The Aftermath

It’s early morning June 12th and the voice in the sky is reminding us “Life is now in session, are you present?”  Life is predictable in that it always moves on, with or without you.  We are high school graduates, a major milestone.  At this point, being adults, we chose our course.  By the final day of 1965, thanks to Vietnam, our class had scattered like a covey of quail around the planet.  Steve Weigt, Arnold Mendoza, Roger Fonnest, Frank Anglesy, Dave Belford, Marc Black, Ed Bowen, George Cavagnaro, Dennis Dalbec, Frankie, Butch Giocolini, Paul Giovannetti, Ron Goodman, Earl Hall, Gordon Langevin, John Love, Bill Mix, Curt Moore, Carl Murphy, Ron Petersen, Stan Pickle, Greg Reeder, Merle Reuser, Roy Richardson, Craig Rose, Danny Wallis, Roger Watts, Bearcat Don Wright, and others were our representatives in this global migration.

Pursuing higher education, Deloris Andrini, Dan Braccialini, Connie Erickson, Bill Frederick, Nancy Foster, Paul Giovannetti, John Greenhalgh, Christina Grist, Audrey Haczela, Mark Haehl, John Porter, Merle Reuser, Bill Walton, Dennis Wilkison, Larry Wolfe, and others supported college campus bookstores for years.  Others like Ted Emmel, Ken Little, and Gary Young began careers.  Ted’s span over 40 years at M.G.M. Brakes in Cloverdale, his tenure was surpassed by our Class of ‘65’s John Love.  Sadly Ken’s clock stopped at 5:45 AM one October morning in 1970.  A logging truck he drove for H.O. Sharp left the roadway and Ken was called home.  Gary Young met a similar fate over ten years later.  Gary’s big rig left the roadway at The Geysers and when the dust had settled, Gary had checked out.

By Dec. of ’65 our entire class was on their way working through life after high school.