Yearbook pictures and Newspaper articles about Sheldon Schuster

Back in ancient times, when Dad was young, they only put pictures of the seniors in yearbooks. But Dad appeared in his high school's 1949 yearbook, because he was part of a group called the "Musical Forty Niners. He's in the upper left corner.

Dad appeared two or three times in his high school's 1951 yearbook, First in a picture of the Entertainment Committee, second as his senior portrait, and third in the Honor society photo (I think!)

Dad is in the right hand picture in the second row, all the way on the left.

Dad is in the second picture on the bottom row. His description below reads:
C.M.C., Scarlet and Grey, Library Assistant,
Bowling League, Smith Tourney Finalists,
Honor Society, Division Business Manager,
Symphonic Choir, Service Society, Basketball,
Intramurals, Bookroom.
1951 - Preeminent Doctor
"Brains and personality combined under a modest exterior"

Dad was in the honor society, so he should be in this picture, but there's no text to tell me for sure. I think he is the left-most person in the last row.

The world was a different place in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.  At that time, if you lived in the bay area and were in a bowling league or a bridge league, your scores might be published in the newspaper.  And so, when I went looking for newspaper articles mentioning my Dad, here is what I found

1957-12-07 Daily Review p13	1958-03-19 Daily Review p10
1958-05-08 Oakland Tribune p42	1959-02-19 Oakland Tribune p24
1959-02-26 Oakland Tribune p25	1959-05-07 Oakland Tribune p36
1959-08-28 Oakland Tribune p16	1959-09-25 Oakland Tribune p28
1959-09-21 Daily Review p10

After my parents moved to Los Angeles in 1966, the bowling and bridge scores stopped.  I think the valley paper didn’t report them, because I know Dad was still bowling!  The local papers found other minutiae to report on, like the Hale Junior High and Lockhurst Elementary Advisory councils.

1973-12-16 Van Nuys Valley News p104

1974-03-29_Van_Nuys_Valley_News_p40

Then Dad got involved in building the Platt Library, and I was able to find articles about that.

1974-05-14 Van Nuys Valley News p54

1974-10-03 Van Nuys Valley News p32

1974-10-06 Van Nuys Valley News p108

1974-10-15 Van Nuys Valley News p25

1975-07-18 Van Nuys Valley News p32

Last Updated 12/30/2020