I turned 73 on April 20. On April 21, I received in the mail a solicitation from the Neptune Society.Do they know something I don’t? 

Dan Bunker

This is really fun! Click on this link to choose jukebox tunes from 1940 to 1989! http://upchucky.org/JukeCity/1957/OldJukes/player.htm.

Enjoy!

Sharon Ewert

Shortly after getting my drivers license in 1955 (I think) I bought a 1942 Pontiac coupe. I should have been embarrassed to be seen near it, but I loved that car! (You might remember the flowered visor covers and curtains I made for the back window.) My friends, Jan Schlegel Bauman, Jackie Gheno Cinelli, and others, would put 25 cents for gas in a jar that I kept in the glove box and we could drive for hours for less than $1.00!

I was then, and still am, directionally challenged. But that didn’t stop me (a brand-new driver in that clunky car) from driving to San Francisco without a map. Up and down hills, down Lombard Street, out to Ocean Beach, down Market Street — following the 49-Mile Drive signs so I wouldn’t get hopelessly lost. Thanks to Bob Will (Class of ‘58) for sending the link to this tour of SF, filmed in 1955!! It’s 21 minutes long, but so worth it! It brought back so many memories! http://www.archive.org/details/SanFrancisco1955CinemascopeFilm

What memories does this film bring back for you?

 Sharon

 Hi Classmates!

 I’m so looking forward to our annual Christmas Luncheon on December 7! As you’ll see, 65 people are registered — and for some, it’s their first class gathering in a long time – or ever.  I hope it won’t be their last!

While the registration deadline is past, I think  Judy and Dorothy will accept your reservation if you hurry!!

Vida, my favorite daughter-in-law, will be there, so if you’d like to have her take a group photo with your family or classmates, she will be delighted to do so! Just let her know at the luncheon!

Joan (Attinger) and Pete Peterson

Judith (Benjamin) Doll

Clark Bennett

Donna (Bjerke) and Nick Cretan

B.J. (Sharon) Bjerke

Ken and Jean Bottari

Bill and Pat Bratt

Ron and Marty Butler

Carol (Camicia) and Lisa Fields

Nancy (Campbell) and Eddie Garcia

Ken and Celina Carey

Judy (Chojnacki) Revetria

Suzanne Croghan

Dave and Julie Duncan

Carol and Charlie Fitzgearl

Gaye (Gillain) Mirando

Bill and Shirley Gyorgy

Jim and Pat Janakes

Tom Lupori

Jan (Mann) and Dino Franchi

Sharon (Meadors) and Vida Ewert

John and Lee Milsap

Marge (Morales) Siemsen

Paul and Louise Moriconi

Judy (Musgrove) Rice

Merv and Wanda Nienstiel

Jerry Norman

Bob Rief

Sandy (Pardini) Cashmark

Janice (Schlegel) Bauman

Dorothy (Schleifer) Semke

Gail Sherman

Gary Specht

Jerry Stratman and Maria Hernandez

Sandy (Pardini) Cashmark

Geraldine (Pilch) Mathews

Ted Surber

Judy (Todd) and Russ Scarioni 

Alan and Martha Tyndall

Nick and Mary Sue U’Ren

Denis and Jean Weigand

George and Sandy Woods

Claude Wright

Inga Schirmer (exchange student, class of ‘56)

I wonder how many classes can boast this many classmates who attend Christmas Luncheons? This is a testament to our truly unique class and the people who keep us glued together. A huge thank you to Judy and Dorothy, Dave and Julie Duncan, and Nancy and Eddie Garcia!

I’m looking forward to seeing you!

Sharon

We will celebrate our 55th (yes, it’s true!) class reunion Friday, September 26, 27, and 28, 2012!! The gala celebration will begin at Nancy and Eddie Garcia’s ranch in Grass Valley with brunch/lunch. From there, we will move to Harveys at South Shore Lake Tahoe for two nights. We’ll be staying in luxury rooms on the ninth floor. Your reunion committee has arranged for dinner Thursday night and breakfast Friday and Saturday mornings.

Refer to the information you received in the mail for attendance options. You can attend all or part of the festivities: 1) only brunch/lunch at El Rancho de Garcia; 2) brunch/lunch at El Rancho de Garcia and two nights at Harveys Lake Tahoe; or 3) only Harveys Lake Tahoe. As always, friends and family are welcome to join us!

If you are interested in attending all or part of our Gala 55th Reunion, please complete the registration form and a send a check ($25 per person, non-refundable) to the address on the form. We need to know as soon as possible how many people will be in your party and whether you will be attending part or all of the activities so we can  plan accordingly.

If you have any questions, please email them to CapClassof57@aol.com.

Looking forward to seeing you at another memorable reunion!!

Sharon

If you’d like to join us at our class’ Christmas luncheon on December 7, write a check for your registration TODAY!!  The deadline was October 20 and Dorothy and Judy need to give a final count to the Crystal Springs Golf Course by November 1. That’s next week!!

If you are planning to attend, please contact Dorothy or Judy and let them know your check is in the mail!

I’m looking to seeing all of you there!

Sharon

Art Hopgood, a mechanical drawing teacher and counselor at Cap while we were there, recently passed away. You can leave your condolences or memories in the Legacy.com Guest Book at http://www.legacy.com/guestbook/paradisepost/guestbook.aspx?n=arther-hopgood&pid=153998251 . 

One of my treasured high school memories was hearing Mr. Hopgood singing, acapela, “O Holy Night” at our Christmas assemblies. To this day (and that’s a long time!), when I hear ”O Holy Night” it brings tears to my eyes.

Sharon

Sandy Pardini Cashmark launched a new career–editing Mounting Evidence: Why We Need a New Investigation Into 9/11, a comprehensive book on 9/11, authored by her partner, Paul W. Rea, PhD. Please go to our website: www.mountingevidence.org to read advance praise and other topics. 

Talk show host, Peter B. Collins, will interview Paul on KGO AM, Sunday, 9/4, at 10:00 a.m. There will be another interview on KPFA (94.1 FM) at 5:00 p.m. Paul will also be speaking at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco at 2:00 p.m. A lively discussion and information is promised. 

I’d love to see my old Cap friends at our free, gala book launch party on Wednesday, 9/21, at the Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street btween Telegraph and Broadway, Oakland 94612 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. There will be refreshments and a program with conversation between talk show host Peter B. Collins and Paul Rea. Books will be available at a special event discount. 

Never thought of a “washer” in this light before..what a blessing!

“Warshing Clothes Recipe” — imagine having a recipe for this ! ! !

Years ago an Alabama grandmother gave the new bride the following recipe: This is an exact copy as written and found in an old scrapbook - with spelling errors and all.

WARSHING CLOTHES

Build fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in boilin water.

Sort things, make 3 piles

1 pile white,

 1 pile colored,

1 pile work britches and rags.

To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with boiling water. 

Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and boil, then rub colored don’t boil just wrench and starch. 

Take things out of kettle with broom stick handle, then wrench, and starch. 

Hang old rags on fence. Spread tea towels on grass. 

Pore wrench water in flower bed.Scrub porch with hot soapy water. 

 Turn tubs upside down.  

Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs..

Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings.

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Paste this over your washer and dryer

Next time when you think things are bleak, read it again, kiss that washing machine and dryer, and give thanks. First thing each morning you should run and hug your washer and dryer, also your toilet—those two-holers used to get mighty cold!  

For you non-southerners - wrench mean rinse!

AND WE THINK WE HAVE IT BAD!

 Thanks to Pat MORALES Norman, who sent this story along with this note:

My brother in-law sent this and I can tell you from personal experience, (my grandmother had to follow this receipe) as I remember seeing her do this task. So for all of us who do this job now, but with better equipment, just know how lucky we are today! And, by the way, Jerry still uses that word, “warshing” and the kids still laugh when they hear him say it!! This is priceless!!!