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Anne Douglass (Loud) (1964)

Don't forget Lovin' Spoonful (Do You Believe in Magic).  Squaw Valley, January 1966.

Stanley Carter (1968)

Like all of you I've seen the Stones, Dylan, Santana, Hendix etc. etc. But I think you can't beat the Eagles and Billy Joel live in concert. Randy Hansen is a Jimi Hendrix Tribute band, seen him In Sacto. around 1974 at the Crabshaw Corners night club. (21st and J st.) He was awesome back then. He's still doing it today. He lives in Seattle. Last year in Tucson we saw Cheech and Chong with War and Tower of Power. Too cool.

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

To Jim Kiehn,

The Asleep At The Wheel fiddle players name was Bill Mabry.  He lived in Woodland for many years and I believe was a checker at the Safeway market when it was located on the corner of California and Main.  He lived on the corner of Mariposa and Beamer but taught fiddle at his mother in laws house on Jimeno Lane (between the Tuckers and Charlie Goggans).  Bill was inducted into the California's Country Music Hall of Fame.  He won a grammy and had three other nominations.  When Bill left town to tour with Asleep At The Wheel, he gave me all of his students.  He also played with the group...the Ace In The Hole Band.

He died in Austin, Texas on March 17, 1997 at the age of 65....geez!!!  They had a service for him there on March 21.  They then transported him to Woodland for another service on March 23.  He was buried in the Capay Cemetery.   RIP my friend.

PS:  Bill also had a part in the 1972 movie "Oklahoma Crude" starring Faye Dunaway and George C. Scott.  He played a broke farmer who could fiddle. Bill was paid about $54.00 for every three days of "extra" work. Sounds like he could go broke doing that!!

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

Gotta chime in.  Saw Janis Joplin twice.  First time at Memorial Auditorium.  Her opening act was Chicago.  The second time was at Cal Expo.  Sat on cement floor.  Could get high just breathing the smoke-filled air.  Sat about 50 feet from where Joplin was standing.  Bottle of Southern Comfort nearby.  Also saw Ferranti and Teischer (spelling?) at Memorial Auditorium.  Different kind of music.  Went to school with Bobby McFerrin ("Don't Worry, Be Happy").  Fun person to be around.  His father, Robert McFerrin, Sr., was a world-renown opera singer and I had him one year for my voice coach.  Music of all kinds feeds the soul.  Looking forward to going to New York with the Woodland Chamber Singers to sing in Carnegie Hall in a couple of weeks.  A  youthful fantasy come true!

Walter J. "Wally" Summ (1967)

To Tom Stewart,

Regarding the "hair length" controversy....this picture appeared in the Daily Demo on March 24th, 1966.  Sophomores Steve Canevari, Keith Meng and Ron Black refused to cut their "long" hair.  They claimed that their band would suffer if they  gave up their "long hair gimmick". They were members of the popular band, "The Partesians."

Tim Tucker (1965)

Elvis performed at Del Webb's Sahara Tahoe,( now the Horizon )  at least one week a year from 1971 to 1976. I bet there are a bunch of WHS people that saw him at least once during that time....Great memories and great times for me.

Sherry Bailey (Westland) (1968)

Such fun remembering the numerous bands mentioned.  Music has always been such an integral part of life...and especially in high school.  What? No one has mentioned the infamous "Tiny Tim" and Tiptoe Through the Tulips....for good reason! 

Wally, keep those pix coming...I remember when Steve, Keith and Ron took the stance to keep their locks long...looking back, their hair doesn't look that long. 

John Tauzer (1964)

How about the free concerts on Cruise Night? I remember seeing the Drifters. Can't think of any others. Too bad they stopped the cruise. I still have some posters I got from Dave Souza. Saw the Beach Boys at the Marysville Amphitheatre in the 80's. Wasn't much into concerts in my wild days. Anyone go to Vegas to see Elvis?

Tim Tucker (1965)

John, I went to see Elvis two different times in Las Vegas. The 1st time was great, the 2nd  time the show was cancelled. It was when he shot the T.V. in his room and then was hospitalized a few days. Oh well, we had a good time anyway.

Dana Lynn Hoover (1967)

 Yes Tim we did have a good time seeing everyone else since Elvis was a no show.  I never did see him.

Paul Lieberum (1968)

Boy- this is fun! Great pic of Ron, Steve and Keith! Real rebels! Jo Ann- No, left Eugene after school for Chico  where I remain today. One of my favorite memories of U of O was friday beer garden ON CAMPUS- 25 cent beers and free admission unless Robert Cray was playing, then it was $1! Janice Bell- are you the same girl that lived next to us on Gibson Rd. where I grew up (or did I?). Forgot about seeing Janice Joplin a the the Fillmore- a defenite concert highlite. My other best rock memory was after a Dead show- Jimmy Hendrix had played the City that weekend so went to see the Dead on sunday after. Me and a buddy saw him and his drummer waiting for a cab on a corner after the show so offered them a ride and after a moments hesitation he said sure so gave them a ride to the Fairmont...got an autograph that said "Stay Groovy- Jimi Hendrix"! So is everyone still going to music events? There's still good memories to be made.....

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

No Kidding, there will never be another decade like the 1960's for music. We got to start out with Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gene Vincent and end with Country Joe and the Fish, The Doors, Janice, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Airplane, etc, etc All the fun of looking at the Rock Posters from Bill Graham, The Avalon, etc and trying to read "what they said". This is from Mouse Studios, Family dog 1967

We got a decade of great music :-)   Cheers, greg

Next week I go to Woodland and will have time to do some more "Main Street Pix"

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

Hi, Paul.  Yup, it's me.  Or should I say, it is I?! 

Paul Lieberum (1968)

Good to hear from you Janice! I remember your mom babysitting us and we always thought she was nice....saw her and your aunt at the Davis train station a few years back while taking my son and dad to SF on the train. She added to the memorability of the trip. My dad passed away in '08 just shy of his 98th birthday. Gibson road memories: Looking out the picture window to open fields to the south (now subdivisions), the smell of tomato trucks going by, making clod forts across the street, floating popsicle stick "boats" down the gutter (never mind the milky mosquito spray in the water). Yours?

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

Hi, Paul.  Yes, I have lots of memories.  Your Mom and Dad were so good to me.  I ate quite a few meals over at your house.  I remember playing cowboys and Indians and Army with you and Paul Richied (spelling?).  And digging tunnels in the empty lot on Buena Tierra next to the Fisk's.  Playing in the field across the street and picking the mustard flowers, even though we weren't supposed to cross the street.  Counting between flashes of lightning and the thunder during storms.  So many memories.  Mom is 94 now and doing quite well.  We moved in with her in 2009.  Her memory is not so good and she doesn't walk well without her walker but other than that she enjoys life.  One of the people she remembers is you!

Paul Lieberum (1968)

Janice- Tell her hello....good to hear she's doing well and that she remembers me. Paul R. is in Reno and Nick Chuilos is in Pacific Grove. We did have fun in the old "hood"

Bill Hiddleson (1964)

We were there on December 21, 1963 at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium: Rick Gonzales, Rudy Gutierrrez, Jesse Zaragosa(RIP) and me!

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

Hi, Paul.  I knew Paul R. was in Reno/Sparks.  His wife did an internship at the VA hospital while John was working there.  One of the more strange things that happened was during the rib cookout in Sparks one year.  John and I had gone and we were walking down the street talking when a voice called out, "Janice Bell -- I would know that voice anywhere!"  It was Paul.  That was the only time I saw him in 20 years in Reno.

Janice Bell (Killian) (1966)

No, Tim.  I did not know about that.  Thanks for the tip.

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

OK Everyone

Some more "Historic" Main Street. This will start on the North Side of the block between Second and Third. When they "re-opened" Opera House, this part of Second Street was turned into a large Plaza and the new "Democrat Bldg" was built.  Before that happened, the Julian Hotel was found on this corner. This Building was also owned by the Hershey Sisters. I had an opportunity to go inside this building, that I never took up. I figured I could always go inside "someday". While I was overseas in the army, my mom sent me this clipping from the Democrat. One of those opportunities lost forever. The complete Headline read "HISTORIC JULIAN HOTEL COMES TUMBLING DOWN". I used to think the alley behind the Julian Hotel was the coolest one in Woodland, alas, I have no pix of that area. Also attached are a few momentos of the Julian I have found over the years.

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

More of the North Side of Main Street, This building is on the corner of Third and Main.

The adresses that I could find on that building are 721, 723,725 & 729. I have no memories of this building, does anyone?

Tim Tucker (1965)

Oddfellows ,Independent Order of Oddfellows, I.O.O.F. building.........................I have tons of memories about this building. Anyone else ??? A bunch of us practically lived there 1962-63-64-65. Jim  and Jack Marion, James and Ron Clayton, Keith Phillips,  Vern Vick and several others. 2nd floor right  corner room had 2 pool tables, middle room furniture and card tables, left corner, kitchen with a refrigerator always stocked with cold Sun-Drop soda. We all spent a lot of time shooting pool and playing cards up there.......Even though we were members of the Jr.Oddfellows, we spent most of the time un-supervised.( afterhours)......don't ask how we got up to the second floor and into those rooms. Great place to sit in the window sills and watch everyone cruising. The roof was a great place to watch the 4th of July fireworks.....GOOD TIMES for SURE .

Greg Kareofelas (1962)

Thank you Tim and Craig for quick info. When you said "IOOF" that jogged a memory and I think I somehow remembered that. I'm going to dig out the old Yearbooks and see if there are any advertisements for those addresses. The Old Post card you posted Craig shows the "arches" of the original building were open. Anyone remember when they were filled in? I remember that the old Julian Hotel had covered sidewalks also. I guess this building continued that theme in the old days.

Cheers, greg

Vern Larson (1960)

Tim, I too have tons of memories about the I.O.O.F. building. I visited Woodland years ago and the building had been completely redesigned from what it was origionally. The Mormon church use to rent the 2nd floor on Sundays for services from the mid 30's to 1955 when they built their own chaple on the corner of 2nd & Lincoln which they used for years until selling it to another denomination. I remember the long wide main stair case going to the 2 floor and the kitchen with what we kids used to call the secret stairway leading to the sidewalk on 3rd Street. The building also had an elevator shaft but no elevator. It was scary to look down the elevator shaft and visualize what would happen if we fell. The 3rd floor was occasionally used for special large meetings. I remember the toilets had a separate water reservoir located high up on the wall near the sealing with a long chain to pull in order to flush the toilets. I went exploring one time and found a room which was full of old pianos as well as a few grand pianos stored there. I also remember the pool tables. We used to lean out the windows and wave to people below. I never did find the way to the roof. Maybe it was a good thing I didn't.

Dan Logue (1969)

My Dad remodeled the Odd Fellows building in the late 70's.

It did have arches in the front but they were filled in and converted into offices .

On the very top floor in the back right corner of the pic.He  built a suite which was  a living room and a wet bar.

The access is a narrow circular  wrought iron staircase.

You had a great view of the whole town from there.

He spent a fortune to make it eartquake proof.