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Joe Silver (Silver)

Yes I can.  The red jackets and white shirts came into being when Larry Curtis became band master in 1965, the year before our sophomore year I think that pic is from our junior year 1967.  

Clay Werts

  Your Attention Please  

There has been a change in the agenda for the P.H.S. 55th renuion. Sadly, the North Woods Inn has refused to serve us on Friday night. As many of you know we have done a dinner there every 5yrs. for the past 40 years. In the past, each person paid for their own food & drink. Their "new" policy will NOT allow us to do that. They demand a single payer and that won't work for us. I have explored other restaurants in the area with no luck. It appears that things like "customer service" and "the customer is always right" is a thing of the past. 

                                  And now the good news:                                         We are going to change/eliminate the Saturday afternoon Pizza party. We are now going to meet, Friday evening, June 16th. We will meet at Victory Park beginning at 4:00 P.M. and we will be there until  about 9 P.M. The meeting place is just north of Paloma on Atladena Dr. at the covered picnic area. Look for the P.H.S. class of 1968 banners. It will be all the pizza and chips you can eat with soft drinks & bottled water. If you have a game that the group could play, such as bean bag toss, please bring it with you. Everyone is welcome and this event is FREE.    

It's time to start sending me your money for the Saturday night dinner at Embassy Suites. PLEASE include answers to the questions I have asked. It's important !! You will find those question on my earlier post # 989 - dated  Sept. 28th 2022.  Please remember that you MUST write the check to; Clay Werts and NOT PHS reunion. 2212 Paseo Ct. Las Vegas NV 89117-2758. This is going to be a fun event so please join us. Remember, we're not going to last forever. God be with you 'til we meet again.                                                                       

Philip Denslow

Here is a revised version of our schedule and registration form, as per the changes Clay has written above.

--Phil

55th Reunion Schedule and Registration Info:

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.

Friday Afternoon June 16th starting at 4 PM, 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! (The North Woods Inn event is cancelled.)

Saturday evening June 17th, the 55th P.H.S. reunion dinner will be held on at the Embassy Suites hotel in Arcadia, 211 East Huntington Drive, 91006. 626-445-8525. Check-in begins at 5 PM.

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.

We MUST have these questions answered. When you send your check, PLEASE include answering these questions:

1. Do you prefer Chicken [ ] or Salmon [ ] for your entree Saturday night (Person one).

2. Do you prefer Chicken [ ] or Salmon [ ] for your entree Saturday night (Person two).

3. Do you prefer Chicken [ ] or Salmon [ ] for your entree Saturday night (Person three).

4. Do you prefer Chicken [ ] or Salmon [ ] for your entree Saturday night (Person four).

5. Are you going to join us Friday afternoon at Victory Park and if so how many ? 

6. Will you be joining us Sunday morning and if so how many? _______

8. Please indicate here if you are not registering for the Saturday evening reunion,

but are attending the Friday Afternoon Victory Park event, how many ___________,

and/or the Sunday morning breakfast, how many __________.

Again, the Saturday Night Reunion dinner is $90 per person, $110 per person after May 15.

Write the check to:

CLAY WERTS
2212 Paseo Ct.
Las Vegas NV. 89117-2758

(Please copy this text and put it into a doc editor and print it out.)

Thanks, and see you there!

Douglas Bray

Joe is right about the red jackets. I think the picture was taken in the fall of 1965 or 1966 based upon the band members in the first rank. Two of those, I can identify would not have been in the band in the fall of our senior year of 1967-68. In the pictures, I am at the end of the left side of the first rank. In 1967 I was the center guide.

Gary Nouskajian

Doug, you are correct. I see myself, Bev Harrigan on the bells, and Bud Ireland in the red jacket halfway back and on the right. This would have been take in the fall of 1966. We were juniors. Chris Embree would be the drum major in our senior year. I even see Joe Silver on the trumpet!

Anne Hassell (Nelson)

You all are correct. I was on drill team 1967-68, and I cannot find myself.

Anne Hassell (Nelson)

Dear Classmates, I am so thankful that my classmates give us the opportunity to come together every five years. Other classes are not so lucky. I worry that many of you will not come this June 2023. Maybe this is because of divisions within our country or the economy. A few people cannot come because they are too sick. Please pray for them.                                    Please don't let anything stop you from joining together in unity as our class of 1968. I don't want to miss seeing any of you. Personally, I am very lonely since the recent death of my husband in December. I need your smiles and hugs!                                                                If you don't attend the Saturday night dinner at the Embassy Suites, please, at least come to Victory Park on Friday 4:00 - 9:00 pm for pizza. Please RSVP about the pizza, so Clay and Modie will know how much pizza to provide.                                                                         Also, would you please message me if you are coming to the park or the dinner? I want to know who I can expect to see. I miss you all. God bless you, my PHS friends. Anne Hassell 

Joe Silver (Silver)

Leave it to Eagle Eye Gary to spot me carrying my trumpet.  I probably was to tired carrying that damn sousaphone which weighed more than I did!!  I am sorry that I won't be at our reunion this June. Heart issues will keep me from attending.  But I will be at our 60th for sure

Modie (Martin) Katz

Thank you Anne,

To All, please do register ASAP so that we can get an accurate estimate of how many people will be attending each event. It is a lot of work coordinating these events and you can help by letting us know if you are coming, and we hope you are, so that we can get name tags, enough food, and seats and tables at each venue. 
I would like to thank everyone that has helped on our planning committee and invite anyone that can join our planing for the next reunion. 
 

looking forward to seeing you All there, 

Modie

Anne Hassell (Nelson)

OK, y'all, I would love to know who is coming to the 55th reunion. Please send me a message, (not on this website) I would love to know if you are joining us for pizza at the park on Friday at 4:00 and the Saturday night dinner. I would love know who I can look forward to seeing, especially since I have to brave it alone, without my late husband. I would love to have a singles' table for all of us loners to sit together. Maybe you, too, fit into this category, and we can support one another. How brave is that for a grieving widow?!! Please come and say, "Hi," to me. I miss so many of my fellow grads.

Terry Thompson

Anne:

Kathy and I will be attending both the Victory Park Pizza and the evening events and will be sending payment today.. Please let me know if I should send it as previously asked or to you directly.

Sincerly,

Terry B. Thompson

Clay Werts

                    NEW   Announcement

We are extending the discount price for the Saturday night dinner at Embassy Suites on June 17th. The price will remain at $90.00 per person until June 1st. Please take advantage of this price. After June 1st, the price will increase to $115.00 p.p. The numbers have been less than we had hoped for. There is no assurance that there will be a 60th P.H.S. reunion so let's get together this time. Everyone is welcome to join us for FREE pizza, chips, and soft drinks at Victiory Park on Friday the 16th from 4 to 9 pm. Contact some of your old high school friends and encourage them to join us, it may be the last time. We're not going to last forever.  All checks must be sent to me and made out to "Clay Werts". Please send the checks to 2212 Paseo CT. Las Vegas NV 89117-2758. If you have any questions regarding the 55th reunion events, you are welcome to email me at claywerts@yahoo.com or just call me at 503-997-3631. Let's sing that "sturdy as a mountain lovely as the dawn" song one more time together. 

Patricia Peterson (Schulz)

I will be at the pizza dinner on Friday night and dinner Saturday night. I am excited to see everyone. Kathy Kolts Showers is coming, too. 

Anne Hassell (Nelson)

I have a request for all grads who are coming to the park on Friday. I want you all to have a name tag. If you are also coming on Saturday, bring your name tag and use it again that night. I want you all to feel comfortable recognizing each other, by using name tags, and remembering names, without having to ask and remember who is who. SOOO, please make sure you message me to let me know you are coming to the park on Friday. So far, I have received messages from Charlie Cockerill, Kathy Gleim, Rodrigo Marin, Terry and Kathy Thompson, John Nettelton, Tracy Dunning, Patricia Peterson Schultz, Kathy Kolts Showers, Frances Pampeyan, Gerald Shutman, Miles Wagner. Remember, YOU DO NOT PAY ME ANYTHING. All money must be sent to Clay. Friday is free. Thank you, Anne Hassell

Modie (Martin) Katz

And if you can remember where you put your name tag from the last reunion, bring that one with you so that Anne doesn't have to make a new one for you. 
In any case come to the reunion knowing that you will have a GREAT time but please let us know you will be there. FREE on Friday at the park, $90 sent to Clay for Saturday dinner still available till June 1..

Looking forward to see you there. 
Modie

Arlene Bennett

I will be there at Victory Park!

Stephen Knapp (Knapp)

I will not be able to attend, Iwill be in Big SUR camping with my family and celebrating 47th wedding anneversary. I hope you all have a blessed time together.

Michael Blumenfeld

Miss pizza? Not me.. See you there

Gary Nouskajian

I will be at Vivctory Park. 

Janet Bettencourt (Owens)

Anne, I will be at the park on Friday.  Thank you for all the work you guys do.

Ronald Coleman

Anne, Jean and I will not be at the park, we will be there for Saturday and we both have our 50th name tags.

Can't wait to see all my Gary hair friends

Terry Thompson

Soon as I recall what I had for breakfast, I'll work on finding the name tag...

Terry Thompson

I am married nearly 48 years to the most wonderful person in the world. And.... she has our name tags from the 50th. I am at a loss to wonder what makes her so effecient.

Robert Green

Flying in from St. Louis on Friday.... Probably won't be able to make Vivtory Park(many great baseball and post parade memories  there), but will be there Saturday.. Look forward to seeing everyone!

Michael Blumenfeld

Found my name tag. Who is that guy??