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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/01/03
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14 Bombers sent stuff:
Bonnie Beardsley ('56), Darlene Trethewey ('56WB)
Ray Loescher ('57), Barb Iskason ('58)
Burt Pierard ('59), John Northover ('59)
Audrey Eberhardt ('61WB), John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Earl Bennett ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Rick Maddy ('67)
Mike Howell ('68WB), Brad Upton ('74)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY 4/30: Louise Moyers ('65)
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>>From: Bonnie Beardsley Sandahl ('56)
Re: Cynthia Huckstep (RIP)
Cynthia Huckstep was exceptional. In her orchestra
I began by playing the violin and, like Shirley Davis
Lawrence-Berrey ('56), I was talked into the viola
"because we need one". I later played the clarinet and
the piano, always "because we need one". I remember
wondering how Cynthia succeeded in roping me into that
many instruments as I was not much of a pushover...
except for her.
I became close friends with Cynthia Huckstep as did
my mother who was a music teacher as well. Cynthia was
spirited and I wanted to spend time with her. I did
spend time with Cynthia... lots of time. She was
available to her students if she knew that it was
important to them. I suspected, before her illness,
that I knew her as well as anyone, anywhere, did.
I was wrong.
When she fell ill we all mourned and when she died
some of us were inconsolable. However, just as her
personality was in life, there was yet another surprise
to come.
We learned that her family was coming from the
midwest for her services. In those days motels and
hotels were scarce in the Tri-Cities. Suddenly, in the
midst of mourning, just hours after her death, my
family and I got the most wonderful call of all. The
questioner asked whether we could "take in" a special
single person from the midwest who was coming for her
services. We said yes. The special person was Cynthia's
long-time gentleman friend, a well-hidden and important
individual in her life. The really big moment for me
was that I put fresh linen on my bed and REALLY cleaned
my room (!) so that he would be able to sleep there
with great comfort. (I also slept in a spare bedroom
without complaining, another first for me.)
My family and I soon discovered that her friend was
a wonderful man! He spoke fondly of their friendship
that had begun many years earlier in the midwest, a
time of her life that had escaped me altogether. I
found him handsome, engaging, and, most importantly, I
believed that he actually cared for Cynthia Huckstep as
much as I did! (Adolescent narcissism?)
It was a great comfort for me to think that this
"important" person had slept in my bed. I later
remembered his personality and how much he cared about
Cynthia Huckstep and how far he had traveled to say
good-bye to his long-time friend.
Cynthia Huckstep was indeed exceptional. In fact,
she was so exceptional that love and devotion to her
was not to be contained in one place. People were
devoted to her from far away places as well as by those
of us in Richland. I'm grateful for the "surprise"
visit to remind me of how revered Cynthia Huckstep was
by so many people... in so many places.
-Bonnie Beardsley Sandahl ('56)
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
Re: Cynthia Huckstep (RIP)
I have been trying to think of this teacher's name
for some time. She was great I played the violin in the
orchestra the year that she died. It was the first time
that I had had to deal with the death of someone that
I knew. I remember it being very traumatic at the time.
I learned a lot from her but I did give up the violin
after that year, which is something that I regret
to this day. I have been looking through the Alumni
Sandstorm hoping that someone would bring up her name.
Thanks
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB) ~ Portland, OR
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>>From: Ray Loescher ('57)
While cleaning the attic the other day, my wife ran
across my old report cards from Carmichael. She giggled
as she read a comment from Mrs. Black, Social Studies
teacher which said, "I think Ray's intentions are good,
but he seems to be too easily influenced by lazy,
talkative neighbors in school." OK, who was it that
got me in all that trouble?
Later, in high school, Mrs. Buescher gave me the
nickname, "Gabby." But I wasn't talking with the same
lazy folks then. Gary Lucas ('57) sat nearby and I
frequently leaned on him for correct answers. Trouble
was, I stuttered in those days and it simply took me
too long to say anything!
Incidentally, I also uncovered some old yearbooks
from WSC for 1959 - '62 that I do not plan on keeping.
No markings in any of them save my name in the issue.
If anyone wants these and is willing to pay shipping
costs (21 pounds), let me know. They are in good shape,
although they smell old. Imagine that!
-Ray Loescher ('57)
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>>From: Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
Class of '58 Luncheon is this Sunday the 4th of May
at 1pm at the West Richland Golf Course. If you weren't
there for the April luncheon, you missed seeing Bill
Lattin ('58). There is always a surprise "newbie" at
our luncheon, so come when you can.
Bomber Cheers,
-Barbara Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Carolyn Carson Renaud ('60)
Re: Richland Street Names
OK, OK, OK. Here is the 2003 version of the origin
of the "Old Town" street names. This subject has come
up on an approximately annual basis for at least the
last four years but as new people come on the Sandstorm
(or those who don't read it regularly), it needs to be
answered periodically.
The "original" Richland (sometimes referred to as
the "World War II Town") was bounded on the West by
Wright Avenue and the North by Van Giesen (with the
additional pocket east of GWWay up to Hunt Point). This
was the area of the original 8 Alphabet Houses (A, B,
D, E, F, G, H & L), the 3 Pre-fabs (1, 2 & 3 Bedroom),
and the Men's & Women's Dorms. All the streets in this
area were named after Army Corps of Engineers people
(some have said that they had to be dead but I don't
know if that is true or not), including George
Washington who was an Army Surveyor before the
Revolutionary War.
Hanford.Houses.tripod.com/streets.html
The Ranch House development didn't start until
1947-48. There they departed from the original street
naming scheme and used trees instead.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ my LAST week in Seattle & I get
to go home to stay.
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>>From: John Northover ('59)
Re: The first annual Southern California Bomber Bruncheon
18 May 2003 at 11:00AM
Charlie's by the Sea
2526 S. Coast Highway
Cardiff By The Sea CA ...
Ph: 760 942 1300
http://www.sandiegonighttime.com/charliesbythesea/
Expected cost is about $15.00 including tax and tip ...
There is complimentary valet parking ... just pull in
front of Charlie's .. John the "Parkingman" will take
care of your vehicle ... In fact, the restaurant is
located on the ocean ... there is very little 'public'
parking near the restaurant.
I had responses from as far a way as Germany, Georgia,
Maryland, Woodland Hills CA and Richland ... You all
know you can FLY in ... Charlie's is only 25 miles
north of the Lindberg Field in San Diego ... a rental
car - a buzzer bee car - about $29.99 ... What deal!!!
A short scenic drive north on 5 ... a BOMBER Bruncheon
on the Pacific Ocean ... Free Champagne!!!
Excellent Food and most of all a bunch of great Bombers!!!
Chances are the weather will be GREAT ... with about a
.001959% chance of rain and about 0.00000009591% chance
of a tornado, a hurricane or other inclement weather.
The possibility that an earthquake will interrupt the
Bomber Bruncheon is exceedingly small ...
The following have indicated they may attend ... A
couple of individuals have possible event conflicts
which will be resolved in order for them to attend ...
One poor lady ... a Bomber graduate ... had just moved
from Salona Beach back to Richland ... "Not that there
is anything wrong with that." ... She said her sister
was in the area and I am hoping she can attend.
Ned Barker ('59) ~ Mesa, AZ
Pete Bradley ('60) ~ Escondido, CA
Lydia Winckler Brown ('59) ~ San Diego, CA
Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) ~ Chula Vista, CA
Bill Clark ('58) ~ Long Beach, CA
Denny Kline ('57) ~ Ridgecrest, CA
Penny McAllister D'Abato ('67) ~ Temecula, CA
Pat Hartnett ('59) ~ Torrance, CA
Rick Maddy ('67) ~ Huntington Beach, CA
John Northover ('59) ~ San Diego, CA
Frank Schermer ('50) ~ ???, CA
Fred Suckow ('55) ~ Murrietta, CA
Glen Turner ('49) ~ Woodland Hills, CA
Wynell Williams Fishburne ('55) ~ Victorville, CA
Spouses welcome ... Bomber off spring welcome ...
Bomber friends welcome ... My wife Julie cannot wait
to hear all the "BOMBER" stories, legends and tales
that may be spun at this first Eventual Southern
California Bomber Bruncheon!!!!
See YA there!!
-juan the sailor, Bishop of Peach Pickle and
Head Master of Hunker Downs '59
-John Northover ('59)
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
Re: Favorite Teachers
All this talk about favorite and memorable teachers
has brought back some memories. When we moved from
California to Camp Hanford, I was in for educational
culture shock. I had been honor roll in California and
was put in an advanced class, I was in the seventh
grade. My most memorable teachers a Chief Joseph and
Columbia were as follows: Mrs. Helen Smith, English;
Mrs. Cottrell, English; Mrs. Sonya Johnson?, French;
Mrs. Gilbert, Home Ec; the speech teacher at Chief Jo;
Mrs. Ida Mecham, Biology; and Mr. Wheeler, American
History. All of these teacher impacted me and made me
aware of the joys of learning and trying new things.
One incident I remember in Mr. Wheeler's class; we
always had to outline the chapters, a couple that was
going steady each received a failing grade because
their outlines were identical. He told them if they
were going to cheat to at least change a few words now
and then.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB) ~ central Georgia
where Spring has sprung and allergies are
running rampant.
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>>From: John Browne, Jr. ('61)
Re: Trees in the desert
Kim Edgar Leeming's ('79) note about a sycamore
brought to mind one of the more memorable trees in my
life- one that was prominent & public, that offered the
curious something to wonder at, & the daring something
to eat.
The big mulberry that sat just NW of Uptown was the
first of its kind that I'd ever seen. In my earlier
experience, berries didn't grow on trees (except this
one). It was inviting to climbers, & always a comfort
to be perched upon. The fruit, so similar to a
'regular' berry (like the cane fruit I'd grown up with,
W of the Cascades), had a stem- a thin, flexible green
little handle, which you only noticed if you were
'being careful' (& not just stuffing your face like a
greedy little 12 year old). It was decades later that I
learned some of the history behind the mulberries in
the area (incl "the Area"), why they were around at
all... One of the best moments at my class' 40th was
spent walking along the river, leisurely picking the
ripest, longest, deepest-hued fruit from the trees at
the edge of the water, marveling at patches of purple
sand beneath these sturdy, indomitable shoreline
guardians with their toes in the water for a lifetime.
^..^
-JHBrowne, Jr. ('61) ~ Vashon Island, WA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from the Salina, Utah library!! I think
my first update on our trip might have come from this
library on our way out west to start our trip. We've
found Salina to be a very friendly place, and they
have the most wonderful restaurant here: Mom's Place,
started in l947!! We ate there yesterday, and we were
so full, we didn't eat for another 20 hours!! It's so
good, it's hard to chose what to eat there.
Warren is resting today, as tomorrow he has to go
over l00 miles to the next town and it's over 2 passes
over 8,000 ft. He's done well on the 7,000 ft. summits,
we'll hope he does as well on the higher ones.
We are staying in a new place with a pool for me
tonight. We've been trying to stay in older places, we
stayed in one with neat bathroom appliances from the '50s.
Re: Typing.
I am sure my typing teacher was a woman. I wanted
to say Miss Brown. But did she ever teach typing?? Or
was it a Mrs. Johnson with her hair pulled back?? I
just can't remember. I never could get much above 50 wpm,
so I started out with As, but went to Bs because I
couldn't increase my speed. At least I got the basics.
Re: Another word regarding our trip
Everywhere we have been, it has been warmer back
home in Indiana. When we were in sunny California that
was certainly true. It's barely 50° here today, the
tulips are still in bloom and back home it's in the
80s. Well, as long as we don't have rain, we can't
complain!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ along the trial (bike trail
that is!!)
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[Helen - The best boss I ever had now lives in Reno
and I called her so she could watch the TV "short" on
Warren's bike trip. She doesn't "do" computers... so I
couldn't get an email from her about it, but she said
she usually watches that show and said she'd watch...
if she doesn't call me soon, I'll call her and ask
about it. -Maren]
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>>From: Earl C. Bennett, III - Gold Medal Class of '63
Re: Kim and the request for stories about trees
I may not be the only one to write about the HUGE
crabapple tree that was several hundred yards west of
the bypass highway at Elm Street - a little past the
cemetery now. One of the trails used by the horse
riding academy passed right above it, and the hill was
steep enough that the branches touched the ground right
below the trail. It was a great climbing tree for
neighborhood elementary school age boys I spent time
with - Pete Housely, Jimmie Ard, Arnold McCalister, Nat
and others. The crabapples were much larger than the
cherry-sized ones on the ornamental crabapple tree I
grew in our front yard in Woodbridge, VA, before we
left the DC suburbs for beautiful, rural central VA. I
did make some great crabapple jelly from the little
ones, though. Back to the big tree - one time in 5th
grade Arlan Dabling ('63 Bulldog) and I picked some
crabapples from that tree and boiled them in water from
the Yakima. He didn't take more than a bite, and maybe
didn't even swallow it, but I ate a whole one before
admitting they weren't too great. Got a bad stomach
ache, too. I think I may have told this story before,
in the first year of the Alumni Sandstorm.
Other associated memories in that same area are
the huge tumbleweed forts we built between the bypass
highway and the shelter belt, and building dams in the
storm drain channel where it came out from under the
bypass. Remember how many tumble weeds would collect in
the U-shaped area formed by Chief Jo?
Regards, ecb3
-Earl Bennett ('63) ~ Reva, VA ~ where a thunderstorm
is ending a great day of yard work (I took the day
off because it's been dry for 3 days and the leaf
collector needs relatively dry leaves - it's been
too wet ever since I recovered from surgery, but
we've needed the water).
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: prescription drug prices
Just got home from a trip to Algadones, Mexico (478
miles from my home in Bakersfield)... we stayed in
Yuma, AZ... I got 4 prescriptions for under $900 for
an entire year's supply; I pay over $400 per month
here for those same prescriptions. I know some had
questioned about buying them in Canada... if you are
close enough to the Algadones, Mexico border, it is
well worth the trip; I did not need a prescription from
my doctor, but I had them with just in case. The pills
are generic... both my doctors okayed their use.
Re: Boomer
Had a little, furry, friend waiting for me when I
got home: "BOOMER" was in my mailbox and he is now
sitting on my desk, alongside the BOMB. I'll be taking
both of them to the Bakersfield Luncheon on May 17th.
Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - rain is
predicted for Friday and Saturday... had great
weather in Mexico... cool and breezy.
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Make like a tree and leaf (Sycamore Tree)
To: Kim Edgar Leeming ('79)
I am certainly no gardener, so take this with a
grain of salt, but listening to my father one day
talking about trees years ago was of interesting note.
I had this white weeping birch tree in my yard in
Kennewick. The tree looked pretty good to me. My dad
dropped by and said the reason the top of the tree had
a lot less leaves was because it wasn't getting enough
water (duh!).
Further explaining the tree would prefer living on
a river bank where it’s feet could be wet most of the
time. Willow trees are another family that loves lots
of water. Ever see a willow next to a creek? Awesome!
Remember how Arlo used to pump thousands of gallons of
water using those big black hoses and sprinklers on our
playgrounds? Remember the magnificent weeping willow
next to the swings and slide on the 4th-6th grade side
of L&C?
Tarzaned that tree a few times. Just drive around
any town and look at all the trees that are bare
topped, particularly the youngsters. And sometimes
trees don’t like each other and will grow very oddly
next to one another trying to escape each others
canopy. Sort of like putting a piranha next to a
goldfish in the same tank. I have seen sycamore on the
“Westside” and they do grow, but never saw one like the
ones in Richland ( I'm sure there is a nice one
somewhere around the sound). Difference from being
planted in acidic dirt verses Richland sandy loam or
clay loam, whichever it is. Simply the reaction of the
trees to their acidic or alkaline soil (pH). Even in
Seattle you can see a miserable rhododendron next to a
house because the lime in the cement from the
foundation has leeched into the acidic soil and turned
it more alkaline. The plant cannot feed and chokes to
death. They planted Russian Olive around the shelter
belt for a reason. Too much water kills a cacti. My
neighbor told me the white birch tree in my yard was
the best he had seen it in twenty-five years. I had
access to the irrigation canal off 10th. Happy tree.
Anyway, Ed Hume would do a much better job than I and
good luck with your trees.
TREES
I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree;
A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast.
A tree that looks at God all day,
And lifts her leafy arms to pray.
A tree that may in Summer wear
A nest of robins in her hair.
Upon whose bosom snow has lain.
Who intimately lives with rain.
Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.
~ Joyce Kilmer ~
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Mike Howell ('68WB)
Some of you will remember that my Brother Tom ('58 or '59WB)
brought his animals to Spalding and did a show for all
of us in the Gym. After the show I took a group of my
selected friends out to his car to show off the animals
and Ken Staley ('68) got bit by the bear. I think
it was either Leslie Huff or Kristine Knight who got
urinated on by the same animal.
-Mike Howell ('68WB)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Street Names
I remember having a discussion with my parents over
the name of Cottonwood Ave. Since we spent a great deal
of time at the Schildknecht's I had many chances to
observe the Cottonwood sign right in front of their
house where Elm intersected with Cottonwood. I told my
parents that it was Cottonwood Avenue and they said it
was Cottonwood Boulevard. Both insisted we were right.
So dad drove down Cottonwood and some of the signs said
Ave. and some of them said Blvd. We were both right! I
don't know if the signs are still that way today and I
still don't know the correct answer. Anybody want to
drive down Cottonwood and look?
-Brad Upton ('74)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/02/03
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14 Bombers and 1 Bomber WB (?) funeral notice today:
Carol Black ('48), Gus Keeney ('57)
Irene de la Bretonne ('61), Denis Sullivan ('62)
Jeanie Hutchins ('62), Gary Behymer ('64)
Linda Reining ('64), David Rivers ('65)
Marcia Wade ('67), Jerry Lewis ('73)
Mike Davis ('74), Jenny Smart ('87)
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LUNCHES (in order of appearance)
TOMORROW - Las Vegas
SUNDAY - Seattle/Fife
SUNDAY - Class of '58
05/16 - Girls of '54
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Re: Good Intentions
I had to laugh at Ray Loescher's ('57) comment
about my mother, Leola Black (RIP) saying he had good
intentions but was too easily influenced by those
crummy pupils he was sitting by. I think she nailed
you!!
I am really enjoying all the entries about the
teachers as many of them were practically all the
grownups I knew when I was growing up.
Am I the only one who remembers Betsy Carmichael (?),
PE teacher at Col Hi?? I also remember Chris Anderson
who was my teacher at Col Hi, then was my mother's
principal at Carmichael and much later I ran into him
at Seattle University in another one of my attempts to
finish college. He was some kind of official at Seattle
University but I haven't heard anything about him in
years.
To: Linda Reining ('64)
Re: Mexican Prescriptions
I am getting ready to go to Ixtapa and am wondering
whether I could get prescriptions back thru customs. I
am assuming you were driving and wonder if you had to
declare the medicine or just went thru. Any advice???
-Carol Black Foster ('48) ~ Bellevue, WA
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>>From: Gus Keeney ('57)
Re: Mrs. Black's (RIP) Class
To: Ray Loescher ('57)
Hey, I take offence to the reference to your
"Neighbors" in Mrs. Black's Class!!!! *GRIN* (Guilty
Conscience, I guess!!)
-Gus Keeney ('57)
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>>From: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Correction on the north boundary of the "Old Town"
of Richland: It was bounded on the north by Wilson
Street, not Van Giesen. Wilson is one street north of
Van Giesen. In 44-45, we moved into a brand new two
bedroom prefab in the 1600 block of McPherson in the
last block north of Van Giesen. There were and still
are original prefabs in that block. Wilson was the
north boundary, not Van Giesen.
-Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
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>>From: Denis Sullivan ('62)
Re: Typing instructors at Col-Hi
I remember Mrs. Thompson--Typin' Thompson--as my
teacher.
-Denis Sullivan ('62)
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>>From: Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62)
Re: Typing Teacher
My Typing teacher was Mrs. Pauline Thompson ~ a
rather quiet, very sweet lady. She was my only teacher
that permitted gum chewing during class ~ it was to
go in the waste basket on your way out. One day she
asked me to stay after class. She gently and tactfully
asked me not to chew gum during class ~ she told me
that without me realizing it, I would "chew" with
almost each letter that I typed on those old manual
typewriters. She said that she knew I didn't realize I
was doing it and assured me that I did keep my mouth
closed. I was so embarrassed!! (it probably drove her
nuts, along with my very nice typing partner, Don Smith ('60)
Of course, my family had heard this story, and one day
many years later while visiting in Richland, I ran into
Mrs. Thompson at the Mall ~ fortunately, both of my
daughters were with me. After introducing ourselves,
I reminded her of the chewing gum story ~ she'd
forgotten, but we had a good laugh and nice visit.
-Jeanie Hutchins Simon ('62) ~ Bellingham, WA
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>>From: Gary Behymer ('64)
Re: Congratulations Raymond Stein ('64)
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
-Gary Behymer ('64) ~ downtown Colfax, WA
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: TREES
That poem, by Joyce (who by the way, was a man) Kilmer,
was the first poem I ever memorized... can't remember
what grade I was in or the teacher, either.
See you on the 17th of May for the Bakersfield
Bomber luncheon.
-Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - weather is
still cool and they are predicting rain for
Friday, Saturday and possibly Sunday; the
Sierra's are also getting the much-needed
moisture. ;)
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: Ray, the great! You were kinda mentioned, 32!
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: TREES
To: Ricky Maddy ('67)
Thanks, guy, some where, some one and I were just
trying to remember the words to that poem not long ago-
-don't remember if it was my mom and I or a friend at
work. For an arid area, Richland has some gorgeous
trees, doesn't it? I too remember that Willow at Lewis
and Clark, and I now have a gorgeous sycamore out in my
front yard, just a few blocks down from L&C. And as far
as the mulberry trees down at the park, I remember well
the purple feet after a trip to 'Riverside' in days of
yore! I never tried eating any of the fruit tho--just
walked on it.
Re: One more L&C memory, Rick
Do you remember the old old abandoned school house
on the grounds--would have been near Cullum and Downing
I guess...or so it seems to me. Used to fascinate me,
and I always wished I could sneak in there and explore.
Maybe some of the daring boys did such things....
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67) ~ back in the old
neighborhood near Lewis and Clark. (Dare I
mention my oldest grandson is now in first
grade at good old L&C???)
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>>From: Jerry Lewis ('73)
Re: RHS Class of '73 30 Year Reunion
Class members should be receiving the brochure
for the reunion in the next few days (if we have your
correct address). Unfortunately, somehow the printer
used the pre-proofread version when they ran it off.
Most of the info is correct, but there are a number of
typos. They will be re-running it and we will resend
it as soon as it's done. I'll get the PDF up on the
website when I get it. I'll put additional info up
as I get time. www.a-city.us/rhs73
-Jerry Lewis ('73)
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Cottonwood
All that cheap beer and second-hand smoke that
you have been exposed to in those three-stool bars
you have been performing in has definitely eaten part
of your mind!
Cottonwood was never an Avenue, nor was it a
Boulevard. It is now and always has been - Cottonwood
Drive!
Now sit down!!!
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Jenny Smart Page ('87)
Re: "R" on the hill
On our way home the other night, my kids noticed
the fading "R" on the side of the hill in the south
part of town. I explained as best I could to a 6 year
old & 4 year old why someone would want to put a letter
on the side of the hill. Then they wondered how long it
had been there. I know it's been there at least since
the early/mid '80s (I seem to remember it being shaped
a bit more like the Rainier beer "R" back then).
Anyone remember when it first appeared & who first
carved it out?
-Jenny Smart Page ('87) ~ West Richland, WA
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Kathleen Fay Vanderburg Ogburn ('62WB??) ~ 12/14/43 - 4/29/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/03/03
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12 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45), Claris Van Dusen ('48)
Betty McElhaney ('57), Burt Pierard ('59)
Jan Bollinger ('60), Shirley Sherwood ('62)
Linda Reining ('64), Lesley Wood ('66WB)
Pam Ehinger ('67), Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Brad Upton ('74), Dave McAdie ('79)
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LUNCHES (in order of appearance)
TODAY - Las Vegas
TOMORROW - Seattle/Fife
TOMORROW - Class of '58
05/16 - Girls of '54
05/17 - Bakersfield
More information: www.calsnet.net/All_Bombers
Click the lunch you want to know about.
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Old streets
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Hey Burt, old buddy. You think you're so dang
smart. The boundaries of the first of "New" Richland
were actually "A" street, (Thayer Dr.), on the west,
and "E" street, Stevens Dr. on the east. Now, the
original boundaries south and north were Williams and
Van Giesen. I can't remember if they had any other
designations such as alpha than their eventual names.
Do you?
-Dick McCoy from the good ol' Tin Class of '45).
Bronc Beaver Bomber. Go summertime!!
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>>From: Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
To: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Yes, I sure do remember Betsy Carmichael who was
our PE teacher at Col Hi. I thought she was great. She
helped me learn and enjoy several sports, especially
tennis and basketball. I always wished that PE class
lasted longer. Hated to shower, dress and rush off to a
class.
Sorry to learn of your mother's passing, but so has
my mother.
Thanks for the memories. I loved my high school days!
-Claris Van Dusen Troutman ('48)
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>>From: Betty McElhaney Hudspeth ('57)
Don Dawson ('55) is having a really rough time of
it right now and sure could use some help from above.
So we are asking for all of you to keep Don & his wife,
Patty, in your thoughts and prayers.
Thanks a lot you guys
-Betty McElhaney Hudspeth ('57)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
Re: North Boundary of the "Old Town"
My brother, Dick Pierard ('52), also nailed me on
the Wilson Street part of the North Boundary. He wrote:
"the north boundary of 'old Richland' (is that like Old
Europe?), was not a continuous line. In the west it was
Van Giesen, in the middle Wilson, and in the east I
think it reverted to Van Giesen and then went north to
that Hunt point extension."
I stand corrected.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ going home Saturday night
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>>From: Jan Bollinger Persons ('60)
Re: "Old Town"
Burt Pierard's ('59) mention of Old Town street
names and the "original" Richland (sometimes referred
to as the "World War II Town") brought back memories
of my first job search after moving to Bellevue in the
mid-sixties. The councilor at the employment agency
reviewed my work and salary history with G.E. and
suggested that I was unlikely to command as high a
wage in the Seattle area. Gee, and I had been hoping
for rather more than less in The Big City! But she
explained it all in one sentence: "Wages are always
higher in war towns." Huh?
That was the first time I had ever heard that
designation for Richland and was actually offended.
"War town"?? What's a war town, anyway? Sounds awful
and certainly not like the place where I grew up! I
decided to apply with a different agency, where no one
mentioned "war town" and they did find me a job at the
higher wage I had hoped for. So there!
War town, indeed!
-Jan Bollinger Persons ('60) ~ Spokane - where dawn
arrived with a thunderstorm.
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>>From: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Helen,
I've been following your travels and forwarding
those paragraphs to a friend of mine who is also an
avid bicyclist. I thought I had all your entries, but
must have 'trashed' some of them so I wasn't able to
tell her the story behind your husband's bicycle trip.
Was it a pleasure trip? Was it for charity? Was it a
life-long goal of his? Was it to bring attention to
something worthwhile? What exactly is the route? Are
there other riders along as well?
I should have been paying closer attention. But
we're so awed by his endurance and we just wanted to
know more.
P.S. I'll bet you would have been honked at more
often if your Bomber license plate bracket was on the
back of the car rather than the front. Do you think?
Good luck on the rest of the trip.
-Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
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>>From: Linda Reining ('64)
To: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Re: Mexican prescriptions
We drove to the border, parked on the US side,
walked across the border, bought our meds, then walked
through customs... the pharmacies are only supposed
to "legally" let you buy a 3-month supply of each
medication, but they will let you buy as much as you
want... they just remind you to tell the border
guard that you ONLY bought a 3-month supply of each
medication... I was able to get an entire year's worth
of each medication that I wanted. I had two other
people with me, so the meds were split between their
bags, but, I did get a little nervous this time... the
guard inspected all my bags and kept asking me if all
those boxes (I had 22 boxes of one medication and 16 of
another) were for me and were only for 3 months... I
was so worried that he was going to take all the extra,
but he let me through. Last year when we went, we did
the same thing (they hardly inspected the bags, but I
had heard that since 9/11 things had changed and they
were more thorough on checking). I'm not sure how it
would work in Ixtapa... Algadones is very close to
Yuma, AZ... I don't know how close to the US border
Ixtapa is... might make a difference. Hope this has
helped.
Linda Reining ('64) ~ Bakersfield, CA - another Winter
storm is on its way into our area... getting
much needed rain... lovin' it.
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>>From: Lesley Wood Nelson ('66WB)
Re: SARS in Singapore
To: Jean Eckert Imholte ('72)
You asked if there were any others in the Bomber
community who have had experiences with the SARS
outbreak. I live in Singapore, and I'm watching how
this city-state is managing it. Initially, SARS cases
were limited to one hospital but the virus spread to
4-5 hospitals. The government now requires that you
call for a special ambulance standing by to take you
directly to Tan Tock Seng Hospital if you come down
with SARS symptoms. NOBODY wants to go there. This rule
is, of course, to protect those using public transport
and taxis. People break the rule often and are soundly
chastised in the morning newspapers. The press is also
a forum for those who complain of being shunned for
having been affected by SARS in some way or for working
with SARS patients. Several cabbies have been felled by
SARS, and attempts are made to trace their fares (SARS
virus is thought to be contagious on surfaces for 3-4
hours). Rather than risk being one of those who may
have "been there when, but not so sure", we as a family
avoid taxis and the underground for the time being.
Apparently, many are doing the same. As I drive my
husband from work, we see long queues of empty cabs at
commute time, when before, you might have to wait up
to an hour to attract one. In today's newspaper, we
learned that some taxi drivers are turning in their
keys. This is only one of many examples of the huge
economic loss due to this disease.
My husband's work, which normally involves a lot
of business travel, has been greatly affected. It is
company policy now that staff traveling from affected
areas (such as Singapore) to non-affected areas may not
go into the company's offices for 7 days... effectively
a company-imposed quarantine. Next week he'll go stay
with his mother in Seattle before attending a meeting
in New York. She'll take him in!
As a family, we adjust our activities according
to what we learn daily in the newspapers. And, it's
obvious that the government is also adjusting the steps
it takes as things evolve. Quarantine is a big issue.
Some 3,000 suspected cases are now quarantined, the
number having gone up after a seller at the local
wholesale market (from which 80% of our produce comes)
came down with SARS and eventually died. After learning
of that, we depended on frozen vegetables for a time or
bought only imported vegetables. Some grocery stores
began limiting the amount of produce per customer,
and shelves were bare. This has since eased following
temporary closure of the market and an influx of
produce from Malaysia and other areas.
Daily, the Straits Times encourages citizens to be
less fearful of admitting to having SARS symptoms and
to get immediate help. Names are published of those
who break quarantine, and the government has installed
surveillance cameras outside their homes; they are
electronically tagged; and they are called on by
officials daily. The fines imposed for breaking
quarantine were found to be too hefty for most
recalcitrants to pay (and not a deterrent anyway), so
the government came up with these additional measures
(jail in the extreme). Every day there seems to be
another monitoring system put in place or another
restriction announced, which starts many an expatriate
here discussing civil liberties issues among
themselves. The latest monitoring devices are thermal
imaging scanners used at the airport and at other
points of entry into the country to check for fevers.
In today's paper, the public was warned not to take
Tylenol to prevent a fever from being picked up (I
suppose a next step might be compulsory blood testing
to determine if such drugs are in the traveler's
bloodstream!). Travelers are bull-doggish about getting
where they want to go! But, from what I can tell, this
method of zeroing in on potential threats is worth
all the expense and trouble. The lack of travel
restrictions is what brought SARS into this country
(one person returning from Hong Kong), and continues to
bring in more. Health authorities are now trying to
contact all passengers on three flights that arrived
here recently after 3 passengers came down with
SARS. It's a strange situation. On the one hand, the
government encourages tourism, publicly congratulating
those who "go about life normally" to help raise the
plummeting hotel occupancy rate (20% these days is
high). A beauty queen from Scandinavia was front-page
news last week for not letting SARS stop her plans to
come here and have a good time. On the other hand,
we've been notified that each household will be issued
a thermometer in the next few weeks with orders to take
temperatures twice a day.
On the streets there are fewer people out and
about, but nothing like what we hear of in Beijing or
Hong Kong. The majority of people in Singapore don't
wear masks. You can't help it though--if you find
yourself walking alongside someone with a presumably
innocent cough or sneeze (a lot of allergy sufferers
here), you instinctively give him wide berth. Last week
I took my daughter to the orthodontist. Her temperature
was taken before she was allowed to enter the office.
There are now temperature-taking stations outside many
establishments, even coffee shops. The grocery store I
go to advertises SARS-free employees (twice-daily
temperature monitoring). It strikes me once in awhile
as amazing how readily people adjust to the changes
brought about by this disease.
The Spring school holiday was extended at the
beginning of the SARS outbreak, while the government
tried to get a handle on the situation. Of course, the
kids took that in stride. School is back in session
now, with frequent missives emailed from the school
reminding us to keep our children home for any illness,
no matter how insignificant it may seem. The school
kids don't seem to be as concerned about SARS as they
were, say, about the Gurkha soldiers installed in front
of the school gates after September 11. The virus is
invisible, so it's more of parent concern. No panic,
though. The operative words are prudence and caution.
New cases in Singapore seemed to have peaked (201
cases), but the virus continues to have a foothold here
and will until it's contained or a cure is found, and
it has a high mortality rate (12.5%).
After more than 15 years of living overseas--most
of them in Asia--we are returning to the states this
summer. I hope the virus doesn't follow on our heels. I
somehow can't imagine life back in the U.S. becoming
like this. Kudos to all those doing research and
sharing their findings to deal with this epidemic. It's
going to take a continued huge cooperative effort to
solve this problem, at the community level and
globally.
-Lesley Wood Nelson ('66WB)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
Yes, Irene, you are right as I lived at 1304 Wilson
on the corner of Thayer and Wilson. Our house was the
last house at that end of town. The "Bus Lot" was right
behind our house, then there was a field across the
street with an old Cherry tree in it! The field had
wild barley and wheat growing it! We as kids use
to play hide 'n seek in it! Our neighbors were the
Jeannie, Sandy, Jimmy Demiters, Mike Hogan, Alan
Stevens, Scott Robinson (he moved before he reached
high school) Terry ____? There were others but the gray
matter is loosing it! Then sometime in the late '50s
they tore down the bus lot and then again we had some
neat hiding places with all those under ground offices!
But the Government (being who they are) caved in all
the neat stuff! ;-( Then the BIG Mormon Church was
built and it WAS huge for those days! Has it own gym
in it! Then across the street they built these very
expensive houses. They cost $25,000!! Oh to have one
cost that now! *LOL* So again with the new houses we
more places to hide! Oh how we loved that game! I got
my first kiss in one of them houses! *GRIN* Life was
so easy in those days! No fear of anything!
Well that is just a lil bit of life on Wilson!
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
DownTown Belvedere, WA!
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>>From: Peggy Hartnett ('72)
Re: From the Small World Department
Yesterday there was a woman in our museum buying
lots of books on mining which is a bit unusual, even for
us in a mining museum, so we got to talking. She had
just finished a trip down the Grand Canyon when on a
slow part of the trip she and the rest of the crew
discussed all sorts of things, including this odd place
on the Columbia River whose high school team was called
something like the Bombers. My was she surprised when
I could fill in all the details! She said they had all
admitted to wanting a Bomber T-shirt, if in fact the
tale was true, one person claimed we had to be an
"urban" legend! You just never know!
-Peggy Hartnett ('72)
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>>From: Brad Upton ('74)
Re: Cottonwood Ave vs. Dr.
I realized yesterday (after I sent my entry) that I
had made a mistake between Cottonwood Blvd. or Dr. I
knew someone would point out my mistake... I was just
hoping it wasn't Mike Davis ('74) that took the opportunity.
To Mike:
I am sure that some of the signs on Cottonwood said
Avenue and some of them said Drive. Please someone...
anyone... back me up on this and help me clear my name
with Mike Davis.
-Brad Upton ('74)
PS. Mike, I'm pretty sure you accompanied me in
those trips down Cottonwood.
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>>From: Dave McAdie ('79)
Re: Helping a "Lion"
Hi out there!
I have not gotten off my lazy butt and written to
the Alumni Sandstorm in quite some time. I wanted to
direct the attention of Bombers everywhere to the
following article in yesterdays (5/1) Tri-City Herald;
http://www.tricityherald.com/tch/local/story/3043296p-3067038c.html
Bethany and her family were our next-door neighbors
on 23rd Place in Kennewick for about 8 years (until we
moved). We have known them since our kids were born.
Bethany's older sister used to baby-sit for us. I want
to invite all the "local" Bombers help by stopping by
the yard sales/bake sale this weekend (West 23Rd Place
is off of Washington in Kennewick). Also, the rest of
you "long distance" Bombers, please keep Bethany and
her family in your prayers during this tough time and
pray that she will get strong enough to receive the
heart/lung transplant that she so badly needs.
Thanks and God Bless!!!
-Dave McAdie ('79)
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13 Bombers (one Anonymous) sent stuff:
Ann Pearson ('50), Jerry Oakley ('51)
Dick Wight ('52), Marguerite Groff ('54)
Darlene Trethewey ('56WB), Burt Pierard ('59)
Helen Cross ('62), Shirley Sherwood ('62)
Earl Bennett ('63), Jean Armstrong ('64)
Patty de la Bretonne ('65), Greg Alley ('73)
Anonymous (Re: Harley-Davidson)
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TODAY - Seattle Bomber lunch in Fife
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
To: Carol Black Foster ('48) and all the gals that
enjoyed Betsy Carmichael as our PE teacher.
Many of my friends, whose girls were enjoying the first
of girls' soccer teams in the '70s, were very surprised
to find out that I had played soccer in high school -
there is even a picture in the yearbook to prove it.
That was thanks to Ms Carmichael who probably played it
in her youth too!
-Ann Pearson Burrows ('50) ~ San Diego, CA - watching
the USS Abraham Lincoln leave the bay on her way
to Everett, WA!
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>>From: Jerry Oakley ('51)
Re: Old Richland
The SOUTH boundary of Richland in the '40s was
"Abbot".
-Jerry Oakley ('51)
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>>From: Dick Wight ('52)
Re: boundaries
Dick Pierard ('52) and his brother Burt ('59) are
surely correct on the Van Giesen/Wilson boundaries. I
lived on Van Giesen (1104) - Wilson, to the north a
block or so, didn't run all the way to the western
edge of town so Van Giesen became the defacto northern
boundary out that way. The eastern part along the river
is somewhat different, and less clear.
Around 1950 or so there was an old cherry orchard
over there - One of the old farm houses over there near
the river was fixed up nicely and occupied by George
Prout, the G.E. vice president who ran the Hanford
project until around '52 or so. I worked for his wife
as a gardener one summer. Prout was transferred to
Connecticut and ran G.E.'s submarine building outfit at
Groton. I saw him in '52 when I was in radio operator
school at the Coast Guard Training Station in Groton. I
can't recall when the so-called ranch houses were built
over by the river, but that was the "classy" part of
town later on. Col Hi had a school farm north of there
starting in 1950 - agriculture program was started. We
had about 80 acres out there, a resident caretaker
on site. Some of the guys in the original "ag" program
were me, Richard Gibson ('51), and George Brunstad ('52).
We had an active FFA chapter as well. I remember
Dick Meyer ('51) helped me tend that cherry orchard I
mentioned earlier. I "took it over" one year - made a
few bucks hiring kids to pick cherries which I sold to
a co-op in Kennewick. I raised a few steers as well,
and was sure that I'd grow up to be a rancher. George
Brunstad was sure as well. So how come he became an
airline pilot and me a professional sailor?????
-Dick Wight ('52) ~ now living in the mountains west
of Yakima, a long way from salt water!
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>>From: Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
TO: Paulette Lawson Sicilia ('63WB)
I forwarded your comments from the 4/28 Sandstorm
to my sister Marilyn ('63). She asked me to send this
to you.
"Hi Paulette, I too remember Mr. Nesbitt. Wow,
what a handsome man. He had been in the Navy
and stationed in Hawaii. Remember the slides
he showed us? All we had to do was ask him some
little question about Hawaii and he would start
talking and it could last for hours.
Thanks for reminding me about him.
Marilyn Groff Taylor"
Marilyn and her husband, Dale, spend at least 6 or
more months in Mexico each year, so they are basically
nomads living in their motor home 12 months a year. Her
e-mail is Pocket Mail which has a limited capacity.
Greely, CO is their home in the US, but they spend most
of their time traveling and visiting friends and family
during their summers in the states. Even though she
can't receive the Sandstorm, she was happy to get just
the little piece of it I sent her.
-Marguerite Groff Tompkins ('54)
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
I'm not sure, But if my memory serves me right it
was Cottonwood Ave. I lived on Cottonwood and in the
'50s. There was a big sand hill right behind our house
and an open field which lead out to the bypass. In
later years I drove through and they had built houses
back here and I noticed that the street was called
Cottonwood Drive. Am I right or is my memory really
going!!! Can anyone also refresh my memory? Pretty
bad that a person can't remember the full name of the
street that she grew up on.
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Dick McCoy ('45)
Re: Old Streets
Come on, Dick. Give me a break! You know full well
I was talking about the boundaries of the Village at
the end of the War. It is nice that you were able to
squeeze in the hint that you were a resident of the
very first block of houses started (eventually referred
to as Williams-Thayer-Symons-McPherson) and you could
have mentioned that the house addresses were numbered
"1" thru whatever as they went around the block (was
that clockwise or counter-clockwise?) and then started
over for the next block.
I have found no reference that there were any other
street designations other than the alphabetic before
putting in the Corps people's names.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ going home tonight!!!
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
To: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
Re: Bicycle Trip
My husband made it through the great state of Utah
faithfully following his chosen route of Highway 50
coast to coast. Well, as 50 doesn't reach to the
Pacific Ocean he did fudge a little by starting there.
But while he braved the high desert of SW Utah, I saw
some of the most fantastic scenery I've ever seen by
visiting Arches National Park, where I kept running
into Dutch people which was fun. The scenery along 128
to get back to I-70 was almost as fantastic along the
river George there!!
Warren did get to the first welcome stop inside of
Colorado before it closed, and was able to get to a
neat bicycle shop for some advice on his wheels, only
to discover he got a flat tire walking his bike to the
motel close by. So after he returned to the bike shop
for more help, he got a late start going south toward
Delta, and eventually possibly the greatest challenge
of the trip: going up and over Monarch Pass which is
just over 11,300 ft. He's survived going over 8,000 ft.
without a problem, but this is a bit scary.
He's again blessed with dry weather, but a head
wind appeared bright and early today!!
Warren is traveling alone. He may pick up a few
riders in Kansas and Ohio. I think he just wanted to
prove to himself he could survive this trip. He had to
get a stent in his heart in l999, and that put a blot
on his perfect health. With his retirement last June,
he decided he'd best get going on all these challenges
he's set up for himself.
The reason my Alumni license plate holder is on the
front and not the back is that it blocked the state
identification when it was on the back, so I was afraid
I'd get another ticket. I got my first ever speeding
ticket in the state of Washington last month. I was
heading north to Omak to buy my husband's grandmother
some chicken at the KFC there, as they don't have one
in Brewster, and a policeman clocked me at 75 on a 60 mph
road. I asked politely why he didn't get the truck I
was following in front of me, and he (the policeman)
didn't answer me. Not wanting to get in more trouble, I
let it go. If I'm honest, it wasn't the first time in
my life I've ever gone over the speed limit, it was the
first, (and last I hope) time I've ever been caught.
Well, now to catch up on some more emails and pay
some bills while I'm at this great library here in
Grand Junction!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
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[Hey, Leadfoot!! 75 in a 60!!! Don't mess with the
cops in Okanogan county!! I was on that same stretch
of road... the cop said I was "easing UP to 66" (limit
was 55 back then). He wouldn't have stopped me had I
not been INCREASING. The nice policeman did NOT ticket
me for speeding, though... he gave me a break and wrote
the ticket for (cheaper ticket) expired tags. -Maren]
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>>From: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
My family also lived on Wilson. We moved there from
McPherson ("B" House) when I was in the 4th grade. I
can't remember the address but it was a Pre-cut and sat
right between Mahan and Marshall and the back of the
house faced the bus lot. I learned to drive when I was
10 years old in that bus lot. My dad had a 1936 Ford or
Chevy pickup truck that I learned in. That was so much
fun. He would let me sit on his lap and steer when we
were out on the open highways. He also let me drive my
friend Nellie O'Brien's ('62) mother's car when she
needed to go to Montana and none of them could drive.
I was 15 at the time. That blows my mind now because
I would have never let my daughter do that at 15.
I helped my dad build a block retaining wall in
front of our house on Wilson when I was recovering from
an appendicitis attack and surgery when I was in the
9th grade. He also came down to Chief Joseph and helped
me down from that small roof over the front of the main
entrance to the school. I got up there but was too
scared to come down. Somebody had to go get him; don't
remember who. Probably my younger sister Susan ('63)
who loved to tattle on me. The people who lived next
door to us on Wilson remodeled their house and stained
it a redwood color. I thought it looked like the fire
station. The man was a glass blower and he made the
most awesome Christmas ornaments.
-Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
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>>From: Earl C. Bennett, III (Gold Medal Class of '63)
To: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
Re: Help with Chief Jo teacher names
Mrs. Sonja Harmon for French, and the Speech/Drama
teacher was L. Holland St. John - both exceptionally
gifted teachers!
Re: Ray Stein article
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
Ray, I thought that your main reason for choosing
WSU over Stanford was the academic scholarship at WSU
vs. an athletic scholarship at Stanford - have I been
wrong all these years? Anyway, congratulations on your
induction!
The article also failed to mention your appearance
on the Ed Sullivan show as one of the top ten high
school basketball players in the nation, but I don't
remember if it was your junior or senior year. Had a
great chat with your brother David ('61) at his 40th
reunion in conjunction with R2K+1, and I just signed
up for our 40th in conjunction with R2K+3 - would love
to see you if you will be there for Cool Desert Nights!
I knew you had gone into engineering, but the TCH
article was the first I heard about you teaching math -
brought back memories of the math classes we shared,
Mr. Gentle's effective teaching and occasional tears,
and my irritation that accelerated algebra was not
available to 8th graders until I was in 9th.
I took a three-hour final exam for Persian 102 this
morning - I felt drained, and not too confident about
the results, but recovered springtime good spirits by
visiting a coworker's husband in the hospital. He had
very successful total hip replacement surgery yesterday
- I had referred them to my surgeon when I returned to
work after my operation in December. His hip had
deteriorated more than mine, and he was ecstatic that
the bone-on-bone pain was gone (of course - the bones
are gone!). If any prayer warriors are reading this,
Jim Spence will appreciate your intercession, just as
I did.
Regards, ecb3
-Earl Bennett ('63) ~ beautiful Reva, VA - where the
asparagus patch is producing faster than we can
eat it (tried it raw for the first time last week
- good, especially with a mixed salad, but I think
I still prefer it lightly steamed, with just a
hint of crunch remaining, and I need to brush up
on Hollandaise sauce).
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>>From: Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64)
Re: Phoenix Bomber Luncheon
I finally got a break in my schedule and picked a
date.. Let's get together Saturday, May 17th. Denny's
would be a great gathering place this time. So here ya go:
DATE: Saturday, 05/17/03
PLACE: Denny's
ADDRESS: 1218 North Litchfield Road, Goodyear, AZ 85338
PHONE: (623) 935-7388
TIME: 11:00
All Bomber's and spouses welcome
Please RSVP by Friday, May 16th..
See Y'all There,
-Jean Armstrong Reynolds ('64) ~ Goodyear, AZ - where
the baby sparrows have hatched and there is
chirping in the air.
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>>From: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
Pam Ehinger,
I do remember you. I lived in the middle of the
McPherson block and I used to come down and play with
Kay Newton a lot in the grade school years. I was the
snotty little dark-haired girl with glasses(which Jer
Jer Newton used to break a lot). I remember you being
out and about sometimes. Were you around when Bobby got
burned playing with those little burning pots they used
for working on the street? Kay's Mom got so mad at us
when she found out we had played with them a little
too. That was so dangerous! How did they expect kids
to leave them alone when they left them there burning?
That was nuts! Anyway, thanks for the memories.
-Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
Re: Ray Stein ('64)
www.tricityherald.com/tch/sports/columns/story/3043285p-3067033c.html
I had the great privilege of attending the Central
Washington Hall of Fame dinner that inducted one of my
hometown heroes, Ray Stein last night. Thanks to Greg
Mitchell who offered my sister and I a seat at one of
CJ's tables (that's CJ Mitchell, father of many Bombers
and one of the founding fathers of this organization),
I got to witness the induction. It included inductee
Len Pyne who was a CBC coach of many sports and teams,
Dave Heaverlo, former Mariner pitcher from Moses Lake,
The Keller brothers from Kennewick of which one married
a Bomber, Dan Doornink, the Coug and Seahawk from
Wapato, Ron Howard, the great three sport star from
Pasco who was a Bomber killer in his high school days,
and of course Ray. It took place in a airplane hanger
in the old airport area of Pasco and was kind of long
but I had to wait to see Ray Stein. I'm dropping names
but in attendance was Jud Heathcote, Don Monson, Ray
Juricich, Toivo Piippo, Fran Rish, Ray Washburn, and
many faces of past Bombers and bulldogs and Tri-City
standouts. They had a great display of pictures on Ray,
including a warmup top (the old fuzzy cotton ones), box
scores, pictures of him driving on Lew Alcindor, and
some real old black and white video of him shooting at
Bohler gym I think. He talked about how great it was
growing up here, thanked Toivo and other coaches and
influences, and told Norris Brown (who was there) what
a hero he was to him when he wanted to be a Bomber.
Seeing Ray run on the court at R2K was pretty cool and
this was right up there.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ Its spring time and nice and
comfortable, I got to go to Safeco so I am
baseball satisfied for awhile till I can go again.
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>>From: Anonymous
Re: Urban Legend - true or false?
Harley-Davidson's 'Fat Boy' motorcycle was designed
to represent the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan.
http://www.snopes.com/business/market/fatboy.htm
-Anonymous
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[Any Bombers riding a 1990 FLSTF "Fat Boy"?? -Maren]
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11 Bombers and 1 "Viejo" sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02), Bob Harman ('51)
Tom Hughes ('56), Glen Rose ('58)
Robert Kennedy ('60), Audrey Eberhardt ('61)
Shirley Sherwood ('62), Betti Avant ('69)
Lori Simpson ('70), "Viejo" of Janice Wise ('71)
Mike Davis ('74), Paul Barber ('76)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Janice Wise Sola ('71)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Old names
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
I wasn't trying to show you up, I really wanted
to know if there was any other name for Williams. The
first house occupied in Richland was on the corner of
"A" street (Thayer) and Williams. I guess it was
Williams from the beginning. That's all I remember.
The numbers ran clockwise. House 1 was a "B" house on
McPherson and Williams and the numbers ran west to "A"
St.. then North to Symons, around the block to No. 1.
Then they continued numerically again in the next
block. A postman's nightmare. We lived in 10R (Right)
"A" St.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Bronc Bomber Beaver
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
Re: Another lesson in Richland trivia history
Someone referred to the house built, by the way, in
'48. These houses weren't ranch as I understand a ranch
house. They are the "M", "Q", "R", and "S" houses, all
located east of GWWay. All of these houses had basements,
some full and some half. The ones with half basements
had a sun room, the ones with full basements didn't.
Some were frame with asbestos siding, some with wood
siding and some were concrete block. Correction, some
were north of Van Giesen between Goethals and Jadwin.
The Dowis girls and Yvonne Linares ('51RIP) lived in
that section.
My parents occupied an "R" at 1629 Howell from it's
completion until my mother's passing just a couple of
years ago. It has since been sold to the Richland
Baptist church.
George Prout was also mentioned. He was succeed at
Hanford by W. E. Johnson who lived next to us until he
moved in to the house on the river. He had three kids,
Louise, Bob and Richard. If any of you read this,
contact me.
Thanks,
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Tom Hughes ('56)
Re: May Fife (Seattle) Lunch
We had our Fife lunch one week early to prevent a
conflict with Mother's Day. There was a good turnout.
Judy Willox Hodge ('61) made the trip over from
Richland just for the lunch. It was really great to
see her. Others attending were Jerry Purkhiser ('54),
Dore Tyler ('53), Irl French ('51), Curt Donahue ('53),
Jim McDougal ('57), Larry Mattingly ('60), Nick Nelson
('56),
Al Stephens ('66), Patti Jones Ahrens ('60), Agnes Hughes,
Jessica Blessing and Tom Hughes ('56).
I had an interesting thing happen the other day. I
was returning from town in my pickup and when I pulled
into my driveway I noticed the car behind me parked in
front of my house and the driver got out and walked up
my driveway. He asked if the sticker on the back window
was a Richland Bomber Sticker. I said it was and asked
him if he was a Bomber. He said that he wasn't but his
wife was a 1971 graduate and he had not seen the Bomber
sticker around here before. Her name was Jill Meinke.
It seems they live about three blocks from me. I asked
him if they were aware of the Bomber web pages and the
lunches. He was not so I invited him in to show him the
web site, the lunch pictures and the Sandstorm. He left
saying that he and his wife would look at the web page
and see what all was going on. The next day my wife,
Agnes, was down in Auburn at the grocery store and ran
into both of them. She invited them to the lunch but
they had other plans for Sunday but assured her they
would try to make the next one. Hope to get them on
board on the Sandstorm and the other activities.
-Tom Hughes ('56)
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>>From: Glen Rose ('58)
Re: '58 Luncheon
>
The Class of 1958 Luncheon was held at the West
Richland Golf Course on Sunday, May 4th.
Those attending were Glen and Carol Rose,
Ralph and Barbara Bean, David and Florence Ames,
Sam and Lani Curry, Barbara Rau and Jim Wendland.
We had a good time reminiscing.
-Glen Rose ('58)
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>>From: Robert Kennedy ('60)
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Re: street names
Just a little nit picking addition to your
discussion of street names, in particular those in
the ranch house area. True some, streets were named
after trees and others were named after streets from
the "older" part of town that extended across Wright
Street. The remainder were named after start capitols,
e.g. Hartford, Frnakfort, Sacramento, Raleigh,
Jefferson (City), Olympia.
-Robert Kennedy ('60) ~ In beautiful downtown
Wauwatosa, WI on a bright, beautiful, sunshiny day
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>>From: Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB)
To: Earl C. Bennett, III ('63)
Thanks for the name correction on Ms. Harmon and
the name of the speech teacher. Believe it or not I
still remember a tad of French. Thanks to Mr. St. John,
I can stand in front of a group of people and give a
half-way intelligent speech.
-Audrey Eberhardt Mathews ('61WB) ~ In Georgia where
we had an earthquake, hail storm, and thunderstorm
last week
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>>From: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
To: Dick Wight ('52)
You jogged my memory. We lived at 1104 Wilson.
My cousins lived on McPherson before they moved to
Kennewick and one of them was Jack Dawson who was in
your class. (Jack, am I right about the street?) Before
moving to Wilson we lived at 1312 Perkins. We had so
much fun there. Used to get with all the kids in the
neighborhood and have talent shows with stages and
curtains and invited all the parents to come. We played
in the alley between the houses and no one ever worried
about kidnappers or molesters or such. We played kick
the can after dark and hide and go seek. I really have
great memories of those days.
If anyone likes reading I highly recommend the book
"Standing in the Rainbow" by Fannie Flagg (remember
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe"?) This
book starts off in the '40s and covers each decade up
to the '90s. It's about growing up in a small town and
it can sure evoke memories of our own childhood. Give
it a read.
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Thank you for the information. My friend who is
fascinated by this trip had to have open heart surgery
not too many years ago and now has an artificial heart
valve. She is an avid bicyclist and runner and really
is enjoying following the trip you and Warren are
making. I'll copy your latest entry and send it on to
her.
To: Irene de la Bretonne Hays ('61)
Oops. After reading an entry in today's Sandstorm,
I realized I was wrong when I stated we had lived on
McPherson. It was Perkins - 1312; my cousins lived on
McPherson. We lived in an "A" house next door to the
Cranmers: Mary ('57-RIP), Jim ('61RIP) and Kathy ('62).
If you remember, an "A" house was a two story duplex.
Mary was on the porch one night kissing her boyfriend
good night; my younger sister Susan ('63) and I were
trying to hear them when we accidentally knocked the
window screen off and it fell down on the roof over the
porch. Our mother heard it and came up and we got a
spanking. We were laughing so hard though, and she
got so mad at us that she spanked even harder. Today
they would call that child abuse wouldn't they? The
Good Old Days.
-Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: The R at the football stadium
I believe the original "R" that was put on the
hillside of the football stadium was the class gift
from the class of 1968. As I recall, some of my
classmates helped build the form and poured the
cement in the fall of 68 at the start of our senior
year. Someone out there correct me if I'm wrong. I do
know that a classmate of mine always brags in our
reunion books that he was proud to be one of the group
who did it.
Bomber greetings to all,
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS
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>>From: Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
Re: 5/2/03- Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller's ('67) comment
about the old building by Lewis and Clark grade
school
I too went to LC and the old building on the corner
of Cullum and Fitch was abandoned during my grade
school years. I can't remember when they tore it down
but it was the original High school and after they
built Col-Hi, they temporarily used it as a dance
club for adults. There would be music and you would
BYOB. My dad, Bernie Simpson ('46), said that some
incorrigibles would actually sneak in during the
dancing, when the lights were low, and sneak out with
some of the booze! Can't imagine that, can you! ;-)))
-Lori Simpson Hogan ('70), Fellow Bomber
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>>From: "Viejo" [spouse(?)] of Janice Wise Sola ('71)
Janice Wise Sola ('71) will be 50 years young on
Cinco de Mayo day. Here is wishing you another 50
and may we all get to share it with you! We love ya!
-Baby to be, Kiko, Shannon, Ben, and your viejo
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[And this from the same email address:]
We love you Grandma! Happy 50th! Oh you were soooo
Wise once. Enjoy!
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>>From: Mike Davis ('74)
I enjoyed reading Greg "Boog" Alley's ('73) entry
yesterday on Ray Stein and the Hall of Fame induction
ceremony. It brings up a burning question that maybe
other Bomber Alums can answer, "Why hasn't the Boog
himself been inducted into this same Hall of Fame?"
Most of you will remember Boog from his Christ the King
days when he was simply known as "Springboard!" I can
see it now. Dick Cartmell ('73) hitting an open Boog on
the wing. The Boog, defying gravity, and spring boarding
into the air for the net-stinging jumper. Those other
schools couldn't stop him, but only hope to somehow
contain him!
I think the time is well overdue - let's get
Springboard in the hall!
PS - Congratulations, Ray! I remember watching you
play at Jim House's ('63) house next door to mine. To a
little kid of eight years old, you were a hero! (You
too, Jim!)
-Mike Davis ('74)
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>>From: Paul Barber ('76)
To: Brad Upton ('74)
Brad,
I lived on Cottonwood and I can't remember. I
always thought it was a street. Boulevard, avenue, and
drive just sound so hoity toity. Didn't Mike Davis ('74)
live on Tinkle Street? It kind of makes you wonder what
went on there before they named it. I'm sure that any
city that would name a street Tinkle, could very easily
use boulevard, avenue, drive, and street interchangeably.
Hmmm! Maybe it was Cottonwood Way.
-Paul Barber ('76)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/06/03
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15 Bombers sent stuff:
Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02), Dave Brusie ('51)
Bill Berlin ('56), Hal Smith ('56)
Sharon Panther ('57), Burt Pierard ('59)
Lola Heidlebaugh ('60), Sheila Van Wey ('60)
Helen Cross ('62), David Rivers ('65)
Betti Avant ('69), Mike Franco ('70)
Steve Piippo ('70), Jenny Smart ('87)
Cole "Kids": Barbara ('50), Karen ('55),
Judie & Jackie ('63), and Johnny ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Patti Cole Pierce ('52)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02)
Re: Old high school
To: Lori Simpson Hogan ('70)
Say hi do your dad, Bernie Simpson ('46). He is
very close friend of mine.
Actually the old building you refer to was the
first high school in wartime Richland, until April
1944, and after the war it became the Richland American
Legion Post.
-Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02) - Bronc, Beaver, Bomber
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[First building on this page???
RHS - Thru the Years (1911 to 1996)]
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>>From: Dave Brusie ('51)
Bomber Girls
The P.E. Teacher was Betsy Carlile not Carmichael.
Pretty Lady.
-Dave Brusie ('51)
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>>From: Bill Berlin ('56)
To: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Old building on the L & C Playground area
I probably went to L&C well before you did but
whilst I was there that building was the American
Legion Hall. Every year, if you were on School Crossing
Patrol, or the more politically incorrect School Boy
Patrol, and you served your school well, you got a
"Play Day" event just before school let out every year.
First there was a free movie at either the Richland or
Village Theaters (maybe both) and then a huge picnic at
the Legion Hall. Hot dogs, baked beans, soda, popcorn
and lots and lots of ice cream bars. A guy could really
load up.
I think in my 5th Grade year at L&C I was a Unit
Commander, which required me to train the "grunts" out
on the crossing posts and then make sure they had their
proper belts and flags together, so I made the annual
picnic event (or more aptly put "pigoutnic"). True to
form I ate everything I could get my hands on including
three [count them, three] ice cream bars before
starting the walk home to GWWay. Got about half way
across the play ground when all of that stuff decided
to come up. I was sick as a dog and in fact remember
being on all fours so I must have looked like a dog
too. My whole life passed before my mouth.
Lesson learned. Next year I took in the movie but
skipped the digs at the American Legion Hall.
Not sure what happened to the Legion or the
building but it was in bad shape in those days ('48
and '49). In fact, I don't know what happened to the
old L&C building as I see there is a new one on the
site. Still can't eat ice cream bars to this day.
-Bill Berlin ('56) ~ Seattle - where it is about 30°
cooler than Houston.
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>>From: Hal Smith ('56)
Talk of the old building on the Lewis & Clark
school grounds reminded me of the 4th or 5th grade.
There was a large population of pigeons that hatched
their eggs on the abandoned building and the fire dept,
would come out and throw the babies off the roof. I
guess they were considered pests. One day I went over
right after school and luckily caught one as it fell. I
took him home and he became a sort of pet. He looked
like he was smiling all the time so we named him Happy.
He lived outside and came to the kitchen window every
morning for breakfast. He was Pook and my first pet. If
I remember correctly the building was also used by the
American Legion for a few years.
-Hal Smith ('56) ~ in humid Orlando, FL
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>>From: Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
Re: The Cottonwood Street, Avenue, Boulevard, Drive discussion.
I moved to the corner of Cottonwood and Swift in
1949 and remember it as being Cottonwood Drive.
-Sharon Panther Taff ('57)
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02) (& all you other people who have joined in)
Re: Street Names
Well McCoy, after all these years of feeding me
bits & pieces, I think you have finally put it all
together. I appreciate that. That's what historical
research is all about, putting pieces together to
figure out the whole picture.
Now maybe some of you other "graying" Bombers can
answer a question that has been nagging at me for
years. It is known that the first Alphabet house that
was occupied (July 30, 1943) was a "B" house and the
J.C. Long family moved in. What is not known (to me)
is exactly which house that was. Was it House 1 of
McCoy's block (a "B" house on Williams, just west of
the McPherson corner) or some other? Was it the "R" or
"L" side? Hope someone can help me out here.
To: Bob Harman ('51)
You mentioned the "Newcomer" bubble addition to the
North boundary that contained the "M", "Q", "R", and
"S". Although this expansion occurred at about the same
time ('47-'48) as the "Ranch House" development, it was
a different area of town. Those houses were built by
Atkinson & Jones (Keith Maupin ['47] worked on them)
and slightly later, the "stilt" apartments were built
along Jadwin and the development south of the Ranch
Houses, both by Bauer-Day (Sp?).
Re: Wilson Street
This little tidbit was a welcome addition to my
limited knowledge. I didn't even know about that
"bubble" and assumed the World War II North boundary
went straight across Van Giesen to GWWay. I was forced
to turn to my 1948 map to check it out and indeed,
Wilson started at Perkins and ran west to Stevens and
then with an undeveloped (but platted) block, picked up
at Kimball and ran west to a curve into the north end
of Jadwin. The North boundary then reverts to Van
Giesen to GWWay.
Keep this stuff coming. I love it!
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland (Home, at last!)
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>>From: Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
Re: Portland/Vancouver Bomber Luncheon
DATE: May 17 - Saturday
TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: DoubleTree/Columbia River
RSVP DEADLINE: May 14 - so we can have the big room
at the DoubleTree. We will talk about the
August Bomber picnic - so need everyone to
come help make plans!
Hope some from the Fife and Olympia groups can plan
to be there - and everyone is invited to join us in
August too!
-Lola Heidlebaugh Bowen ('60)
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>>From: Sheila Van Wey Schultz ('60)
Re: Club40 information
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Hi, I am trying to locate one of those books
that was handed out at the 40th class reunion listing
everyone's address. Can you help??? I would appreciate
it. Thanks.
-Sheila Van Wey Schultz ('60)
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
9:13am
Greetings from Gunnison, CO where it's 40° and
getting sunny, but we are waiting to hear about going
over Monarch Pass which at just over 11,000 feet will
be the highest pass we go over!! It's been blowing snow
and icy up there so far, but hopefully it is clearing.
2:38pm
We are still waiting in Gunnison, CO for better
weather to cross Monarch Pass 11,392 ft. I have my
hopes and prayers that Warren can get enough air to
make this part of the journey.
Gunnison is a cute town of about 5-6,000. I am
wondering why their streets are so extremely wide. I
don't think I've seen such wide streets all over a
town, except in Richland.
To: Shirley Sherwood Milani ('62)
I will try to get a copy of that book you mentioned.
I'm sure I'd like it.
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62) ~ It's barely 46° here, and the
tulips are just out!! Almost every day since we've
been gone it's been warmer in Indiana than where
we are, and today is no exception.
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>>From: David Rivers ('65)
Re: I'm tellin'
Seeing Shirley Sherwood's ('62) comment in the
sandstorm on the 5th, triggered a memory of one of my
buds ('65) who cannot be named here. He and another
buddy...('65)... (changed his name to something that
rhymes with Box... from a name that rhymes with Mavis)
were doing the changed name guy's favorite thing...
window peeking (this boy's hormones were on the rampage
from birth) in the Sherwoods' window... the Alpha
peeker passed wind and they couldn't stop laughing...
the girls came running outside and the two guys were
hiding... the Beta peeker... jumped up and started
yelling and waiving his arms and then they both beat
feet for Jason Lee... they were very glad to see the
Police leave the Sherwood house...
BEWARE of the '65 boys this June!
-David Rivers ('65)
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>>From: Betti Avant ('69)
Re: streets
All this talk about streets, avenues, boulevards,
drives, etc. As I recall some of them were just a name;
none of the above titles went with them. Such as in my
neighborhood-Torbett St., Thayer Dr., McPherson,
Marshall, and Mahan by themselves. Does anyone know why
some were distinguished by titles and others weren't?
I'm counting the days until I come home for a
visit at the end of the month.
-Betti Avant ('69) ~ Goodland, KS - where this part of
the state escaped the tornado outbreak on Sunday
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[I've been thinking the same thing... I always thought
we lived on Perkins (no street or avenue). -Maren]
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>>From: Mike Franco ('70)
Re: Betti Avant's ('69) note that the Class of 1968 is
responsible for the "R" at the football stadium.
Well, it could have been a gift from that class
but I do not believe anyone from that class actually
produced the "R". I knew a lot of those guys and I
don't think any of them knew how to spell "R"
correctly.
Speaking of CK and "Springboard Alley... am I the
only one who ever was "sentenced' by the honorable
Judge Al to ref CK tourney games? I remember this
occurring during the Christmas break one year. He told
me it was my "penance" for a speeding ticket (true
story!). This was part of my Jewish education... the
kind I only could have received (learning what penance
meant) "growing up" in Richland. And by the way... I
remember Boog well, but never saw anyone belly up to
him and take a charge!
I look forward to all of you (especially Hogan)
buying me beers June 21.
My best to all Bombers,
-Mike Franco ('70)
And no, Mike Davis, the "club" Mike Price went
to was NOT a Sambos... and the one who ordered
the room service was not named Lewinski!!!!!
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>>From: Steve Piippo ('70)
Ray Stein ('64) was inducted into the Central
Washington Sports Hall of Fame Friday evening. Ray
invited old coaches Toivo Piippo, Ray Juricich, Fran
Rish, & Judd Heathcote to attend with members of his
family. Ray Stein, the Academic All-American was
gracious, humble, appreciative & honored representing
his former teammates, former coaches, family and
community. A wonderful evening for a guy whose
"parachute landed in Richland and made the best of it."
-Steve Piippo ('70)
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>>From: Jenny Smart Page ('87)
Re: "R" on the hill
Thanks for the replies regarding the "R", but the
"R" my kids were asking about is the dirt "R" on the
hill out on Badger Mtn. (I think that's Badger Mtn),
not the concrete "R" at the stadium (which by the way
was just recently repainted, and looks great again).
This "R" on the hill is the one that was "updated" with
the senior class' year. It hasn't been kept up the last
couple years, though, and is starting to fade.
-Jenny Smart Page ('87) ~ West Richland, WA
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>>From: Cole "Kids"
Happy birthday yesterday, May 5th, to our sister
Patti Cole Pierce ('52)
Love,
-Barbara ('50), Karen ('55), Judie & Jackie ('63), and Johnny ('66)
Sorry I didn't get this in on time!! We love you.
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11 Bombers, 1 Colt, and 1 funeral notice today:
Kay Wear ('37 Colt), Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Carol Black ('48), Dick Harris ('49)
Ann Pearson ('50), Joan Eckert ('51)
Dick Pierard ('52), Mike Clowes ('54)
Louise Moyers ('65), Pam Ehinger ('67)
Rick Maddy ('67), Greg Alley ('73)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathy Clark ('67)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Laverne Vandenberg Kirlelie ('76)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Yesterday: Brad Pugh ('66)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: old school
The old high school that later became the Legion
Hall was the high school in the original town of
Richland (my husband and I and at least one of my
sisters graduated from there).
In the spring school took up an hour later than the
rest of the year so all the kids could cut asparagus
before school in the morning. For those of you who
don't know it was called "GRASS" and grows so fast it
has to be cut every day for about six weeks. It was the
only cash crop... everything else went to market and
you never knew what you would get paid... sometimes
people worked all year and then lost money.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02)
Re: Addresses
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
Hey, this stuff is fun!
I've heard that J. D. Long thing before. I always
heard, when we lived there, that House #4, which faced
obliquely onto Williams and "A" Street was the first.
Maybe not. If the Longs lived in #1, a "B" house, it
would have been on the right side, as a pal of mine,
Craig Meier, lived on the left. His dad was an
attorney for the Army engineers. His folks went back
to D.C. before very long and Craig in later years also
became an attorney there.
Incidentally, I wish to correct myself. We lived
in 10L not 10R. The folks moved to the right side after
they bought the house. There was room to build a
garage.
-Dick McCoy, From the Tin Can Class of '45
Beautiful weather here on Camano Island, WA, and
the good ship Lincoln docked just down the way in
Everett.
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>>From: Carol Black Foster ('48)
Re: P.E. Teacher
To: Dave Brusie ('51)
Thanks for giving us the right name for Betsy
Carlile. I thought Carmichael didn't sound quite right
but couldn't think of the right name. Another synapse
relapse. How frightening! But of course, you are much
younger than I.
I still remember how she tried to help me adjust to
the brave new world of Richland after my parents had
dragged me kicking and screaming out of the hills of
Tennessee when I was 15 years old. She was so subtle
with her help that I didn't realize for years that she
knew what I was going thru.
Anyway, Dave, Thanks!!
-Carol Black Foster ('48) ~ Bellevue, WA
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>>From: Dick Harris ('49)
Re: Memories from 1945
Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 12, 1945
This is a almost a month late, from the observance
of the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt on April 12th,
1945, but some might remember that day in Richland. I
was attending Marcus Whitman Elementary and a "big
shot" as an eighth grader! Hazel Nebgen was our
teacher and there were two classes at this level.
Our Principal, Margaret Hartman, later to become the
beloved Margaret Wellman (mother of Peg Wellman Johnson,
class of 66), came to our class that day and asked me,
as Captain of the School Boy Patrol, to come with her.
She explained that our President had passed away and
that I should lower the flag, in front of the school,
to half-mast. So, that day is forever ingrained in my
memory for the privilege that I had to perform that
task. We were soon to rejoice with V-E Day (Victory
in Europe); the wonder at the awesome power and
destruction of the two nuclear bombs, the second
containing Plutonium from Hanford; and then finally
that summer, V-J Day (Victory in Japan) and the end
the conflict that had taken so many lives. My parents
were most relieved, as they knew three sons would be
returning from Europe.
Just another memory from many treasures of our past!
Bomber cheers!
-Dick Harris ('49)
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>>From: Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
To: Dave Brusie ('51)
OK. You're right... it was Carlile!!! I just
followed the leader and marched off the wrong cliff!!!
I just remember exactly what she looked like and how
she taught!!
-Ann Pearson Burrows ('50)
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>>From: Joan Eckert Sullens ('51)
Re: Betsy Carlile
I remember Betsy Carlile! She was very pretty and
extremely fit. She was hell on wheels with us girls to
"hold in our stomachs". It was almost a mantra for her.
I wonder where she is now. Wherever she is I'll bet she
still has the flattest stomach around!
-Joan Eckert Sullens ('51)
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>>From: Dick Pierard ('52)
I will defer to my expert Bro, Burt ('59) on the
Old Richland street name matter, but my recollection
is that streets ran east-west and avenues north-south.
Thoroughfare streets--drives were north-south and
boulevards north-south. Interspersed were a few
"places" and one "lane" and George Washington was
the main street as a '"way" although Wellsian sneaked
through with that label for reasons unbeknownst to me.
-Dick Pierard ('52)
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[Typo on the "boulevards north-south". I think you
meant to type east-west. Sacramento isn't much of a
"thoroughfare" for having a Blvd. label. -Maren]
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54)
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: Wide streets
Gunnison, CO, was a mining and railroad town. There
was a track leading from the main line to the depot
(which was in a hotel at the time) and then back to the
main line. Additionally, probably needed to turn horse
teams.
The town of Canby, OR, has very wide streets also.
The main reason for that was people needed to turn
their ox wagons. Apparently you could not do this in
Oregon City (just a few miles up the road or river).
To: Jenny Smart Page ('87)
My memory cells think that maybe The Class of
'54 may have been responsible for the "R" on Badger
Mountain. At least, I remember some discussion about
it as the class gift.
Re: Streets
Don't remember too many streets being identified by
St., Ave., Blvd., etc. Except that Lee was a boulevard,
George Washington was a Way and Stevens was a Drive.
All the rest seemed to be just names.
Bomber Cheers,
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike Clowes ('54) - Semi-rainy,
semi-sunny, partially warm in Albany, OR
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>>From: Louise Moyers ('65)
Re: Judge Al
Now Franco brought back a really nice memory today.
When I attended Christ the King (second class from
there) I loved to play basketball. Mr. Yencopal would
come into the gym prior to boys' practice and watch
and work with me. I will never forget that he went to
Mother Superior (maybe Sr. Margaret Jane or Sr. Dana
then) and begged to have me play for his team. Can you
imagine? Guess what the answer was!
When Judge Yencopal got married in Richland I was
there, and when he was laid to rest in his home town
here of Ronald, WA, I was there. That man made a
difference in my life.
-Louise Moyers ('65)
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>>From: Pam Ehinger Nassen ('67)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Kathy Clark!! Sorry Kathy don't
remember your new married name!
Just wanted ya to know I didn't forget! Hope you
have a great day!
To: Burt Pierard ('59)
The Wilson I lived on ran from the base of a hill
that Jason Lee sat on, down past Chief Jo to Jadwin.
Burt, could you be thinking of Winslow?
Bombers Rule
-Pam Ehinger Nassen (The Blue Ribbon Class of '67)
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[Same Wilson. Jason Lee is somewhere towards the north
end of Perkins. We've been talking about the NORTH
border of "old Richland" -- Winslow isn't even close...
it runs north-south and is one street east of and
parallel to Wright. Plus... the north end of Winslow
used to stop at the irrigation ditch so Winslow couldn't
have been the north border of "old Richland". -Maren]
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: Old Richland High School
The old Richland High School was actually on the
corner of Cullum and Downing Street. I lived on the
corner of Adams and Downing across the street from the
National Little League field.
A quick note about the baseball scoreboard -
my life's first anatomy lesson was tacked to the
scoreboard one morning when I was about fourth grade
age. I recall her having a funny name like Miss March.
Who names their kid after a month? No offense intended,
June. Nevertheless, the school system spent years
failing to teach sex education. And it took only one
lesson in the real world to make it all come into the
light.
Between the baseball field and old high school was
a tennis court that always had grass growing between
the slabs of cement as far back as I can recall. Does
anyone remember anyone ever playing tennis on that
court?
When we moved into the 3 bedroom pre-fab in 1955,
the old high school was there. When we moved from this
house in December, 1966, it was gone.
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Greg Alley ('73)
To: Mike Franco ('70)
Yes, Judge Al (Yencopal) gave many a young man a
penance or a break in life. It was mostly the catholic
boys in the Christ the King school or church. He was
our volunteer coach in all sports and I know there are
some guys who would have gone to the big house for some
of the things they did if not for Judge Al. I`m sure
a few got the harsh sentence too.
Things have been looking up lately. It's Spring,
Ray Stein ('64) was inducted to the Central Washington
Sports Hall of Fame, Upton ('74) was live in Seattle,
the Mariners are winning, Mike Davis ('74) had his
picture in the Herald (don`t know if it's the Teacher's
hall of fame or Baseball hall of fame), Cartmell ('73)
reffed the NCAA National Championship game, and Franco
returns to the Sandstorm, life is good.
Re: One other subject.
What year was JJ Newberry's built? I have taken a
few long walks and when I go by the building, which is
now Jo-Ann's Fabrics... the entrance still has
Newberry's embedded in what is probably marble and
still looks like it was made recently.
Yes Mike, sometimes these walks end up at the
Uptown Tavern.
-Greg Alley ('73) ~ Richland - It was cold this
morning but is warming up.
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Funeral Notice scanned from the TCHerald
by Shirley Collings Haskins ('66)
>>Craig Welker ('73) ~ 08/04/55 - 05/03/03
FuneralNotices.tripod.com
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/08/03
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18 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Jim Jensen ('50)
Jim Grow ('51), Jeannine Hughes ('54)
Darlene Trethewey ('56WB), Karol Brimhall ('56)
Barb Isakson ('58), Gloria Falls ('58)
Burt Pierard ('59), Jeff Hartman ('59)
Marilyn Baird ('60), Helen Cross ('62)
Earl Bennett ('63), Karma King ('64)
Ann Coffman ('66), Marcia Wade ('67)
Rick Maddy ('67), Elizabeth Loosmore ('78)
Cole Kids
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick Coates ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dennis Barr ('58)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Patty de la Bretonne ('65)
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>>From: Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: Schools
The original town had a big old 3 story wooden
grade school... so old it had an outdoor privy. But
by the time you all started to come there was a nice
brick grade school about two or three years old. I
worked in the supt's office then - I was 18 years old.
When we got the new school (built by a local contractor,
A.S. Murray) the State Superintendent came to dedicate
the building and I had to print the programs on an old
mimeograph machine (if you know what that is) The
super's name was Ollie Olson and I wasn't sure if that
was really his name or somebody was having me on...
turned out to be true so it was okay.
By the way for this job I earned $25 a MONTH which
I used to help send my sister, Mary ('40) to Nurses
Training. Don't tell me about the good old days.
-Kay Weir Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Jim Jensen ('50)
Re: Streets and People
Re: Streets.
As Dick McCoy ('45, '46, and '02) has said: "Hey,
this stuff is fun!" The topic captured my interest to
the extent that I glanced through old letters and other
written material hoping to verify street names. From
1944 to 1956 we lived at: 1117 Marshall AVENUE, 1603
Thayer DRIVE, and 1500 Judson AVENUE. I found that
Swift was a BOULEVARD.
In thinking about those places I also thought about
some of the people who lived near us. In particular,
while at 1117 Marshall Avenue, the Hammacks (Chester ('50RIP),
Helen ('53), and Fred ('57)lived next door at 1115;
the Hinsons (Bill ('50RIP)...one of my good buddies,
Madelyn ('52)lived down the street at 1201, the
Glendinnings (Jean ('50), Eileen ('53), Finis ('54)
lived across the street at 1202; one-time RHS Principal
E.R. "Joe" Barker lived across the street from us; the
Nacke brothers ('52) lived around the corner in an "A"
house on Putnam.
For several years I corresponded with a person who
lived on Cottonwood DRIVE.
This reminiscin' stuff that emerges in the Alumni
Sandstorm evokes wonderful memories of a historically
unique place and the many, very special people who
shared that time and place in my life. I'm thankful for
all of it and grateful for you Alumni who scratch such
memories in my mind.
Bomber Cheers,
-Jim Jensen ('50)
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>>From: Jim Grow ('51)
Re: Memories of 1945 ~ FDR ~ Marcus Whitman
Dick Harris ('49) was in the 8th grade and I was
in the 6th grade on that afternoon. I was walking away
from the school on the sidewalk in front of it when I
heard the news. I often use that as a reference point in
time for that era.
-Jim Grow ('51)
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>>From: Jeannine Hughes Shaffer ('54)
Re: Al Yencopal (RIP)
I want to add my thoughts to what a great person
Al Yencopal was. I worked for him as a Court Clerk in
Richland Municipal Court. He was a great boss and was
very considerate of people who appeared before him --
and of all people. He also gave a good show to students
who toured City Hall. If the kids were small, he would
wave his arms under his black judge's robe -- and be
BatMan. The kids loved it.
-Jeannine Hughes Shaffer ('54)
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>>From: Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB)
Re: discussion of the name of Cottonwood.
I found an old address book and it was Cottonwood Dr.
-Darlene Trethewey Dunning ('56WB) ~ Portland, OR
where its cloudy & chilly out today.
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>>From: Karol Brimhall Smith ('56)
Re: The Old High School
Not only was the old high school located on Cullum,
adjacent to Lewis & Clark Elementary, but after it
became the Legion Hall, it also had other uses. I
remember attending dance classes on the second floor
of the building on Saturdays in 1946-'47.
I am enjoying all the information about Richland
boundaries, street names, etc. We originally lived in
an "A" house at 220 Armistead Avenue and I believe that
was the first alphabet house finished in the south end
of town. We were scheduled to move into a house in the
Hunt Point area, but when my Mother saw how close the
Columbia River was to the house, she said "No Way" with
3 small kids to look after, so they hurried up and
finished the one in south Richland. There were no
streets, etc. You drove along beside a long pile of
dirt, which was where the street was going to go. Later
we moved up the street to 311 Armistead in an "H"
house.
I still remember seeing the dust storms coming--my
Mother would hand everybody a roll of tape and we would
run madly around trying to seal all the windows before
the storm hit. It helped a little, but that dirt was
impossible to keep out completely. In those olden days,
all the little girls wore dresses to school, and it
really, really, really stung your legs if you had to
walk home from school in the middle of a dust storm.
Fond Memories!
-Karol Brimhall Smith ('56)
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>>From: Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
Happy Birthday, Dennis Barr ('58)!
-Barb Isakson Rau ('58)
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>>From: Gloria Falls Evans ('58)
Re: Disaster in Missouri from the tornadoes
My nephew and his wife were caught in the tornado.
They, thank GOD, are OK now and will decide whether to
rebuild.
-Gloria Falls Evans ('58) ~ Spokane, WA - where it is
pretty cold this morning
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>>From: Burt Pierard ('59)
To: Dick McCoy ('45, '46, '02) & Dick Pierard ('52)
Re: In search of the J. D. Long house & other stuff
To McCoy - your reference to House #4 is probably
correct for the first ground breaking for the
foundations if indeed, the story is correct about the
house construction starting on that corner. That could
have been the source of the "first" reference. I
gleaned another little tidbit from Gary Behymer (64),
off line, that his parents had the first house north of
Williams on Mahan (1304) and they said it was one of
the first 10 built (presumably, they meant completed).
This got me thinking that Williams was probably the
first main line for utilities, like power, water &
sewer, and considering how many houses were being built
simultaneously, the ones next to Williams were probably
completed first. Can anybody else add anything to this
discussion? I feel we are hot on the trail.
To my Bro, Dick - you are a veritable wealth of
information but you apparently suffer from the "McCoy
Disease." You only pass this stuff on in bits and
pieces (maybe you realize my aging brain cannot handle
too much information at one time). All kidding aside,
your "thoroughfare streets" reference sent me back to
my 1948 map and you are absolutely correct. Thayer,
Stevens and Goethals (when it ran all the way through
town) are "Drives" and Lee, Swift and Williams are
"Boulevards." I might add that Lee no longer qualifies
as a thoroughfare since the idiotic Richland Planners
added the stupid Traffic Circle downtown - there is no
easy way to go from Cottonwood (whatever it is named)
to the Park anymore.
In Re: the Street - Avenue discussion. I had an
embarrassing moment last year when I starting the
purchase process for my house. The broker asked me for
the address and I said the number and the street. He
asked if that was a street or an avenue. I said that
to my knowledge (I only lived there 10 years) it was
neither - it was just plain "Torbett." I have since
learned that it is, officially, Torbett Street.
I would also like to add a correction to my May 6th
submission: my "west" mind must have overpowered my
"east" mind and I screwed up my narrative of the North
Boundary, including Wilson Street. Wilson obviously
ran EAST from Perkins to Jadwin, not WEST as I wrote.
Bomber Cheers,
-Burt Pierard ('59) ~ Richland
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>>From: Jeff Hartman ('59)
This note concerns my mother Mary Hartman who
taught first grade at Jason Lee for 20 plus years.
She had a large ovarian cancer tumor removed
(volleyball size) on June 11 at Virginia Mason
Hospital in Seattle. At 89 years of age this is
no small operation. She came through it well and
is now recuperating at our home in Port Townsend.
Keep her in your prayers. Jeffrey (Buddha)
-Jeff Hartman ('59)
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>>From: Marilyn Baird Singletary ('60)
With all the talk about the street names and miss
spellings and Blvd vs Street. I'll throw Farrell Lane
into the mesh. At one end of the 1300 block it's
spelled Farrell Lane and at the other end it's miss
spelled with either one 'R' or one 'L', I can't
remember which. I was disappointed that my street was
flawed. I found this out on my last visit to Richland.
To: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Re: Your Bomber license plate holder not being seen
from the front
Why don't you put it in your rear window. People
usually see that area first, even before they look at
your license plate. Wish I had contacted you when you
and your husband first started your trek. I live in
Vallejo, CA, and could have met with you and cheered
you on. Hope the roads are down hill from now on and
you should be hitting all flat land pretty soon.
-Marilyn Baird Singletary ('60) ~ Wish the weather
would make up it's mind in Vallejo, CA
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Warren made it over 11,312 foot Monarch Pass
yesterday!! He had a great day and a really great
ride. In fact, he rode on to cover almost l25 miles,
so I am writing this from Canon City, CO. I am having
trouble with this computer, so
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[That's where this one ended today... I'm sure Helen
will catch up with us when she finds a more cooperative
computer. -Maren]
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>>From: Earl C. Bennett, III (Gold Medal Class of '63)
Re: Several mentions of Al Yencopal in the last two days
Mr. Yencopal, partner of George Butler (one of
the premier corporate law attorneys in the state of
Washington in those years), was peripherally very
important in my life well before he became a juvenile
court judge. He was managing the fund-raising drive for
the YMCA building around '59 or '60. My parents had
come to realize that if they were going to put many of
us six kids into college, Mom needed to bring in some
supplemental income, which became possible as my
youngest sister Beth was starting school. While
reviving her secretarial skills in classes, she did
various kinds of work - taking in ironing, washing
dishes at the country club, etc. Mr. Yencopal hired her
to do some typing for the fund drive, then offered her
a "temporary" typing job at his law office when the
fund drive ended.
"Temporary" did not end until she retired from the
successor firm sometime in the late '80s, by which time
she was a full-fledged legal secretary and had "raised"
several young attorneys to maturity and competence.
I never encountered Mr. Yencopal after I moved back
east after my time in the Air Force, but Mom treated me
to tales of his innovative sentencing as judge. One of
my classmates had been caught water skiing nude on the
Columbia north of Howard Amon park, and apparently
pretty well plastered even though still under 21. His
sentence was to pick up three (I think) pickup-loads
of trash along that waterfront. He did so, but managed
to find a Datsun pickup for the task, which was
significantly smaller then than anything on the road
today - I'd be surprised if the bed measured more than
3' x 4,' and maybe ten inches deep.
Another sentence was for a kid who let air out
police car tires, then launched into a diatribe in
court against the "system" represented by the police
and the court (this was the late '60s counter-culture
influence). To teach him respect for the "system's"
benefits, Judge Yencopal sentenced him to wash the
police cars for several weekends, but he could not use
any of the "system's" water works - he had to retrieve
the necessary water, on foot, from the Columbia River,
over a 1/4 mile away.
Regards, ecb3 - from beautiful central VA, where the
pollens are beginning to subside and the frequent
showers have helped the allergy-afflicted.
-Earl Bennett ('63)
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>>From: Karma King Yourdan ('64)
To: Ray Stein ('64)
Congrats, Ray!
It was a well deserved honor. I am sure the whole
class of '64 is very proud of you.
-Karma King Yourdan ('64)
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>>From: Ann Coffman ('66)
Greetings, lovely Bombers,
Re: street names of Richland
(http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/streets.html)
Our own Bomber site has all the information about
which were Avenues, Boulevards, Drives, and the rest in
the following memo:
Date: February 24, 1945
Memorandum to: Colonel F. T. Matthias
From: N. Paul Nissen
Subject: BIOGRAPHIES OF ARMY ENGINEERS FOR WHOM RICHLAND STREETS WERE NAMED.
Happy reading,
-Ann Coffman ('66)
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>>From: Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
Re: Old high school--tennis courts
To: Rick Maddy ('67)
Oh yes, I'd forgotten about the tennis courts! I
remember Rex Davis ('49) taking us out there for P.E.
and trying to teach us tennis. Total Klutz that I was
(and am), I never really learned to play very well, but
I always remembered those lessons and enjoyed playing
'at' tennis!
Also remember the little league field... especially
6th grade and Mr. Weston making us run out the door and
around the field when things got dicey in class. Were
you in his class in 6th grade? Think he only taught
one year at L&C and then went to Vernita or some where.
I know I thought I was going to die during that run
several times early in the year, but by Spring it was
much easier!
-Marcia Wade Hausenbuiller ('67)
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>>From: Rick Maddy ('67)
Re: oops
Can not get anything by the Bombers.
I actually lived on the corner of Downing and
Casey... not Adams!!
-Rick Maddy ('67)
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>>From: Elizabeth Loosmore McAllister ('78)
What about Elm street? That has to be considered
old Richland my father moved in the Ranch house in the
early '40s. Elm runs from Cottonwood to Swift.
-Elizabeth Loosmore McAllister ('78)
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>>From: The Cole kids
Happy birthday (May 9th) to our outlaw Bill Bailey ('64)
and his twin Mary ('64)
-The Cole kids: Barbara ('50) Patti ('52), Karen ('55)
Judie and Jackie ('63), and John ('66)
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Alumni Sandstorm ~ 05/09/03
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10 Bombers and 1 Colt sent stuff:
Kay Weir ('37 Colt), Bob Harman ('51)
Ralph Myrick ('51), Pam Swain ('61)
Helen Cross ('62), Jim Hamilton ('63)
Linda Reining ('64), Darlene Napora ('69)
Jeff Curtis ('69), Frank Trent ('72)
Vicki Owens ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Twins, Bill & Mary Bailey ('64)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Val Trent ('70)
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>>From: Kay Wear Fishback ('37 Colt)
Re: 3 story school
The 3 story old grade school was gone by the time
the Project families started to come. THE NEW school
had modern plumbing and some of the little kids had
to be taught how to use it. The town had modern own
plumbing systems but most did not. When we moved here
from Wyoming NO PLUMBING was a big shock for us also
having to pump our water from a well was a new (not
fun) activity. But it wasn't all bad-but lots of us
found it uncomfortable when we were used to city
living. My Dad was hurt in an industrial accident and
used the settlement money to move to Washington-my
Mother thought all of Washington looked like the West
side and on somebody's word bought unseen and paid too
much because my Dad trusted everyone to tell the truth.
-Kay Wear Fishback ('37 Colt)
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>>From: Bob Harman ('51)
Re: Al Yencopal (RIP)
I have to share my experience with the good judge.
My wife and I and two other couples who were friends
of ours took into our homes three children who, at the
time were from 3 to 6 years old. After some six years
of waiting we all adopted our kids together. It was
in Al Yencopal's court that the momentous occasion
occurred. He did have a way of making everyone
comfortable. After a few minutes of introductions
to the adults he told the kids they could call him
"judge Yenkiepoo". They really get a kick out of it
and still remember it today. My son, Ryan, was the
youngest of the three and he will soon be 23..
-Bob Harman ('51)
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>>From: Ralph Myrick ('51)
I wonder if any of you guys remember the time when
we were going to have a sit down strike or walk out
because a principal, I can't remember his name, we all
liked was not going to be hired back? I believe, Robert
Chisholm was assistant principal at that time. I also
wonder if you remember our nick name for him? Did you
know that he became the Super of the Albuquerque, NM
school system?
-Ralph Myrick ('51)
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>>From: Pam Swain Johnson ('61)
The sand storms in the early days were truly
amazing. The sand would literally pour into every
crack and crevice. I remember trying to ride my bike
home from school (Marcus Whitman) and the wind making
it all but impossible.
Also the huge pods of tumbleweed -- woe be unto
anyone that got slammed with one of those. In those
days the trees in the shelter belt were pretty small.
After they grew, that was a great area to play on a
hot summer day. It was always cool and the irrigation
system made the sand damp and nice on bare feet.
-Pam Swain Johnson ('61) ~ Palm Springs, CA - where it
is, well, paradise.
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>>From: Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
Greetings from LaJunta, CO!! I just brought up
Warren's website, and the updates aren't on it yet,
but it's neat. Finally, Warren has a website. It's:
http://www.earthwaterphoto.com/bikingUSroute50.html
I brought it up, and it needs the most recent updates.
A kind biking friend is updating it for him, as we
haven't yet learned to do our digital camera or even
updates on it yet.
I am leaving Warren on his own tomorrow, as he did
the mountains O.K. and if he sees a tornado, he'll go
to the closest house for shelter. I'll see him "back
home in Indiana". He hopes to resume his trip to Ohio
about the 24th. He doesn't expect to bike into home
until about the 22nd.
He made it to Rocky Fork, last night. A small town
about l5 miles west of LaJunta. The wind was just too
difficult, and I'm afraid that's how it will be today.
Anyway, as I said before, and I don't know if it
got through or not, this will be my last day of tagging
along with Warren for awhile. I want to scoot across
Kansas with only a stop to see Carol Rice Forister ('62),
and get home and check almost 2 months' of mail, and
attend a few meetings, etc. I will join Warren again
when he heads into Ohio, after a few days R&R at home
in Indiana.
As this is the 4th time I've tried to type this and
had it fail, I am omitting lots of stuff.
Congratulations to Ray Stein ('64)!!
-Helen Cross Kirk ('62)
P.S.: The license thing on the back blocked out
Indiana on my license, and I was afraid I'd get
a ticket. The speeding one in Washington state
on the way to Omak was bad enough.
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>>From: Jim Hamilton ('63)
Like a lot of Southies I remember the old High
School behind Lewis & Clark as a great place to catch
Pigeons and sneak a heater. We once found a ladder and
snuck in at night, it was creepy. We might have left
Kenny Wright in there when we freaked and ran. I don’t
remember exactly how that whole pigeon ranching deal
evolved but I think George Brinkman might have been the
first. Maybe for a merit badge or something. There was
an old church in front of Lewis & Clark by his house,
kinda where Falley ran into what was then Goethals.
This old church had a tower and lots of pigeons.
That's where a lot of guys got their first ones.
There was an active trading market for a while. My
Mom wouldn't let me have one, but the Hyatts had a
couple. Irwin didn't have pigeons, he collected cars
that didn't run. The Shireys down on Benham had a
plethora, "a plethora of pigeons",(how am I doing,
Mrs. Boswell?).
I never knew Pook had a pigeon, but he did have a
dog named Zeke. Zeke was probably the best known dog in
the Southend, and had the Police been able to get him
to talk, we'd still all be doing hard time at Fred
English. But Zeke was no rat, he went everywhere with
us for years and let there be no doubt that he spent
more time at the school than Pook.
Plows had a