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01/07/22 12:10 PM #974    

 

Frances Pampeyan

Thanks for these updates Tracy.  I wish you all a healthy 2022.

 


01/08/22 01:47 PM #975    

 

Gerald Shutman

So sorry to hear about Art and Mike. I did not know Art well but Mike was a friend.

04/28/22 10:20 AM #976    

 

Clay Werts

  P.H.S. 55th Class Reunion   

We are happy to announce the plans for our 55th class reunion that is being planned for next year. Please plan now to join us on Saturday June 17th, 2023.  We have made arrangments to have our reunion at the Embassy Suites in Arcadia. If it sounds familiar, it's because we held some of our earlier reunions at this property. We decided to return there because the cost was much less than the other hotels we considered. The Embassy Suites provides a free buffet breakfast for all hotel guests. They also provide free parking for everyone and there are other advangaes. We will, in the future, post a website for you to go to so you can make a reservation for the reunion. You will want to make your reservations on this site to take advanage of the reduced room rates. As it now stands, we are planning on meeting at the Clearman's North Woods Inn on Rosemead in San Gabriel Friday evening at 5:00 PM. As usual, you will pay for your own drinks and dinner. Everyone is welcome, please plan on joining us for this fun event. Saturday morning everyone is welcome to join us at Victory Park,(next to P.H.S) about 11:00 AM . We will be providing free soft drinks and pizza. This is being paid for from the donations that were leftover from the 50th reunion. This event will conclude about 2:00 PM. Then back to the Embassy Suites for our main event. Check-in for the dinner will begin about 5:00 PM. We will say good bye to everyone Sunday morning at the buffet breakfast starting at 8 AM. For those not staying at the hotel, you can purchase breakfast. Please join us for this special event. We're not going to last forever so you've got to come this time !!

     Committee members :

           Modie Katz                                                                                                                                                            Clay Werts                                                                                                                                                            Ann Nelson (Hassell)                                                                                                                                            Barry Chishom                                                                                                                                                      Phil Denslow

 


06/12/22 04:32 PM #977    

 

Modie (Martin) Katz

Great news for next year's 55th reunion. It's not on Zoom!! It will be in-person and with some left over money's from the 50th, thanks to all that donated and attended, we will buy pizza and drinks for a Victory Park lunch. 
June of 2023 will be here before you know it. I feel that the years go buy faster as we get older. 
so start your plans and watch for upcoming announcements as the time gets closer, i.e., hotel reservations etc. Hope to see you all then. 


06/15/22 09:43 AM #978    

 

Anne Hassell (Nelson)

I am SOOO looking forward to seein you, Modie, and all our friends again next year. AnneHassell Nelson


08/08/22 12:25 PM #979    

 

Modie (Martin) Katz

 

Just a few more rooms left at our lowest negotiated price for our 55th reunion next June at the Embassy Suites Arcadia.  Don't be confused when you see on the Embassy Suites site that this is for our 50th reunion as we all know that was a mistake on their part.

Book your rooms now and start to prepare your travel arrangment.  Remember that June 16th evening is going to be a blast at Northwoods Inn, then June 17th we have a casual pizza get together at Victory Park and then that evening our sit down dinner at the Embassy Suites.  So book your rooms for 2 nights (16th and 17th) and we look forward to seeing you there.

Till next time,

Modie

 

 

 


08/09/22 04:41 PM #980    

 

Judy Cox (Gottfeld)

Hi Modie, 

I am on the hotel website, and it wants a code for special rates. Do we have any, or should I just call?

Thanks!

Judy


08/09/22 06:05 PM #981    

 

Gary Nouskajian

Hi Modie,

 

Thanks for the reminder about the Hotel rooms shrinking availability. I used the information below from you to book my room for both nights (June 16 & 17, 2023). Thanks.

We have a Special Room Price for our reunion, for a Limited Amount of rooms. Make your reservation soon!! Use this link (https://group.embassysuites.com/9nc84c) to get the Special Price.

 


08/10/22 07:09 AM #982    

 

Judy Cox (Gottfeld)

Thanks, Gary, that link worked. I don't remember ever seeing the link you posted. 


08/10/22 07:42 AM #983    

 

Modie (Martin) Katz

To All

To book your rooms, look at the home page of our reunion web site and click on that link. 
See you there. 
Modie


08/11/22 09:30 AM #984    

 

Dr. Thomas Barnes, M. D.

Thanks for the hotel info!    We just reserved a room for both nights!    See you all there next June 16 and 17!   
Sarah and Thomas


08/11/22 04:09 PM #985    

 

Nancy Green (Harper)

Hi,

I just booked my room for the reunion. I have not attended one since the 20th. I am so glad it will work out this time. Looking forward to seeing everyone. Let me know if you need any help. See you!

Nancy


08/20/22 12:03 PM #986    

 

Margo Feinstein (Connolly)

Greetings, Classmates!

Many thanks to the committee for their dedicated work to plan our next great reunion!

Last summer, several of you donated to American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN), the organization that does legislative advocacy work as needed by American Cancer Society.  Donors sponsor Lights of Hope bags for any multiples of $10, and these are decorated and displayed either in a big event in Washington D.C., or (since the pandemic began) locally. Those bags sponsored via my personal page (see link below) are currently displayed inside/outside the window of the American Cancer Society Discovery (resale) Shop in downtown Walnut Creek, Ca. and will be until 9/8/22. Although the display is local in the East Bay Area, our advocacy to save lives greatly affects people throughout California--and nationally. 

Example: We are very close to adding mandatory medical insurance coverage for often-expensive biomarker testing of diagnosed cancers in California.  Currently, these high-tech tests, which can lead to more targeted treatments, are not covered for most patients. They can cost up to $10,000 each, so fewer treatment options are available to lower-income patients unable to pay out of pocket.  You can read more about this on my donation page--link is below.

If you scroll back and read my posts from 7/10/21 and 8/21/21, the details about our organization and Lights of Hope fundraising event are the same.

Please consider sponsoring one or more Lights of Hope bags for $10/each at this time.  Ideas:  In memory of----, In honor of--- a cancer patient (please do not use last name of living patient for privacy), a message to legislators like FUND THE CURE!, or a message to the public about healthcare like REMEMBER THE SUNSCREEN! We are not artists, but we are happy to decorate bags and can sometimes add a simple picture. I have friends who have offered to help if we have many bags sponsored at once.

Here is the link to my personal page to donate any multiple of $10 to support ACS CAN advocacy:

tinyurl.com/MargoACSCAN

If you do donate, please email me the list of ideas for your bags today, so we can get them designed and posted right away. I will be posting more bags at the ACS Discovery Shop tomorrow.

email: margo.lightsofhope@email.com

Thank you ahead for your consideration.  Any donation will make a huge impact on saving lives!

Enjoy the summer and stay well!

Margo (Feinstein) Connolly

 


09/27/22 12:20 PM #987    

 

Modie (Martin) Katz

To All Classmates,

We have been able to get more rooms at the Embassy Suites for our reunion at a Great Price, $159 King/$169 double beds. And the booking can be for a day earlier and leaving a day later so if you want to stay a few days to see old friends and/or places, just ask when you book your room.

So book NOW and come and enjoy our 55th PHS Class Reunion.

Clay will be posting more information on the Reunion so stay tuned.

Hope to see you all then,

Modie 

 


09/28/22 08:29 AM #988    

 

Christopher Bragdon

Why do we get to stay in a hotel in Arcadia?  As a member of the PHS marching band, Arcadia was a vicious and relentless adversary that our band battled against.  What is wrong with a real “home town” venue in Pasadena?  Sure, we are supposed to let bygones be bygones, but hey, where the hell is the old Bull Dog spirit?


09/28/22 02:02 PM #989    

 

Clay Werts

 55TH  REUNION ANNOUNCEMENT

The 55th P.H.S. reunion will be held on Saturday evening June 17th 2023. You can start sending your checks on January 1st 2023. All checks will need to arrive on or before May 15th 2023. The price of the event will be $ 90.00 per person. The price after May 15th will be $110.00 per person. This price is for the Saturday night dinner and includes lots of fun and memories. On Friday evening starting at 4 pm until 9pm everyone is invited to meet at Victory Park. (next to PHS). We will be providing FREE pizza and soda's for everyone. Lots of FUN and it's FREE ! A Sunday morning, June 18th, everyone is encouraged to come and enjoy a buffet breakfast at the Embassy Suites starting at 7:00 AM. until 11:30 AM. The buffet breakfast is included for hotel guests. You may purchase the breakfast if you are not a hotel guest. Or just come and have a cup of coffee with us.                                                                                                                                                                               Write the check to : Clay Werts                                                                                           2212 Paseo Ct.                                                                                                                    Las Vegas NV. 89117-2758

We MUST have these questions answered.  When you send your check to me, PLEASE include a piece of paper answering these questions :

 1) Do you prefer Chicken or Salmon for your entree Saturday night.  

2) Are you going to join us Friday night at the North Woods Inn and if so how many will be with you ? 

3) Are you coming to the Saturday morning picnic at Victory Park and if so how many will be with you. (All are welcome)

4) Will you be joining us Sunday morning and if so how many will be with you?

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact us.                                           

       Clay Werts at;      claywerts@yahoo.com                                                                            Modie Katz at :     modie@srsinnovations.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


09/29/22 09:19 AM #990    

 

Patricia Frances Anthony Goff

Hi, Chris.  Please take a deep breath and think about all that's happened to us '68-ers in the last 55 years.  In case of the '23 Reunion, think of how much has changed because of the CoViD-19 pandemic.  Suddenly, in 2020, we had to do EVERYTHING differently; that includes all the businesses we might engage for Reunion festivities ('remember the 2021 Rose Parade? 'Me either).  It wasn't just auto parts stores and clothing boutiques who had to change; hotels (and the restaurants inside them) did as well.  I doff my chapeau to Clay for putting this together.  We will meet as joyfully as we can; the venue is only important if we show up and need more chairs.


09/30/22 09:35 AM #991    

Gregory Roberts

Yes and it is not the location but the people who will make this reunion a good occassion!


09/30/22 09:37 AM #992    

 

Christopher Bragdon

To Patricia, Don’t put the pandemic or politics in this.  I merely mean the old battles and competitions we dealt with back in 1968.  Sure we are in a different situation now, but please, keep this matter out, OUT of this venue.  Thank you.


10/10/22 12:15 PM #993    

 

Gary Hesse

Hey Everyone!  Just thought that I'd check in and say hello and let everyone know that PHS is still there - I'm now fully residing in Hastings Ranch, but looking forward to spending (more) time on some properties that I have just inland from Cayucos, up on the coast!  Lately I've been walking my two dogs at Victory Park in the afternoons and it brings back memories to see the PHS football team practicing on the adjacent athletic field!  Remember how full the 'Senior Parkling Lot' used to be during school hours?  Well now that the public school demographics have changed so dramatically, that lot is practically empty every day and the sidewalk in front of the gymnasium is used for pickup/drop off of students!

Looking up towards Mt. Wilson, well, it's still there - so is the smog!  What has changed on that skyline is that there are practically double the homes (estates?) visible on the edges of Sierra Madre Villa and Kinneloa Mesa.  Traffic, of course, is seen and heard during the usual times.

If anyone remembers, I brought my Mother, Dorothy, to a few of our last reunion events- she was 99+ years young and enjoyed it greatly, but unfortunately passed away 2 months later.  The following year one of my dogs developed epilepsy, so I am still a caregiver - meds every 12 hours!  I guess that we never know what our higher power has in store for us!

Look forward to seeing many of you next year back in Pasadena - we'll put in an order for some clear blue skies!


10/11/22 08:17 AM #994    

 

Modie (Martin) Katz

Gary, thanks for the update. Hope to see you on June 17 at our reunion. Keep up the good work as a care giver. It must be rewarding. 🙏🐶


10/13/22 09:46 PM #995    

 

Sherry Wenger (Wenger)

I'm not as concerned about the venue location for our 55th Reunion as I am about the lack of music (iconic) and the glaring bright lights (except during that powerpoint on the '60's) that particular establishment provides.

In lieu,  how about a live/taped connection to our former PHS teachers or groups paying tribute to those who did affect our lives? I was so thrilled at the last reunion to find out that my seatmate was also an English teacher who was inspired by Joan Bouvier and our conversation was the highlight of my night. I'll never forget being startled out of my yearlong stupor in Biology to hear that ancient, old teacher tell about drawing the navigation maps for Amelia Earhart's fateful trip, the photography teacher in the wheelchair who was shot out of plane in WWII, and even my speech teacher who hated me and sent me to the Sewing Room every week to lower the hem of my mini-skirt and will never know that she had the greatest impact on me as far as my confidence and identity.

I really appreciate these chances to mingle with peers, but let's dim the lights, play "Louie Louie" and "Light My Fire" and take a minute to remember those who put up with us: "the wildest classs we've ever hard" according to that big scary vice principal we had at Marshall Junior High. 

Keep on reporting on Pasadena, Gary!


10/14/22 08:23 AM #996    

 

Patricia Frances Anthony Goff

Thank you, Sherry, for shining the gentle light of memory on Joan's class.She pulled me up out of a well of grief then, an you're doing it now.  I hope you're on the Reunion committee; it will be so nice!  Let;s also sing "Dino's Tune"!


10/14/22 04:26 PM #997    

 

Dr. Thomas Barnes, M. D.

This venue will be great!   Same as 9 years ago, right?   Look forward to it!    Thank you Modie and Clayton and everyone else!  


10/15/22 08:42 AM #998    

 

Terry Thompson

Regarding the upcoming 55th Reunion it has occurred to me that what's important is not the place, it's the time and effort taken by each of us, inividually, to be wherever it is held.  To see, remember, and to reacquaint ourselves with people we shared even a fraction of our lives with.  And to remember...

Old Long Since.

What, you may ask?  Sorry, I referred to the literal English translation of what we know so well in Scots as Auld Lang Syne.

People the world over sing it every New Year's Eve.  Perhaps we could sing it next June and raise a cup, as suggested by poet Robert Burns 1788.

And surely ye'll be your pint-stoup!

and surely I'll be mine!

And we'll tak' a cup o'kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

 

Terry Thompson

 

 


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