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A Note to our Class from Cheri (Cher) Burges Bonilla:
I wrote "The Phantasies of Arnold Price" in my twenties when, in protest against the Vietnam War and civil rights issues, I left the U.S. for almosst four years to live and travel in Europe, Morocco, (and eventually in the Ozark mountains of Arkansas.)  Fifty plus years later I resurrected the manuscript, edited, etc and self-published it through Amazon.

BOOK OVERVIEW:
It's 1969.  Arnold Price leaves his secure, middle-class life in LA in search of 'truth'.  He travels from LA to San Francisco, tries to enter Mexico, hitchhikes on Route 66 to New York and from there to Spain, Morocco, Istanbul, Tibet, returning to the U.S., going across the country with friends in a drive-away car back to California.  The characters and experiences are based on experienes and people I met and knew during this time.  This is a satire of hippie life written in a style varying from fairly realistic to dream/drug-like scenes.  The chapter headings evoke the spirit of the quest and experience.

CONGRATULATIONS CHER ON THIS WONDERFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT...........FROM YOUR FRIENDS AT FUHS

BILL BROWN
April 3, 1946 - June 2024

Sometimes people come into our hearts that make us smile when we think about them.  Bill Brown is just one of those people.  He always had a bright outlook on life and something funny to say. 

I was recently notified that Bill passed away this month and no details are available at this time.  He has a son, Billy and a Sister, that both live in Hawaii.  He lost his beloved wife, Beth in 2022.  The photo of Bill and Beth above was taken at our "50th" Reunion and I have never seen Bill happier.  After many years of being single, he fell in love, they married and moved to Rathdrum (Twin Lakes Village) in Idaho.

I welcome you all to go the the Memory page, find Bill's name and write your favorite memories of him.

He accomplished many things in his life and was an amazing person.  In 2022 Bill and his son, Billy were inducted into the FUHS Wall of Fame.  If you would like to read about all of Bill's lifetime accomplishments, please "CLICK HERE"

You will be missed more than you could ever know Bill.  We all love you.  You were a "Ray of Sunshine" for all who knew you.

Hi Class of 1964..........Many of you have been asking me if we are going to have a "60th" Reunion this year.  I wish I had a definite answer for you all, but I don't.  I have not been notified by the current Reunion Committee of their plans.  Your Reunion Committee is Virginia Robles, Peggy Cunningham and Kathy Sherrill.  I would suggest that you send them a message using our website, unless you have their personal emails or use Faceook.  Marbry Ramsey may still be on the Committee also.
Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Paula Hunter February 24, 1947 - February 6, 2024

We all remember Paula as a girl full of energy and very bright.  She was the Master of Ceremonies at several of our Reunions, and she always knew what to say with basically no script. Paula had a very interesting adult life.  She was independent, very creative and mostly worked alone.  She traveled extensively (take a look at her profile comments she wrote.)
Susan (Sammee) Berlowe reconnected with Paula at Donnie Wodstrchill's memorial service and they had a special friendship for the last several years.  She has passed this information on to us:  Paula has spent the last few years in a Memory Care Facility where she fell and never recovered.  Paula's sister said there would be no memorial service.

RIP our precious Paula.

Dawn Turner (Shapiro)  March 21, 1946 - January 23, 2024

Dawn passed away in Appleton, WI. after a prolonged illness.  She is survived by 2 sons, 4 grandchildren and her sister, Cathy.
Gail Eisenhart (Belytschko) was her close friend growing up in Fullerton and they had remained friends for decades.  Both became Midwesterners.
Gail has forwarded some personal information to us regarding Dawn's life after high school.   Please visit Dawn's Memory Page to view it.

Many blessings for peace to Dawn's family

January 23, 1947-January 24, 2024

It is with great sadness that I am letting you  know that our friend and classmate, Terry Amick has passed away in Phoenix Arizona. Terry passed away on January 24, 2024 after being diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer.  He leaves behind his wife, Julie. (At this time I do not have any information on Terry's family members). 

Terry was very well liked by all that knew him. He participated from time to time in the Old Guys Lunch Bunch who meet monthly. 

Our 1964 FUHS Class sends Blessings for comfort to Terry's family.

Thank you to Steve Maurer for forwarding this information to us.

Message from Dennis Reed

Hi Everyone,
June Harwood was a friend and colleague at LA Valley College, and I am honored to manage her estate. I hope that you will join me for this retrospective of her work (and a smaller show related to Hard-Edge painting) at the Benton Museum of Art. A hardbound book on June’s life and art, which I edited, will be available at the exhibition. Also, she will be featured in a multi-page article in the September/October issue of Arts & Antiques.

Thank you to Virginia Robles for sending us this memorable clip of the early sixties Harmony Park Ballroom, featuring Dick Dale.  Enjoy and remember those great days!  Click on the link to view.

http://yellowrat.blogspot.com/2018/05/teen-beat-and-all-night-long-at-harmony.html 

Classmates:  Enjoy the following story and photo that Bob Middleton sent for you all to enjoy. I, personally, think YOU ALL LOOK GREAT!!  Keep doing whatever you're doing.

For the fellow classmates from the graduating class of 1964, I wanted to let you know that these four menaces of society are still upright and kicking, even though at a much slower pace than years past.  If you don't recognize these fellow classmates after 58 years, they are, from left to right, Craig Painter, Steve Christman, Bob Middleton and Mike LaMarche.  We all live on the Central Coast with Craig and Bob living in Carmel Valley while Steve and Mike live in Santa Cruz.  Besides the normal ailments such as Knee replacements, lung cancer, hip replacements and heart valve surgery, just to mention a few, we almost feel as spry as we did in high school.  (Ha, Ha)  We make sure we have lunch together at least once every three months so someone can brag about his most recent surgery.  As Steve said, in our youth, our conversations would be mostly about the "young ladies", cars and sports.  Today, all we talk about are different ailments we tolerate such as neck, shoulder and back pain, constipation, how long of a nap we take each day and the difficulty of just getting out of bed each morning.  What can I say.  I am sure we are not alone with these conditions. (Are we?)  At least we have so far mostly defied gravity and are still standing, even though it might be for just a few hours a day before, once again,  gravity takes over and back to our favorite recliner we go.  Isn't getting older GREAT!!??

Thank you to Claire (Heyworth) Towle for sending this photo of the Class of 1962, 60th Reunion.  It was held on August 24th, 2022 at Alta Vista Country Club.  Her husband, Dennis Towle is in this class.

As most of you know by now, it is unanimous amongst our FUHS Class of 1964, that you would like the site to continue indefinitely.  Thanks to the generous contributions from the following Classmates, I will renew the Website for 5 more years in October. A sincere "Thank You" to everyone who responded to my email.

Bruce Reno
Claire (Heyworth) Towle
Cheryl (Crispino) Gill
Dee (Unverferth) Fisher
Dennis Reed
Ernie Manuel
John Snow
Kathy (Dever) Snell
Kathy (Sherrill) Kirlin
Linda (Switzer) Clopton
Ron Romo
Gail (Wymer) Melanio

"Lunch with Beth (Kinney) Berndt & Claire (Heyworth) Towle".
Beth and Claire meet often for lunch and welcome anyone who would like to join them to contact either of them through our website.

June 2022

FUHS Guys (along with Anaheim High, Western High & LaHabra High), attending  The Leon Owen's Golf Tournament and Dinner.  It is an event that literally changes lives.  Bill Darke (class of 65) organized this group's attendance. Guys in the photo from FUHS are; Ron Romo, Ted Owens, Billy Vasquez, Jeff Layton, (Chuck Torrez, Bill Darke, Bill Bales class of 1965) and Tom Darke.

Robert Edward Bethel
April 19, 1946 - January 23, 2022

Sadley, another classmate has recently passed.  For those of us that attended our 50th Reunion, we were fortunate to see Bob and his wife, Jean. We all wish Bob's Family peace during this difficult time.

"Obituary"

Scott Clinton Haith
September 11, 1946 - August 10, 2021

I am so sorry that I do not know the details of Scott's passing.  Scott's passing is very personal to me.  He was my FUHS Marching Partner and we remained long distance friends well into our senior years.  After making numerous e-mail attempts to contact him with no reply, I felt that something was terribly wrong. After some research, I learned that Scott had passed away.
Things that I know about Scott:  He lived on a ranch in Caliente, California and loved it.  It was his childhood dream to own a ranch.  He loved animals, especially his dogs and horses. (if you look at his profile on this site, you will see some of the photos he posted reflecting his life).  Scott was a Christian and when he lost his son a number of years back, his faith deepened, trying to understand.  Soon after his son passed, his daughter gave him twin granddaughters  which he adored. ( Take a look at the adorable photos he posted on his profile of them).  He was a proud Grandpa.  Scott was also an avid motorcycle rider, taking very long trips with his lawyer motorcycle group.  He was an accomplished lawyer in Valencia California well into his senior years.
My personal feelings are that Scott had a wonderful life.  He was successful in business and living the life he wanted and loved and had a loving family.
I will miss hearing about his "next motorcycle adventure", but I know he is smiling down on all his FUHS Classmates. 
Rest in Peace Dear Friend

AMAZINGLY, WE ALL LIVE WITHIN MINUTES
OF EACH OTHER.
WE ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME REMINISCING ABOUT THE OLD DAYS AT FUHS AND DISCOVERING ALL THE FUN THINGS THERE ARE TO DO IN IDAHO. 
(L to R):  Phyllis Taylor, Cindy Edmiston,
Donna Stemple, Judy Vediner, Tracey Hanson        

Well folks, the 55th Reunion is over and it was a tremendous success.  It was smaller than some of our other reunions, but this gave us a chance to really sit down and visit with everyone.  The food was great and the set up was unique.  Our reception/appetizer/bar area was in the middle of the Embassy Suites on the main floor, with our dinner area in a separate room to the left and dancing and photo booth in a separate room to the right. Once again Diana decorated in her usual beautiful style with so many memories to look at and enjoy.  There were a few classmates that attended for the first time since our Graduation.  The DJ played a great selection of music and some danced the night away.  It was nice to have the Bar and Reception in a separate area from the Music, so we could visit without having to shout.

Thank you to Virginia, Mabry, Peggy and Kathy for making our "55th" a very special and memorable one.

1) The bandage was wound around the wound.
2) The farm was used to produce produce.
3) The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
4) We must polish the Polish furniture..
5) He could lead if he would get the lead out
6) The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert.
7) Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
8) A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
9) When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
10) I did not object to the object.
11) The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
12) There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
13) They were too close to the door to close it.
14) The buck does funny things when the does are present.
15) A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
16) To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
17) The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
18) Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
19) I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
20) How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

Let's face it - English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant, nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren't invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are animal organs .. We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.

And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth, beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So one moose, 2 meese? One index, 2 indices? Doesn't it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?

If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the English speakers should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane. In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell?  How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out , and in which an alarm goes off by going on.

English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

AND...... - Why doesn't 'Buick' rhyme with 'quick'?

"GOING FORWARD"

Thanks to the generous donations received from our Classmates listed below, we will be able to enjoy this website, dedicated to the FUHS Class of 1964 only, through the year 2022..  Thank you to all!

"DONATIONS"

Thank You to these classmates for their
generous gifts:

Ernie Manuel
Paula Hunter
Jan (Weaver) Ousdahl
Tracey (Hanson) Janssen
Cheryl (Crispino) Gill
Diana (Pietrowski) Enright
Dennis & Phyllis Wells
Susan (Crawford) Blackburn
Sally (Crawford) Rossiter
Ron Romo
John Snow (2 gifts)
The "Kids" From Yorba Linda
Richard  "Dick" Tedesco
John Snell
Chris Daniel
Len Renick
RJ Smith
Dennis Reed
Richard Brubaker
Denise Luse

By the way........once you have signed in, you have the option of sending an email or message to a classmate directly from their profiles.  You can also post comments on their profiles and leave rememberances of our departed classmates on the Memory Page

 FUHS ALMA MATER

Written by Lilah Esmay in 1912

We are proud of all thy prowess, Fullerton,

And we thy colors bravely bear.

We will be thy loyal subjects ever;

Joy and grief we alike will with thee share.