JohnMuir1959

New Hotel Rates

2009-07-06T11:02:00.000-07:00

Dear Classmates:

We are very pleased to say we have a steady flow of reservations coming in for the Muir 50th Reunion Celebration.

As a point of interest, we have been able to secure a block of rooms at the Westin Hotel for the wonderful rate of $109/night plus taxes (approximately $126). In order to secure these rooms you will need to click on the attached link and place your reservation as soon as possible. You can also call the Westin Hotel at the number listed in the link.

Muir Class of 1959 - 50th Reunion Celebration
If you have already made a reservation, please call the hotel to see if you can get it converted to the lower rate.

We would appreciate it if you would pass this information on to those classmates who are not on email, so they can also take advantage of these great rates too.

If you have any questions, please give us a call at (818) 790-1959.

Looking forward to seeing you in September.

Mary & Gary Smith

It's In The Mail!!!

2009-06-01T16:44:00.000-07:00

Hi Classmate.

We are pleased to announce that your invitation to the 50th Reunion Celebration, scheduled for the weekend of September 25-26, 2009, will go in the mail this week. If you do not receive your invitation by June 12th, or you have moved and you don’t think we have the correct address, please give us a call at (818) 790-1959. We have a deadline of July 20, 2009 to return your Registration Form. There are several activities listed for you to participate in during the weekend.

Note: The Golf Tournament location has been changed and will now be at the Scholl Canyon Golf Course with a more affordable cost. This is a great course and will be fun for all you golfers.

We are very excited about the plans and look forward to seeing all of you at the reunion.

The Reunion Committee

South Pas '59 Reunion...

2009-02-19T09:42:00.000-08:00

something else to do on saturday night???

check out this website!!!

http://sphsaa.org/Class_of_59/ClassOf1959.html

Warning!!!

2009-02-17T10:26:00.000-08:00

Dear Classmates:

Please disregard any reunion event cancellation notice from Classmates.com that may come to you. We deleted an old event on the website that had the wrong information contained in it and Classmates.com sent out a cancelled event notification to everyone. This sounds like the reunion has been cancelled, which it has NOT. That is a very unfriendly website! We do NOT rely on it for communication, except for posting the reunion event. We apologize for any inconvenience.

We are finalizing all plans for this 50th reunion event on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. Please call us for any questions about the event.

Thanks.

Mary Pluss Smith
818-790-1959

February Update

2009-02-11T14:11:00.000-08:00

Dear Classmates:

It's been a couple of months since the last email communication and we want to keep you updated as to the plans for our upcoming 50th reunion event on Friday, September 25, 2009. The first deposit has been submitted to reserve the Westin Hotel in Pasadena so we are formally locked in for that date. This is very exciting for the committee. Thanks to all of you who so generously donated to make this happen.

We are actively finalizing all the details for the reunion weekend. The response to attending the reunion has been terrific. If everyone who plans to attend comes, we should have about 380 people at the reunion. That would be a fantastic turnout. We hope you will start making your plans so you can get good rates on travel and lodging. We suggest the internet as the best place to look for bargain rates. We talked with the Westin about getting a good rate on rooms but we have to guarantee a block of rooms and pay for them if they are not used. We cannot make that commitment. There are a lot of good hotels in Pasadena including the Westin.

The following activities will be offered on the reunion weekend:

Friday, Sept. 25, 2009:
· Golf Tournament at Brookside Golf Course. Please contact Lynn (PW) Meyer at lynnmeyer1@aol.com or call him at 510-881-0814 to make arrangements to play in this shot gun tournament.
· Noon lunch at the CalTech Athenaeum. Please contact the reunion committee at 818-790-1959 to make a reservation for lunch and conversation at this lovely historic location (Einstein slept here).
· Reunion dinner event: 6:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. at the Westin Hotel.
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009:
· Bird walk in Eaton Canyon, 7:30 a.m. Please contact Carolyn Spencer Biller at cbiller@sbcglobal.net or call her at: 714-544-0609 to go on this bird walk with Jim McKeever (classmate) who has a great deal of knowledge in this area.
· Muir Alumni Museum: The museum will be open on Saturday morning with information provided by the museum curators. The time is to be determined.
· Saturday evening: Informal get together for whoever is in town and would like to gather to have drinks, dinner and reminisce. We will meet in the bar at the Westin hotel and go from there.

Please keep in touch with us if you have any questions about this great weekend. Also, please pass this information on to those who may not have email. Mailings are only sent periodically, and fortunately, most of the classmates have email.

We look forward to this great event and seeing all of you in September.

The Reunion Committee

NOTE: Date and Location Change...

2008-09-22T15:25:00.000-07:00

Dear Fellow Classmates:

We have had an excellent response from those who want to attend the Muir 50th reunion next year in September 2009. At this time we have over 325 people who plan to attend which is great but has presented us with some challenges with the facility we had tentatively booked for September 26, 2009 in Pasadena. We have actually outgrown the facility which has necessitated a change in our location and date. After researching a lot of locations and costs, the committee is looking at the Westin in Pasadena which will hold everyone who wants to attend at a reasonable price. Due to this change, we have decided to move the event to Friday, September 25, 2009, a day earlier. This is because all the costs for the facilities are about twice as much for a Saturday event. We hope this will not be an inconvenience and you will still be able to attend as you planned.

If you told us you planned to attend and cannot make it a day earlier, please email us back ASAP. We have to sign the hotel contract by October 1, 2008 to guarantee the date and make a significant deposit. The change of day will allow us to keep the cost down.

We would like to hear from everyone on email regarding this change.

We will get back to you soon with more details.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Reunion Committee

June Update

2008-06-30T11:55:00.000-07:00

Dear Classmate.

The June 20 target date for returning your questionnaire has now come and gone and so far we have received 180 of the 440 questionnaires we sent out in May. We would like to thank all of you who already sent them back to us. We really appreciate the response. Of those returning the information we have about 210 people who say they are planning to attend the reunion. This is wonderful news and a great response. The more people we have, the better the celebration.

We are following up on email because we already spent quite a bit on postage with the first mailing. Please return the questionnaire so we can make sure all of our information is updated. That way, you will receive everything we send out, either by mail or email. If you are not interested, just send it back indicating that and we won't keep bombarding you with emails and correspondence.

The plans for the 50th reunion are really taking shape. On Friday, September 25, 2009, we are planning a great golf tournament with a no-host mixer in old town Pasadena on Friday night (for those who are in town and want to get together). On Saturday morning, September 26, 2009, we have a tour planned at the Muir High School Alumni Museum which is nostalgic and enjoyable. Saturday night will be the big celebration/party at the University Club of Pasadena.

We don't want you to miss out on this milestone event for the great class of 1959. If you need another letter, form or lost list, please let us know and we will be happy to send you one. We have actually located some of the people on the lost list from the tips we have received from you. A big THANK YOU for your help!

Our email is: MuirReunion@gmail.com and our phone number is: (818) 790-1959. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us if you have any questions about this reunion.

We're all looking forward to hearing from you.

Mary & Gary Smith
& The Reunion Committee

Latest Message From Reunion Committee

2008-03-31T11:23:00.000-07:00

Dear Muir 1959 Classmates:

We hope you are all in good health and having a great 2008!

We want to let you know that we have recently booked

the University Club of Pasadena

for our upcoming Muir "50th" class reunion.

Please save the date:

Saturday night, September 26, 2009.

We know it's a little early but we hope that you will plan to be there to make this the best reunion ever. Please pass on any information to those who may not be on email. We are currently trying to update and gather email addresses so we can save money on the cost of snail mail. Mailings will also be sent but email will be our primary mode of communication. If you know of any classmates who need to update their information, please have them either call us at (818) 790-1959 or email us at muirreunion@gmail.com.

More details of the reunion will be sent out soon as we progress with the plans. Please keep in touch with us so we can keep our data updated and keep you informed. Thanks, we look forward to hearing from you and seeing all of you there.

The Reunion Committee

Tentative Date Announced...

2008-01-23T10:41:00.000-08:00

The omnipotent and ubiquitous reunion committee has reported that we have a tentative date for our long anticipated 50th reunion...

Saturday, September 26, 2009...

Mark Your Calendars!!! Save This Date!!!

Additional details as to time and place will be posted here as they become available...

Memory Book Update

2007-02-01T11:35:00.000-08:00

Dear Classmates:

We have had quite a few inquiries regarding the mailing of the Memory Book. Well, after several calls to the company, we are supposed to get the proof of the book next week and if there aren't a lot of changes, you should have the book in your possession sometime in the middle of February. I am sorry there has been a delay. The company had a lot of reunions during the fall of 2006 so the influx of work has slowed their production down. When it arrives, it will be fun to reminisce again about that wonderful evening and get us all thinking about the possibilities for the 50 ^th,^{which will be here before we know it. Please be sure to let us know if you have any changes in your address, phone, email, etc. Now that we have found you, we don't want to lose you. Please keep in touch.}

Mary & Gary

DATE CHANGE!!!

2006-02-13T11:41:00.001-08:00

Prepare to adjust your calendars!!!
the omnipotent reunion committee has recently advised a change of the date of our event...

Please note that the new reunion date is now...

Saturday, October 14th, 2006,

one week later than originally scheduled, and still at Brookside...

Reunion Committee

2005-06-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

This is your reunion committee hard at work. They are from left to right : Sandy Baird Valenzuela, Gary Smith, Mary Pluss Smith, Linda Mitchell O'Conner, and Larry Kaminski (not pictured).

alumni...

2005-05-24T13:43:00.000-07:00

recently, a group representing classes from the 1950's through the 2000's formed the John Muir High School Alumni Association (JMHSAA).
their goal is to bring together those interested in planning reunions and other activities for their classes... this is the first organization that will involve our alumni as a whole....click on the link and check it out...

interesting sidebar here, the class of '55 has a regal 50th reunion planned for this summer, disguised as a week long party, conspiring with the pasadena high school alumni of the same vintage, and concluding with a four night cruise to baja!!!
these are not timid planners - they are truly going for the brass ring - the most monumental, most impressive, reunion ever!!!

until our 50th, anyway...

rendezvous...

2005-05-10T15:32:00.000-07:00

mark your calendars!!!
the reunion committee, after much consideration, calculation, contemplation, cogitation, consultation and consternation,
has reported that we have a tenative date...

saturday, october 7th, 2006

@brookside golf club in pasadena...

be there or be square!!!

(did we really used to say lame things like that???)

hernando...

2005-04-11T09:14:00.000-07:00

against all odds, there appears to be a smattering of actual talent embedded in this class of ours - one case in particular, a spanish surrealist and one-time cheerleader, larry gomez;
who, long ago, we nicknamed hernando, (in obvious reference to his spanish surname and in conjunction with a popular song at the time, "hernando's hideaway" - truth be known, he has never warmed up to the hernando tag) although he goes by lare now (though why anyone would want to shorten/modify such a cool name as larry is beyond me) - anyway, in addition to his career in the business/computer world, he has simultaneously cultured a second career as an artist of some renown - I remember enjoying many of his early works, back in the 60's, before I moved from southern california, but don't take my word for it, art is such a matter of personal taste, check out his website, illusions by lare, and see for yourself - you may discover the Salvador Dalí of our generation and be pleasantly impressed, if not surprised...

reunion

2005-03-28T15:28:00.000-08:00

garywayne and maryjane

Greetings Classmates! Mary and I have agreed to co-chair a Reunion for the Muir Class of 1959. This is tentatively planned for about OCT 2006 so you don't have to buy a new outfit yet. Maybe we can make it shorts and Hawaiian shirts and goof-boots. Don't think I will pass that by Mary though. Be thinking of any clues you have on locating classmates. We will join that classmates.com so we can e-mail y'all (Texas leftover). Better start resting up for Reunion 2006 and even that will be leading up to #50 (whenever that is; I can't count that high).
Gary and Mary Smith
4623 Grand Ave.
La Canada, CA 91011
(818) 790-1959

startup...

2005-03-27T15:27:00.000-08:00

john muir high school, pasadena, california

......Class of 1959......