tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post1972151567849539329..comments2023-09-27T13:20:49.976-07:00Comments on lnostra-costa: SANTA CRUZ RECOLLECTIONS - BY LaNORMAIvano Franco Comellihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17088771740643993831noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-43592572990487144042009-04-08T11:49:00.000-07:002009-04-08T11:49:00.000-07:00Brava Norma! Great story of the good ol' days. I...Brava Norma! Great story of the good ol' days. In that photo you fit my school bus recollections. AND, I looked in my SCHS '57 yearbook, and did you ever autograph it for me - a full-pager, in green ink. Nobody did better than that. Many thanks,<BR/><BR/>HankHank Bradleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-73468804845946147672009-04-04T12:57:00.000-07:002009-04-04T12:57:00.000-07:00Hi, Ivan,You might be interested in referring your...Hi, Ivan,<BR/><BR/>You might be interested in referring your readers to the web site of Bob Lemmon, SCHS Class of '57, who has posted some extensive information about the flood. It's at:<BR/>http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughlemmon/55flood1.htm<BR/>There are three pages that include contributions from some of Bob's classmates and a few from my '54 SCHS classmates. Bob excerpted these stories from our 50th Reunion memory book -- along with photos taken by the late Marty Wenks of the Class of '54. In all, 23 members of the Class of '54 wrote about the flood. A copy of the '54 reunion book is available in the SCHS Alumni Assn. office.<BR/>LenLennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-64748515475960553322009-04-04T12:53:00.000-07:002009-04-04T12:53:00.000-07:00Who can forget the flood? It was quite a year. H...Who can forget the flood? It was quite a year. HS graduation, first year of college and in my case, my dad had died just 2 months earlier. I worked at Morris Abrams during the Christmas break. What a mess in the store after the raging waters receded.<BR/><BR/>Jerry M.Jerrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-65333632141398986662009-04-04T08:46:00.000-07:002009-04-04T08:46:00.000-07:00THANKS NORMA FOR YOUR SPLENDED ARTICLE: Oh yes, I...THANKS NORMA FOR YOUR SPLENDED ARTICLE: Oh yes, I remember the 1955 Flood. I was home on Christmas vacation from San Jose State College. My good friend Ken Olsen (Home from UC Berkeley) and I went to the Rio Theatre (still there) on Soquel Ave. to see "The Rains of Rancipor" (sp?). Outside we could hear the rain pouring down and hitting the roof of the theatre. After the movie Ken and I (somehow) were enlisted into the Services of the Santa Cruz Red Cross. We went house to house warning people living close to the San Lorenzo River to evacuate. Some refused to get out. That certainly was a mistake since (as LaNorma tells it)the great Flood hit the City of Santa Cruz. Things were not quite the same after that. ivnoIvano Franco Comellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088771740643993831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-66508653930091993472009-04-01T08:41:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:41:00.000-07:00Dei con i complementi e correzioni, GinoYou are co...Dei con i complementi e correzioni, Gino<BR/><BR/>You are correct Quinto's wife's (LaNorma's aunt) was Elvira. I shall make the correction.<BR/><BR/>Regarding my father's Friulian-boyhood nickname: "Vasin", you may be correct, although I never heard anyone including my father give any meaning to the nickname. I do know that my father didn't like the name much (he much preferred "Bronco"). He thought the name "Vasin" sounded too much like "vaso" (vase). Thus he associated Vasin to small vase or a night vase (chamber pot.) Despite this the Furlans 'su per la costa' continued to address him by his boyhood name: "Vasin" Dei with the Trivia.<BR/><BR/>IvnoIvano Franco Comellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17088771740643993831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31758730.post-32535359440677042372009-04-01T08:27:00.000-07:002009-04-01T08:27:00.000-07:00Dei pensieriCiao Ivano,Just been looking at your w...Dei pensieri<BR/><BR/>Ciao Ivano,<BR/><BR/>Just been looking at your website again, as I do twice a day or more.<BR/><BR/>First, the wife of Quinto Neri is Elvira. (not Elvera)<BR/><BR/>Second, listening to music on "Italia in Brazile" it came to me that your father who, when young, was called Vasin. In dialetto napoletano this might mean "Vasin d'amor". A little kiss of love. Che ne pensi?<BR/><BR/>Keep up the great work. Our parents are grateful for your efforts.<BR/><BR/>Saluti, GinoGinonoreply@blogger.com