Connie Stafford Van Horn Freshman year at FJC Graduated as English major from Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill Feb '57 Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Married Wade Stinebaugh May, 1957 Taught 7th grade English/ Social Studies at Orange Jr High and Yorba Jr High Taught 7th grade English at Wilshire Jr High with our old teachers Miss Bush gave approval on some dresses I made for work. (She had given me the only "D" I ever earned.) Taught 7th grade English at Ladera Vista Jr High the year the school opened Divorced Married Bill Van Horn December, 1962 Taught 12th grade English at Bolsa Grande HS, Garden Grove Husband in Air Force and we were stationed in Mississippi, Texas and Puerto Rico Son #1 born at Keesler AFB, Mississippi 1964 Peter Stafford Van Horn Son #2 born at Carswell AFB, Texas 1965 Christopher William Van Horn Quit teaching after the boys were born until they went to high school Studied computers and taught COBOL and other computer courses part time at Saddleback College, Santa Ana College, Orange Park Acres College, Irvine Valley College and CSUF (still at Irvine Valley College helping students, one on one, in the computer lab, but the reduction in junior college classes being offered next year may end all this "Old teachers never die: they just lose their class.") Hobbies: Gardening, Reading, TV (I'm addicted to BBC), and cats |
Bart Cotton has biographical information on his company's web page. When Bart's web page loads, click on the "About Us" button on the top of the page and then on "Management" at the left side of the page to see his bio. The hot link is http://www.datapowermonitoring.com/ |
FUHS '53 Classmates' Biographies |
These are in no order. I have uploaded them in the order that I found them, but I thought our Senior class president should be first. |
Burt and Susie's biographies are from a Stanford alumni book. |
Terry's biography was for a BYU alumni book. |
Bart Cotton has biographical information on his company's web page. When Bart's web page loads, click on the "About Us" button on the top of the page and then on "Management" at the left side of the page to see his bio. The hot link is http://www.datapowermonitoring.com/ |
Bill Graham's wife, Waldie, gave us this information to share with his friends. Bill moved to Placerville in 1977 with his first wife, Alma Furgerson Graham. Alma died in 1989. Bill is one of the few citrus farmers in the Placerville area. He learned citrus farming from his father, William John Graham at an early age when he lived in La Habra California. We live the "Good Life" on 65 acres in the Mother Lode area of California. We are just 3 miles from Coloma where Gold was discovered in 1848 and started the California Gold rush. We were married in 1991 and built our home on top of Gold Hill in Placerville. We have no smog or no fog like Southern California. Something else interesting about Bill. He still has the 1930 Model A coupe he drove to Fullerton High School which he bought from his sister in 1953. He has his Dad's 1931 Model AA truck that his father bought new in Whittier in 1931. His Father was a lemon and orange farmer in La Habra and they used the truck to haul the fruit to the packing house.We belong to the Model A Ford Club of America which has its headquarters in LA Habra. Bill has another hobby of collecting Graham cars. He has two 1931 sedans and a 1937 Graham Supercharger sedan which he is working on now. Bill also has a 1931 Helms Bakery coach. We bought it last year and it is in good shape. We have had it in a few parades and people love to see it. We have heard all the stories of how kids chased the Helms truck to get a free cookie, how they can smell the cream pie from looking at the truck, etc. Waldie Graham |
He sent me this picture with Tom Shockley '52 when they met over in Hawaii recently. Bart is on the right. |
Waldie and Bill at Thomas Jefferson's home |
If you print out the truck below and paste it on cardboard, you can make your own toy. |
ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRE (filled out for the 50th reunion of the Class of '53) Sally Jones Canning, crazyhalo@aol.com 1. My last occupation was Vice President of Fullerton Mortgage. A position I held for twenty years. 2. My best memory of FUHS was the cold 10 cent apples from the fruit machine. 3. My most embarrassing memory was at the Fox Fullerton on a Friday night. I stood up on one leg, the other I was sitting on, to let someone by. My foot slipped into the back of the seat and I sat down hard on it. It immediately began to swell. My friend, Pud, could not get my new Joyce shoe off. The lights came on and a man with a wrench had to come and take the seat apart. I got a big round of applause as the man carried me up the aisle. I told my parents we just had to move to another town. It did not work. 4. My favorite teacher was Mrs. Murray, and therefore favorite activity dance. I remember the fad of wearing those starched, stiff, pique, Peter Pan collars under our sweaters. They were only good for one day and had to be washed and ironed. 5. My high school crushes were numerous. Most responded except for Gene Jones Matthews. He never knew. Too bad. 6. My greatest accomplishment was probably breaking the "Glass Ceiling" at my company by being the first female and first non-family member to be an executive 7. My most memorable experience since high school is travel. My husband John & I started serious world travel in 1984 through 1995. We traveled mostly by small ship. We crossed the Atlantic four times through different routes. The Pacific from Los Angeles to Fiji, stopping at three Hawaiian Islands, Christmas Island, Bora Bora, Morrera, Tahiti and Somas and Fiji; flew back home and four days later flew to Hong Kong and boarded a boat and went to the South China Seas, up the Pearl River and the Yangtze River to the Java Seas, Indonesia, and on to the Indian Ocean. We hit the Philippines and the WW2 Islands. We did the Mediterranean three times, visiting Egypt, Israel, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco, Greece, Cyprus, Italy, France, Spain and Gibraltar. We sailed up the Nile. We went down the coast of Africa visiting mainland African ports and the Canary Islands, Madeira Islands and the Azores. We sailed to Russia, Germany, Poland, England, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Holland. Sailed through the Keil Canal in Germany and the Niva in Russia. We sailed around South America and visited most of its ports and sailed up the Amazon. This took 13 different cruises. We finished by taking my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter for a paddle wheel trip up the Mississippi. Our favorite country was Turkey. 8. My hobby is gardening and reading. My consuming interest is leading in Bereaved Parents USA. I lost my only son, Bruce in May of 1991. |
Sally Jones Canning as Jobs Daughters Queen 6/6/1953 and now as Queen of her castle. |
Howard Stucker PO Box 1929 Crestline, CA 92325-1929 Moved up full time in '96. Built our retirement home, took 4 1/2 years to finish. I fell off the roof and shattered both elbows and that slowed me down for about 2 years. Graduated from USC, Feb. '57. First job was in the mail room @ CBS, where I met Barbara. First date was in May and married Sept. 7, '57. From there went to Monrovia High as Stage Manager for 2 years and then to Cal State, LA as Chief TV Engineer. Left Cal Sate in '77 to go into partnership with and Hollywood character repairing zoom lenses for the TV stations. January, 1983 started with SONY and was the "friendly Sony salesman" for the TV stations in LA. They offered early retirement in '94 and I said which door is out! Work for 2 years for a video dealer and then said "that's all folks" and retired. After finishing the house I volunteered and was selected for the San Bernardino Grand Jury. Served as sergeant-at-arms. That was a great experience. Some of the politicians were as crooked as they are reported to be. I would do it again, but am too busy. We are now into RVing. Will take 6 - 8 weeks to make the trip to Michigan for Barbara's 50th reunion. Have a son (David) and family, 1 son - 1 daughter, living in Monrovia, CA , daughter (Nancy) and husband also living in Monrovia, and other daughter (Tammy) and family, 1 daughter and 1 son, living in Murphysboro, ILL. If you are up here in Gods country, give a call. |
The following was sent to me as e-mail in April of '03 and he gave me permission to share it with everyone. His e-mail: ofstucker@yahoo.com |
WaldieG@d-web.com |
Short Form Biographical History of Edgar Strickland FUHS '53 Graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Nuclear Engineering- Spent 2 years in the Air Force- Worked for General Electric Nuclear Energy Division and retired from a position as a project engineer in 1994- During my working career I participated in or directed the startup testing of nuclear power plants in the US, Italy, Germany, India, Spain, Holland and Japan- Have been married to Ida Strickland for 46 years and have a daughter, son-in-law and 4 grandchildren- Since retirement, we have traveled some, including 3 months in Russia coaching technical English at a Russian university and several weeks teaching English in an Italian elementary school-Enjoy travel, reading, singing and backpacking- Have lived in the San Jose, CA. area since 1960 |
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Connie Stafford Van Horn Freshman year at FJC Graduated as English major from Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Ill Feb '57 Gamma Phi Beta Sorority Married Wade Stinebaugh May, 1957 Taught 7th grade English/ Social Studies at Orange Jr High and Yorba Jr High Taught 7th grade English at Wilshire Jr High with our old teachers Miss Bush gave approval on some dresses I made for work. (She had given me the only "D" I ever earned.) Taught 7th grade English at Ladera Vista Jr High the year the school opened Divorced Married Bill Van Horn December, 1962 Taught 12th grade English at Bolsa Grande HS, Garden Grove Husband in Air Force and we were stationed in Mississippi, Texas and Puerto Rico Son #1 born at Keesler AFB, Mississippi 1964 Peter Stafford Van Horn Son #2 born at Carswell AFB, Texas 1965 Christopher William Van Horn Quit teaching after the boys were born until they went to high school Studied computers and taught COBOL and other computer courses part time at Saddleback College, Santa Ana College, Orange Park Acres College, Irvine Valley College and CSUF (still at Irvine Valley College helping students, one on one, in the computer lab, but the reduction in junior college classes being offered next year may end all this "Old teachers never die: they just lose their class.") Hobbies: Gardening, Reading, TV (I'm addicted to BBC), and cats |
E-mail from Ellen Wright Rowe (April, 2003) hello thar! so nice to be found and hear from so many so warmly. as you've heard and will see from the pictures my life since good ole fuhs is full of the joys, ups and downs, with many blessings of a "big family". there are 36 of us up to date and all close in love if not distance..... the folks sold our home in fullerton and we moved to lakewood, ca. right after high school. ventured to the lido ballroom at the pike in longbeach, learned to "shag" what we would call "slow jitterbug". this is a known southern dance sooooooooooo met this southern salior boy and he stole my heart. we lived in ca. for about 10 years back and forth. wanted to get a piece of land out in the country but couldn't afford ca prices and ended up in sc in 1965 purchased 2 1/2 acres and have been here every since. really never regreated it . the first years here when the kids were small , we had a big garden and we ( i ) had big ideas of a farm. we had chickens, pigs, no cows, deer, wild rabbits, squirrels, racoons, the cutiest field mice (ugg), a red fox (red), 30lb cat with long wiskers and poor fellow somebody cut off his tail (bobbie), and a beautiful grey female (sheba) wolf witch all became pets, much to carl's warnings and thinking i had lost my mind. the game warden gave us a visit, somebody squelled, and took red,sheba, and bobbie with warnings of the dangers of keeping wilk animals....they wern't wild to us.... and left all in tears. when it came time to slatter every time we had pork chops, fried chicken or venison some body started to cry. "i" learned quickly pets would be limited to dogs and cats. welllllllll frogs, turtles, hamsters, white mice, guena pigs, fish, parakeets -no! - snakes..... we now just have a cat, a poodle, and today carl's birthday a new yard dog, black lab..........kids please...........we still have squirrls, deer and many birds that come into the yard as we have wild berries, grapes and pecan trees (that's pecahn not peecan -this goes under the foot of the bed-) to entice them . the area is building up fast around us and i wonder how much longer we will be able to enjoy them. hunting is still very popularand deer are plentiful. the guys park their trucks in our yard and go deep into the woods behind us to hunt. we still eat a lot of venison......miss bush -wilshire junior high homed- may not have been proud, i'm not so elegant, but she would smile to know sewing, cooking,and canning are a big part of my joys in life........i'm a counted cross stitch addict. .wateree river (lake) is about 30 min. away where we spent a lot of time fishing, swimming, boating, skiing, and camping. nothing better than a good ole fish fry, or maybe a cat fish stew, on the river bank. people today go to the "lake" we went to the river..ha ha.. here as every where everything building up...........we're country folk, not "red necks "or "magnolia blossoms" after all i'm a true southerner, southern ca. that is.............. carl retired as a sheet rock contractor (dry wall) had our own business. worked in early 70's with kfc too many hours and not the money soo went back to construction. went to dubia, arabia in ' 78-80 helped build a giganic ramada inn there. good money.. came back to business here and work was over whelming til retirement. .....i worked 20 years in garment manufactoring industry as line supervisor and taught industrial sewing. this area was primarily textile mills and garment manufactoring, and pulp wood saw mills. mills began to close and garments are being sent to mexico and tiwan for manufactoring . saw the writting on the wall went back to school in ' 85 and got my associates degrees in bussiness management and human resources. also a brief introduction to computers........rite aid drug distribution center came to ridgeway in ' 87 lucked up and got the job as personal manager. rite aid sold out the south east and moved to west coast in ' 96 thought i was zonked.. a 61 year old woman looking for a job......yeah right....a liquor distribution came in and offered me a great pkg. , but i just didn't feel good with this. prayed about it and before i could get think more about it the boss called me to corp . and offered me a contract as long as i wanted to travel with the company to assist in opening and closing new dc's . spent 7 mo in new orleans now thats another world.....great people. i retired in ' 98. carl's health began to fail and traveling and living out of a suitcase or hotel no matter how nice gets old, and my benifits took me to medicare. took several cruises......the one to alaska is fantastic if you haven't and get a chance gooooooooo! made a cross country trip in ' 92 came and moved mom back to live with us till she passed in ' 97 at 91.......this ole usa is a beautiful place to see also...haven't been back to ca. since. my sister lives in apache junction az about 40 miles from jo fletcher hudson. i now spend much of my time working with the church on mission projects. we have a very mission minded church. we've been to kenya, romania, tiwan,and pastor retrete in holy lands....also do work with southern baptist conference stateside in virginia, no carolina, kentucky, and the youth just got back from miami (grandson got to go). i'm the story teller and do pantomine. anybody remember "the four stooges". i really have a blast working with people in both physical and spiritual needs . no more over seas my system won't tolerate the shots. you see i getting much more "mature". have a screwed up liver biliary chirrhosis, ( liked to scared carl to death i told him it was from inhaleing stale booze--needless to say he didn't think it was funny--i did , i don't drink poor fellow) fibra mialgia, acid reflux...joy to the world. i still teach sunday school, seniors, and am the director of "golden hearts" a group of women who do mission work locally...can't keep a good woman down!!!!!! just rambled out fifty years of my life .......where has time gone??? when i reflect on some of my happiest memories it's with you'll the class of ' 53 at good ole fuhs--we were truly blessd and fortunate to have been part of such a terrific era . i was grived at the loss of so many of our class mates , however death is a part of life and we have a choice of a here after....... stay happy and well.........don't forget to smile..love you all....and may god continue to bless you and yours. ellen wright rowe children: carl jr. 49 - married - 2 boys 1 girl- 2 grand daughters -electrical contractor tommy 47 -not married no children--cna demencia center, plays keyboard and sings with gospel group "the mc coy family". nancy 46 - widowed "01-engaged- 2 boys - 3 grandchildren 1 girl 2 boys medical records office mgr. janice 45 not married no children lives in ca...computer engineer. in rehab alcohol addiction-bypolar.........i call her a professional student 5 degrees and going back suzanne 44- married - 3 children-1 boy 2 girls- 1/2 grandson... ..school cafeteria mgr.... sonny 43 married- 2 sons sheet rock superintendant boyd 41 not married - 1 step son-1 daughter- cabinet maker in prison drug related robbery. thats all folks |
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