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Patricia Lee Leckman (Banner)

John:

I did not recall that about "Ace" (I can't even think of his first name right now though).

Bobby Williams father had a car dealership and he used to drive a brand new T-Bird to Castle Park.

Here's the beginning and (perhaps ending) of my all-time Junior High school characters list.

DoWayne "Butch" Hindman

Butch was in Mrs Squires class with me and I remember her pleading with him to do something, even just draw pictures (this was Social Studies class). He just growled at her.

Kenneth? "Ace" Boyer

Bobby Williams

Eddie Wilson

Joe Amador

Coolest hair-do.

08/31/14 06:47 PM

#615

Bruce-

What fun to see Harry Banner playing the trumpet and his cousin, Don Campbell raising the flag. Harry loaned our son the trumpet when our son was taking lessons. Lots of mileage on that instrument. It played well for both! Will have Jim look at this photo. Thanks.

08/31/14 07:19 PM

#616

Hey Patty:

Thanks for the update on the photo, that leaves just one person left to id. I wasn't sure if it was Harry or Jim, but I was leaning toward Harry.

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Runners with names you say?

1962 State 100 Yard Dash

1 Forrest Beaty Glendale Hoover S # 09.5 100Y 1962

2 Richard Stebbins Fremont LA 09.6 100Y 1962

3 Manuel Diaz Keppel S 09.7 100Y 1962

4 Herman Harville Jefferson LA 09.7 100Y 1962

5 Vernus Ragsdale Lincoln SD 09.7 100Y 1962

??? 3,4,5 09.7

I never raced Hank or Vernus, but I did play ball with Vernus down at the gym before he headed off to Grambling, where he excelled. I'm still looking for the photo mentioned below.

Hank will never admit it, but I whipped him on the HJHS pre--calculus face-off at Mrs. Cole's house.

May, 1964

The Grambling 440 relay team tied the world record at 40.0. There is a photo of the quartet, Don Owens, Richard Stebbins, Vernus Ragsdale and Don Meadows,

Vernus Ragsdale of Grambling ... wins the 220 in 20.7 and has a 19.5 split in the 880 relay in addition to running a leg on the winning Grambling 440 relay team.

09/02/14 10:33 AM

#617

Does anyaboy see a potential problem here?

Palomar St. & HWY 805 intersection. Arrows are HWY 805 North (right) abd South (left) HOV lanes.

Is through traffic is permitted East and West on Palomar or is this street now restricted to HOV's?.

If thru traffic is permitted, what regulates the traffic flow of HOV traffic coming south and heading east? Similarly, what governs traffic coming from the West side of the 805 intent on getting into the HOV north lane?

Another DARMAGEDDON? Traffic lights in the HOV lanes?

I don't see any signals, so maybe they're anticipating there not being much traffic in the new 1.4 billion dollar hi-speed corridor. Top is old photo, bottom is new artist's rendering.

09/03/14 06:27 AM

#618

One more Rosebank alum signing in....hi folks! Thanks so much to everyone for your amazing posts. I was reminded of so many people and places I had totally forgotten about, like Niederfranks and Mode O' Day. Wow. I laughed SO hard at the guys' comments about Mr. Benjamin's dance classes, which I hadn't even realized had the "social graces" component. I *think* we had the lessons in sixth grade, with occasional dances to practice what we'd learned (theme dances, like a sock hop), and the cotillion dances were held when we were in seventh grade, at the House of Hospitality in Balboa Park. During the sixth grade lessons, I remember dancing the "bop" to Tequila! which topped the charts when it came out in early 1958. Other enduring memories of Rosebank were from our Girl Scout troop: your mom was a class act as troop leader, Rosie. I remember the "hobo stew" we made in coffee can stoves in your back yard, which was actually edible!

09/03/14 01:11 PM

#619

Hi Andie,

So good to see you have joined us and are reviving old memories. Thank you for your kind words for my mom. And I do remember the can meals cooked in the back yard. They were delicious! Those were the days when you could build a fire in the back yard and burn your trash! Speaking of fire, when my parents's house burned down in the 70s, guess who the fire chief was who responded? Jim Longerbone's dad! I still have the article on the fire. You'll never guess who rebuilt the house -- a construction company owned by Roy Winchell, one of our Rosebank, HJH, and HHS classmates. It's a small world when you have been in CV as long as I have. Can't wait to see everyone on the 19th and 20th. Three weeks and counting....

09/04/14 10:53 AM

#620

Andie and Rosie: that meal in Rosie's back yard was outstanding, and it was so much fun to prepare! I can't tell you how many times the memory of it has crossed my mind over the years! Funny thing is that it seems like it was just yesterday!

I do not recall the dance lessons, because we were gone to Hawaii for two years ( sixth and seventh grades)...they must have been a good time, tho, and a good laugh! This forum has really sparked some old memories of people and the fun times we had...! We are going to enjoy getting together for the reunion so much...truly looking forward to it! Thank you all for your wonderful posts and for all who have organized and worked so hard to bring it together! Can't wait to visit with everyone on the 19th and 20th!

09/04/14 01:45 PM

#621

Hi Michele, Andie, and all you former Rosebank Brownies and Girl Scouts,

Here is a photo of our Brownie Troop from May 1956. On the back it reads: "We love you all! Your Brownie Mothers." Here are those I can identify (I think). Maybe some of you can help with the rest. Front row L to R: Karen Schuller (she must have been there because her mother was there -- she is a lot younger that we), Phoebe Arriola, Vicky Hughes, Shayne Schuller, Rosie O'Day, Michele Walter, (someone's brother??). Second row L to R: Norma Bendickson, Kay Ochi, Sharon Collins, ?,?, Patty Leckman, ?. Third row L to R: Andie Ault, ?, Connie Moe, ?, Mary Foy, Marcia Stump, Gloria Ledesma, Marilyn Thrower. Fourth row L to R: Gail Nisbet, ?, ?.

09/04/14 01:53 PM

#622

Here is another old picture from Rosebank School with the date June 1952 on it. It is taken in the kindergarten play yard, so it was at the very end of our kindergarten year. There is only one boy in the class -- Carl Ramsey -- who was my classmate all the way through 12th grade. We lost Carl last week to cancer, and he is now added to the "In Memory" board. I am adding this picture in tribute to Carl who was an incredibly talented artist, avid fisherman, great left-handed pitcher for HHS, valuable member of the HHS band, and all around nice guy. You can see some of his fantastic works at http://www.carlramsey.net/

09/05/14 10:31 AM

#623

Gail Eileen Dillon (Boone)

Hi, Rosie !

Thank you for those pictures! In the photo dated 1956, the little boy on the far right side is my brother. Do you remember the plays we used to put on under the direction of Ronni schuller? One of the plays was "The Littlest Angel"...my brother was the "littlest angel" stomping his feet and screaming the whole way..."I DONT WANT TO BE THE ANGEL!!!! My mom laughs about that to this day! Looking back, we actually put on some pretty sophisticated productions for the time with colored stage lights, etc!

i am so very sorry to learn about Carl Ramsey! He was in a number of my classes at Rosebank, and you are right, he was such a nice person to have had the pleasure of knowing!

09/05/14 03:47 PM

#624

Rosie and others -- Any chance the girl in the back row with Gail N. was Ann Chenoweth? Wonder where I was that day, being the devoted Girl Scout that I was. . . The other girl back there looks like Betty Lukaisik but I don't remember her going to Rosebank. And ah yes, the can dinner memories. Still wonder how we avoided setting fire to all of CV and Bonita. Can't wait to see you all soon.

09/05/14 06:11 PM

#625

Gail!

It looks like her to me! I would love to see her again, too! I believe bruce posted this previously, but Annie wrote a book called something like "Murder in the Neighborhood" that can be purchased for five or ten dollars on line. It's interesting. See you soon...will bring your photos!

09/06/14 12:21 AM

#626

Gail Nisbet (Sutherland)

Hi Rosie and all,

Thanks for the great Brownie pic from '56. You identified so many...I am terrible at remembering names...faces a little better. I keep looking to "see" Ann Chenoweth...I want to think it's her. I really want to connect with Mary Cordonier but cannot find her out there. Haven't seen her since graduation or shortly after. Thanks for seeing me there in the back row. Hi to Gail and Michele too. I will look up that book by Annie. RIP Carl Ramsey.

See you all very soon!

09/06/14 03:35 AM

#627

Hi Rosie, Michele, Gail and Gail! In the Brownie picture, I'm pretty sure that the girl between Connie Moe and Mary Foy was Nancy Wallace. Nancy moved away before our senior year at HHS, like I did, and she was one of my roommates in our senior year at UCSB. She earned her degree in sociology, and became a social worker. We lost her quite a few years ago to cancer. She was a very kind, other-centered, lovely lady.

09/06/14 05:27 AM

#628

Hi Brownie buddies,

Thank you for correctly identifying Nancy Wallace and Anne Chenowith. And Merrie, I guess you've been tall since elementary school. I envy that! I have always been short, and it hasn't been such an advantage, especially during my "volleyball" days. It is so fantastic how many years we have all known each other and still are in touch -- almost 60 years. I can't wait to see you all on the 19th and 20th! Two weeks and counting!

09/06/14 05:31 AM

#629

Okay, this one should jog some memories! Do you remember Johnny Jet and Uncle Russ? Dennis still has this autographed picture.

09/06/14 01:28 PM

#630

Patricia Lee Leckman (Banner)

OK Rosie:

I wasn't in Brownies, but I do have an autographed photo (CD )of Dick Dale. I think it says "To Bruce". Now for the photo, that will have to come later.

Does anyone remember Rod Dixon (famous New Zealand runner)? It seems to me that I have a photo of him and I at a 10K in L.A. We were looking good, No?

09/06/14 07:02 PM

#631

Andie-

Thanks for the update on Nancy. She lived with us after her mother and father went to Ojai to run a motel, until the end of the school year. She left to spend her senior year there. She lived with us again after Jim and I married and was "looking for a job" in San Diego area. Did you see her after she married? I received a letter from her telling me she had married, but I was sick with the Hong Kong flu and by the time I wrote back, she had moved with no forwarding address. Have been wondering about her and am sorry to know she has died. Do you know any more details of her adult life? I agree, she was a wonderful person.

09/06/14 07:13 PM

#632

I don't remember Uncle Russ, but I think our Brownie troop was on the Johnny Downs TV show (local San Diego production). My parents had a picture of that, with Johnny's autograph, but I don't know if I'll ever find it. The other thing I remember is our Brownie troop going out to dinner at a nice Chinese restaurant in San Diego, and as we left, singing "Goodbye and Thank You!"

09/06/14 07:26 PM

#633

Hey Patty! I just read your message. Toward the end of our senior year, Nancy met a man at a retreat of some sort, and he swept her off her feet. She married him after we graduated, and had a son. My other two roommates and I visited her at the rehab facility where they both worked, and at their home in Altadena. Not too long after our last visit, her situation changed and things became very difficult for her. She experienced some real tragedies. I'll fill you in further at the reunion. I'm SO glad you're coming, and I'm really looking forward to seeing you!

09/07/14 01:01 AM

#634

Hey, Andie! I vividly remember the night at the Chinese restaurant and singing the song! The other song I recall is about "good manners" and then there was the Christmas song about the doll being repaired to go home on Christmas Day. I sang it to my daughter while she was growing up, and she sings it to her daughter. I believe all of these songs were taught to us by our wonderful brownie leader, Ronni Schuller. She had a tremendous influence on so many children , teaching us so much from the cultural world! She was such a blessing!

09/07/14 06:15 PM

#635

I totally agree...Ronni was a gem. To this day, I still remember every word of the Christmas doll song, and sang it to my daughters, too. With Ronni, we did all of my favorite things: sang, danced, acted (sort of), and did gymnastics. Those were Halcyon days.

09/07/14 08:02 PM

#636

John Carleton Cowherd

About Ann Chinoweth - When we were in about 7th or 8th grade she was skipped ahead, so she graduated in 1963, a year ahead of us. She lived around the corner from me on G street, and would sometimes babysit for my sisters.

09/08/14 11:35 AM

#637