Alumni Sandstorm ~ 04/28/15
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8 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today:
Mike CLOWES ('54)
Carol CARSON ('60) and Steve CARSON ('58)
Helen CROSS ('62), Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
Linda REINING ('64), Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65)
Vicki OWENS ('72)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick WIGHT ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Betty WHITTEN ('54)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Marilyn SIMMONS ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dale HOSACK ('69)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Linda Abbey ('71)
BOMBER LUNCH: John Ball "Kids", noon (every other Tuesday)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54)
Here 'tis the 28th of April. An important date for a fellow
member of The Class of '54. Now, to be honest about it, I don't
recall this Bomber Babe; but then I don't recall a lot of
things I'm told I should and recall things that nobody else
does. At any rate, this is her birthday therefore a tip of the
ol' propeller beanie is in order along with the happy shout of
"Happy Birthday!" for Betty WHITTEN ('54). May this be a very
pleasant day in your life.
Memories of youth: I lived the first 13 years of my life in
Centralia, WA; a pretty much white bread town. The only persons
of color seen in town were the Pullman porters standing on the
platform next to the train they were working on. If we drove to
Seattle to visit relatives my step-father did his best to avoid
Jackson Street as that was where "they" lived. In the summer
between 7th and 8th grades we moved to the Tri-Cities, living
first in Pasco in an apartment near the outdoor pool. I was
told by my step-father that I would not be going to school in
Pasco with no reason given. For the first two weeks of school
or so, I somehow made it across the bridge to Kennewick. One
day I brought home a note that more or less said that I would
not be able to continue going to school there unless we lived
in the school district. Within a few days we moved into a house
near the golf course.
I never gave it much thought, but a some time I remember that
my step-father was raised in southern Illinois and was an
extremely prejudiced man. I can only hope that he did not
influence me along those lines.
-Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR
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>>From: Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
Steve CARSON ('58)
Re: Puget Sound Bomber Luncheon
Puget Sound area Bomber luncheon for anyone in the area:
DATE: Saturday, May 30, 2015
TIME: 11:30am
PLACE: Scott's Bar and Grill, 8115 Lake Ballinger Way, Edmonds
http://www.scottsbarandgrill.com/
RSVP: if you plan to attend so we can reserve enough space.
-Carol CARSON Renaud ('60)
-Steve CARSON (Championship Class of '58)
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>>From: Helen CROSS Kirk ('62)
Re: My New Grandson - 8 days old
http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Cro/150428-Kirk_G-son.jpg
-Helen CROSS Kirk ('62) ~ Hope, IN
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>>From: Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
To: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
When I was involved in Puget Sound regional water politics
(1980s and '90s) I once found myself sitting on a panel
alongside a friend and specialist in migratory salmon for the
Washington state tribes (he was from the Tulalips north of
Everett). Terry Williams opened by speaking of his revered
father and tribal leader who had started out life in a dugout
canoe harpooning whales and ended it by flying back and forth
in a Boeing 747 to Congressional hearings in Washington D.C.
Terry was half Tulalip, and half Irish on his mother's side:
"But we won't hold that against her," he said, and got a
laugh. In my turn I mentioned that I also had been born on
a "reservation", and suddenly Terry turned to me in great
surprise. Then I added:"the Hanford Nuclear Reservation." More
laughter.
Yup, things change a lot. But on the other hand, the
nineteenth-century historian, Jakob Burckhardt who popularized
the term "Renaissance," had this to say about olden times and
our own: "If, even in bygone times, men gave their lives for
each other, we have not progressed since."
-Pete BEAULIEU ('62)
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>>From: Linda REINING ('64)
When I was in grade school, Jim ARD ('66) and his family lived
two houses down from me... they lived on the corner of Elm and
Cottonwood... my parents and his parents were great friends...
his dad had an extensive collection of LPs and it was my first
experience with listening to "black music"... Jim, Sr. even
taught me to dance the jitterbug. I don't remember any
prejudice toward them at all... all the kids in the
neighborhood played together and the parents got together,
played cards and visited... we even had "block parties" and
fishing/camping trips, together. I never even noticed the
"color of Jim's skin", he was just a friend/neighbor. I
remember being sad when they moved away (Jim, Sr. said he
wanted Jim and his sister, Betty, to have more opportunities
for dating and they couldn't get that in Richland, so they were
moving to Chicago, which is where Jim, Sr. and "Betty" (Aline)
were from). I remember when Jim played for the Seattle
Supersonics and the New York Nets... my mom used to get
Christmas cards from Betty, but they lost contact, after my mom
moved away from Richland. found this on the Internet.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ard
-Linda REINING ('64) ~ Kuna, ID am loving the weather... 40s
and 50s
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>>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65)
Re: Race in Richland
The first black person I ever saw was Jimmy ARD ('66). I was
4 years, or 5 years old, not yet in school. My family lived
in a ranch house on the north end of Cottonwood at the end of
Tinkle. One sunny day I rode my tricycle all the way to the
corner of Cottonwood and Elm (that is a long way and reflects
how safe it was to grow up in Richland at that time). Jimmy -
whose name I certainly never knew, but did learn about his
basketball career, later - was out on his lawn - they also
lived in a nice, new ranch house. We exchanged childish
greetings and he offered to trade his bicycle for my tricycle.
But I really liked my tricycle, so turned him down and rode
home. When I came in the house, I asked my mother why that boy
had black skin. She told me that God may people of many colors,
white and black and brown and yellow - we were all just people.
That was the only thing that was said about "race" in my
childhood, and formed my attitudes. There were so few black
people in our schools. I remember most of them as being well-
liked - for instance, Wilma WALLACE ('65), Fred MILTON ('66-RIP)
-Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65)
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>>From: Vicki OWENS ('72)
Re: Dennis HAMMER ('64)
What great insights on how life has changed, and is changing,
and most likely will change!
It reminded me of a quote from the Commissioner of the United
States Patent and Trademark Office from 1898 to 1901, Charles
Holland Duell. He purportedly resigned his post after saying
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." However,
in confirming this, I learned that it's actually a century-old
urban legend. Good thing, too, as Charles Holland Duell went on
to become a federal judge. I would hate to think that someone
with such cognitive impairment would fill a bench!
-Vicki OWENS ('72)
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Bomber Memorial
>>Lloyd SWAIN ~ Class of 1966 ~ 1948 - 2015
Bomber Memorials
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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