Good bye, Mr. Rippey - Hollywood High School Alumni Association2024-03-29T08:43:31Zhttp://hhsalumnicommunity.ning.com/forum/topics/good-bye-mr-rippey?commentId=2819529%3AComment%3A53498&xg_source=msg_com_forum&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHello Vicky:
Thank you for yo…tag:hhsalumnicommunity.ning.com,2016-05-08:2819529:Comment:533042016-05-08T19:49:00.061ZLouis Floreshttp://hhsalumnicommunity.ning.com/profile/LouisFlores164
<p>Hello Vicky:</p>
<p>Thank you for your note. It is obvious from what you wrote that Mr. Rippey made an impression on you as he must have upon many other students. I always found him to be gregarious and kind. I first discovered news of Mr. Rippey's death on this HHS site just last week. Oddly, I had posted my recollections of him first on Facebook the day before he passed away. A bizarre set of circumstances sent me to go online to the HHS site and there was his obituary. </p>
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<p>Hello Vicky:</p>
<p>Thank you for your note. It is obvious from what you wrote that Mr. Rippey made an impression on you as he must have upon many other students. I always found him to be gregarious and kind. I first discovered news of Mr. Rippey's death on this HHS site just last week. Oddly, I had posted my recollections of him first on Facebook the day before he passed away. A bizarre set of circumstances sent me to go online to the HHS site and there was his obituary. </p>
<p>Nice to hear you aced the mechanics test. Good on you "Lady Mechanic." Sorry to hear about your run-in with "Bertha." I think she was girls' VP. The boys had to deal with Mr. Beck. </p>
<p>It would seem that we had similar schooling and lived in the West Hollywood environs during the 60s. I trust you are well. I live in Canada now where I moved and made a living several decades ago. Cheers, my fellow alumna. </p>
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<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Vicky Valentine said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://hhsalum.org/forum/topics/good-bye-mr-rippey?commentId=2819529%3AComment%3A53498&xg_source=msg_com_forum#2819529Comment53498"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Do you know how he died? Was his wife a teacher at HHS too? He was one of my teachers 11th grade 1967-68. The class was about career choices. We took tests and I scored the highest in the class on the Mechanics test. It was the best grade I got at HHS. Boys called me the lady mechanic. Mr. Ripley beamed as he gave me my exam. Bertha Standfast kicked me out at the beginning of 12th grade. Mr. Ripey would not have done that if he had been in charge. He remembered me in class from supervising us kids summer of 1965 in the Le Conte Jr. High Gym. I went there everyday to play ping pong and basketball. It was a fun summer thanks to Mr. Ripley. Vicky Valentine class of 1969.</p>
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