tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post1189592251702159985..comments2024-03-26T22:55:14.070-07:00Comments on Avoiding Regret: Photo Essay: A Former YMCA in Pomona, California Is Getting Ready to Rise Once Again, Ahead of Its 100th Birthday (Updated for 2023)Sandi Hemmerleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16500439516140538378noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-15077008471280453782023-10-21T01:58:05.822-07:002023-10-21T01:58:05.822-07:00So glad the stained glass window on Erie was repai...So glad the stained glass window on Erie was repaired!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-86536448123178810562023-10-21T01:55:46.531-07:002023-10-21T01:55:46.531-07:00Worked as a maid, for a short time, at the "Y...Worked as a maid, for a short time, at the "Y", in the 1970's. ( I lived in the home behind it - rooms. Others were David( bottom floor ) and Miss Sarah, other 2nd floor neighbor. Another guy lived on the 2nd floor. Just remember he was a Santa!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-66302798043926995792023-08-16T21:10:35.573-07:002023-08-16T21:10:35.573-07:00Wow! I'm so happy to have helped solve a myste...Wow! I'm so happy to have helped solve a mystery! How did you happen to find this post?Sandi Hemmerleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500439516140538378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-29358076978397613262023-08-16T13:31:13.075-07:002023-08-16T13:31:13.075-07:00I am so appreciative of this information. My fathe...I am so appreciative of this information. My father, Cletus Hanloh, played basketball with his friends in his 20's. I was probably around 5-7 years old (I was born in 63, so 1968-70's). Dad would take me and I would check out the "spooky" areas. My dad passed away and I asked my family if they knew where dad played ball. We thought that it was at the Claremont Colleges. I remember the upper track and peering over, I remember the gymnastic equipment somewhere in the building, and I remember something like steam or water pipes. Like an engine room that I think was by the locker room. I do not remember the pool. When I saw the pictures of the basketball court it was a BINGO moment. 50+ years and that is it. I can hear the squeak of the shoes on the hardwood. Great memories...thank you!Blair Hanlohnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-21383105350153332842023-05-20T09:03:25.032-07:002023-05-20T09:03:25.032-07:00Pastor William Hampton was the director of this YM...Pastor William Hampton was the director of this YMCA until he passed. He wass also an associate pastor of the First Lutheran Church in the 1960's and the Principal of the School there. He went into the Navy and served during Viet Nam, and then became the Principal of the Lutheran High School in La Verne, Ca.Wayne Nicholasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-77952468671282484922023-03-07T18:57:06.850-08:002023-03-07T18:57:06.850-08:00I spent much of my youth in the 50s at the Pomona ...I spent much of my youth in the 50s at the Pomona YMCA. I was on the gymnastics team and remember nearly everyone mentioned in the post of January 21, 2023, above. Warren Arthur was the main gymnastics coach, and his children Bobby, Donny, Sherry, and the twins Larry and Gary were also on the team at various times. George Morehouse was the first assistant coach, followed by Frank Lansford. Frank married Linda Patrick, who was also a YMCA girl. I was especially close to Frank. Of course I remember Dick Denning, Phyllis Benson, and many others. Other boys and girls on the gym team, besides myself and the Arthur children, were Jesse and Sammy Staples, Geoff and Barbara Vanderstock, Rich and Dave Kolde, Bonnie Kay Strang, Vivian Sims, Carolyn McWilliams, Maxine and many others that I remember. When I first joined the gym team at age 8, the older boys Bobby Arthur and Jimmy Sasse were my idols. This is being written on March 7, 2023, by Marc Savage. My sister Andi was also on the gym team. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-82773399337849677582023-02-02T11:30:42.758-08:002023-02-02T11:30:42.758-08:00Hi! did you know someone called Fred Hampton, also...Hi! did you know someone called Fred Hampton, also a pastor?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350406615166417147.post-71012964596310887352023-01-21T17:08:13.440-08:002023-01-21T17:08:13.440-08:00Thanks to George Kostoff, Warren Arthur, Frank Lan...Thanks to George Kostoff, Warren Arthur, Frank Langford, Richard Dick Denning, Phyllis Benson Murphy, Evelyn Pergran, Pastor William Hampton and many others that built Spirit, Mind and Body for the youth during the 50’s and 60’s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com