Memories

Angora Sweaters	The City High School Football Championship 1959		A "Bitch'n" time
Tuna Salad sandwich and lemonade...$1.00.... in the cafeteria	Spartan Marching Band		Drag Racing at 22nd St. in the commercial area of Commerce
Buying popcorn at nutrition	Knitted angora mirror warmers		Continentals
White Bucks (shoes)	Noon movies showing the previous weeks football game		Surfers
Tri Hi Hops and Officer Plum watching (By the way, Officer Plum Passed away 8-12-2002) Source: His daughter On Classmates.com)	Peggers & White T-shirts		J.Jesters Y-Club
Taco BUENO!	The punch and big cinnamon roll or the grilled cheese for nutrition		Janis Joplin
Boys Burgers	Fairs at "Salt Lake park"		M'Goo's in Hollywood
Winter Whirl Dance	Girls wearing their Boyfriend's Letterman Jacket		"Cresent Cove"
Carl's Chili Dogs	Assassination of President Kennedy		The Roller Coaster and the Rotor at the Long Beach Pike
Flagg Brothers shoes	Pacific Ocean Park (POP)		Al's TEAN CLUB
Cruising Tweedy Blvd.	Wondermere sweaters and matching socks & matching skirts from Wendy's		Hippies
Rainbow Pier in Long Beach	Dog Collars worn on ankles like anklets		*Cotton Cord Dance*
	Your boyfriend wearing your Senior ring on his pinkie		The SOUTH GATE DRIVE IN Theatre
Harvey's Broiler Drive- In in Downey (LINK To Picture)	Your Boyfriend's Senior ring on a chain around your neck		Melodyland in Anaheim
YWCA clubs Ki-Si-Fi for Kind, Sincere and Friendly	The GAGE DRIVE IN Theatre		Looking for the "Haunted House" in Hollywood Hills
Keckline's pool hall on Florence Ave.	Slathering on Johnson's baby oil mixed with iodine while laying out in front of "Vic's" in Huntington Beach and eating "strips"
Sharing each other's lockers when they were closer to the class and "10" different people have their stuff in there?			Bouffant hair do's
Zinke's shoe repair	Girls knitting argyle socks for their steady boyfriends or angora dice for their rear-view mirrors
Thunderbird, what's the price? 35 twice. 2nd choice was Ripple. And lets not forget Sloe gin.			The House of Nine dress shop
A&W drive-in on State Street and Florence	Dick Dale and the Deltones at the Rendezvous Ballroom in Balboa		The Jolly Roger on Balboa Island
New Follies Burlesque show on 5th & Main in L.A.	KFWB and KRLA radio stations "Suntan the call letters on your body contest" With DJ's Wink Martindale, Bill Balance and Gary Owens
"HELL WEEK" BEGINNING FOOTBALL SEASON	Jerry's Drive in restaurant on Firestone and Old River School Road		White Front Store on Central Ave.
The CRESENDOS	Cruising Harvey's Broiler in Downey with the original "low-rider" cars		Racing at Lion's Drag Strip on Wed Night's
Searching for the "multi-colored" hairdos of the "ladies" from the local Beauty College	Every Friday the weekly wearing of our graduating class sweaters		Girls Y Club " Sham-a-leis" for 1965 grads
Exploring the ruins of the "Psychiatric Hospital" in Norwalk	Stealing (borrowing) gas signs, green stamp signs, realtor signs and "Signing" someone's house		The Clock Drive-In
Hootenannies with folk singing, guitars, banjos, & bass	Toilet papering houses		The fresh fruit machine outside the girls gymnasium
Watching (screaming) at the Beatles on Closed Circuit at Movie Theater on Pacific Blvd.			Fletcher Arch's (Class 0f 65)
Hanging streamers from the basketball hoops to the center of the gym for dances.	The God awful PE swimming suits for the females and having male teachers evaluate us in the treading water test (was it for 5 minutes?) in order to graduate
Officer Dirty Ernie writing citations for "loud pipes" and going to Jack's Muffler to change them to get the ticket cleared, then going back and putting old ones back on.			The Silver Cue at Florence and Long Beach Blvd.'s
The Social Activities Committee that decorated for dances and worked making decorations in the basement.			Tri-Hi-Hop at Salt Lake Park
"Your mama shops for you at Ziggy's"	Flagg Bros. shoes on Pacific... you could buy stylish shoes cheap... just don't were them in the rain!		The biggest NO-NO....... wearing Chinese knockoffs of real Converse........
Hanging out by Westover Hall during lunch and having the Seagulls poop on your cool sweater as they flew from building to building............	Freezing to death sitting in the bleachers taking roll butt naked before we swam......		Seeing "Thee Midniters" for the first time at the "Big Union"............
The Lloyd Thaxton show on TV	Watching Dick Clark and American Bandstand		Listing to Wolf Man Jack on KRLA radio
"We girls shop in Huntington Park" painted on the giant water tank	Bowling at the Gage Bowl for Blue Chip Stamps with the lights flashinging different colors		Poker Runs
Football games against archrival Bell High School	Shopping at Harris & Frank's on Pacific Blvd.		"Sam and Susie Spartan"
Cruising PCH while listening to the Door's "Light My Fire"	Scotty's Petrol Palace		Cherry Beach
Nehru Jackets	Puka Shells		In-A-Gada-Da-Vida
Bob's Barber Shop, across from the Silver Cue	1968 Cross country Teams award banquet in the Hospitality House		5 Cent ice cream cones at Sav-On on Pacific Blvd.
"Slam Books"(usually a fad of the girls) that were passed around for people to make comments to the made up questions the "owner" would've written in them. They were finally stopped by the Girls League Advisor, Ms. Dredla.			Cal's Corral
Learning to play golf in gym class ....... holes were dug in the lawn on the upper field and an empty tuna can placed in the hole for the ball to drop into it.			The "OLD" Thrifty store on Pacific Blvd. with it's oh so "Old Fashioned" lunch counter
Noon broadcasts when the great rock and roll hits of that time were played over loud speakers for all of us to enjoy while we ate lunch in the quad under the beautiful trees or in Stockton Court.			Joe Fletcher and his sweetheart, Mary Arrowsmith
"Spartagrams" were fun on Valentine's Day. It was great if you got one, or two or.........delivered to you by a cupid (of sorts) during one of our afternoon classes.			Carl's Burgers on Florence Blvd.
Huntington Park Ballroom (wedding & confirmation dances)	The Elk's Club on Central Ave. (wedding & confirmation dances)		Cruising WHITTIER Blvd.
Dances at the Gage Bowling Alley (including an exclusive performance by '3 Dog Night' -- one of the members of that band, Cory, was once an HPHS student -- I think)			Hangin' out at Woolworth's
Stores on Pacific Blvd: Wineman's Department store, Lloyd's, Leed's shoes, Ice cream cones at Sav-on's, Foster Freeze and the school supply store at the corner of Gage and Miles			Going to Playa del Rey Beach
"Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb"	Beanie and Cecil "The Sea, Sick Sea Serpent Puppet Show		Tanker Jackets!
Chinese Fire Drills on Pacific Blvd.	Surfing at "Swamis"		Dances at Salt Lake Park
Johnny's Barber Shop	"The Beach Boys"		"Jan & Dean"
Foster Freeze's Dipped Cones	The Huntington Park Christmas Lane Parade		Samy Sparta catoons in school news paper
We beat the #1 quarterback in the whole country 38 to 35 in 62 that was almost better than the 59 city championship.			Soupy Sales TV show
Senior field day "the sweat suit relay" Mr. Chase had to cover the young lady up so no one could see her bra question is...... who was it?			Football films at noon
Sweating bullets in the PE office waiting to get a swat!	The poor janitorial staff cleaning Stockton Rock after a football game for the umpteenth time		Clean Campus!!
The Red Bus �The Jungle Cruiser�	Dancing to the Beach Boys tunes		Driving for Chicken Delight
French fries (with lots of ketchup) and cherry cokes at Thrifty Drug after school; playing tunes on the juke box			"The Daily Signal" had all the local scoop
All night graduation parties and heading to the beach afterwards
The clothing store " The Place"	When they finally let the girls wear pants		FROG from the midnighters!
The fabulous Spartan Acapella Choir and Madrigals	Running from your parents' car to the Masonic Lodge wearing your Jobs Daughter robe! Were we anxious for the meeting or trying not to be seen on Pacific Blvd?!
Sports rallies during football season and could buy "rally badges" to wear to the games which we purchased for a nominal fee at Stockton Rock during lunch or nutrition.			The Royal Monarchs with Roger Stafford and Jack Schaefer
A & W On Atlantic	Being sent to the boy's VP office (Mr. Goodhue) for the paddle. (the wooden one with all the holes in it).
Surfing at TRESTLES (Camp Pendleton) and watching the Marines hoping you would fall off and the board would wash ashore.			Lucky Boy burgers on Firestone Blvd.
THE PEP CLUB	The large tennis shoe sole used on the loser, at the sardine derby, by the winner at swim team practice.
"LITTLE WILLIE G AND THEE MIDNIGHTERS" LET'S TAKE A TRIP DOWN WHITTIER BOULEVARD........			The Mary Butterworth Group
St. Christopher medals and squaw boots	The surfer's stomp at Tri Hi	Mr. Allen's grocery store on Saturn Avenue for candy & sodas
"Don't cook tonight. Call Chicken Delight!" Which we sometimes called to have it delivered to a place where it wasn't ordered
"Brush Up", with an "Italian Bang", that was a hairdo for girls	The Co-Ed Shop on Pacific Blvd. It was a teen age and young woman's shop
Vic Tannie's Gym on Pacific in HP. All the really cool guys worked there trying to sell you a membership to "build a better body"		THE J CAR
"Sad Sack's" army surplus store on Pacific	"The Jelly Roll" a hair style that the really cool guys wore. If you had a "Jelly Roll with a "Duck Tail", you were really "bad"
The "Sakting Rink" on Pacific, which was right next door to "Chili Junction", a teen hang out with the best Juke Box in the world. The hamburgers and Cherry Cokes, were the best, don't know about the chili as ladies didn't eat that kind of stuff in those days. The owners name was "Art".
Best chili dogs at the "orange Julius" in late 60's	Berk's Cafe, near the cornor of Pacific and Zoe Avenue, in Huntington Park. Little Juke boxes on each table and the counter, not only could you choose your songs, you could get "you're fortune from the "Swami", which you could always apply to a current life situation.
"Sally's, the most Walked about Shop in Town. The sign and commercials had a picture of a woman in a full skirt and high heels, walking a dog on a leash. I can still see it today. The store was on Tweedy Blvd., in South Gate.		"Finks Fun City" on Pacific Blvd.
The J-Car	Wearing Madras and Pendleton shirts	Ditching school after lunch for an afternoon surf
Cut class cards instead of detention	Enjoying the �Swedish Smogasboord�, cusine on Pacific Boulevard and then cruising down to the Pacific Movie Theatre to watch �Dr Zchivago� movie premiere in1967. It was packed and Tolstoy�s Russian love epic film was not bad at all, especially with your girlfriend.
The HP Ballroom above the Bank of America hosted some of the hottest acts that included the Midnighters.	I actually saw in person �Iron Butterfly� and �Steppen Wolf � play at the TRI-HI recreation center in 1968-69. The lead singer of Iron Butterfly recently passed away.	Also.....woodies and surf bunnies!
Harmony Park	Rondevous	Santa Monica Civic
Pictures in the picture booth at Woolworth's	The Union 76 Station on the Southwest corner of Florence and Pacific Blvd & the Chevron station just South of that
On Pacific, one block South of Florence, the Taco Bueno. We bought 'em by the bag full	The Hot 'n Tot Lounge on Pacific Blvd, just South of Florence	The bowling alley on Pacific Blvd near SavOn Drugs was called Southeast Bowl.
Girls used to knit angora "mirror warmers" and angora car club "plate warmers" for their boyfriends cars.	The Oakie Stomp on Sunday afternoons above a bank on Pacific Blvd, South of Randolph Street that was televised on Channel 13, I believe it was KCOP TV
Cruising McDonalds on Tweedy Blvd in Southgate	Playing "pickup" baseball games at Salt Lake Park. We played a lot of 'Over The Line'	The Park Theater
The "PIKE" ......... I remember riding our bikes the 14 miles to NU PIKE, in Long Beach, to play the "Penny Pitch" arcade games for hours, and then riding back home		Seeing Cannibal & The Headhunters for the first time at the Big Union in Vernon.
Winchell's donuts on state and florence	1964.....Chuck Berry performed live in the auditorium, at Huntington Park High School, one afternoon, as a surprise! WOW! Now THAT was cool!
Riding on the Streetcar down Pacific Bl. The "J car"	Sitting in Mr. Pretty's class listening to him talk about all the LSD he took in Vietnam	Righteous Brothers / Beach Boys / Jan & Dean
Splitting at lunch time with boards in hand and thumbing to the cliffs (Huntington)	Uncle Ned's restaurant on the boulevard. They made hot dogs by butter frying them and grilling them.	Crusin' around the school in my new 1964 GTO, with all my pal's
Roc Cutri Pontiac on Firestone Blvd.	Used Car lot on Firestone Blvd. with Banner "No Car over $99.95."	Hang'n at "The Tree" on breaks and lunch.
Getting an Exhibition of speed ticket on Belgarve while cruising during lunch in my 1959 Opel.	On occasion Cursing the School in the morning with Surfboard on the car. When the bell rang we headed for the beach.
Riding to the Beach in Ray's '47 Ford Woodie pulling over every so often to pick up a part that fell off		Taking swats to get confiscated YO YO's and squirt guns
Riding around in a '65 Ford Thunderbolt with no back seat	Picking up chicks at the TRI HI Salt Lake Park	Racing around in a friends 1964 GTO
Tony's Shell Station Tweedy Blvd.	McDonald's Hamburgers 16 Cents. French fries ??	Ninth Street West with Sam Riddle!!!!
The Lamplighter Cafe by the Girls Y	"Man-Tan" filled squirt guns in the balconies of the Warner, Park or California theater's. Watch the "spotted" people below exit the theater
Von Dutch's pin-stripe shop on Independence & Atlantic Blvd. in S.G.	"Ernies Taco House" on Firestone & Long Beach Blvd.	The "Octopus" ride at P.O.P., that went over one side of the pier.
Delivering Chicken Delite chicken, in a 3-speed Rambler and stopping at Taco Bell on Florence to hang out and find the parties!	"Dwayne" surfboard's on the corner of State St. & Olive St. The board's were like a sandwich
Munching Jolly Boy's onion rings and french fries on Friday night, and Handy Burgers at lunch time	I remember hanging out at Taco Bueno, not Taco Bell. It was close to the theatre on Pacific Blvd. and almost across the street from Carl�s Jr. where we used to stand on the bus bench waving to everyone that passed!
Rancher Bill's Hamburgers for 19-cents on Florence Ave (near Santa Fe)	The guys racing miniature "slot cars" at the slot car track at corner of Randolph and Pacific	The boys bathroom near the hash line and the cafeteria that belonged to "the bloods"
Buying "Makaha" skateboards at United Sporting Goods on Pacific Blvd and riding them all over the place	"The Lyric" Theatre at Pacific and Florence where for a while you could get into a Saturday matinee for just 2 RC (Royal Crown Cola) bottle caps. Soon thereafter it converted to XXX-Adults only
Buying cool clothes at Elam's Men's Store on Pacific Blvd just across from Seven Seas Gift Store	Eating at Clifton's Cafeteria	"The Owl" Market at Florence and Santa Fe
The Spartan Marching Band getting new uniforms and being seen for the first time at a football half time show marching out to��Hey Look Me Over!�	New Marching band uniform. And not being able to have any snacks in them because they were new.
Being able to carry a pistol in its holster down Pacific Blvd to the Sporting goods store, forgot the name, that had an indoor shooting range. Try that today!!
Beetle Baileys custom 56 Chevy	Skipping school to run all over town looking for props for our drama productions - and getting away with it
Homer Holensby cruising on his chopper	Working on hot rods at Jim & Dicks Chevron after hours Pacific south of Florence	Huntington Park Youth Band
Danny Olvias - lead guitar, Summer 68, Danny Pelayo-ass, 69 early graduation, Fred Perez, Winter 69-rhythm guitar, Odis Session-vocalist, transferred, Mike Martinez (deceased) - drums, Summer 68.Its safe to say that we were the main rock band at HP during 67 & 68.We beat South Gate's band (Page 5) in a battle of the bands held in the hall/gym at Salt Lake Park. We advanced to a battle of the bands held in a Hollywood night club which is now a comedy night club. We also played for KRLA's Big Kahuna remote appearance, a guy that grunted a lot and was only there a few minutes. He wore leafy head dress, a sarong around his waist and more leaves around his bare feet.. Oh yea and sunglasses. Held in the back of Wineman's in the parking lot. We also played many events (school dances, assemblies etc). Thank you, class of W69...
White Front Stores	The Skate-a-Rama in Downey A buck to get in and you could dance all night. HUGE bouncers. Biggest was a guy named Dave Duran. Dick and Dee, Chubby Checker, Terry Stafford, and many others played there.
I remember the street being named 26th St. which was next to the railroad tracks in the city of commerce between eastern Ave. and Garfield. I remember one weekend night the police came from Garfield and Eastern Ave. at the same time and cited 65 people for street racing. We drove across the dirt over to Bandini Blvd. and split and never got caught.		White Buck shoes
59 Ford hardtop convertibles	Surfers vs. Racers	Cruising Bellflower Blvd.
Cuffed blue jeans	The YWCA, and all of the guys cruising by on Tues nights to show off their cars and be seen.	Progressive dinners
The Howdy dance at the beginning of each school year	The assembly held on the 1st day of school. That is where you finally got to see what the cheerleaders outfits were for the year
The bench in Stockton Court where all of the football players stood on during lunch	Football games at East LA Jr. college at night	A&W orange number cards that the car hops put on you car windshield when they took your order
Swampwater (half orange pop and half A&W root beer) and chili fries at the A&W
Making your own skateboard with skate wheels and a piece of wood	Hanging out at Pikes Peak in Long Beach watching the sexy sailors getting their tattoos	The Silver Q Pool Hall
BELL BEEFER'S FROM TACO BELL	PASTRAMIS FROM PUP'N TACO	Some "Cool" retro Pictures (Link)
Going into the Marine Corps. and then on to Viet Nam with Terry Gemas. Terry getting killed very soon thereafter. Growing up quickly. Feeling very old and out of touch when I came home, even though I was only 19. Rick Van Unen		Norm's Restaurant On Slauson Blvd.
Tiny Naylor's drive in Hollywood	Walking And Shopping Down Pacific Blvd. And Going To The Show	Your Mama bought your clothes at "Ziggys"
Throwing up at the Faire at Salt Lake Park after riding the tilting cups	Going to Marmac�s Restaurant on the corner of Lakewood Blvd and Florence Ave. for frog legs and prime rib after graduation.
Officer Plum calling my mom after somebody snitched me off 'cause I was drunk at Salt Lake Park Dance		Wearing my WWII German Helmet to Mr. Vernoy's PE Class on a dare...never did that again!
A & W Root Beer stand on Tweedy Blvd.	Believe it or not, a surfing club in South Gate called �West Coast Wanderers� . My brother Max Stevanus (class of �64�) was a member.	I was Sent home from Junior High because my hair was too high and my skirt was too short, true story!!
Listening to the Huggie Boy Show and the Wolfman jack show	Run what you brung........LIONS DRAG STRIP
Remember halftime against Bell, when both marching bands performed together. They began marching from opposite goals toward each other, Mr. Pease leading our band. But, we were outnumbered 10 to 1, and we yelled out - "Turn around and Run for your lives!		Cruising Tweedy Blvd.in my boyfriends 1959 Canary Yellow T-Bird!
Ziggy's on the corner of Florence and Pacific Blvd.	In the 60's when Bob Dylan sang "these times are a chang'in'" no one at the time could possibly imagine the present day world that we live (or try) in today. The future ain't what it used to be.	I belonged to the "West Coast Wanderers from South Gate"
Skate-0-Rama in Downey The dance nights were called skuz-a-go-go. I saw Dobie Gray, The Turtles and The Byrd's there	We paid $3.50 to see Tina Turner Lynwood Parks and Recreation in 1967	On the traffic circle in Long Beach, Cinnamon Cinder had two bands that alternated playing rock and roll.
Dancing in East L.A. at Itchy Foot Mose in 1970-71. Girls only had to be 18 to enter	Dancing at Marina Palace in Seal Beach, 1968-1969. Remember the flashing psychedelic black lights?	"The Shift Masters" car club
The Rumblers at The Cinnamon Cinder on the long beach traffic circle 1960s	Hanging out at "BIG DADDY' Ed Roth's custom shop in Maywood	Marrying one of those cute little Jobies
Rancher Bill's on Florence	Tiny Naylor's	Dobie Gillis, Maynard G. Krebs and Zelda
South Gate drive in and driving range golf course next to it	Woody's barber shop on Gage. Flat tops!	Going to the Reef in long Beach on Prom Night
Clifton's Cafeteria, Lakewood Center (circa 1960-70s)





60's Memories from our friends who went to South Gate High School (The Rams)
	Dances at South Gate park

The 60s' Memories of Huntington Park