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[aesop_image imgwidth=”250px” img=”https://signal-tribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Screen-Shot-2017-04-07-at-10.05.06-AM.png” align=”right” lightbox=”on” captionposition=”right” revealfx=”off”] A couple of weeks ago in my column, I published a vintage photo that had been shared with us by our buddy Steve Hastings. The picture showed many men posing together for what appeared to be an important event, and it was. The picture showed several gentlemen grouped for a photo op during the grand opening of a local bank. Besides the photo, I included the details of that picture that had been written on the back.
Many of our readers have let me know how much they enjoyed the picture from the era I have often referred to as “the olden days.”
Being inspired by that column, my friend and advertiser Terry Royse McMahon sent me over a picture from her photo album that features 16 little leaguers posing with their three coaches. I just love this snapshot.
According to Terry, the image depicts a Long Beach pony league from 1961. She remembers being told that the three coaches posing in the back row are Buck Arnold, George Royse and Danny Rusk. Her dad, George Royse, is the fellow in the middle, and Terry said he coached pony leagues until 1975.
Although she doesn’t know the names of all the kids (she was born the year the picture was taken), she does know that her brother Rick Royse is the boy fourth from the left in the front row. He is holding a bat. Just right of Rick is Riley Compton. Terry is sure that the kid in the front row second from the right is Danny Rusk. She says he still looks the same.
Terry and I both hope that one or more of our readers will recognize some of the kids in the picture and fill us in on as many details as possible.
If you can remember anything about this photo, please contact us at (562) 595-7900, or send me your memories to neena@signaltribune.com.
