GC's

Donna (Marto '57) Smith

Happy Jack, AZ

K9teacher@hughes.net

* * * from Rocky '38...

Ollie had a large house with a circular drive @ 310 E Duarte Rd in Arcadia. In his drive

on the east side he had a small house trailer and a large mobile home, In the back yard

he had a large workshop . In the workshop and the yard were various automobiles, race

cars and boats in various states of repair and disassembly

He had enough projects going to last a couple more lifetimes and yet he was living on

borrowed time. A few years back his heart stopped as he was driving down First avenue.

Having passed out he ran into a parked car and the shock of the collision restarted his heart.

After a time in the hospital and implanting a pacemaker he was back at home with all his

projects again.

Dear Donna:

I was getting ready to get the info to you to include in your Golden Cats page.

His name is Bernard Gail Theders and he didn't actually graduate from

MAD. His folks moved to San Clemente at the beginning of his Junior year

and we have always included him in any of our alumni get-togethers. He would

have been in my class of 1944. He was married to Rosemary Schultheis who

also left MAD at the end of her sophmore year when her family moved to South

Pasadena.

He died on 2-11-09 the day before his 82nd birthday.

So please put him on your list.

Love,

Jo Leta - Class of '44

* * * from my good "buddy" Ralph Hodges, '38... (Now in Ft. Myers I think)

Hi Kids <<<< (pretty funny huh!...."kids"?)

All my fine tunning and fussing around with cookie recipes finely paid off. This makes the

finest, most delicious, not too sweet, lite, blackest, choc chip type cookies I ever tasted !!

No kidding !

*Triple Chocolate Oatmeal gems

1/2 cup of virgin olive oil
3 large eggs whipped
One box (18.25 gm) of Devil's Food cake mix,

reduced sugar, 50%
1-1/2 cups quick oats
1-1/2 cups of Hershey's Special Dark choc chips
3/4 cups of chopped Brazil nuts, or walnuts or pecans
3/4 cups of raisins
1/2 cup of tea
Mix all on slow,

dough will be very stiff and sticky
Drop 2/3 golf ball sized dough on sprayed cookie sheet
Bake 350 degrees, 15 min's, just until set.

Do not over bake,centers will be soft.

Let stand 1 - 2 min's then place on
   brown paper bags to cool.
Makes 4 Doz. Gems

History: A barely legible, hand written recipe was found in my old file

without any detail. It probably dates back 5 - 10 yrs when diabetes forced

me to look at sugar free food. The cake mix is Pillsbury's, only one on the

shelf. Brazil nuts are separated from mixed nuts to use in cooked foods

chopped so always have 'em. The tea I was drinking was dumped in when

the mixer stalled because it was too dry. By cooling choc chip cookies

on brown paper bags some of the oil is blotted up.

Many recipes for choc chip cookies were studied: Quaker Oats.com, Splenda.com

and more, there must be 1,000's. Many were printed off. But this one is unique

because ofthe reduced sugar cake mix. Of course it isn't a choc chip cookie

but a damned good close relative. Its EZ, try and be surprised ! Let me know.

Ralph

OK, all of you other Golden Cats....

How about an update on you?