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I just spent far too much time reading much of this forum and find myself in awe of your astounding memories. Even after reading through the posted profiles and looking at the photos, I could have only recognized a handful of the class where they standing in a time-warped line-up and looked as they did in 1969.

I remember two teachers; Tony Angell - who I found entertaining - and Les Smith - who I found insufferable.

Only one fond memory has anything to do with the school, directly. That was the day Earl Dennis, Joe Meadows, Ed Vail and I skipped school on Senior Skip Day; only we were still juniors.

One of us faked being Joe's dad and called the school to report his absence. Earl nor I had any worries as my folks couldn't have cared less if I skipped and Earl's mom worked during the day. We thought we were home free. Alas, we were found out and a couple of the group suffered punishment. When I told the vice-principle that my parents had given permission, he got mad but there was nothing he could do.

I believe it was the same crew that spent the night in an old hotel in the San Juans, in the winter where, the following day, we would shoot a lot of rabbits. Joe and I jacklighted one that night.

After reading all your memories I wish I had been less aloof then...

Being an Army brat, Shorecrest was one of 4 high schools I attended. I transferred there from Franklin my Junior year and was asked to leave during spring break our senior year.

Thanks for the invitation to join this group.

Scott

06/28/10 10:22 AM

#831

Trivia? Well, of course...

Before Seattle, I lived in Michigan and in 9th grade is was Jack Purcell tennis shoes in yellow, madras shirts and penny loafers with no socks.

At Franklin it was brown and white saddle shoes with Levi's 501s. I bought a pair of plaid, wool slacks from Gary's Closet that I believed to be very cool... then. That year I was on the same debate team as a fellow named Frank Raines. We partnered for one match and, of course, won. Now he's known as Franklin Raines and is hated by the right wingers.

At Shorecrest, things were upscale. Do you remember the light blue seersucker slacks that were the rage for awhile?

"I don't even know what I was running for - I guess I just felt like it." Was the theme to my life for a short time. Does anyone recognize the source and remember why it was my theme?

"L'homme est une passion inutile." is another one that got to me. I carried the book around for months, read it four times in immediate succession and didn't understand 10% until I read it again when I was 45... Guess the book and win Carl Castles' voice on your home answering machine.

"Whaddayatalk?"

Tony Angell's birds of prey?

"Then Came Bronson" forced me to sell my 650 BSA. I bought a Sportster when I landed in Kansas.

"Cruising Colby...?"

Sambos (I cooked there) and Denny's (I cooked there too)?

I stole a case of eggs from Sambos (30 dozen) for Halloween, 1968. Earl, and, I think,Ed along with my delinquent cousin crammed in my '61 Rambler American wagon and went egging. We traded a flat of eggs (2 1/2 dozen) for a tank of gas. I was ratted out (you know who you are) and got fired. It was a good lesson for two reasons. 1) Stealing is wrong and, 2) Friends cannot be trusted to watch your back.

Joe, Ed, Earl, Lyman and I demolished the car the following spring when we went camping near Marysville. On the way up, we got pulled over because Earl had flipped off some guy to had cut us off (in fairness to Earl, he used his ring finger rather than the traditional one) and we got a warning for making obscene gestures.

It was about that time my best friend from Franklin, Joe McKinney, committed suicide after become a devotee of Camus, and my mother attempted the same, trying to take my sisters with her.

That was really the Shorecrest experience for me, in a microcosmatic nutshell; fun underscored by pain and tragedy...

Now I wish I hadn't started this...

06/28/10 03:44 PM

#832

We need to get Earl & Beezer in on the message forum!

In reading your posts Scott, it got me to thinking that a lot of us carried quiet pains.... we all thought that we were the only ones hurting, yet many were, just in different ways.

06/29/10 12:42 AM

#833

Scott - Posting can be cathartic. If you look at some of the profiles, too, you'll see that many who were thought to be totally together were having problems. You've hung in there and made it through. We didn't pick "Survivors" for nothing. Welcome to our club. It's inclusive - which High School wasn't.

There aren't any rules to this forum so have at it in whatever way works best for you.

Yes, Cathi, we need to get Beezer on. I think he's relaxed from the Marine Corps days - at least I hope he has. I'd say we need to get Earl on, too, but I didn't know him. (Didn't know you either, Scott, but I did know Beezer - I'd say in the Biblical sense - because we went to church together for a few years - but I won't.)

I don't remember any Burma Shave ads. I was more into reading bathroom graffitti.

06/29/10 09:53 AM

#834

The best restroom graffiti I have read is years was just recently:

For a good time, Cialis

Another from our high school days was:

In case of atomic attack, hide under this urinal. Nobody ever hits it.

That was likely composed by a custodian.

As for Earl and Ed, I owe Earl a huge apology, so it would be good for me to have him participate. The last time I saw Ed was in 1976.

I should add that I was never comfortable referring to Ed as Beezer. I don't know why, really. Perhaps it's because I am generally lazy and Ed has only one syllable.

I would like to see Lyman more involved. For my money, he remains the funniest person on the planet.

06/29/10 06:33 PM

#835

Response to post #2 by Daryl West

I remember one incident where you were involved. The details are fuzzy but I clearly remember you dragging some kid across a table in the cafeteria for some infraction. He was frightened and I was amused and remember thinking that I might like to try to get to know you. Then you started dating Emily Torkelson...

I seem to remember you were a pilot, even then. Is my memory correct and, if so, do you still fly?

06/29/10 06:34 PM

#836

I don't think us kids in the church knew his name was Ed until we'd known him for a few years and when we were calling to him it was something along the line of "Hey, Beez!" But we were pretty young then, too.

I like that "for a good time" one. Most of the stuff I read was pretty bad and not for publication here. Witty, though. The Chevron station in Shelton was one of the worst.

And, yes, Lyman has one of the quickest wits I've seen.

06/29/10 07:02 PM

#837

I'll answer the question about Daryl flying... yes... he still flies.

I didn't know that Daryl dated Emily!! And now she is married to Chris Sassnett.

06/29/10 08:08 PM

#838

Emily dated a lot of people... She even dated me once. It did not go well.

I can't remember her name but she had the Guinevere role in Camelot; I dated her once. It didn't go well either.

The story of my youth.

06/29/10 10:04 PM

#839

That would be Debi Ray (now Catano) that you dated! She's in Provo now...working at BYU. Well, at least you dated! LOL

06/29/10 10:27 PM

#840

Yeah! At least you dated!

06/30/10 10:28 PM

#841

OK...I'm feeling dated.

Maybe it's safer to get back to Burma Shave signs.

07/01/10 12:36 AM

#842

Don't feel dated... Feel aged; feel weathered and broken in, like a baseball glove, your favorite shotgun; your old Lab that's slow and sure.; that ancient split bamboo rod you found in your grandfather's basement.

As bittersweet as memories often are, if life doesn't kill us and we're willing to learn from screwing up, we come out better on the back end of it.

No one has made more mistakes, big and small, than me and, despite my latest rantings here, I am happy with who I have become.

APPROACHED A CROSSING

WITHOUT LOOKING

WHO WILL EAT

HIS WIDOW'S COOKING?

BURMA SHAVE

07/04/10 01:01 PM

#843

The women of SCHS 69 have a lunch group going [Old Broads] but talk of another event is starting to gain some interest among the guys.

I had a conversation last year with Fred Raxter ['68] and recently with Curt McNeley ['70] and both are interested in a men's group golf outing, perhaps a couple of times a year. Three years of classes combined should gel and rekindle old friendships. I have even heard from a few guys from SCHS '67 as well. It will take some time to grow this group but then again good things come with time and patience.

The thought is a week-end day event, good yet in-expensive course that is within 30 minutes of Seattle.

If you are interested please contact me via email [camoduk@comcast.net] or call me 425-864-6044.

07/07/10 02:30 AM

#844

Made contact with Mary Bartrug (Barlow) this morning. She's in Granite Falls.

07/08/10 01:13 PM

#845

Oh, and Ted, I always went horseback riding when we were at Alta Lake.

Mom and John took a walk up the road one day and took a trail off to God knows where. They went way further than they should have. Some gal in a jeep picked them up and told them it was rattlesnake season and they were really lucky.

07/08/10 02:47 PM

#846

Don Zimmerman

Ted, Iwas riding the harley on some back roads, out by Pe Ell, and Ryderwood, seen 3 different groups of Burma Shave signs,it was a little tough to ride and write at the same time and keep up with the bunch I was riding with, but I plan on going back.my point being those signs are still out there on the back roads. DZ

07/08/10 11:25 PM

#847

That's cool Don. I had no idea that they were still out and readable.

I connected with Riley Shirey of '68. He has a Construction Co. in Issaquah...a stones throw from me. Check him out on Facebook.

07/15/10 12:20 AM

#848

I'm noting the passing of Dr. Harry Kretzler MD, a team Dr. for SCHS for more years than I can document. I knew him in the 67-69 seasons as he was a constant figure on our sidelines rain or shine. I last saw him this last fall at the UW Sports Medicine Banquet at The Burke Museum. I think we talked for an hour about football, wrestling and baseball and his experiences in this emerging field of Sports Medicine. It was very impressive to see the respect he recieved from the UW Sports Med. department for the contributions he had made to the field. Great guy that will be missed.

07/25/10 02:33 PM

#849

Rick Klinge

Thanks Ted for your posting on Dr. Funny I remember him on the sidelines with the coaches during the games. I knew he was a local Doctor but I never got to know him. Thanks for your continued interest in these individuals that made a difference for us when we were in high school.

Rick

08/03/10 12:45 PM

#850

Linda Kingshott Savell

I have a request for all of the Shorecrest class of 69 Alumni. I will be walking in the Memory Walk on September 11, 2010 to raise money for Alzheimers. The team I am putting together is called "Families Remembered", and I could really use all the help I can get in the way of Donations, or others to walk along with me. If you are interested in being a part of the walk or making any donation possible please go to the following site. (It is the team site I set up for the walk.)

memorywalk.kintera.org/pacificnorthwest/families

Thank You

Linda

08/25/10 08:13 PM

#851

Oh dear!! It's getting quiet in here!!

I just heard from Carolee Mudge (class of '70) that they have 152 alumi coming to their reunion next month. Those little kids just have to try to show us up! Well, we'll see if their entertainment was as much fun as ours...

08/31/10 01:57 PM

#852

Margy Scott Conlee

HELP!!! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR MY YEARBOOK SINCE THE REUNION LAST SUMMER. NOW THAT I HAVE MOVED AND LOOKED IN EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY I DON'T HAVE IT.

I WAS THINKING THAT MAYBE SOMEONE MISTAKENLY PICKED MINE UP.

MY ORGINAL YEARBOOK WAS STOLEN FROM THE NURSES OFFICE THE WEEK I GOT IT. I LOST ALL MY MORGAN AND SHORECREST YEARBOOKS FROM TROPICAL STORM CLAUDETTE IN 1979. I WAS GIVEN MY CURRENT YEARBOOK BY A FRIEND AND I CHERISHED IT AS I DO THE OLD AND NEW FRIENDS THAT I HAVE MADE OVER THE YEARS WORKING ON THE REUNION COMMITTEE.

PLEASE IF YOU KNOW ITS WHEREABOUTS CALL ME: 253-856-1478

OR MAIL IT TO ME: MARGY SCOTT CONLEE

26924 ARDEN CT

KENT,WA 98032-7137

THANK YOU

09/01/10 11:15 AM

#853