The chapel at Santa Teresita is called St. Joseph's.  This is where I went to 5:30 mass with my Dad, Tom, and Joe, where we prayed in the pre-dawn hour and sung with a Carmelite Nun choir. Then it was off to Bob's Big Boy in Monrovia for breakfast and to read the sports page where I read over the details of how Notre Dame quarterback, Joe Theismann, 1968-1971, took the Irish back from a two-touchdown deficit.  Or about Joe Montana, 1974-1978, how he helped lead the Notre Dame charge as they rolled through their league.  

This front gate is sadly permanently locked. Access to the chapel is now had by entering on Buena Vista.  Ch-ch-ch-changes . . . .  My great friend and co-worker, Sterling Cross, wrote the following reply, "Ch-ch-ch-changes often cause me grief and sorrow. I remember open campuses; kids smoking openly in the "Quad"; trash can fires to keep our hands warm in the mornings; and a school bell ringing only as a suggestion to get to class on time.  But what I really wanted to say is that "I love this photograph"!

Actress Ann Miller, Mother Margarita Maria, and William V. O'Connor inspect Villa Cantwell, a wing at Santa Teresita to be dedicated at Santa Teresita Sanitarium in Duarte.  O'Connor and Miss Miller are on dedication program.  Mother Margarita is mother superior of institution. K11.

MOTEL YEARLING

"This is the last card I'll post before starting the westbound journey once again in Chicago later this week. This is the Motel Yearling, 1515 East Huntington Drive in Duarte, CA. It was "Conveniently located in the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains on Highway 66. Ten minutes drive to the Santa Anita Race Track and the Pasadena Rose Bowl." The owners and operators were Abe and Mary Doornbos who I suppose, by the name of the motel, were into horses. You may not be able to see it on line but there's a woman and small child sitting at the table under the unbrella on the right side of the card. Lo and behold, it's still around today under a different name - http://goo.gl/maps/aSMY5. See you all in Chicago in a couple of days."

DUARTE SHOPPING CENTER: CORONET, ALPHA BETA, & SNYDER'S MEATS

DUARTE SHOPPING CENTER: CORONET, ALPHA BETA, & SNYDER'S MEATS

I loved this shopping center back in the day. What's that, about 1964? Coronet was a great place for a kid. It was the five-and-dime-store that everyone in Duarte loved. It had two levels, the storefront level and then the downstairs. The interior was almost an S&H Green Stamp green, which for a kid made it intriguing. There was an Alpha Beta store just west of the Coronet in the same lot.  My dad used to tell us that he designed the little Alphie cowboy with lasso.  Further east in the center was Snyder's Meats.  That place was THE place in Duarte.  There was also the Duarte Market up at Highland and Royal Oaks.  Snyder's could have even owned the meat section in that store as well.