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Class of June 1954 presented by Carole (Kulzer) Brennan

It is with great pleasure that I include the Jahn School Class of June 1954 photo.  I have searched my memory for two names – but they continue to allude me.  I also take full responsibility for any misspelled names.  I am saddened to add that William Phillips passed away in March 2000.  Donna Vollmer and I had the pleasure of attending the 50th class reunion for Lake View High School 1958 graduates in September 2008 and I am in regular contact with several former classmates. 

Much information about Phillips Bakery is located within the website maintained by the January 1958 class: http://jahngrad.tripod.com/   Willie Phillips and I were best friends throughout our 8 years at Jahn.  My mother worked there and I had the pleasure of selling my classmates tarts, nut slices and other treats from 1953 to 1958.  In 1962 I married a Burley School class of 1953/Lane Tech class of 1957 fellow, Dennis Brennan.  Shortly after our marriage, we moved to California, went to college, worked at our careers and had a 36 year marriage before his death in March 2000.  My own career in advertising and marketing ended in 2002 and retirement has offered me an opportunity to become a very active volunteer (Musical Theatre West, Friends of Long Beach Animals, Non-Profit Volunteer Coordinators of Long Beach (California), The Zachery Foundation, Los Angeles Turners, American Turners, German-American League of Southern California).  I’ve also started a small second career writing a monthly column for Long Beach Magazine.  Somehow, there is also time for travel and I’ve cruised the old neighborhood several times during the past few years and through its many different incarnations. 

 

One memory that stays strong in my mind is visiting the shoe repair shop in the middle of the block, Belmont between Damen and Hoyne.  Large leather belts ran the various machines, and the smell of leather polish and glue were wonderful.  Joe the Shoemaker was ahead of his time, being the king of recycling.  Not only did he make shoes last for years, but the paper tickets he used to identify the shoes with their owners were used over and over again until they were soft and almost illegible. 

 

I can be reached at cbrennan@laturners.org and will answer any Jahn/Turner questions you might have.  Would be fun to hear from fellow graduates too.

Click here for information provided by Carole about F. L. Jahn and the Turner Organization.

click here to see a wonderful photo that was submitted by Carole showing Halloween at Jahn

courtesy of Carole Brennan
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June 1954

Class of June 1954

TOP ROW:    Adrianne Berg        Rita LaTour        Irene Lempke     Kathleen Heyer      Mary Ann Kramer    Kathleen Hausman                 Penny Gnoske     Lita Schauer  Yvonne Lambert    Cynthia Hendrix

 

THIRD ROW    Alice Bendis         Phyllis Maier   John Girard               William Drueth   Barry Vaughn    Richard Hagadorene     Kurt Thomsen    Carole Kulzer

 

SECOND ROW    Sharon Isom    Loretta Gommel  (unknown)                Donna Vollmer   Patricia Feldbauer    Anna Marie Jonas   (unknown)

 

FIRST ROW    Robert Jeungling    John Shouden    William Phillips   Thomas Keller

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