When we were doing the morning program over the PA system in Elco High School as The Irregulars during our junior year (1965-66), we sometimes did book reviews. So it was that when I noticed that a new James Bond movie was being released, I decided to review the novel it was based on a … Continue reading Terry and the Parents
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The Unicorn, the Univac, and Mary Lou
Back in high school I was a very avid reader of the science fiction magazines, and in the fall of 1964 I came across this in the December issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: A contest with a hundred dollar cash prize! I had dreams of becoming a professional writer in those … Continue reading The Unicorn, the Univac, and Mary Lou
The Dark Side of Richland History
Sometimes it’s the little things that set off a chain reaction. In this case it was the publishing of those Good News from Elco posts. That led to my going back to the yearbooks to dig out some photos that I needed. Which led to my casually mentioning to Cindy in an email that I … Continue reading The Dark Side of Richland History
63 vs. 67
Quote of the day: I love to sing, and I love to drink scotch. Most people would rather hear me drink scotch.—George Burns I was telling Cindy the other day that if I were an organized kind of guy, I’d go and scan all of my Elco yearbooks so that whenever I need a photo … Continue reading 63 vs. 67
More Good News from Elco
Quote of the day: I know worrying works, because none of the stuff I worried about ever happened.—Will Rogers Yesterday I received this pic from Cindy. That’s all well and good I told Cindy, but I don’t remember any Stettlers in Richland, and the only Phyllis that I recall was Phyllis Strause. To which Cindy … Continue reading More Good News from Elco
Good News from Elco
Quote of the day: Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.—Groucho Marx Several years ago when I was still on Facebook—at least I think it was Facebook—I received a note about an upcoming class reunion. I ignored it. It’s not that I had no interest in my old high … Continue reading Good News from Elco
News from Elco
Back when we lived on West Main Street in Richland, our across-the-street neighbors were the Weiant family: JoAnn and her children Julian, Ellen, and Kathleen as well as her mother whose house it actually was. JoAnn and my mother Arlene had been long time friends from school themselves, so we often did neighborly things like … Continue reading News from Elco
The English of Physics
Senior year at Elco high school our class had a teacher named Mr. John English. That’s him there in that photo. It would have been quite appropriate, of course, if he had been our English teacher, but his subject matter was Physics. I remember him as one of our better teachers, definitely one of our … Continue reading The English of Physics
Tom Lehrer R.I.P
Quote of the day: It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years.—Tom Lehrer Back in Elco high school when Tom Lehrer’s album That Was the Year That Was came out, practically everyone in my little group was listening to and quoting those songs. That was the … Continue reading Tom Lehrer R.I.P
Mr. Kugle
Dec. 6, 1950 Mr. Hume: I've just read your lousy review of Margaret's concert. I've come to the conclusion that you are an "eight ulcer man on four ulcer pay.” It seems to me that you are a frustrated old man who wishes he could have been successful. When you write such poppy-cock as was … Continue reading Mr. Kugle