tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post3172255063393867853..comments2024-03-29T03:57:22.333-07:00Comments on <center>The Museum of the San Fernando Valley</center>: MEMORIES OF WOODMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLThe Museum SFVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16723992620417307790noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-27582234361514607452022-03-24T06:00:28.475-07:002022-03-24T06:00:28.475-07:00I recently found a “yearbook” from Woodman Avenue ...I recently found a “yearbook” from Woodman Avenue school 1961 in some books I bought at a garage sale. I’m not sure if it has any historical or sentimental value to anyone. If so, please contact me on Instagram messenger account name zimza aka Michele Souza Zimmerman zimzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01654944116056107931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-53166009994238270882021-05-11T10:19:19.404-07:002021-05-11T10:19:19.404-07:00How wonderful to find this site! I attended Woodma...How wonderful to find this site! I attended Woodman when it first admitted kids from the neighborhood, not just the McKinley Home for Boys. I have fond memories of the old trees and playing marbles,and the candy shop across Riverside. My fourth grade teacher was Della Blakeway. Many years later (1968)I was a special education teacher and she was the principal of the school where I taught (Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01806521352287519742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-30061353898365876792021-02-22T14:41:55.773-08:002021-02-22T14:41:55.773-08:00Just found this article about my elementary school...Just found this article about my elementary school and thought you might be interesred: the picture of the girl in the white dress is me!!! The others are of Mr. Isaac Hazen our sixth grade teacher and various classmates. Kathie Schiff is the girl in the last picture. She and i were bff's back in the day. What a shock to see yourself in a post!!!!<br /> Gail Feinstein Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452794079586642306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-17251365415701274172017-02-17T10:59:44.377-08:002017-02-17T10:59:44.377-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908001814731503020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-76994668810500049632017-02-16T18:26:23.013-08:002017-02-16T18:26:23.013-08:00https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/be...https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com/2013/04/08/before-the-birdhouse-some-early-mellenthin-homes/<br />OK Try this.Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908001814731503020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-88726462990766005162017-02-16T18:24:39.963-08:002017-02-16T18:24:39.963-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908001814731503020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-4978881767051820402017-02-15T20:07:12.948-08:002017-02-15T20:07:12.948-08:00You are very welcome. I still have a couple dozen ...You are very welcome. I still have a couple dozen friends I grew up with there in the Valley and Sherman Oaks. Have a handful of friends who go to Bob's Big Boy in Toluca Lake on Friday nights and brings back many memories from cruising Bob's Big Boy on Van Nuys Blvd back in the early 1960's.<br />Those memories are locked in my brain as are many memories from the past.<br />Thank youAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946130752171620894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-46213881995970729332017-02-15T19:24:32.718-08:002017-02-15T19:24:32.718-08:00Yes it is Dixie Canyon Elem. Thanks again! I hop...Yes it is Dixie Canyon Elem. Thanks again! I hope these schools have kept a few old class photos!Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908001814731503020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-17550596091597403752017-02-15T13:07:15.827-08:002017-02-15T13:07:15.827-08:00I believe there was a Dixie Canyon Elementary Scho...I believe there was a Dixie Canyon Elementary School close to Venture Blvd and west of Fulton Avenue three or so blocks? there was a Catholic church in that area.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946130752171620894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-2013747370353138532017-02-15T11:31:45.015-08:002017-02-15T11:31:45.015-08:00Thank you so much Steve Davis! Now I'm not su...Thank you so much Steve Davis! Now I'm not sure where my subject went to elementary school--house was equidistant to both Riverside Drive Elem. And Woodman and the elem. with "canyon" in the name!Aitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908001814731503020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-23442640158259753822017-02-12T15:08:01.822-08:002017-02-12T15:08:01.822-08:00Riverside Drive Elementary School was approximatel...Riverside Drive Elementary School was approximately three quarters of a mile east of Woodman Avenue Elementary School, Both schools were on Riverside Drive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946130752171620894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-4164498255518900192017-02-12T14:36:32.512-08:002017-02-12T14:36:32.512-08:00How close was Riverside drive Elementary to Woodma...How close was Riverside drive Elementary to Woodman?? <br /> I am researching a family who lived on the corner of Moorpark and Ethel during the 1950s, possibly late 40s. Any response is appreciated!!<br />Thank you,<br /><br />HCSAitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01908001814731503020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-85977390725939984092016-08-21T15:28:21.652-07:002016-08-21T15:28:21.652-07:00WOODMAN AVENUE SCHOOL - BACK WHEN
Tuesday October ...WOODMAN AVENUE SCHOOL - BACK WHEN<br />Tuesday October 4th Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium for the 7th and deciding game of the 1955 World Series. 2-0 Dodgers going into the last half of the ninth. Every kid I knew was chewing his baseball card gun into oblivion. Even though we were mostly west coast kids, still, you were either a Yankee or Dodger fan.<br /><br />Steve Davis, you are right on.Harvey Deckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12159858087756989882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-47285450278749872722016-02-19T05:40:40.737-08:002016-02-19T05:40:40.737-08:00I graduated Woodman Avenue School in spring of 196...I graduated Woodman Avenue School in spring of 1960 and have the class picture, showing the elaborate main entrance in the background. I'd be glad to upload it somewhere, if someone will tell me where to do that.<br />Thanks<br />Hal WeinerHal Weinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14176266381807011427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-64706739309206389022015-11-25T15:23:49.441-08:002015-11-25T15:23:49.441-08:00Hello,
My name is Stephen Davis and I attended Woo...Hello,<br />My name is Stephen Davis and I attended Woodman Avenue Elementary School from 1953 to 1959. <br />People that I recall at Woodman Avenue were Sue Starbird, Jill Starbird, Steve Schwan, Tadd Wolfe & Tory Wolfe (both orphans from McKinley Home, Craig Benike, Dan Dixon, Kit Riedel.<br />A fond memory I had was when I snuck a kiss from Sue Starbird under a desk I believe in fourth Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16946130752171620894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-37372212862949879502015-07-07T17:48:04.480-07:002015-07-07T17:48:04.480-07:00I was glad to see Karl posting said questions as m...I was glad to see Karl posting said questions as my folks had always told me that entire area had been a dairy ranch in earlier times (south side of Riverside Dr bet. Woodman and Hazeltine). And we would've driven right past the Riverside/Woodman School going to Redeemer Lutheran each day at Riverside near Fulton? So this is all new to me. As to the McKinley Boys Home, wasn't that that Robert e Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639265763223061055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-91891261701883680112015-07-07T17:45:22.797-07:002015-07-07T17:45:22.797-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Robert e Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639265763223061055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-85900567585902828072015-05-26T17:13:31.786-07:002015-05-26T17:13:31.786-07:00Just happened to be doing a little spring cleaning...Just happened to be doing a little spring cleaning and decided to Google my old elementary school, Woodman Ave, to see if anything new was on the net. Thought I would respond to your post even though its almost a year old.<br />My family moved to Sherman Oaks in 1955, and I attended Woodman until '59.<br />I believe it was part of the McKinley Home for Boys which occupied all the land west John Traskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11371491413170783440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-57124398033598275172014-06-30T21:30:03.651-07:002014-06-30T21:30:03.651-07:00I am ashamed I did not even hear of this school un...I am ashamed I did not even hear of this school until a few years ago, but I am livid with my mother (who lived on Murietta near Riverside) for never telling me about this school. There are so many unanswered questions about this school that I put it in the category of the Hollywood Hills Country Club which is a true mind boggler for me (btw I live on the 9th hole). Question 1: When was it built?karlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09123575894942680657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907552634335250860.post-5065708297657528742012-05-10T09:34:45.135-07:002012-05-10T09:34:45.135-07:00This blog has switched its format, so I haven'...This blog has switched its format, so I haven't figured out who to edit entries yet.<br />These great photographs are courtesy of Ms. Katie Schiff, who shared them at The Museum Space at the Westfield Fashion Square Mall.Gerald R. Fechthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15545804136704810425noreply@blogger.com