Lucky Bag Yearbook

From the 1942 Lucky Bag:

CLIVE ARNOLD STRANGMAN

Greyhound, Earl

Football 4, 42; Basketball 4, 42; Track 4, 3, 2, 42; Trident 2; Hop Committee 2; 1 Stripe. (Note he was clearly a three-striper; it appears he was 7th Company Commander.)

Talented, versatile, and original are three words which adequately describe this English importation from the land of tea and crumpets. His originality was displayed in everything from pep parades to hop programs. His versatility was evident in athletics and his talent in everything he attempted. But most of all, I like to remember him for his subtle humor and his all-around good companionship.

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The Class of 1942 graduated on December 19, 1941, less than two weeks after the United States entered World War II. The class had previously been scheduled to graduate in February 1942.

Loss

From South Pasadena High School Alumni Association:

Clive Strangman served in the United States Navy as a Lieutenant. He was killed in a flight training aircraft accident on April 26, 1945 in Florida.

Other Information

From researcher Kathy Franz:

Clive was born in England and came to the U.S. with his parents in 1921. In May 1936, he received a merit badge in mechanical drawing from his Troop No. 2 San Marino.

Clive was captain of the South Pasadena “B” basketball team that won the Southern California title in 1936. His yearbook stated: Song: “Truckin’.” Basketball “B” 3, 4, “C” 2; Track “C” 2; Tennis 3.

In September 1939, Clive and his parents attended a dinner dance at the Vista del Arroyo’s Tropical Terrace where guests participated in a surprise hobby-horse race around the swimming pool.

Clive married Anne Ashford Wattles, daughter of Captain Thomas Lippit Wattles (‘21,) in Williamsburg, Virginia, on July 7, 1944.

His father was Herbert Arnold, an accountant for Benevolent Insurance, mother Constance, brother Desmond, and sister Fay.

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery and was survived by his wife.

Photographs

From the Lucky Bag

From his high school yearbook