Alumni Sandstorm ~ 11/02/15 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3 Bombers sent stuff: Mike CLOWES ('54) Reuben LINN ('58) Earl BENNETT ('63) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Norma LOESCHER ('53) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Tom BEAULIEU ('59) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: David DOWIS ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rita JOHNSON ('64) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Chris ROE ('71) BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Rich JACOBS ('75) BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar Click the event you want to know more about. *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) I told you it is a busy weekend. Now we come to a slightly older Bomber Babe, with whom I tread the boards at Col-Hi. I don't think we were on stage together at the same time, but we were in the same production. She was also, briefly, my editor during my short stay on The [ORIGINAL] Sandstorm. Didn't see her again until Club 40. She hadn't changed all that much. And we have become occasional correspondents. Now for the important part, the ceremonial tipping of the ol' propeller beanie and the "Happy Birthday!" shout for Norma LOESCHER ('53) on the occasion of her 22nd birthday. Have a real fun day, my friend. Re: Swamp Coolers Don't believe they were standard issue for housing. Offices and labs got air conditioning of some sort, but houses, no. One had to purchase and install their own. Believe people took them when they left. And, as for the folks who resided in trailers in North Richland; fortunately the roofs of the canopies were high enough to clear a swamp cooler on top of the trailer. -Bob Carlson, aka Mike CLOWES ('54) ~ Mount Angel, OR where the weather guessers say the snow level is dropping to 4,000' but the rain chances are also dropping to less than 20% *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Reuben LINN ('58) Re: Boy's Choir 1951 http://AlumniSandstorm.com/Xtra/Lin/151102-BoysChoir-1951.jpg I ran across this clipping while cleaning out files and thought perhaps it would be of interest. Ms. Evelyn Negley formed this group and worked wonders. I was fortunate to be accepted and enjoyed several years of music learning and performing. I do note that John MEYERS ('58-RIP) was getting some size to him then when '58 folks were around 11. -Reuben LINN ('58) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** >>From: Earl BENNETT ('63) Re: Cooling Dad installed a swamp cooler in the ranch house on Turner, pretty sure I was still at Jason Lee, so probably mid-fifties. It may have been instigated by the 115° Friday one year when we were supposed to leave on vacation as soon as he got home from work, but the bus ride (also no cooling) wiped him out so completely we had to wait until Saturday morning. I'm not positive, but he may have jury-rigged the unit rather than buying ready-made, it would fit with his jack-of-all-trades, handyman nature. I remember the excelsior in the frame, the ordinary garden hose connection from the outdoor faucet to the cooler (no permanent piping installation), the big fan on the inside, and standing in front of it to get cool after playing in the heat outside, especially at first. I also remember he had to put some serious effort into installing an effective winterizing cover. I'm pretty sure we used it for a couple of years before he installed a window air conditioning unit. We also waited quite a while before the window AC was replaced by central AC; in fact, that was after I was away from home after graduation, maybe while I was in the Air Force '65 - '69. I'm pretty sure he either helped with the central AC installation, or did the bulk of it and hired someone only for the tricky technical parts that required a licensed installer. Regards, ecb3 - from seasonably pleasant central Virginia where this morning's rain has delayed my start on the significant layer of leaves collecting on the lawn - in fact the entire property. -Earl BENNETT ('63) *************************************************************** *************************************************************** That's it for today. Please send more. ***************************************************************