Notable Fifty Niners
Casey Cox

A fine pitcher at Wilson High in the late ‘50s, strapping 6’5” right-hander Casey Cox went from Long Beach City College to Cal State Los Angeles and then slowly made his way up the minor league ladder to the pros in 1966, landing with the Washington Senators. He broke in as a reliever and in his rookie season pitched in 66 games, second-most in the American League. In 1969, he became a classic swingman, going 12-7 while starting 13 games, completing four, and making 39 other appearances in relief. His 2.78 ERA ranked sixth in the American League and he had one of the longest relief outings on record, 8 2/3 innings in an April game against Cleveland. The following year, he became a full-time starter, going 8-12, before requesting a move back to the bullpen. His manager at the time, baseball icon Ted Williams, called Cox one of the best right-handed relievers in the game.

Find lots about our Casey at the url below - it works now
Gary Norton's SIPs Home in Oregon - from the ground up
1. Gary: These (above) are the roof panels, they are 4 by 12 ft.,
and can span the distance without support. R factor is 55. 


5. (Left) View from bed up in loft. First snow storm in new house last Nov. (2008)


6. Loft is on left and living room ceiling is 30 ft. High on the right inside.


8.  Back view of Gary's SIP House:  Two can live as cheap as one?
You heat with wood and house is all electric, my bills averaged 38.00 last winter.
Gary: Late November, 2009: Its 1:00 and 39 degrees, and the sun is out. 

I'm in the Illinois Valley, near Selma,Oregon. Its 1600 ft. After storms come through and the nights are clear it gets cold and about then we get a fog that holds that cold.  For this lake picture, the sun had just came out, and it went to 42. I have 33 acres with a spawn Creek, pastures for my vineyards, forest for my fire wood. Selma is on Hyw 199 So. off Grants Pass, 1 hr. from the coast, 20 min. from California, and 20 min. to Redwoods, 3 min to lake were I always catch my limit of rainbow trout. A bear and I scared each other the other day while hiking. I love living in the outback but darn its cold. I built a S.I.P.s house. Look it up if you want to see the efficiency. In 1960 and ' 61 we would go to the light house on Sundays as they would always have a special band.

Liss:  What is a SIP house?
Gary: Its supposed to cost 10% more but I don't think so because you don't have to insulate. The walls are prefab
and you must have plans engineered. My 6" walls R factor at 35 and my roof is 12" and R factors at 55.
There is no framing. Two-inch tunnels are in all panels for electrical. One can S I P or have Structurally
Insulated Panels - find more on comp. 

Gary: Yesterday 27 to 33 with icy fog. A price for everything huh. In 1992 I built a passive solar home off the
grid. 5 miles of dirt road to my 40 acres in Prescot National Forest. Solar panels and a wind generater was
my power. I miss my rattlesnakes - they are so different from other snakes, but the bears are interesting also. 

Gary: Lake Selmac is down the road. I always get my limit of rainbow trout, or bass. Great for kayaking, but not
many people use it. So many lakes rivers and creeks around. Picture is half the lake.

Gary: I think it would be fun to exchange experiences in this voyage we have been on. 5 wild turkeys walked by my window a half hr. ago. Sunday, Dec. 6:  This is the third winter I have supplied myself with heat from my acreage without cutting any live trees except the oak you see me cutting as it was where my porch is know. 35 outside 74 inside with just a couple of  sticks.


                                       


2. (Three pictures) Gary: Floor goes in first then first wall. Second story wall sits first. The roof panels then go on and everything is locked in place. Each 4 ft.-wide panel has a 2x6 embedded in edges to fasten everything.


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East Pasture
Viet Nam vet, Mike Gruwell then. He is alive and well in 2009!!!
but we lost John William Hartman and David Williams III


Scroll way down for the Predictions we made for our future lives while still seniors
at Wilson - some are very amusing.
This is the email Matt sent when he was doing his family's geneology online:

"Hello, My name is Mack Gordy.  I am trying to locate a 1st Lt Meredith L. Seapy that was a U.S. Army nurse in Saigon, Vietnam in 1965.  I did a search on the Internet and your web site came up with her name in Dennis Deck's pictures.  I was wounded in the arm when the Viet Cong blew up the Tan Son Hnut civilian air terminal and 1st Lt Seapy was one of my nurses.  I lived downtown in a hotel and my room mate was a reporter for The Observer, a newspaper that was published for the U.S. Forces in Vietnam.  He took this picture and it appeared on page seven in the June 19, 1965 issue." -  Matt Gordy
Meredith Seapy Meals, then and now
Also pictured here: L-R - Sheila Bixler Watson, Susan Bell (sister-in-law to Ray Bell,wife of Dick Bell), Meredith, Liss Jackson, Meredith Sawyer Medanich and Patty Hart Williams
(Making space for Jennifer Losch Bartlet here.)