Gary Stamey:
CLASS OF 1964
Inglewood High SchoolClass of 1964
Inglewood, CA
Lennox High SchoolClass of 1964
Lennox, CA
Felton Junior High SchoolClass of 1959
Lennox, CA
Crozier Junior High SchoolClass of 1959
Inglewood, CA
Buford Elementary SchoolClass of 1957
Lennox, CA
Gary's Story
Life[cwthe3rdatyahoodotcom]
Lived all over the world, seen a lot, done many things, professions, still busy, having fun!
Fun, Travel, Adventure, Art, Music, everyday is a holiday, every meal a banquet, every night is Friday night, every Saturday is the 4th of July, life is good, tomorrow will be better, the best is yet to be:-)
School
Thought Betty Azar was Miss America! Jeanie Gossard was a nice teacher,...If I could do it all over again, I'd learn how to dance, I'd go to the Rec Center dances after the football games at the Farm and just stand around, never danced once in 3yrs...:-( was always thinking my big feet would crush the little toes of the ladies at the dance. High school was mostly trouble for me. I wasn't a surfer or a low rider, got along with both sides OK, but never really fit in. My best class was typing I & II, it was the only classes where I really achieved proficiency, and besides, it was mostly ladies in the class and that was nice!
College
Getting married at 17 had me going to night school the next year. While all my friends were still in school, I was working that last year, a baby arrived in March and working in the Inglewood night school program, I earned a diploma:-)
When on to attend classes at El Cami...Expand for more
no JC, Long Beach JC, Santa Monica CC, Harbor JC, Cypress JC, Golden West JC, Mira Costa JC, and Pima JC.
Workplace
Worked since I was a teenager. Delivered the Examiner for a few years in Jr High. Worked at Jolla Bowl for a short time with Mark Bealy. We swept up the lanes, dumped the trash etc, I dumped a lit cigarette into the dumpster and caught it on fire, put it out quickly using the big fire extinguisher, but that was the end of that Xmas job. Mark went on to be a good bowler.
Got married to Sue Spratt at 17 that summer, had gotten a job at the Ion Toothbrush company the first week of summer vacation that year. Went on to work at Clark Drugs, Thrifty Drugs, Boys Market before I got a real job at North American Aviation.
Delivered documents at NAA for a year and got an entry level job in the plastic lab there testing materials, became a senior lab tech in the next 4yrs, then went to Lockheed as a supervisor.
Joined the US Army the summer of 1970. Trained with Special Forces for most of 3 years, commo, demo, some light weapons and medic. Being a Green Beret was tough training, but it set me right and I learned a lot at Ft Bragg and Ft Sam Houston where I actually met President Johnson once! The best was yet to be...:-)
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