Classmates Show Us Your Stuff
Share what's happening in your life... new family additions, new and fun trips and experiences, anything that lets us keep in touch through the wonder of photos.
Penny (Rogers) Ruffinelli and her husband Ric welcomed a new grandchild this past June... Tyler Daniel. 1 of 34 Janice Green Smith
Janice Willoughby Hedden
Colleen Skirvin Suddock
Red Hat Breakfast 09/07 2 of 34 Colleen Skirvin Suddock
pouring tea at a Red Hat tea party! 3 of 34 Janice Green Smith enjoying tea.
We had a Red Hat tea party at Pamela's in Santa Paula, CA 09/07.
Oh.............how we love all our RED hats! 4 of 34 Bill Bigler & son Billy, half time at USC game, Sept. 2007 5 of 34 Here he is-Joan Hofmann Andrew's cute little grandson...Hudson, born 9-22-07 6 of 34 Darryl Ducharme's daughter, Jess and her husband, Scott, at their wedding August 25th, 2007 in Bellingham, Washington. 7 of 34 Merry Christmas from Colleen Skirvin, Janice Green, Tami Vreeland, family and friends. Caroling in the Ventura Harbor 12/2007. 8 of 34 Christmas Caroling 12/2007. Debbie Daniels, Colleen Skirvin, Tami and Fred Paxton 9 of 34 Christmas caroling Ventura Harbor 12/07-Ben and Colleen Suddock, Janice Green and Joan Aston 10 of 34 Debbie Daniels, Tami and Fred Paxton-Classmates getting together for Christmas caroling 12/2007 11 of 34 Larry Flowers's grandchildren. 12 of 34 Susie Herschel Snarr's new addition to her family. 13 of 34 Here's our first picture of Hannah Rose Skinner, my beautiful granddaughter. Debbie Jensen 14 of 34 Bill at Dodger game with Caleb, Nathan, and Kiana Bigler - 4/28/08 15 of 34 Joan Hofmann Andrews 8 month old grandson Hudson....WOW...how fast they grow!!! Life doesn't get much sweeter then this! 16 of 34 Awbrey- Larry Flowers granddaughter (2008) 17 of 34 Larry Flowers twin grandchild. 18 of 34 Larry Flowers other twin grandchild. 19 of 34 Marvin Creech, Terri Bovee Schuttenberg & Bill Bigler after dinner in Branson Missouri, June 2008 20 of 34 Larry Flowers youngest son and his family Christmas 2007. 21 of 34 Ventura Fourth of July 2008 Street Fair. 22 of 34 Ventura Street Fair 7/4/08 23 of 34 Colleen Skirvin Suddock and Janice Willoughby Hedden, with Janice Green Smith (previous picture). 24 of 34 Debbie Daniels Henderson sees the three of us in the window! 25 of 34 Ventura Street Fair 7/4/08 26 of 34 Santa Paula's Citrus Classic Balloon Festival, July 25 & 26, 2008 27 of 34 07/2008
I found my letter sweater after all these years; well it looked like mine...wonder where I lost it so long ago?? Margaret M 28 of 34 The Henson Family 2008
Ty, Linda, Jerry and Heather
29 of 34 Ventura County Fair August 2008
Janice Willoughby Hedden 30 of 34 Janice Willoughby Hedden and Janice Green Smith 31 of 34 John and Debbie Ostrander
at the Tower of Power Concert-Ventura Fair 2008 32 of 34 Ventura Fair August 2008 33 of 34 Yes...time flies when you're having fun! Here is my grandson Hudson already 1 year old.
Joan Hofmann Andrews 34 of 34
Memories of Ventura
Photos of many of the places we recall from our youth as they were then and as they are now. It is so much fun to look back and remember those warm and cherished moments from the past..
DeAnza Junior High School
July 28, 2007
"Brings back memories" 1 of 51 DeAnza Junior High - Janice Willoughby Hedden in line for lunch 07-28-2007 2 of 51 Janice Willoughby Hedden at DeAnza Junior High School
07/28/2007 3 of 51 Ventura High School
"Atoms for Peace" statue
VHS Bag Lunch Picnic 2007 4 of 51 2007 VHS Picnic
A 1965 and 1966 graduate, with Janice Willoughby Hedden and Jodeen Frank. Eating "Big Sticks" 5 of 51 VHS Lunch Area 6 of 51 Janice Willoughby Hedden holding a piece of the gym floor 7 of 51 A 1965 and 1966 graduate with Jodeen Frank and Janice Green Smith. VSH Picnic July 2007 8 of 51 VHS Student Store 9 of 51 VHS Snack bar 10 of 51 VHS Biology Building
There are gates now to block the traffic on Poli during school hours 11 of 51 Janice Willoughby Hedden between the winners of the "old car" contest at the 07-2007 VHS Picnic 12 of 51 VHS - building where the Photography Class was with Mr. MacArthur. I loved his class. 13 of 51 Remember our lockers! 14 of 51 Steps to the Women's Physical Ed Class 15 of 51 Swimming pool. Jean Getchell thinks they moved the diving board from the deep end of the pool
to the side. What do you think? 16 of 51 OOPs..........this is the picture
coming out of the Women's Physical Ed building 17 of 51 Janice Willoughby Hedden calling everyone to tell them to be sure to come to the VHS picnic next year! 18 of 51 19 of 51 Coming out of the Women's Physical Ed building 20 of 51 Janice Green Smith in front of the
Bob Tuttle Gym
Hope you enjoyed walking the halls of Ventura High School with the 2 Janice's! 21 of 51 VHS Auditorium 22 of 51 A day at the Ventura County 2007 Fair 23 of 51 24 of 51 The theme of the 132nd Ventura County Fair is
“An Old Fashioned Fairâ€. 25 of 51 Remember all the rides! 26 of 51 27 of 51 DeAnza Junior High School
July 28, 2007 28 of 51 DeAnza flag pole 07-2007 29 of 51 DeAnza 9th Grade Lawn 30 of 51 2007 VHS Annual Bag Lunch Picnic on the last Saturday of every July.
31 of 51 Hall by the swimming pool 32 of 51 33 of 51 Commercial Building at the Ventura County Fair 34 of 51 Oh how I love Red Hats! 35 of 51 E. P. Foster School on the Avenue, is still going strong. 36 of 51 E.P. Foster School 37 of 51 E.P. Foster School 38 of 51 E.P. Foster Elementary School was from Kindergarten to 3rd grade and then you went to Avenue School for 4th through 6th grade 39 of 51 E.P. Foster Elementary School 40 of 51 E.P. Foster Elementary School, 09/01/07 41 of 51 Many of you will remember the tunnel by E.P. Foster School, that we would take to get to the other side of the Avenue. 42 of 51 It doesn't look like it is used anymore. Probably not too safe! 43 of 51 Avenue School was from the 4th to the 6th grade. 44 of 51 After you completed 3rd grade at E.P. Foster School, you then got to go to Avenue School. 45 of 51 I wanted to take pictures of all the schools many of us attended, before they were torn down. 46 of 51 I can remember getting in trouble with Kenny West, in the 4th grade, for talking too much! 47 of 51 We had so much fun on the playground! 48 of 51 I hope others take some photos of their schools and add them to the site too. 49 of 51 Hope you enjoyed the seeing E. P. Foster Elementary, Avenue School and DeAnza. I have one more to add and that is Mill School.
Janice Green Smith 50 of 51 I like taking pic's of surfers! 51 of 51
Ruby Reunion
It was an opportunity for friends to gather and reminisce and share old stories. It was a time to be young at heart and enjoy our travels through time.
VHS CLASS OF 1967
RUBY REUNION
40 YEARS 1 of 78 She wore Ruby Slippers and her wish came true - Guess who? 2 of 78 Brad Bennett, Denea Biscoe Liebman & Mark Mayte 3 of 78 Penny (Rogers) Ruffinelli and her husbanc Ric 4 of 78 Janet Farr Campbell 5 of 78 Tammy vreeland Paxton 6 of 78 Colleen Skirven Suddock and Janet Farr Campbell 7 of 78 Donna Black Berger, Pam Macy Wright and Debbie Glen Jensen 8 of 78 Doris (Copus) and Jeff Young 9 of 78 Gary and Hilary Flowers 10 of 78 Janice Green Smith, Janice Willoughby Hedden and Donna Black Berger 11 of 78 John and Debbie Ostrander 12 of 78 Deanna Gastelum Root and Michelle Braun Casaday 13 of 78 June and Pat Kelly 14 of 78 Steve Jackson and Janice Willoughby Hedden 15 of 78 Janice Green Smith and Ben Suddock 16 of 78 Mary (Paios) and John Rosenberg 17 of 78 Tom and Donna Hayes 18 of 78 "Our Team" left to right: Danny Stark, Larry Butler, David Vork, Alan James, Jerry Henson, Dick Clopper, Brad Bennett, and Mark Mayte. 19 of 78 Mark Matye, Brad and Diane Bennett 20 of 78 Susan Seibert Anderson, Janet Farr Campbell and Donna Black Berger 21 of 78 Dan Stark, Larry and Chris Butler 22 of 78 Just dancing the night away! 23 of 78 Janice Willoughby Hedden and Bill Bigler 24 of 78 Linda Lowe and Tom Hayes 25 of 78 David Campbell and Tim Coffey 26 of 78 Gloria Pina Grunden and Carol Smaniotto 27 of 78 Suzi Grizzard Skutley and Penny Rogers Ruffinelli 28 of 78 Ken and Kathy Ball 29 of 78 Steve and Barbara Jackson 30 of 78 Tom and Donna Hayes 31 of 78 Prize for first reservation received.............David Campbell 32 of 78 Deanna and Clyde 33 of 78 Bruce Valde and Steve Dingman 34 of 78 and all we did was dance.......dance ............dance 35 of 78 Colleen (Skirvin) and Ben Suddock 36 of 78 David Campbell, Penny Hendricks and Tim Coffee (The Oakview Kids) 37 of 78 Janice Green Smith, Mark Matye and Dena Mercer 38 of 78 Jerry and Linda Richardson 39 of 78 John Ostrander and Donna Black - Valley Vista kids 40 of 78 Sharon Gaynor and Larry Flowers 41 of 78 Kenny and Mary West 42 of 78 Mark Matye and Donna Black 43 of 78 Gayland and Janice (Warner) Hagy 44 of 78 Gail Cowan Otten 45 of 78 Darryl and Janet Farr Campbell 46 of 78 Bruce and Barbara Holden with Chris Martinez 47 of 78 Frank and Linda (Gidmark) Montoya 48 of 78 Debbie Glen Jensen, Roy Jensen and Janice Willoughby Hedden 49 of 78 Doug and Barbara Buck Kline with Cathy and Roger Kimzey 50 of 78 51 of 78 Cherie (Russell) and Dale Jackson 52 of 78 Pat Kelly, Clyde Hall, Mary Paios Rosenberg, Larry Flowers, Willene Blair Droegemeier. Gary Flowers and Sharon Gaynor 53 of 78 Alan and Carol James 54 of 78 Albert Spurlock and Carol Smaniotto 55 of 78 Some husbands came to be with their VHS wives! 56 of 78 Janice Green, Donna Black, Pam Macy and Debbie Glen 57 of 78 Janice Willoughby Hedden
58 of 78 Janice Green, Dale Jackson and Donna Black 59 of 78 Janet Farr Campbell having fun giving out all the prizes! 60 of 78 Someone's belt buckle? Guess who it belongs too! 61 of 78 Donna Hayes (Tom) with her new VHS hat! Janet always likes to recycle! 62 of 78 Which one is Sandy Botello Carlson, and which one is her daughter? 63 of 78 Old friends Robin Kirsch and Dan'l Mangus. 64 of 78 Barry Reed with Lovely Linda! 65 of 78 Darlene Pullen, Linda Lowe, Robin Kirsch, Bruce Valde and Barbara Buck are having a great time! 66 of 78 Lovely Ladies 67 of 78 Teresa Cozenza Poush, Sharon Hustead Henderson, and Pat Ramsdell Hallett 68 of 78 Three old friends! 69 of 78 Tim and Penny Hendricks Coffey make a pretty picture. 70 of 78 Patrick! Don't play with your food! 71 of 78 Dan Mangus and Bill Bigler catching up. 72 of 78 Ken and Kathy Trainor Grant. Ken claims he had a good time. 73 of 78 Bruce Valde Helps celebrate Frank Sentes' win of the Surfing Award. 74 of 78 Susan Killingsworth Mauck looks great! 75 of 78 Sharon Henderson caught Boyce Jones and Diana Pullen doing the Freddy! 76 of 78 Sandy and Bob Carlson win an award too. 77 of 78 What ever Jerry Richardson is selling Kenny Ball isn't buying it. 78 of 78
Ruby Reunion Friday Night Ice Breaker
More than 100 members of the class of 1967 gathered in a suite at the Sheraton Four Points to renew old acquaintances.
YEAH COUGAR'S 1 of 37 Ice-Breaker Party
Ruby Reunion/Class of 1967
August 10, 2007
Carol Smaniotto and Colleen Skirven Suddock 2 of 37 Janice Willoughby Hedden and Dick Clopper 3 of 37 Sharon Hustead, Sheri Williams and Teresa Cosenza 4 of 37 Alan James and Janice Willoughby Hedden 5 of 37 Linda Carr, Janice Green, Gail Cowan and Doris Copus......we were all in first grade together at E.P. Foster School 6 of 37 Walton Soohoo and Tim Coffey 7 of 37 Sheri Williams Smith, Linda and Jerry Henson 8 of 37 Janice Green Smith and Cherie Russell Jackson 9 of 37 Debbie Glen Jensen, Cherie Russell Jackson and Jean Getchell 10 of 37 Lynn Weber Arnold and Roger Kimsey 11 of 37 Danny Mangus, Sandy Botello Carlson and Kathy Lymberopoulos 12 of 37 Suzi Grizzard Skutley, Debbie Glen and husband Roy Jensen 13 of 37 Janet Farr Campbell giving a toast to the Class of 1967. 14 of 37 Albert Spurlock 15 of 37 Danny, Mark & Brad 16 of 37 Janet Farr Campbell and Jim Burress 17 of 37 Barry Reed, Albert Spurlock, Diana Pullen and Dan Mangus 18 of 37 Darlene Pullen and Barry Reed 19 of 37 Linda Gidmark Montoya and Janet Farr Campbell 20 of 37 Doug Kline, Barbara Buck Kline and a friend they brought to the party.
21 of 37 Janice Hedden Willoughby and Linda Hadlen 22 of 37 Walt SooHoo and Debbie Glen Jensen 23 of 37 Linda Carr Hensen, Clyde Hall and Jodeen Frank 24 of 37 Janice Willoughby Hedden and Debbie Glen Jensen............the Jensen's shared some good wine with the 2 Janice's in their room! 25 of 37 Linda (Carr) and Jerry Hensen 26 of 37 Mary Paios Rosenberg sends a picture of the Ice Breaker........what a fun night! 27 of 37 Linda Gidmark, Jerry Hensen, Ken West, Larry Flowers and Ron Clemore 28 of 37 Mary Paios Rosenberg and Cherie Russell Jackson 29 of 37 Sandy Botello, Diana Pullen, Brad Melvin, Janice Willoughby, Willene Blair and Robin Tidwell 30 of 37 Welcoming Committee..........we all waited at the bar and greeted everyone as they entered the hotel. 31 of 37 Patrick Regan, Diana Pullen, David Campbell, Darlene Pullen, Dan'l Mangus, and Kathy Trainor Grant heading to the Ice Breaker 32 of 37 Danny Stark having Fun! 33 of 37 Patrick Regan, Kathy Trainor, Barry Reed, Diana Pullen, and Stan Leighton on the patio. 34 of 37 Teresa and Dan 35 of 37 Darryl Ducharme (Dutch), Susan Killingsworth Mauck and Clyde Hall
36 of 37 Everyone had a good time at the Ice Breaker. Look, Fred Hoff was there too! 37 of 37
Holy Cougar 35 Years Later !!!!
Wow...A Silver Anniversary... Already???
VHS Picnic & 60 Birthday Party
VHS All Alumni Picnic held every last Saturday of July. Our own class 60th Birthday Party held the evening of the Picnic - July 25, 2009
VHS Annual Brown Bag Picnic 07/25/00 1 of 46 Colleen Skirvin Suddock, Janice Willoughby Hedden,
Janice Green Smith, Tami Vreeland Paxton, Janet Farr Campbell,
Karen Hill Sharp and Alana Greene 2 of 46 Front:
Moses Mora, Doris Copus Young, Pat Kelley,
Stan Leighton, Ken Ball,
Middle:
Karen Hill Sharp, Suzie Grizzard Skutley,
Janice Willoughby Hedden, Janice Green Smith,
Colleen Skirvin Suddock, Janet Farr Campbell
Back:
Bobbie Manzer Estrada, Alan James,
Jodeen Frank 3 of 46 Thanks Suzie for making our cool name tags
for the 60 party 4 of 46 Tami and Janice 5 of 46 Colleen, Stan Leighton and Bobbie Manzer 6 of 46 Doris Copus Young by the car hubby entered today! 7 of 46 Doris and Jeff's car 8 of 46 Karen Hill Sharp, Gail Cowan Otten, Doris Copus Young and
Pat Kelley 9 of 46 Alan James, Kelly Geddes and Ken Ball 10 of 46 Jodeen Frank and Kelly both win prizes! 11 of 46 Bobbie Manzer and Colleen Skirvin 12 of 46 Gail showing T-Shirts available from past reunions 13 of 46 What a fun day at the VHS campus! Brought back memories!
Wish you could have joined us!
Janice Green Smith 14 of 46 15 of 46 VHS 60 Year Birthday Bash
07/25/09 16 of 46 Bell Arts Factory
Ventura, CA 93001 17 of 46 Remember Bell Mattress! 18 of 46 One of the artist working the evening of our party 19 of 46 Moses Mora telling us the story of how Bell Mattress became the
Bell Arts Factory 20 of 46 Moses shared his album of the trip he and his daughter took to
Vietnam in 2009. His daughter made the album. 21 of 46 Suzie at the greeting table 22 of 46 Janet, Suzi, Janice, Jodeen, Carol
& Gloria. 23 of 46 Gail Cowan, Pam Finley and Tami Vreeland 24 of 46 Gloria Pena and Colleen Skirvin 25 of 46 Carol - back in the 60's 26 of 46 Mary Paios & Julie Valencia from Nevada 27 of 46 Moses' collection of 60's album covers 28 of 46 Ken Ball telling a fantastic story 29 of 46 Pam Finley and Gail Cowan - Bobbie Manzer in back
with Colleen Skirvin 30 of 46 Stan "the man "Leighton (background) dressed as he did in 1967 31 of 46 Flower child Julie 32 of 46 Pam, Tami, Bobbie 33 of 46 Janice Willoughby and Allen James 34 of 46 Raylene Salas and Moses Mora 35 of 46 Tommy Flores 36 of 46 Kelly Geddes and Allen James 37 of 46 Jeff and Doris Copus Young 38 of 46 Alana Greene in white to be bride on 8-10-09 39 of 46 Mary remembers the "Summer of Love" 40 of 46 Raylene Salas and hubby Esau - thanks for great Salsa 41 of 46 Raylene Salas and John Ostrander 42 of 46 Janet getting the champagne ready for our toast 43 of 46 Carol having fun opening the bottles she brought for our toast 44 of 46 Moses Mora, Doris Copus, Gloria Pena, Ken Ball, Janice Green,
Kelly Geddes, Tami Vreeland, Suzie Grizzard, Pat Kelley, Tami's hubby Fred, Gail Cowan & Margaret Hubbard 45 of 46 Janet at the end of the evening.
We had a lot of fun and hope more classmates can join us at our next
party! Janice Green Smith 46 of 46