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Pam Wohlfrom (Johnson) (1969)

The 60's DECADE REUNION on SEPT 9

at the Yolo Co Fair Grounds  

Reservation info will be on this site soon.  

If you did not receive a "Save the Date" post card..

not to worry.  You'll be able to sign up and pay here.

Jim Benedict (1969)

thanks Pam for update on class reunion.

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Another "Memory Question". does anyone have any photos of these two popular "summer time swim" places:

Crowder Swiiming Pool in Madison, I can remember over the speakers hearing Ivory Joe Hunter, Elvis Presley and Fats Domino, or

CanonBall Swiming Hole, I can remember the rock was apinted red, I think?

Elvis Kelley (1962)

Hi Greg,  yes you are right. Cannonball was painted red. That was a good color for it because there were a few severe injuries there. I knew one personally that spent the rest of his life in a wheelchair. He did learn how to paint by holding the brush in his teeth. He actually did beautiful paintings. As far as Crowders go, I went there before Elvis hit big. If I could remember that far back, I probably heard Fats. It was a great pool, lots of fun.

Let's see if you can jar the old brain some more. 

Joel Childers (1966)

My memory of Crowders pool: The water was FREEZING.

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Thanks Elvis & Joel - yes, I now remember how cold the water was :-)

Next Memory question: At the A&W, did the girls that brought the trays to your car window, ever do that on Roller Skates? or am I confusing reality with the movie American Graffiti ??

Elvis Kelley (1962)

Yes, they started with roller skates but stopped after a short time. I think it was because of the big potholes in the driveway. My 55 Ford was lowered to the point I bottomed out on some of them. Teenage engineering, maybe not so smart ???

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Thanks Elvis and Craig, I was kind of hoping maybe someone had a photo of the A&W from that time period & yes I remember your 55 Ford, Do you still have a picture of it? I guess back in the "pre iPhone days" we had few pix of the common place stuff

Don Murdoch (1962)

I don't recall skates being used by the car hops at &W unless it was before my driving days which would have been prior to 1960.  My girlfriend worked therer in 1962-63, no skates then.

Linda Lopez (1967)

Joan Richter (Lucchesi) (1960)

Your right Linda, they did use roller skates in the early days. I just called my friend who was a car hop there and she was there in 1958 and 1959.

Theresa Eve (1964)

The A&W was so fun.  I just remember going there after swimming lessons on our bikes.  Having those wonderful mugs of ice cold rootbeer, and the baby mugs. We had a few of those mugs around the house for awhile. I remember the ladies serving in the cute uniforms, not the skates.  A great memory.  It was always crowded. Simple way of life. 

Don Murdoch (1962)

Thanx Joan. I knew it had to be prior to 1960 when I started driving. I patronized A&W thru the 60s and there were no skates.  My girlfriend, Pat Phipps, worked there in 1962-63 as a car hop and her mother, Rena, was the daytime cook. I believe Eddie Dixon also worked there. Their  uniforms at that time was black shorts and a white blouse. So much for cute uniforms.

Theresa Eve (1964)

In the 1950s, I recall orange and black outfits for the servers.  They may have changed later, to just black and white.  .  

Linda Lopez (1967)

Linda Lopez (1967)

Burke Fong (1967)

Linda Lopez (1967)

Elvis Kelley (1962)

Cruising Main Street in woodland was fun. And with 2 lanes in both directions it was a lot better than social media. But if you didn't go to Sac and cruise K Street and participate in a Chinese fire drill,  you missed out of a lot of excitement. If we could only go back for just one night. 

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Thanks all for the memories, but, did anyone ever take a photo of any part of the A&W or the "Cruise" in general. I guess we did not have cameras? I know I got my first camera when I was overseas in Feb 1968, so the only pix I have of anything that happened before that are copies of pix my dad took of birthday parties, fishing or hunting trips. 

Tom Stewart (1969)

Cruising never seemed to get old on a warm summer night.  Everyone would be asking "where's the party?"  There had to be a party somewhere.....Nelson's grove, second beach in the river, Cache creek, someone's house....it was an awesome time.  I bought my first new car in 1968 from the Pontiac garage near the State Theater.  I ordered it the way I wanted and had to wait for it to arrive which seemed like a lifetime.  It was a 1969 Pontiac Firebird with a tach on the hood and walnut trim interior.

Like all good Woodlanders we also cruised Sacramento, up and down J and K.  The theaters in Sacramento were fantastic.  The Fox, the Esquire, the Alhambra, the Tower, the Crest.....ornate formal entry halls and very stylish.  There were drive in theaters all over Sacramento, one in Woodland (Sunset), and one in Davis.  Good times.
 

Tom Stewart (1969)

Tom Stewart (1969)

Tom Stewart (1969)