Comments on: Hawaiian Punch, Fullerton, CA 1962 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/ God Bless Americana! -- Books, Slide Shows, & Field Trip Tours Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:56:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mitch Funk http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-186137 Mitch Funk Sun, 12 Dec 2010 20:39:28 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-186137 I was fortunate enough to have a job at the Fullerton plant in the 70s and 80s. It was a great place to work - lots of good people and good times. Too bad it closed, sometime around 1983. I was fortunate enough to have a job at the Fullerton plant in the 70s and 80s. It was a great place to work – lots of good people and good times. Too bad it closed, sometime around 1983.

]]> By: Jack valverde http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-163520 Jack valverde Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:47:50 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-163520 I need to know if they still make the Hawiian punch syrup . I live in california and I can't find it any where! can you help! it brings back so many fond memories. Jack valverde Costa Mesa. Cal I need to know if they still make the Hawiian punch syrup . I live in california and I can’t find it any where! can you help! it brings back so many fond memories.
Jack valverde
Costa Mesa. Cal

]]> By: wes northcutt http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-161060 wes northcutt Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:08:32 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-161060 I love the hawaiian punch concentrated syrup but i cant find it anywhere i look i live in portland oregon and havent seen it in years i need some hawaiian punch do you know where i can find it? I love the hawaiian punch concentrated syrup but i cant find it anywhere i look i live in portland oregon and havent seen it in years i need some hawaiian punch do you know where i can find it?

]]> By: Jerry Foisel http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-157071 Jerry Foisel Mon, 04 May 2009 19:28:54 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-157071 Hi Henry, I just read your comment about the Hawaiian Punch plant in Fullerton. People THINK I'M, "NUTS!" WHEN I TELL THEM...THAT THE BEST JOB THAT I EVER HAD, "Was in the Q.C. Lab at The Arizona Canning Company (ACC) in Phoenix, Arizona!" ACC was an independently owned canner for Coca-Cola, Seven-Up, Dr. Pepper, and a handful of other soft drinks for Circle K and that European Branch of Coke called FANTA! For a kid that grew-up watching Captain Kangaroo read a story about a kid who's house suddenly starts flowing the FORBIDDEN SOFT DRINKS (in my home) from the sink and bathtub. Well! Actually qualifying for then getting that 7 year-job with ACC... WAS A DREAM COME TRUE! The thing I LIKED THE MOST ABOUT "WEARING THE GREEN QC HARDHAT"? I could go ANYWHERE and GET INTO ANYTHING IN THE WHOLE PLANT, "I don't know? Jerry's the QC Guy. He's probably got some kind of reason for SKIN DIVING IN THE 20 FOOT-DEEP WATER REACTOR TANK (And. Al was right. It was clogged with sludge, the residue from all the hard water we treated to create, "neutral water" (water that tasted neither good nor bad. It was just a great matrix to put syrup and CO2 into!)". Do you remember REAL SUGAR? Oh not this crap they call Corn Syrup! Spreckles liquid sugar. God was that stuff tasty (especially in the foam it sometimes got whipped-up into!). People HAVE NO IDEA OF THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE THAT GOES INTO PRODUCING A CAN OF POP! The day they closed was one of the saddest days of my life. What a COOL JOB THAT WAS! IT WAS LIKE BEING PAID TO PLAY WITH "THE MOTHER OF ALL MODEL RAILROAD SETS!" Regards, Jerry Foisel "Henry Weiss Says: December 19th, 2007 at 12:23 am I worked in the Q.C. lab at the Fullerton plant until they moved it back east in the early 80’s. Best job I ever had. HenryWeiss@Juno.com" Hi Henry,

I just read your comment about the Hawaiian Punch plant in Fullerton.

People THINK I’M, “NUTS!” WHEN I TELL THEM…THAT THE BEST JOB THAT I EVER HAD, “Was in the Q.C. Lab at The Arizona Canning Company (ACC) in Phoenix, Arizona!”

ACC was an independently owned canner for Coca-Cola, Seven-Up, Dr. Pepper, and a handful of other soft drinks for Circle K and that European Branch of Coke called FANTA!

For a kid that grew-up watching Captain Kangaroo read a story about a kid who’s house suddenly starts flowing the FORBIDDEN SOFT DRINKS (in my home) from the sink and bathtub. Well! Actually qualifying for then getting that 7 year-job with ACC… WAS A DREAM COME TRUE!

The thing I LIKED THE MOST ABOUT “WEARING THE GREEN QC HARDHAT”?

I could go ANYWHERE and GET INTO ANYTHING IN THE WHOLE PLANT, “I don’t know? Jerry’s the QC Guy. He’s probably got some kind of reason for SKIN DIVING IN THE 20 FOOT-DEEP WATER REACTOR TANK (And. Al was right. It was clogged with sludge, the residue from all the hard water we treated to create, “neutral water” (water that tasted neither good nor bad. It was just a great matrix to put syrup and CO2 into!)”.

Do you remember REAL SUGAR? Oh not this crap they call Corn Syrup!

Spreckles liquid sugar. God was that stuff tasty (especially in the foam it sometimes got whipped-up into!).

People HAVE NO IDEA OF THE AMOUNT OF PHYSICAL & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE THAT GOES INTO PRODUCING A CAN OF POP!

The day they closed was one of the saddest days of my life.

What a COOL JOB THAT WAS! IT WAS LIKE BEING PAID TO PLAY WITH “THE MOTHER OF ALL MODEL RAILROAD SETS!”

Regards,

Jerry Foisel

“Henry Weiss Says:
December 19th, 2007 at 12:23 am

I worked in the Q.C. lab at the Fullerton plant until they moved it back east in the early 80’s. Best job I ever had.
HenryWeiss@Juno.com“

]]> By: Jo An Burdick Gottlieb http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-71861 Jo An Burdick Gottlieb Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:28:56 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-71861 March 23,2008 My husband now 83 years young -- Bernie Gottlieb, was 26 and owned the Fullerton Bowling Alley. I was 16 then and bowled there in college. We married when I was 26 in 1960. Bernie new the owners of Hawaiian Punch and it was mixed in one of the guys garages, Bernie was asked to put in 500 dollars but then things were too tight $$ wise, looking back, had he scrapped together the $$'s, he would have been an instant millionaire. SIGH, memories. Jo Anaheim High Class of 1951. March 23,2008 My husband now 83 years young — Bernie Gottlieb, was 26 and owned the Fullerton Bowling Alley. I was 16 then and bowled there in college. We married when I was 26 in 1960. Bernie new the owners of Hawaiian Punch and it was mixed in one of the guys garages, Bernie was asked to put in 500 dollars but then things were too tight $$ wise, looking back, had he scrapped together the $$’s, he would have been an instant millionaire. SIGH, memories. Jo Anaheim High Class of 1951.

]]> By: Melinda Tanis http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-60831 Melinda Tanis Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:28:12 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-60831 Love the Hawaiian Punch Memories! Being a kid in the late 60's and 70's I used to get something called Tahitian Treat - It was a Hawaiian Punch wannabe that was pretty good. I took it on every school Field Trip in a paper lunch bag bursting with candy to eat on the bus and a "ring ding" for desert in my sack lunch! My mom would wrap it in paper towels to keep cool. Those were the days! Kids aren't allowed to eat on the bus anymore when they go on a field trip! Love the Hawaiian Punch Memories! Being a kid in the late 60′s and 70′s I used to get something called Tahitian Treat – It was a Hawaiian Punch wannabe that was pretty good. I took it on every school Field Trip in a paper lunch bag bursting with candy to eat on the bus and a “ring ding” for desert in my sack lunch! My mom would wrap it in paper towels to keep cool. Those were the days! Kids aren’t allowed to eat on the bus anymore when they go on a field trip!

]]> By: Janel Imus http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-52760 Janel Imus Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:51:54 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-52760 I love your punch!!! But I can not find the concrated any where I look! I live in Kingman AZ! My family gets together a lot and we ALWAYS have to but the cheap brand to make our punch. Is ther anywhere near us tat sells the punch we like to make a a great puch w/ice cream. I really miss making the punch! Please a loney punch bowel is waiting! I love your punch!!! But I can not find the concrated any where I look! I live in Kingman AZ! My family gets together a lot and we ALWAYS have to but the cheap brand to make our punch. Is ther anywhere near us tat sells the punch we like to make a a great puch w/ice cream. I really miss making the punch! Please a loney punch bowel is waiting!

]]> By: Cindy http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-48139 Cindy Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:46:53 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-48139 Hey, I grew up in Fullerton, but I'll be darned if I remember the Hawaiian Punch factory. I lived on Acacia in the late 80's too, it must have been all the wild partying and excessive drinking I did that makes me block HP manufacturing from my mind. I used to buy those hot lookin' granny shoes from the thrifts back in the late 60's-early 70's. Not only did I have them in basic black with the perforations, I had a pair of purple suede ones and a pair of red ones too! They were extremely comfortable, stop making fun of them. If only I had them now!! Hey, I grew up in Fullerton, but I’ll be darned if I remember the Hawaiian Punch factory. I lived on Acacia in the late 80′s too, it must have been all the wild partying and excessive drinking I did that makes me block HP manufacturing from my mind.

I used to buy those hot lookin’ granny shoes from the thrifts back in the late 60′s-early 70′s. Not only did I have them in basic black with the perforations, I had a pair of purple suede ones and a pair of red ones too! They were extremely comfortable, stop making fun of them. If only I had them now!!

]]> By: Henry Weiss http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-47492 Henry Weiss Wed, 19 Dec 2007 07:23:52 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-47492 I worked in the Q.C. lab at the Fullerton plant until they moved it back east in the early 80's. Best job I ever had. HenryWeiss@Juno.com I worked in the Q.C. lab at the Fullerton plant until they moved it back east in the early 80′s. Best job I ever had.
HenryWeiss@Juno.com

]]> By: Tim http://www.charlesphoenix.com/2007/02/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-44148 Tim Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:26:47 +0000 http://www.charlesphoenix.com/hawaiian-punch-fullerton-ca-1962/#comment-44148 I grew up up the street from here. This Hawaiian punch factory is no longer there. It was on Acacia Steet just north of a set of railroad tracks. There is an office building there now. My Dad is a resident of Fullerton going back to the early 50s. He told me the Hawaiian Punch factory used to be downtown. Once they had a fire. The gutters flowed and overflowed red with syrup and water. He said the smell carried for a mile! I grew up up the street from here. This Hawaiian punch factory is no longer there. It was on Acacia Steet just north of a set of railroad tracks. There is an office building there now. My Dad is a resident of Fullerton going back to the early 50s. He told me the Hawaiian Punch factory used to be downtown. Once they had a fire. The gutters flowed and overflowed red with syrup and water. He said the smell carried for a mile!

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