Barbara Sparks Runnels
2023 Class Reunion Picnic at Covina Park
2023 Class Reunion Picnic at Covina Park
We met at 11:00 AM and stay until 3:00 PM or so. As most of the participants that I know of are pretty local we are asking you to bring your own lunch. Either bring a sandwich and drink, get a burger at In and Out at Citrus and I-10 or Capri Deli on San Bernardino in the second block East of Citrus. These are just suggestions. Elaine plans to bring a salad for all, paper plates, tablecloths, and plastic ware. We also suggest you bring a folding chair or pillow for the hard seats. Bring old pictures or other treasures.
Ruth Riggs Mocabee
Ruth Riggs Mocabee
According to Ruth Riggs Mocabee’s daughter, Jennifer McTavish, Ruth died on 12/22/22. Her husband, Barry, died just over a year ago May of 2021. Ruth was having some difficulty getting through all the paper work after his death. Ruth lived in Salone, Az. Her Facebook page said she had been:
Her last Faceboolk post:
Don Butler
Don Butler
Don Butler was born in Pasadena California in the same hospital in which his mother was born. They lived in Monrovia and were there when Mr. Butler was drafted into the military toward the end of WWII. The family then move to West Covina in 1948 where land was cheaper. Don attended elementary school in West Covina until the 5th grade when several classes were sent to Covina, Lark Ellen school, in about 1949. Don attended Covina Grammar school for 6th and 8th grade and then went on to Covina High. After a short stent in Junior college he went to work for the telephone company and worker for years in the Los Angeles area, mostly around USC. He married Lenora and they had two boys, Eric and Corey.
MY EARLIEST COVINA MEMORIES
By Joanne Mitchell
I love Covina. I’m so grateful I was led here at an early age and it has become my permanent home. In 1949, my father was transferred from San Bernardino to Covina as Accounting Manager for the area by Southern California Edison. I was a sophomore in high school. The move was introduced to me by a copy of the Covina Argus Citizen laying on my parents’ bed.
We settled in a duplex on Badillo Street across from the Park. On a summer evening, we walked to the Covina First Baptist Church. Prayer meetings were held in those days on Wednesday evenings. A picture is enclosed of the old church. In the front row, a little to the left, is Police Chief Alan Sill who my husband worked for when he joined the force in 1955. Behind him, to his left, is Earl Campbell, Alpha Beta Manager, who hired many of our boys as box boys.
Gary "Buzz" Shoemaker
Gary "Buzz" Shoemaker
July 29, 1938 - November 28. 2022
Since High School: After graduation I worked for Convair in Pomona. Married Karen Timmons (“Timmie”) in 1958, and have lived in this area since. We started Shoemaker Trucking in 1960. I hauled bulk cement and later sub-hauled for Kaiser Steel. Sold my trucks in 1970 and worked in the family leather business for 20 years. During that time, I restored a ’32 roadster, 3 antique sprint cars and a ’53 GMC truck. I hauled hay, part-time, in the “Jimmy,” entered it in various truck shows and won a few trophies. Sold the GMC, purchased and restored a long-nose Kenworth truck and trailer and hauled hay from the Imperial Valley to various dairies in Chino until I retired in 1994.
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