After reading yesterdays posts , I figured I'd better answer some of the questions that popped up in Wayne , Nisa and John's blog posts......( and before Russell , Gary, and Wayne start blogging about Imsai 8" Floppy discs, Commodore PET's, TRS-80s,Sinclair ZX-81's, Apple II's, Atari's, Odyssey 2's, Vic 20s, Commodore 64s and ZX Spectrums ).....just kidding ...don't get your drawers in a tether !!!
Wayne , the school that we competed against for the annual Trophy was Corpus Christie located at Alemany and Santa Rosa Ave in San Francisco. We played at their gym BUT , the most memorable for me , regarding our rivalry, was when we Whooped on them at the Kezar Pavillon Gymnasium . Now , if there are any Corpus Christie Alums reading this and your skin is crawling for a rematch , I say bring it on ..... The OLPH "A" and "B" teams await your call ....( and bring the proverbial lunch bag because it's going to be an all day affair of 55 gallon whoop-butt ) ....Peter J brought the first of many midget footballs to the yard ( that was a blast ) and Paul McCoy was one of the few that hit the volley ball on top of the Rectory ...
Nisa, yesterday during a break , I took a peek at the OLPH alum site and saw the word POPCORN and no story ......I tried to figure out who was trying to post and I remember your e-mail to me asking about popcorn and the popcorn store . Sad to say I don't remember it........Now , keep in mind I had braces back then . The momentary pleasures of a six minute woofing down of buttery popcorn weren't familiar to me because it would have meant six hours of misery trying to dislodge popcorn kernals from my metal encapsulated teeth . There were a few of us that could relate ( Ms. Twila ) ...... BUT, I do remember the Ice Cream store on the corner where a lot of us went to .....It may have been there during our high school years too. I remember Ron Shaheen , Class of 68 Alum working there and giving extra big scoops .......
John oh John ......3000 miles away and the THREAD OF LIFE is still working .....You posted the picture of the Wellington St .view of OLPH .....Like minds as we are, I had taken the same camera shot last week before I left for Bakersfield...I left it with a lot of kb's 
.....This way , when you click on the picture , it blows up with details ( I hope )
Regarding 75 Wellington , .....Since my mom worked at the Police Dept side I figured I could whip up a few pictures of 75 Wellington .......( no luck so that's why I say Kudo's to Bonnie ) ...here is a progression of said address...
1915, 1959, 1988 and .....
............YESTERDAY......... what a change .....
Regarding the store down at the corner of Irvington and Crocker ...It is the Crocker Grocery Store and it was owned and run by Steve and Paul and the sweet little lady who's name escapes me .....My fondest memories are of Peter R and myself going to the store ( dozens of times over the many years ) and getting Bologna on a hard roll , heavy on the mustard and mayo for 25 cents....throw in a bottle of Nehi orange and we were set .....Many times Pete would never let me pay... In his big teddy bear ways he would say "Rich , this is on me " ..he always called me Rich . ( truth is he was the one that was rich, rich in heart an
d always the giver ... I sure do miss him )..
...THIS ONE 'S FOR YOU BUDDY
OH and we can't forget STEVE , PAUL and THE STORE.......Does anybody remember the bird whistles we bought there ?......A little half round piece of leather with cellophane ...we'd stick it in our mouths and on our tongue and whistle and I am sure some of us received the business end of anything the Police ( I mean the nuns ) could get their hands on .........
Well, There's a Pesto Salad calling my name but ,....I think I'm going to get a bologna hardroll sandwich , heavy on the mayo and mustard , and wash it down with an Orange Nehi and think about ........FRIENDS
4 comments:
I remember a few things about that building across the street. I remember sitting in the courtroom listening to people fight their tickets. I remember later when it became a free clinic and you could get free vacinations. Other than that it gets pretty murky in my working brain cells.
Such memories
The library. My mom was such a reader that she would take me to the library once a week to pick up books (some for her and some for me). I must have read almost every book there in the childen's section (I know that my mom read every adult book they had there for sure). The picture brings back memories of time also spent there copying out of the encyclopedias for school assignments. I continued to go to that library my freshman year in high school as I would walk past it every day coming home from St. John's.
And thanks for sharing the memories of Peter R. He used to walk all the way down to the area I lived (on his way to Colma) and drop off candy. I remember he used to always get the best stuff. My little sisters loved him as he would give them candy too. My mom used to say he was one of the nicest boys in our class. I am sorry he is not here to share in the stories.
I too have fond memories of the top of the hill Library. My favorites were science fiction and adventure. then I eventually discovered Shakespeare.
Now my Wife is the avid library user and the local library has other activities such as sponsoring live Celtic music on a weekend. Libraries, a place of life long learning. It was as good habit to pick up.
8^)
I never did catch on to reading for the sake of reading. I did go to the library alot though. Every time I pounded a ball over the schoolyard fence I had to go down to the library and through the back door to get the ball.
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