Tom O'Keefe (1964)

Yes, past friendships from Paris continue until today.  BUT also friendships from the reunion with students I didn't know in my sophomore, junior, and senior years where we share a common experience.  And one of those is YOU, Mickey !

Rick Pocock (1962)

Beautifully framed, Mickey. Thank you. The many, many memories are so highly cherished.

Barry McCloskey (1960)

Sad news

My brother Dave, PAHS Class of '65 i\I believe, is in hospice. Cancer. He is a veteran of Vietnam, owner of a computer consulting company, a husband, brother, and a father. Prior to being known as "Dave", he was known as L. David, and even earlier as Lynn (until the about 7th grade when he was erroneously assigned to the girls gym class) . He will be missed.

Tom O'Keefe (1964)

I thought that this notice had already been posted, but I don't see it.  There is a CD with all our yearbooks on it.  Surly a lot of us would like to view it, but where on the net to post it and how?

Michael Savuto (1968)

Yes, Please   let us know if there is are CDs of the yearbooks, I would like one for the 1965 school year. Unfortunately one of my saddest memories of PAHS was the my copy was stolen from when I left it in the gym and not turned in or returned to me. Granted, they diid not print enough copies that year, but I never understood why someone would want one that had been signed by other students to someone other than themselves. 

Jacqueline Kegeles (Saint Anne) (1965)

Aaarrrgggh Pirates!  Delighted to hear of a Yearbook CD!  I occasionally look at mine when I read everyone's posts so I know some of you wished you still had one.  Our editor that year was Squeaky and I've often wondered where she was.  It was a very creative endeavor and has held up over time.  Best to All.

Jacqueline

Frances (Jackie) Sommer (Breitweiser) (1957)

Frances Breitweiser (Jackie Sommer, class of '57)

For all those looking for yearbooks of our school, here is the best:  https://aoshs.org/

Enjoy!

Frank Corbett (1967)

Here's a quick URL to find the yearbooks for PAHS - https://aoshs.org/collections/yearbooks/eu/fr/137/ for those that are interested.

Michael Savuto (1968)

Thank you to the posting with the link to the yearbooks online. It was nice to be able to see it again!

John LaFarge (1958)

Thank you to all who posted a link to the online yearbooks. Very enjoyable to look back and see people and places I haven't seen for many many years.

Tom Trout (1966)

What did you do in 1967 - the Summer of Love? I thumbed down to FL to visit a Patty, then it was hitching across to Mex. and my destination, the Big Sur!. Some surfers rescued me in Mexico and dropped me in Covina.

Cool to find this faded bit of my history that summer! I never met the kid who shot this! Some news crews were there.

Covina Park Love In Iron Horse

After the Big Sur ,on the PCH a guy stopped, "Going north?" Sure, why not. He took an 2nd fl apt smack in the middle of Haight/Ashbury. I was his cook! His gal was a sweetheart - a stripper or pole dancer. Never sure.

The next year it was off to Tx for medic training as a conscientious objector - then to Vietnam.

The summer didn't end well for my buds, Don and Bill. Their doing. I married 

Tom '66

Tom O'Keefe (1964)

Well Tom T....I was in San Francisco that summer too staying with friends from Paris whose father was commendant of Fort Baker.  The Filmore and Avalon were great : small venues, performers soon to be geat (Jimmy Hendrix, Janis, etc) , 2nd hand 'smoke', first light shows ( colored globs of an oily substance with a strong beam of light shining trough them and projected to the stage.).  C'est la vie

Tom Trout (1966)

Can you share a piece of music which transports you right back to an important year of your youth?

1967 was a seminal year of my personal development and '67 is certainly my favorite year of music!

So many great songs - but this was does it for me every time:

The Grass Roots - Let's Live For Today - [STEREO]

Vietnam Vets - try this if you want. I just get real quiet inside while listening.

With 2 browsers opened - play a Huey starting up, and any CCR song, over-top one another.

Bell UH-1 Huey Helicopter Start-up  

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Who'll Stop The Rain

".....you owe it to yourself!"

that's all I got

Tom 

Mike Bertin (1968)

Very well said,as one would expect from Ken. I think the majority of us proved we get it.

Dawnelle McCuskey (Krouse) (1965)

ENOUGH, PLEASE!_

Bob Goodwin (1967)

Tom, there were so many great songs in 1967 let alone in the Vietnam era.  For me, impossible to pick on or ever to.  A few of my favorites that I still listen today.

Light my Fire - tThe Doors

Windy - The Association

Happy Together - The Turtles 

Grovin - The Young Rascals

Never My Love - The Association

A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol HArum

White Rabbit - Jefferson Airplane

Purple Haze - Jimmy Hendrix

Thanks for the Post  -  Brings back some great memories

Bob Goodwin (1967)

Thank You Dave - I have shared your post with others and I hope they value it as much as I did.

Nicki Fairlamb (de Naray) (1967)

Thank you Dave. This helps put it in context. 

Mike Kanze (1965)

I agree with both Dawnelle and Tom. We've never been "about politics" either here or especially during our reunions. Fellowship above all. 

David Dunn (1967)

I do not disagree, Mike.

In that spirit, I have edited out those paragraphs of the Ken Burns piece that may be too much "about politics," as opposed to American history, the Founders, and our Constitution.

If anyone would like help finding the full text, they can send me a private messsage via my profile page. I will get back to them. 
 

Regards.

Michael Oberbeck (1967)

Well said Jay.

Not to chanage the subject, but I've seen in the news lately a lot about the SS United States. I know a lot of Paris families sailed on her either coming or going to Paris. I personally did not but I'd be interested in any stories anyone might have of their experience. I watched it slowly disintegrate in Philadelphia over the years. Glad she is gooing to go to something good.

Franklin Wechsler (1964)

Michael,

I saw the story when they were moving her.  Too bad.  I followed her when a rare story appeared.  She was an experience when she was the grand  dame of sailing.  Although I liked being on an APA better, they were just more fun even if the trip was much longer.

As for the politics, I read them and don't respond.  I have earned my peace and am at ease with the future.

Diane Gieseman (King) (1969)

Greetings from Destin, Florida!  I am here to observe the sinking of the SS United States into the Gulf of Mexico.  My family crossed the Atlantic on her the summer of 1966 as did many other military families.  Her history is fascinating and now she will boast one more accolade.  She will become the largest man made artificial reef in the world.  She left Mobile Bay yesterday and is making her way to her final resting place today. 
The sinking was moved to tomorrow, Nov 11, due to weather conditions.  The sinking will be live streamed.

Bob Goodwin (1967)

Diane, I live in Pensacola and up until the sink the United States we had the worlds largest Artifical Reef, the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CV 34).  I watched that one and will watch the stream tomorrow.  I did not travel on the United States, we sailed on the Buckner and it was fun.  

Robert Dingeman (1964)

Did the Berlin Wall go down on a Nov 09? 

[Later add: That Wall - any significance to our being on this site and possibilities of more appropriate world views thus incumbent?]

Who were the All-Com-Z football players of '64 & '65 seasons?

[Later add after a drop/edit: outbound USUS 5 day  and back stormy, rough 8 days on USNS Upshur. Point now: Longer Carrib cruises on HAL, RCL, NCL, and Princess are very much our speeds now. Do bus rides  just fine now, and all zip-lines, jet-skis, rafts, and hikes to waterfalls are run and done. Food, drinks, warmth, & service.. And respects to all DD 214ers in our own  blood and PAHS famliies 11/11/2026.]

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