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Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

CRAIG...YOUR RIGHT DIVERSIONS ARE NEEDED ...I HAVE THEM  ON A DAILY BASIS HELPS EASE THE PAINS WHEN I HEAR OR EXPERIENCE BAD NEWS WHICH I HAVE EXPERIENCE MANY.   I FINALLY ENJOYING LIFE ALSO.   BEEN THROUGH TWO BAD DIVORCES BUT PICKING THINGS UP MET MANY GREAT PEOPLE HERE IN BAKERSFIELD.   WHEN I HEAR OF ANOTHER CLASS MATE GONE ITS HITS HARD AS I WENT THROUGH WHEN MANY OF POLICE OFFICER PASSED ON I WORK WITH.   I BELIEVE WE ARE HERE TO PASS ON THEIR LIFE AND HOW IT WAS THEN....WHICH IN MY OPINION ONLY WAS MUCH BETTER THEN NOW EXCEPT FOR BETTER MEDICAL RESEARCH NOW !  NO..I DO NOT HAVE A HARLEY FOR SALE. I AM BUIDING A NEW SPORTSTER IN MY GARAGE....DO YOU RIDE?   I AM GLAD YOU ARE STILL PRACTICING LAW.   YOU ARE DIFFENTLY WORKING AT A CAREER  AND AGE IS NOT A REASON TO STOP ANYTHING.   WE ALL HAVE A LITTLE CRAZY IN US IT HELPS TO BE SANE!   

Paula Andersen (Castles) (1965)

our daughter Kristin Castles Florek graduated from WHS in 1992. she played a clarinet from 4th grade. she played all woodwinds while in high school.she studied under Verne Swartz and mr.A (John abigana). they meet at conventions for music teaqchers. he is in boston now.she has taught instrumental music for 25 years.she went to UOP Conservatory of Music in stockton. like vern, kristin has a separate degree in Music on Performance on all woodwinds.vern had the degree in Performance on clarinet in his day.later kristin played in orchestras with both julie and vern swartz.julie and vern were newlyweds at WHS in 1961.they took many of us to san francisco as high school students and privately 6 of us went there to the san francisco to see Van Cliburn, etc. we were so very grateful. Richard Scott is a talented pianist. he traveled worldwide to perform and has been a musician at our woodlad opera house as a guest artist. he lives in oregon now and bill, my twin, and rich were roomates at UOP in 1966-1968.bill went to The Johns Hopkins University and The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions where he became a doc. (that is in Baltimore, Maryland.)

kristin now teaches junior high (120) students and lincoln high school (350) in stockton. she has composed music and is a judge at many music festivals throughout the years. kristin, on alto sax, and doug, on drums do jazz zigs currently. her passion as a music teacher directs students toward a career as a music teacher themselves, many times at UOP. she is in her second generation of students. TEACHERS DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
 

Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

CRAIG...YOU CERTAINLY HAVE NOT CHANGED.......WELL SAID , I LIKE THOSE SPRAY OF WORDS THAT'S MY MAKE UP OF WORDING !    WE ARE HERE FOR A REASON ONLY WISH MORE WOULD COME ABOUT AND INPUT.   LOOK AT ME.....IT TOOK ME TO GET ON THIS SITE ON DECEMBER 2015.   I LOST MY YEAR BOOK IN 1968 AND FOUND ONE ON E BAY AND BROUGHT BACK THOSE MEMORIES AND THOUGHTS ABOUT WHERE IS EVERYONE TODAY.  I COMMUNICATED WITH HELEN MOUNT AND IT TOOK ME HERE AND IT'S A NICE FEELING.   YOU ARE THE SAME JUDGING BY YOUR WORDS AS YOU WERE AT WHS!   I TOO AND NOT ASHAME OF THAT!    HEY....CAN YOU DRAW A WERE WOLF AND SHOW EVERYONE HERE WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT  LOL  LEAVE THE DAMN APPLE OUT!!!!!!!!

Paula Andersen (Castles) (1965)

Our youngest daughter, Elizabeth Castles Thorpe, graduated from WHS in 1995.she began was a yearbook journalist at Lee Junior High. At WHS she was in journalism again. she worked endless hours on the Ilex. Wayne Ginsburg (sp?) and Karen Lafferaty (sp?) influenced elizabeth so-much-so that she also went to UOP in Stockton, studying english literature with a minor in film studies and an emphysis in religion.WHS graduated very intelligent students through its history. (In 1995 WHS was 100 years old.) As a journalism student during the centennial, all Ilex students went to variety of ways to illustrate its history. As an example, my mother graduated in the class of 1930). The result was an exceptionally great Ilex. Teachers make a difference again.Elizabeth is a writer/owner of In Adventures in Disneyland. She has many blogs there.

Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

WOW....YOU STILL HAVE THAT SAME TOUCH NICE!   

Paula Andersen (Castles) (1965)

i apologize for all the unconfidential style of writing on the pages referring to Doug, Kristin, and Elizabeth.i am in severe pain continually due to a rubella vaqccine given to me 40 years ago when Kristin was one day old....i was allergic to the rubella vaccine, which occurs in one of a million persons. it is given post-partum so the patient is not pregnant. it protects the mom in case there is rubella while in a future pregnacy. Woodland still has this policy, which is desirable in post-partum patients routinely.i was allergic to that injection immediately.the permanent nerve damage is daunting.being a nurse and bill, my twin, being a doc along with Dr Stuart R. Linne, my primary physician, i am educated so-much-so that i filed a claim with the Health and Human Services in a no-fault case in 2002. My case is a disease of omission, meaning there does not exist a way to prove my case.Dr. Eric Gerswin of UCD Medical Center read all medical records from birth. Babies that died from rubella vaccine were awards millions of dollars; i was offered $10,000......why is that fair? this no fault claim showed titers in my blood to be 1:2031 where the norm is perhaps 1:8. the docs represented by the Health and Human Services were totally shocked.i should have died but my body caused me to spend 2 months at Woodland Healthcare 10 days after the vaccine.As a nurse with an extensive background in medicine, i see things clearly now. My body is unhealthy and i am now 69.I have NO other health concerns. That is amazing! I have been an auxiliary member at Woodland Healthcare since it began in 1961, as a charter member while high school...>y first job was a nurses aid at Woodland Memorial Hospital at age 16. I also worked at Yolo General Hospital through summers while in college.Bill transferred to The Johns Hopkins University after two years at UOP in Stockton. My parents could not afford my education at CSUC at the same time so i left college. I returned 3 years later to CSUS and lived at home.I even took pharmacology at UCD with some of my instructors.A work related injury at Woodland Healthcare required a laminectomy in 1971. A second injury at Woodland Memorial required a second laminectomy in 1989.With all the nerve damage from that rubella injection in 1974 and two back surgeries my wheelchair activities came to a hault. (I was also taking  care of my mother and had been doing so since 1969.) Doug, Kristin, and Elizabeth were also being raised...I married Don in 1973 and those 42 years meant his complete help every step of the way, of course. He came to Woodland in 1973 to set-up All Action Awards from a parent company in Stockton. Yes, it is now 42 years old and owned by Peter Cahn. I love WHS and always will. I could not attend the 50th class reunion but my classmated and friends were there. Bill died in 1999 of liver failure from Hep C. I was with him at birth and was with him at his death.GOD is good.

Paula Andersen (Castles) (1965)

For your information the woody the wolf mascot came from walt disney himself.it is the same wolf as in the wolf and the three pigs cartoon.my daughter elizabeth was a journalism student at whs in 1995.
 

Sherry Bailey (Westland) (1968)

Dan Ree (Ree) (1964)

Robert......Golf is not my liking for sports but I will give it a stab at what would I do.......first you politely tell him  made the best call and if you do not like the call take it up with his balls!!!!!    Remind him his famous status is going to end soon so hit the damn ball so other can go forward!!!!    Tell him look at the bright side in few years he will be richer making commercials with Viagra like Tiger Woods.    LOL  a little golf humor!!!!!

Sherry Bailey (Westland) (1968)

Vivian Graeser (Forsch) (1965)

In 1977 while my (then) husband and I were painting the interior of my inlaw's beach cottage in Newport Beach, there was a knock at the door.  Upon opening the door, here was John Wayne   Mr. Wayne lived across the street and had noticed that we had been busy for several days and was curious as to what was going on.  He said that he had always admired the cottage and would we show him around?  Of course we did and as a result he rented it from my inlaws for his girlfriend ( of 6 years), Pat Stacy.  She lived there until his death in 1979.  I still have the lease he signed--- on which he "promised to take good care of it".  The only other time we taked to him was in front of his house after he had said good by at curbside to a friend of his.  Mr. Wayne saw us and he crossed the street to say hello.  I noticed him wiping tears off his cheeks, so I asked him if he was OK.  He very sadly said that his friend had terminal cancer, and as he put it ," his friend got a raw deal ".   We only had these 2 brief visits with him, but he struck me as a man of humility and kindness---truly a class act.  A wonderful experience to reflect on!

Vivian Graeser (Forsch) (1965)

Robert,

Peter Jacobsen became close friends with my inlaws and many of their friends from Pasadena before he even hit the "big time".  Peter and his family would stay with my inlaw's friends during tournaments in Palm Desert before he began winning and could afford his traveling expenses/ lodging.  As a result, Peter would refer to  this group of followers from Pasadena as his "Pasadena Mafia".  Once he became successful in the golf world, he still took the time to stay in touch---sometimes stopping by unannounced.  Indeed, a successful person who remembers those who helped him along the way.

Sherry Bailey (Westland) (1968)

Robert Cowing (1965)

Vivian Greaser – Thanks for the “Duke” story.  I have a friend who saw Wayne often while flying. She shared multiple stories about him always revealing his kindness, consideration and concern. She loved to look forward to seeing him on her next flight and often a chance to visit when passenger count was low.  He often remembered what they had talked about on a previous flight and never failed to inquire about ill family members or concerns she usually did not intend to reveal since she was there to serve him.

Vivian, your sharing about Peter Jacobson . . . . Nice to read that he is the same on and off the golf course.  A bit of a practical joker too, willing to receive as much as he gives. During the 5 days I was at his last inventational, he got a big charge out of sneaking up behind me and as he put his huge arm around my shoulders loudly saying, . . . "Robert !  . . . what are you doing ? ! !  . . . . cauising me to startle and jump, Peter laughing and arousing laughter from the sidelines.

Vivian, while you lived in mountain snow resort areas, did your path cross any politicos, celebs and or the unusually wealthy?

Craig – Sorry about leading you into the rough in my golf story.  Oh well,  . . . its just golf.

Janet Long (Levers) (1966)

As any of you who live in or have recently been in Woodland might have seen, the State Theater reconstruction  is well under way. David Wilkinson, who has documented a great deal of Woodland history, recently put out a request for people who wish to share memories of the theater to contact him. I immediately flashed to two WHS-wide events that are chronicled in the '63 ILEX: the play "Our Town" and the class assemblies, both memorable events. I've contacted David and will provide the photos, but I'm wondering if anyone has any further information or pictures, memorabilia of those productions. Is there any possibility of old movies of those? Also, were similar things put on there in earlier years (that was my freshman year)??  I'm thinking that venue may have been used 'cause of the pending demolition  of the old Main Bldg. Anyhow, if you have something to share, his email address is davwilk@pacbell.net

Robert Cowing (1965)

Craig - "Robert...I'm takin' up too much space, prob, again...

ROBERT: Nah . . . not compared to me lately. D.W.A.I.

"But...Well...been in the rough,lol, one way or another...many Times...as to the Sport...seems you have alot of "involvement"

ROBERT: I used to  . . . addictedd to the sport, loved it and still do but opportunity to play has been reduced to about 10%

"...Ever read "Golf in the Kingdom"?...couldn't find my old copy...Recall it as a sort of Golf/Zen Novel...."

ROBERT: Yes, read it quite awhile ago . . . take that back, the one I read is "Golf - In the Real Kingdom, A Spiritual Metaphor For Life in the Modern  World" by Robert R. Kopp.  Its OK but the best book I have ever read is: "HowTo Quit Golf - A 12-Sstep Program" by Craig Brass. I can't speak for anyone else, but I laughed so hard reading that book, many times tears came my eyes! Without a sense of humor in the game, give golf up or it will reduce you to a muttering, stammering heap.

ROBERT: Looking further in my library . . . you will love this, I found "The Golfer's Guide to the Meaning of Life - Lessons I've Learned From My Life on the Links", by Gary Player. I will sell it to you cheap !

"Ever been in the "Groove" on a certain Golf Day? ...Seems shots just go right ...the "Touch" is there...Doesn't matter if you are a Par Shooter Handicap (or much worse)...somedays, everthing "clicks"...You outdo yourself...you're in the Zone--Magic...that can be a thing about Golf...you're playin' yourself..."

ROBERT: Oh yes ! . . . the feeling is amazing, absolutely amazing and you are so consumed by it that it slips by so fast that when you truly realize what happened, its gone !  Gone, I tell you . . Gone !  "Oh the travesty of it all"   . . . . My best handicap was 14-16, no matter what I did or did not do.  And of course, just the opposite happens too . . . the yips while putting, shanks that come out of the sky and land on your forehead and slices that are so severe you think you hit a boomerrang. Your partner usually says . . . "What-the-hell-was that? !"

Well...for me these days, only go to the driving range-rarely...then it's the Creaky Old Duffer...shanks and big duff divots everywhere...lol

I have played a fair number of courses that have given me many fond memories but one of my fondest is at Apple Mountain Golf Course above Placerville . . . out on the course, quiet, no airplanes, no construction equipement, no auto/truck noise . . . you hear an occasional Tom Turkey in the distance and then a burst but short full and rich resound of men laughing and then, suddenly all silent again. 

There are many stories I could tell you .  . . yes, I love the game of golf.

Duane Jackson (1965)

Answer to a question or two.

The only actors folks I met during the Blood Sport Movie was Larry Hagman, got his autograph, Ben Johnson was the other, got his autograph.   The last one was Danny Thomas himself, and I got this autograph also...One day when I was working in Sacto at American Express Travel, I bumped into Vincent Price, got his autograph for my Mom, very nice fellow him...

On Harleys.....Dan Ree is right, nothing like blowing down the road at 70/75 mph with your bike running great.  I have been lucky to have owned 3.....Sportster, DynaGlide, and a Police edition Elec Glide, (Which I still have and ride) The last two I bought new, but traded up for the E Glide................I find most of my time spent working with and on school projects at a local school site "their garden, I help the kiddos" and the rest of the time on the school board for my School District...........Trying to stay active as much as possible...........Got to go back to Korea last November after 50 years, CNN did a short piece "2 and 1/2 minutes" on our return, man o man, that country has changed...Was a free ride going and coming, only lasted 5 days not counting the 23 hours in the air going/coming..(Makes one thankful for the good old USofA)

Mike Miller (1966)

 In 1966 I was playing at the Olympic Club. I was in the pro shop standing behind Johnny Miller. At that time just a young talented amateur. I remember him as appearing hurried, quick in his movements. A year later in 67', I was lucky enough to play in the state amateur at Pebble Beach. Walking up to the 18th tee I watched as Johnny Miller walked quickly off towards his ball. He didn't win that year, but did the next.

Joel Childers (1966)

One day in the early 70s, I was at Harrah's Club at Lake Tahoe. I wandered over to a row of slots in a quiet corner of the casino near a plain white wall. There was a barely perceptible door cut into the wall with no door knob or other distinguishing features. Suddenly the door opened and out walked Don Rickles who lit up a cigarette while another man held the door for him. I wasn't more than 10 feet away from him and no one else was around. After he had a few puffs I said, "Hi Don." He looked at me...scowled...turned around and walked back in. I assume it was an unmarked exit out of the concert hall where he was performing. Years ago, I took my mom to Candlestick to see the Giant's opener. Jackie Gleason threw out the first pitch and shouted, "And away we go." We were seated right behind the Giants dugout. Jackie walked over, talked to some Giants and then came up into the stands and stopped right next to us to sign an autograph. Mom about fainted. In 1999, Mary and I went to Spring training to see the Mariners at the Mariner's / Padres sports complex in Peoria, Arizona. While there, we discovered that Garth Brooks was suited up and practicing with the Padres. We caught the end of their intersquad game and Garth came over to a group of us adoring fans. We got 2 signed baseballs and shook his hand. I also got Lou Pinella to sign a ball for me. FOOTNOTE: Mary gave all three balls away to her favorite charity, PURRFECT PALS CAT SHELTER, who sold them at auction for about $500.00.

Robert Cowing (1965)

Joel - Funny and great stories. thanks for sharing.

Duane – I can’t remember why you were in Korea years ago but what impressed you the most in terms of change?  The reason I ask this is because I only made one trip to South Korea in the 80’s, having no real idea what to expect.  I was shocked both positively and in a negative sense. By-the-way, are there still a lot of “green-gremlins” driving around Seoul?

I had read that John Wayne came across Ben Johnson as a man to help with horses and cattle for one of his movies, liked him so much that Wayne kept him on as actor and help for many years? Apparently Johnson also got along very well with the other actors, no matter the role or the magnitude of the celebrity?

Mike – Are you a cousin to Johnny Miller? If not, were you also playing the Olympic Club as an up and coming armature? I see that Johnny Miller is only one year older than you. Did you ever paly the Presidio golf Course in San Francisco? Having suffered from the yips, I discovered Johnny Miller had a bad case of it for at least a year and it almost eliminated him from ever playing pro-golf again.

Craig – Johnny Miller, a great player.  His lowest score in his career was 61! . . 11 under par and I think he held the lowest score in a championship tournament of 63. “Golf - Place the ball where you want it . . . “ hm m m m  yeah  . . . I often dream I wish was as talented as Johnny Miller to say that . . . Although Lee Travino often has said that even God could not hit a 1 iron, holding the iron up in the air during a thunderstorm, and that feisty dude is still alive . . . Craig, I believe that golf is God’s will, but not for the reasons you think.

You see . . . God has a sense of humor.  The poet Robert Frost knows, “Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on You, And I’ll forgive the great big one on me.” . . . or let me express it in a philosophical way that I know you, more than most, would appreciate:

                           “I golf, therefore I am.”

Rynne Hull (Smith) (1966)

Hi Robert--I don't know when Duane was in Korea but we lived there from 1986 until 1990.  An interesting time to be in S. Korea since there were no imports of western goods at that time for those of us living on the economy.  We did return for a vist in 1999 prior to our return to the US the first time and Korea had changed a considerably.  The green grimlins were all gone, as well as the horrible purple and white busses--the normal taxis at that time were like the ones used by the base during the late '80s, which were beautiful cars in comparison.   When were you there?  We lived in U.N. Village--the area where all of the countries had their representatives living following the war, which is near Itaewon.  We were on the side of the village right across from a University which would demonstrate most Fridays, just prior to the 1986 Olympics.  We ended up with tear gas containers in our yard, along with the tear gas and somewhere in all of these boxes the containers are still with us as we unpack here in North Carolina.  Good memories of that place along with the hardship of living there.  If it wasn't so crazy between the north and the south right now, I'd encourage everyone to go see S. Korea.  The country side is beautiful, the cities bustling, the history is so fascinating along with visiting the negotiation room up on the border that is partially in N. Korea, it's a time we won't forget.

Gail Smith (Maxwell) (1964)

We had some very good friends who bought a campground in the canyon below Tuolumne, CA on the Tuolumne River.  It was called River Ranch and was a beautiful place with large sites right on the river.  There was a swimming hole area where the river had been dammed up at one spot.  One summer, the cast and crew of Little House on the Prairie were filming in the area and contacted our friends about filming on their property.  We went there on the day of filming (our kids were young) and got to watch and then meet Michael Landon (very nice and accomodating), Melissa Gilbert and Dean Butler (who played Almanzo Wilder).  Our kids got their autographs.  They had stocked the swimming hole with fish because there was a fishing scene in the episode.  Afterwards, our friends fished in there and caught a lot of fish that were left behind!  There is a tree in the campground that has the initials LI/AW (Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder) carved into it, which they also did during that filming.  It was certainly a highlight for our family to see them filming and meet them all.

Robert Cowing (1965)

Hi Rynne – Nice to see you back on the site again.  Jan and I took a trip to Seoul, Korea and also to mainland China. I believe we were in Korea in the mid 1980’s.  I expected the country to be more modernized than it actually was . . . driving in from the airport there were armed guards with machine guns on top of all the buildings and in the airport.  It was worse than coming in from Jordon into Israel.

There was a spiritual revival taking place in Korea at the time and we spent a great deal of our time visiting the largest church in the world (1 million) with 100,000 – 200,000 in each service, visiting with the staff and being introduced to Korean culture. Across the street was a Korean Lutheran church that had 500,000 members plus at the time.

The countryside was beautiful but not as much as the people, especially the younger generations.  They still held on to the belief that the elderly were to be esteemed and sought for wisdom and insight.  We often toured with an older couple who was white haired. We received special treatment and courtesy in all situations as they gave deference to our two friends and Jan and I rode the “wave”.

The DMZ was alarming to say the least. One morning as we were going to the subway walking down a series of stair flights, an all city alarm went off. Everyone, children shoppers, tourists, business people all quickly and silently came to a motionless standstill and did not move for about 5 minutes until the “all-go” alarms sounded.  It was a weekly test they would have in Seoul in the event that North Korea launched an attack.

One of my son’s elementary teachers moved to Seoul from Portland and wanted us to come by and visit her if ever we were in Korea. She said to meet her about 10-11PM in the outskirts of the city. We were wary but she assured us that she walks around the city at all hours never fearing for her safety.  Unfortunately, she said we should only be alert to drunken American service men. They could be a problem. We felt very safe.  Jan even later took a train ride to the countryside by herself to meet with a Roman Catholic priest who cared for mixed abandoned children fathered by American service personnel and Korean women. The children were usually left to die in the streets, in cities or in villages. The most common orphan was a black Korean girl.  Jan did not speak any Korean and the locals did not speak any English but she was constantly helped and steered in the correct direction, mostly by younger Koreans to where she wanted to go and also back again.

In Seoul, it was not uncommon when traveling on the city streets, dodging the green gremlin taxi-cabs, we would just miss an old man behind a donkey pulling a cart full for vegetables etc. for market. Two rides in the green gremlin was enough for us!  All-in-all, very fond memories of South Korea.

Robert Cowing (1965)

Craig – I am intrigued by your artistic bent. It seems you have been drawing since high school? Only pencil or do you use charcoal? Tried any other mediums?  What about subject matter? Ever tried political satire cartooning? How about competitions i.e. state and county fairs etc.?

Duane Jackson (1965)

To All:    I was sent to Korea in 1965.....I had finished my Advance Training at Fort Knox Ky, and sent by troop ship to Korea.....The Troop ship took 21 days to get there, and when we got to Guam, 3/4 's of the ship got off and was sent to Viet Nam....This was during the time of the build up of US forces........I spent my 12 months in the North part of South Korea around a city/village called "Munson/Munsen"...Stayed there for 5 months and then sent to the north side of the river "Imjin" south of the DMZ, to a compound/camp called "Clinch" for 7 months....I worked/patroled/guard duties in towers watching North Korean soliders north of the DMZ.   One time while partolling the line that divides the two countries...( which is a line of barbed wire stung on iron poles and is still there to this day) I came in contact with some North Korea soliders....They wanted to talk about why we (US Army) was there supporting the corrupt South Korean goverment, being 19, I could care less why, just that, that was my duty and job in the Army....We were always armed and packing for possible fire fights, but never had to shot anyone.......When I got to South Korea, the country was dirty and smelly....Every where as stone cold poverty, folks in the county side lived in mud huts with what lumber they could steal from the Army compound, they had folks that would steal things from moving trucks if possible, I never saw that, but did have a thieft break the wire while on guard duty, trying to get in the compound to steal any thing, (He didn't get any thing)  There dirt roads North of Seoul and every where I travled, I lived in Quanson Huts that were cold in the winter and hot in the summer and alway diry/dusty, but you get use to it.......Now going back in November 2015, that county of my past no longer is there, it all new and growing and folks are tall, healthy and busy...Quite a shock to me to see, but very glad I did get to see it...........No the green gremins aint there, they all got Hyndays/KIA's and fancy buses like San Fran now.............I some times think back to just why I ended up there and not Viet Nam, and it haunts me, but its where the Army and my country wanted me to be, so there I was for 12 months, coming home in Dec 1966....I spent all of my time when I could dreaming of the 4/5/6 lanes roads, Kents Drive Inn and State Theater,and of Vicki...I couldn't wait to get back and Marry her......That part kept me going day to day, week to week, month to month.....thinking of ...Vicki L Hayden....She..was my life line to the states......