Question from Dan Bunker
April 29th, 2012I 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
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
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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

Our Cap’57 Christmas Party will again this year be at
Crystal Springs Golf Course
6650 Golf Course Drive,
Wednesday, December 7, 2011, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm
The luncheon buffet is still $28.00 per person and includes dessert, coffee or tea, tax and tip.Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages are extra. Make your checks payable to Cap ’57 Christmas Party and mail to:
Dorothy Semke
500 Poplar Avenue, Apartment 306
Millbrae,
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
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!!!