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This column begins with List of

GONE, BUT NOT FOR-GOTTEN

classmates,followed by a

list of

LOST OR STRAYED CATS.

Please study those two lists and see

if you can provide the whereabouts

of any lost souls, or advise us of the

passing of any classmates.

We’d like very much to expand the

last listing of CATS WITH KNOWN

ADDRESSES.

The current lists (as of the date shown

with each list) has been the result of

research by the MAD47 Reunion

Committee commencing a few decades ago.

Although we’ve just pulled off a

highly-successful reunion marking 60 years since graduation, it is our intent to maintain communication. Who knows? We might even think

about a 65^th! More likely we’ll be looking at the possibility of less formal gatherings on a more frequent basis, coincident with the odd-year

“ALL CLASS” coincident with Monrovia Day

weekend.

NOTE!! All Lists as of Oct 1, 2007

KNOWN DECEASED CATS 87 AS OF

0CT 1, 2007

“*” WINTER GRADS

George Thomas Akin

Josephine Alcala Hernandez

Jo Ann Andrews

*Robert Cornelius Bennett

Mitchell Berg

Betty Berry Kershner

Robert O. Billing

James V. Bonds

*Ruth Marian Bortisser

Harmon Gould Boyer

Jean Katherine Brown van Banthem

James A. Buckmeyer

Corrine “Connie” Carter

John Cassidy

Robert “Bob” Bernard Checkal

Lorna Charboneau Donaldson

Harold Gaylord Cooper

Patrick H. Cox

Roy Curtis

*Clifford Raymond Darms

Larry R. Delfosse

*Luba Rose Denburg Sandusky

Edith May Dunham Logsdon

Frank Lee Ferguson

*Jack B. Firner

Gerald York Fitzgerald

Louise Friskie Downard

Arbutus Lorene Gish Dillard

Charles Frederick Glenn

*Carol Jeanne Graham Wilcox

William James Greene

Douglas Reid Greenwald

Joseph Horwood Griffith

*Dorothy Sue Griffiths Gordon

James Raymond Griffitts, Jr.

*Joseph Spence Hall

*Ralph Cullen Hankins

Phyllis Irene Hansen Kent

Jerry Hickey

*Richard Carol Holle

*Cecil Arnette Hooks

Shirley Margaret Hooper

Charles Orin Hunt

Patricia Jameson Ross

Ila Jean Johnson Leaverenz

*Kiddson James Kidd

Billie Marie Kiefer Graves

Richard Knowles

Kenneth Walter Kunow

Joan Marie Lambert Gelert

Norbert Raymond Lamoreaux

Alan Eugene Lappin

*Robert Jack La Rouche

*Peggy Ann Lee

Ray Edwin Longfellow

Howard Boyce Mallough, Jr.

Donald Stuart Mann

Arch Maxwell

Dorothy Joan McHone

Patricia Monell Kingsley

*Wayne Ross Morisette

John B. Mullen, Jr.

Dorothy Jean Nelson Duer

Richard Nickel

Neil Yngve Nordlander

Bob Orr

*William Owens

*Grady B. Pardue, Jr.

John R. Pearson

Phyllis Lorraine Pollard Pierce

*Robert “Bob” Judson Rasey

*Jack C. Reeves

Elizabeth “Betty” Louise Relph Walker

Frank Hillis Rethlefsen, Jr.

Betty Lou Robey

*Thomas Walter Ross

Jack F. Rumer

Dorothy Schlafer Griffiths

William Earl Sheley

*Dorothy Mae Simpson

*Willa Jane Sloan

Geraldine Smith Nelson

Tom Mead Talcott

Ruth Leona Tatreau Fritsche

Kenneth Lauren Welch

*Bettye Jean White Bortisser

NO ADDRESS

84 AS OF OCT 1, 2007

“*”WINTER GRADS

*Ellen Marie Anders

Edna Mae Armstrong

Helen Mae Bailey

Harold Bauman

Erma Corine Bennett

V. Gene Bright

James Perry Brister

Harriette Ruth Brown

Frank Anderson Buchanan

Ted Carl

Billie Lea Chambers

Carol Christina Clayton

Earl William Conroy

Don Conte

John V. Covell

Peery “Petie” Crawford Kleckner

Nancy Jane Cronan Peters

*Herold Clarence Dandridge

*David Merle Davidson

Ann Elizabeth Davis

Sally Eleanor DeGroot

Vineta Kathryne Denny

Alice Lynn Doney

Francis Juanita Doran

Delores V. Duffy

Ella May Ellsworth Steele

Eileen Joyce Evarts Balue

Robert William Garvey

Glennis June Glick

William Allen Grant

Betty Jean Graves Lopez

*Jack Graves

Virginia Lee Hall

Alice Hathaway McDonald

Prudence Cynthia Hauser

Mary Kathryn Heaton

Wanda Faye Hilton

Ida Mae Hyte

John Cameron Irwin

Charles Donald Johnson

*Barbara LeVera Johnson

Byron Andrews Jolley

Shirley Jean Jolley Selby

Joanne Lamkin Ducham

Meridyth Lee Lewis Dickerson

Gwendolyn Lucile Lomison Bailey

Robert Eugene MacFarlane

Geraldine Marcella McCloney

Gloria Joyce McCullah

*Mary Magdalene McKinn

*Carolyn Jane Moore

Mary Mounsey Mullins

*Virginia May Murphy

*William Franklin Murray

Thelma Louise Nibarger

Anna Jane Nowa Dugan

Charles Christee Parrish

Barbara Lucille Peterson

Irene Louise Phillips

Ione Faye Prentice

*J.B. Roberts

Henry Albert “Rob” Robinson, Jr.

Beverly Mae Ross

*Jan Sanford Lewis

Geraldine Mae Schearer

*Donald Arthur Schroeder

Arthur D. Sedinger

William Marvin Shatto

Mary Jane Smedley

Violet Dorene Spence

Nadine Spencer Burdick

Sonya Ann Spilde Gray

*Charles Wilbur Strong, Jr.

Sharon Jean Sutton

*Vera May Swanson

*Patricia Jean Thomson

Shirley Ann Van Houten Burton

*Robert “Bob” R. Venton

*Dorothy Elizabeth Welch

William Robert Wiley

Elsie L. Williams

*Shirley Wright McKinney

Mary Eleanor Wright

Marna Zisk McNulty

150 AS OF OCT 1, 2007

“*” WINTER GRADS

John “Jack” Wilbert Abouchar

Joanne Allen Tweed

Norma Joyce Allison Sayre

*Charles Logan Anderson

*Dorothy Jean Anderson

Jeannine Elizabeth Arave Doughty

Eugene Emidio Barilotti

Arlette Joan Barnes Smith

Jeanette Arden Baylis Munsinger

Carolyn Maude Crawley Beatty Harcleroad

Forrest Richard Besocke

Jean Bills Ward

Hugh Homer Black

Vera Marie Born Ferrante

*Doris Ruth Burnett McNeil

Sarah Elizabeth Busby Elder

Shirlee Mae Caldwell Slater

Patricia Eldoris Campbell McNulty

H. Jackson “Jack” Carnine, Jr.

George Carter & Jean Adele Walters Carter

Patricia Harriett Covington Dietrich

Paul D. Crunk

Richard & Rosie (Rosenda Gracia) Davis

John Thomas deRuntz

David Richard Desmond

Daniel Theodore Deutsch,Jr.

Franklin Eugene Duryea

Shirley Jane Edwards Deeley

Lou Roy Elder

Ruth Louise Ewing Mitchell

Ferne Lorraine Fagely Petrie

Roland Bruce “Corky” Fields

Edward Donald “Don” Foster

Howard Dean Foster & Anna Mae Gross Foster

*Norman Charles Francis

Vincent Fuoco & Betty “Joan” Hall Fuoco

Donald Phillip Garcia

Norm Garrick

Oren Gorham

Nancy Furie Graham Killen

Hilton Alexander Green

James Henry Griggs

Eleanor Norma Hall Steinle

Stanley Edward Halstead, Jr.

Charlotte Elizabeth Hanley Ober

*Marylou Edith Hill Czarnecki

Charles Milton Hinshilwood

Jack Edison Hobbs

Docia Ruth Hodges Beard

Robert E. Holman

Patricia Ann Hornecker Bertness

Shirley May Howard Faust

Richard “Dick” Malcom Hughes

Betty Jo Hyskell Lamb

*Ann Lucille Jaquith Kidd

*LeRoy Martin Jirschefske

Harry C. Johnson

Loy Johnston

Masako Kawaguchi Yamamoto

Gene Kelley & Betty Ruth Fuller Kelley

Wayne Evan Kleitz

Jerry Knight

Evelyn Knoblaugh Taverner

Ann Knoblaugh Caspers

Charles Louis Knowles

Audrey Claire Kudell Foran

Donald Williams Kurtz

Cora Eltheta Lee Webb

Betty Lehey Hickey

Thomas Maurice Leonard

Joyce Lindstrom Smith

Mary Ann Lipps Gentry

Arthur Ralph Little, Jr.

Allen Harlow Lloyd, Jr.

Retty MacDonald Crocchi

Richard Earl McAbery

Robert “Bob” Marquard McClung

Margaret McLean Eikenberry

Marie Louise Meyer Whiting

Jeannine Miller Bogardus

*Lois Jean Miller Shook

Gertrude Elaine Moderow Schinnerer

Beverly Jean Montgomery Johnson

Katherine Elizabeth Moore Nelson

Henry “Hank” Morris

Mary Louise Mott

Dolores “Dee” Naggas Myers

Lillian Ann Marie Nordin Hage

Samuel “Sam” John Orchard

Willson Patterson

Luanne Evelyn Paul King

Audry Jean Pierson Bertonneau

Margaret Elizabeth Pottenger

Dorothy Jean Pottenger White

Robert Davis Powell

Phyllis Ellen Quinlan Meader

*Ronald “Ron” Dale Regan

Rosalie Esther Relph Nute

Diane Janelle Ridgeway King

*Raynetta Rollins Reed

*Lawrence Baxter Romine

Lewis “Dale” Rose

Robert Frank Roush

Marilyn Lucille Russell Spear

Kenneth Neil Sams & Ardith Anne Edwards Sams

Janet Maria Samp Sayres

Manuel “Roy” Santos

Patricia Norine Sayre Wilkes

Neil Howard Schouten

Richard “Dick” Norton Scott

Howard Milton Sears, Jr.

Lila “Doreen” Shupe Ellsworth

Vera Sible Miller

Jeanne “Betty” Sivert Nybye

*Dorothy “Dory” May Skinner Detmers

Carroll Dudley Smith

Don Smith

Wilma Darlene Stadler Robinson

*Harold “Chuck” Staff

William “Bill” Hartman Stevens, Jr.

Donald “Don” Loomis Stewart

*Walter Leslie “Corky” Strandburg

Russell Bert Suydam

Dorothy Christine Svitak Owens

Joanne Tolbert Osborne

William “Bill” Michael Taylor

Rose Tsuneishi Yamashiro

Margaret Wagner Monell

Henry “George” Wagner

Robert Lynn Walter

Geraldine Proctor Ward Asher

Inez Ione Watson Gibbons

James T. White

*Mary Ann Woehler Harrison

Marianna Wieder van Erp

Marian Elaine Wilkinson McWilliams

*Richard Albert Wilson

Howard Alton Wood

Robert Earl Woods

Willard “Bill” Mack Woodward

Barbara Arlene Worrell Rasey

*Belva Worrell Tschudy

Cecilia Zerr Long

Eula Fay Zimmerman Hacker

'47

Hank Morris '47
morris@jetlink.net

WOW!! AWESOME!! THE GREAT CLASS OF 1947 PULLED OFF A TERRIFIC WEEKEND CELEBRATING 60 YEARS SINCE OUR GRADUATION. THE MAIN EVENT WAS A LUNCHEON ON SEPT 28, 2007, SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WAS PRECEDED BY AN INFORMAL GATHERING ON FRIDAY EVENING AND ANOTHER ON SUNDAY MORNING.

IT’LL TAKE A WHILE TO GATHER UP MATERIAL TO CHRONICLE THE EPOCH EVENTS, INCLUDING PICTURES. SO, IN THE MEANTIME, I’M LEAVING ALL THE STUFF LEADING TO OUR BASH ON THE MAD47 PAGE.

PLANNING AND A DEDICATED REUNION COMMITTEE PAID OFF, JUST AS IT HAS IN OUR MANY PRIOR REUNIONS. YEAH, THE NUMBERS ARE DOWN, BUT THE ENTHUSIASM REMAINS HIGH.

SAD NOTE: OUR CLASSMATE, JACK REEVES, PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK AND HE IS NOW LISTED IN THE “GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN” IN THE LEFT COLUMN. HIS OBITUARY FROM THE PASADENA STAR NEWS FOLLOWS:

REEVES-Jack C Reeves, passed away on Sept. 17th at age 78. He was a lifelong resident of Monrovia who graduated from Monrovia Arcadia Duarte High School in 1947 having achieved ALL CIF Football Offense & Defense while attending. Jack played semi-pro football in 1949 and semi-pro roller hockey in 1960-61. Jack served in the U.S. Marine Reserves from 1944-1948 and in the U.S. Air Force from 1948-1949. He attended Pasadena City College, Glendale City College, and Brigham Young University as a walk-on for their football team. Jack was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and served in the Young Men's Organization for over 27 years. He served a mission in Chicago, Illinois from 1989 to 1991 and served with four Bishoprics in the Monrovia Ward. Jack's love of family extended far beyond those who were actually related. Everyone he cared about became family and he was known simply as "Uncle Jack". He had a passion for service and was happiest when doing for others. Jack was preceded in death by his parents, a son-in-law Roger Bram, his sisters Sylvia Moss, Helen Jones, and Geraldine Chrisinger and their spouses. He is survived by his daughter Debbie Reeves, her husband Dave Jensen, his grandson David Bram, great grand daughter Grace Logsden, brother LeGrand Reeves (Dorothy), many nieces, nephews, and close friends. A viewing will be held Thurs. Sept 20th, 6:30-8:00 P.M., Zook Mortuary, Monrovia 626-358-3244. Services n Fri Sept. 21st, 11:30 A.M. L.D.S. Church, Monrovia Ward, 532 W. Lemon Ave.

From a personal perspective, I’d known Jack since kindergarten at Wild Rose School in Monrovia. His family lived across from the school and that’s were he resided most of his life. I had been hoping to see Jack at our 60^th.

. MADITE Janet Samp Sayers sent this Frank & Ernest take on a 60^th class reunion:

Well, that sure doesn’t describe the MAD47 60^th!! We’ve got close to 60 paid-up folks trekking to our bash. We’re well-set-up to handle wheel chairs, walkers, crutches, canes …heck, maybe even gurneys! Yeah, the elevator can probably handle a gurney. Worst case we might have to use litter bearers and make our way to the second floor of the venue by stairs. The rest rooms are handicap-friendly. Can’t belly up to the bar? No problem!!

As I scribble this page on Sunday September 16 2007, we had our final Reunion Committee meeting on Thursday September 13^th and things are in place for the celebration of the 60^th year since we left the MAD. As previously reported, the formal gathering of the clan will convene at 12:30 PM on Saturday, September 29^th at the Monrovian Restaurant, corner of Myrtle and Colorado.

WHAT!!! Not a traditional evening event? How can that be? Breaking from the past and our many eventful evening affairs, we’ve taken a cue from other more senior MAD Reunions and have arranged for a luncheon! Shocked?? Well, several of our classmates also suggested the idea of a luncheon and at first glance some of us were still thinking evening, but we realize that quite a few are unable to drive, or drive at night, or are otherwise physically challenged.

A no-host warm-up will be the evening of Friday, September 28^th at Matt Denny’s Ale House and Restaurant in Arcadia on the north side of Huntington Drive to the west of Second Avenue. This event will commence at 6PM.

Another no-host event will be a get-away breakfast on Sunday morning at the Monrovian and will commence at 8:30 AM. Nah! You don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn, just pop in whenever, or at least before 11AM. You’re on your own!

All the Reunion info is on the green flyer at the bottom of this page. For those of you we’ve heard from you’ve received a copy of the flyer by snail mail.

We've had excellent snail mail and e-mail responses to our mailings, although a few cards have been undeliverable and were returned. We were working with the data base last brought up to date in 2002, so it was anticipated that some mailings would bounce. Sadly, some of those missing folks have turned up as deceased and a few have infirmities making it impossible to be with us.

We’ve been pretty successful in finding quite a few of our Lost & Strayed Cats, thanks to a few tips from families or friends, plus digging through several Internet “people search” offerings. We’d still like to add to the address data base and are asking you to check the Lost & Strayed lists in the left column. Hopefully you’ll turn up a few. If you have any information as to the whereabouts of Lost or Strayed MADCATS, please let us know. The Reunion Committee addresses are:

SNAIL MAIL

MAD CLASS OF '47, Reunion Committee, 1819 S. 7th Place

Arcadia, CA 91006

E-MAIL

MAD47WILDCATS@aol.com

This will probably be my last update for the upcoming Reunion to convene on Saturday September 29^th, but when it’s all over, I’ll try to muster up the courage to post some stuff …pictures and such… of this epoch happening.

On a final note, There may be some MADCATS ALUMNI from other than MAD 47 interested in coming to this epoch event, maybe the last of this century, so please let them know and give them the above information. Many of our classmates had friendships ...and even marriages... spanning two or three years either side of '47.

Almost forgot! Anyone want to sign up for the 65^th Reunion Committee??

Hank Morris

Ventura, CA