OT See a Portland blues legend before it's too late

[Lanny]

ok, I thought with your Roger Maris fandom that you might have played baseball at LO.

My brother-in-law played baseball at U of O. He might have been around your age. His last name is Ruggles. I can't even remember his first name. He was the brother of my first wife who I divorced over 45 years ago.

 

[Hoopguru]

I saw him play at Mt. Tabor when he first started out with a group called Brown Sugar which also had Paul Delay and Lloyd Jones.

I remember the concerts at Tabor!

 

[Hoopguru]

I lived there when it was called Oswego. My cousins lived about half a block from LOHS on Goodall Rd. We lived all over what they now call First Addition. I now live in Palisades Heights across the street from Lakeridge HS.

I used to swim every day in the summer in the public swim pool and fish often in Tryon creek. Great place for a young boy to grow up in.

We used to know the Mayor and owners of the Dairy Maid and the Pinafore.

The chief of police, Leslie Dunbar, was a year older than me and lived a half a block away when he was a kid.

Greatest town in the USA in my opinion. I always wanted to live on the lake and I would have except my ailments cut short my career as an engineer.

Now, we drive back and forth on South Shore every day and I love it.

I moved to Oswego in 1948 and know quite a bit about it's older history.

Lanny, I lived in Milwaukie and me and my buds would walk across the train tresel on week end nights (if we didn't have a ball game) to pick up them Oswego chicks!

 

[CupWizier]

I remember the concerts at Tabor!

Yeah, they were pretty cool as they also had several concerts sponsored by Ranier out at Delta Park as well as Washington Park. Last several years Portland Parks have been sponsoring concerts throughout many of the city parks with various bands. Couple years ago Quarterflash was to play at Sellwood Park, but it was during the time when we were experiencing triple digit temperatures and they postponed it. It's fun to be able to see some free concerts in a very relaxed atmosphere.

 

[Lanny]

Lanny, I lived in Milwaukie and me and my buds would walk across the train tresel on week end nights (if we didn't have a ball game) to pick up them Oswego chicks!

Most Oswego chicks that I knew, at least the ones you didn't need to put a paper bag over their heads, were pretty damned stuck up.

A close friend of mine grew up in Milwaukee. His last name is Klinker. Kind of an electronics and programming genius. He worked on the mother board for Intel among other projects.

Oh, as long as we're at it, my roommate was once one of the four leading memory chip designers in the world He also worked at Intel.

Me? While these and some other friends were busy designing the 386, 486, Pentium and beyond, I was filling sandbags, burning shit and manning a machine gun. Those guys were about five years younger and lucked out. But hey, I've got free medical care. Of course my medical needs are now vast but at least it's all free.

 

[Lanny]

Yeah, they were pretty cool as they also had several concerts sponsored by Ranier out at Delta Park as well as Washington Park. Last several years Portland Parks have been sponsoring concerts throughout many of the city parks with various bands. Couple years ago Quarterflash was to play at Sellwood Park, but it was during the time when we were experiencing triple digit temperatures and they postponed it. It's fun to be able to see some free concerts in a very relaxed atmosphere.

Washington Park had the coolest amphitheater and some really cool concerts including a great one by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

 

[Hoopguru]

Yeah, they were pretty cool as they also had several concerts sponsored by Ranier out at Delta Park as well as Washington Park. Last several years Portland Parks have been sponsoring concerts throughout many of the city parks with various bands. Couple years ago Quarterflash was to play at Sellwood Park, but it was during the time when we were experiencing triple digit temperatures and they postponed it. It's fun to be able to see some free concerts in a very relaxed atmosphere.

This one thing the me and the wife enjoy is concerts in the park. We live near Happy Valley park and often go and meet kids and grandkids too.

 

[MARIS61]

Lanny, I lived in Milwaukie and me and my buds would walk across the train tresel on week end nights (if we didn't have a ball game) to pick up them Oswego chicks!

My friend and I did the reverse trip with our bikes to see girls out on Johnson rd in junior high days. Train came once and we were hanging onto the side with our bikes while the train blew past us blowing it’s whistle. Last time we did that.

 

[CupWizier]

The Lloyd Jones Struggle looks to be playing a concert in the park this summer at Sellwood Park. Definitely making plans to check this one out.

 

[stampedehero]

A lot of the posters here don't realize that $200 was a lot of money back then.

For comparison, I was mowing lawns after school for $4-$5 a lawn in 1971. Gas was 29 cents a gallon.

Four finger counts with seed and stems was $20.00

 

[Lanny]

Four finger counts with seed and stems was $20.00

Just before I went in the Army, the going price for a lid was $10. You could buy it from strangers on the street.

As long as I'm off topic talking about the ease of procuring some smoke, while I was at OSU, they showed Reefer Madness in the Home Ec. auditorium. As soon as the lights dimmed there were flashes of light from matches and cigarette lighters all over the place. Pretty soon a steady stream of joints got passed around all over the place. You never heard so much laughter as during that movie.

 

[stampedehero]

Keep Blues alive!!

 

[CupWizier]

My brother-in-law played baseball at U of O. He might have been around your age. His last name is Ruggles. I can't even remember his first name. He was the brother of my first wife who I divorced over 45 years ago.

The only Ruggles I knew was two brothers that I went to school with and their dad owned and was the vet at Laurelhurst Vet Hospital on Sandy Blvd.

 

[Lanny]

The only Ruggles I knew was two brothers that I went to school with and their dad owned and was the vet at Laurelhurst Vet Hospital on Sandy Blvd.

That's them. The dad and I got along great. Their uncle was the longest tenured Royal Roasarian ever.

The dad was the 'official' vet of the Trail Blazers.

Sadly, the oldest boy was good friends of that nincompoop who ran unsuccessfully for mayor's son. Oh yeah, his name was Frank Ivancie. You probably remember his son.

My ex wife also had a half brother who was constantly in trouble with the police. Once got a prostitute over at the animal hospital shot himself and his friends up the penicillin and locked one of his buddies in a dog cage. Got caught, too. Finally, the judge told him to either go in the Army for four years or go to jail. He chose the Army. While in the Army he somehow won an appointment to West Point. Beiog the screw up that he was he got caught in bed with the commanding general's daughter. He still managed to graduate with a degree in engineering from there about midway up in his class.

The whole family belonged to the same denomination as me.

 

[CupWizier]

That's them. The dad and I got along great. Their uncle was the longest tenured Royal Roasarian ever.

The dad was the 'official' vet of the Trail Blazers.

Sadly, the oldest boy was good friends of that nincompoop who ran unsuccessfully for mayor's son. Oh yeah, his name was Frank Ivancie. You probably remember his son.

My ex wife also had a half brother who was constantly in trouble with the police. Once got a prostitute over at the animal hospital shot himself and his friends up the penicillin and locked one of his buddies in a dog cage. Got caught, too. Finally, the judge told him to either go in the Army for four years or go to jail. He chose the Army. While in the Army he somehow won an appointment to West Point. Beiog the screw up that he was he got caught in bed with the commanding general's daughter. He still managed to graduate with a degree in engineering from there about midway up in his class.

The whole family belonged to the same denomination as me.

Small world. Alan was 2 years older than me and Carl was the same age and they lived on Burnside just up the street from the famous original Music Millenium.. As for the Ivancies, Dan Ivancie also went to Grant High School and was a year younger and they lived in the Grant Park neighborhood around 26th ave?

 

[Lanny]

Small world. Alan was 2 years older than me and Carl was the same age and they lived on Burnside just up the street from the famous original Music Millenium.. As for the Ivancies, Dan Ivancie also went to Grant High School and was a year younger and they lived in the Grant Park neighborhood around 26th ave?

Alan and Carl, I'd forgotten their names. I liked Carl the best. Taught him how to drive a stick shift. He ruined my clutch. Good kid, though.

Alan is the one that got the scholarship in baseball to the U of O.

I ran into my ex one time on Valentine's day. I was in the Beaverton Fred Meyer shopping for a card, some chocolates and flowers for my wife. I was looking at cards when this lady stood next to me looking at cards. We turned to look at each other simultaneously. I saw it was her. She smiled, I did not. I immediately put the card back and left the store pronto not buying anything. I took my shopping elsewhere. She did me serious wrong in our brief marriage. I don't wish her ill will but I hope I never see her again.

I'd say I got along with Carl and their dad the best. Really liked Carl and wish I'd had the opportunity to spend more time with him. I was hoping to mentor him much like a little brother.

 

[CupWizier]

Alan and Carl, I'd forgotten their names. I liked Carl the best. Taught him how to drive a stick shift. He ruined my clutch. Good kid, though.

Alan is the one that got the scholarship in baseball to the U of O.

I ran into my ex one time on Valentine's day. I was in the Beaverton Fred Meyer shopping for a card, some chocolates and flowers for my wife. I was looking at cards when this lady stood next to me looking at cards. We turned to look at each other simultaneously. I saw it was her. She smiled, I did not. I immediately put the card back and left the store pronto not buying anything. I took my shopping elsewhere. She did me serious wrong in our brief marriage. I don't wish her ill will but I hope I never see her again.

I'd say I got along with Carl and their dad the best. Really liked Carl and wish I'd had the opportunity to spend more time with him. I was hoping to mentor him much like a little brother.

Yeah, I was better friends with Carl with him being the same age but haven't seen either in decades. Dr. Ruggles was our vet for many years and we still use Laurelhurst Vet Clinic to this day.