Dee (Dwight) Hawkes, '54, quarterback of the 1953 Seattle champion football team, has sent us the following information about the upcoming 50th reunion of the champion Grizzlies. Note that all Kuay grads are invited, not just the '53 teammates. Dee's e-mail address is on the 1954 Directory page. Click here and here for photos of most of the team members mentioned below.

"50 years later....

"The members of the 1953 Queen Anne Championship team will celebrte their 50th
anniversary on Oct 17th and 18th.

"Calendar of Events:
Oct 17th 3 - 5 p.m. Social hour at Rocksalt Steakhouse
7:30 p.m. Team picture in front of Seattle Memorial Stadium
8:00 p.m. Attend Roosevelt-Ballard game. Sit on Roosevelt side.
9:30 p.m. Social hour at Hoyt's Pub on Queen Anne Ave.
Oct 18th 10 -12 a.m. Golf at Interbay Golf Course followed by a noon luncheon

"Seniors members of the team include: Tom Allen, John Flood, Frank Forrest, Phil
Gallaher, Dwight Hawkes, Connie Jacobsen, Wally Murray, Larry Pulford, Quinn
Redeker, Jim Suzuki, Bill Johnson, and Swede Wilson. Junior members of the team
include: Chuck Carlson, Ray Chapple, Dale Fredrickson, Fred Grant, Milt Hansberry,
Howard Marshall, Ed Melbourne, Sam Moyle, George Owner, Bob Parks, Don Phillips,
John Reardon, Jim Ross, Dick Scollick, and John Wall.

"For those interested, all Queen Anne graduates are welcome to attend these events."

Other team members pictured in the 1954 yearbook but who are now deceased include these: Lloyd Hannon '56, Pete Hanson '55, Jack Nilles '55, Vern Olson '55, and George Varver '54. Also deceased is one of the team managers, Dale Fitzgerald, '55.

Steve Martin, one of the organizers for the Class of 1958's 45th reunion, sent us the following summary along with four digital photos.

"Yes, indeed we had a great reunion. The grads-only event was held at Paul and Glenda Barrett's lovely home on Queen Anne Hill's north face, with a fabulous view of the city. We counted over 80 grads...our most ever at the grads-only portion of our reunion. The next night, at the Space Needle's lower restaurant, we again had a fabulous time, with a fun program co-chaired by myself (Steve Martin) and Sally Marshall Jacobsen. Great food, "lunar orbiter" desserts for lucky winners at each table, the view of the school, and dancing afterwards made it an evening to remember. We had over 120 there, including spouses."

We have received IDs for many of the people in these photos, thanks to Barbara Wilson Nelson, '58. We still need help in completing the identifications, though.

"601 North Kirby, Space 475
Hemet, Ca 92545

"Thank you

"Mary Lou Swanagon Cloud, '53"

"I am now getting cars and trucks registering for the show and parade. I also have interest from Magnolia residents and outside inquiries to display classics as well! I will disribute color identity dash cards so car owners can be matched with other car owners with their own group ie: Q.A.H.S. Alums = orange dash cards. Again, we are in better location with Main Stage and Beer Garden within feet of the Car Show!

"To register, just e-mail your name, phone #, year and make of vehicle(s) and I will have a dash card to give you Aug 2nd! Car Show to start assembling after 9am until 10am then pending parade completion after 12 noon ? ... then cars and trucks can enter show location to be assigned individual sites. The Car Show is scheduled to run as late as you would like to keep your vehicles on display.... up to 10pm, and I will try to accomodate those who won't stay for length to be close to exit.

"The Main Stage will have live music until 9-9:30pm and then we have our returning "Outdoor Cinema" featuring Ghostbusters (20th anniv) on the field once the night comes upon us! If you have any questions, please e-mail me anytime at
bobgthelen@yahoo.com.

"Note: Last year we had cars and trucks in the parade that did not enter the Car
Show and we had vehicles in Car Show and not in Parade. You are invited to
participate in both. Again there is no fee to enter either event and you are welcome to do as you choose. Please provide a copy of proof of insurance if you wish to do the parade as well as sign a hold-harmless agreement prior to parade. Let's show the Magnolia festival Queen Anne High School Alums will have the most cars & trucks on display!

"Go Grizzlies!!"

putting our financial records in order. In 1981 Dick was also the mover in forming the Queen Anne Helpline, a volunteer service group to help local residents in need. In the 1990s he did a similar service for West Seattle, where his home was for many years.

Dick went straight from Queen Anne into the Navy V-12 program, but was still in training when the war ended. He graduated from the UW in 1950. A lifetime of helping others later, he retired from the grocery business in 1992, having won many awards for his grocery industry leadership. He is survived by his wife Joni, two children, three stepchildren and other family. Dick Rhodes exemplified the Queen Anne spirit. He worked hard, he helped countless people, he had a positive outlook on life and was always a friend indeed.

"Our group of Korean War vets first met in the spring of ‘02. Jack Strayer suggested that we all meet in Des Moines for a lunch to greet ‘Bud’ Hansen, who had spent a lifetime in Alaska. We all asked why Des Moines ? He responded, "Well, Bud lives on Fox Island, so it’s about halfway for all of us." So much for QA logic. Anyway, the Yardarm Pub has been very gracious and willing to accept our behavior. At first our meetings were every 2 months, and we moved it to every month, ‘cuz some complained if they missed a lunch they had to wait 4 months ‘til the next one. There are still some thirsty ones around, although a few are now soft drink junkies.

"It's open to all and any guys that are interested. We haven't thought about asking the girls to join us. I'll bring that up at our next gathering.

"Our group is mostly guys from ‘48 to ‘51 that have ‘kept in touch’ to some degree over the years. It’s probably easier for me to sort the names by service rather than QA years.

"Navy: John Lazzar, Ray Grover, Doug Froling (we enlisted together on 10-10-50), Joel Nazarenus, Don Rogers, Bob Guichard.

"Marines: John Zirckel, Ben Noble, Jim Burton, Dale Keller, Jack Strayer, Vern Anderson, Bob Waitt

"Army: Jens (Bud) Hansen, Ron Selset, Dick Kraabel.

"Air Force: Joe Ferluga, Dick Gilbert.

"The meetings are all informal: no role call or minutes. Someone suggested that we should keep a list of those present. We said go ahead, but he quickly forgot the idea. Occasionally someone gives a presentation to cover something new he has uncovered about our past history, or someone's demise. Last year I repeated a presentation I had given at the QA Grizzley Christmas lunch about those of us that served during the Korean War."

At the April 21 Board meeting, QAHSAA President Barbara Wilson Nelson, '58, revealed a dream goal of providing 25 $1,000 scholarships, perhaps in a couple of years when we reach the 25th anniversary of the Queen Anne High closure. Currently each scholarship is for $500. Last year 22 were awarded, the most ever. (Click here for scholarship records.)

Also at the meeting, Scholarship Committee Chairman Kerry McMahon, '54, announced that for this year's scholarships there were 102 requests for applications and 79 were returned for consideration. 43 of these are in close competition. The Board voted to award 30 scholarships this year. The winners will be revealed in the summer edition of The KUAY newspaper, assuming the new and temporary editorial staff succeeds in putting the paper together. (See third story below.)

The math is unfuzzy, though the totals uncertain. In 2002 $11,000 was spent on scholarships. This year the figure will be $15,000. It's proposed to provide $25,000 in scholarships three years from now. Meanwhile, a substantial amount of money will be spent on the $500 scholarships in the next two years, depending on the income from donations and sales of Grizzly merchandise. About 12,000 KUAYs are mailed out twice a year. If every one of the readers donated $5 to the scholarship fund, Barb's dream would be a reality in 2006. Everyone buying some Hilltop nostalgia from the Merchandise page possibly would accomplish the same thing.

Patrick Nolan, '83, though deserted by his school in '81, when the Seattle School District closed dear old Queen Anne High, apparently harbors nostalgia rather than resentment and has proposed to the QAHSAA Board that it's only just desserts if he not only displays Grizzly memorabilia but also sells our Kuay merchandise along with coffee and pastries at his Queen Anne Hill shop. We're intrigued to hear that the shop, Pat's On the Avenue at 1905 Queen Anne Avenue North, represents several generations of Queen Anne history and we will seek the details for those interested..

Board Members also were intrigued with Patrick's proposal. Member Ed Bol, '81, will work on the details with Patrick. The minutes of the April 21 Board meeting, the source of this information, do not name the shop. We will follow up.

Thanks to acquiring a copy of the April, 1945, KUAY SUPPLEMENT For Queen Anne Men and Women in the Armed Service, we have constructed a WWII section for the Web site so as to provide a permanent and accessible memorial for the Queen Anne students who died in WWII. With the war months short of conclusion, the student newspaper staff built a record of 77 former students who had died in the war. We have constructed a main memorial page which you may reach by clicking on these words: WWII Memorial. From there you may reach the 16 additional pages, which each show photos and information about the Gold Star students from a particular class year. (On the main page, click on the year to go to the page for that year.)

We have been unable to locate in the yearbooks 21 of those on the Gold Star list. Also, among the rest of the 2403 listed as serving in the military or Merchant Marine are 19 who were known to be either Prisoners of War or Missing in Action. Though we know that one of the POWs survived the war, dying in 1995, we lack information about the others. We hope that some viewers will be able to supply more information. (E-mail us at info@qagrizzlies.org.)

We are publishing this WWII Memorial before completing our extensive reorganization of the Web site. The new navigation bar has not been finished, and so you will have to plod through these pages using your browser Back button or the Back link on each page. We publish the pages now so as to tap into whatever additional information you alumni have about those who died in World War II. The memorial pages thus will change as we identify additonal Grizzlies. Also, we plan to provide better versions of some of our photos.

Author Jim Whiting, former long-time editor of Northwest Runner magazine, wants to interview people who knew Hollis Martin, '39, or who can tell him about life before and during WWII. Whiting is writing a book about radioman/tailgunner Hollis Martin's Torpedo 8, the famous squadron of 15 planes that were all shot down in an attack on the Japanese fleet at the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942.

In Whiting's words, "I'm writing a book about the vital contributions of Hollis's Torpedo Squadron 8 to the American victory at Midway. To make the book more personal, I'm focusing on the plane in which he was a tail gunner/radioman. The pilot
[Grant "Plywood" Teats] was from Sheridan, Oregon, which makes research easier since both men's families and origins are within driving distance. So anyone who has any knowledge of the two men is pure gold, to help flesh them out and make them into real persons rather than statistics. I'm also interested in trying to reconstruct the era as well, so different from our own. What I never cease to find amazing is how these men -- civilians just a few months earlier -- could summon up the courage to fly into virtually certain death. They were flying obsolete airplanes into the teeth of determined anti-aircraft fire with the world's best naval fighter aircraft ripping into them. But no one thought of turning back."

In an Internet search, Whiting discovered our (as yet uncompleted) history of Hollis Martin and since has interviewed our source Evie Martin and another Martin relative. As a runner, Whiting was taken with the fact that both Hollis and his pilot, Plywood Teats, ran track. He has discovered that Teats, although a big man, the biggest of Torpedo 8's 30 personnel, actually had the record for the 440 at Oregon State. Whiting has published and/or edited more than 70 non-fiction children's books, ranging from early Spanish explorers to classical music composers.

Whiting may reached by e-mail at Athletikos@aol.com or by phone at 206-855-9554.