Bill Engelhardt

You weren't alone, Marty.

"For many boys of a certain generation, the first crush in their life was Annette Funnicello, whether it was from her stint on the Mickey Mouse Club or her beach movies with Frankie Avalon. But for Funicello her first crush was another Mousketeer, Lonnie Burr, who now lives in Beaverton, Oregon.

In his autobiography, he said of Annette:

"She was a charismatic, national sweetheart of the '50s and '60s who remained an unassuming, quiet girl from Utica, N.Y., who will be missed by millions. No tattoos, no rehab, no scandals, no diva attitude."

-- The Oregonian

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

Well guys.....I loved her beautiful turquoise '56 Thunderbird!

Ted Comstock (Briggs-Comstock)

Nah, for me it was Karen, I've always preferred the sidekicks, rather than the female lead. Maryanne, not Ginger; Zelda, not Thalia; probably more, they just don't come to mind. 

Bill Engelhardt

And speaking of the 1950s....

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

Good article. Mark Sullivan was pretty much spot on.  Predicted the future to the phones we have now.  Kinda neat. What else did he know?

Bill Engelhardt

Speaking of the '50s.

No questions....line up... get the shot. 

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

I remember doing that.  We didn't question a darn thing.  Fast forward to now, we have the media, scientists and politicians who are the experts......probably why we now question.

Marty Ellison

Even back in the 50s they used subtle manipulation to get compliance- like the"IRON LUNG".  I remember that I didn't want to spend my life in one of these contraptions, so I got in line.
 

Bill Engelhardt

Tim Jones (Jones)

Don't leave Santa Cookies and milk this year.  Leave Santa a real gift!  Smoke-up Santa. Merry cough cough Christmas! 

Ken Becker

LSMFT (cough, cough).  Are Luckies still sold (cough, cough)?  My Dad had quit smoking for 3 weeks when my brother was taken to Highline Hospital after an accident.  My Dad was so upset he needed a smoke  He bought Luckies from the cigarette vending machine in the hospital.  Thanks for the reminder of “the good old days”, Tim.

Bill Engelhardt

 March 1964

Bill Engelhardt

The 246th...Semper Fidelis! 

Gregg Wilson

Veterans Day is actually Armistice Day. It belongs to the Doughboys, which includes the Marines at Belleau Wood. The last doughboy, Frank Buckles, who died in 2011 at the age of 110.

Dick Surman

So Happy Veterans Day to all classmates with the flags after their names.  Bless'em All...Bless'em All,,,,,

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

I appreciate the service that all of our veterans have given so much for our freedom.  God Bless the USA!!!!

Tim Jones (Jones)

For  all you Highline Pirate Veterans out there, thank you for serving your country. 

Tim Jones (Jones)

I grew up on Sylvester Road. We were in the television reception shadow of Channel 4 and 5 broadcast from Seattle.  We got channel 7, 11 & 13 which were broadcast from Maury Island. So I am a broken adult because I didn't get to see the Mickey Mouse Club which I think was on channel 5. 

Sorry Annette fans.  I can't identify. 

Okay, I lived with my aunt and uncle on Bainbridge Island for a few months in 1955.  They got all the channels.  The Wonderful World of Disney (I think they called it Disneyland at the time) came on the air and my cousin and I never missed it. 

In Summer of 1956 we drove to California and visited Disneyland which had been open for just a year. I was a little disappointed in the place.  They had some miniture cars you could drive around a track, but you had to be "THIS HIGH" to drive them.  I was an inch too short.

There were some good Westerns on the channels we got and The Cisco Kid was one that I enjoyed. There was Space Patrol on Saturdays and Brakeman Bill daily after school.  

Hey Poncho, Hey Cisco, lets went......

Hope you are all doing well and enjoy Thanksgiving with family. 

At my age, I have a lot to be thankful for. 

Tim

Ken Becker

I looked up the biography for Leo Carrillo who played Poncho. He was born in 1880!  Using my Highline acquired math skills, I calculate that Poncho (Carrillo) was our age during the last year of the Cisco Kid TV show in 1956.  Happy Thanksgiving to all. 

Gregg Wilson

After waiting 53 years, I decided to sign up with the VA. Turns out it is a heluva lot more complicated and takes a heluva lot longer than getting drafted into the Marines. I had to order my service record for $99 "because we have to make a living too, you know."

My heart bleeds peanut butter.

Bill Engelhardt

Remember these? 

Bill Engelhardt

In the 1950s, air raid siren drill Wednesdays at noon....

Bill Engelhardt

Season's Greetings 1962

Virginia Wolfe (Scheffer)

Wow, that is stunning.  We went there every year at Christmastime. Hot chocolate with marshmallows when we got home.  What a joyful time!

Lori Madden (Snyder)

When I was young, I lived in West Seattle and every Christmas my mother, siblings and myself would take the bus into town. We would go from store to store looking at the fantastic window displays.Thay just seemed magical and unbelieveable.