Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/09/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10 Bombers sent stuff and 1 Bomber Memorial today: Mike CLOWES ('54), Mike MILLS ('57) David DOUGLAS ('62), Ed WOOD ('62) Leoma COLES ('63), Ray KELLY ('63) Dennis HAMMER ('64), David RIVERS ('65) Patti McLAUGHLIN ('65), Karl SOEHNLEIN ('68) Mike DALEN ('72) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Mary Lou DeMEYER ('59) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick BOEHNING ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kandy SMITH ('63) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Michael JACKSON ('66) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Dick PIERCE ('67) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom SCHILDKNECHT ('70) BOMBER ANNIVERSARY Today: Bill SCOTT & Cherrie TEMPERO ('64) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From:Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) I know I'm in the same boat with "Tooter" ('65) when it comes to being a bit forgetful. This time, however, I know I'm in real trouble. So much so, that one of my favorite Bomber Babes may sic her biker husband on me. But, then again, he is one of the younger Bombers and has learned to respect his elders, so I may be safe. It is with the humblest apologies that I tip the ol' propeller beanie and offer up a sincere "Happy Birthday!" to Bomber Babe and fellow classmate, Dona McCLEARY ('54) a whole day late. Just don't be too hard on me for my forgetfulness. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the rain continues and the mountains hopefully get a good dusting of snow. Kinda hard to see cuz the clouds are so low *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Mike MILLS ('57) Re: Mr. Harding To: Ken HEMINGER ('56wb) He was one of my all time favorites, too. He was my math teacher at Chief Jo. I also remember being on the wrong end of the paddle! Last I heard of him he was serving as superintendent of The Marysville School District, just North of Everett. But this info is about ten years old. -Mike MILLS ('57) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: David DOUGLAS ('62) To: Bruce STRAND ('69) ~ Tempe, AZ We lived at 412 Birch, from at least 1945 to way past when I left for college in '62. My younger brothers graduated from Col-Hi and our mother lived there through the 1980s, until she moved to an assisted living center in Kennewick. Our neighbors on the Duportail side of us were the Tuckers (Merton ('58) and Ronnie ('60) were my older brother's age) and later the Wiltons. Don't recall who was on the other side of us. Penny Parker lived on the corner of Duportail and Birch, and I remember playing Annie, Annie Over with her. We played Kick the Can with all the kids in the neighborhood, often until 10pm in the evening. The only family I recall on the 'odd' side of the street was the Burnetts, the first family with children my age to move into our brand new subdivision. Dawna Kay BURNETT ('62) was in my class. I played with her until I found Maryanne DURFEY ('62) over on Cottonwood. I have a story about Dawna Kay's older brother, William BURNETT ('61-RIP). I don't know how he got the reputation, but he was considered a bully in the neighborhood by some of us elementary-age kids. My older brother Walker DOUGLAS ('57), with Merton and Ronnie, concocted a drink using Kool-Aid and every hot spice, sauce, etc., they could find in the kitchen. They took it to William and fed him a line about how they invented a new drink using their chemistry sets and wanted to try it out on him. He was gullible enough to fall for it and took a drink. He never bothered us again. To be fair, William had a very good reputation in high school - he was elected a cheerleader, breaking the females' monopoly on that office. -David DOUGLAS ('62) ~ Mesa, AZ *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Ed WOOD ('62) Re: Kihei car show We just came back from dinner in Wailea, celebrating my 71st. On the way back to the condo we stopped at a car show put on by local motor heads in a shopping center parking lot. Three Studebakers and not a Toyota in sight. What do you make of that? And speaking of Studebakers, I remember the swamp cooler we mounted over the back window of Dad's 1949 Studebaker. It was literally a life saver on road trips to Arizona in the summertime. -Ed WOOD ('62) ~ Morrison, CO Vacationing on the Maui beach and headed to the up country tomorrow *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Leoma COLES ('63) Re: '63 HoopLa Coming Soon Wish I could join the class of '63 in Olympia on December 5th, but I will be on my way to sunny California to visit my son and his family for a week! Maybe next year, if I ever really retire!! *LOL* I'm sure it will be an awesome time for you guys... please post pictures!! Thanks. -Leoma COLES ('63) ~ Lincoln City, OR with chilly air and sprinkles today. :-) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Ray KELLY ('63) Re: Board of Education To: Ken HEMINGER ('56wb) I remember having Mr. Harding apply the "Board of Education" to my "Seat of Knowledge" at Chief Jo after being caught fighting with another student after school. It wasn't a ping pong paddle, either, as I recall, but a full length piece of lumber with holes. My parents followed that up with some further punishment at home; that's how it worked in those days. I don't believe they even thought of complaining to the school that I was treated roughly or unfairly! How times have changed. By the way, that was not the only spat I qualified for during my school career, but I think (hope) I turned out alright. My 7th grade teacher Mrs. Fellows might disagree, since she once kicked me out of English class for diagramming a sentence upside down at the board. Yes, I was a little snot like that at times... [Upside down?!? How brilliant!!! -Maren] -Ray KELLY (Gold Medal Class of '63) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Dennis HAMMER ('64) To: Bruce STRAND ('69) Re: washing machine motors My parents had an old wringer washing machine that was green with round corrugated sides. I think it was older than any I had seen in early '50s, I had certainly never seen anything like it. They moved west when I was eight months old in a '37 Chevy coupe, so they didn't bring much with them. They did have some stuff shipped later. I was told that it did not have an electric motor originally, it had a gas motor. We did not have electricity on the farm (not that I was old enough to remember that) so I am guessing the washing machine was one thing that was shipped. Whether shipped or bought later it was changed to an electric motor. They bought a Sears Kennmore in I think 1955 and it was used until 1998. Dad kept it going and shortly before he died in '97 mom said he had come back from Sears and said he would not be able to get any more parts for it. When I moved her back to the Tri-Cities I found some of the new parts he had bought to have on hand. I have worked on it. The engineering is simple, straight forward, and built like a Sherman tank. It worked just as good as the one I bought in 1973 and both worked better than the front loader that came with the house I bought. Anyway, their new automatic washer had a "suds saver" on it. You could set it so that after the clothes were washed the water was pumped to a separate tub while the rinse water went down the drain. Then for the next load it sucked the water out of the tub to use in the wash cycle. When I told my wife or anyone else about it they say something like, "Y-u-u-uck, you mean you washed the clothes with dirty water!?!" My dad took the ringer off the old machine and all the mechanical stuff so it had just the legs and tub and used it for the suds saver. The "B" house had double deep sinks so the old machine was left when we moved. He saved that electric motor, but I can't remember if he used it for anything other than once when our '62 Chevy had a dead battery and him and I put a belt from the generator to the electric motor which we held on the fender by hand, with precautions to keep from scratching the paint. It worked, and I think he bought a battery charger shortly after. I have that electric motor now, but the only thing I have used it for is I put a buffing wheel on it and used it to polish the stainless steel trim on my '57 Olds convertible when I painted it. I remember seeing a gas powered reel lawn mower when I was a kid. I have mowed a few yards with push reel mowers. Dad had one--sure am glad he bought an electric mower before I got old enough to do the lawn mowing. -Dennis HAMMER ('64) ~ May be a rambling post that no one is interested in, but it will make sure we don't have another "Sandstorm ~ NOT" tomorrow and in a worst case scenario at least I can read my own post. A day without the Sandstorm is like a day without Sunshine. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: David RIVERS ('65) Re: I won't tell Thanks to our Editor in Bomber-babe ('63 and '64) I was able to watch the sub-subject of my post from the 6th... ["What is was, Was Football" Andy Griffith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNxLxTZHKM8 -Maren] had I watched it before I posted I would have confirmed I misspelled Aarnge drink... it was playing it in my head and could hear the A rather than an O... but took a chance... arrrrrrrrgh... well so far the reviews have been magnificent on the play which makes my life nice and easy... no gut wrenching calls or anything and from what people have said the cast was all great... I was so very glad Terry's ('65) St. Elsewhere bud was there Saturday night and I've posted a photo on face book... I'm not very good at "editing" photos and have never learned how to use photo shop tho I can tell you I have tried like crazy... all I've done is frustrate myself... but who cares cuz we gots some '63 Gold Medal kids up today... now I can be fairly safe on their ages, but then ya never really know... I mean our concierge, Leo WEBB ('63) jumped a year on us the other day so I won't take the same chance as i did yesterday with Big aarnge drink... These two are two that I always look for when I'm around old Medal kids (not that I don't look for others) and am so very glad to call them friends... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Kandy SMITH ('63) and Dick BOEHNING ('63) on your special day, November 11, 2015!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -David RIVERS ('65) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65) Re: Review of "Ordinary People" I attended the Richland Players' production of "Ordinary People" tonight. Terence Knos, aka Terry DAVIS ('65) was very effective as Dr. Berger. And there were a lot of folks from the class of '65 in the audience to enjoy Terry's homecoming. Thanks to David RIVERS' ('65) heads up, I was able to look for Eric Laneuville and talk to him during the intermission, too. Terry helped to fill the auditorium, which never happens for "serious" plays in the Tri-Cities. Everyone contributing to the production is to be lauded. It will be on for 2 more weekends - try very hard to get tickets. -Patti McLAUGHLIN Cleavenger ('65) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Karl SOEHNLEIN ('68) Re: Swamp Coolers I grew up in ranch house near the corner of Cedar & Swift. As a kid I couldn't wait for dad to hook up our swamp cooler. It was installed in the bathroom window, and worked very well until everyone extended their bathroom visits and kept the bathroom door closed and locked. Now fast forward 50+ years. Last year my wife Lyn DREHER ('69) and I bought a older mobile home in a senior park in Mesa, AZ. (both our kids and grandkids live in the Queen Creek area South of Mesa) It had been upgraded including central heat & air, but still had a swamp cooler on the roof. We called a local a/c company to come out, remove it and cap it. When the gentleman took a look at it, he said it was still in great shape and with a new set of pads it would be usable. He had lived in Arizona all his life and gave us the run down on cooling and energy costs. He told us the swamp cooler works great until the temp get into the low 100s or during the monsoon season, and is a lot cheaper to operate than the central air. We had him service it, and he was correct on all accounts. It's amazing how some low tech non computer controlled devices still work as well as they did in the '40s. -Karl SOEHNLEIN ('68) and Lyn DREHER Soehlein ('69) ~ Mesa AZ where the weather is gorgeous, but we're headed back to our home in San Antonio, TX where it will take a while to adjust to the humidity *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Mike DALEN ('72) 30-16 Bama over Tigers! Roll Tide Roll! (Sorry Maren) [I don't think you're sorry at all... not one little bit. GEAUX TIGERS! -Maren] -Mike DALEN ('72) ~ from Huntsville Alabama in the beautiful Tennessee Valley *************************************************************** *************************************************************** Bomber Memorial >>Jim ANDERSEN ~ Class of 1974 ~ 1956 - 2015 Bomber Memorials *************************************************************** *************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ***************************************************************