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Bruce Lawley (1965)

Witch Larson brother was it that i saw floating

down flood stage cache cr on a airplane pontoon raft?

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Hi Bruce, &Theresa

I don't know but I would Guess it was Vern!! and that is a cool pic that Theresa posted of the tunnel. Until you mentioned it, I never knew it was there!! So, thanks Theresa for posting the pic!!

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

During the years of WWII, the Yolo County Fair was not held. My understanding is the fairgrounds were used by the Army. The fair "Restarted" in 1948 & we went - my only memory was I got to sit on a Ford Tractor :-)  This is a pic of me on the tractor with sister Sue and my grandmother making sure she did not fall off!!

Julie Eis (Millstein) (1962)

Re the Vietnam war - the protesters were also treated like vermin.   We were spat at, yelled at with obscenities, told to go back to Russia, and I personally was smashed against a wall by a policeman on horseback.  My husband was arrested, and the FBI notified his employer that he was involved in anti-war activities.  We never blamed the guys who were drafted.  We mourned those who died, and blamed those inpower,  who sent them to fight a war they could never win, for reasons I can't even recall.   Vietnam was so different from WWII.  And it changed us all.  

Bruce Lawley (1965)

Here's a twist on the war. Afterwards, I was stationed at Fort Belvoir, outside of Washington D.C.  During a large antiwar protest, my unit was  enscouned inside a federal building courtyard. Joints were thrown back and forth over the wall. They were accepted by all. By then, alot of returnees were antiwar.

Mike Miller (1966)

Fort Belvoir. 10 months training.

Bruce Lawley (1965)

What sort of traing were you doing? I was there for a year. I had my car driven to there. My unit was sent to the West Point academy to help train cadets.  I drove my car there, so I was pretty mobile. Saw the moon landing from Grand Cental Park, and went to the Woodstock music fest. Back inVirgina,  I explored  D.C  the Blue Ridge mts,and the surronding area. My last 6 mouths in the army I was sent to Germany . Drove my car, ( Triumph tr250 ) back across the U.S. In the dead of winter. What a wild ride that all was!

Theresa Eve (1964)

Cacheville Elementary School in Yolo, California, 1960.   Principal, Mr. Arthur N. Eve; Secretary, Ms. Betty Anne Hatcher;  Kindergarten, Ms. Bonnie Wetzel; Ms. Margauarite Cashe, Music; Mrs. Lucile Aubrey, 6th Grade; Ms. Zella Krooft, 4th Grade., etc.  I am sure those who graduated remember this lovely main building with a rose garden off of the main office.  .    

Theresa Eve (1964)

 Cacheville School aways had the best Traffic Patrol.  Thank you Smokey and Jack.   

Bruce Lawley (1965)

Rember Yolo Cholos ?

Bruce Lawley (1965)

Or how about the muti elementary school dances  at the yolo hall?

Theresa Eve (1964)

Bruce, those school dances at the Yolo Hall were so fun.  So were the potlucks that were held there for all the families.  

David Jorz (1965)

Bruce and Mike, after seeing your posts about Fort Belvoir I thought I would mention that I was also in the army and stationed there from early October thru December in 1968 before being sent to an army base near the town of Goppingen in SW Germany. I visited Fort Belvoir again in early May 2023 which was 2 days before I began my 78 day and 4,100 mile bicycle ride at the age of 76 across America from the coast of Delaware thru the District of Columbia and 16 states to the Oregon coast. You would not believe how much Fort Belvoir has changed since 1968. The old wooden buildings and barracks are gone and it is now like a large beautiful park with modern facilities and is now the army headquarters for various defense, security, intelligence and many other related agencies. It is also the location of the National Museum of the United States Army which details it's 250 years of history. Admission is free to all veterans.

Bruce Lawley (1965)

Dave,  I can't even imagine doing that at my age. You must have incredible conditioning, perserverence and motivation. the longest ride  I ever did was Woodland to the Napa valley. Oh my aching butt !  More details.

John Northup (1969)

David Jorz --  I am in awe of accomplishing the cross-country ride at age 76.  My last "long" ride was the Seattle to Portland annual ride with my older son when I was 66, 205 miles in two days (we did the one day version) and I needed an ass-transplant!

Joel Childers (1966)

John Northup: When I worked in Seattle (1983-2005) a coworker did the annual bike ride to Portland. About midway she got tangled with another cyclist, went down into a ditch and suffered a broken ankle and many scratches and bruises. She tried to finish but ended up in the emergency room and sent home. She tried again the following year and succeeded. Good for her! My younger sister, Roberta, plays flute with your younger sister, Mary (?), who plays violin (?). Say hello to Bill for me.  - Joel in Spokane.

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Dave, that is an amazing bike journey!! Living in Davis, I ride my bike to all the town destinations - Banks, grocery stores, campus, etc. but can not imagine going from coast to coast!! Great adventure, thanks for sharing

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

I came to High School from Holy Rosary, and had friends from Beamer and Dingle. Were there other Woodland City schools than those three?  How many "Rural Elementary Schools" were there? Theresa posted some pix of the school in Yolo? What other schools were there?

Bruce Lawley (1965)

Besides Laugenour, there was Willow oak, Spring lake, and Plainfield.

Janet Long (Levers) (1966)

Oh Bruce, how could you leave Zamora Union Grammar School out? We came to the multi-school dances that were held on the blacktop at Cacheville School; the upper grade girls practiced and practiced and participated in the maypole "dances" of twisted ribbons (?) Attached to top of tetherball poles. Did you include Knights Landing (Grafton) on your list? And for Greg: even tho they weren't in the Woodland school district, other country schools operating then were Dunnigan, Clover, and Capay. I don't remember if Canon (near Brooks) was still in operation. Willow Oak closed and moved to Plainfield sometime in early'60's.

Bruce Lawley (1965)

Janet... I guess because the schools you mentioned were in towns.

Janet Long (Levers) (1966)

Oh Bruce, how could you leave Zamora Union Grammar School out? We came to the multi-school dances that were held on the blacktop at Cacheville School; the upper grade girls practiced and practiced and participated in the maypole "dances" of twisted ribbons (?) Attached to top of tetherball poles. Did you include Knights Landing (Grafton) on your list? And for Greg: even tho they weren't in the Woodland school district, other country schools operating then were Dunnigan, Clover, and Capay. I don't remember if Canon (near Brooks) was still in operation. Willow Oak closed and moved to Plainfield sometime in early'60's.

Theresa Eve (1964)

The May 9, 1958 Program of the Folk Dancing Festival held at Cacheville School, invited surrounding country schools which participated.  Zamora, Dunnigan, Laugenour, Knights Landing, etc..

Theresa Eve (1964)

Janet Long (Levers) (1966)

I had totally forgotten about Wildwood. That was a school from waaay back.