2001 Summer

Class of 1957 45th Class Reunion

Corralitos Padres

2:00pm til ???

Serving on the reunion committee are Betty Sue Henry, Adrienne Marmo,

Ed Fagalde, Sylvia Armstrong, Russ Bonnema, Colleen Connor,Georgeann

Cowles, Kathy Crossno, Ken Dobler, Clarice Giberson, Sally England, Pat

Hewett, Carole Hiatt, John Higaki, Darlene Kerns, Bud Mann, Leland

Smith, Grant Wrathall.

Many changes of addresses:

Ken Gray 144 Holm #2 Watsonville, CA. 95076

Gary Costa 26807 Serrano PI. Canyon Country 91351

Maynard Potter 3740 County Line Rd. Emmett, Idaho 83617

Art Mino 9489 Heathman Way, Elk Grove, 95924

Helen Kokka 1645 Kentucky St. Lawrence, Kansas 66044

Janice Rowe P.O. Box 85 Hampton, Nebraska 68843

Jim Clark 9041 Harvest Way, Sacramento, CA 95826

Joe Hernandez 60 Davis Freedom, CA. 95019

Darlene Kerns 715 Brewington Watsonville, CA. 95076

Ed & Adrienne Marmo Fagalde 200 Old Smith Rd. Watsonville, CA. 95076

JoAnn Flores 13303 SE 272 Kent, Washington 98042

BillBeecher 1051 Clubhouse Dr. Aptos, CA. 95003

Dennis Blum 9150Yaquima Dr. Kelseville, Ca. 95451

Ruby Brumit 108 Jefferson Watsonville, CA. 95076

Marilyn Miller 2106 Franklin Drive Papillion, NE 68123

*Gary Costa: Since our last reunion Gary has moved from Santa Clarita to

Canyon Country, has a new granddaughter & a new grandson. His son

Kevin's daughter, Sarah Paige is two. They live in Albuquerque. His

daughter Karen's son, Joshua is one. Gary's oldest daughter Kelli has

three sons, Adam 13, Nick 8 & Alex 7. They live near Gary.

*Jim Ludden & his wife Carol live in Seattle where Jim works as a

computer consultant. He will be starting a new assignment with Boeing.

They spent over 2 weeks traveling through Mangua & north through Esteli

(1st stop on the map) & into the mountains to a village called San Nicolas.

They were there to celebrate as two young women became Benedictine

nuns into an order that Jim & Carol became acquainted with while visiting

Mexico over the past 15 years.

HE'S ALIVE & WELL!

It gives me great pleasure to tell you that JERRY COULSTON is very much

alive. Please remove his name from our obituary list, a little mistake there.

Jerry writes: "Thank you so much for the resurrection. It feels so good to be

alive again. As Mark Twain said, The news of my death has been greatly

exaggerated. Please keep me informed about the 45th reunion. I would be

honored to attend." Jerry lives in Las Vegas & we look forward to seeing

him & honoring him at the reunion.

*Marilyn Brumit has lived in Fontana, CA since 1959. She is married to

Lonnie Sublett, class of '55. They have two sons & two grandchildren. They

are both retired.

*Mieko writes that after high school, she graduated from San Jose State

with a degree in Education & taught first grade for 5 years. She was a stay

at home Mom for many years & took computer classes while her children

were in school. She did an internship at NASA Ames & then went to work

for Lockheed Martin & has been there for 17 hears as a computer

programmer & information systems specialist. She is married to Howard &

they have two daughters. Mieko played tennis for years several times a

week but now plays golf. They are big college basketball fans & root for

Stanford. They plan to take their first trip to Japan next year & a

Mediterranean cruise.

*Dennis Blum has moved from Oklahoma in January to Kelseyville,

where he is Deputy Director of Lake County Department of Health

Services.

*BJ Everton's daughter Suzanne was married to Neil Aratin, Jan. 1 at

Brookdale Lodge. Suzanne graduated from Soquel High in 1991, from San

Diego State University 1998, & from the University of Pennsylvania with a

master's degree in historic preservation in 2000. She is a historic

preservation specialist for the City of Santa Cruz Planning Dept. Neil is a

math & biology instructor at WHS. The couple honeymooned in Costa Rica.

*JoAnn Flores lives in Kent, Washington & is retired. She has 3 daughters

& a son.. JoAnn survived the Seattle earthquake, shakey but no breaky.

She spent two weeks on a cruise in Europe.

*Janice Rowe writes from Hampton, Nebraska where she has lived many

years after her marriage. She moved back to California after her husband's

death but decided that Nebraska was home to her. Janice is a cook at a

private school & also a kitchen manager at our Bar. She keeps very busy.

Janice has 6 children, 14 grandchildren & 3 great-grand children.

*Nella Wagner Marmo died Feb. 2 at her home in Watsonville. She was in

the class of 1959. She is survived by her husband John Marmo; a son

Victor & her daughter Kym; a sister, Susan Wagner & one grandchild

Samuel.

*Pat Hewet's mother, Thelma Hewett died Mar. 18 at her home in

Watsonville. She was preceded in death by her husband Guy. Thelma was

a beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great grandmother & friend.

She is survied by her son Tom; her two daughters Pat & Barbara;nine

grandchildren including Pat's 3 sons, Mike, Jeff & John; 16 great

grandchildren & Lois LeBarre, her niece. She was a member of the

Comanche Indian Tribe in Oklahoma.

*Several members of the WHS class of 1940 have taken the time & monies

to reinstall a concrete bench that once stood in front of the high school,

called the Senior Bench. The 600 pound concrete bench had been kept in

storage since the last High School building was torn down following the

1989 earthquake.

*Hello from Nebraska! Marilyn Miller & her husband Joe Freeman moved

from their beloved Oregon to Nebraska a year ago to be near their grand

children, Hannah, Freeman & Ben & one more on the way. Marilyn

volunteers in their school library. She retired in 1997 as a distrcit media

specialist in Eugene. She has two daughters, Karen in Nebraska & Jill still

lives in Eugene. While visiting her parents in Watsonville, she saw John

Alaga, Marvin Byers & Buzz Sawyer. Lorene's Packing Shed is a great

place to meet many friends from WHS. Marilyn is looking forward to our

next reunion.

Carole Hiatt's mother, Eleanor Hiatt died April 14. She was a resident of

Campbell. She is survived by her husband, Richard Griffith; three sons,

Donald, Merle & Walter; three daughters, Helen, Carole & Anna; 21

granchildren; 26 great-grandchildren.

Beverly Clement's mother, Edith Clements died June 7. She had lived in

this area for 70 years. She loved gardening & cooking. Lester, her husband

of 63 years, preceded her in death in 1998. She is survived by one son,

Ron & her daughter Bevery; five grandchildren & five great-grandchildren.

Betsy Wong's youngest daughter, Diana was married June 30th. Diana's

huband, Mark Gill is from Steamboat, CO. where they will host a dinner

reception in the Fall.

Russ & Colleen Connor Bonnema are grandparents again. Their son Bill

& wife Anna had a big baby boy, June 2. His name is Kai & he weighed

8lbs. & t5 oz.

Dick Hardy's son Rick & his wife Carrie welcomed their first child, Ian

Donald, June 13.

John Higaki & his wife traveled to Japan in June. The purpose of their trip

was to meet relatives. John's relatives live on the Northern Island of

Hokkiado & Keiko's live in the Southern part of Japan. Their kids joined up

on the journey to reconnect with their roots. They traveled on the Japan

Railway system. They saw the lush green mountain of Honshu & the

bucolic landscape of Hokkaido. Meeting relatives for the first time was a

moving experience even though they speak no English & John's family

speak very little Japanese. They managed to find things in common & put

names, faces & voices as real connections to a distant past.

Ed & Adrienne Marmo Fagalde & Betty Sue & Alan spent 7+ weeks in

Europe this Spring. They visited 16 countries. Adrienne's favorite was

Italy.The big highlight for her was visiting Canelli, her father's birthplace. To

her surprise, Canelli abounds with lots of Marmos & she met many of

them.They showed Adrienne her father's home, school & church, but best

of all she saw the Marmo property & vineyard. The whole area is called

Marmo Hill. She met a 9 year old cousin named Adrienne Marmo. She also

met Roberto Marmo who is president of the Asti province. They treated us

like celebrities. Even tho Adrienne was suffering from laryngitis it didn't stop

her from trying to speak Italian. Ed & Adrienne plan to go back to Canelli &

spend more time there. Betty Sue's highlight was Normandy. She loved the

Northern Coast of France. It is so hard to believe that so many lost their

lives there. So much history surrounded by such beauty. Speaking of

beauty, Monaco was quite gorgeous. Of course all the fancy cars helped

the scenery.

Nancy Wynne & her husband spent several weeks in England, Wales,

Scotland & Ireland recently. They did all the touristy things in London, onto

Bath & Stonehenge. They were required to walk and /or drive through

disinfectant for the hoof & mouth disease problem but it didn't affect their

travels. In Wales they attended a medieval banquet with wonderful choral

music. The Welsh are great singers. Nancy found her surname of Wynne to

be a well known one. In Scotland they checked out St. Andrews, the

birthplace of golf. Driving in the UK & Ireland was a trip in itself, lots of

adventures. Before heading home they saw several Broadway shows.

2001 Alumni Hall of Fame

Caryl Christine Flodberg Weis '39 attended U.C. Berkeley during the

depression. She earned a B.A. in psychology. Caryi spent 3 years in the

U.S. Marine Corps working with pilots & perfroming weather analysis. She

returned to Watsonville as the YWCA executive director & married Ed

Weis. They moved to Santa Rosa in 1960. She spent 40 years in the real

estate business earning many awards & recognitions. She was active at

the state & national level on the Women's Council of Realtors. She is

definitely considered a pioneer for women.

Alvin Beilby '50 is a fifth generation Watsonvillian. His great-great

grandparents settled in the Pajaro Valley in 1853, & were among the first

settlers here. He was the class valedictorian in 1950. After high school

Alvin graduated from San Jose State with a major in chemistry. He went to

Harvard & received his Ph.D in analytical chemistry from the University of

Washington. He was a professor of chemistry at Pomona College before

retiring in 1998. He is listed in Marquis' Who's Who in America.

Ward Bushee,lll graduated in 1967, he attended Cabrillo College &

graduated from San Diego State University. His father, managing editor of

the Register Pajaronian offered him a temporary sports desk editing &

reporting job in 1973. He was quickly bitten by the news bug and has never

worked outside of a newspaper newsroom since. Bushee was Editor of the

Reno Gazette-Journal, Editor of the Sioux Falls, S.D. Argus & presently

Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer.

Michael Rodgers, 76 was born in Watsonville to a family who has lived in

the Pajaro Valley since the 1870's. He attened Stanford University &

graduated with a B.S. in Physics. He received his Ph.D. from the University

of Arizona in Optical Sciences. He joined Optical Research Asso., an

optical engineering consulting firm in Pasadena, CA. His professional work

involves the design of lenses & telescopes for a wide variety of

applications, including compact disk players, astronomical & scientific

instruments, telecommunications devices & national defense systems.

Hope to hear from you. Please send info to Betty Bjur, 190 Bjur Drive,

Watsonville, CA. 95076 or email @ GTObjur@aol.com

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