Link to more banquet pictures: More50thBanquet.html
Hot link to the Biography page:
http://fuhs53.homestead.com/ClassmatesBiog.html
There's a picture of Al Vanbeenen in the group from Birdie.
There's a picture of Hugh Hill in the group of pictures sent me by Birdie's husband. Link: More50thBanquet
There's a picture of Barbara Richards Lae  in the group that Birdie Wolfe Rice's husband sent. Link: More50thBanquet
FUHS CLASS OF 1953's 50th REUNION BANQUET

April 26, 2003
The 50th reunion banquet was held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Brea. There were about 85 classmates who attended (140 or so with their guests included). A memory book will be mailed to those attending that will contain professional pictures of the classmates and their significant others and addresses and e-mail addresses for those who agreed to have them printed. Unforgettable Reunions handled the arrangements. They said that this was the first reunion they had ever had where there were no "No Shows". (We even had 3 "Walk-Ins".) 
An envelope containing responses to the questionairres that were mailed out to the classmates, a memorial page (with too many faces), and pages with information about web sites of importance to FUHS and to our class in particular and information about the yearly all-class Pow Wow luncheon was given to each classmate at the sign-in table. Some people left these behind and lost a valuable resource. I will be happy to make copies of mine for those who would like one, but it's going to cost you some bucks (There are about 20 pages, but I don't know the cost of the postage for an over-sized envelope. I think $5 should cover it, but I am continually surprised at the prices these days. E-mail me at CVanHorn@pacbell.net)

These first pictures were taken by my son Peter Stafford Van Horn with a digital camera so we could get something uploaded quickly. Hopefully, there will be lots of other pictures given to me and to Earl Gibson (the web master for the class) that will be available to see later. I am going to put these first pictures in alphabetical order by last names.  Look for the ladies under thier maiden names. There are some people he didn't get and I am hoping that pictures of these people especially will be sent to me.
There are too many pictures of me as a lot of people wanted me to suffer along with them. Ignore that side of the picture and try not to be amazed at the variety of bad expressions one lady can get on her face.
The pictures will take a while to load as I like big pictures that I can see, so multi-task- go wash a dish or mow a lawn while the pictures are loading.
A video was made and all classmates on my database will be receiving information on how to get one. I made a real effort to get people to do individual interviews so that the classmates who couldn't attend might have an opportunity to see their friends.
Connie Stafford Van Horn and Eula Allee Reed
Reunion Committee (Hugh Hill missing- still talking somewhere)
Dick Foster, Ted Sullivan, Terry O'Brien
Connie Stafford Van Horn, Pat Vierra Mitchell, Janet Ray Bridgford, Cynthia Johnson Foster, Lovice Chism MacKay
I am going to under-line the maiden names so you will remember to look for the girls under their maiden name.
Dick Foster opened the unearthed time capsule that our class had buried at the time of graduation. It contained a scroll with our names. He asked for suggestions for what to put in it before it was re-buried so he wouldn't get the complaints when we dig it up again at the 100th reunion.
Barbara Allen Stewart
Shirley McFarland Tardie, Marlene Anson Conrad and daughter Wanda
Mary Ann Bauerlein Kraemer, Roberta Claypool Calder
Shirley Blose Hackathorn
Joan Borden Knudsen
Allan Bridgford and Janet Ray Bridgford
Warren Bullis (who has taken so many photos at the reunions for us)
Roger Butler and wife Donna who takes all the wonderful pictures for us at all the reunion events
Roberta Claypool's picture is with Mary Ann Bauerlein above.
Pat Collar Shook
Gordon Crilly and wife Rosemary
Danny Doss
Anna Mae King Gerola and Dorothy Dukes Burkhart
Dorothy Dukes Burkhart and Bob Proud
Virginia Goble Osborne
Burt Falk (Burt's biography is on my Biography page)
Bob Field, Dave Walters, Denny Proud, Bob's wife
Dick Foster, Cynthia Johnson Foster, Gary Minnis
Charlie Hass and Shirley Foster Hass
Anita Mills Johnson and Gail Huebert Chaney
Vonnie Johnson
Gene Jones Matthews (I tease Gene that he is the only guy that I have in the class database with a "maiden" name.)
Sally Jones Canning (Sally has a biography on my Biography page with more pictures.)
Anna Mae King's picture is up with Dorothy Dukes.
Lois Kinietz Wise (Lois graduated early with the class of '52, but we are not about to let go of a classmate just because she's "Wise".)
Don Kraemer, Mary Ann Bauerlein Kraemer, Ray Moreno
Birdie Wolfe Rice and Shirley McConaughy Ranabauer
Anita Mills Johnson
Dick Foster and Gary Minnis
Ray Moreno
Pierre Nicolas
Terry O'Brien (Terry's biography is on my Biography page.)
Arlene Ortega Stewart
Arlene Ortega Stewart and Anita Mills Johnson
Denny Proud
Lois Putman Givens
Don Reynolds
Joe Reynoso
There's a picture of Barbara Richards Lae  in the group that Birdie Wolfe Rice's husband sent. Link: More50thBanquet
There's a picture of Art Schade  in the group from Birdie's husband.
There's a picture of Hugh Hill in the group of pictures sent me by Birdie's husband. Link: More50thBanquet
Ruthelma Schrote Jackson and Cynthia Johnson Foster
Earlene Skelton Boyd and Duane (Hopefully, they will send me a copy of the family picture that I can put on the website. I tried to blow up this picture, but there was glare on the glass.)
Betty Sims Pieson  It was her birthday. Betty came to FUHS in her Junior year so she was happily surprised when she found some people who remembered her. We have been e-mailing a lot so she wanted a picture of us together. We got 2 for "just in case".
The birthday girl gets some cake.
Francis Strickland Goode
Edgar Strickland
Don Taylor
Art Takido '52 came to see his football buddies.
Jerry Vanderzyl
Pat Vierra Mitchell
Tracy Mitchell Krause FUHS '82 and her mother (Tracy did a lot of computer work for this reunion and sold raffle tickets during the banquet. I think she should also have picked the winners as I heard that 2 of the 3 pickers got his own number! )
Mary Waldron Apte, Connie and Shirley Foster Hass
Dave Walters
Will Walti and Toni Weidel Walti '84
Birdie Wolfe Rice was in the picture with Shirley McConaughy and is in lots of pictures that her husband sent me.
There's a picture of Al Vanbeenen in the group from Birdie.
Jack Woods
La Habra Kids (where's Patti Quist?)
Susie Weisel Pillsbury, Mary Waldron Apte, Nancy Brumley Helser, Ruthelma Schrote Jackson, Charlie Hass
(I have a biography of Susie on my Biography page.)
Hot link to the Biography page:
http://fuhs53.homestead.com/ClassmatesBiog.html
Theo Dwinell
You can capture any picture by RIGHT-clicking it and saving it.
My son Peter didn't leave the King Tut statue empty-handed.
He is now in the class of 1953 (BC).
(We will probably be hearing about the rowdy senior citizens from the class of '53.)
Link to more banquet pictures: More50thBanquet.html