Betsy Barclay Jordan has moved from her lovely Arcadia home where she and husband Jack Jordan lived for many years to the Royal Oaks in Duarte. “This is a beautiful retirement community, and in April I was unexpectedly offered the one cottage I had seen and really liked. I put my house on the market in June and it sold in a bidding war in 1½ days, all cash and a two-week escrow. I had 24 offers!” She now lives in “a darling little 1475 sq. ft. home. It’s wonderful to have only half the space and no pool and yard to keep up. I’m being spoiled to death and love, love, love it here!” Betsy’s new address is in the Class Directory.

Jean Ramage lives half of each year in Arcadia and half in Hawaii. [Lucky Jean!] Her daughter and husband, and two sons, 12 and 8, live in Arcadia, so are close by part of the time. “As I reviewed the pictures [on the website] the women were more familiar than the men. We were so young.”

Janet Reeve Jacobson also spent some time looking through our Senior class photos. “So many memories of people in our class. Since I attended school in Arcadia from Kindergarten, I remember many of the faces. It was fun thinking of each one, from First Avenue, Holly Avenue, Santa Anita and Hugo Reid, as well as AHS.”

Dick Croxall (Nancy), Barbi Knopp Wesser (Don ’56), Dick Leach (Sandy ’59) and Myron Reichert (Linda ’59) met in October for dinner at Bill Eldredge’s (Molly ’59) home in La Jolla, The couples enjoyed another mini reunion/get together as a follow up to the 55^th Reunion this past June.

In November, Marylee Grant Goyan hosted her annual get together for several classmates, this time at her home in Coronado. Susan Cramer Peters, Megan Geffeney Wagner, Jean Golisch Clark, Barbi Knopp Wesser and Nancy Montgomery Gilmour enjoyed three days of each other’s company, sightseeing and delicious eating in greater San Diego.

David Gilmour is the perpetual energizer bunny. Not content with two stores, he is opening another Paradise Foods in Tiburon, CA next May. The locals are delighted, having never had a quality grocery store in their shopping area. Come visit and let us buy you a lunch or a latte!

David and I enjoyed dinner recently with Steve Grant and his lovely wife Jeannette. We last saw them at the 50th Reunion. When not traveling, they divide their time between their home in the rural quiet of Occidental, CA and an apartment in San Francisco. They have two children and three grandchildren living in the greater Bay Area. Over Thanksgiving we welcomed Julie Albi Shelley and her husband, Donald, to Marin County. They were here to celebrate the holiday with members of Julie’s family. Julie and Donald are frequent travelers, most recently trips to Europe and Asia as well as back and forth between their homes in Irvine and Borrego Springs.

Thank you Tupper Pettit for sending another contribution to the ongoing maintenance of this website. For those of you who may be considering a contribution, we expect to change web hosts and begin a new contract in the coming year. We may need some additional financial assistance when that time comes. We’ll let you know when we know. Thanks!

Apologies to our classmate Gerry Andrews Nixon whom we listed ‘Address Not Current’. She was surprised to learn that she was ‘missing’ as she has lived at the same residence in San Gabriel since 1973! Thank you Valerie Skoglund Harris (’58) who discovered our error and put me in touch with her. Gerry doesn’t use a computer due to eyesight problems, but she enjoys hearing from classmates by phone. Before retirement, Gerry worked in several different fields: modeling (Adrian model at Bullocks Pasadena), airline attendant (American Airlines), cosmetology and part-time administrative assistant for various companies. She has been married twice: widowed once and divorced once. She had two children, Alecia and Andrew. Andrew is no longer living, but Alecia lives nearby. Gerry has wondered about her former high school classmates. She and Carol Yates were ‘dear friends’ in high school but they lost touch. She is still hoping to find her.

Thankfully, tropical storm Isaac did no damage to the property of Robert ‘Bob’ Jones and his wife Diana who live in New Orleans, and they were able to escape to Natchez, MS to wait it out. “During hurricane Katrina we were trapped for five days and had to be helicoptered out. We didn’t want any repeat of that. We returned on Friday to a powerless neighborhood, so got a taste of what it was like here but got our power back on Saturday morning. We have thought hard about where to locate if we are ever flooded again.”

Shirley Burgess Vanderbeck continues her busy life of business and travel. Recently she attended conferences and meetings in Scottsdale, New Orleans and Las Vegas. In November she expects to be in Richmond, VA and then will fly to Maine to visit her youngest daughter. “I still am working three days a week for my attorney and just passed the Registered Parliamentarian’s examination so life is very busy. My next big trip will be to Costa Rica.”

Jean Golish Clark and husband Tom took a two-week cruise in August on the Ocean Princess. They enjoyed some of the London sites before boarding the ship in Dover. They sailed to the Isle of Guernsey; toured Waterford and Dublin in Ireland; Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland; and numerous other interesting places. They traveled with five other couples and after a day of touring enjoyed meeting them aboard ship for dinner. “The food on the ship was delicious and plentiful.”

Other summer travelers: Barbi Knopp Wesser and husband Don (’56) enjoyed driving up the CA coast and then to Windsor, visiting friends and family along the way; Hawaiian hoa kula (classmate) Sally Galliher Wheeler took a month-long Holland America cruise up the St. Lawrence Waterway visiting Boston and other US points of interest; Susan Cramer Peters and Nancy & David Gilmour visited Yellowstone, Jackson Hole and Grand Teton National Park on separate trips to MT and WY.

We appreciate your support to maintain this website. Jim Allison, Shirley Burgess Vanderbeck, Jean Golish Clark, Steve Grant and Jack Shuler have made recent contributions. Thank you! The complete list of Website Angels is on the Home page.

Arcadia High School has an official website sponsored by the AHS Alumni Association. You’ll find yearbook photos, information about current and past reunions, and memorial pages dedicated to former students and teachers. Take a trip down memory lane: www.ArcadiaApaches.com.

Some more news following our 55th Reunion in June:

Pam Boller Pingle wishes she could have been there. “I love old cars and would have liked to see everyone, but I have a lot of commitments here after being away so long on a recent trip. My grandson (23) is in his last year of pharmacy school and is doing something similar to a medical residency here in Medford. He is staying with me and it is such a joy. He is a great guy and we are having a lot of fun. So, I won’t be traveling afar much. My second son turns 50 this summer and we are planning a big barbecue party at his home. My oldest son will be 52, me, 72 and my brother, 76…all in August…so we will actually celebrate all of them. I just saw Linda Lee Brill Smith in April on my five-week cross country trip. She is doing well following the death of her husband last December and keeps very busy.”

Jim Gorjans writes: “I am sorry I could not make the reunion as my wife, Rayma, and I were in Santa Barbara baby sitting our ‘granddog’ for two weeks while our daughter, Susie (AHS ’85), her husband, Marc, and our two granddaughters, Maddie and Gabby, were on a vacation to Italy. It was great seeing all of the pictures posted by Russ and Cecile. Thanks to them both for keeping some of our memories alive. It was great seeing all of the faces, most of whom I did not recognize. The Hugo Reid grads were very special. None of you looks any older than at the 50th. Hope we all make the 60th. Best regards to everyone.”

Jack Shuler writes: “My wife, Nardos, and I are still going on short-term missionary trips. We intend on going to Zambia and that will be our 41st trip to underdeveloped areas since we began these two-week trips in 1984. We have been to Belize, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Mexico, Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Zambia, Guatemala, China and Jamaica, among others and God has been good to us. However, our adventures probably pale when put next to those of my classmate, Harvey Herr! We still have the health and greenbacks to do this, but at age 73, the mind is willing but the body is weak! We had a great dental practice in Londonderry, NH for nearly four decades. Have three kids and nine grandkids so we are very fortunate. My full-knee replacement and two shoulder surgeries are beginning to put brakes on our lives. Nardos and I spend four months each year in Vero Beach, FL. Hope to eventually make a reunion. Jack Shuler 1957 (and proud).”

Thank you Jean Golisch Clark and Jack Shuler for your recent contributions to the ongoing maintenance of this website. The complete list of Website Angels is on the Home page.

The 55^thReunion on June 9^th was a huge success!  See the 55^th Reunion page to read more about it.

We received some additional regrets from classmates unable to attend: Gary Dittmar and his wife, Mason, have just moved to NV; Millie Ashley Jones had family plans; Jack Anderson and his wife, Sandy, hoped to attend, but then couldn’t; Cheryl Powers McGill’s husband, David, was scheduled for routine surgery; Bob Askin and his wife, Jayne, are still completing their home remodel which is running behind. Other classmates sent regrets which are in the notes for February, March and April 2012 (below).

Pam Boller Pingle and Alice Bishop Kennedy enjoyed their own reunion in South Carolina at the home of Alice and Jay Kennedy.  "We both wish we could be at the 55th reunion, but distance and commitments prevent it. Hope you all have a wonderful time!"

Sally Galliher Wheeler leaves June 15 for a month-long trip to Boston and up the St. Lawrence waterway on a Holland America cruise.  She sends love and hellos to everyone.

John Heidtke sent us a copy of a column he wrote for his local newspaper in Shallotte, NC explaining his reasons (partly tongue-in-cheek) for not making it to his 55^th high school reunion. He has some great memories of Arcadia in the 50’s: “My family had chickens and a vegetable garden in the backyard. Then, Arcadia was a small, modest white community. My 1957 high school class of 533 had just one minority member known to me. In a dramatic demographic shift, the 2010 census figures show Arcadia with a population of 56,364, of which 59.3 percent are of Asian descent. In 1970 the FBI hired me and I left Los Angeles, only returning for short visits. The place has changed. My 40 and 50-year reunions made this abundantly clear. I need a map to get around in a county I once knew well. I did not readily recognize some of my classmates. Some actually looked better. Most of us have become a bit gray, thicker and wear glasses. Overall we are well off, products of the happy days of the ‘50’s. Maybe my class will have a 60-year reunion. I will consider attending and again be recognized for having traveled the greatest distance there.”

Gary Tickemeyer sent email memories of high school sports, cars and classmates that we shared at the reunion. He was on the AHS track team and held the high jump records. “I also had the honor of running a leg on the relay team with Tom Boswell, the fastest man I have known. Tom and I bought a couple of left over car club plaques from a local vender. We then appointed ourselves co-presidents and used that to help us attract girls at the Balboa beach parties.”  He recalled Ross Heale’s Roadster which Jack Foye has restored and was featured in the May 2010 edition of Hot Rod Magazine. “Nice job, Jack!”

“I’ve had a varied vocational career which has included being a university professor and department head, a city administrator, a Chamber of Commerce director and a mental health administrator. I couldn’t decide what I wanted to be when I grew up and still can’t. Thanks for the good memories and if you plan a 60^th reunion, I’ll try to make it.”

Penny Pearson Labourdette who attended the 55^th reunion (her first!) shared some rich and wonderful memories. “I remember teaching Bill Black (who lived across the street from me) and Roger Willis how to ballroom dance. A bunch of us were in the same class for years: gentle Denny Marchand, sweet Robin Little, smart Pat Schenck, my Brownie/Girl Scout best buds Virginia Elder and Peggy Parker, handsome and tall Bert Roberts, and how could I ever forget Walter McCormick and Bobby Wells who were constantly getting into trouble. My first day in Kindergarten, Chris Klinger and I were fighting over the same book and I came home with a black eye! Cheryl Powers and I thought we were so grown up at First Avenue wearing lipstick, bras and high heels for the first time. Every week a group of us would go to ballroom dance lessons. Bill Hamilton was my first ‘steady’ boyfriend. Going into high school, do you remember the summer dances at Santa Anita Racetrack? Learning how to drive on the racetrack parking lot? Wearing boyfriends’ letterman sweaters, rings on a chain to signify going steady, sock hops, drive-in movies, buckskin shoes, felt skirts with flowers and poodles on them? My husband, Al, and I socialized with Shirley Melton Hill and her husband shortly after we were married but lost touch. Wish I knew where they are.”

Some sad news we received at the reunion and since returning home:

Jack Foye shared that Ross Heale was diagnosed several years ago with Guillain-Barre syndrome, an autoimmune disorder of the nervous system, and is confined to a convalescent home in Poway, CA. He would appreciate letters, photos or visits. His mailing address is in the Class Directory.

Bonnie Balch Anthony lost her husband, Don Mike, to cancer on June 1. He and Bonnie were married 50 years. Read about Don Mike and the contribution he made professionally and in people’s lives: Welcome to the Los Angeles County Bar Association Website.

Don Yost passed away on June 5, only four days prior to the reunion. His bio can be found on the Obituary page. We extend our condolences to his wife and family, especially our classmate Darrell, his twin brother. Pasadena Star-News Obituaries.

Our 55th Reunion is growing! See the 55^th Reunion page (link above) for the updated list of those planning to attend.

Joyce Mark Goodman realized a 30-year dream this month by launching a new exercise DVD. Her program is called Harmony for Life and provides all the benefits of trampoline exercise in a low-impact, fun and unique way using stability balls. You can learn more about it at www.harmonyforlife.me. Joyce first developed the program for herself years ago to help counteract the stress of caring for her terminally ill son. Today she writes, “I am proud to be 71 and still strong, energetic and creative. God has truly blessed me and I know that my program will help lots of folks. There is something in this program for everyone, and I combine the exercises with great info on nutrition and supplements.”

Quite a few have expressed interest in a casual 55th (2012) or 60th (2017) reunion, with particular focus on a mini car show in Arcadia or somewhere in the So. CA area. Dick Croxall, Dick Carl Martin, Bill Hamilton, Dick Leach, Myron Reichert, Wayne Callaway, Larry Cooke, John Albi, Ross Heale, Bill Eldredge, and Ron Cummings, among others, might be willing to help organize/participate. If you have any thoughts or interest, please contact Dick, Nancy or David Gilmour, or one of the others on this list.

Thanks to all who remember to send us your change of email and address. If you don’t do this…WE WILL LOSE YOU...and you will join others on the ‘Lost’ list.

Betty Beaudette’s daughter, Lori, emailed with news of her mom. “A few things have happened in Mom’s life the last couple of years. My brother set up a date for her with the gentleman across the street from him. They have been neighbors for at least 20 years. Long story short: Mom married David! [Last name is Kirk.] She moved into his home in Burbank, so she is a lot closer to Arcadia now. They have been married three years this November, and she is the happiest I have ever seen her. They are both like teenagers again!” Congratulations Betty Beaudette Kirk! (New address for Betty in the class list.)

Lynne Lindsay Rhodes attended Alhambra her first two years of high school and then came to AHS and graduated with the Class of ’57. She has been married to her husband, Kenneth, for 51 years. She has stayed in touch with Patricia ‘Tricia’ Keith-Spiegel who told her about this Web site and how to get on the ‘Found list.’ Good to find you Lynne! We now have her current address in the class list below.

There is also new address information for Cecile Bowler Driskill who moved in January of this year.

Binnie Busby Beaumont writes, “My mother was a great one. She sent me to college and graduate school at Stanford and paid my tuition!” Binnie taught for many years until she retired to spend more time with her family.

Betsy Barclay Jordan has joined the WEBSITE ANGELS. Thank you Betsy!

Pam Boller Pingle is staying home this summer and enjoying friends, family and pool. But she still travels: a cruise in Feb. that took her through the Panama Canal, Fiji in March and cross country for five weeks in April and May. Her last trip was complicated. While away, her dog sitter had emergency surgery, the pool leaked, a family member died of cancer, and her best friend had a stroke. Pam continues to enjoy her Christian Women’s Club, the OR Retired Educators’ Assn., Red Hats, and plays bridge. “My days are VERY full! I just got a new-to-me car, so [for now] can’t afford to go anywhere….”

Faith Moody Fults enjoyed the class reunion poem and thanks Linda Stewart Little for sharing it. Faith and her husband, Bill, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Valentine’s Day, 2010. “Praise God!” She was delighted that Dianne Evans Atkins was able to attend. Dianne was one of Faith’s bridesmaids. Faith and Bill visited their oldest son and family in KY, and oldest daughter and family in FL this month. “Soon we will travel with another son and his wife to Hawaii. We were so flattered to be invited to join them that we decided to take two vacations this summer.”

John Cowdell, our AFS exchange student from New Zealand who lived with Susie Cumins Newell and her family, died on July 5 from complications of Parkinson’s Disease. (See Obituary Notes )  

Pat Schenck Kirklighter lives in Walnut, CA and sent us a 50-year update. She married a West Point graduate in ‘59 and worked for the Army and Air Force as a contract negotiator on major weapons systems for 22+ years, spending most of her time at Norton AFB. Since then, she has held several diverse positions in food marketing, processing and packaging, and is currently employed as office manager for a heavy duty truck dismantler. “I have a wonderful daughter, a super son-in-law and two very bright and ambitious grandchildren, currently in college. Remember Rod Philips? [He and his wife attended the 50th.] He owns a business across the street from where I work and after 12 years, realized we both attended Arcadia. Small world! He and Penny Pearson Labourdette are about the only classmates I’ve run across in all these years.”

Susan Cramer Peters, Marylee Grant Goyan and Nancy Montgomery Gilmour are traveling to Silverton, OR this summer to visit Susie Cumins Newell. Thanks largely to the 50th Reunion, we have renewed and continue to enjoy old AHS friendships.

Dick (Carl) Martin attended the 40th in… “my wife’s ’31 Ford roadster, along with Bill Hamilton in his ’40 Ford. I’m a stone hot rodder having written for Rod & Custom, The Rodders Journal and many other hot rod magazines for the past 15 years. I spent many years at 3M Co. in direct sales, finally as VP of Turbo Master, Inc., a South African turbocharger company. I raced a Corvette in school and continue to race. I’ll be running at Bonneville again this year during Speed Weeks in August.”

Dick and others wonder if any more reunions are planned. What about the idea some of you had of meeting in a casual location (Arcadia Park?) with the old cars some of you collect. Anyone interested in putting something like that together?

Arnold (Arnie) Green stumbled across the AHS 1957 class page and discovered himself listed as ‘lost’. He sent us this update: “I married Lanigene Handy (attended AHS until 1964) in 1965; MA at BYU, 1967; PhD UCLA in Near Eastern History/Arabic, 1973 (after 1 ½ years of research in Tunisia). Visiting professor 1972-73 at University of Miami; Fulbright post-doc North Yemen (1973-74); taught Mid-East History at American University, Cairo (Egypt) 1974-85; then at BYU 1985-2009. List of publications respectably long, but boring. Last visited Arcadia to bury my mother (96) at Rose Hills in Sept. 2008. Regards to anyone who may remember me and/or Lani. Please move me to the ‘found’ category. Cheers.” His current email address: arniegreen@q.com

More address/email changes or additions: Penny Pearson Labourdette, Pat Schenck Kirklighter, Betsy Barclay Jordan, Dick Martin. (See class list .)

Send me your news if you have some you’d like to share! Nancy Montgomery ntgilmour@aol.com

It has been a long time between updates. Happy New Year and Happy Valentine’s to all! Some good news for the new year is that we found Penny Pearson Labourdette, who, as it turns out, is living in Novato, CA, a short distance from Susan Cramer Peters, David Gilmour and Nancy Montgomery Gilmour. Penny has lived in the Bay Area since the late ‘60’s when her husband, Al, retired from his Army career. She moved to Germany early in their marriage and was ‘lost’ after that until, by chance, Barbi Knopp Wesser found her on Classmates.com. Penny and Al have been married almost 49 years and have four grown children and five grandchildren. They are both retired and enjoy volunteering for their church and non-profits. Penny has stayed in touch with Pat Schenck Kirklighter. David and I enjoyed having dinner with Penny and Al recently, and getting reacquainted.

In November 2008, AOL discontinued free Web space for its customers, and we signed a five-year paid contract for hosting through Network Solutions. Our new address is www.ahsclassof57.com. See the list above of those classmates who are helping provide financial support. 

Harvey Herr has been in touch via email recently with John Heidtke (and regularly over the years with John Sullivan.) Harvey has been employed in Iraq steadily, except for a year off, since October 2003 on a government contract. John expects to be deployed in January 2009. John’s son is also there (see July 2008 below), so maybe they will be able to arrange a reunion. Harvey went into the Navy immediately after graduation from AHS, eventually graduating from UC Berkeley. He has been married for 40 years, has two sons, and has lived and worked in Vietnam, Virginia and, since 1974, Kenya--still his permanent residence. He describes life in Iraq as difficult; however, “We have had good experiences working with Iraqis.” (11/08)

Thankfully, Hurricane Ike did not do any major damage to the home of Robert ‘Bob’ Jones and his wife, Diana. You may recall reading here (see 2/07 below) that their home was badly damaged during Hurricane Katrina. This time they escaped to a lovely inn in northern LA and sat out the hurricane with only a power failure or two, fresh linens and some good food and drink. Returning home, they found the house intact with only some minor damage to the landscape. After their previous experience, they are exceedingly thankful and grateful. (9/08)  

Chris Dueker, a man of few (but choice) words, writes: “It is always good to hear from you. My mother died on 1 August, her 92^nd birthday. She was still living in the house from which I went to join the Apaches. The Class of 1957 shrinks. How many of us are out of parents?” (8/08)

Peggy Tremayne enjoyed reading news of classmates, but, along with others, expressed sadness to realize “so many wonderful classmates have died.” Peggy still has her office and works full time as a Marriage and Family Therapist. “We recently had our children and grandchildren together for a family reunion at our second home in Puerto Vallarta. Great fun!” Peggy’s daughter lives in Marin County and often shops at Paradise Foods, owned by David Gilmour. (8/08)

Nyda Moore Dillberg says life in Arizona this time of year is HOT. “But the winters are great! We were thinking of buying a ranch in Texas [Nyda raises horses] and then our oldest girl and her family decided to buy a home close by, so we will probably be staying.” (7/08) 

John Heidtke is eternally young. He turned 70 in April, and soon will be on his way to Iraq to serve with Civilian Police International as a Judicial Advisor. “A lot of the Iraqi judges and their families have been assassinated, so they need help and advice on their cases. [!!!] My son has been with Blackwater and the CIA in Iraq for the past several years.  He tells me that things are going much better there than our ‘wonderful’ media is willing to report. The Lord has blessed me with unusual strength and health, so I will not waste it sitting on the porch in a rocker with the dog or chasing a little white ball several times a week.  There is plenty of time to do nothing when we’re dead.” (7/08)

Jack Anderson writes, “Thanks for the updated Web page and info. Another trip down memory lane with lots of smiles and a few tears for those who have gone before us. Hope to see everyone for the 60^th in 2017!” (7/08)

Bob Kerske lost his long and valiant fight with cancer on July 21, 2008. He and his wife, Evelyn, attended the 50^th reunion. (See Obituary Notes below – 7/08)

Bonnie Merry Booth and Chuck (’56) are continuing to enjoy “retirement.” Bonnie still works two mornings a week doing the accounts payable and receivables for a company in Irvine. “I’ve been talking about quitting for about four years now, but they are so good to me. Plus I feel like it’s helping to keep my brain active!” Bonnie also keeps active playing golf and enjoying their children and four grandchildren who live nearby. (7/08)

Karen Hunter Slawson sent a lovely anniversary letter as a reminder that in June 2007, many of our classmates were together in Newport Beach happily celebrating our 50^th reunion. This was her first AHS reunion, and she is so glad she came. “Words just cannot tell what an impact coming together after a lifetime has made. There were many unexpected delights and joys. Funny, but I especially remember Carol Beutler Hunter running up to me at the dinner in that same irrepressible style I remember from high school, saying, ‘Karen, I’m a Hunter now, too!’” Thank you, Karen. And thanks for expressing appreciation for our class Web page.  (6/08)

Gary Fultz wrote to say that he had brunch with Troy and his new wife in May (08). “I had not seen or talked to him for 20 years.” After finishing MIT, Gary worked at JPL for six years and then at TRW for 30+ years, completing an MS and PhD in Electrical Engineering at UCLA. “I met my second wife, Carole, at TRW and we have been married for 23 years. We retired in 1997 and moved to Escondido on a golf course. I have been working for a property management company for the past six years on a part time basis.” (6/08)

Troy Lemons sent an update for one of our “lost” classmates: Gary Fultz.  Gary, we remember you!  Address information for him is now in the class list below.  Thank you, Troy. (5/08) 

Duke Haubelt writes that he and Sherry Hayden Nottingham (’56) were married in January 2007. “We dated in high school and I should have married her then... LOL!”  Congratulations, Duke! (5/08)

Gratefully, the homes of Jim Allison, Al Banks and Carol Carr Mayo in Running Springs and Crestline were not damaged in the Southern CA forest fires, although the fires came very close, and all had to be evacuated.  Jim emailed that the fire came within ten feet of their back deck! (11/07)

We received a lovely letter from Dorene Meisch Leatherwood, a classmate who attended AHS until the summer before her Senior year. She was disappointed not to graduate with us, and has always considered herself an alumnus. She has remained friends with Penny Havens Deley and visited her recently. Dorene moved to Ohio shortly before marriage to her husband, Ed, in 1964, and has lived there ever since. She earned a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration, and taught school for 25 years. She and Ed have three grown children and nine grandchildren. For 30 years they had a small farm and raised animals.  Now retired, they are traveling more; one of their most unique trips was to Russia and the Ukraine for seven weeks to visit their son who was living there. Dorene enjoys scrap booking, gardening, reading, Bible study and taking care of her grandchildren. She hopes to attend any future reunions.  Her address and contact information can be found in the class list below.  Welcome back to AHS, Dorene! (10/07)

John Sullivan, who missed the 50^th because he was coaching an important soccer tournament, wrote the nicest email.  He enjoyed reading the biographies of classmates, and shared his summer plans.  He and wife, Anna, will make their first trip to Montana and Glacier National Park in August, and on the way plan to visit Marilyn Healy Hunt (AHS ’58) and her husband.  They also will visit Idaho and the Seattle area where they will reconnect with family and old friends.  They and their three children are happy, healthy and doing well.  John adds, “By the way, I am pretty sure that Harvey Herr is just about to finish his last assignment in Iraq.  Thank God.”  (7/07)

Marian Blake Rowe would like us to know that a scholarship fund, The Alan Blake Rowe Memorial Political Science Scholarship Fund, to sponsor students majoring in political science at the College of Southern Idaho ( CSI), has recently been established to honor her son, Major Alan Blake Rowe, a career Marine and  one of our “Fallen Heroes,” killed in Iraq on September 3, 2004, shortly after beginning his 4^th deployment.  Alan attended CSI and went on to graduate with honors from Boise State University, receiving his BS degree in his serious interest: Political Science.  Donations should be made to The College of Southern Idaho Foundation, Inc.; Memo: Alan Rowe Memorial Scholarship; and mailed to CSI Foundation, P. O. Box 1238, Twin Falls, ID 83303-1238.  Marian will appreciate it if contributors identify themselves as members of the AHS Class of ’57. (6/07)

Tupper Pettit sent biographical information for John Nicolais, his classmate starting at Hugo Reid Elementary, who died in 1979.  See the Class Obituary below.  Thank you, Tupper.  (6/07)

We recently found classmate and friend, Colleen Schurter Jannuzzi, after many years.  She and her husband, David, live in Portland, OR.  Our searches over the past ten years proved fruitless until Barbi Knopp Wesser (sleuth that she is!), found Colleen through an Internet search.  A semi-retired travel agent, Colleen lost no time booking reservations to attend the 50^th reunion.  She looks forward to renewing old friendships. (5/07)

We have updated address information for Patricia Keith Spiegel, Joyce Mark Goodman, Jerome Faustini, John Heidtke, Ray Mueller, Carl Raymond, Jean Ramage, Rod Phillips, Les Rush, Sandy Spaulding, Barbara Stoltze, Joan Spratling Acone, Joel Woodward, and Wayne Wragg.  (5/07)

I had a nice phone conversation with Paul Geller.  He is an attorney, semi-retired, and lives with his wife, Susan, in beautiful Mandeville Canyon in West L.A.   We now have a current address information for him. We spoke of Larry Martin before and after learning of Larry’s death in 2004.  Paul stayed in touch with him until recent years.  (5/07)

Remember John Cowdell, the exchange student who lived with Susie Cumins Newell and her family during our Senior year? Susie corresponded with him regarding the 50^th.  He wrote back saying that he won’t be able to attend due to health problems, but sends his best wishes for an enjoyable time. His current mailing address is in the class list below if anyone wishes to write to him.  (5/07)

Jim Chilton has moved to Cheyenne, WY, and plans to come to the reunion. He found out about it from Betsy Jordan. “I forgot it was 50 years. Where does the time go? Wyoming is a beautiful state. I enjoy living here. I do the Tour De Wyoming (bicycle tour, not a race) and have a chance to see a lot of the state. It is a six-day bicycle trip [covering 417 miles]. This year it is going to the Devil’s Tower area. There is going to be a 112-mile century on one day that will cover three states. I’ve got to give that a shot.” (4/07)

For the past year, Gay Ellen De Gero Williams has been caring for and giving encouragement to her 40-year-old son who was diagnosed with a rare brain condition causing tremors and other neurological symptoms. Following surgery last March and while recovering, he was diagnosed with another, even rarer, brain disorder. It should resolve itself without surgery. Gay says he is doing better now, so she is planning to come to the reunion. She is talking with Diane Schroer Turner, and hopes they can come together.  (4/07) |

Interesting news regarding Bob Cummings, a musician and composer who has become well known in the classical music field: he has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize for musical composition, and his works are being performed in Europe, as well as the US.  He has a beautifully designed Web site where you can learn more about his accomplishments:  www.robertcummingscomposer.com.  He may be able to join us at the reunion if an upcoming premiere in Europe does not interfere.  Congratulations, Bob!  (4/07)
There is new or updated address information for the following classmates: Darrell Brook, Carol Smith Paul, Karen Hunter Slawson, Peggy Parker Metcalf, John Van Ornum, Judy Shoemaker Douglass, Ed Faeth, Al Banks, Carol Carr Mayo, Carolyn Stirling, Sue Mertz, Chuck Rose, Robert “Bob” Henry Jones, and Julie Ann McCoy Mace, and Ted Vecchione.  (3/07-4/07)

Roger Stevens found our Web page, sent us his current address, and is coming to the 50th reunion with his wife, Coleen.  They are both retired—she as an accountant, Roger as an engineer.  “We are discovering new hobbies and playing with our four grandkids.  Coleen does her art and I keep busy with my robotics research, restoring my old sports cars, and western history studies.”  (3/07) 
Apologies to Al Banks.  His name found its way onto the obituary list by mistake!  He is alive and well, lives in Crestline, CA, and plans to attend the reunion with his wife, Connie.  (3/07)

Marian Blake Rowe sends mixed news.  She led the good life in Idaho, teaching and cattle ranching, after graduating UC Davis.  Married 32 years, two kids and six grandkids, now divorced.  Two stints with the Peace Corps, and travel/language study in interesting places: Europe, Africa, China Mongolia, South and Central America, South Pacific Islands, Malta, Egypt, and some other choice spots.  In September 2004, two Marines knocked on her door to tell her of the combat death of her son, Alan Blake Rowe, in Anbar, Iraq.  “He was my only son, one month shy of 36, with a devoted wife and two children.  He was a career Marine, “poster boy” for the Corps, on his 4^th deployment to Iraq.  His death has turned my life upside down, and has dominated my heart, mind and spirit ever since, but I am trying to learn to live with it.  Will do my utmost to make it to Newport in June and hope to get reacquainted with some of our classmates.  From the Web page, it seems we are well represented in Idaho!”  (3/07) 

Ron Norton and his wife, Charlene, are planning to attend the 50^th reunion.  “We have been married for 45 great years and have two sons, one daughter-in-law, and one grandson.  We live in Newport Beach, and I have been self-employed as a manufacturers’ rep for the last 28 years.  We are looking forward to the reunion.”  (2/07) 

Jack Shuler, DDS, and his wife, Nardos, are back home in NH after leading a medical/dental mission into the Olancho province of Honduras. “This is our 37^th trip, having served in 11 countries since 1984.  [See 10/05 entry below.]  Our team treated/saw 3000 patients.”  Jack sent some photos which we plan to share at the 50^th reunion.  (2/07)

In 1999, we wrote that Alice Bishop Kennedy and her husband, Jay, were moving to South Carolina and building a home.  “We have been in the house almost eight years now.  We are retired and are enjoying an active life living on Lake Keowee in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.  I might be slightly prejudiced, but I think it’s a beautiful spot!  We have two children and three grandchildren.  They don’t live close, but they do have fun on the lake, so love to visit.”  Alice and Jay will be at the 50^th reunion!  (2/07)

Robert “Bob” Norwood Jones, MD and his wife, Diana, are planning to attend the 50^th.  They live in New Orleans.  He writes: “It has been interesting here in New Orleans.  Diana and I were trapped in Tulane Hospital for four days after the storm [Katrina] and had to be evacuated by helicopter.  Our home was flooded, and we lived in San Antonio for four months.  Our repairs are now pretty much complete, and I’m doing the same work as before, except that I’m now an emeritus professor of medicine.  I look forward to seeing you all.” (2/07)

Tom Trippe is enjoying life in Berkeley with wife, Kirsten, and dog, Frizzle.  He is semi-retired, and still working some at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab in high-energy physics research.  He enjoys windsurfing, seeing his two children, tutoring his five grandchildren in math and physics, and is building a garden shed using old-world carpentry.  “We have a beautiful garden, thanks to Kirsten, who is a landscape designer.  She creates the beauty and I do the vegetables.  We look forward to the reunion.”  (2/07)

Current news from Pat Killeen: “I’m retired from teaching, married to Phil Gosswiller, and loving San Diego.  Between us, we have five kids and seven grandkids.  I keep busy with Tai Chi, painting, swimming, and kicking back with Phil at our Baja casa.”  Pat attended the 20^th reunion, and we hope she will come to the 50^th.  (2/07)

Judy Bullock Cadenasso and husband, Sil, are both retired, and are enjoying more time at their second home in Hawaii as well as using it for home exchanges, “so we can see a little more of the world.  Between us we have six kids and six grandchildren—most in CA and one in Seattle.  We are really looking forward to attending the 50^th reunion.”  (2/07)

Rene Caron and Sandy, Bob Kerske and Evelyn, Bob Askin and Jayne (Patrick ’58), and Dick (Craig) Martin and Sue Hatter (recently married!) are all coming to the reunion.  Rene writes: “Dick married Sue last summer in a small family wedding on Catalina Island.  They are living in Casper, WY where Sue lived with her husband before he passed away several years ago.  Bob Kerske and Evelyn recently moved to Corona after 30 years in Fullerton.  Bob Askins and Jayne live in Scottsdale.  He is retired and still plays competitive tennis, rides his bike 30 miles a day and competes in senior biking events.  They travel a lot and are enjoying life to the fullest.”  Rene also writes that Tom Arthur is retired and living in Tustin Ranch with wife, Linda.  Rene is encouraging Tom to come to the reunion.  (2/07)

Faith Moody Fults and her husband, Bill, are coming to the 50^th reunion.  Recent highlights: “In 2006, the youngest of our six children graduated, got married and moved out.  Also, we became great grandparents!  How can anyone be that ‘old’?  We now have 10 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.  My husband and I are retired teachers, but I still substitute, and together we lead a Good News Club at a local elementary school.  Last August, we revisited the Methodist church camp where two AHS Senior classmates--Penny Havens and Cecile Bowler--and I met our husbands.  I highly recommend church camp!”
(1/07)

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