My Trails into the Past

Last week I showed how ephemera from our family archive documents the story of Dave Lundquist. This week I can show that again. My mother, Lela Nell Johnston, was a social butterfly when she was in high school. She was elected as social secretary for the Freshman class. [1] Lela was pictured twice in that year’s yearbook on the Freshman class pages, once as a class officer and once in the freshman class photo. [2] After only one month as a freshman., there was already an article in the school newspaper about freshmen going steady. It was in the column “Vacuum Cleaner” in the Acalanes Blueprint . [3] She was going steady with John Reynolds. I did not find John Reynolds in the yearbook. In October 22, she was reported as breaking up with Bob Stewart at the end of the previous week. [4] Bob Stewart was a sophomore. In the sophomore class, I found a B Stewart. [5] In another issue, Vacuum Cleaner column listed Lela Nell dancing with senior Ron Maatta, [6] He is found in the yearbook....

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: It's  Saturday Night  again - time for some more  Genealogy Fun!! Here is our assignment from Randy Seaver of Genea-Musing : 1) This week we travel down Memory Lane again - tell us about your high school years with answers to ten questions. 2) Put it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook post.  Please leave a link in a comment to this post. Here's mine: 1. What was your high school's full name, where was it, and what year did you graduate?   Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, California. I graduated in 1972. We’ll have our 50 th reunion next year. Image of Las Lomas High School in the 60s 2. What was the school team nickname, and what are/were your school's colors?  Our school nickname is Knights. Our colors are maroon and gold and I still have a fondness for those colors. 3. What was the name of your school song, and can you still sing it?  I don...