HOWARD’S DAILY CHRONICLE
NUMBER 24 VOL 6
JANUARY 25TH 2008
WEATHER; STILL COLD, LOW HUMIDITY, 31/37 DEGREES
FIRST
THANK YOU MARINER FOR YOUR KIND NOTE AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS! I FINALLY HAD TO CHANGE THE DRESSING TODAY AND I’M ABLE TO USE MY LEFT HAND TO TYPE AGAIN! THANKS AGAIN! HOWARD
WE HAD A PRETTY GOOD DAY TODAY, A LITTLE ICE ON THE DECK BUT, IT MELTED QUICK. IT’S STILL COLD OUT AND WITH A NORTH WIND IT’S REALLY COLD.
I CAME ACROSS TWO PICTURES OF ME WHEN I WAS ELEVEN MONTH OLD, ONE IS JUST OF ME WAVING BUT THE OTHER ONE IS ME IN A TANK TOP WITH “BEACH PATROL” PRINTED ON IT SO I MADE A COPY AND SENT THEM TO THE SAN DIEGO P.D. WITH ATTN. “BEACH PATROL” ON THE ENVELOPE! I’LL BET I’M THE OLDEST MEMBER OF THE “BEACH PATROL” TV SERIES! I JUST THOUGHT THE PRODUCERS OF THE SERIES WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM!
JUST LOOKING AT THE TWO PHOTOS BRINGS BACK A LOT OF GOOD MEMORIES ABOUT OUT YEARLY TREKS TO NEWPORT BEACH! TILL THE WAR IN 1941 WE HAD A HUGE TENT MY DAD AND BROTHERS-IN-LAWS BUILT THE FRAME WORK OUT OF 1” WATER PIPE THEN MY DAD HAD A HEAVY CANVAS ROOF MADE AND LIGHTER CANVAS SIDES WITH WINDOWS ALONG THE SIDES AND A COMPLETE NET WINDOW AROUND THE FRONT WHICH WAS THE KITCHEN AND DINNING AREA, WE HAD TO CARRY OUR WATER FROM THE COOK SHACK THE CAMP GROUND HAD BUILT, IT HAD ABOUT 20 GAS STOVE TOPS AND COUNTERS AROUND THE SIDE WALLS!
IN 1939 A TYPHOON HIT TRHE CALIFORNIA COAST! MY DAD AND BROTHER-IN-LAWS DROVE 4FT LONG 2X4 STAKES IN THE GROUND AND THREW ROPES OVER THE TOP OF THE TENT AND POKED HOLES IN THE CANVAS AND TIED THE FRAME WORK DOWN TO THEM! I REMEMBER EVERYONE RUNNING FOR THE COOK SHACK IT WAS BUILT OUT OF CONCRETE BLOCKS. WE GOT UNDER THE COUNTERS AND HELD ON TO THE BRACES! AFTER EVERYTHING WAS OVER AND WE COULD GO OUT TO SEE THE DAMAGE MOST OF THE OTHER PEOPLES TENTS AND THINGS LIKE PADDLE BOARDS, SMALL BOATS, CHAIRS, UMBRELLAS JUST EVERYTHING WAS GONE AND WE COULD SEE BOATS UPSIDE DOWN AND DOCKS RIPPED FROM THEIR MOORINGS. OUR TENT WAS STILL WHERE THEY HAD TIED IT DOWN, THE ROOF WAS RIPPED LOSE AND FOLDED OVER THE SIDE BUT OTHER THAN EVERYTHING GETTING WET THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE! AFTER DRYING ALL THE BEDDING AND THING OUT WE STAYED TILL THE END OF THE SUMMER ABOUT 3 WEEKS IF I REMEMBER RIGHT! WHAT A STORY I HAD TO TELL WHEN I WENT BACK TO SCHOOL! THAT WINTER IS WHEN THE RAIN STORMS HIT US TOO, WASHING OUT STREETS, SOME 8-10 FEET DEEP, YOU COULD SEE THE WATER LINES CROSSING AND THE SEWER PIPES WERE ALL RIPPED OUT. THIS FLOOD KILLED ALL BUT A FEW OF THE JAPANESE TRUCK FARMERS WHO LIVED IN WHAT WAS THE L.A. RIVER BASIN. ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER THE STORMS I HAD SPARKY OUR HORSE OUT RIDING IN THE OLD RIVER BED WITH PAUL EVANS. I SAW SOMETHING STICKING OUT OF THE SAND AND GOT OFF TO SEE WHAT IT WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE A STICK SO I PULLED ON IT, IT WAS A FINGER. PAUL AND I BOTH GOT SICK AND WHEN WE QUIT UPCHUCKING WE RODE FOR HOME! I TOLD MY MOM WHAT WE FOUND AND SHE CALLED THE POLICE IN NORTH HOLLYWOOD. THEY CAME OUT WITH AN AMBULANCE AND DUG THE REMAINS OF ONE OF THE JAPANSES FARMERS UP! I GUESS THE CORONER WAS THERE ALSO BUT I WAS ONLY 9 SO THEY TALKED TO PAUL, HE WAS 14-15! I’LL NEVER FORGET THAT INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN MY YOUNGER LIFE!
MY WRIST IS DOING REAL GOOD, IT THROBS ONCE IN A WHILE BUT NOT BAD, I JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF TYENOL. FINALLY, MY CHEST AND STOMACH QUIT HURTING WHERE THEY RUBBED THE ELECTRONIC PICK UP BACK AND FORTH DOING THE SONOGRAM (MOM SAYS IT’S ANOTHER NAME BUT I CAN’T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS)!
MOM MADE SOME CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES TODAY AND I HAD A COUPLE, UMMMMM GOOD! WE’VE JUST ABOUT GONE THROUGH ALL THE GOODIES WE HAD FOR CHRISTMAS SO NOW I HOPE MOM MAKES SOME DIFFERENT THINGS! WHEN I SEE HER COME IN THE LIVING ROOM WITH HER “JOY OF COOKING” BOOK OR THE THREE RING BINDER SHE HAS ALL HER PRIZE RECIPIES IN I KNOW I’M ABOUT TO TRY SOMETHING NEW AND I DON’T MIND A BIT!
SHANNONS DAUGHTER GOT HERE AND IS STARTING TO GET SETTLED, THEY WENT TO FIND A BED FOR NOEL. IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S GOING TO TRY AND GET AN APT. WHERE SHANNON LIVES. SHE AND SHANNON CAN GET ALONG BETTER THAN SHANNON AND KYLIE!
THAT’S “30” FOR THIS ISSUE.
HOWARD
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