Pacific Grove High School: Sophmore 1964-1965

At the beginning of my Sophmore year I was a little more confident with who I was and with high school.

I didn't go out for football because I was still too small and not big enough for Junior Varsity. We did not fair well against Carmel again losing 20-13 at Carmel. I believe it was 10 years in a row at this point. Still played our home games at the Junior High School field.

Late 1964, Shindig premiered on ABC featuring 60's musical acts and St. Louis beat New York in the World Series. I remember carrying a transistor radio and listening to the World Series between classes and at lunch.

The first James Bond movie, Goldfinger, came out in December, it was the beginning of 007 which still popular today.

During the school year Joan Baez came to the school to perform in one of the classrooms.

As the year turned into 1965, more great music was on the horizon; The Zombies, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Animals, Petula Clark,The Temptations, to name a few.

It was a year of developing new friendships and more school involvement.
Pacific Grove was still a dry town in the 60's, in that there were no bars or liquor stores within the city limits.But if you went past David Avenue you had liquor store located across the street. It was still a family town and it still had that family feeling.

The high school was still surrounded by a forest on two sides. Nothing really changed within the city. It was still a great place to grow up in. We didn't need to be entertained, there were plenty of things to do.

Technology was still years ahead and we were left to entertain ourselves. The dances at Rec Club were alot of fun, can't forget Ruby Nodello who ran Rec Club.

Asilomar Beach was still the place to go. Surfing, beach fires, the sand dunes and sand surfing.

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