CLASS ACTION INTERNET SITE INSPIRES MASS SCHOOL REUNION.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer What started out as a small gathering of classmates Classmates can refer to either:
Former students converged at a picnic area near the park carousel, responding to some 10,000 e-mails sent out by half a dozen Burbank and Burroughs alumni who met at the www.classmates.com Web site and decided to organize a reunion. ``It's a great time,'' said Linda Melton-Damarjian, Burroughs class of 1961. ``We are making new memories from old memories.'' Phil Johnson, Burbank class of 1972, drove 500 miles from Chico for the reunion. ``We are having a blast. This is worth the drive,'' said Johnson, who spent Friday taking pictures of his high school and was busy clicking away at the picnic. ``I've met an old girlfriend of mine from elementary school elementary school: see school. . She remembered me,'' he said. ``One of my neighbors I grew up with is here with his sister.'' Geneviebe Cowden, 91, Burbank class of 1928, brought with her a book of her 70th class reunion “School reunion” redirects here. For the Doctor Who episode, see School Reunion (Doctor Who). A class reunion is a meeting of former classmates, typically organized at or near their former school by one of the class on or around an anniversary of their graduation. in 1978, showing pictures of students neatly dressed in school uniforms and her campus surrounded by open fields. ``Our class was the last one to wear uniforms,'' Cowden reminisced. ``We had 500 students in the whole school.'' Joe Bressel, Burroughs class of 1951, turned out with his wife, Maxine. He recalled his school years with great fondness. ``My family came from Brooklyn, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ,'' he said. ``It was really a revelation coming from New York, how any school could be so tranquil TRANQUIL - 1966. ALGOL-like language with sets and other extensions, for the Illiac IV. "TRANQUIL: A Language for an Array Processing Computer", N.E. Abel et al, Proc SJCC 34 (1969). . ``We didn't have racial strife or any of the nonsense we have now.'' Before coming to the picnic, many alumni first stopped to get burgers Burgers are hamburgers. Burgers may also refer to:
n. Slang A frequently visited place. Noun 1. hangout - a frequently visited place haunt, stamping ground, resort, repair for generations of local high school students - that was offering specials for the occasion. ``It's been 50 years, I just couldn't resist it,'' said Bill Swanson, Burroughs class of 1950. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) Organizer Patricia Steel Hollowes wears her graduation picture on her name tag during a mass reunion held at Griffith Park on Saturday. (2 -- 3) Burroughs High School 1956 graduate Lynn Edstrom Prine, above left, meets fellow graduate Lynne Richardson during a mass reunion at Griffith Park. At left, reunion organizer Patricia Steele Hollowes helps Burroughs graduates sign in. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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