Claude King:
CLASS OF 1950
Richmond High SchoolClass of 1950
Richmond, IN
East Los Angeles Junior CollegeClass of 1991
Los angeles, CA
Los Angeles Trade - Technical CollegeClass of 1988
Los angeles, CA
Los Angeles City CollegeClass of 1986
Los angeles, CA
University of CaliforniaClass of 1985
Los angeles, CA
Claude's Story
Life
After Graduating from RHS, I enlisted in the Navy. Spent four years in Washington, D.C. working with Naval Security (ONI). After discharge from Navy, I entered St. Mary's Seminary in St. Mary, Kentucky to complete some studies in LATIN and Philosophy. After two years, I then entered the Religious order of the Cistercians (Trapppists) at Holy Cross Abbey in Berryville, Virginia. I spent a year as a Novice and then left the Order and returned to Richmond. Worked a brief period at the U.S. Post Office and then left to go to Honolulu, Hawaii with a Doctor Friend and his Wife. We lived on the Island of Maui in Lahaina. My original plans were to enter Queens Hospital School of Nursing but at that time, enrollment was only once a year and had already commenced. I worked part time by picking pineapple for Pioneer Plantation; cutting sugar cane. I left Hawaii in 1960 and returned to the Mainland (Los Angeles) stopping to visit some family friends. I ended up by staying, and working for about five years in the Post Office again, and then left to work with an International Travel Agency....where I stayed for about 20 years. Then in 1984 I left the Travel Agency and returned to School and studied for a Degree in Nursing which I obtained. Worked 8 years in a Shelter for Homeless Men with AIDS that was established by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
Left the Hospice about 9 years ago and have fully retired. Spend most of my time reading lots and lots of Mysteries, writing some short stories and spending too many hours on the Internet.
Would love to hear from ANYONE from the Classes of 1948 - 1949 - 1950 - 1951.
School
Easthaven Avenue School....grade school. I even remember most of the teachers I had back then. Kindergarten: Mrs. Thornberg. Second Grade: Miss Dieter. 3rd Grade: Miss B...Expand for more
lanche Kerr (she had beautiful penmanship). 4th Grade: Miss Juana Schneckl 5-6th: Miss McKinney and Miss Keever. The librarian was Miss Steindorf. Remember playing 'STEAL EGGS' with Ronny Sudhoff. On to Dennis Jr. High School. Duck-walks in Gym Class with 'HITCHCOCK'. Miss Kemper's English class. Mr. Wardsworth placing all the girls in the front row. Miss Adelman and music class which was always hectic and unruly. Miss Arbogast and Math. Miss Wagner for Georgraphy and her: "POSITIONS PLEASE" at the beginning of each class. Mr. Petry and his math class and all the girls having a 'crush' on him. 9th Grade Assembly with Byron Klute - Roger Dotson - and Ronny Sudhoff in 'DRAG' doing some silly thing. Jack Coy, myself and someone else singing "WE THREE KINGS" for some Christmas Program. Miss Torance cooking class and Mr. Hoffman making change in the cafeteria. On to RHS. Art Classes with Kenneth Gregg, Garth Campbell and Mr. Loar. Miss Mary Alice Fornshell's English 5-A English Class; Miss Catherine Coulter and Biology class and the field trips we took to the Kentucky Derby where I had a MINT JULIP!!! Concert Choir with Mr. Ronald Melton and the many concerts with the Kiwanis Club at the Leland Hotel. The Christmas Carolling in the hallways of RHS. The SECTIONAL BASKETBALL GAMES at CIVIC HALL when we would stand outside in the cold singing: HERE WE STAND LIKE BIRDS IN THE WILDERNESS waiting to get in....Captain Bob Pottinger, Kenneth Beasely....and all those starters in 1948. Getting pinned in wrestling in Gym Class by Herb Sawyer. Graduation and marching down the aisle in Civic as Bob Carver played POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. ............and before your knew it...four years had gone by and you were 18 years old and an adult in the Adult World......next stop U.S.Navy thanks to the Korean War.
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