Jim Hawes

If you're as old as I am (oh wait YOU are!) You could tell where a person lived by their phone prefix! AND you called "freeways" by name! Wabash, PCH, Cabrillo, SouthBay! Check the site that lists most of the old phone prefixes!

http://www.thecentraloffice.com/calif/sd1/sd1.htm (there are 2 pages)

I actually remember living in Alpine until I started school (Bostonia Elementary!) and we actually had a phone that had a crank operated magneto to call the switchboard operator!

...and you could call the operator and they would call you for a morning wake-up call. I wonder if that's where Hotels got the idea? I bet those early morning wakleup calls pissed off the "party line" partners!

Have a wonderful Holiday season! and Merry Christmas to those that don't have to be PC!

Bruce Wilson

http://www.thecentraloffice.com/calif/sd1/sd1.htm

It shows one CV exchange not mentioned yet HAzlewood. 

Coronado had HEmlock. No wonder the Banners moved to CV.

Good to hear from you Jim.

I was just thinking of you the other day. I was trying to loosen a pretty frozen transmission drain plug bolt, which was so tight that even Butch couldn't have gotten it loose. I broke a 1/2 to 3/8 inch adapter (Craftsmen, sorry). Finally after applying my mixture of acetone and ATF, putting on some gloves and applying a good sized breaker bar and as much muscle as I could muster lying on my back, it finally popped. 

Since I didn't try the three steps stepwise, I do not know which treatment did it.

Now if I can just get the sruff out my eyes. 

Apparently I am not alone. I found this pronto on the Web.

Bruce Wilson

I have heard that the Killer Tomatoes may have ventured as far east as Sunnyside.

I'm now going to have to watch it.

Here's the trailer. First thing that jumped out was the Star of India. 

You know me and music, so here's the theme song.

George Bracey Gillow

FROM KILLER TOMATOES TO SAN DIEGO PADRES BASEBALL

Bruce, I tried watching the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, a few years ago, but it was too bad to watch. So I just did a fast forward to look for local scenes.

Steve Peace played the aviator in the original movie. His Four Square Productions, located in National City, made three sequels to the 1978 movie. A young George Clooney was in the 1988 Return of the Killer Tomatoes.

The sequels were made when Steve Peace was in the State Assembly and State Senate. He acted in these also. As I recall, his opponents did not use the movie and his acting in any negative commercials. That would have been interesting.

After leaving the Senate, Steve Peace worked as an advisor to the San Diego Padres. He also worked on State propositions including the one that changed the way candidates are elected. The top two in a primary go on to the general election regardless of party.

Here is a portion of the 1988 Return of the Killer Tomatoes with George Clooney's part. 

Bruce Wilson

George: I know what you mean. It is interesting to watch it in Spanish, but still the urge to fast forward is ever present.

Ten minute version here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItZnP7gU4V0

Full version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=papS75_UN4k

Bruce Wilson

I was thinking of doing some more  work on famous CV people and still may, but here is some that somebody allready did.

I was looking for Mario Lopez and Charisma Carpenter (Buffy The Vampire Slayer), but two other jumped out at me Robert Alton Harris and Andrew Cunanan. I'll say why later. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Chula_Vista,_California

From Alan Hayashi (CVHS 63)

Elizabeth Montgomery did in fact go to CVHS.  Family had a victorian type house on the west side of 5th avenue right behind the high school.  There were lemon orchards all around it in the 1950s.

George mentioned Johnny Sheffield earlier. The former Tarzan star "Boy" died after falling while pruning a palm tree at age 79.

From the evidence presented on this thread, it appears that Boy resembled a cross between Dean and I, with a touch of Dave thrown in. Could this belittle sis Karen?

Bruce Wilson

A different Elizabeth?

Elizabeth Montgomery was born on April 15, 1933, in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor Robert Montgomery and his wife, Broadway actress Elizabeth Daniel Bryan Montgomery (née Allen). She had an older sister, Martha Bryan Montgomery, who died as an infant (named after her aunt Martha-Bryan Allen) and a younger brother, Robert Montgomery, Jr. (1936 – 2000).^[2] She attended Westlake School for Girls (now Harvard-Westlake School in Holmby Hills).^[3] After graduating fromSpence School, she attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for three years

Another 10 minute version and "we'll leave the lights on for ya"

-Mankato & Whitney

Shayne Maree Schuller (Morgan Sledge)

Bruce, you, Dean and David all looked like movie stars: a cross between a young Brando and Paul Newman . You are all famous faces in my movie.

Bruce Wilson

SMSMS:

We all three thank you for the complement.

Scanning back to see just what it was that Alan said about Elizabeth M., I noticed a mispelling in the litte comment on Karen.

"Belittle", not be little. Sure glad I at least phrased it as a question.

Let's go with "mnimize" since she is a bit shorter than the other two.

Bruce Wilson

lemons, lettuce, tomatoes:

From an informed reader. the "Farm" movie below was filmed in Sunnyside at  a well known farm.

"Attack" movie makers were:

Costa Dillon, John DeBello, and Steve Peace

John: Gosh, I had done a bunch of films when I was a kid, and actually had received national honors in a Kodak contest, and won some film competitions

David Miller (actor [played the lead, Mason Dixon], recently retired from a 30-year career in the Mississippi Housing Authority): I went to school with these guys for years, and we were on the same high school speech team, in San Diego . Our senior year, we decided we wanted to do a senior play–we were going to do A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, but the administration of the school said we’d have to have the music department involved and all that, so we decided to do a movie instead. One was a short called Danger at the Farm, a Snidely Whiplash-type movie. I played an Indian chief, and had a lot of fun doing. 

Beverly Burton (Ryan)

Following is a picture of Frank that was sent to me by Judy (who brought him to the reunion).  It shows a healthier Frank, so we thought you might enjoy the photo.

Bruce Wilson

George Bracey Gillow

CHULA VISTA DIRECTORY FROM 1950s

I have a pdf of a telephone directory from '52. There are a lot of Hancocks but no Garfields. Looks like some Hancocks were changed to Garfields a few years later.  Does not seem to make sense.

The other interesting thing is that there are two listings. The first is alphabetical that shows spouse, occupation and street number, but no telephone numbers. The second is by street that have the telephone numbers.

There are many telephones that still had the three of four numbers only, some with a letter. So there must have been a transition going on at this time also.

I tried to find some of the numbers that were on earlier posts, but all I could find was Wilson, Maple and Cowherd.   

So if you would like me to find your family send me the street address and family name. 

Below are for Maple, Cowherd, and Wilson. For Bruce's and John's family there was only a street listing.

George Bracey Gillow

CHULA VISTA THIRD AVENUE LISTING

Here is part of Chula Vista's 3rd Avenue listing from '52.

I put in a portion of the 700 block.  Note the Bryce market at 795.  That would be the one Bruce was trying to identify in previous posts.  I recall the market being there but don't remember it being called Bryce.

Bruce Wilson

Great research George.

Funny that Chub's Club didn't have a phone number.

It has  attorneys A. Boyer (probably Sharon's dad) and my father on Third Ave. (H 2-1506)

For my house, I had the numbers correct H 2-3425 and I think you are right George that some of the Hancock numbers became Garfield later. I probably wasn't doing much phoning at age six. 

I don't see a listing for Mrs. Coopers little store (in the Seville block of Third). I cannot remember if it had a name other than Cooper.

There were a lot of busniesses on Third that I do not recall.

So we're living an illusion? What else have I forgotten?

George Bracey Gillow

Mrs. Cooper's store was at 392 3rd.  

The old directory shows Kal-News there in 1952 with phone number H 2-1373. Coopers is GA 2-1373.

Coopers was called Cooper's News.  So there may have been a connection.  Maybe her husband?

Bruce Wilson

I was wondering just what the volume of lemons shipped annually out of CV was.

Too bad I can' just call:

Chula Vista Citrus Assn H 2-1363

Another eye-opener, the Triangle Market was actually

Try-Angle Mkt

I believe the Try-Angle Mkt was the Sticky Waxy Juice Stick Capital of San Diego county, eh?

I had forgotten that you could also get 'em bottled.

Roy E. Winchell

Seeing the picture of Frank Fernandez reminded me of a day in Nov. 1970. We ran into each other at the Greyhound bus depot in San Diego. We were both on our way to the induction center in LA. We had been drafted. We sat together, on the bus, and he told me that he had practiced faking an eye ailment and thought he could pull it off during the physical. We were in different groups so I didn't see him  again until later in the day. I think I was sitting in a large room with others waiting. In comes Frank to tell me he pulled it off and was heading back to San Diego. I on  the other hand headed North to Fort Ord beginning my 18 month Army career. Way to go Frank!

Bruce Wilson

Thanks for your "Frank" story Roy. I've got a few too, but yours is very representative of some of the turns Frank's path took.

Terry Lee Maple

I believe Frank really did suffer an eye injury of some sort. Even as a kid he squinted out of one eye which suggested a vision problem. I'm sure he was tested in school so he must have known about it. I can't remember if he wore glasses in school, but of course it didn't hurt his batting average or his accuracy as a passer, but it was definitely there long before he was subjected to a draft physical. So maybe Frank was too macho to admit his infirmity.

Bruce Wilson

It's hard to tell from the available photos, but I recall Frank's squint also. 

The physical exams were very cursory unless there was a history and/or doctor's letters. If there were, they looked in more detail and made their determinations.

Anyway, Frank's never gonna run for President now. When he was living on the street he was beaten up on more than one occasion and sustained hearing loss as a result. He'd never be able to respond to the insults hurled in a campaign or even the praises of the Russian president.

Putin says Trump is ‘absolute leader’ in U.S. presidential race.

Donald Trump Praised as 'Talented' by Russia's Vladimir Putin

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/donald-trump-praised-talented-russias-vladimir-putin-n481696

Karen Etsuko Tachiki (Savel)

I thought Frank's squint was a part of a twinkle in his eyes behind which there were a few mischievious thoughts, plans...that maybe were carried out or maybe just in his thoughts. I remember him as a classmate who would try to make faces at you in class to see if he could get another student in trouble for giggling or laughing at the wrong moment during a teacher's serious attempts to get our attention for educational purposes. It is a good memory to have of Frank. 

Bruce Wilson

Thanks, Karen. 

Terry Lee Maple

Frank was a talened, fearless athlete. In his youth he was surrounded by loyal friends who were also tough guys. It's hard to think about a bunch of young thugs beating up this man who was always the victor never the victim. My fertle imagination replays this scene with a young Terry Maple and a young Bruce Wilson accompanied by Jim Friese and Jim Stuckey to turn this beatdown into a fair fight. I am grateful that Bruce did so much to help Frank in his final moments on this planet. I will always remember Frank as a winner.

John Carleton Cowherd

George, thanks for the trip down memory lane.  The Cowherd listing is my grandparents.  I remember 1393-J, not 1393-R.  Maybe it changed.  I notice Colonel Clymer a few entries below them.  He was the cadet corps teacher when we were at HHS.  I was looking at my Dad's 1944 Sweetwater yearbook and he was also the cadet corps teacher there.  Looked the same as he did in the '60's.