Balboa Park Miniature Railroad
Ron Jagodinski ’62 stands by the miniature railroad engines in Balboa Park in September of 1952
My
mother's sister, Hazel Camren, never married. Born in San Diego 1921,
she was the first of three girls and one boy. There are six first
cousins and we all thought of her as our second mom. She had the
patience of a saint and took us on all kinds of outings like the Balboa
Park museums, zoo, movies at the old Fox theater, rides on the San
Diego-Coronado ferry and train rides to Del Mar and back, just to name
just a few. She is mostly responsible for getting me interested in
photography. She took these photos of the Balboa Park Miniature Railway
in 1948 with an Argus C3 -- her only camera for years. I think someone
in the family still has it. She Went to Horace Mann High School when it
was at the intersection of Park and El Cajon Blvd. She graduated from
San Diego High. She also went to the school that's at Park and Meade.
She worked in the county administration building for a long time. Hazel
passed away December 23, 2008. She was a very sweet and kind woman who
will be greatly missed – Bill Ross ‘65
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