Recent Communications from Alumni

(l-r) Virginia Chenault, Norma Bridgeman and Florine Thompson kept the office and more running smoothly in 1958/9. In those days, school district folk were more permanent than our 'permanent records.'

Passages (4/6/02 from Annette Thompson '62 via Classmates.com, Ed.) Some of you may remember my mother, Florine Thompson, who was the records secretary at TCHS from 1957-the mid 1970s.My mom passed away on July 28, 2001, at the age of 90 years. She had remained active in the local Woman's Club and the TC Historical Society until about a year before her death.

A challenge from MIKE COGHLAN '57 (Rcvd 3/30/02, Ed.) ...Wanna talk fight songs? I was responsible for "Mighty Rams" becoming one of our fight songs. Which college was the tune stolen from? Who wrote the lyrics for us? It wasn't me - her initials were C.S. and she was in the class of '56.

BOB RAINS '60... (Rcvd 2/19/02, Ed.) ...I had an opportunity to pass through Temple City last November and I stopped to look at the house at ... Golden West. The same house is still there, and the owner seems to be taking very good care of the property. There's a gate out front that is new. The house still has lots of flowers and trees out front, still has a side yard on the left large enough for 10 year olds to play football, and still has a playroom on the right large enough to hold a ping pong table, or an extended family for Thanksgiving dinner. The 6400 block on Golden West seems to have pretty much the same houses that were there when I lived there, and it looks like a nice area, generally well maintained homes. Thanks for adding me to the directory.

JIM BREWER '60... I currently live in Newport Beach where I've lived for the past 21 years with my wife and three kids. Actually, only one of the kids is still at home. I have a son living in Maui, Hawaii along with his wife and my 18 month-old grandson. We try to get over there once a month, but it's not easy to fit into a schedule. We also have a second daughter who lives in Arcata, CA. She's off to Boston this summer for graduate work. That will spread our family from the extreme east to extreme west.I currently work with a group out of Seattle (actually Kirkland) WA so I get up there several times a year. It's really beautiful there, but the traffic is as bad as Los Angeles. I don't keep up with anyone from our class any more. I used to see Ken Conklin and Don Solsby occasionally, but haven't for the past 4 or 5 years.A reunion would be fun. I've only made it to one so far. My sister was in the class of '57. They still get together on occasion and really enjoy it.

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