Jack Wooldridge - My Stay at the Lark Ellen Home for Boys - 1947- 1950 My name is Jack Wooldridge. I was 10 when I went to Lark Ellen on Olympic Blvd. It was a mile away from the Veterans Cemetery Los Angeles County. My laundry Number was 261. I have good memories of the Boys Home. A lot us would watch TV on a 6 or 7 inch screen in the living room.
I fondly remember going to Camp Lion in the San Bernardino mountains. After
breakfast we would do our clean up duties. Some us played sports until night
and then would play Red Rover till bedtime. In 1950 the Boys Home moved to
Azusa. It was even better. Some of us would have races to the top of the
Foothills, we went through an old cemetery to get there. I remember eating
great oranges.
Contact: Jack Wooldridge at: bigjacklee@gmail.com |