THE OROVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1969

The first Oroville High School on Bird Street - 1892.

The second Oroville High School at Robinson Street and Second Avenue - 1904.

The third and current location at the corner of Orange and Bridge Streets. The main building at Oroville High School stood there from 1918 until it was torn down in early 1966 - our Freshman year.

The 50th Oroville High School Reunion for the Class of 1969 held on October 19, 2019 at the Gold Country Casino is now history! We all had a great time! See the Oroville High School Class of 1969 Facebook page for photos and info regarding that historic event!!!!

Hi! It's now been more than 50 years since more than 260 students graduated from Oroville High School in Oroville, California on June 6, 1969.

It's been a long time. In September 2008, since it had been such a long time, it was decided to build this web site about our class.

We have added a few photos of the school and class and also provided a list of the graduates. We've listed information regarding our Reunions. Group photographs from all 9 of our Reunions are displayed here. We've even thrown in a bit of trivia about 1969. Should you be a member of the class, or know of a member of the class and have information regarding a class member to add to this website, please e-mail Larry Matthews at the address below.

Additionally, there is an IN MEMORIAM section in honor of those classmates who have passed away.

We now have a link to all OHS Class of 69 Senior Portraits. It's located in the "List of Graduates" section just before the list of names. These are all of the Senior Portraits that were included in the OHS 69 NUGGET YEARBOOK.

We are so amazed at how much time has gone by so swiftly! This web site promises to be a continuing effort so keep checking back!

Thanks! Larry Matthews

SECTIONS:

1. OHS Class of 69's 45th Reunion!

2. OHS Class of 69's 40th Reunion!

3. Revisiting the Campus.

4. List of Graduates and Link to Senior Portraits.

5. In Memoriam.

6. Reunions.

7. 1969 Trivia!

8. Reunion/OHS Related Links.

9. Oroville Union High School District Hall of Fame Inductees.

1. OHS CLASS OF 69's 45TH REUNION!

All who attended the 45th Reunion had a great time. As before, it was a joint reunion with the OHS Class of 1970. It was on September 20, 2014 at Gold Country Casino. It was well attended by around 100 classmates and guests. It was one of my favorite reunions. We expect a much greater crowd for the 50th Reunion in the Fall of 2019.

Additional OHS 69/70 Reunion photos that were taken that night by Scott Roberts and Larry Matthews can be accessed at:

REUNION PHOTOS

2. OHS CLASS OF 69's 40TH REUNION!

The 40th Reunion was a blast! At least I and many others thought so. It was on Oct. 17, 2009 at the Gold Country Casino. It was a joint reunion with OHS Class of 1970. There were 170 classmates with their guests and, between the good food, great friendships that were renewed, wonderful music and great enthusiasm. I got to meet classmates I had not seen in 40 years. My thanks to the Reunion Committee and all those who attended.

For additional OHS 69/70 Reunion photos that were taken by Scott Roberts that night you can access them at:

REUNION PHOTOS

The "O" on Table Mountain - May 1969. During Spirit Week, the "O" was changed into a "69" by classmates Bob Groh, Mel Boren, Larry Johnson, Mike Scroggins, Richard Brazil, Bob Watkins, Jim Lundergreen, Steve Kern, Robert Lane, Hal Dahlmeier, Rick Everett, Mark Black, Barry Duensing, and maybe a few more.

3. REVISITING THE CAMPUS

The Boy's Gym in January 2009. One of the buildings that has only had minor changes in 40 years.

I had not visited the campus for probably 20 years but on the evening of October 8, 2008 fellow classmate Scott Roberts and I took a walk around. We noted that the "T" or Temporary Buildings, that turned out to be permanent for 40 years, have finally been replaced with a nice, new building. Also, the Block "O" Bench is still there. But the eastern part of it is almost covered by the hillside they installed for the new building. Also, the old tree inside the bench is now twice as big as it was 40 years ago. It was very nice to revisit the campus.

(Block "O" Bench photo by Sandy Smith. November 2011)

Scott and I revisited the campus again on July 25, 2012. Here are a few photos from that visit.

The Quad with the C, S and H Wings. July 25, 2012.

Scott on the Block "O" Bench. July 25, 2012.

4. LIST OF GRADUATES

We graduated on June 6, 1969. The above photo is from that evening. A great memory from a long time ago.

OROVILLE HIGH SENIOR PORTRAITS

LINDA ADAMSON

JANET AISTON

DEBRA ELLEN ANDERSON

DUANE ANDERSON

JENNY ANDERSON

DEBBIE ANDES

MARK C. ANTHONY*

PAUL A. ANTHONY*

JAMES L. ATKISON*

GREGORY STEVEN BAKER

KAREN SUE BAKER

ROBERT C. BALL *

DAVID E. BEEMAN

MARK BEEVER*

VAN RAE BILBO

KATHIE ELAINE BISHOP

MARK DENNIS BLACK

BRAD BLANCHARD

KENNETH ALAN BLUFORD

SANDRA LEE BOONE

MEL BOREN*

MICHAEL BOURDIU

WENDY BOYD

GARY D. BRASEN

RICHARD BRAZIL

AL W. BRILLIOTT*

MAX BRISTER

DENISE LORRAINE BURWELL

MICHAEL CALCATERA

SUSAN CAROL CAMERON

CAROL CAPLINGER

DIANA ARLENE CARTER

PEGGY T. CASADA *

DAVID CASAGRANDE (Honorary Member)

NEIL CASTELLO

DICK L. CASTLEBERRY

ROBERT ELLIS CHAMBERLAIN *

PAUL CHOLLET

KATHLEEN CLARK

THOMAS EARL COLEMAN

NANCY CORBALEY *

LARRY CORDOVA *

KATHY CORKIN*

CHERYL COTTON FOX

SERENIA SUE CROWE

STEVE CUNNINGHAM

HAL STEPHEN DAHLMEIER

LARRY DAMASSA

ALLEN LAVERN DAVIS

PEGGY ANN DEAN

JILL CLARICE DODD

DANIEL DOMINGUEZ

AUTHUR W. DRYDEN JR.

BARRY JAMES DUENSING

STEVEN DUNN

CHRISTINE MARIE ELLIS

RICK EVERETT *

PATRICIA FAREK

JOHN EDWARD FENDT

DIANE FISHER*

SCOTT C. FOLEY

CHRISTY FRENCH

RONALD EUGENE FRIEND

JIM FUGATE

KEN FULTZ

RONALD LEE GASTON*

LIND FAYE GEE

JAN GEORGE

DENISE JOANN GILBERT

MARGARET GILLUM *

JANET MARIE GODDARD (Ortiz)*

STEVEN GOFF

BRIAN GRANT

SUSAN RAE GRAVERT (EDWARDS)*

GARY GRAVIER

JOHN T GREGORY, JR.

BRIGID ANN GROGAN

ROBERT ERNEST GROH

PETER BRAXTON HANSELL

MARSHA BROOKE HARLAN

ROBERT ELWGNN HARNESS

HAROLD EDWARD HARRISON*

HARRIETTA HARTSHORN

PEGGY HAWKINS TROXEL

JOHN ALLEN HAYES

ILSA HEINRICHS

LANA HEMENWAY

BONNIE HILBORN (FUGATE)*

FRANK HILL

JUDY HILTON

WILLIAM S. HOLBROOK,JR.

CARLA YVONNE HOLCOMB

(GROVER) ALLEN HOLDER*

ROBERT HOWARTH *

SARAH S. HOWE

HARRY HUDSON

MARGIE HUGHES

JACK T. HUNGERFORD *

MARK MILLARD HUNTINGTON

DONALD E. HUTTON

KATHLEEN INGRAM

LARRY EUGENE INGWERSON

DEBBIE JAMISON *

DAVID RUSSELL JEWELL

LAWRENCE JOSEPH JOHNSON

LIOLA MAE JOHNSON

PATRICIA MARIE JOHNSON

BEVERLY JEAN JONES

CONNIE JONES

DEANNA CATHERINE JONES

MARY ELIZABETH JONES

MARGARET ANN JOYNER

KRIS STEPHEN KANGAS*

STEVE KANGAS

ARTHUR RAY KARR

STEVE D. KERN

KARL E. KEYES*

LAWRENCE RAY KIMBLE*

JOSEPH KRUPLA

NANCY LAFIELD

CHRIS LEE LAMB

JERRY LEE LAMBERT

DEBORAH JANE LAMUSGA

ROBERT LANE *

TERRY LEE LANCE

STEPHEN EUGENE LANDES

BETH LANDRY

ROBERT LEWIS LANE

THOMAS E. LANTSBERGER

DENNIS WAYNE LEE

JOHN AUGUST LEGGET*

STEVE B. LEISHMAN

CRAIG LEMASTER

KAY LETTERMAN*

EDWARD LINCOLN*

WENDY SUE LOWMAN

JOEL KENT LUDWIG*

JAMES LUNDERGREEN*

CRAIG DANIEL LUTZ *

GREG LYONS

BRENDA LEE MCCOY

ROBERT JOHN MCDONALD

ELLEN MARIE MCGINNIS

LONNELA LOUIS MCLELLAND

VIRGINIA MCPARTLAND

NEAL ALLEN MACKEY

ANN MAGUIRE

PAMELA ANN MARK

CATHERINE MARLER

LINDA DIANE MARSHALL

CYNTHIA MARIE MARTELLO*

LARRY R. MATTHEWS

MELISSA MARYANNE MEITH

BRAD R. MELTON

STEVEN E. MENEFEE

MICHAEL OLAV MESSERSCHMIDT

DOREE MEYER

GAIL JEAN MILLER

STEVEN L. MILLER

KAREN ADELE MONETA

GEORGE KURT MOWLES

PATRICIA ANNE MUNSTER

DAN NELSON

CAROLE NEWTON

DONNIE LEE ODOM

MICHAEL DUANE "RUSTY" OHLHAUSEN*

LARRY OLSON

KARIN OWENS (FOLEY)

SANDRA O'QUINN

DERRIE OSBY

EILEEN PALOOLIAN

SUSAN MARGARET PATRICK

MICHAEL J. PATTERSON

JOANNE M. PAULLIN

SANDRA PEARSON*

ROSE MARMELLA PERO

WILLIAM H. PETERSON

ASCUNCION MENDOZA PINEDO

JAMES BRIAN POWERS

VIOLETA QUINTERO

THERESA ANN RADEMACHER

CHARLES RATHBUN

DAVE ARDIN RAYOME*

THOMAS A. REICHENBACH

CARLOS REYES

TONY G. REYES

IVIN RAY RHYNE

MAINER RICHARDS

JANE LYN RICHTER

ROSANN A. ROBERTS (BALISTRER)

SCOTT ROBERTS

DAVID ARLEN RODEN

JOHN ROGERS, JR.

DEBBIE ROOKARD

RICHARD R. ROPER

ADELLE ROWLAND

LESLIE SAWTELLE *

SHARON LEE SCHUTT

GREGORY JOHN SCOTT

MICHAEL C. SCROGGINS*

BETTY SHANER (LEDFORD)

WESLEY SHARP

RICHARD HAROLD SHAW

STEVEN ROBERT SHIELDS*

PATRICIA SHIPE*

JEANNE SHOOK

SARAH JANE SIMS*

BARBARA JANE SMITH

DAVID ROSS SMITH

MIKE SMITH *

RICHARD W. SMITH

LAWRENCE MICHAEL SMITTCAMP

THOMAS E. SPRADLIN

BRENDA LEE STALTER

CAROL ANN STAPLETON

PAT STEIDL

LARRY J. STEINGASSER *

JOLENE STIERSTEDTER (WITCHER)*

KATHY STRACHAN*

JOE STURGEON

KATHY SWEET

LEE TATRO

DEBBIE TAYLOR

GEORGE TEAGUE *

LARRY TEAGUE

KATHY TETZLAFF

ELAINE D. THOMAS (PETTY)*

CLYDE THOMPSON, JR.

PAT THOMPSON

CHARLES MICHAEL THURMAN *

STEPHANIE LYNN TROVER

BILL TURPIN*

JACQUELINE PATRICIA VORIS

PAMELA JEAN WALTERS

GAYE CELESTE WARD

ROBERT D. WATKINS

DANIEL RAY WEIDMAN

DAVID WEIKEL

WALTER LEROY WELKER *

LAURIE CAMERON WELLS

PATRICIA MARIE WENTZ

TERRY L. WHITE

BILL WIDENER

NADEEN WILLIAMS

KATHLENE WILSON

DANIEL WINSTON *

KRISTIE LYNN WOODHAM*

DUANE V. WRIGHT*

GREGORY CHARLES WRIGHT

DANIEL WILLIAM WYCOFF

DONNIE WYMAN*

CARRIE ZAMBORY

TIMOTHY GLEN ZUNDELL

5. IN MEMORIAM *

Many thanks to Ilsa (Heinrichs) Phillips for creating the "In Memoriam" display for the 45th Reunion.

Mark C. Anthony (December 12, 1950 - January 1, 1973)

Paul A. Anthony (April 28, 1952 - July 17, 2015)

James L. Atkison (August 4, 1951 - August 12, 2020)

Robert C. Ball (June 2, 1951 - March 6, 2008)

Mark Beever (April 10, 1951 - May 6, 2015)

Mel Boren (1951 - February 2013)

Al W. Brilliott (June 7, 1951 to August 11, 2016)

Peggy Casada (September 1, 1951 - October 13, 2003)

Robert Chamberlain (September 2, 1951 - August 29, 1974)

Nancy Corbaley (September 25, 1951 - April 18, 1996)

Larry Cordova (October 8, 1950 - February 16, 1994)

Kathy Corkin (October 13, 1950 - March 7, 2013)

Rick Everett (May 18, 1951 - May 20, 1979)

Diane Fisher (July 25, 1950 - December 3, 2018)

Ronald Lee Gaston (August 14, 1951 - January 21, 2012)

Margaret Gillum (May 5, 1951 - January 7, 2009)

Janet Marie Goddard (Ortiz) (May 2, 1951 - February 16, 2021)

Susan Rae Gravert (Edwards) (January 2, 1951 - June 15, 2017)

Harold Edward Harrison (May 6, 1950 - August 13, 2012)

Bonnie Hilborn (Fugate) (April 24, 1951 - January 10, 2013)

(Grover) Allen Holder (January 1, 1951 - October 10, 2021)

Robert Howarth (July 11, 1951 - October 27, 1967)

Jack Hungerford (November 4, 1950 - February 9, 1990)

Debbie S. Jamison (August 18, 1951 - June 7, 2005)

Kris Stephen Kangas (August 24, 1951 - December 10, 2010)

Karl E. Keyes (April 20, 1951 - January 28, 2017)

Lawrence Ray Kimble (November 19, 1951 - October 11, 2022)

Robert Lane (October 21, 1951 - August 18, 1998)

John August Legget (May 29, 1951 - January 4, 2016)

Kay Letterman (January 4, 1951 - March 14, 2009)

Edward Lincoln (September 26, 1950 - October 23, 2018)

Joel Kent Ludwig (1950 - March 13, 2023)

James Lundergreen (September 27, 1951 - February 8, 2019)

Craig Lutz (February 23, 1951 - February 13, 1985)

Cynthia Marie Martello (May 29, 1951 - July 19, 2014)

Michael Duane "Rusty" Ohlhausen (April 2, 1951 - March 4, 2022)

Sandra Pearson (June 24, 1951 - September 2, 2011)

David Ardin Rayome (August 8, 1950 - June 11, 2018)

Leslie Sawtelle (January 16, 1951 - February 10, 2005)

Michael C. Scroggins (May 6, 1951 - March 11, 2017)

Steven Robert Shields (August 25, 1951 - September 18, 2016)

Patricia Shipe (Groh) (October 12, 1951 - April 13, 2021)

Sarah Jane Sims (September 7, 1951 - October 3, 2018)

Mike Smith (February 21, 1951 - February 18, 2007)

Larry J. Steingasser (June 16, 1951 - February 11, 2002)

Jolene Stierstedter (Witcher) (March 17, 1951 - June 17, 2019)

Kathy Strachan (March 23, 1951 - November 11, 2013)

George Teague (November 12, 1951 - May 12, 1999)

Elaine D. Thomas (Petty) (March 14, 1951 - May 31, 2022)

Charles Thurman (May 28, 1951 - November 21, 1978)

Bill Turpin (May 11, 1951 - June 2, 2017)

Walter L. Welker (September 13, 1950 - March 7, 2010)

Daniel Winston (March 16, 1951 - July 24, 1992)

Kristie L. Woodham (February 2, 1951 - June 24, 2008)

Duane V. Wright (August 25, 1951 - September 26, 1989)

Donnie Wyman (November 4, 1951 - February 15, 2008)

Special thanks to Steve Goff of our class for his research confirming the dates of death of class members.

6. REUNIONS

10th Year Reunion - June 23, 1979 - Elks Lodge, Oroville

15th Year Reunion - August 11, 1984 - Elks Lodge, Oroville

20th Year Reunion - July 22, 1989 - Eagles Club, Oroville

25th Year Reunion - August 6, 1994 - Eagles Club, Oroville

30th Year Reunion - October 16, 1999 - Kelly Ridge Clubhouse, Kelly Ridge

35th Year Reunion - October 16, 2004 - Feather River Senior Center, Oroville

40th Year Reunion - October 17, 2009 - Gold Country Casino, Oroville

45th Year Reunion - September 21, 2014 - Gold Country Casino, Oroville

Thanks to Betty Shaner Ledford and Dick Roper for coordinating all of our reunions.

7. 1969 TRIVIA!

THE "NUMBER ONE" ALBUMS OF 1969

1. The White Album - Beatles (8 weeks)

2. Taking Care of Business - Diana Ross/Supremes and Temptations (1 week)

3. Wichita Lineman - Glen Campbell (4 weeks)

4. Blood Sweat and Tears - Blood Sweat and Tears (7 weeks)

5. Hair - Original Cast (13 weeks)

6. At San Quentin - Johnny Cash (4 weeks)

7. Blind Faith - Blind Faith (2 weeks)

8. Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival (4 weeks)

9. Abbey Road - Beatles (8 weeks)

10. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin (1 week)

TOP 40 "NUMBER ONE" SONGS OF 1969

1. Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - The 5th Dimension

2. In The Year 2525 - Zager and Evans

3. Dizzy - Tommy Roe

4. Everyday People - Sly and the Family Stone

5. Honky Tonk Women - Rolling Stones

6. Sugar Sugar - Archies

7. Wedding Bell Blues - The 5th Dimension

8. Crimson and Clover - Tommy James and the Shondells

9. Love Theme From Romeo and Juliet - Henry Mancini

10. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam

TOP TELEVISION SHOWS OF 1969

1. Rowan and Martin's Laugh In

2. Gomer Pyle, USMC

3. Bonanza

4. Mayberry RFD

5. Family Affair

6. Gunsmoke

7. Julia

8. Dean Martin Show

9. Here's Lucy

10. Beverly Hillbillies

TOP GROSSING MOVIES OF 1969

1. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid

2. The Love Bug

3. Midnight Cowboy

4. Easy Rider

5. Hello Dolly

6. Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice

7. Paint Your Wagon

8. True Grit

9. Cactus Flower

10. Goodbye Columbus

Larry Matthews

writerlarry@hotmail.com

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