Intersting life of someone from the old neighborhood.

Herbie Worthington III

Herbie moved to 112th as a young teen about 1959. He lived in the duplex on the first alley South of our house next to Mrs Sideners two story.

I knew him and sometimes hung around with him till Elma and I moved out of the area. We lost contact for many years, but I looked him up about 10 years ago. 

http://stevie-nicks.info/2013/11/12/beloved-fleetwood-mac-stevie-nicks-photographer-herbert-worthington-iii-dies/

https://www.facebook.com/pages/In-Memory-of-Herbert-W-Worthington-III/297178673644227
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It was the beige one across the alley. Now that I see it, it was two separate buildings on the same narrow lot. Bob Boney lived in the  house you circled.

Hi Al,

Thanks for the correction.  I've attached a Google maps view of that alley intersection with 112th and circled the duplex I think your referring to.  Is that the right one? - Johnny<Berendo & 112th B.jpg>

On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 10:21 AM, ALEX MAGDALENO Eng42b@verizon.net; wrote:

Hi Johnny,

Actually, I meant East. It was on the North side of 112th. My mistake.

I supplied the pictures of him with his cars and in his garage.

On Nov 22, 2013, at 10:15 AM, John Dumas <john_dumas@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Al,

Thanks for sharing the info on Herbie.  I'm a little confused as to where he lived.  You said in the duplex on the first alley south of your house, but south of your house would be in the direction of Imperial Hwy.  Did you mean first alley West of your house?

Johnny

Rudy Lara - RIP 12/29/2013

Ted and Rudy Lara (ca 1950s)

On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 8:15 PM, ALEX MAGDALENO wrote:

No, it would have been closer to 1950 if he was 8. I don't know how many older brothers he had but it was a bunch. I'll check with Rudys' son soon. The father's name was Theodore so I bet one son was junior. And I think there also may be an Ed. - Al


Hi Al,
You sent us some photos of the Laras in 2000 and I posted them at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jdumas/berendo//AlTrip050800.html .  The eleventh picture down on that web page shows Ted (in sailor uniform) and Rudy.  Rudy looks to me to be about 8 or 9 years old.  If Ted was a sailor, would that have been late WWII years?  A couple of photos down further is a picture of "Ed" Lara which I'm guessing might have been Ted at a younger age. Comment?
Johnny


On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:15 PM, ALEX MAGDALENO wrote:
Just that they were there before about 1920. Rudy's grandfather  Lara was a stone mason and built the house, probably with  his brothers help.
Some time in the 40's they built the house in the back where Rudy was raised. I assume they rented out the front house after the grandparents died.
The also owned the corner lot that was empty for many years. I forget if he said there once was a house there before Imperial was widened.


On Jan 4, 2014, at 8:12 AM, John Dumas wrote:

Thanks Al,
Do you know anything of the history of the Lara house?
Johnny


On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 8:21 PM, ALEX MAGDALENO wrote:
He was my age, 71.  He was the last Lara to live in the area. His son will stay in the house long enough to sell it.  Two of Rudy's much older brothers are still alive but don't live in the neighborhood.



On Jan 3, 2014, at 9:25 AM, mdumas42 wrote:

How old was he?
--mike


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-------- Original message --------
From: ALEX MAGDALENO
Date:01/02/2014 7:35 PM (GMT-08:00)
To: southberendo@googlegroups.com
Subject: Rudy Lara

 I heard that Rudy Lara passed away on the 29th from lung cancer.

Alex

Photo of Dave, Karen and unknown girl

Dave Dumas and Karen Chenier circa 1953 in front of Chenier house

Don't know who the girl on the left is.  If you know who she is post your comment here or to SouthBerendo@googlegroups.com

Berendo Gang Visits Eatalian

Some of the Berendo Gang at Eatalian Restaurant on March 30, 2013

L-R: Dave Dumas, Tony Dumas, Mike Dumas, Ray Magdaleno, Johnny Dumas, Al Magdaleno, Cathy Fortuna

(Via Email from Cathy)

From: Cathy Fortuna@verizon.net>

To: Berendo Group  , Alex , Ray Magdaleno

Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:47:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Pic

Hi Guys,

Enjoyed seeing everyone again - visit was just too short.  Always nice to lunch with six handsome men!

~Cathy
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Thanks Cathy,

Look for the photos at

https://plus.google.com/photos/109707767381834410426/albums/5863153171012509313   

The email groups don't like to send multiple photos to a whole group so I also posted it on our South Berendo Days blog at http://southberendodays.blogspot.com/.

Johnny

The Old "New Madrid" Theatre

Hi Gang,
It seems to me someone of you brought up the subject of movie theatres in our neighborhood. But I looked back through the SouthBerendo group messages and I don't find the message I was looking for. I think someone mentioned the "Fifth Avenue" on Manchester. Anyway, in the mix of things a site that keeps track of old movie theatres came to light (http://cinematreasures.org). I used it to find a reference to the "Madrid" theatre. It used to be on Vermont north of Manchester (about 82nd st) on the east side.

I remember going to the Madrid to see Walt Disney’s “Pinocchio” in the late 1940s with my parents. I can still see Jiminy Cricket on that screen in my minds eye. He was singing “When you wish upon a star”. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKh6XxYbbIc) Later when I was allowed to go to the show without adult supervision, I saw numerous Abbot and Costello flicks at the Madrid. I remember being so happy about the prospect of going to the show, I couldn’t contain my joy. Now, we have so many ways to see films it's not as much fun. But try that cinematreasures site. I think you'll have some fun searching around for the old theatres and seeing what otheres have to say about them.

Johnny

The Old Garner House

After: The Garner House - 2012

On the corner of 112th and Budlong

I passed through the old neighborhood on the way to meet some friends.I just took a couple of pictures. Hope they show here.  Grandma’s house is a mess. Check out the security fence on the Woodcrest playground. I saw the low rider car on Figueroa. - Alex Magdaleno

Before:  The Garner House - ca 1949

With Russell's LaSalle car in front

This photo was provided by Alex Magdaleno when we were rounding up pictures of our old cars for the Berendo list.  Russell's car was taken in front of the Garner house around 1949 when it was in much better shape. - Johnny

Eddie Magdaleno and friends near Berendo and 112th  abt 1924

I stopped at the house on the far right in this picture and gave them a copy. It is still there. With a little of my poor Spanish and their poor English I got across to them that is was taken about 1924. - Alex M.

Where are you Dennis Hobson?

Stuff from Dennis Hobson's wallet about 1960

 More stuff from Dennis' wallet

A few months ago I was looking at some old things in my Mom's house and I came across a wallet.  At first I thought it had been my Dad's.  After looking inside, I discovered that it belonged to Dennis Hobson whose family had lived a couple doors south of us on Berendo.   I think Dennis must have visited my folks after they moved to Palmdale and accidently left his wallet at their house.  There are things in the wallet that are dated 1960 which fits with when my folks moved.  There was no money in the wallet but there was a learner's driving permit and a Washington High student body card with Dennis' picture on it.  As you can see from the photos there are some old business card from places near our homes back then.  I remember buying things at "Sun Auto", "Southwest Stationers" and most frequently, "Chunking Inn".   Dennis, if you ever run across this post, your wallet is in safe hands if you should ever want to claim it.  - Johnny Dumas

1940s Gals Working on Aircraft

I recently mentioned that my dad Juan Dumas and Eddy Magdaleno worked
at U.S. Rubber during WWII. Well, along that same vane,
here is a photo of 1940s women working on military aircraft at Douglas
Aircraft in Long Beach. While its not directly related to our Berendo
of the 40s it does give a little flavor of the time. I don't remember
any of our mothers or older sisters or aunts working in the defense
plants, some of you may recall some gals answering the call to duty.
If you click on the title above the photo you'll see many more fine photos of
similar situations. Mike Dumas sent this link for our viewing pleasure. I hope you enjoy them.

When our dads worked for U.S. Rubber

Dave took this picture with his Iphone camera. The picture is in a memory box with many other memorabilia that my folks were given by friends and relatives on their 50th wedding anniversary. I think this picture of an article in the "Synthetic Rubber Beacon" was given to my folks by Eddie and Lamora Magdaleno as a reminder of when Eddie and my dad worked together at U.S. Rubber. This was an issue of the company newsletter for U.S. Rubber published around 1944. My dad, John Dumas, Sr., and Eddie Magdaleno went to work for the company at the same time. I think they mostly worked the swing shift or the graveyard shift. I remember my dad brought home a big hunk of synthetic rubber to show us. Eddie is mentioned in the article as having particular attributes that made him suitable for the job he was given. I don't recall what my dad did at U.S. Rubber.

Our Dads had to work for a company that produced materiel for or in some way supported the war effort (WWII). The draft board had gotten to the point where they were drafting men who had 3 children or more into the Army. My dad had 4 children and Eddie had 3 children. Working for U.S. Rubber was a way for our dads to serve the country without being in one of the services. My dad quit U.S. Rubber after about a year and started his own garment factory in downtown L.A. The factory produced uniform clothing for the armed services thereby qualifying his company as supporting the war effort and keeping him out of the draft. After the war the factory produced women's coats.

19 cent hamburger joint

Hamburger Handout featured $.19 Burgers at the corner or Centinela and Sepulveda in Culver City. (Posted by Steve Chenier)

Re: 1950s Old Car Video

Hi Steve,
We didn't get the video you sent. If you could just send us the link
to southberendo@googlegroups.com , I'll see that it gets properly posted. The
old rootsweb server doesn't like much else but plain text.
Johnny

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Check out our South Berendo Days blog at http://www.berendo.net

Get a load of this wagon

From: Steve Chenier (SLOPOKE907@aol.com)

Re: Fires in the Neighborhood?

Oh yes....   My Mom was starting to cook some french fries put a pan of oil on stove..  we had company that day and the oil got over heated caught on fire...  the gentleman who was visiting freaked out and threw water on it there was lots of smoke damage only..[Diane]

Re: Fires in the Neighborhood?

Hi Diane,

Now that you say it, I vaguely remember that fire.  Do you recall how it got started or what kind of damage there was?

- Johnny

Re: Fires in the Neighborhood?.

Just my two cents....  I don't know how it worked...  but I remember we had a fire in the kitchen.....  the fire department was there to put it out in a flash... [Diane] 

Re: Berendo Vicinity Fire Station Location Map

It would depend on how well the county and city stations work together. Normally the closest engine in the county would be the first one dispatched. If the second nearest county engine was far away, the city would probably be called to assist if they were closer. If it were a fully involved structure, several other engines would be called to help. [Alex Magdaleno]

Berendo Vicinity Fire Station Location Map

Al, I did a little research and there are currently about  nine fire stations  within 2-3 miles of Berendo and 112th.  Go to "www.berendo.net" and click on the photo to enlarge it.  The big green "X" is Berendo and 112th.  I don't know which would respond after the 108th and Normandy station did.  My guess is those along 108th st.  Maybe one of you retired fireman might know.  There are 3 of you on the list. :-) That would be current strategy of course. How the old 1950s era setup would have worked might be very difficult to find out. - Johnny

Fire Station locations within 2 - 3 miles of Berendo & 112th Street
Big green "X" is our old Berendo neighborhood
Green markers are LA County stations
Red markers are various city fire stations
Blue marker is original Engine14 location
Green bordered area was old Engine 14 service area

Re: Firehouse Locations

I wonder where their next in engines would come from? Usually at least two companies would come, probably more. 
[Alex Magdaleno]

--------------- Prior Message -------------------

Hi Gang,

Continuing the Firehouse search:  I belatedly remembered that our old Berendo map pages had the Sanborn maps.   I checked those maps for our Berendo neighborhood area and found nothing in the way of firehouses.  Except --- a little note on an index page saying that the area was served by L.A. Co. FD station 14.  It wasn't very clear but the newer station near Washington HS at 108th and Normandy is called station 14.  Al, you said there was no station there before the new one was built.  You're probably right.  I got lucky though and found a web page that talks about old station 14.  Turns out that it was on Century east of Normandy.  The web page has a very nice little story about it and describes the stations service area as going from 88th street to El Segundo and from Vermont to Denker (Wash. HS west boundary).  Take a look at our NEW WEB PAGE at Berendo.net.

-Johnny

Re: LAPL Sanborn Maps Online--Eh.

Hi Gang,

Continuing the Firehouse search:  I belatedly remembered that our old Berendo map pages had the Sanborn maps.   I checked those maps for our Berendo neighborhood area and found nothing in the way of firehouses.  Except --- a little note on an index page saying that the area was served by L.A. Co. FD station 14.  It wasn't very clear but the newer station near Washington HS at 108th and Normandy is called station 14.  Al, you said there was no station there before the new one was built.  You're probably right.  I got lucky though and found a web page that talks about old station 14.  Turns out that it was on Century east of Normandy.  The web page has a very nice little story about it and describes the stations service area as going from 88th street to El Segundo and from Vermont to Denker (Wash. HS west boundary).  Take a look at our NEW WEB PAGE at Berendo.net.

-Johnny

----- Prior Message ----
From: Mike Dumas <mdumas42@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tue, September 14, 2010 3:35:22 PM
Subject: LAPL Sanborn Maps Online--Eh.

HI Guys,   Well, I took a look at the Sanborn maps available online. They seem to be limited to a small part of town (the older parts), and then they're hard to navigate. I didn't find anything anywhere near us, except Gardena, but it was all south of Rosecrans. Looks like using these maps still requires a trip to the Central libes. When are they coming out with Google Earth Yesteryear? --mike

Re: Fires in the Neighborhood?.

Continuing the Firehouse search:  I checked the Sanborn maps for our Berendo neighborhood area and found nothing.  Except --- a little note on an index page saying that the area was served by L.A. C. FD station 14.  It wasn't very clear but the newer station near Washington HS at 108th and Normandy is called station 14.  Al, you said there was no station there before the new one was built.  You're probably right.  I got lucky though and found a web page that talks about old station 14.  Turns out that it was on Century east of Normandy.  The web page has a very nice little story about it and describes the stations service area as going from 88th street to El Segundo and from Vermont to Denker (Wash. HS west boundary).  Take a look: http://www.lafire.com/stations/FS064/FS013_1924-1926.htm      - Johnny

Engine Company No. 14 Howard Fire Protection District1348 W. 99^th Street, east of Normandie (facing onto Century Blvd.)
Circa 1926