Hello.  Here's my update:

I will be seeing you later this month at reunion.  I look forward to renewing friendships and meeting those I didn't know well in school.

So sad the old Franklin Auditorium is gone.  Through my job at Washington Mutual I was able to visit Franklin twice in 2005.  The lady I was with took my photo in auditorium. She was from another country and, while we were walking the outside walkways. I asked her if she knew what the round black spots were on the cement.  She guessed pebbles.  I explained they were bits of chewing gum.  She was incredulous.
The second floor hallway had the same linoleum, the bathroom same fixtures, same black seats. The floors and dividers were still marble, As I walked along the hallway, my footsteps sounded the same as in 1960 even though I wore heels instead of flats.

From 1974-1979 I lived only three blocks away.  Because of horrific neighbors, one of which I had arrested, we moved to Azusa.  This year I moved to Ontario, Ca. 

Hello Everyone.

I wish I had attended the last reunion.  Hope I will be able to attend next year.
I have had a good life.  Yes there have been many ups and downs, but nothing too bad.
Celebrated my 23rd birthday in Rome on a 28-day tour. I was given a surprise party by my travel roommate. I enjoyed visiting 7 countries.

I have only traveled to Washington, Nevada, Montana and Oregon since then.  If I was to travel out of US again, my next location would be Scotland.  My younger sister, Irene, who also attended Franklin ('72), moved to Waikiki March 2013 so I might take a trip there.

I have two children, Celia 44 and Robert 43.  They each have two daughters. I do travel around Southern CA.  One of my last jobs allowed me to travel to Santa Barbara and Washington a few times for conventions.  After my first two jobs, my third one was at Pasadena City Hall. One of my favorite jobs were when I worked in school districts with children from K-8th grades.  Another favorite was setting up the ESL program at a middle school here in Azusa where I live.

My hobbies are writing and painting. 

I wanted to write sooner but things have been in turmoil here.
First, my wife Judy passing and then unexpectedly, my best friend John Heredia, all within two months of each other.
So just let me start by saying, I would like to thank all of the Committee members for letting me be part of something that became a very special memory for me. With the monthly meetings, the great conversation, laughs, that went along with all the planning. Thank you all, very much.
As for all the people that came to the Reunion. You made the Committee very proud that we all lived and played together in a great time of our lives, and that we all came to shared some of those memories.
And last,I have to say thanks to all of the friends that Judy had a chance to visit with at the reunion. This was only the third or fourth she had attended. She was so looking forward with great anticipation, in seeing many of her friends,and talking to some that she had not seen since Franklin. As she stood at the table with all here friends around here, I wanted here to have a great time (uninterrupted). So I just stood back talking to John, and I would glance back and watch her smiling, talking and laughing. It was then that I knew that I was truly blessed to have known and loved one special lady.
       This is the memory that I will selflessly         
                            keep for me.
                                              
                     Thank You All      Joe

I am late in sending this message, but I wanted to be sure and thank all the committee and all who were involved in delivering a wonderful 50th Reunion.  I so enjoyed visiting with classmates that I hadn\'t seen in 50 years.  I am just sorry that there was not more time.  The Welcome Book is wonderful.  It was great reading about so many of you and what has been going on in your lives over the years.  God Bless you all and do keep in touch.

Words don’t often fail me, but I’m having trouble coming up with enough superlatives to describe my feelings about the weekend!  Fantastic, remarkable, fun, interesting….just fill in the blanks!The Welcome Booklet was done beautifully and I intend to, not only read it often, but even try to communicate with a few people how impressed I am with what they did with their lives.  Leroy’s tribute was spot-on!  What an uplifting surprise it was to read about everyone’s accomplishments after their start with little ol’ Franklin.    …my hat’s off to the Committee for pulling together and pulling off such a stupendous success.  Can’t think of a thing that wasn’t perfect!  Food was great, decorations were gorgeous, the book was unbelievable, and the company was just the best!   THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 

This was a GREAT reunion ! !   Being able to visit with classmates for the first time in 40 or 50 years is priceless.  Only sorry we couldn\'t have contacted a few hundred more classmates. Thanks to all of the hardworking committee members who were determined to make this event a success.

Was one terrific reunion to say the least.  Kudos to the committee who did so much work getting this wonderful celebration together.  And the frosting on the cake was to be able to see and visit with those I haven\'t seen in 25 to 50 years and reconnecting with them.  God bless you all.

Chari Terrell, send me an Email.  Hope to see you soon.  Robbie

Thanks to the committee for all the hard work for what promises to be a wonderful event.  I  really wish I could join everyone at the reunion, but am obligated to attend a wedding in Colorado the same day.

Hello everyone.  I just wanted to say that your reunion committee has done a terrific job and this web site looks great.  Congratulations on a job VERY well done.

So excited to attend the big day.  Forget the diet at this point - we are what we are.  My sister Marie and I look forward to reconnecting with so many of our old friends.  Thanks committee for bringing us together!

Is this going to be fun or WHAT?  I\'m sitting here at home in Reno, NV and recalling some of the crazy happenings at "Franklin." Not that I was one of them, of course!  We GOTTA TALK.

Get there safely.  See you soon.
Robbie

Hi everyone.  This is my first reunion and I\'m looking forward to seeing and talking with all of you!  It should be fun!  Thank you reunion committee for all your hard work!  mjb

Still trying to talk Bill into going, but if we don\'t make it, I\'ve enjoyed reading your comments and looking at your photos. We really did grow up in the best of times.

jerry hartzke---where are you...hope to see you at the EVENT  or email me...thanks larry cruzan

A once in a life time event...How could I not be there...We are blessed to be able to be there...And well...

Danny...

My wife and I have really enjoyed working on the reunion committee and am looking forward to our 50^th Reunion.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone and being your Master of Ceremonies for the 3^rd time (10^th, 25^th, and now the 50^th!). I should tell you this has been the only steady job I’ve had in the last 50 years. Thank you for having me back!

TO THE CLASS OF 1960

MAY YOU ALL BE BLESSED AS YOU REUNITE WITH ALL YOUR CLASSMATES.

MAKE NEW BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES. LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING SOME OF YOU.

KARLA MICHELLE   CLASS OF 1984
AUTHOR OF "FRANKLIN ROYALTY"

It is so exciting to see how many people have registered for the reunion,  I can\'t wait to see and visit with all of you. 

I am so looking forward to going to the "50th" reunion. It will be great to see everyone after all these years. Thanks to the Reunion Committee for putting it all together. I have only seen 1 class mate in all these years..Donna Wall in Hawaii 23 years ago. I can\'t wait.

Not sure I can make it  but but will really try. Would be great to see so many of you after so many years.  Last reunion I attended was 25th.  Seems like yesterday.  Seeing all of the names sure brings back fond memories.  I remember sitting in the auditorium when we were voting on when to have our 1st reunion. Can I go back there just for a day? 

Wow...50 years!!! It\'ll be fun seeing Franklin and old classmates again (changes???)

 Wow! What a time warp. All the names and faces bring back so many memories. Are folks like myself from the S\'61 Class welcome to attend? I attended the 1980 and 1990 reunions, but those were for multiple years as I recall. Would love to see a lot of you folks, if other classes are OK. In any event, it looks like this will be quite a remarkable party, or series of parties. Best to all...

This is so exciting to think after 50 years there are so many of us looking forward to this event.  Where has the time gone! ! !  Thank you to the committee for all their continued hard work.  See you in October! ! ! ! 

Thank you reunion committee for putting the event together to celebrate our golden reunion "50 Years" !!  I look forward to seeing everyone and reminiscing about the good ole days ...

I look forward to seeing you all!  Thanks to the committee for such a great job!

Hope to catch up with some of you once Joe and I get to the reunion.  We have a family wedding the same evening, but will be there as soon as we can.
Thanks everyone for all your hard work.  See you in October.

Hi Everyone!
It will be wonderful to see and visit with all of you in October. My wife and I have enjoyed living in Las Vegas for thirteen years. I know it will be very interesting catching up on what everyone else has been doing the past fifty years since we left Franklin High school. 

Yes I will be there. Gosh 50 years, were did all those years go.

Thanks to the committee for putting this all together - the event itself, this website, even (especially!) the music.   I don\'t know if I can manage to make it all the way back to California from North Carolina, where my wife (of 40 years!) and I now live in retirement, but at least it\'s easier than getting there from Hong Kong, where I taught for the previous 18 years.

Yes, I will attend the big event.  Looking forward to seeing old friends.

Hello, everyone.  Thanks to Larry Cruzan for letting me know about this website.  I haven\'t been to any reunions thus far.  I\'ve changed a bit: 15 lbs heavier, and not as quiet as I was in school.  Everyone send me e-mails!!  If anyone has Carol Severson\'s e-mail, please let me know.

 I\'m looking forward to seeing "all y\'all", (yes, Clayton, I now live in TEXAS!), even though I only attended Franklin for one semester. You\'re my true high school friends!

 Looking forward to attending with my wife Harriet (Kohatsu) Furuya (S\'61).

 My wife Patty and I are very excited about meeting everybody.  Wow! 50 years.  How blessed to still be vertical.  Will we meet on Friday the 8th the night before as an informal gathering at Ernie Jr\'s Taco House, . .or whatever?  Lets keep in touch.  Thanks, have a :) happy day.

 Looking forward to this big celebration.  What fun it will be to see everyone.

 A special thanks to our 50th Reunion organizers.

 Thanks to the Committee for all the time, effort and expense in putting this together. I am looking forward to seeing everyone and \'catching up\'.

Hello, Just a note to thank all who have expressed interest in our Reunion with RSVP\'s, notes, and photos.  If you\'d like to send photos, or enter notes and are having difficulties, please call me @ 626/799-4610 or my cell 949/233-6859.  I\'ll be glad to enter your photos, RSVP\'s, and help with any other contacts. This is going to be a great experience.   

I am so glad to see so many people logging in and sending notes and RSVP\'s.  I really looking forward to catching up with friends after all these years.  I think the last reunion I attended was 1985.  Take care everyone and God bless.

To see classmates I haven\'t seen in over 50 years and be able to talk to them and hear about their lives will be a wonderful experience.

Looking forward to seeing everyone.

Thanks to the organizers..

Rather you all come to Blue Jacket Oklahoma! But I look forward to seeing everybody . . even though I have to come to Pasadena . . glad to receive emails . .

It\'s great to see the responses and to hear from classmates from all over the Country. We will have a great Reunion and are planning special events that you will not want to miss; visit Details of Events for more information. Please RSVP and spread the word. Things are starting to happen.

Hey everyone, I am really anxious to see you at our 50th reunion.  So much to share after these many years.  I am most happy to help in any way with organizing the event.

Hi:  Thanks for organizing this 50th reunion!  I look forward to attending in October.   I noticed you don't have a Celestial logo posted.....I may be able to locate one and scan it and send to you if you like.  Let me know. Stella Ramos W' 60

Thanks for organizing this reunion.  I will be glad to help with locating "missing" classmates from here in Georgia and I am looking forward to seeing you next October!