Bruce Wilson

Aerial photo is from 2011. At the end of the cul de sac there is a stairway up to the hill[top], but the water tanks are fenced off. I can't recall if there was ever a time when there was no fence. Michele and I run over there sometimes to watch the sunset.

I remember many trips out there to Fossil Canyon, scaring ourselves half to death that rattlesnakes were chasing us after they'd rattled. Maybe a little bit closer than 1/2 to death, on one trip with Gary Baldwin, a bullet came whizzing by and struck bushes about 10 feet away from us.

On one trip back we found a dead rabbit and took it home for my mom to cook. "Take it back to wherever you found it" was all she said and you know I would never shun my parents advice, so we did.

Mr. Macevicz (John, Christine (1964), Steve, Chad, Mary Ann, Cecilia (could have the order wrong on the last two) built a long driveway and the house at the top of the hill (year?).  John, who died in a scuba diving accident, Christine, who I haven't seen since probably 1966, and Steve were in my [hilltop] circle. Steve got a Ph.D. in Biophysics from CAL and is now an intellectual property attorney in case any of you have invented something recently. Very smart fellow and a good man. 

 Forgot the Sun (mother of invention?)      

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Sun over Point Loma (sometime after 1960).

Lyle Hitchcock or Dave Chalmers at Ralph's

Bruce 'z' Brown at The Wedge

Michele in audience

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Have no idea on this one, just liked it.

Michele Ruth Walter

Just a word on your photos, mr. Wheelson....beautiful!  Thanks!

Bruce Wilson

Cruising wasn't as big as it once was by the time we got into high school, but for what it's worth, here is the notorious Louie's (aka the Round Up) which was at the corner of Broadway and ?

If you guessed 'J' you were right. Keeping like things together Oscar's Broadway & 'L'.

What years? Louie's obviously 1958 or later. Oscars - sure looks like a 1960 El Camino, so 1960 or later..

Has anyone seen a photo of the National City OSCARS? Why is one missing?

Bruce Wilson

I was unaware of these "Before I die" boards that have sprung up around the country until just this week. Here's a San Diego version in Hillcrest.

First one that pops into my head (The Who notwithstanding) "get old".

Bruce Wilson

Does anyone ever wonder what the border looks like these days? Does anyone ever wish there was a multiple file upload feature (I've got six more).

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El Cajon OSCARS. rumor has it that there were 7 or 8 locations. What year did the Corvair come out?

PB and El Cajon Blvd already here somewhere.

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Speaking of drive-ins and old cars. Here's the Pico (Pico & Westwood, L.A.)

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Ike Detroit 1952

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Not 10 Downing Street. 

My father Woodrow, sister Diane and brother Woodie (Dec/1945). Probably the only existing photo of where we lived in National City and where I spent my second night out of the hospital.

Shayne Maree Schuller (Morgan Sledge)

In 1915 President Woodrow Wilson (great uncle Bruce?) dedicated 1000's of acres of land in Colorado to be Rocky Mountain National Park.

Ken Burns' documetary on PBS  "The National Parks, Our Greatest Idea" is informative and entertaining.Since many of the parks are in the Western U.S. we have seen alot of them and it is a great road trip for one's bucket list.
 

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Here's one of those famous trench coats. I wonder cuya hermana es esto? Shoe ID?

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SMSMS: I should probably have a lifetime pass to that park.

Well, I guess if it's Federal then I already do. Whatever you do, don't lose your Senior Pass. If you do, then you have to pay the fee again.

What's in my wallet? Two cards - don't leave home without 'em.

It's there all righjt:

Rocky Mountain National Park 970-586-1206 Estes Park CO http://www.nps.gov/romo/ 

Rocky Mountain National Park 970-586-1206 Grand Lake CO http://www.nps.gov/romo/ 

Partial list, may conttain errors.

http://store.usgs.gov/pass/PassIssuanceList.pdf

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Did I put this one up here already? Actually Phil Smith did. (#170). Fine group of guys, bears repeating.

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National City continued. Anyone go to Keith's? March in the Maytime Band Review?

Turns out that Keith's was about a half mile from where we lived on Roosevelt.

Jim Hawes

Oh I remember the many Oscar's drive-in's. Great places to cruise and check out hot cars (and etc!).

One Friday night in 1964 I traded my '56 Ford Station Wagon with Linda Boal (RIP). She and her BF Tim Cousins wanted to move some surf boards from Coronado (or something). She let me drive her dad's  '58 T-Bird for the evening with the agreement to trade back at mid-night at the Oscar's in Chula Vista. We (I think my friend Harry Gauld was with me) decided to cruise as many Oscars's as we could in the time provided. I remember leaving CV and cruising National City, Harbor Drive, El Cajon Blvd, El Cajon (city), Spring Valley, (maybe PB).

We exchanged cars at the appropriate time BUT Linda's dad had noted the mileage on the T-Bird before she took it. We hadn't exchanged any details of our nights activities so guess who got busted and big time restriction! She was pretty upset on Monday at school! Cousins was working for Hobie Alter in Dana Point and I think it cost me a couple of trips to the shop (since Linda was on "car restriction") so they could see each other! Hadn't thought about THAT ONE in years! Thanks Bruce!

Oscars Drive-Ins

Oscar Soledad started the Oscar's Drive-Ins. Later they were sold to Bob Peterson (which became Foodmaker Corp. i.e. Jack-in-the-Box). I think the Soledad family still has some rights to the Oscar's name as there were some Oscar's walk-in restaurants a few years ago (all now closed?)

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Hey Jim:

Funny story.

I knew all the Boal family. Tommie was my GF in Junior High School (both down below Broadway and out in Bonita). I never knew that Linda and Tim were an item. Linda also informed me that she dated my older brother, which I also didn't know.

Here's a little surf history in honor of Woodie, Linda (and Greg), Tim and DC. Tim worked on Lyle's film Island Magic and was still around in 2007. I have no idea about now.

Did George Ronis (and others) really dynamite Ooli rock?

I get a sense that there are not a lot of Frank Zappa aficionados on this forum, but I am one and just in case

Cruisin' for Burgers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m22iRg36Pqc

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Speaking of Greg. We both showed up at the 35 Year reunion wearing the same Sir Guy shirt.

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I have to see if I can do something about the quality, but here's Linda, Greg, a car and a few other folks some of you might recognize.

Bruce Wilson

Continuing with the nautical  theme.

Back when IB was reconfigured as Venice Beach for the Dogtown and Z-Boys film.

Though (IMO) not as good as American Graffiti, both the documentary and the commerical release versions are great "coming of age stories".

Bruce Wilson

Heading out to zBrown Field. Thanks Booker T. and George Lucas.

George Bracey Gillow

OSCARS HISTORY

Robert Oscar Peterson was the founder of Oscars restaurant.  He started a restaurant in 1941 on El Cajon Boulevard called Topsy's.  He later renamed the restaurant Oscars after his middle name. Then converted the original restaurant to Jack-in-the-Box in 1951.  An interesting website is "What was There": http://www.whatwasthere.com/browse.aspx#!/ll/32.763361,-117.063667/id/43682/info/details/zoom/14/

Oscar "El Cajon" Soledad is a fictitious/fake San Diego character.  There have been stories about him founding Oscars.  He was supposedly chief of police of Santa Cruz and kept prisoners in small boxes--cajons.  He later supposedly came to San Diego.

An interesting website on fake/fictitious San Diego history is the San Diego Hysterical Society site at http://www.gothere.com/SanDiegoHystericalSociety/ .

There are some funny and weird stories.  Like Andrea Von Balboa who started Balboa Park, Amelia Earhart's secret wedding, Ma and Pa Lindbergh and Mayor Juan Cabrillo.  The site is worth a look.

Bruce Wilson

Sorry, we'll have to limit the entries to two each.

Who was on First? (Butterfield, Pike).

Who was on  Second? (McCall, Emerson)

Who was on Third? (Delbert's, a train)

Crica 1957 (Note what looks like '57 Chevy in front of Delbert's)

Jim Hawes

George,

Still a bit confused by the historical society links.

Founded in 1915, the San Diego Hysterical Society has worked to keep alive the memories of an otherwise forgotten San Diego.

In these pages you will meet people, see places and things that you may never have known were important parts of San Diego's history.

So, sit back and browse your way through to a better understanding of what made San Diego what it is today.

This is their link to Oscar Soledad, it still lists the "Oscars" connection:

http://www.gothere.com/SanDiegoHystericalSociety/page34.htm

The most recent "Oscars" (Pat & Oscars) was actually NOT related to the originals!  Thank the "Interweb" for that info!

Ahh but in any case Oscars did provide some decent high school days memories! 

Bruce,

Not sure about drag racing at Brown Field, but spent some nights at Otay Lakes and "escaping" east to Hy94 and then back to CV through Spring Valley (via the Oscars at Jamacha Rd) to avoid the "federales"