John Leal:
CLASS OF 1971
Pioneer High SchoolClass of 1971
Whittier, CA
John's Story
Hmmm. (A quick Flash of the Past) Of course as some of you may know, I didn't actually graduate from Pioneer. I was expelled during my junior year for having my hair over my collar HA! Then transfered to frontier continuation H.S. Got expelled from there for my behavior and then hit the road hitch hiking all the way up to Canada then back down and settled in Berkeley, Ca. for a year. I was a little 18 yr. old Street Urchin living in a college dorm room. Fun times...Saw Country Joe Mc Donald play in Peoples Park...Wild. Almost got involved with the Native American take over of Alcatraz Island , 1969-1971. Anyway got back home went to Rio Hondo for 3 years. Then got my GED cuz I needed that...Expand for more
to apply to the L.A.P.D. past everything with flying colors till it came to my vision which was below their standards at the time , 1980.
Then went off to live out my fantasy of becoming independently wealthy, doing some investing of other peoples money, well after I made a killing the Feds stepped in and stopped all the fun. Still able to keep my Porche bought a Harley,,, which was later stolen. Lived in Venice Beach-Hollywood-Beverly Glen- Brentwood-Spokane Washington where I lived with my daughter and Ex-wife, now deceased. Got my BFA Degree in Studio Painting which is what I do now.
Living in Whittier these days.
Also cycling. Planning on cycling a century in July for my 70th B-Day.
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