Joseph Arce:  

Life I attended Hollywood Professional School from 1952-1953. The kids I knew there were Leroy Lambert, Jon Sonday, Daria Massey, and Diane DuBois. Leroy was the science whiz, Jon left to live in London after college, Daria had a neat 1953 Studebaker in Coral, and Diane was on her way back to Paris. Mariam Deutsch was a very nice and sweet person. Same for Dorothy Sutherland. Ed Abroms was cool in his 1939 Ford (hot rod) Sedan. Much to Mrs. Mann's chagrin, some of the kids hung out at the Dog Shack (?) next door after school with its loud rock & roll jukebox. That was before the "Days of the Fonz." Me, I got a job after graduation to work at an aircraft plant: North American Aviation. But my life improve after that. One of my hobbies was racing motorcycles. In 1957, I raced motorcycles at Southern California drag strips. I was the 500cc class World Champion in 1957. Listed in The Society of Land Speed Racing Historians, 2014. After leaving HPS, I attended Westlake College of Modern Jazz, UCLA, College of the Desert, Claremont College and UC, Riverside. I married Louise Reyes who attended Citrus High School, El Camino College, UC Riverside and UCLA. We have been married 56 years. Louise and I continue to take fun classes at UCLA. We raised our two children in Palo...Expand for more