What was the rent at
3254 Strandway in 1967?


My buddy Jeff Dalrymple texted me Thanksgiving Eve.  He was dining with Pen Wilson, his old roommate at College Village Apartments.  Pen roomed with us briefly when Jeff and I moved to Mission Beach in 1967.  Pen wanted to know how much the rent was for our 2-bedroom place at 3254 Strandway.  I was clueless, but said I would scour the on-line archives of the Union-Tribune and see if I could spot a rental ad that might have the answer.  I didn't find a rental ad, but did discover the snippet below. 



The idea of an operator conjured up an image of Lily Tomlin as Ernestine, although I guess you DO get an operator if you phone the police.  The phone number in 1968 was 232-6981, then 714-232-6981, then 619-232-6981.  Turns out I wasn't the only one with the idea.  Arthur Cox wrote a Letter to the Editor in 1963.




Remington Road?  I think that's in the Crawford Attendance Area.


I DO recognize some Colt surnames in this copy from the 1958 City Directory.

By the way, if you've been screaming "CALL 911" all this time, that option wasn't available in San Diego until 1982.  That may have been the year the police department adopted its new number -- 619-531-2000. 

Oh, Jeff thinks the rent for our 2-bedroom apartment on the boardwalk in Mission Beach was $100, although -- he reminds me -- I had to pay $10 extra for a garage.