Trivia Questions ... continued

 

Q: Name the hair salon that has been in the valley the longest and its owner.

Submitted by: Nancy Spencer Oak View

A: The Hair 'em, Cheryl Sheltren

Kim Ravera Bend, OR

 

Q: A Vietnam veteran spent many hours sitting at the corner of Signal Street and Ojai Avenue during the 60s and 70s. What was he called?

Submitted by: Paul Leon Ontario, CA

A:"The Green Beret"

Richard Laubly Paris, France

 

Q: What was the nickname of the Mira Monte Liquor Store clerk in the late 1960's who was sometimes lackadaisical checking ID's?

Submitted by: Steve Jewell, Redding, CA

A: "Thank you."

Dean Buckley, Paso Bobles

 

Q: Name the original auto repair shop at the corner of Signal and Oak streets in the late 40's that later became Small's garage.

Submitted by: Bob Huber, Chico, CA

A: Nate's Garage, owned by Nate Strong

There were no correct answers.

 

Q: Name the jolly gentleman that prowled the arcade during the 60's and 70's in various states of inebriation and later, with a walker.

Submitted by: Paul Leon, Ontario, CA

Fourteen people remembered "Uncle Eppie Hernandez," but Richard Laubly, of Paris France was first.

 

Q: What Nordhoff coach had the same last name as a famous TV character?

Submitted by: Phil Sims, El Paso TX

A: No one remembered Coach Alf.

 

Q: Name the Nordhoff Pool lifeguard that all the girls loved during the late 60s summers.

Cynthia Husted Sherman, Las Vegas

A: In Cynthia's mind, Bob Hill was the answer, although nobody else agreed.

 

Q: Name the old lady with pink hair who worked at the Village Drug in the 50's and 60's

Submitted by: Linda Whalen Redding, CA

A: Eunice Berry

Roberta Nichols Banning, CA

 

Q: What Nordhoff High School graduate is an assistant basketball coach at Montana State University in Bozeman?

Submitted by: Bryan Nichols Columbia Falls, MT

A: Scotty Carson

Homer Nichols Banning, CA

 

Q: Name the giant fish that used to be in the 4th of July parade

Submitted by: Sandra D. Helm Ojai

A: Ol' Hoover

Danny Cole Ojai

 

Q: Name the Swiss gentleman who used to own and operated the pastry shop next to the Gaslight Restaurant in the 1970s.

Submitted by: Janice Reams Houston, TX

A: Alfred Zurcher

Katie Garner Oak View

 

Q: Name the four letters cemented into the home grandstand at the old football field at what is now Matilija Junior High, and for what do they stand?

Submitted by: Steven Milroy Ukiah, CA

A: N.U.H.S. stood for "nerds underwear hides socks," or maybe Nordhoff Union High School.

Kenny Strasser Sweet Home, OR

 

Q: Name the couple who started Ojai's first appliance and repair shop out of their home.

Submitted by: Cynthia Sherman Las Vegas, NV

A: Richard and Audrey Husted

Debby Turner Holcomb Placerville, CA

 

Q: What former Matilija & Nordhoff student is now an award-winning actor and major heartthrob on "The Young And The Restless"?

Submitted by: Christi Garner Wilson Grand Bay, Alabama

A: Kristoff St. John plays "Neil Winters"

Don Guito Los Angeles

 

Q: Where did Ojai hold it's 4th of July fireworks display before Nordhoff?

Submitted by: Don and Jeri Turner Frazier Park

A: The Ojai Valley Inn

Scott Peddicord Medford, OR

 

Q: Who painted The Pink Moment on the back wall of the Ojai Playhouse?

Submitted by: Wanetta Naki Hilo, Hawaii

A: Billy Dorsey

Lexi Mann Ojai

 

Q: Which 1974 N.H.S. graduate is now a city councilman in Ontario, CA?

Submitted by: Kenny Strasser Sweet Home, OR

A: Paul Leon

Holly (Jewell) Baker Redding, CA

 

Q: Name the East End group that was active in preventing the destruction of the Post Office tower in the early '60s when someone claimed that it was leaning?

Submitted by: Steven Milroy Ukiah, CA

A: The EOVA, or East Ojai Valley Association

Richard Laubly Paris, France

 

Q: Who operated the "club" at the corner of East Aliso and Lion streets in the 1960s?

Submitted by: Paul Leon Ontario, CA

A: The Girl Scouts

Donna Tindle Ojai

 

Q: Who designed the seal for the city of Ojai?

Submitted by: Jim Davis Carson City, Nevada

A: Claire Hill

Jim Glaus Atwater, CA

 

Q: In the late 1960s, who was the Ojai Police Department's first (and only) Harley Davidson-riding motorcycle cop?

Submitted by: Sgt. Larry Baugher Ventura County Sheriff's Department

A: Larry "Howard" Curtis

Don and Jeri Turner Frazier Park, CA

 

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