JHS Letter Jacket makes West Coast appearance

Dave Erickson writes:

Do you remember American Bandstand and Dion and the Belmonts’ song A Teenager in Love?

“Each time we have quarrel, it almost breaks my heart
‘Cause I am so afraid that we will have to part
Each night I ask the stars up above,
Why must I be a teenager in love?

I cried a tear for nobody but you
I’ll be a lonely one if you should say we’re through.
If you want to make me cry
That won’t be so hard to do
And if you should say goodbye
I’ll still go on loving you.

One day I feel so happy
Next day I feel so sad
I guess I’ll learn to take
The good with the bad
Each night I ask the stars up above
Why must I be a teenage in love?”

Can’t you just hear and relive the angst of those wonderful, difficult years of dating in high school?
My wife, Linda, and I did a spoof of this song last month at a Couples’ Retreat with the church I pastor in Bellingham, Washington, the same town where K.B. and Sue Tegland’s son lives, which is seventy five miles north of Everett where they live.
Now, the main reason I’m sending these pictures is to highlight our Jefferson letterman’s jacket. Do you remember those black and red (and white) colors for sports’ uniforms and cheerleaders’ outfits?
To quote Mary Hopkin (’68): “Those were the days, my friend;
We thought they’d never end.”
Hauoli Makahiki hou!!
David Erickson
Class of ‘63