6/5/02
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PHS Alumni On-Line
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Jun 05, 2002
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10 Bulldogs & a Bomber today:
Earl Martin (59)
Pat Mitchell (62)
Ann Tingley (62)
Karon Mc Culloch (62)
Dick Brown (64)
Mercedes (Deedee) Willox Loiseau (64RHS)
Linda Williams Shaw (67)
Alan Taylor (67)
John Cartmell (69)
Andrea Young Ware (70)
Kevin Williams (77)
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From: Earl Martin (59)
Hi to all,
I was born at home at 205 Bonneville Street, moved to 718 Bonneville Street early enough in life to spend my first day of school at Longfellow which was at the corner of 10th Street and Bonneville. Roger P. lived just across 10th if my memory serves me right. My Father just sold the old homestead on Bonneville 3 or 4 years ago. My aunt still owns 2 houses in the 400 block of Bonneville and my cousin lives just a half block off of Bonneville on 4th Ave. My Grandmother died in a duplex in the 500 block of Bonneville and my Mother died at 718 Bonneville and her sister died in her home at 714 Bonneville.
I don't list these facts to be morbid but to show how much of my life is tied to that area and that my school days started in that wonderful, Roger is right, old Longfellow School building.
I'm the guy in Pasco High School who, when they made me park my car right outside the office windows, took my car anyway and went to the Tri-City Bowl for lunch every day.
Question: Why do I remember that, at some point, I either rode the bus, biked or walked way out to Captain Gray School when I lived so close to Longfellow during my grade school days?
Earl Martin (59)
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From: Pat Mitchell (62)
Well, I haf'ta chime in again.
To Linda Wellman Mathisen (64):
I remember Miss Chess' housemate was Miss Miller. I had Miss Miller for 3rd grade in Capt. Gray. Miss Miller had no problem keeping our attention, `cuz we knew everything would get back to Miss Chess.
When I drive to the Tri Cities from Beaverton on I-84, think of Miss Chess and thank the Lord for her when I drive past that exit sign to Rowena, Oregon. It's between Hood River and The Dalles.
Then I recall my big event in Kindergarten. I decided it would be nice to show my best friend, Johnny James (later move to Connell and now lives in Bothell, WA) the dump (where the stadium is now). So, during lunch one day, we walked there, checked things out, and returned to Capt. Gray. Late. I had my first audience with Miss Chess! She must have been a master at discipline, `cuz I lived and I never did THAT again!
Does anyone remember Math teacher Harold N. Hauser? I'd like to find a link to him, and thank him. His love for math set me on my college adventure to major in Math.
All the best,
Pat Mitchell (62)
Beaverton, OR
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From: Karon Mc Culloch (62)
I remember when the bridge between Pasco and Burbank burned and was replaced by a temporary Army Corps of Engineers pontoon bridge. My grandfather, James Edwards, helped plan, finance and build the original bridge. My family lived in Burbank from 1944 to 1950. During the winter of 1949-1950 the pontoon bridge was swept away by ice on the Snake River. We'd had a really bad blizzard that winter, with deep snow and lots of ice. My father worked in Pasco and had to walk across the train bridge every day to get to his job. My sister Delores decided to put in a premature appearance on March 12, 1950, and Ted Vaught (Burbank) took my mother, in labor, across the river to Pasco to Lady of Lourdes Hospital in a small motor boat. Delores still arrives everywhere early, although not 6 weeks early. She is a class of `68WB - now working on her Master's in Social Work at Cheney.
Karon Mc Culloch (62)
Federal Way, WA
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From: Ann Tingley (62)
So nice to see Bernard Hoffman's name. I thought I might be the only person who remembers him. After he died I quit ballet. I tried with the woman across the street from the school (Jean's mentor), but it wasn't the same. He was really old school, old country ballet. My favorite line from him was to my mother: "She could be a Pavlova if she'd quit eating black licorice." My goals were never worldly … Peace.
Ann Tingley (62)
Suisun, CA
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From: Dick Brown (64)
To Linda Wellman Mathisen:
I also remember moving into Capt Gray when I was in 5th grade. Gary Wallis, Ralph Kincaid, Dennis Mcquire, Terry Phillips, Mike Dronen, Chuck Clapper, Jim and Si Smith. We all lived by the school so we spent a lot of time there playing games. Many of that group was in the gym one Sunday (the door or window was open) and the police came and hauled us all home. My dad and mom became the janitors a few years before they retired. While we were at McLaughlin Jr. High they both worked at McLaughlin. Of course this made it very difficult to get away with anything at school. They seemed to know everything and who was in trouble. Of course that was never me.
The 6th grade teacher that Miss Chess (fine woman) lived with was Miss Miller - nice lady.
Great memories of the homecoming games and all the fun with the serpentine drives thru Kennewick and the bonfire, what great responsibility the sophomores had to protect that pile of wood. We really did have fun - the whole soph class working together. Well, back to today.
Dick Brown (64)
Kennewick, WA
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From: Mercedes (Deedee) Willox Loiseau
To Linda Mathisen (64):
Hello. Are you the Linda Mathisen that used to attend First Christian Church in Pasco? Armand and I went to that church thirteen years, 1986-1999. You moved to the Seattle area while we were attending FCC. We still keep in touch with Alma Cox and she told me that you were here for Katie McKnight's wedding and that you have moved to Oregon.
Armand is a Bulldog (53), but I am a Bomber (64). Proof the two CAN mix! He is retired from BNSF Railroad and is driving school bus for Pasco (for the insurance). It's part time and gives him time to garden, etc. Right now we are remodeling the entire upstairs; what a mess! On Sunday, our pastor was talking about everything we have actually belonging to God, so I told him he had better get busy and get God's bathroom done!
Bomber Mercedes (Deedee) Willox Loiseau (64)
-married to Bulldog Armand Loiseau (53)
Burbank, WA
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From: Linda Williams Shaw (67)
Guess I can't be out-done by my brother any longer; and since he teases me about being techno-deficient, I'll try to prove him wrong. Since I'm older than he, I'll see if my recall is as sharp. Our father has been sending the copies of the website to me for some time and I've enjoyed reading them and have forwarded them on to other alumni. So here goes.
To LeAnn Cherry:
Remember the great girl talks in the alley between our houses? I also went to the dance classes at St.Pat's and at the Masonic Temple, but enjoyed the hops at St. Pat's the most, and at the Volunteer Park Rec Center on Saturday afternoons in Jr. High and nights in High School.
Weren't all the girls in love with Mr. Chapman at Capt. Gray? Somehow, I remember having a lot of competition for his attention...
Jumpball was my game of choice, throw the playground ball against the wall and jump over it before it bounced; and jacks, my mother said I wore out my underwear from scooting and sitting on the pavement.
At Stevens Jr High I had a crush on Tom Crose and to get his attention I challenged him to arm wrestling in the cafeteria and beat him. I'm sure that impressed him. Got those arms from playing football and throwing baseballs to my brother and the Michelson brothers, Don and Dean.
To Joe Cherry:
Where are your twin brother, Jim and your sister Schula Kay? Remember all the Job's Daughters events at your house and the old station wagon we called Esmerelda, and the DeMolay activities?
To Irma Kulp Zacher:
I was in your mother's first grade class at Whittier in about `54 and `55. Glad to hear she is still alive and well. She was one of my favorite teachers … however, I never had to live with a teacher, not even my brother...
I don't seem to have the fond memories of the Spudnut Shop as most of you since I found out that my father had breakfast there several times a week with Pasco's fine men in blue, Jim Williams and Cy Eby. They seemed to report my weekend activities in that `55 Chevy that belonged to Pat Dronen from class of `66. Officer Williams followed me home one night for speeding a little, left the lights on, walked me to the door, and sat down to chat with Dad who promptly took the keys … no need for a ticket that time.
Anyone have summer jobs at Chef Ready? Gag! Didn't take long for me to realize I needed more education to avoid a permanent career there.
No one has mentioned much about the old passion pits at the drive-in theaters, or are we trying to forget those times of whisker burns, leg cramps, floor shifts … need I continue to spark a memory?
Our kids don't know what they are missin' … Road 52 didn't see anymore action when we were watching submarine races on the river.
Linda Williams Shaw (67)
Sun City, AZ
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From: Alan Taylor (67)
I too am enjoying the recent entries down memory lane. The mentioning of Longfellow school and some old teachers has prompted me to get into the writing mode, rather than just the reading mode once more.
Until the last few week's postings, I didn't know Longfellow had burned. I started 1st grade there, with no idea there had been a previous school there. My first day of kindergarten (Mrs Staats) is burned into my brain. Hanging our "wraps" next to the painted choo choo near the hooks ... and the fish with bubbles painted above the drinking fountain. We took naps on towels we'd brought from home. Somewhere around the house I still have that old class picture . . . 1955.
Then it was Emerson grade school for 2-6th grade. Miss Walleen, Mrs Gillum, Mrs Frederickson (where I was split up from my buddies into the 3 different classrooms/teachers), Mrs Nelson and then Mr. Mendenhall . . . my first male teacher . . . `cept for good ol' Mr Stassinis, the band teacher.
Our class got to be the first and only class at Stevens Jr Hi when we were 7th graders, picking the school colors and choosing Tigers as the mascot. That year there were no other grades there, just seventh grade . . . and as someone who's been teaching 6-8th graders for over 20 yrs, I can only imagine what we must've been like! . . the "wonder years."
I'm looking forward to this year's reunion in August. Kudos to all you alums who are doing all the organization!
Alan Taylor (67)
Hood River, OR
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From: John Cartmell (69)
It's amazing how much times and people change, and how much they sometimes stay the same. I wonder how many in the class of 1969 have changed as profoundly as I have.
John Cartmell (69)
Redmond, WA
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From: Andrea Young Ware (70)
Hi everyone,
I am from the class of 70. I remember some of the things mentioned here like the city park with the peacocks. I went to dances at the community center located at the park. How about the dances at the Armory or the Plumbers and Steamfitter's hall? Those were great, especially if you weren't actually old enough to be there. But nobody said anything.
My class has the memory of the Kennewick Lions dumping a dead pig on the steps of the school. Boy typing class with Mrs. Lorain was unbearable that day.
I went to the second Longfellow school then we moved and I went to Isaac Stevens. My elder sister, Ella Young, went to McLoughlin though.
I remember drag races down 4th street and cruising on Court Street, and going to the Kenn Zip's Drive-In before football games. Ah yes, the bonfires, How sweet they were, even if it did get cold.
Thanks for the refresher course in Pasco memories.
Andrea Young Ware (70)
Condon, OR
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From: Kevin Williams (77)
I have enjoyed reading about the various hang outs like Wilkies. Ours was A & W on Court Street. My question is when did A & W first begin to be the place?
Kevin Williams (77)
Pasco, WA
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