WELL, I\u2019LL BE DARNED!<\/b> All these years I\u2019ve been wearing Members Only jackets because they\u2019re warm and comfortable \u2013 and because it bugs the heck out of Johnnie “What Not To Wear” Wilding. This past Saturday at Good Time Charlie\u2019s, the waitresses were all over me. Unbeknownst to me, Members Only is back \u2014 and I was tres chic. Always remember, even a broken clock is right twice a day. EMILY PACKER<\/b> passed away last month. She lived on the corner when I bought my house next door in 1972. I\u2019m guessing she was in her late 80s. It seems like only yesterday, having saved a goodly stash to remodel her kitchen, she made the mistake of going to the San Diego Auto Show. Well, maybe it wasn\u2019t a mistake, but she came home in a shiny, new red Alfa-Romeo. Artistic Licenses:<\/b> I\u2019ve seen “OMB GRL” before, but this time she was pulling out of an alley in \u2014 Old Mission Beach. “RMMMBLB” adorned a black and yellow Mini Cooper that looked like, well, a bumblebee. “BKEAST” was on a car with Connecticut plates \u2014 about as far Back East as you can get. 25 Years Ago:<\/b> Thanksgiving Buffet at the Salmon House was $9.95; Vacation Village\u2019s Don the Beachcomber $9.25; and the Catamaran $7.95 \u2014 but you got a free cruise on the Bahia Belle. 50 Years Ago:<\/b> De Anza Harbor, Inc., announced plans to add 122 trailer sites, Mrs. Lila C. Witcher announced. The corporation already has 400 trailers and will ultimately have 1,000, Mrs. Witcher said. 75 Years Ago:<\/b> “A Thanksgiving dinner was given Tuesday night for the cadets of the Army and Navy academy at Pacific Beach,” noted the Beach Paragraphs columnist in the Nov. 30, 1933 Evening Tribune. “Following dinner members of the Masque and Wig gave a mystery comedy, \u2018As the Clock Strikes,\u2019 directed by Mrs. William Currier Atkinson.” Thanksgiving Dinner at the Hotel del Coronado was $1.50; Casa de Ma\u00f1ana (then a resort hotel) $1.50; Pine Valley Inn $1; and, finally, the Leighton Dairy Lunch and Buffet 35 cents. 100 Years Ago:<\/b> I never heard of the Mission Inn “at Mission Park,” but it burned to the ground in the early morning hours of Nov. 23, 1908. The flames were so intense that people in downtown San Diego thought all of Pacific Beach was on fire. Turns out the Mission Inn began as the 22-room clubhouse at the old racetrack, where Mossy Ford is today. If you want to read the whole story, I\u2019ve included it in the November Pacific Beach Historical Society newsletter. Contact me at the number or email address below. John Fry may be reached at 272-6655 or mail@johnfry.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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