Rosalee May (Rosie) O'Day (Mason)

Hi Fellow Lancers, I added the photos I took at the birthday party, and I think you will agree that this young bunch does not look 70!!!  I apologize to those of whom I didn't get pictures -- I hope next time to make sure I get everyone! 

I want to thank the committee members and those who helped, brought food & drink, set up and took down  -- all you Lancers who were instrumental in making this a successful event.  I don't know about all of you, but I loved having a nice casual atmosphere with no outside distractions to keep us from just visiting and having a good time. I especially want to thank my wonderful husband Dennis who spent the entire week (from Monday thru Saturday) sprucing up this place and covering all the bases. And to those who weren't here --- WE MISSED YOU!

Happy real birthday to all of you whenever that day comes.  Looking at the 48 pictures on the Memory Board of those we have lost too soon, I couldn't help but be reminded of how fortunate we are that we are still here.  May you all continue to be blessed with good health, and let's do it again in a year! 

Bruce Wilson

Hey Rosie:

Thanks to both you and Dennis. 

Nice photos all.

One of our shier compadres said it sounded like fun. Who knows, he may come out of retirement yet.

No it wasn't Dennis Evans, who does have a great sense of humor.. 

Bruce Wilson

83 year old OB surfer.

Consequently, everyone seems to love Mouse, and this is not a fluffy thing. At 83, he is known as the unofficial mayor of O.B. He’s had a positive effect on several generations of surfers, lifeguards, and local characters, even a few lost souls.

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2016/aug/17/cover-ode-mouse/

and

What surfing was like when we wuz babies.This looks to be surf spot "Garbage".

Bruce Wilson

LLWS

CV Park View won their last game by (the unusually low) score of 1-0.

They play today at 1:00PM (Pacific - (ESPN)) in Williamsport. I was going to post some backgroumd, but there appears to be a lag between the paper paper and the internet paper. Maybe Later.

Terry Lee Maple

Thanks to all who wrote kind words on the passing of my uncle Graydeon. We found an interesting history of his medical company in WWII with his name listed in the roster. All of the sites of the company's deeds in the war are discussed in a 48-page document. Although many of the troops went into Normandy on gliders, Grady told me he jumped out of a C-47. My wife and I saw a restored C-47 at the D-Day Museum in New Orleans. This museum is worth visiting. More news - my book Professor in the Zoo is now available on Amazon.com. The first chapter covers my early interests in wildlife in the foothills of Chula Vista and the influence of the San Diego Zoo on my career.  

Shayne Maree Schuller (Morgan Sledge)

My Dad and Al O'Day coached Little League, Pony League and Colt League. Rosie and I went to almost every game as mascots. We all got Dairy Cream  cones after every game, win or lose. Those guys would be thrilled.

Bruce Wilson

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Photos please!

LLWS

Update: Park View lost opener 5-1 

They play again today at 5:00 PM (pacific). They held their ace pitcher out of the first game.

It was a gamble.

Bruce Wilson

In searching for Grady's Keg I ran across this. Seems pretty rare. Can anyone id the spot?

It's not San Ysidro.

May have been posted before, but note the  Coronado Pier.

George Bracey Gillow

Terry, so sorry to hear of your uncle's passing.  Sad that we are losing so many of the "Greatest Generation" heroes.

Tom Rice also jumped out of a C-47 on D-Day.

The C-47 (a.k.a. Skytrain, Dakota, "Gooney Bird") was the military version of the DC-3 (DC=Douglas Commercial).

The DC-3 was an amazing airplane that went into service 80 years ago and there are many still in commercial operation around the world.  See the short video below of Buffalo Airways in Canada.

The prototype (the DC-1) was designed and built in just 10 months by Donald Douglas and a small crew of engineers and technicians.

They got a contract from TWA to build the plane but TWA wanted a tri-motor. Douglas felt that it would be too expensive and inefficient.

They convinced TWA to go with a dual engine airplane. Charles Lindbergh flew the DC-1 over the Rocky Mountains with only one engine running to prove its safety. 

Here is the video of a DC-3 in commercial operation today:

Bruce Wilson

Sunset Cliffs 1946. The area at the bottom is now a park. The intersection is Sunset Cliffs Blvd. & Ladera.

The answer to the 1995 aerials is Ensenada and La Jolla.

"Garbage" is south of the intersection.

Ferry Landing & Police Station 1946

George Bracey Gillow

MY "CHICK FILL-AIR" FLIGHT ON A DC-3

My first airplane flight was on a  Locheed Lodestar, when I was two years old. We traveled from the Chilean Mining Camp of Potrerillos down to Santiago, the capital of Chile. We did this trip for a number of years in the early 1950s.

The Chilean Airline, CINTA, started operating DC-3s in about 1953. These were larger and faster than the Lodestars. Often they carried cargo in part of the passenger cabin. I remember on one trip there was a large crate filled with baby chicks. During the flight all of the chicks managed to escape from the crate. They were all over the passenger cabin and the cockpit--a carpet of chicks.

I believe there may have only been one pilot. But, in any case, the chicks were left to wander around. I remember picking some of them up and playing with them.

When the plane landed at the next airport, the pilot and passengers collected up all the chicks before the airplane door was opened. It took quite a while.

The picture at the left is of a DC-3 at the Potrerillos airport. It was all dirt--no paved runnway.

Note the back end of a 1956 Chevrolet.

Here are two pictures of a small airplane at the airport. I am the kid in white wearing a hat. At first I was on the wing, but decided to wander around and fell off. Then did not want to get back up:

Nancy Kennedy (Werber)

I remember the pressure of the little league world series well as I traveled to Williamsport to support my grandson Walker "The Talker" Lannom, his Dad, Ward Lannom, the Manager/Coach and the Sweetwater Valley Little League team last year.  We have been pulling for Park View this year even though they are off to a difficult start.

George Bracey Gillow

That is Pat Brown, Governor of California and father of current Governor Jerry Brown, at the lower right of the Kennedy picture that Bruce posted in 2248.

Bruce Wilson

George:

Don't forget Pierre Salinger. Date of the photo was November  2, 1960 and check out the camera in the lower left.

Nancy: 

The shortstop for the Midwest really made the day (and ruined it for Park View).

They'll be fine with their pitching ace throwing today. I would have played him in the first game, though I'm not sure of all the rules.

George Bracey Gillow

Yes looks like Pierre Salinger between Kennedy and officer with the white hat.

Also, Bruce Wilson standing on the roof under the Old Crow sign.

Bruce Wilson

Good eye George.

That's me, Gary Baldwin, Carl Bandelin, Bob Beckwith, Robbie Bartlett, Ace Boyer, Jenny Beenfeldt and Jeanie Booth under the sign. Bellevan and Bogart opted out, something about Billy Casper's vacant mansion.

Ms. Prickett offered to change her name to Brickett to attend, but we vetoed it as  a violation of the Olympic credo. Just ask the U.S. swimmers in Brasil.

I doubt that anyone will know these names, but David Bogan, Carol and Joyce Day it is nonetheless..

Karen Etsuko Tachiki (Savel)

I was a passenger on a DC3 in 1978. The flight was from Guatemala City to Tikal, and I recall getting on the plane and having to walk uphill to my seat. Needless to say I was apprehensive about this flight, hoping I would get there and back to Guatemala City. In Tikal there was no airport, we just landed on an open field. As it turned out our return flight was delayed and delayed, we were later to find out that our DC3 had broken down so we had to wait for the only other plane, I think was a DC10 to make shuttle runs back and forth from Tikal to Guatemala City. And much to my relief, I did not have to walk uphill to my seat and there were little fans in the plane I guess to cool us off a bit.

My guess about the Kennedy photo is downtown San Diego on Broadway near Horton Plaza?

Does anyone ever wonder where Bruce and George get all this information? When the end of this website happens I vote for the two of them to create some new location that we all can access to stay informed of important historical information not only about our childhood but about the history of this area.

Bruce Wilson

The guy who owned the company I worked for was enamoured with McDonnell Douglas. He created a museum and restaurant (name? - DC-3) at Santa Monica airport.

Bruce Wilson

Karen:

Thanks for your vote of confidence. I know George would never do it, but I just make up most of the stuff I post.

Anyway, if we can find the location of Jacobsons right across from Rexall in San Diego, then we'll have the location wehre JFK stood. Apparently Jacobson's Fashion Department store was not widely photographed.

Different Jacobsons?

This is the Walker Scott building in downtown San Diego.

The 8-story building was a combination
of Spanish and Art-Deco influences.

Bruce Wilson

Back to dentists. My first visit was in the second story of this building at Third & F. Interestingly, my father had an office there too downstairs. Does anyone remember the dentists there?

Andie (Joan) Ault (Harvey)

My mom worked at McDonnell-Douglas Space Systems Center in Huntington Beach as the Director of Travel Services. She got to be buddies with lots of the astrophysicists, engineers, etc., including Earl Woods, Tiger's father.  ~  Last Saturday (which was AWESOME, by the way), several people were interested to hear that Barbara [Sindelar] Seagren was involved with a live theater company in Poway. Some even suggested meeting up at some point to see one of the plays. I didn't remember the name of it at the time, but it is the Poway Performing Arts Company, and the URL is http://powpac.org/ That would be a fun "field trip" for those of us who are theater aficionados. Just sayin'.

Terry Lee Maple

I too flew on a DC-7. It was about 1986 as I recall. I was leading a tour of Africa as we made a film for local television in Atlanta. The hardiest members of the tour broke away for a few days to take the somewhat risky flight from Rwanda into Bukavu, Zaire (now Congo). Bukavu was a splendid Belgian town at one time, but it was degrading as the civil wars broke down the infrastructure of the country. Next to our hotel was a cafe where the local Rotary Club met. Many of the remaining entrepreneurs in town were Asian. We didn't spend much time in the town as we were there to see the rare population of Eastern lowland gorillas in Kahuzi-Biega Park. What I remember about the flight was the harrowing cab ride to the airport. We were late and actually drove onto the tarmac as the flight was departing. The pilot stopped and let us board. There were a lot of Africans in the airplane but also a few chickens in wood crates. To balance the plane I sat in the copilot seat with a man who told me he was American. He had been a missionary in Rwanda and started flying because there was a shortage of pilots for the Rwanda-Zaire flights. It was a beautiful flight as we flew low and the flight was short, about thirty minutes as I recall. Upon arrival we were brefly detained by young military thugs who demanded paperwork that we did not have. The four of us each paid a fifty dollar bribe to gain entry. After we entered Kahuzi-Biega the park guides led us to a silverback by hacking away at the thick vegetation thus exposing him to the tourists. One of guides raised his rifle in case he charged. I believe they would have shot the animal if the gorilla had expressed his aggression. We were very disappointed by the attitude of the guides and left Zaire with a heavy heart. One of my fellow travelers, the esteemed zoo architect Jon Coe, wrote several letters to government and conservation leaders complaining about the rule-breakers. In Rwanda, the rules are very strict when you visit gorillas. They can touch you but you cannot trouch them or move too close to them. Years later, I understand that the authorities in Zaire set up a better program for tourists. There were a lot of visible patches on the old C-47, but the old bird got us back to Rwanda after our two-day stay in Zaire.  

Bruce Wilson

Michele's father is out of the hospital (but watch out for that RSV) and he's done a lot of flying.

At one point the plane he used to fly in was in the hangar right next to the U2 that F. Gary Powers flew.

No photos please. 

On second thought, I guess they've been declassified by now.

RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus) symptoms

Fit The Bull's case precisely. Persisted for 3-4 days before going to hospital.

• Have no energy.
• Act fussy or cranky.
• Be less hungry than usual.

Bruce Wilson

In more aviation news or history. A tale of two cities. Both 1955. Guesses? 

(answer appears in the Sunset Cliffs photo a ways back).

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George Bracey Gillow

The Kennedy picture that Bruce posted on 2248 was taken on 4th Avenue just north of Broadway, looking south.

The plaza on the right is Horton Plaza. The building with the dome is the Balboa theater and it is still there. You can see the dome in the old picture between the "Old Crow" sign and Kennedy.

The building that had the Old Crow sign was taken down when the Horton Plaza shopping mall was built,

The building on the left with the Rexall drug store is still there. Look closely and you can see it is the same building.

Also, the building on the right is the US Grant Hotel. The lower portion was changed but a close look shows it is the Grant.

Below is the Kennedy picture and a Google street view from today.