Held 260lbs very well in 1959

What is that form?

His selective service form

Ham radio: good stuff, I would help the case but I am not talented with the double cut-outs on this android, would suggest taking Nov 69 letter to Chronicle regarding ‘bus bomb," there you will find over 25 "d" and as many exemplars of "g" with the respective distinct slanted single motion close loop d, and long tail g, to make good comparison, they look good. See ‘dogs’ on clip provided

Alrighty. Im sorry to have kept everyone waiting! I will post the entry along with a few things I’ve noticed and played with. What you are looking at here is a page from Glendale High School Stylus yearbook 1959. The book was owned by an Edward or Eddie Knox. Knox was a member of the ham radio club and was a sophomore this year. Sullivan was a senior. I also have in my possession Ross’ 1958 Junior year which belonged to Eddie’s older brother AL Knox. To clarify, Ross Sullivan did NOT own either of these books. He simply inscribed a passage in Eddie’s 1959 yearbook. Judging by all the other writing in the book and Ross’ signature being a very close match to the one on his SS form, my opinion is that the chances of this being a hoax are slim to zero. These books are VERY rare as is even without autographs. The odds of someone coming across this and nailing his signature clean AND writing ten words on top seems rather unlikely. You’d only have one shot. Not to mention the low price tag of $40; original yearbooks usually retail anywhere between $20-$180. My hope is that at some point this will be looked at and analyzed by professionals.

Ham Friend: Thanks a lot for getting that yearbook. Could you please show us more of the yearbook, maybe the whole page or both pages that people signed? It would be nice to see the writing in context with other people’s writings, a bigger picture. It would be interesting to see who else signed the yearbook. Maybe other people in the same ham radio club signed it and we could identify them. It is interesting that he wrote in red ink. Did other people use other colors? If this is real it is a big find. Some of the letters are very similar to Zodiac’s writing. The small t’s are very tall and skinny, as tall as the capital letters. Interesting. Thanks, smokie.

Sure thing

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Poem that is inches away from Sullivan’s passage:

I wanna play, too…

Poem that is inches away from Sullivan’s passage:

Yes, and the letter’s t, e, and s that are very similar to Zodiac’s.

AND the letter R’s that are remarkably similar to the R’s in "The Bates Had To Die" letters, CRAZY !

I have to admit, I find this to be one of the creepier similarities…

I have to admit, I find this to be one of the creepier similarities…

The e is identical. Swoops up, thick top corner, light top and the upstroke at the end. A professional needs to look at these new handwriting samples.

I have to admit, I find this to be one of the creepier similarities…

Yes that is uncanny

The tails come low on yearbook entry, as in Zodiac letters….the closed upper and lower loops on ‘f’ and the ‘b’….also similar. ‘d’ is excellent as stated before. Tight closed loops, overly long tails especially on Zodiac ‘g’….as in yearbook. Yearbook ‘y’ tail has an unclosed loop, in cursive style however. Zodiac ‘y’ usually tails straight down, is overly long, as ‘y’ ‘g’ in yearbook.

Wow, thanks a lot!!! It is much easier for me to take in the context. This is excellent and what a great find for you Ham. This is a serious collector’s item. Thank you so much for sharing this with all of us. I certainly hope that you take good care of this yearbook.

If these guys all knew each other, maybe Ross signed other yearbooks as well. We used to sign them on the last day of school. Apparently Ross was there on the last day of school signing yearbooks and he did have some friends. Just like the photo of him with the drama group, I mean, this really gives us a window into his life at the time. It is fascinating because life did go down hill for him because of mental illness, I suppose. I feel sorry for him.

I think you all drank too much Christmas eggnog.