all my c.q. reports were done by oh ya c.q. is a military report for those of you who didn't know. from a bastard

Name: Leslie Greasby~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 2, 2007, 8:39 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1979
City & State: Whittier , CA
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Message: Dan, tuned into the "Rules of Engagement" last night. Didn't see Ernie. Unless, he was one of the patrons in the cafe, shot from the pectorals down. What's the haps? And to Mr. Sloey. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! & Thanks for the sentiment. Big game this weekend!

Name: Bonnie ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 2, 2007, 5:00 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: McCoy
Class: 1978
City & State: Irvine, CA
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Message: If anyone out there has contact with Maria Provenzano, c/o 1977, please give her my email address and tell her I'd love to hear from her. Thanks!

Name: Richard ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 2, 2007, 3:17 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1969
City & State: of LongBeach
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Message: Oh, you're talking about typewriter and computer keyboards! And I thought you meant piano and organ keyboards. Just what do you expect from a band geek, anyway?

Name: Armand Vaquer ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 2, 2007, 1:43 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1972
City & State: Tarzana, CA
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Message: We haven't gotten to the point of calling keyboards "quaint" just yet (as Scotty referred to them in "Star Trek IV"). The HHS typing class definitely came in handy for me. I can sure tell the difference from people who can type from those who can't during IM sessions. While I can type off an answer in almost a blink of an eye, I have to sit and wait for the non-typists to hunt and peck their replies.

Name: Walter Holt ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 2, 2007, 9:56 am - HHS Time
Class: 1966
City & State: Surf City, CA
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Message: In answer to Jims question, if memory serves me right it was Leslie Nielsen that played The Swamp Fox.. Happy B'day Jim.

Name: Sharon MacDonald ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 2, 2007, 6:53 am - HHS Time
Maiden: Badger
Class: 1963
City & State: Bruceville, Texas
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Message: Robert Loggia (sp) played El Fuego Baca in another Disney series .... A number of these Disney classics have selected episodes available on DVD.

Name: Chris Prewitt ~~~~~~~~~~ Tue-Oct 2, 2007, 12:16 am - HHS Time
Class: 1967
City & State: Fullerton, CA
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Message: If John hasn't said it yet "Happy Birthday" Jim Sloey.

Name: Chris Prewitt ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Oct 1, 2007, 11:36 pm - HHS Time
Class: 1967
City & State: Fullerton, CA
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Message: I think about this often. Is there any class that was offered at HHS that you didn't take and "Kick yourself" for not taking that class? Mine is typing. I wish I would have taken typing in school. What is even more ironic is my father worked on typewriters and we always had one or two around the house.

Name: Sherry Wingo ~~~~~~~~~~ Mon-Oct 1, 2007, 10:40 pm - HHS Time
Maiden: Peppers
Class: 1964
City & State: Haw. Ca.
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Message: Linda, so sorry to hear about Jackie Butler. Nice girl. I looked for your email address under the alumni list, but you're not there. Be sure to add it.