More 55th Menlo Reunion Photos

From the Saturday morning Brunch at Dinah's Poolside Restaurant:

Keoki, Sam, Bruce, John Z., Mike K. Tom, and Jon.

Tom Love and Sam Felix.

John Zinke, Mike Kenner. Tom Love, Jon Lawson.

Keoki Raymond.

Doug and Lulu Williams included in this one - everyone else you ought to recognize by now :-).

Kim/Anne Marie - I'm sorry there aren't any photos of you in the post - but I'll be HAPPY to add to the post if you'll forward a photo to me (Bill J)!

Thanks to ALL who participated - it was another GREAT time!! To those of you who were unable to attend or chose not to - COME JOIN US IN 2024!  It's NEVER too late to join the fun!!

Tha, tha, tha, that's all folks!!

Menlo Class of '64's 55th Reunion

Nearly a dozen members of the Menlo Class of 1964 gathered in the Menlo Park/Los Altos area over the weekend of 12 - 14 October, 2019 to celebrate the 55th anniversary of our graduation from Menlo.

Our celebration began with a wonderful pre-Homecoming Game "festival" organized and hosted by Menlo on the Douglass Lawn! Special thanks to Katherine Kelly and the Menlo Alumni staff for the incredible selection of foods, beverages and entertainment!

UNDER THE LIGHTS at Cartan Field (a FIRST for us!), Bruce Benton, Bill Jarrott, Jim Odriozola and John Zinke were joined by John Lawson, Kim McKellar and Kim's lovely lady, Anne Marie to watch the Menlo Knights defeat the Carlton High School Scots, 23 to 17!!  Unfortunately, NO photographs were taken to remember this event - in fact, as the evening grew increasingly chilly a few of us faint-hearted departed at the beginning of the 4th quarter when it appeared that the Knights had the game under control, and returned to Dinah's for a night cap in the warmth of Dinah's Poolside Restaurant.

On Saturday, we enjoyed a casual morning and afternoon of classmate arrivals and informal get-togethers in and around Dinah's.  Our "main event" was a lovely dinner in the heated patio of Pezella's Via Napoli Italian Restaurant, about 4 miles south of Dinah's on El Camino.

From here on, it'll just photographs of the event, courtesy of CreativeShot Photography (SPECIAL thanks to Mike Kenner for engaging the photographer!).

Most dinner attendees, with small group photos and individual photos to follow (unfortunately, Kim McKellar and Anne joined us after the photographer departed)

Bruce Benton

And his cousin (or as Bruce refers to her, his "Reunion Wife!"

Doug Williams.

Doug and his lovely wife, Lulu.

Chase (or as we remember him, "Chip" Young).

And, Chase's lovely wife, Judith Branch.

Steve Westbrook (his FIRST Menlo reunion, ever)!

Bill Jarrott, John Zinke Ann Sullivan (with back to camera), Bruce Benton and Steve Westbrook.

"Keoki" George Raymond and Lulu Williams.

Jim Odriozola (you may recall that Jim joined our reunion group two years ago when we discovered his wife worked with Mike Kenner's daughter in Santa Cruz).

Jon Lawson.

Mike Kenner and Jim Odriozola (More photos to follow - I've run out of room in THIS post!).

Tom Love and Sam Felix.

Tom Love ad Mike Kenner.

Billy Wolff, Doug Williams and Mike Kenner.

John Zinke and Sam Felix.

Bruce Benton and Ann Sullivan.

Jim Odriozola.

Bill Jarrott and John Zinke

Photos from the Saturday morning brunch at Dinah's will be included in the next post.

Scott Clinton

I'm sorry to share that, via an e-mail from his son, James, I've just learned that Scott passed away a couple of months ago. Classmates have written with remembrances of Scott, including Bill Phinizy who shared this photo of the "Backbay Chamberpot Terriers" jug band started by Robby Kreiger and Billy Wolff that also included Scott, Bill Phinzy and Jerry Dunn:

Mike Kenner commented: "Sorry to hear that....I did love the way he laughed!" May Scott rest in eternal peace.

2017 "Mini-Reunion"

Season's Greetings, Classmates (well, it IS almost Thanksgiving)!

'Thought you'd enjoy some photos from our "off-cycle" mini-reunion during Menlo's recent Homecoming Celebration (20-21 October 2017).  As expected, the turnout was light, but it was a terrific opportunity to welcome Jim Odriozola back to the class after his LONG absence, and to renew several other long-term relationships!

Here's a shot of a little of a little pre-game "B.S." session:

And, a little class camaraderie during the game (missing? Keoki Raymond who was otherwise obligated, but who, with his lovely wife, Kim, joined us later for our reunion dinner):

You'd have been proud of the Knights (formerly, as you'll recall, the "World Famous Menlo fighting Acorns")! The team performed far better than we predecessors from 1964 (who accumulated a 4W/3L record during our our final season) by trouncing Woodside High School 51-6! 'Gotta be honest here in noting that by the end of the 3rd quarter, some of us were wishing the Referee could call the game to STOP the annihilation (and allow us to move on to our reunion dinner)!

Speaking of the Reunion Dinner, we all enjoyed a pleasant repast at Pezzella's Villa Napoli in Sunnyvale (at the recommendation of Bruce Benton's cousin, Ann Sullivan).

We were thrilled to arrive and find Keoki and Kim Raymond there (although Keoki had told me he and Kim would be joining us, we apparently "missed" them during the Homecoming Game)! 

Both Kim and Connie were MOST pleasant additions to our dinner party!  Kim took additional photos during our dinner - I'll add them to another post when I receive them.

My final photo for this post?  Our pal, John Zinke, looking VERY content after his meal!!

After dinner, since a few of us, by "tradition," were staying at Dinah's Garden Hotel, we moved on to their Poolside Restaurant for a "night cap" before retiring from our pleasant evening!

Finally, on Saturday morning, most of us re-united at Dinah's Poolside Restaurant for breakfast and a final get-together before well headed in different directions for sightseeing, family visiting, and other diversions!

'Sorry we missed a bunch of you! But, for us who attended, it was a nice, small, pleasant time together!!

 I'll let you all know when/if I get more photos for posting, AND, I'll be back in touch when we start making plans for our 55th Reunion in 2019.

In the meantime, please stay well, and stay in touch!

Cheers, Bill

This note and photo were recently received from Tom Love following a May 2016 "road trip" he and Mike Kenner made up to Washington and Oregon.

"Hi Bill,

I recently took a trip along with Mike Kenner to the Great Northwest to visit Bill Kendall. We had a great time with Bill & his wife Pat at their ranch along the WA/ID border. On the way back we stopped in to Yachats, OR to reconnect with Jim Adler. Very interesting guy who is an artist and an environmentalist. Take a look at the YouTube video to see and hear Jim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBsqtK4oraU.

Tom"

Jim:  Come on and join us at our next reunion - we'd all love to catch up with you!!

Sunday Morning 50th Reunion Events (Alice's Restaurant)

Saturday Evening 50th Reunion Dinner