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 WHATEVER HAPPENED TO OUR
HOMETOWN HOT ROD KING?
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was recently contacted by Andy Southard, Jr., OHS class
of '51 (whose father, Andrew, Sr., was on the Oceanside
School Board for 32 years ending with his passing in 1968).
Andy, Jr. became widely known in and around our little town in
his late teens and early 20s for his incredible work pinstriping
intricate designs on hot rods and custom cars. He then went on
to central California from where his reputation for pinstriping
and his photography spread nationally throughout hot rodding and
custom car circles. After being managing editor of
Rod & Custom magazine, and contributing photos and articles to that
and a number of other hot rodding and custom car magazines, in
the 1990s, Andy authored and published five books featuring
photos of these magnificent cars and related stories (all of
which are now out of print after runs of up to 12 years, and
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One of Andys' early books
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Click here to view the wonderful
photos of Oceanside in the 1950s that Andy, now living in
Salinas, California, contributed to 1960sailors.net for all of
us to enjoy.
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JACK IS BACK! |
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LI Newsday reported that our own Jack Beaulieu won first
place in the 26.2-mile men's hand-crank wheelchair competition
with a time of 1 hour, 34 minutes and 10 seconds.his first time
in the Long Island Marathon held on Sunday, May 3, 2004.
Several of his competitors were as much as 21 years younger than
Jack.
After losing both of his
legs in a construction accident shortly after our 40-year
reunion in 2000, Jack trained rigorously for the last 18 months
so he could inspire other amputees to race. Newsday quoted
Jack as follows: "It's no longer difficult for me. It's
difficult only if you don't fill your life with productive
endeavors." Way to go, Jack!
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Jack Beaulieu at our reunion in 2000 |
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Apparently, Jack competed again in July 2004 in
Alaska, according to the
accompanying online report of an Anchorage TV station about Jack and
another old-timer wheelchair racer found for us by Rick Von Brook. |
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IS YOUR BIRTHDAY THIS MONTH? |
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THE GREAT |
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IS NOW WELL INTO ITS 60s |
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Click here for a special
birthday greeting to all of us,
a
list of known classmates' birthdays and
a brief history of the world as we have
known it.
(If your birthday is this month,
and your name is not listed on the
class birthday
card, complete and submit the
Feedback
form
now.)
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Do
you remember the Sailor's
Handbook?
In
the late 1950s, the Sailor's
Handbook was
given to every OHS student at the beginning of the
school year. It contained mostly school rules but has a
lot of interesting historical information in it and,
thanks to classmate, Marta Watts, we have obtained
access to all
three editions
that were distributed while we were in high school. There
is stuff from the Handbook
now all over the
"Our School"
page (including the floor plan of our high school
building as it was when we were there) and on the "Sports
Page" (sample cheers used in the late 1950s).
And
a special page was added containing IAQs
(infrequently asked questions) created by classmate,
Ed Chilton, from information about our school found in
these three editions of the Handbook.
Some of them will surprise you, and many should make you laugh.
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FEEDBACK
FORM FINALLY FUNCTIONAL
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CLASSMATES, REGISTER NOW
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Use
the Feedback
form to register for our Class Directory and to keep me up-to-date on your latest
e-mail and "snail mail" addresses, telephone and FAX
nos. This will assure that you
receive notification of our next class reunion. Use it
also to provide your commentary on what this website means to
you and any other matters you would like to comment upon.
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Howie's nostalgic reunion speeches
over the last 25+ years now feature
AUDIO!!
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If you haven't
taken a tour of
"Our Little Town" yet,
go there. You'll find lots of
1950s Oceanside history obtained from, among
other sources, the 1957-'60 pages of
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photos and photos of
present day Oceanside, too.
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Peter's Clam Bar, circa
1950
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CHECK
OUT THE OLD PHOTOS
of
our town triangle, the Rainbow Diner,
Nathan's Roadside Rest,
C&J Bowling,
Peter's Clam Bar, Carvel, churches and synagogues,
Oil City, Bristol Motors, South Nassau
Communities Hospital and more at
Our Little Town
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AND
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ROADSIDE REST! |
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LITTLE TOWN'S MOST FAMOUS LANDMARK |
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on
our IMPROVED
ROADSIDE
REST page
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that has been substantially "beefed up"
(all beef, of course); that is, it
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has
grown larger, more complete and more interesting with "new"
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pictures and added history. (Even the
song has gotten cooler!)
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And
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(FYI, this panel is supposed to be the color of
sauerkraut.)
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According to a remarkably accurate report by
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"The huge building with picnic-style
tables became a destination: to go after high-school
football games, after a day at the beach, to
celebrate when you first got your drivers'
license, or just to people-watch and meet kids from
other towns."
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CLASS
OF 1960 "IMMORTALIZED"
AT NATHAN'S OCEANSIDE
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Substantially
all of the contents of our
Roadside Rest
page, in a beautifully framed, printed edition was presented June 28, 2003, on behalf of our class
together with the Oceanside
Chamber of Commerce,
who then declared June to be "
Month in Oceanside, New York." Our tribute is
now hanging permanently in the Oceanside,
"immortalizing" the Class of 1960 in our little town. Click here for details
and photos, here for
Nathan's Famous letter of
acknowledgement of our award, or here for the Chamber's
Newsletter covering the event. (Our class is mentioned four
times in the article.)
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This Site |
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Now Featuring |
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After 48 Years! |
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Selected LIVE RECORDINGS
made onstage at
OHS,
March 15, 1958, featuring the
OHS
orchestra and the voices of our classmates, in
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available courtesy of our popular teacher, musical
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director and conductor,
Allan Segal. |
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The
audio quality is not the best, But the memories are real. and they are
SPECTACULAR!!
Thanks,
Allan
(Click here
for an
update on Allan Segal.)
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Visit the page honoring
the memory of my personal favorite teacher,
jr.
high music teacher,
Ed Taylor
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Don' t forget the
ATTACK ON
OUR HOMELAND
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Click
on one of the photos at left for our special page about the tragedy.
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REmemBEring
September 11th
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one year later
with
the words of a 14-year old Oceanside
high school
freshman,
Denise Huertas, Class of 2006
"I learned that life can change in a heartbeat."
Click
here for a report of the memorial
ceremony
held in Oceanside,
September 11, 2002
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Very
rare
group
photos of all of us
as
the
OJHS Graduating Class of
1957 |
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Our
Guys
Our
Girls |
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NOW ENLARGED
2.5 X the size of the Originals!!
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READ
ALL ABOUT THE 1959
COUNTY
CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL GAME
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SAILORS
71, BALDWIN
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(IN NAIL-BITING
OVERTIME !)
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TOLD ON THE PAGES OF
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LOTS
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OTHER OHS SPORTS STUFF
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AND SPEAKING OF SPORTS,
REMEMBER THIS? |
Were you a baseball fan when you were a kid?
How about a trip back to the ballpark in the days the Dodgers
were still in Brooklyn (and you could still pronounce all the
players' names) -- a trip to Yankee Stadium for game seven of
the 1955 World Series, October 4, 1955, when the beloved
Brooklyn Bums finally beat the Bronx Bombers, as reported the
next day in the
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(Click on the Dodgers' logo at left.) |
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WHAT A MEMORY!! |
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CHUCK BERRY HONORED |
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In
December 2000,
the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts gave Chuck Berry, one our
generation's heroes, the highest honor that can be
bestowed upon an entertainer in the USA.
(Click on the figure at left
for a report and the Class of 1960's tribute to
Berry for this achievement.) |
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Remember
our
FABULOUS 40-year
class reunion,
July
29th, 2000
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Click
here, and take a few moments to read our detailed
REUNION
REPORT
and to view 224 photos on
13
pages of this website.
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Check out our own
American Bandstand Page
See if it
isn't the best Bandstand page on the
web! |
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August 5th, 2007,
marked 50 years
since Dick Clark first brought "American Bandstand" and our favorite musical
performers into our Oceanside living rooms every day from
Philadelphia and made national celebrities out of regular kids
like us. |
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2000-2008 by Howard B. Levy and
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