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THE BUS TO HAWAII

From TalesOfBalboa the Book  The Balboa Sculling and Punting Society was formed in the old Village Inn on Balboa Island in the late 1940's. Ron White, who was the society's treasurer for eight years, says," [They were a] bunch of eccentric old guys sitting around doing nothing. Bored, wealthy people who wanted to do goofy things.” The membership was hand written on the back of a menu. Well-known cartoonists Dick Shaw, one of the creators of Mr. Magoo, and Virgil Partch who drew the VIP cartoons, were two of the founding members. In the mid 1980s the group decided to take the bus to Hawaii, and this group had no problem doing things the right way.  First Ron verified that there were enough funds in the treasury for the adventure. A letter from the Governor of  Hawaii approving the trip was acquired. Heublein, the liquor distributor agreed to supply the booze and stewardesses for the trip. Flying Tiger Airlines agreed to fly the bus to Hawaii in one of its big cargo planes. The plan was to buy an old school bus, give it a quick coat of paint, load it into the plane and have one hell of a party on the bus while flying over the Pacific Ocean, then donate the bus to a convalescent home in Hawaii. Everything was set to go. Then, at the last moment, due to financial problems, Flying Tiger backed out of the deal and the adventure never came to pass.

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My son gave me your book for my b'day and I read it straight thru, loved it. Will there be another? I remember Orville and Marygold, they had the gift shops at the Pavilion and on the corner at the ferry landing. There was a one-legged shoe repair man on Balboa Blvd. Can't remember his name. I had a friend living in the ferry's boathouse when it burned. All he got out with was the sheet he wrapped around himself. Maize, the lady on the bycicle was a good friend. She and her two sons worked at the sailboat rental next to the ferry. Also knew Joe Beek. Some of the people will remember the wind machines that were on top of Saddleback. You could see them from Balboa when the sun was right. Well, Joe Beek and his good friend (can't remember his name) who lived on Harbor Island. built a cabin up there and they planted all the pines up there. They had the wind machines for elec. They dug a lake and a pool. We went up there with him a couple of times and he had a pump organ in the cabin and he loved to make "slum gullion" . On the way home he liked to stop at the drug store in the Orange circle and have sassparilla. He was quite a person.
Ann
zanetta@juno.com

My favorite memorie is when my dad got attacked by a black swan while tieing our boat up.We have that swan as our desktop.We call it his friend,but they really aren't friends at all!
Jordan Maddison Westbrook
www.jordan@767/lover.com
 

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