My house at 4230 Haines shortly after I bought it in September 1972 and again perhaps in 1974.  Ed Reed nailed shingles on it for a rustic look.  Parked in front are Tom's 1970 Forest Green VW and my 1968 yellow Pontiac Firebird.

Putting Tom LaShell's Hobie 14 in my backyard.  John "JP" Pergrin, Jeff Dalrymple, Tom and Steve Barwood prepare to move the mast.  Below, Jeff stands guard over the boat and car.  I bought the Volkswagen fresh off the assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany in 1970 when Steve, Tom and I toured Europe and Tom bought it off me later on.  I believe it met its end downtown in when Tom was T-Boned in an intersection.

My late brother-in-law Brian Cathcart, possibly at the family home on Elkelton in Spring Valley, in March of 1974.  I don't know the back story on the truck.  The license plate could be from New Mexico

 

I think Robert Smull took this photo for my 1975 run for City Council


Over-the-Line 1975



Gary, Jan, Sherry and Jennifer Bonwell.  Jeff's pal Max McGee is at left.


  

Jordan Dalrymple, or Gordy Dabubble as he called himself, at age 2.




John "JP" Pergrin and Tom LaShell




Tom holds the ball for JP


Easter Vacation • Pensacola • March 1978


  

Ken and Adam Ptack • Jo Ann's folks Doris and Emmett Buscher, Jo Ann, Ken, Adam and Ken Jr.


  

Adam and Ken Jr -- and me -- aboard the USS Alabama in Mobile Bay


   

I think it was the summer of 1978 that I wandered into Filippi's Pizza in Pacific Beach for lunch.  A waitress took my order, but another waitress (we called them that in 1978) kept giving me the eye.  She was breathtakingly beautiful so I, of course, kept looking over my shoulder to see who she was REALLY smiling at.  Finally she came over and said, "Are you Mr. Fry?"  Normally my answer is, “Maybe —  who wants to know?" In this case, I quickly answered in the affirmative.  "You're my brother Kevin's favorite teacher," she said.  Kevin Knepper was a student of mine at Hale Junior High.  I could only gulp and smile and allow as how I was glad.  I started dining at Filippi's on a regular basis and finally said to Terri, "I'm in charge of the Miss Pacific Beach Pageant", I said. "I think you'd make a great contestant."  "Oh, no", she replied "I could never get up in front of a bunch of people in a bathing suit." Anyway, Terri left Filippi's and I never saw her again. Until May 1980.  I was leaving the 7/11 on Garnet and Fanuel and -- "Son of a Bitch" -- there was Terri on the cover of Playboy.  Well, I guess she hadn't lied.  She hadn't gotten up in front of a bunch of people in a bathing suit.

Grandma Marie in front of her house at 2524 Skyline Drive in Lemon Grove




She had so many antiques she built a log cabin addition to her house to hold some of them


  

She stuck a dead Manzanita tree in the front yard and stuck bottles on the
branches.  At the right she's showing off her Barbed Wire Collection.

First meeting of the Pacific Beach Historical Society at the old library on Felspar
February 17, 1979.  I'm standing in the back, second from the right.



  

Howard Rozelle took the photo of me and legendary Channel 8 personality Bob Dale in front of the "Hinkle House" at 1576 Law Street.  I think it was July 1979.  I forget the name of the camera man.  I've included a nice shot of the house, taken by Nancy Wingo on July 15, 2014.