Ward Huffine:
CLASS OF 1969
William S. Hart High SchoolClass of 1969
Newhall, CA
San Fernando Valley State CollegeClass of 1973
Northridge, CA
College of the CanyonsClass of 1971
Valencia, CA
Granada Hills High SchoolClass of 1969
Granada hills, CA
Ward's Story
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I grew up in the San Fernando Valley. I moved there when I was 5 and there were still orange groves down the street from my house. I remember jackrabbits going through the yards before we built the fences.
I went to Elementry school at Haskell Ave in Granada Hills, then Porter Jr High (1963-66) then to Granada Hills High from Sept 66 to Feb 67. I was in the Marching Band and got to march in the Rose Parade in 1967. I moved to Newhall in Feb 1967 and started at Hart High. We moved to Newhall because the State of California bought our house for the Simi Valley Freeway (CA118). I did not want to go to Newhall because I thought it was a small hick town. Now looking back, It was the best time I had. I got to play football and run track, something that I could never do at Granada. I was able to hike in the hills around my house (it is now the 14 freeway, and just generally have a good time.
Some of my best memories are from this time.
Went to COC when it first opened in 1969, graduating in 1971 on the campus with Temporary Buildings. I had the b...Expand for more
est time in my Geology class with Winston Wutkee and will always remember being a part of the first trip to Death Valley. I was also able to play on COC's first Football team. It was also during this time that I learned to ski. Remember the all lift tickets at Mammoth being $12 bucks. But then they were only $4 bucks at Wrightwood, and $6 at Snow Summit in Big Bear.
1971 I went to SFVSC and joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. It was with 6 of these Fraternity brothers that I took my first road trip to Iowa. One of the guy's family lived there and they had a cabin in Minnisota where we went and spent a week in the Boundry waters area along the Canadian Border. What a blast that was. September of 1972, I went into the Air Force which pretty much ended my Youth.
Do you remember when Magic Mountain first opened?
Farrell's Ice Cream Parlors?
Had a chance to work at both of these palaces. What a gas. After I met my wife to be, I found out she worked at Disney World when it first opened. She had some good stories too about some of the afterhour parties.
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