I also fondly remember reading football preview magazines from the gift shop; the thrill of Hall of Fame football players Y.A. Tittle and Bob St. Clair spending the week there one summer; Tittle chatting inside the pool fence with another HOF football player, Hugh McElhenny, who was passing through; and baseball fans regularly gathering under a big tree in the pool area to listen to San Francisco Giants games on the radio with "Casey," an elderly man who resembled Casey Stengel.
@Dan1950s - I remember Tittle coming to Forest Lake that week in the fifties. Ironically, we lived in Menlo Park at the time, Tittle lived down the street from us, and my brother and I used to cut the quarterback's lawns each week. Those really were good times.
This is really a wonderful video. Besides what is mentioned, I fondly remember:
the sounds of children playing and laughing in the pool area; meals in the dining room--the taste of pancakes during breakfast and orange sherbet for dessert at dinner; Frank Judnick presiding over the Calso (Bingo) games; and Frank's boisterous, most famous bingo call--"0 74."
I misspelled Frank and Walt's last name. It should be "Judnich." Walt also was known as Wally.
Dan1950s 2 weeks ago
Frank Judnick was related to Walt Judnick, who played baseball in the Major Leagues and Pacific Coast League. I believe they were brothers.
Interestingly, in my job as a reporter, I interviewed Bob St. Clair recently, and after the interview, we talked about that week at Forest Lake.
Dan1950s 2 weeks ago
I also fondly remember reading football preview magazines from the gift shop; the thrill of Hall of Fame football players Y.A. Tittle and Bob St. Clair spending the week there one summer; Tittle chatting inside the pool fence with another HOF football player, Hugh McElhenny, who was passing through; and baseball fans regularly gathering under a big tree in the pool area to listen to San Francisco Giants games on the radio with "Casey," an elderly man who resembled Casey Stengel.
Dan1950s 2 weeks ago
@Dan1950s - I remember Tittle coming to Forest Lake that week in the fifties. Ironically, we lived in Menlo Park at the time, Tittle lived down the street from us, and my brother and I used to cut the quarterback's lawns each week. Those really were good times.
KailuaKid 2 weeks ago
This is really a wonderful video. Besides what is mentioned, I fondly remember:
the sounds of children playing and laughing in the pool area; meals in the dining room--the taste of pancakes during breakfast and orange sherbet for dessert at dinner; Frank Judnick presiding over the Calso (Bingo) games; and Frank's boisterous, most famous bingo call--"0 74."
Dan1950s 2 weeks ago
@Dan1950s - Judnick, eh?? Thanks for giving me "Frank the Accordian Player"'s last name.
KailuaKid 2 weeks ago