Be True to Your School
by Your Ribald Raconteur

Welcome to the first blog written especially for you, Narbonne High School alumni. Let me first introduce myself for those of you who might not know me. My name is Bob Morrison and I was a member of the class of Summer, 1967. During my three years at Narbonne I was active in many areas: Boys League Representative B-11, A-11, B-12 and A-12. Marine League Representative A-12. B Track A-11 and Varsity Track A-12. Editor of the Green and Gold B-12 and A-12. And yes, even a Varsity Yell Leader A-10 and B-11. The accomplishment I'm most proud of was Editor of the Green and Gold for both semesters of my senior year. The second semester I had one of the largest newspaper staffs that Narbonne had seen in years. We put out one of the last "gossip" style editions of the era. Maybe not such a good thing to be proud of in retrospect, but we had fun.

Over the next few months I would like to take you back to the 60's and a totally different world of High School than the kids of today face. Great memories, a few a little risque?, a few tributes to the great teachers we had back then, some not so great memories of friends we began losing to the war in Viet Nam, and any other things that pop into my mind as I write these. My plan is to write two of these a month. I welcome comments and/or suggestions of things to reminisce about. I would like this to be partially interactive with you my fellow alumni.

In the first edition I would like to introduce you to someone without whom I would of never gotten through my year as editor, as well as 2 years of Junior High at Fleming and 3 years at Narbonne. My best friend since the 8th grade when she moved to Torrance from Ohio is Wendy Minnick Franklin. As well as being my best friend she was the "editor" of all my editorials while on the Green and Gold, in fact she may of written as many as I did with no acknowledgement in the paper. She fed me ideas to write about and then re-wrote most of the editorials after I had given it my best.

During this time I also wrote a column for the Lomita News. It was due in their office every Monday at 5:00pm. Never one to plan ahead, I would ask Wendy to meet me in the Journalism office about 3:30 every Monday and I would write the column, with her help, and barely make it down Lomita Blvd before 5:00. Wendy, this is a public thank you for making me sound better than I was back in the day. ( The funny thing is I sent this to her before I sent it to Cassi and I bet she had already changed some things...lol) (Editorial note: Yes I did!)

The next few blogs will take you back to Sonny and Cher, Mrs. Allen and Coach Haley, student government, the lunch ladies, as well as some romantic entanglements of the 60's. Hopefully you will enjoy these and have some fun with Green and Gold Memories. Till next time..GO GAUCHOS.