![]() ![]() We swam at Miami Beach, had ' shoo fly pie' in Amish country, saw a show at the 'Copa' in New York, visited Williamsburg, saw Niagara Falls. and Tiny would give us a history lesson on every stop. We hit all the important spots along the Southern Coast, up the East Coast, and back through the Midwest. We took sleeping bags and slept on the ground about every other night. It was just the two of them and a bus driver to keep track of us all. Looking back, I can't believe Coach and his wife, Tiny, took a bus load of kids on such a long tour. Myself, my cousin Mike, and Roger Miller joined the rest of the kids from Bakersfield. It was in 1967 (I think) and there were three of us from Taft on that trip. Here's one response from reader Don Black: " I was one of the fortunate kids that got to go on one of Migs Apsit's (we called him, Coach) tours around the U.S. MIGS: I've heard from a lot of folks who remember Migs Apsit, the former East High football coach who made a positive imprint on thousands of kids' lives. BAKERSFIELDISM: You know you're a Bakersfield old-timer if "you remember when almost every doctor in town had an office in the Haberfelde Building." During the retrofitting and renovations to the basement of the Hay Building (soon to be 1612 City Lofts) workers uncovered and then resealed tunnels leading out under Eye Street and also 19th Street. DID YOU KNOW? Some of the rumored Chinese tunnels downtown actually do still exist. It was a fantastic experience." And so it sounds. We stayed in hotels, motels and camped out occasionally. I recall that there were about 70 kids and we traveled in two buses. It was called the USA Tour and it essentially circumvented the U.S. "Others will know more about him than I but I happened to go with him on one of the trips for high school kids he organized during summer vacations. This time it was John Brock who wrote to recall when he joined the group of kids who Migs took across the country every summer. ![]() MORE MIGS: Yet another person has come forward to recall, with great fondness, former East High teacher and football coach Migs Apsit. The letter gave Pryor some advice about obeying his mother and father and ended with the line, "A Merry Christmas to you and the OLD people." The friendly operator complied and made the connection." The original owners were Roy Cummings and Fred Widmer. Callers simply picked up the phone and asked for the Padre Hotel. The Padre's phone number wasn't listed on its letterhead. Our family's phone number at the time was 89 - without any dial until later. Bakersfield's population was about 27,000. "The Padre Hotel was just four years old. "I was six days old when he wrote this letter," Pryor wrote to Brett Miller, the Padre's new owner. ![]() Hendrickson, who was an insurance company "special agent" who worked with Pryor's insurance broker father. PADRE: Local risk management consultant John Pryor shared with me a letter, penned on old Padre Hotel stationery, that was written to him when he was just six days old. 1) Let's hope we can go a full year without a single case of child abuse or animal cruelty in our community.Ģ) I pray for the recovery of our real estate market and better times for our hard working local Realtors.ģ) I hope for more of a civil discourse in our nation, and that all sides - liberals and conservatives - learn to work together for the common good.Ĥ) For all those out of work, here's hoping there are paychecks and health insurance on the horizon.ĥ) For all those ailing and battling sickness, both physically and emotionally, here's to a rapid recovery and good health.Ħ) If just a few of those come to pass, it will be a good year. ![]()
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