2004 Guestbook Entries

 

 

 

Name: Tom Rutherford

E-mail: marine_tom@excite.com

 

City:

Country: USA

 

Homepage: http://www.thomasrutherford.com/

Date: 26-Dec-2004 00:08:10

 

Message:

Fantastic website. Spent most of the afternoon 
reading your stint in the Corps page.  Loved the 
advice on boot camp.  I am currently a legally 
blind, retired military vet. I was a Marine from 
75-82 and was stationed on Oki twice; RS Dallas; 
MCLB Albany; Camp Lejeune; & of course MCRD San 
Diego.  Great website.  Thanks and take care.

 

 


 

Name: Regi

E-mail: operagraph@aol.com

 

City: Burbank

Country: USA

 

Homepage: http://www.freegb.net/www.operagraphics.com

Date: 23-Dec-2004 23:06:04

 

Message:

 

 

I stumbled on your site while researching an article on 
SFV filming location.  This is great stuff! And I live 
around the corner on Brighton and Monterrey so I 
know your house. I bet you know alot of the old timers  
who are still in the neighborhood.
 
In the 60's we lived in an apartment So. of the Blvd. in 
Tarzana.  My dad was a manufacturers rep and we 
had load of 60's stuff like light boxes and candles.  
Everything we had that wasn't covered with Contac 
paper was avacado.  And then my dad got an 
'antiquing' kit  so everything was antiqued avacado!
 
--Regi
 

 


 

Name: ron bell

E-mail: brainizdead@hotmail.com

 

City: Springfield

Country: USA

 

Homepage: none

Date: 13-Dec-2004 02:16:51

 

Message:

 

 

Great stuff, if it was a documentary I'd record it.
I'd buy the book, fantastic and hilarious.

 


 

Name: JAV

E-mail:

 

City:

Country:

 

Homepage: http://d21c.com/jav_98116/fine.html

Date: 2-Dec-2004 19:40:45

 

Message:

Interesting, evocative website.

 


 

Name: Jerry McBrearty, Sr.

E-mail: JERRY.MCBREARTYSR@VERIZON.NET

 

City: Pacific Palisades, CA

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 20-Nov-2004 00:03:30

 

Message:

Fantastic site.  Grew up in North Hollywood.  
Had the same camera with the blue bulbs where 
you looked down through the lens.

 


 

Name: Angie

E-mail: aharris53@mailbox2000.com

 

City: Sydney, Florida

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 17-Nov-2004 15:30:45

 

Message:

I really enjoyed looking around your site, thanks
a million! ~Angie~ 

 


 

Name: Diane

E-mail: schneiddj2@yahoo.com

 

City: L.A.

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 14-Nov-2004 19:07:32

 

Message:

 

 

Thanks for the sweet roll recipe.

 

 

 


 

Name: Jonna Gardemann

E-mail: jgardemann@pickwickcenter.com

 

City: Burbank

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 11-Nov-2004 23:50:53

 

Message:

 

 

I had a blast reading about how my crazy aunt 
Viki, Valerie, Jamie and my dad Kim grew up. You 
should call Viki some time or my grandma Flo to 
see how everything is going here.  

 

 

 


 

Name: Mark

E-mail: harpospace@hotmail.com

 

City: Eaasthampton, MA

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 11-Nov-2004 19:50:33

 

Message:

 

 

Thanks for putting the time for not only you're 
kids and personal satisfaction, but for all the 
ramdoms who come across this wonderful site! I 
grew up down on Lincoln St. between Victory  
Blvd. and Burbank Blvd. My mom is still in the 
same house!! Born in '71 and graduated in '89 
from Burroughs,..Go Indians! Anyways, thanks 
for a lot for the stroll down Lincoln St! I'm 
coming home for X-mas and I'll be sure to get 
a "new" look at this web site icon! Peace in 
the BBC (Burbank City Fool!)  Mark  
P.S. I would love to write more to tell you of 
my memories of Burbank and the vast changes 
since Ileft In 1990.

 

 

 


 

Name: Corita

E-mail: cgravitt@kvie.org

 

City: Sacramento

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 18-Oct-2004 22:54:15

 

Message:

 

 

I grew up in Burbank and this brings it all 
back, good or bad. Veteran of St. Finbar 
School, lived at 418 N. Brighton Street, Ed 
McMahan's Budweiser commercials (well, at least 
one) were shot at my aunt's big paneled bar in 
her house across the street. Remember Pizza 
King, Chopsticks, Genios, and the DeBell Golf 
Course? 
A great place to be a kid. At the edge of 
Hollywood with the reflected glare of 
celebrities but still a small, seemingly 
innocent small town in many memorable ways.

 

 

 


 

Name: Ken Nordlie

E-mail: knordlie@mn.rr.com

 

City: Bloomington MN

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 22-Sep-2004 00:50:54

 

Message:

 

 

Found your very entertaining and interesting 
site on a Google search for Hamms Beer 
Commercial info. I was at a olf buddy's cabin 
just 3 or 4 doors down from Arcadia Resort on 
Turtle Lake in northern Minnesota and I can 
verify that the "Land of Sky Blue Waters" 
commercials were indeed taken from the point at 
Arcadia Lodge - a well known spot in the 50s. 
I'll send along a picture if I can convince my 
friend to take one on his next trip there. My 
golf buddy owns Alf Landon's (ever hear that 
name?)old cabin, and local legend says that 
Carol Lombard and Clark Gable used to spent time 
at Arcadia Resort.

 

 

 


 

Name: dredydave

E-mail: dreadycuban@yahoo.com

 

City: montevideo mn.

Country: usa

 

Homepage:

Date: 21-Sep-2004 14:02:46

 

Message:

 

 

sweet man i love old pictures

 

 

 


 

Name: Pixy

E-mail: kittenkattbrat@hotmail.com

 

City: Tampa, FL

Country: USA

 

Homepage: http://lifelessmellowpixy.com/blog/

Date: 19-Sep-2004 22:00:58

 

Message:

 

 

Fun site, found my way here on a bored night.
 

 

 

 


 

Name: Brad Wonnacott

E-mail: vulcanjunkie@aol.com

 

City: Missoula Mt.

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 15-Sep-2004 19:18:43

 

Message:

 

 

Hey Wes.
I really enjoyed your website, especially the 
60's toys! It sparked memories of things I 
haven't thought of in years. Thankyou for taking 
the time to put together such a delightful way 
to cruise down memory lane!

 

 

 


 

Name: beverly wolff

E-mail: bevwolff@yahoo.com

 

City: st.louis

Country: usa

 

Homepage:

Date: 4-Sep-2004 01:19:59

 

Message:

 

 

I found your memoirs once before and happened 
acrosss them again tonight.I am a BHS alumna-
class of "63. It was wonderful growing up in 
Burbank then-probably pretty good now. You have 
done a wonderful job documenting the times of 
our youth-thank you. I don't live in Calif. any 
more-so it is all the windmills of my mind.

 

 

 


 

Name: Neil Jensen

E-mail: njensen@westworksmtg.com

 

City: Trabuco Canyon

Country:

 

Homepage:

Date: 31-Aug-2004 19:36:42

 

Message:

 

 

Wow,  That was fun! Thanks for the memories.
 
Neil

 

 

 


 

Name: Larry Day, Jr.

E-mail: larry@larryeday.com

 

City: Rancho Cucamonga, CA

Country: USA

 

Homepage: http://www.freegb.net/www.larryeday.com

Date: 28-Aug-2004 03:53:26

 

Message:

 

 

Mr. Clark,
 
Just a quick note of admiration regarding your
web site.  What was going to be just a quick,
“I’ll see what that link is then jump back”
turned into an entire evening!
 
Being born in 1971 I remember visiting aunts and
uncles that had their décor stuck in the late 60s
and 70s, so your descriptions bring back memories.
 
You have put a tremendous amount of time and
energy in to the preservation of your family’s
memories and by the responses to your site,
resurrected the memories of the many kids growing
up in the 60s and early 70s for not just Southern
Californians but nationwide (and Canadians too).  
 
As a history graduate I commend you on the work
that you have done.  Very few people would have
taken photos of the “mundane” or what seemed
common place back then (like your Mom complaining
that you “wasted” film on taking a picture of a
pile of scrap lumber in the back yard) and even
fewer would have compiled these memories and
photos into such organized fashion that you have
done on the web site.
 
Thanks for the insight into Burbank in the 60s
and 70s.
 
Sincerely,
Larry Day, Jr.
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
 
PS: Question.  Why did you move from Southern
California to the East?  Did you feel you missed
real winters growing up and wanted your kids to
experience shoveling snow?  Half joking / half
curious.

 

 

 


 

Name: Allen Walden

E-mail: arw_ramset@xemaps.com

 

City: Washington DC

Country:

 

Homepage:

Date: 21-Aug-2004 15:41:39

 

Message:

 

 

Hello Wes! Thanks for sharing your memories. 
That was great fun... and you helped me to clean 
out the cobwebs in my brain to fire a few 
neurons that needed a workout. I had many of the 
toys you had... and if I didn't own it, then one 
of my buddies had one. I think our generation 
was part of the "golden-age" of toys. We're 
lucky. --- Thanks again for taking the time to 
put your web pages together. Regards, Allen

 

 

 


 

Name: Vic Johansen

E-mail: johansen@fuse.net

 

City: Cincinnati

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 17-Aug-2004 07:33:46

 

Message:

 

 

Wes,  I truly enjoyed looking at all of your 
pictures of the Aurora Monster Models - what 
memories they brought back!  I grew up in the 
60's in New Jersey and spent many, many hours 
working on those very same models.  When we moved 
to Cincinnati in 1966, I gave all of them away.  
Great pictures - it was a fun trip down Memory 
Lane.  Thanks.
Vic

 

 

 


 

Name: nathan

E-mail: nathan23@imsinternet.net

 

City: poplar bluff MO

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 12-Aug-2004 13:53:50

 

Message:

 

 

HEY I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY COOL SITE YOU GOT 
TELLING ABOUT YOUR SELF WHEN YOU WHERE GROWING 
UP AND THATHOUSE YOU WHERE LIVING IN ITS COOL 
IT REMBERS ME WHEN I WAS GROWING UP I WAS BORN 
IN CHYANN WY ABOVE DENVER I HAVE SOME PICS OF 
ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND I CAN REMBER GROWING 
UP IN MISSOURI IN A WHITE HOUSE IN THE COUNTY 
IT BRINGS BACK MEORIES SORRY I CAN'T SPELL THAT 
GOOD AND I LIKE THE CARS ALOT MY GRANDMA AND 
GRANDPA USED TO HAVE A 1969 PONICA BONNIEVILL 
IT HAD A 400 IN IT I WAS ABOUT 7 OUR 8 YEARS 
OLD AT THE TIME BOY I SURE MISS IT ALOT BUT MY 
DAD HAS A 1970 PONAIC CATALENA WITH A 350 IN 
IT  ITS BLUE ON TOP AND WHITE ON THE BOTTOM AND 
I GOT A 1976 DODGE MAXIVAN WITH A 318 IN IT 
IT'S VERY BIG AND IT WEIGHS 6.100LBS THATS A 
TANK WELL YOU WHERE IN THE MERINES MY DAD WAS 
IN THE MERINES TO HES WAS IN FROM 1970 TO 1975 
ABOUT FIVE YEARS HE WAS STAION IN ALTORAL HE 
WAS 18 WHEN HE WHEN IN THE MERINESHE TOLD ME HE 
WENT TO JAPAN I THOUGHT THAT WAS COOL WELL I 
WAS BORN IN 1981 IM 23 YEARS OLD DO YOU WISH TO 
GO BACK TO BE A KID I WISH I COULD SOME TIMES I 
FELL LIKE A KID WELL I LIKE YOUR STIE ALOT IT 
WAS COOL KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ONE MORE 
THANING IS IM A LITTLE SLOW AND I CAN'T SPELL 
THAT GOOD.......     

 

 

 


 

Name: Ralph M. Rodriguez

E-mail: r.m.rodriguez@juno.com

 

City: Lancaster, CA.

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 5-Aug-2004 18:42:13

 

Message:

 

 

Wes:
 
Great to see you at our 30 year reunion! Had a 
great time, recognized so many classmates it was 
great!
 
Your website brought back alot of memories of 
growing up in Burbank and it was inspiring.  I 
recognize alot of your friends and in fact 
considered some of them as my friends too.
 
All the best to you, your family, friends and 
readers of your website.  
 
Maybe we'll all get together for our 40th 
reunion!
 
Cheers!
 
Ralph

 

 

 


 

Name: Richard

E-mail: richard@richardsfault.com

 

City: Houston

Country: USA

 

Homepage: http://www.richardsfault.com/photos.html

Date: 3-Aug-2004 14:30:05

 

Message:

 

 

Just enjoyed an extensive site visit. Great 
nostalgia and storytelling!
 
One thing that seems to be missing is the story 
of how you met your wife. Did I overlook it?
 
My site contains many nostalgic photos from 
the '70's and early '80's, but I have not 
developed them into stories as you have done so 
well.

 

 

 


 

Name: Danny Klein

E-mail: daniel.klein@visteva.com

 

City: Sacramento

Country:

 

Homepage:

Date: 26-Jul-2004 11:19:33

 

Message:

 

 

A good friend of mine sent me the link to your 
web site. Amazing, I knew your parents. From 
1979-1984 I worked on Lincoln, two doors east 
of the restaurant. Used to eat lunch there 
quite often. Became friends with your parents. 
Remember your mom quite well. What a character. 
Your dad getting yelled at and making faces. Oh 
my....when he got caught. It was entertaing and 
a nice break from work. I graduated BHS in 
1971. My wife Bonnie (Bell) in 1974. Thanks for 
the great memories found in this web page.

 

 

 


 

Name: Debi

E-mail: deborahdodge@clearchannel.com

 

City: Burbank

Country: USA

 

Homepage:

Date: 24-Jul-2004 21:51:17

 

Message:

 

 

Hi!  I found your webpage and I was impressed 
with your dedication to Burbank.  I was also 
shocked that my father wrote something about 
me.  His only grandchildren are here in 
California (1 he's never seen) and we've been 
estranged for several years.