Charnock Road School - 1956 Photos

Los Angeles Schools

Here are some old Class Photos from
Charnock Road School
in the Westside Village area of Los Angeles, CA 90034.

Were you born in 1944?
Are you about 62 years old?

Do you know or remember any of these kids?

List of responders to this page

Class of 1956 - Charnock Road School, Palms, CA - 1955
Class of 1956 - Charnock Road School, Palms, CA - 1956
Class of 1962 - Charnock Road School, Palms, CA - 1962
Class of 1964 - Charnock Road School, Palms, CA - 1964

Original Charnock Road School (bungalows at Midvale Ave.) - 1947 to 1959 (12 years)
"New" Charnock Road School (at Sepulveda Blvd.) - 1959 to Present (45 years)
(I remember the corner as a big Victorian mansion, set far back on a huge lot.)
Located in the "Westside Village" section west of Palms, CA
That would be "West of Palms", NOT East of Mar Vista, as George Garrigues notes.
Yo, George! I'm with you all the way!

My Schools
1949	K	Palms Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA I lived on 3345 Mentone Ave.	Mrs. Ethel Tarbox
1950	B1 A1	Palms Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA 3520 Motor Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034	Lillian Morgan, Lillian Morgan
1951	B2 A2	Palms Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA	Lily Cable, Anna Bond
1952	B3	Palms Elementary School, Los Angeles, CA I lived at 3432 Motor Ave.	Jeri Ann Stack (Cardiff Ave.), Donald McQuaig (Mentone Ave.)
52 - 53	A3 B4	Shenandoah Elementary, Los Angeles, CA I lived at 1966 Preuss Road	Wanda Walters, Eva Alper Eddie, Meyer, Steve (Guthrie, Cadillac, Shenandoah)
54 - 55	A4 B5	Charnock Road School, Los Angeles, CA I lived at 3559 Veteran Ave.	Ruth Connell, Mrs. Dorothy Feland
55 - 56	A5 B6 A6	Charnock Road School, Los Angeles, CA	Mrs. Marion Bates Mrs. Linda Mattern Mrs. Edris Magee
Other Charnock Road teachers of the same time period: Mrs. Rinker, Mrs. Sukloff, Mrs. Lusher, Mrs. Schoul, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Wagenhime, Mrs. Collard, Mr. James (janitor) - all compliments of Dan Holloway

1955
5th Grade (B5) Graduation Photo -
Charnock Road School
West Los Angeles, CA 90034

Charnock Road School 1955

(posed randomly by Mrs. Dorothy K. Feland, Room 17)
Back Row - Donna, Harriet, etc.
Third row - Pamela, etc.
Second row - Nancy, Paul, Tom, Rodney, Dennis, Stanley, __?__, Patty
Front Row - Me, Louie, others

A5 - Mrs. Marion Bates

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B6 - Mrs. Linda Mattern

1956
6th Grade (A6) Graduation Photo -
Charnock Road School
West Los Angeles, CA 90034
Where are they now?
Charnock Road School 1956

(posed by gender) Please show me the Above Photo REALLY BIG (please ignore my pimples and nerdy Cross pen)
Back Row - __?__, __?__, Paul _____, Stefan Highsmith, Jimmy (the artist) McDaniels, __?__, __?__, Dennis Hall, Stanley Organ, __?__, , Steven Gunn

Middle row - Eugene Bennett, Steve Gordon, Vaughn Aubuchon, _____ Surratt, Mrs. Edris Magee, principal Mrs. Rose V. Thompson, Nancy Club, Leo Hicks, Michael Bullock, Ted Lonsway

Front Row - Jean Ann Ryan, __?__, __?__, Harriet Shaw, __?__, __?__, Donna Patton Deem, __?__, Pamela _____, Patty Brandt
(Would anyone like to help me out here? Contact I would like to fill in all the names.)
Many thanks to Christine Atwood for the info.

I particularly remember marbles with Louie, football with Paul, tether ball with Stan, the Culver City mall with Dennis,
writing poetry and word puzzles with Jean Ann, and riding the bus to Hamilton High with Michael in 1960.
Where's Rodney and Virginia Magnor, Cay Beaver (pseudonym), David Keep (and the egg escapades), Frank Duoflinger ?
I remember many a Saturday matinee at the Palms Theater on Motor Ave. at Venice Blvd.,
run by Jim Allan and Actor Merritt Stone.
"Dark, slender and gaunt MERRITT STONE played the spider-eaten dad Pete Flynn
in 313-EARTH VS. THE SPIDER; a clergyman in 414-TORMENTED;
a consoling cop (uncredited) near the end of 319-WAR OF THE COLOSSAL BEAST;
and the wigged king in 411-THE MAGIC SWORD". . . . from MST 3000.)

Most of these students went to Palms Junior High School, on Palms Blvd. (formerly Ocean Park Blvd.)
between Sepulveda Blvd. and Overland Ave.,
which swallowed and leveled the old Charnock Road School shown above (now a playing field),
Most then continued on to
Hamilton High on Robertson Blvd., between Pico Blvd. and National Blvd.,
where I spent the 10th grade in 1960.
My Mom had Mr. Luce for 10th grade English - so did I.
My Mom had Mrs. Hadley for 10th grade geometry - so did I.

Donna's former house sat smack-dab in the middle of the soon-to-be 405 (San Diego Freeway).
After it was stripped and abandoned, I helped destroy it.
The ceramic top of a toilet came flying through a plate glass window, and hit me on the head.
Now you understand why I am this way. Ha!
Mom never knew.

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The First Southern California Shopping Mall - Culver Center, circa 1955
Culver Center- Culver City - 1955

The caption reads: "A scene from Thieves Market In Years Past - Excitement Galore!!"
The idiot with the finger in his nose is me, apparently expecting a flood (pants cuff), with Dennis Hall on my left.
On the left, I see a Market Basket, a Torrey Jewelers and a New Yorkers Bakery.
On the right, W.T. Grants, and Berlands.
Anyone remember the street name? Other store names?

Dan Holloway kindly writes (11-09-04) - "Saw your cool photo of Culver Center on your site, I believe the street name was Culver Center Dr.? Some other Stores I remember are:
Thrifty Drugs Bank of America F.W. Woolworth Tom McCan Shoes Charleston's Women's Clothes Mode-O-Day Women's Clothes Culver Center Department Store	Martin's Music Learner's Men' Clothes Sears Hardey's Shoes The Surprise Store Curries Ice Cream Ships Restaurant	Culver Stationary Barber Shop Shoe Repair Wellington Drugs McMans Furniture Household Finance Culver Florist
Ha-ha-ha! There you have it. How's that for memory! Many thanks, Dan. Garrett Belmont writes about Hacienda Drive, in another Old Culver Center Businesses List at the official Culver City website, in the history section.

This is where I used to fire my clothespin match-gun from my cruising J.C. Higgins bike (Sears).
With two common clothesline clothes pins, a knife, and a rubber band,
you could make a matchstick gun, which fired and lit the match, at the same time.
Never set anything on fire, but then, that wasn't really the intent ... it was just cool.
Added note: I have determined that Diamond Match is now a total stick match monopoly,
after having purchased Ohio Match. Result: the matches are terrible,
and will not light in the match gun . . . game over.
NOTHING is as it was!

Remember the RollerDrome on Washington Place (Blvd.)? Adohr Farms dairy trucks? Helms Bakery Trucks?

1956	7th	Palms Junior High School Palms Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90034 I lived at 3559 Veteran Ave.	Told teachers to "Eff" themsleves Played Hookey Got swats from Boy's VP Adler Achieved straight "F"s Shipped off to Oregon in mid-56
		Nov. 20, 1956	Suzanne Died
1957	7th	Yankton Grade School, St.Helens, OR I lived at Route 1, Box 475	Mrs. Rutledge, Wife of the Baptist Minister
1958	8th	Yankton Grade School, St.Helens, OR I lived at Route 1, Box 475	Jack DeLashmutt, Oregon Teacher of the Year
1959	9th	St.Helens Junior High School, St.Helens, OR I lived at Route 1, Box 273	Val Humble, Pat Cassidy, Art Brasmer, plus the Yankton kids
1960	10th	Hamilton High School Yankees, Los Angeles, CA 2955 S. Robertson Blvd. I lived at 3559 Veteran Ave.	Dan Aron, Michael Bullock, Dan Moser, Joan Adelman, Evy Benjamin, Karen Roth, Sheldon Koiles, Dieter Guerke
1961	11th	Hillsdale High School Knights, San Mateo, CA I lived at 118 W. Hillsdale Blvd., in the Hillsdale Garden Apartments. Later, I lived with the Fisher family, at the same address. March 2006 - I bought a 1961 HHS Shield yearbook on eBay! It turned out to be RON FISHER's! But, I'm not in it. Yet I remember the photo sitting on 19th Avenue - bureaucratic error, I guess. On the one hand, I was happy to get the yearbook; on the other, I hope that this does not signal the demise of Ron. I'm afraid it might. I haven't spoken with Ron for 44 years, not his sister Adria Fisher. Nor Greg (teacher), nor Paula Fisher (boy, she sure could belt out Mellisonde (sp?) (church operatic singer). She is instantly remembered, everytime I see Bea Arthur, her "spittin-image", as I recall. Just as tall, too.	Dick Vermeil, famous football coach, started here; He was the football and basketball coach. Ron Fisher, Louis Schick, Mike Young, Rick Schweiger, Greg Strong, Kris Cavalli, Jamie Barnard, Barbara Lucy, Joan and John White
1962	12th	St.Helens Senior High School, St.Helens, OR I lived on Aubuchon Drive (my dad Fred was a developer/ subdivider/ builder - still fixing up houses at age 85 in Ontario, OR).	Sharon Olson Oliver, Lorrie Wegner Obermeier

1962
6th Grade (A6) Graduation Photo -
"New" Charnock Road School
West Los Angeles, CA 90034
Where are they now?
Charnock Road School 1962

John Mayville, Lucille Chavous, Susan Peterson, Charles Graham
Brad Blanck, Melanie Warren, Richard Cunningham, Jeanene K., John L., Louise Weinberg, James George
John Schuman, Marnette Mock, Bruce Loenthal, Wendy Winders, Henry Taylor, Diana Tigaris, David Parks
Andy Quint, Ryan Ito, Tim

1964
6th Grade (A6) Graduation Photo -
"New" Charnock Road School
West Los Angeles, CA 90034
Where are they now?
Charnock Road School 1964

Jeff Ryne, Sheila Levin, Bob Curtis, Carol Hatch, Randy Williams
Sal Lombardo, Patty Beetley, Steve Smith, Lynda Nickelson, Andy Zepeda
Fred Dohle, Vickie Zomar, Pam Martin, Becky Washington, Roland Fisher
Reubin Lelah, Marlene Steinberg, Mrs. Bates, Criss Collins, Jack Avila

1987
"Old" Charnock Road School
West Los Angeles, CA 90034
Charnock Road School - Old Location

In the background is Palms Junior High School in 1987.
The old Charnock Road School was situated on the grass field.
Below I have tried to recreate the building layout at the school in 1956.
The layout is approximate - the memories are fading.
Charnock Road School layout

Who has responded to this web page?

Date	Name	Note	6th Grade Class
Me	Vaughn Aubuchon (Santa Cruz, CA)	Lived at 3559 Veteran Ave.	1956
1-05-03	Marlene Steinberg	Lived on Tilden Ave.
2-01-03	Eileen Straussman (New York)	Lived on Veteran Ave.
6-18-03	Ron Koiles (Los Angeles)	From Hamilton High School	na
6-28-03	Sheldon Koiles	From Hamilton High School	na
6-29-03	Leslie Harris	From Hamilton High School
8-08-03	Christine Atwood	From Venice High School	na
8-15-03	Stuart Victor	From Military Ave.
2004
7-05-2004	Dan Holloway	From Overland Ave.
7-24-2004	David Lyles	Now Paul Lyles (1950's L.A. memories)	na
8-01-2004	Betty Johnson, friend of Jackie McClure	Teacher was Mrs. Weber
9-12-2004	Melanie Warren	Lived on Westwood Blvd. Many thanks to Melanie for the 1962 photo	1962
9-12-2004	Deanna Dahl Wefel	Lived on Veteran Ave.
12-3-2004	Brad Shetrone (Little Rock, Arkansas)	Lived on Woodbine Ave.	1958
2005
Jan.	George Garrigues	The Palms-Village Sun (Palms News) A GREAT Palms website!!!
June	Michael Bullock	In 1956 graduation photo above	1956
June	Stanley Organ	In 1956 graduation photo above	1956
June	John Clausen	Lived at Charnock Rd. and Kelton Ave.	?
July	Dave Decker	Lived on Robertson Blvd.	1956
November	Candace ???	Candace is trying to locate Jeanette Piddy Lawrence or Donnie Lawrence who lived at 3539 Kelton Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90034 Please email me if you have this info.	?
December	Marlene Steinberg	Many thanks to Marlene for the 1964 photo	1964
2006
October	Jack Avila	In 1964 graduation photo above	1964

Please email me, if you want your email address added - (too many "email address harvesters" out there).
Melanie and Deanna gave me express permission.

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This Vaughn's Old Charnock Road School Los Angeles class photos webpage was last updated on 2007-03-21.