Party Marty (Schrednitz) Chimes In!

Things I miss from way back when. I arrived in 1967. 9th grade, Naples middle school. Join me in a trip back in time. Robert, Doc Robert now, Mike, Capt Mike and 3 wheel Cushmans. Froot loops on your shirts only to get torn off. Dimes in your penny loafers. Getting the Paddle from Ackerman ( OUCH ). A match box of POT. Pregnant students! yea plural. Running laps, LOTS of laps.

Sit in front of the office all day because you didn't wear socks. Getting blamed for anything that went wrong. Jumping off Big Pass bridge. Hair over my ears, never allowed. Eagles Nest. Grants. The threat of military school. Sat. night dance at the teen club. One arm guitar player in Boot. I need to stop. I can taste the warm beer from Sat night in St Ann's bushes, but first let me apologize to any girl that went to Candy Cane city with me. Hey 14 was GOOD.

Priscilla Queen Of The Swamps

Probably my favorite Swamp Buggy Queen but I don't remember any of the others. This year 2008 a woman won the Swamp Buggy Race & tossed another woman into the sippi hole. That seemed odd not in a anti-woman sense but it used to be such a macho, gun totting, drag that guy with no beard or badge off the sidewalk & muscle him into that cage. The whole thing has been sissified the parade goes down 41 which is odd it really seems to have lost that VIBE I talk about. Plus the fact that I really think I’ve seen enough cement & septic tank pumping trucks to last a lifetime. You know hose off the peanuts & corn & Armor all the tires POOF! Instant Float, we’re not talkin' Rose Parade here! When it was on 5^thAve it had a community feel to it, back then it really was an event. But back then ANYTHING in Naples was an event like Grants opening & your parents would go we’ll come back tomorrow & finish off that section of the store I need sit down for a while & have a drink. Or you’re kidding me, a McDonalds without driving to Fo’ Myay (I know its misspelled I have Cuban friends that pronounce that way & I tend to like it). I took my dog to the parade this year & sat across from Pippin’s and watched the parade Jess loved it & I thought about Chris’ Gourmet Castle.

Free, and Worth Every Penny!!!

Hey—

The old saying is that any fool can write a book, but it takes a genius to sell one.

Well, I wrote a book and have had no luck in finding a literary agent, so, since it is a murder mystery set in the Naples of the 1960s, I thought that some of you might enjoy reading it.

If you want to do such a foolish thing, I will either email the thing to you as a PDF or Word doc, or link a couple of chapters a week on this blog so you can download it.

I reserve all rights, blah blah blah. And, of course, if you are a literary agent, come to Papa!!!

Just email me or post a comment if you have any interest. It is what is called a cozy, which means that it contains no cussing, sex, or overt violence. Think of The Cat Who series meets Midnight at the Garden of Good and Evil, and that is basically what it is, but set in the Olde Naples that we know and love.

If you recognize yourself in the book, and some folks will, remember: it is just a book.

Thanks—

--Jim

Download The Book

I Can't Hear You!

If you would like to write a story & post it to anything I put up on this blog PLEASE feel free to send it along to nhsclassof71@gmail.com. We would love to hear your side of the story I'm getting "REAL BORED" with mine. Keep it clean & short NO FLAME WARS, politics or religion, I really don't care but it always tends to piss someone off! You will be credited & are responsible for correcting your own grammar & misspellings.

Ok, Ok I’m Sorry I Lied It Won’t Happen Again…..

Please don’t abandon my blog, I’ll change you’ll see! One small lie I didn’t mean it, I had no idea it would lead to this. I’ll post this picture it’ll show you I mean to honor my promise. PLEASE tell me you’ll still come back for another visit. I know I called him Don Spicer & I should have known it would catch up with me. I hope this photo somehow makes up for it I hope we can still be friends……… Well I guess it's not a lie but it makes for good press....I think I'll run for Mayor.

Naples Theatre/Trail Drive - In Playcards

These used to be handed out weekly @ the Beach Store they were a 2 sided single card, Naples Theatre on one side Trail Drive - In on the other. I really can't believe any have survived not much else in Naples has & I'm not complaining. I love this town, its not the same town I knew growing up but its still my home & probably always will be. I love it when people bitch & move & usually try & figure out how to get back. I should know I spent my younger years doing it Naples still has a vibe to it but its just harder to see anymore. One day I went to visit Chrisse @ Boat Haven & was doing my sulking about the changes she turns to me & snaps "You want memories go stare @ the Pier". So I took her advice & did just that & damn if she wasn't right, as long as you stand @ a beach end & look west & don't turn around it still looks the same. Doncha' just love Helen when you catch her inna' mood? That's not meant to be mean spirited I've known her for a LOOONG TIME! Oh yeah & by the way Helen, Happy Birthday!
Playcards Courtesy Gerry Johnson

Something To Look Forward To (Maybe)!!!

Hi--

Those of you who were carefully watching The DaVinci Code may have noticed, on a wall of the Louvre, a fleeting glimpse of the framed Boy Howdy Band poster that they had in a few scenes. We attach a screen capture from the DVD for those who missed seeing it.

We are in contact with John "Magic Fingers" Klingler, former lead guitarist of that well-known band, to see if we can persuade him to write up a short history of the group and are hoping that he will comply. The July, 2002, write-up in Rolling Stone magazine, while well intentioned, did not quite capture the aspects of the group that many of us so fondly remember. For example, the bouncer Pabst, who would fall like a toppled Sequoia tree on those who displeased him, was barely mentioned. The incident of the late motorcyclist who dared to ride a Honda motorcycle onto the parking lot of Al's Aquarium Bar was not discussed at all.

Here's hoping that Mr. Klingler will find the time to put together a nice article for our readers. I will thoroughly vet his submission to ensure that it has the proper number of outright lies and misleading statements.

I can do no less.

--Jim

"LATE BREAKING" BIG Blog News!

I just got off the phone with my friend & former teacher Ann Dyser (aka Gates) and she has agreed to GUEST BLOG! I've sat at her house & taught her a little computer stuff & it was actually VERY FUNNY being behind the desk bossin' her around. She told me stories which you never got from a teacher's point of view & being young & moving to Naples in the early 60's. I was in awe, she had very funny stories & is a very funny lady. So get ready for this & keep in mind she can no longer put you in the PIT!

PS: Give us a little time I have to teach her to blog & I hope she doesn't skip my class.
Jim Page is here now & we're glad to have him & we're waiting on Klingler........

News You Can Use, 10/15/70

STOP THE PRESSES!!!

Here is another offering from Chrissy and Sue, ace reporters for the Naples Star. Notice the mention of the jazz band starring Pat Morrison (World's greatest art teacher/pianist), Kwang-Sik Basso (drums), Skip Adams (guitar), and yours truly (bass).

When Chris and I worked at the Star, it was a hoot. Judy DeTurk, editor, would come in on Tuesday afternoons with a case of Carling Black Label beer, slam it on the composing room table, and yell, "Let's put this thing to bed!"

This, my friends, was journalism's finest hour.

--Jim

Peggy Wall The Wise Crackin’ Red Headed Publix Cashier

What can I say it’s 4th Wall's mom I’m posting this as a segway into giving away another yearbook. She worked @ the original Publix Store #76 in the 60’s & 70’s & as a teenager I would pick her up from work when she got off. Why you ask, being a GREEZER and all around REBEL, would you pick her up? Because “DOOFUSS” it was her car! I’d sit outside & wait for her & all the bagboys treated me like I was Elvis cause I was Peg’s “little pain in the ass” son. They all were much older than me & all dressed real snappy & had cool cars. And I thought wow some day maybe I’d be that GROOVY & have all that cool stuff! Then it dawned on me you had to have a job to have those things & said I’ll pass that won’t go with my Gr”EEE”zer/Candyass image. To tell the truth to this day I still don’t know where I fit it in …… somewhere between that .../... thing!
So this yearbook is earlier than my time but its for those late 60's Publix bagboys.

Download 1967 NHS Yearbook

Breaking "NEWS" 2 New Blogger Alerts!

I spoke with John Klingler AND Jim Page today they've agreed to help Hog with the Blog & take on some of they're favorite Old Naples stories! They've got "RAMP" cred are both former writers for the Naples High newspaper SPIRIT 69-70!

“Think About It” Jerry Lee in ‘73 Part One

Jerry Lee “The Killer” Lewis was hired to play a 2 show set @ the newly remodeled Open Hearth. They booked him for the grand re opening of the place after they expanded the dance floor & stage. Jokes on “The Killer” the ceiling over the stage wasn’t more than 7 feet high. So his opening act was Mack Vickery (since deceased) I knew him mostly as a writer he wrote a great KILLER song called "Rockin' My Life Away" on JLL’s All Killer, No Filler: Anthology . So JLL appeared slightly out of it as the 1^st show progressed. He would stick the mic down the front of his pants yell crazy stuff & act like you always heard he did. To me & my friends this was NOTHING like we’ve ever seen before & in a nutcase sense it was over the top we couldn’t have asked for more. So he decided to do a little piano top concerto & BOOM his head goes thru the brand new cheesy ceiling. He stayed on the piano pulling down pieces of the ceiling all the while singing things like “It looks like we got a leak here” all hell breaks loose & management stops the show. When the manager walked toward Lewis, obviously pissed at seeing his newly remodeled nightclub being torn apart Lewis points at him & says something like “We found the leak here comes the drip” and proceeds to blow his top & fires off obscenities at 100 miles a minute & storms out of the club’s door……

STAY TUNED to this blog for Part Two "We'll Let Them Think About It"!

Highly recommended RAWKIN' listening from this era JLL The (Complete) London Sessions .

"NEEDED" Updated Snail Mail Addresses For '71'ers!

Cathy "REALLY NEEDS" to update her address information a lot has changed since the 2001 Reunion. Change of Names, Mailing Addresses and Email Addresses.
Please mail any updated information to (click on link) nhsclassof71@gmail.com it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks So Much
Cathy & Pedro

Ground Control To Major Don.........

Photo: Don Sitta New Years Eve 1973 @ Al's Aquarium Bar on the East Trail. Al Bolton (owner of the Aquarium) was a legendary early Naples biker. I'll NEVER forget how cool he looked with his fur covered helmet with 2 horns sticking out the front of it. I'd be sitting at the Pier tree & he would just blow around the corner on his Triumph mufflers wailin' out that loud motorcycle roar. It's funny how these small little details of this town stick in your mind & you never forget this stuff.

Al: Wherever you are thanks for these memories I don't think I would have gotten this much out of life without them.

John Klingler is in this photo to the right of Major Don.

NEW! Note From Blog Hog!

Yep, this is the stationary that came with being a Wonderful Neighbor On The Gulf! I remember hearing this on WNOG & thinking God, that person must have connections. Must know BOTH Yahl Brothers or sumpin' I remember yellin' HEY ARE YA'LL BROTHERS? And them goin' NAW, WE JUST LOOK ALIKE!

You Shouldn't Take It So Hard.....

I’ve got a small amount of feedback concerning my comments & photo’s to this blog. Let me clear up a few items on my REDNECK (correction GREASERS) vs. CANDYASSES posts this is a true statement. There was an invisible line drawn somewhere around Boat Haven. I’ve also found out that there was another group of people to the North of Pine Ridge Road that were never even given a name. So don’t get put off by what group your “mind” puts you into at least you had a name. I was a Brooksider or GREASER & loved the place! Man CANDYASSES don’t know what they were missing like Terry Conant riding his bicycle to Shadowlawn School without rubber tires nothing but metal rims on concrete sidewalks. You heard him coming blocks away & he’d come up behind you slam on the brakes sparks shooting everywhere! Or Donnie Strickland threatening to kick your ass every other day even though he was supposed to be your best friend. As far as photo’s PLEASE get over yourselves we are the GEEZER SET no matter what Dennis Hopper tells you in his dumbass commercial! 50 is the new 40 “YEAH RIGHT” my 1^st decision in the morning is should I try to crawl or walk to the coffee maker! I’ll take a photo of my youth any day over my name on the menu at Pittman’s Funeral Home. WHOLLY COW now there’s some stories Terry Hughes funeral home stories…

If your name or photo appear here & your embarrassed email me & I’ll replace it with somebody that can take the heat (Marcum Williams etc...excluding High Tide & Don Sitta) best thing to do is go to the top on this page & CLICK – NEXT BLOG. Nothing on this blog is meant to offend anyone or anything its Naples as it really was a really COOL little town that only WE knew about.

Its like Keith says you shouldn't "Take It So Hard"!

Keith Richards & the X-Pensive Winos

Video coutesy Virgin Records

4th Wall Finds Employment or Whatta' Drag It Is Gettin’ Old……

Andy’s Pit Bar B Q if you lived here back them you’ll NEVER forget this place or their food! Also the 1^st place Blog Hog learned responsibility (got a job) John Z & I were dishwashers here in the 60’s, the best part was you got dinner FREE. BUT the real reward was the unfinished pitchers off BEER that came back with all the dirty dishes. Nothing like 2 teenage drunk dishwashers going, “You know there’s starving children all over this planet that would just love to have these dinner rolls floating around in the coleslaw”! They also had this weird dark brown molasses lookin’ stuff you’d put in a drum fill with water & soak the beer mugs in (boy the EPA would have loved this stuff). Anyway John pours it into this drum & goes Hey Blog smell this & me being the gullible dumbass I was goes OK! Next thing you know I’m blinded & screaming running out into the dinning room in the middle of dinner hour. Musta been a site to to behold “LECTRIC” hair with the stupid apron with rib sauce all over it yellin’ no telling what kind of obscenities. And this predates Cosmo Kramer by 40 years……….

Internet "PLEA" to The Jesters!

This is all we've got a ripped up yellowed & faded piece of paper! There's more of a legacy than that COME ON! You guys RAWKED, as James Brown would sing PLEASE, PLEASE,PLEASE, PLEASE! No lie here I actually hung on to their Swamp Buggy Parade float on my bicycle. While all these geezer's with beards were yanking family types off the sidewalks & throwing them in this jail on wheels cause they didn't have a badge or beard. Talk about needing a school councilor? The Jesters were firing up on all 8's. I couldn't believe Naples had it's own Dave Clark Five ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING!

Larry Bailie Asked Me To Post This

I ALWAYS HAVE MY BEST THOUGHTS WHEN I AM ALMOST HOME IT DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN I AM ALMOST LEAVING I THINK IT IS THAT THE DAY WEARS YOU TO THE BONE AND MAKES THINGS SEEM MORE WITHIN REASON THE CLASS OF NINETEEN SEVENTY ONE THE GROOVERS, THE CROONERS ,THE LIFE GLOOMERS A MIXED BUNCH , BREWED, STIRRED AND SWEETEND WE NEW THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW EVERYTHING WAS THERE FOR US TO USE SOME DID AND SOME REFUSED SOME WENT INSIDE AND NEVER CAME OUT AGAIN AND FAMILIES FORMED AND WERE REBORN AND STILL WE KNEW THEN AND STILL WE KNOW NOW THE ONES THAT LEFT HERE AND WE STILL TALKED ABOUT COULD NEVER COUNT ON US TO REMEMBER SO LIFE SHORT WAS LIVED INTENSE AND SOME OF IT NEVER MAKES SENSE MOST ARE STILL HERE WHEN IT ALL BEGUN THE CLASS OF NINTEEN SEVENTY ONE MY BEST WISHES TO ALL AND LOVE TO THE FEW WE WILL NOT SEE RENEWED

Store #76 Where Shopping Is A Pleasure & Still Is…….

Man, what can I say is it a local institution or what? Thank GOD they did away with them damn 1 cent S&H Stamps! I can still taste the glue on ‘em & those cheesy paper stamp books that went with them. How did it go 1 page you could do 50 1 cent stamps or if you had 5 10 cents stamps you could trump them, BUT the ultimate was a 50 cent stamp 1 per page. If you ever see longtime locals the original Publix is where you’ll find them. It still has the original green & white terrazzo floor & you can see how small it used to be. And I believe everybody was a bagboy there at one time or another. Larry Haymaker, Jim Page, Butch Rush, Jim Clary & Mark Finger to name a few. A GOOD local laugh was the baseball games at Cambier Park the announcer would go. “Barley is up to bat & FINGER IS IN THE HOLE”! It had the whole town laughing well maybe just a quarter of the town (it was summertime).

PS: Mr. Deville (the 1^st store manager) wherever you are, thanks for all you did & all the memories.

Reminder: 1971 37th Class Reunion!

Please sign up "NOW" or at your earliest convenience! It's August 8th 9th & 10th 2008 scroll down thru all my psycho ramblings for the registration forms! PLEASE keep your photo's & thoughts a comin' this era of Naples is slowing fading away & I want to try & document it for posterity. Cathy & Pedro work their butts off on this stuff & the Blog Hog said let me pitch in & help you it's cool thing that your doing. Look at it like one more spin around the pier! All you 1965 thru 1972 NHS'ers keep & EYE OUT on this blog for future FREE YEARBOOK DOWNLOADS! Coming to a laptop near you! ALL CLASSES ARE INVITED TO THE REUNION GET YOUR BUTTS UP OFF THAT COUCH & REGISTER!

We Don't Need No Stinkin' Spice Girls!

How many weekend nights were spent looking for THIS party? Must be those revealing handmade NJHS Home Ec. dresses. They sure knew how to sew together some sexy threads! Dig the bow in Cathy’s hair boy these babes could have sold some Girl Scout cookies! When I moved back to Naples I started thinking about how many weekends I spent cruising around looking for "THE" party & then “BOING” it dawned on me that was "THE" party all those years ago cruising looking for the party. Live & Learn.......

Photo: L to R Laurie Winger, Cathy Johnson, Gail Whitney & Chris Haehnle.
Photos Courtesy the Gail Whitney Collection

Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You!

Jerry Lee "The Killer" Lewis @ the newly remodeled Open Hearth Lounge in 1973! OOOH, Think About it, NO WE'LL LET THEM THINK ABOUT IT!

Inside the Record Bar.....

.....and back then who wasn’t? And how many pennies could you tape on your needle to keep from skipping all over the Sgt. Pepper album? Speaking of the Beatles how many of their albums did Danny Duncan haul around in his Austin Healey Sprite? And how much fun was it to ask him if Paul really was dead? With the southern drawl he had goin’ “See heh, it sayz 28 if that’s howl ol’ Pawl wood beh f heh wooda liv’d” We loved flagging him down for the “Duncan Show” it was much better than if Paul was really dead or not. Not to mention those 8 track tapes, WOW this is a REALLY GOOD Stones song & then in the middle the song it would stop & go“CLUNK” then it would continue in a few seconds. The whole time your figuring you must have ran over “Willie the Walker” or something.

PS: Thanks Ron & Laverne Novak & the Novak family for letting Blog Hog run a tab until pay day you were too kind.

ETC...You know Naples back then really was kind of a teen utopia, it almost doesn’t seem like it could have really existed in the 1st place.

Photo: Left: Blog Hog’s right hand man. Right: BLOG HOG.

Mrs. Canants Annex Building Dedication Video

It's the only original building left at the old Junior High School. I never had her as a teacher but I'm sure a lot of you did. As you can see by watching the video the school board "CAN NOT" even pronounce her name correctly. Well at least I picked up a little English @ the Junior High.
Video Courtesy Naples Daily News

News To You With Chris & Sue September 1970

Volume One. A weekly column in the Naples Star by Helen (Chrisse) Morse & Sue Foster. Might be a little fuzzy to read but in the 70's EVERYTHING seemed a little fuzzy....Must be the glue residue from those Publix S & H Green Stamps......... Click On Image To ENLARGE & Read

Goin' Up The Country, Baby Doncha' Wanna Go?

Donald"The Cub"Spicer & Bob"The Bear"Hite. Bob Hite was the singer for Canned Heat the hippie "BOOGIE" blues rock band. We used to get slightly out of it & go to bars & during the bar bands break ( not Canned Heat) we would hop up on stage & do OUR slightly out to lunch version of "Going Up The Country" at any open mic while sticking our guts out. The humor being we were all pretty skinny without guts (probably would work out a little better now) Don met Hite & had the opportunity for a photo op & Hite was slightly amused by it so.

North Trail & Lake Park School Crossing

Jeff, Vince & Linda Wood crossing @ Chris' Gourmet Castle (which wasn't there) on the 2 lane north 41.

Single Page 3 Town 1946 Phone Book

That's it we're up to 3 digit dialing I'M MOVIN' TO BONITA!

It's Official Ya'll's Be Wonderful Neighbor's!

I've worked it out with the higher up's they're gonna officially present the Class Of 1971 with their own WNOG ceremony! It's gonna take place at the Teen Center downtown (wait that's been torn down) No at the Junior High Auditorium (no that's gone) Well at Boat Haven down by the Turtle Tanks (er, that's not there) maybe the Naples Federal Building @ 4 Corners (let me see that's not there anymore) at the Trail's End Motel out by the pool (uh, I'll have to see) I think the Tides Motel on Gulfshore (nope) Nick's Liquors & the Swamp Buggy Lounge (no) the Barn on the East Trail (duh) the old Post Office by The Anchor (?) well I guess the Anchor is out of the question too but they sure had some happy dancing feet wouldn't you say?..........

Well your on own, maybe Pippin's, nope that's closed maybe I can just whip up a webcam & round up Lynn Bailey & do this wirelessly over the internet................

PS: I heard the other day that the 7-11 by the Pier lost it's lease too & will probably be a goner!

Not Another Candyass Parade!

Yep they were never happy with just having cars in high school! NOOOOO...... they had show off with their Boston Whalers & water ski in the canals in Royal Harbor! SUPWIFDIS? Did people REALLY water ski in canals? WHOLLY COW, and the whole time I was convinced all the babes were hangin' at the Beach Store. Somebody was hip to this looks like the folks on the seawall wore their Sunday best to the Candyass Parade! Man can you imagine the sandspurs in her nylons? Well you know the parade wasn't advertised, us Brooksiders would have shown up & skipped some rocks upside their heads!

Pilot To Co-Pilot Looks Like We Missed A Few........

......of those freaky lookin' teenager's hangin' out at the Telephone Company. It's close to Halloween & looks like their planning a trip to Steritt Egg Ranch or sumpin'. Bombadier to Pilot: But one looks like your son! Pilot to Bombadier: I don't care he quit school & works at Mr. Donut he'll never amount to anything more than Head Donut Maker anyway. There's more holes in his brain than there are in the donuts. Can't have him going thru life with no long term illnesses! If this doesn't get him we'll drive a car thru the side of Mr. Donut later tonight. Call the telephone company & have them remove those phone books from other states we don't want the youth to know there's another world out there.

So You Think Gas Prices Are Crampin' Your Style?

Think about a barbershop in Naples in the '70's. Howard Green gettin' a trim (notice I said trim I hope the barber wasn't being paid by piecework) in the 5th Ave Arcade Barbershop. Photo taken by Donald Spicer.

Catching Something Other Than A BUZZZZ!

Jeff Abbott sometime in 1975.

Swamp Buggy Parade 1966

And the teenage Blog Hog is yelling "POP A WHEELIE"! Followed by "WE WANT THE JESTERS" Anyone remember The Jesters God they "RAWKED"! Not to mention Vince Wood & The Banana Factory!

Hey Hey We're The "FAUX" Monkees!

So I get there with my ticket only to find out there's no Mike Nesmith or Peter Tork SUPWIFDAT?! That's kinda like:
1. Al Bolton without his fur covered helmet with the horns.
2. WNOG without Lynn Bailey.
3. Jim Page without his old Chevy Corvair "OL' PAINT".
4. Chris' Gourmet Castle without the "GOURMET" food! :) :)
5. Foster Cranor without his silkscreened T-Shirts.
6. The Sheriff's Department without Doug Hendry.
7. Juvenile court without Judge Stanley's 8X10 photo's & his 10 minute guilt trip that went with it.
8. Yahl Brothers garbage trucks without FREE Snow Removal!
9. Charlie Brady not shooting you a peace sign in his dark blue Plymouth Baracuda!
To be added upon at a later date! If added later they'll be in a different color font.
Stay Tuned for Jerry Lee "The Killer" Lewis @ the Open Hearth coming SOON!

A Little Blog Information

Feel free to leave a comment just click on the comments high light under the photo's. Please keep it clean so I don't have to moderate. If it gets too weird (what do I mean it's already weird) they might pull the blog & we wouldn't want that now would we? Rapidshare is "FREE" & might be a little slow but be patient after all as the saying goes "IF IT'S FREE IT'S FOR ME"! I'm putting this information up after some feedback from a couple of '71er's & some '72er's. I dropped out & got my GED so I figure I'm kinda a "FREE" agent I don't belong to any one high school class. Another Rapidshare point the yearbooks are only up for 90 days so get 'em while they're up! Also CLICK on any photo or image for a MAGNIFIED view.

FREE 1966 Panthers Cry Yearbook!

Get 'em while their still up! They've been Photoshopped & are clean copies (no autographs). Man some people were awfully cruel back then I came across Sandy Teach's '66 yearbook & was stunned.

6.55 mb .pdf file
Download 1966 NJHS Yearbook

60's era Naples Police Department

Barrie Kee 3rd from left in the back, my favorite Barrie quote "I can pick an ant's ass off a fence post at 100 yards"!. If you rode a motorcycle in the 70's these officers became your NEW best friends. But gee officer, sun glasses are goggles do you have to give me a ticket?

4 Corners The Center Of The Universe!

Don Spicer & I would walk home from late night Frisbee marathons at the Beach Store & on the way we would lay out in middle of 4 Corners & watch the lights change. I tell people now & they say "Well didn't you get ran over"? And you have to tell them Naples closed down at 9pm (or earlier) & at 1 in the morning the only other person out would be Barry Kee from the Police Department.

PS: On the lower right hand side of this photo west from Naples Liquors was Lord & Lolipops Ice Cream Store. I remember Vicki Harris worked there I'll always remember Vicki, you could ALWAYS spot her because she was taller than everyone & had that BLOND hair. Really a part of the way I remember 60's Naples I miss her....

ROAD TRIP! Grab Your Sticks Dudes!

Loading up for a trip to Cocoa Beach! Question where's Jeff & Dab Barber when you need 'em?

Photo: George Hodges, Barry "High Tide" Johnson & Andy Mclenon (with that CRAZY Beatle haircut)

"Rick Shaw" Isn't That Korean Transportation?

Silver Panther Press November 1967

Don't Forget The '71 Reunion!

Scroll Down & REGISTER NOW! Don't be an EL SEVEN! Be there or be SQUARE!

Beatlemania Sweeps Naples 1966!

It's Broke Where's Marty Schrednitz?

Photo: Bob Westman & Danny Wall @ the Pier 1973

Goin' To See The Rolling Stones '72

Photo: Scott Kepp & Danny Wall on Lake Burton in Georgia on our way to see the ROLLING STONES July 1972. Will ad to this story at a later date.

Photos: the Barry "High Tide" Johnson Collection

Little Jeanie Rouse 5th Grade @ Lake Park

If you see Jeanie @ the reunion be sure you ask her about our ongoing "MY FOLKS WERE POORER" battle & her Dad's shoe box (what kinda box did you expect) full of canceled checks I found in their old house in Lake Park! Strange part they hadn't lived there in over 30 something years.

What Was Worst The Spray Or The Mosquitoes?

Lost Your Naples High '71 Yearbook?

No problem, Click on this link Download Naples High 1971 Yearbook to download the Yearbook! These yearbooks are all Photoshopped NO autographs or comments. Note: Its a 24.5 mb download and is in .pdf file format!

At Rapidshare follow these instructions.
1st page scroll to bottom of page & click FREE.
Wait for download timer to timeout.
Next Page type in 4 letter & numeric password.
Click Download via Box.
Then click Save To File.

The yearbook is bookmarked for easy reference!

Cambier Park & Teen Center 1965

Gosh, I Miss This Place