Jan Lee:
CLASS OF 1954
Elk Grove High SchoolClass of 1954
Elk grove, CA
Salinas High SchoolClass of 1954
Salinas, CA
Gridley High SchoolClass of 1954
Gridley, CA
Saint Mary SchoolClass of 1948
Gilroy, CA
Robert Down Elementary SchoolClass of 1948
Pacific grove, CA
Jan's Story
Life
I DIDN'T FINISH SCHOOL I GOT MARRIED IN RENO, 3-15-53, 4 KIDS, 4 GRANDKIDS,5 GREATGRANDKIDS. WE LIVE IN MARYSVILLE, HAVE BEEN HERE ON AND OFF ALL OUR MARRIED LIFE. ONE DAUGHTER IN FLORIDA, ONE DAUGHTER IN YUBA CITY,A SON IN SACRAMENTO,AND A SON IN MARYSVILLE.ONE OF OUR GRANDSONS GRADUATED FROM LAW SCHOOL IN NEBRASKA THIS MONTH, OUR GRANDDAUGHTER IN FLORIDA JUST HAD A BABY, IT'S HER FIFTH BOY. WE ARE HOPING SHE WILL QUIT FOR A WHILE. BUT WE ARE PROUD OF ALL OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.
WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PETS, THREE DOGS AND X# OF CATS. I LOST COUNT A LONG TIME AGO, MY HUSBAND LIKES TO ADOPT cats, SO WE DO. WE ALSO HAVE TWO 20 GAL. FISH TANKS. I APPLIED FOR A POSTION ON THE GRAND JURY IN YUBA COUNTY, SINCE I RETIRED I NEED SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO WITH MY TIME. I THINK IT WILL BE INTERESTING, BESIDES MEETING PEOPLE. I GUESS THATS ALL FOR NOW, MAYBE SOMETHING INTERESTING WILL HAPPEN AND I CAN UPDATE THIS AT A LATER DATE.
FOR ANYONE FROM SALINAS HIGH, EMAIL ME. I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT MY YEARBOOK FROM 1952, AND I FOUND PICTURES OF SOME CLASSMATES WHO ARE REGISTERED WITH CLASSMATES.COM. I WAS A SOPHMORE IN "52" MY PICTURE IS ON PAGE 24,AT THE END OF ROW TWO. iI SURE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF YOU. EUGENE LAPP, JOHN BLACK, CAROL WHETSTONE, MAY RUTH FOX, IRMAGENE WHITE MATHEWS, JERRY KEPHART. CAROL, I HAVE A PICTURE OF YOU THAT I CUT OUT OF A MAGAZINE WHEN YOU BECAME AN AIRLINE STEWARDESSOUT OF A MAGAZINE WHEN YOU BECAME AN AIRLINE STEWARDESS. I WAS REALLY PROUD OF YOU THAT YOU WOULD LEAVE HOME AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE AND STRIKE ON YOUR OWN. I WAS ALWAYS A STAY AT HOME PERSON. I GUESS I WAS JUST SCARED. EVENTUALLY I DID LEAVE HOME, BUT I GOT MARRIED, RAISED A FAMILY AND NOW AM A GRANDMOTHER AND A GREATGRANDMOTHER. I AM RETIRED FROM NURSING AND NOW I'M GETTING INTERESTED IN CITY GOVERNMENT, IT SHOULD BE INTERESTING. TO BE PRECISE THE COUNTY GRAND JURY. I'M NOSY, I LIKE TO KNOW WHATS GOING ON IN OUR TOWN.
School
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT MY YEAR BOOK AND BOY DID THE MEMORIES FLOOD BACK. THE LONGEST I EVER WENT TO ANY SCHOOL WAS SALINAS, I WENT TO ROOSEVELT ELEM. WASHINGTON JR. HIGH, AND SUHS. I HAVE SO MANY PLEASANT MEMORIES OF MY SCHOOL DAYS. THE PEP RALLY'S IN THE QUAD,THE PE UNIFORMS,UGH. REMEMBER MR. WOODWORTH IN THE SKIRT AT A RALLY. ALL THE WONDERFUL TIMES WE HAD...Expand for more
IN GLEE. I AM GETTING NOSTALGIC. BACK THEN I HAD A ROMANCE WITH THE SCISSORS, I KEPT CUTTING MY HAIR, AND EVERYBODY RAGGED ON ME ABOUT IT. SOME OF US EVEN WENT NUTS AND PIERCED OUR OWN EARS. OUCH! WHEN I HAD WHOOPING COUGH, IT WAS SO NEAT THE TEACHERS SENT HOMEWORK TO MY HOUSE SO I WOULDN'T GET BEHIND. I DIDN'T EITHER. IF I HAD STAYED IN SALINAS I WOULD HAVE GRADUATED WITH THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH, NEEDLESS TO SAY I DIDN'T, BUT I STILL THINK ABOUT MY YEARS AT SUHS. THEY WERE THE BEST.WINIFRED WERLING, PHILLIS CAMBELL, CAROL WHETSTONE, MAY RUTH FOX, WHERE ARE YOU THESE DAYS?
College
Since I didn't graduate from high school, I decided to try to get into college. We have a Junior College here, and they have an open door policy. I still had to take the SAT's. I passed and was accepted. My major was Criminal Justice. I had a ball going to school with kids that were the same age as my children. They treated me great. I was 34 years old and I was hanging out with these wonderful people. I graduated one week before my oldest daughter graduated from Marysville High School. She went to my ceremony and I went to hers a week later. That was in 1972. I went on to get my AA in 1990. During my college years we had work experience outside school for extra credit, I was an intern with the Yuba County Probation Dept. I was also a NARC on the same campus that my children attended. I never did go into law enforcement, but I made a lot of friends in the cop shop. I eventually went to work in resturants and then nursing. I retired 6 years ago. living in Salinas I didn't work because I was a student, and I was two young to work. Sure would like to hear from my friends from school days.
Workplace
FIRST JOB, WAITRESS,IT WAS A SMALL PLACE SO THE OWNER TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE A FRY COOK. FROM THERE WENT TO WORK AT SAMBO'S THEN A PLACE CALLED HAL'S GRUBSTAKE. FROM THERE I COOKED AT THE LOCAL BOWLING ALLEY. THEN I WENT TO WORK FOR THE AIR FORCE. WORKED FOR THEM FOR ELEVEN YEARS IN RETAIL. RETIRED FROM THERE AND THEN WENT TO WORK AT K-MART, WAS THERE SIX YEARS UNTIL THE FLOOD OF 1986, WIPED OUT THE MALL, THEN I WENT TO COLLEGE, GOT A DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE. GOT A DEGREE IN GENERAL EDUCATION. WENT BACK AND GOT A NURSING CERTIFICATE. WORKED AS A NURSE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS AND THEN RETIRED.
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