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Updated May 21,
2006
Final Packets in
the Mail
Final Packets
with information and forms to reserve your place at the various event venues
for our 50th year class reunion have been mailed. If
you don't receive yours, within the next week, that means we do not have your current
address. Please email your current residence address, telephone number
and email address to Jack Truher at: jmhs@truher.com.
Don't miss out on this gala celebration.
We would love to see you there! Because Royal Caribbean Cruise
Line requires payment within 120 days of the cruise date, we have a critical
time restraint on making reservations for the cruise. Please make your
reservation for the cruise directly with the travel agent within a week of
receiving your packet. Sorry about the short notice, but this was
unavoidable. Also, send in your biography to Gretchen White
Janssen. Directions on filling out the biography page you select is
included in the packet together with an envelope to mail it to
Gretchen. You may also email it to her.
Reserve August 18th through August 25th For Our 50th
Year Class Reunion Events
August 18, 2006 through August 25, 2006 has been selected as the dates for
various events planned for our 50th year
class reunion. All class members are invited to the reunion committee meetings on
the first Saturday of each month at 1:00 PM in the library a John Muir High
School.
Friday morning, August 18, we are planning a tennis and golf tournament, if there
is enough interest by our classmates. Friday evening, August 18, we are
planning a no host cocktail reception at Frank and Deans Restaurant
located on Colorado Boulevard, a block east of Rosemead. More information will follow on this planned
event. On Saturday August 19, 2006, in the morning, or early
afternoon, we are planning a group of three separate mini-reunions for those
classmates who attended Eliot, Washington and La Canada Junior High Schools.
The sites of these events have not been determined as of this
date. Saturday evening, we are planning a festive dinner and program
at the University Club in Pasadena. On Sunday morning, August 20,
2006, we are planning a lunch/brunch at Muir with the possibility of a tour
of the campus including the college/high school museum on the second floor
of Building "A".
On Monday August 21, a four day cruise to Mexico is planned, sailing from
San Pedro at 5:00 PM on Monday and returning to port at about 8:00 AM August
25. Ports of call include Avalon on Catalina Island , San Diego and
Ensenada, Mexico. The cost will be between $300 - $400 per person.
Information on all of these events, including cost, locations and proposed sites for lodging,
will be posted on this Web site and will be sent to each classmate who has
provided us with a current mailing address. We will also email this
information to all those who have posted a current email address. If
you have not posted your physical and/or email address, please do so by
contacting Jack Truher at: jmhs@truher.net
WE NEED YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS FOR OUR 50TH REUNION. PLEASE SCAN AND EMAIL A COPY OF YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS FROM JR. HIGH, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL FOR DISPLAY AT OUR 50TH REUNION. Email to muirmustang1956@ix.netcom.com
PLEASE COMPLETE A
BIOGRAPHICAL PAGE FOR INCLUSION IN OUR 50TH YEAR REUNION BOOK
You can use either of two templates. One form is structured with sub headings. You may leave blank any portion you
elect not to share. The
other is a free form for you to submit any information you wish to have included in our
reunion book.
Both book quality blank forms will be mailed to you with our first reunion
mailing. Please, don't forget to provide your photograph with either form you select.
When completed, please email or mail to Gretchen White Janssen at: Gretchen.Janssen@verizon.net
as soon as possible
so we may have enough time to prepare the book for our 50th reunion. You
can email Gretchen for an address to mail your biography.
Sample Free Form Keith LaMotte
A
New Mark Helbling
Poem
A new
year metaphor of constellations dance across the night sky for the glory of our alma mater; John Muir
High School shines eternal.
Click
Here for Mark's
Poem
In
Memoriam
Dennis R. Jones
I am saddened to
report that Dennis R. Jones passed away about ten years ago. I have
been informed by Sandra Harp, his step-sister who attended PHS, Class of 1956.
Maria Manetta's Biography Click Here for Maria's Biography
Carolyn Weber
Carolyn Weber
McFarland checked in. She owns a restaurant at Blue Diamond Marina and Resort on beautiful Priest Lake, Idaho
Check out her website at http://www.bluediamondmarina.com
Muir Mustangs defeat PHS Bulldogs in Turkey Tussle The Mustangs rolled over PHS 37 - 15 in the annual Turkey Tussle held November 10, 2005 at the Rose Bowl. For a recap of the game and photographs go to http://www.johnmuiralumni.org/tussle_2005.htm
A Day At The Races For All John Muir Alumni The John Muir High
School Alumni Association has scheduled the Second
Annual Day At The Races
at Santa Anita Park
on February 18, 2006. For ticket information go
to the JMHSAA Web site at: http://www.johnmuiralumni.org/
The John Muir High School Alumni Association is Now Online
The John Muir High
School Alumni Association Web site is up and running.
The association was formed to bring all Muir Alumni together to support the
academic and extracurricular programs and student activities at Muir.
To access this site go to: www.johnmuiralumni.org
Visit Your John Muir High School Alumni Association Office at Muir The John Muir High
School Alumni Association has opened an office in Room A-208 at John Muir
High School.
More information will be posted shortly.
A Letter from Keith Smith
Keith Smith shares an
encounter with Polish High School
students in Southern Poland and his thoughts about the
Class of 1956 and the upcoming 50th reunion in 2006
Click here
for the link on the Alumni Forum
A Poem From
Doug Cox
Solon Spirit of October
-- "Harvest Moon"
Click here for link to poem
Some
Things Never Change
Bea Findlay
still strutting her stuff!!
Click here for photographs
A Poem From
Doug Cox
Doug's prose on the
magic of Summer
Click here for link to poem
A Poem From Mark Helbling
Mark's pen
spawns nostalgic
memories.
Click here for link to poem
In
Memoriam
Philip Singer
Charlie Bradford sadly reports the passing of Phil Singer, our ASB President
for the spring semester.
In
Memoriam
William Terrell
Sue Willis, widow of
Classmate Bobby Willis reports that Bill Terrell passed away the same year as Bobby, 1993.
He lived in Modesto, California with his wife Shirley.
NEW
PRINCIPAL AT MUIR
Dr.
Daniel
Webb has been selected to be the new principal at John Muir High School.
Click
here for link to article
Cliff Anderson lectures on "Spies, Saboteurs and Rumors" Cliff's lectures focus on stories of espionage before and during World War II.Click here for link to article
John Kerr
Outlines His Racing ScheduleJohn
Kerr races the circuit in his '32 Miller-Ford.Click here
for racing schedule and photographs
Memorial Page For
Dale Beernick Jack Truher
honors the memory of Dale Beernick, our Class Valedictorian.
Click here for link
to Memoirs
Graduation
Program, June 14, 1956
Jack Truher sent
a copy of the Graduation Program for Pasadena Schools, held June 14, 1956 to
the Class Web site.
Click
here Graduation Program
Class of
1955 Planning Joint 50th Reunion with Pasadena High School
Click
here for Description of Reunion Events
In Memoriam
Michael Hallinan
1938 - 2004
Click here for link to Memoirs
Nancy Shire Checked In
Nancy Shire e-mailed
our Web site and requested to be removed from the "Missing Classmates"
roster.
Please welcome this stray
Mustang back to the John Muir
corral!! Click
here to read Nancy's e-mail
A Labor Day Poem by Doug Cox
An
Independence Day Poem by
Doug Cox
Click here for link
to Poem
Frank Carrard Steps Down as IOC Director General
Molly and Neal Brockmeyer noticed
the following article about Fank Carrard (Class of '56)
written by Alan
Abrahamson for the Los Angeles Times:
"A colonel on the general staff of the Swiss Defense ministry has been appointed the new director general of the International Olympic Committee, the IOC announced Tuesday.
Urs Lacotte, 49, succeeds Francois Carrard, who has held the job -- the head of the professional staff at IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland -- since 1989.
Carrard has held the IOC job on a part-time basis; he is a Swiss lawyer who also is involved with several businesses and serves as head of the word-famous jazz festival each summer in Montreaux. Under a restructuring by IOC President Jacques Rogge, the director general will be a full-time position.Carrard declined to take the IOC job full time. He will remain with the IOC as a senior advisor to Rogge . . . ."
In Memoriam
Dewey Terry
1937 - 2003
Click here for link to Memoirs
In Memoriam
Robert Roginson
1938 - 1975
Click
here for link to Memoirs
The
History of John Muir
The Golden Years 1954-1985
Bob Barnes, John
Muir High School Hall of Fame inductee from the Class of 1956 wrote an
informative article about Muir from an insiders perspective.
Click here for link to
article
Bea Findlay and
the GAA Girls
Bea FIndlay and
the John Muir High School GAA girls re-nuite every two years.
Click here for link to photographs
In Memoriam
Judy Ferguson
1938 - 2002
Click here for
link to Memoirs
Click
here for Judy's Photographic Memorial Page
A
Valentine's Day Poem by
Doug Cox
Click
here for link to poem
A Holiday Poem by Doug Cox Click here for Link to Poem
A Thanksgiving Day Poem by
Doug Cox Click
here for Link to Poem
John Muir and Friends,
by Cliff Anderson An
article by Cliff Anderson briefly contrasting the personality and lifestyle
of John Muir with a few contemporaries.
Click here for Link to
Article
A Veteran's Day Poem by
Doug Cox
Doug Cox memorializes
every holiday with a poem. His latest work, "Secret
Soldiers," is a tribute to our veterans.
Click here for Link to
Poem
Cliff Anderson's
Biography
Click Here for
Cliff's Biography
In Memoriam
Kathryn Gardner
1938-2002
Click here for Link to Memoirs
Classmates
Reunite For Dinner
Scott and
Linda (Scofield) Silverthorne, Lois (Rothschild) Evezich, Aileen (Harbison)
Skinner and Ron Norick met for dinner in Laguna Hills.
Kim
Crawford and Eddie Moses
Kim Crawford and
Wife Linda with Eddie Moses at "Frank and Deans."
Click Here for photograph.
In
Memoriam
Ned Joyce
Classmates Remember Ned Joyce
Poems by Douglas A. Cox Doug Cox
shares his creative talent by writing poems commemorating our National
Holidays. With his permission, they are
reproduced.
The
Living Years --
Father's Day
Lights across a
Field --
Labor Day
Secret
Soldiers
-- Veteran's Day
Thankskeeping --
Thanksgiving Day
In
Memoriam
Brenda Borchgrevink
Vacca
Snow in
Pasadena 1949: A Note From Don Eckhart
I hope you like snow in Pasadena,
California.
My name is Don Eckhart. I lived at 1766 Mentone Avenue in 1949.
I have a picture of the snowfall taken January 1949 at 1766 Mentone Avenue.
In 1953/54 I attended Washington Junior High School and attended John Muir
in 1955. I graduated from Mifflin High School in Columbus, Ohio in
1956 then went into the Marine Corp from 1956-1960.
I married in 1962 and had one and only one child in 1963. I got divorced and remarried again in 1975.
Divorced again in 1989 and I'm still single. For 25 years I worked for the
Chesapeak and Ohio Rwy, latter C&O/B&O then Chessie then CSX.
I'm retired and having more money now than I ever had and enjoying the time.
Hope everyone else is also.
Click here for
photo
Don Eckhart
ecky1938@yahoo.com
Webmaster Note: On January 11, 1949 Los Angeles Unified School District declared its one and only Snow Day, dismissing
classes. The Pasadena Independent Star-News referred to it as the Great Pasadena Blizzard.
Three
Muir Co-eds Reunite in Orange County
Carol Finke,
Aileen Harbison and Lois Rothschild reunite for dinner at Orange County
restaurant.
Click Here
In
Memoriam
Jim Friday
The Monterey Peninsula Herald reported the passing of Classmate Jim Friday.
Full text of the article
Jim (Kimo)
Carr and Keith Dinsmoor in Paradise
Jim Carr and
Keith Dinsmoor, both residents of Maui in the Hawaiian Islands reunited for
the first time since graduating from Muir in 1956. Jim is retired and
Keith is semi-retired, but host of a most beautiful Bed and Breakfast
vacation getaway. See Jim and Keith's
biography. Photo: Jim
and Keith
In
Memoriam
Edward Mooney
John Muir
High School Alumni Day at Santa Anita Race Track
Read an
entertaining article written by Lois Rothschild about the John Muir High School Alumni Day at Santa
Anita Race Track, held March 23, 2002. Photographic links at the
end of the article.
"Molly Busch Brockmeyer once said there was something special about our
high school graduating class. We are the only class out of John Muir High
School who . . ." Full
Text of Article
La
CaŅada Junior High School
Molly (Busch) Brockmeyer wrote a brief
history of La
CaŅada Junior High School. To view the photographs, click on the
Photographic Synopsis at the end of the article.
"La Canada Jr. High School opened in 1950.
We were the first class to enter as 7th graders, and we
were known as ģthe first four year graduating class .
. . " Full
Text of Article
Photographs
of Past Class of 1956 Reunions
Do you have any
photographs of past class reunions? If so, and would like to share
them with the class, please email to muirmustang1956@ix.netcom.com
Mark Helbling's
Poem
Mark
Helbling wrote a poem immediately following our Fortieth Year Reunion, held
September 21, 1996. The structures of our lives have taken many forms and we
have chosen to walk along paths that seldom cross. This poem
beautifully expresses one such crossing.
Looking forward with eagerness, Mark has written another poem, to
commemorate our 50th year reunion, scheduled for 2006. In the
spirit of this poetic lyricism, let us all resolve to unleash the youth that
remains within us and attend this reunion so we may celebrate together, a
special milestone in our lives.
Mark
Helbling's 40th Year Poem
Mark Helbling's 50th Year Poem
Alumni
Forum
The Alumni
Forum is
dedicated for use by Muir alumni who wish to send an open letter to the
class, or express an opinion or sound-off about anything. Please
submit all text by email to: muirmustang1956@ix.netcom.com
and address it to "John Muir Class of 1956."
Take a
Photographic Tour of EliotEddie Moses
attended Eliot Junior High School, (now called Eliot Middle School), from
September 1950 through June 1954. In August 2001, some fifty years later, he took a
nostalgic tour of his old school with his camera. He describes what he
saw and how he felt, and sprinkled into his narrative many photographs with
an occasional scan from the old yearbook.
Photographic Tour of Eliot
Want to contact another Classmate?
Other than your
email address, personal information contained on the Classmate
Questionnaire is kept confidential by the reunion committee. If you
want to contact a classmate who has no email address, please submit your request
to muirmustang1956@ix.netcom.com
and we will forward your request to the classmate.
Roster
Questionnaire
In order to keep track of our class members in a more efficient manner, it is respectfully requested that each classmate fill out a Class of 1956 Roster Questionnaire. At the present time, you will need to download ( or copy - cut - paste) the questionnaire onto your word processor, fill out as much information as possible then email it to muirmustang1956@ix.netcom.com or print a hard copy and mail to Ed Moses, Post Office Box 2009, Fullerton, CA 92833.
John
Muir High School Web sites:
John Muir High School Alumni Association: www.johnmuiralumni.org
Classes
John Muir Class of 1955 http://www.web.doktors.com/muir55/index.html
John Muir Class of 1956 http://www.johnmuiralumni56.com
John Muir Class of 1961 http://www.geocities.com/johnmuir61/
John Muir Class of 1967 http://www.JMHS67.COM/
John Muir Class of 1970 http://www.jmhs70.org/
John Muir Class of 1972 http://www.jmhs72.com/
John Muir Class of 1973 http://www.muirhigh73reunion.com/
John Muir Class of 1976 http://www.geocities.com/johnmuir76/
John Muir Class of 1990 (New Web address unknown at the present
time)
John Muir High School Web site
Visit the John Muir High School web site sponsored by the Pasadena Unified School District: http://www.pasadena.k12.ca.us/schools/muir/home.shtml
Pasadena
City College Web site
Visit the Pasadena
City College web site at http://www.paccd.cc.ca.us/
