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Chaffey Hight School Class of 1961 &
Tigers and Best Friends Annual Reunion Planning Committe
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Bill Herron TBF's C0-Chairman, Vicki Herron Social Secretary
Gary Williams, CFO and Co-Chair of TBF's Organizing Committe
Dick & Nancy Sabo Hospitality Suite Managers
Gail Tracy CHS 61 Website Administrator, TBF's & CHS 61
database manager and Golf Tournament Chairman
Mik Mehas Memorial Croquet Tournament officials: left to right Bill Dickson, Gary Williams, and Mike Bryan
Reggie Pruitt Consultant At Large
Jayne Eyre Stephenson Communications Consultant
Chaffey Hight School Class of 1961
Reunion Committe Members, 40th thru 60th Reunions
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Jayne Eyre Stephenson and Reggie Pruitt Co-Chair Reunion Planning and Organizing Committe 2001-2021
40th and 45th Reunion Committee Members(Left to right) Ron Eoff, Gail Tracy, Lloyd Scharf, Jayne Eyre Stephenson, Reggie Pruitt, Jane Ross Tangeman, (standing) Henry Mendoza(Not shown) Linda Pritchett Beringer and Sandy Piroli Kallgren
50th Reunion Committee Members Reggie Pruitt, Jayne Eyre Stephenson, Gail Tracy, Alana Scott, and Linda Pritchett Beringer. Our first official reunion meeting, August 29, 2009. The Committee Members have stayed in close contact since our 45th Reunion and have been working hard to locate classmates on the Missing List Updating the classmate data base is our top priority.
The Chaffey High School Class of 1961 "50th" Reunion Committee held it's second meeting at Reggie Pruitt's home on May 1, 2010.Attending (left to right); George McCormick, Mary Ann McCormick, Reg Pruitt, Alana Scott, Linda Pritchett Beringer, Michael Stenstrom, Jane Ross Tangeman (seated), Jan Jacobs Hammon, Gail Tracy, Jayne Eyre Stephenson, Ron Eoff.
A Tribute to Peggy Pruitt a Tiger in Spirit By Jayne Eyre Stephenson
When Reggie and I assumed the responsibilities of being Co-Chairs for the Class of 1961 reunion planning, Peggy, who may not have been an authentic Chaffey Tiger, she was none the less a tiger at Heart, wanting to be part of the Chaffey High School Class of 1961 Reunion Planning Committee.
Whether our committee meetings were held at Reggie and Peggy Pruitt Construction office or at their home, Peggy was instrumental in coordinating the meeting and making sure we all had any tools we might need at our disposal including all the food and drink necessary to get this all together.
When we started searching for any information regarding previous reunions, it became apparent we had a lot of work to do. Therefore, while Reggie was busy building custom homes, Peggy and I began our diligent effort to gather any reunion memorabilia we could possibly find. Thus, began what we lovingly referred to as our Labor of Love.
Since I was living in Arizona Peggy started going through any high school information Reggie had accumulated over the years and I did the same with my history collection. Whether I made trips to Upland or Peggy made trips to Surprise every get together was wholly focused on the research each of us had and how we could combine and create.
Therefore, the numerous phone calls, emails, hours, days and months were spent in wonderful searches contacting classmates, listening to meaningful memories, searching for "lost" classmates, creating member lists that included current addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc. This is when Gail Tracy offered to become our official keeper of all those files, hence our web site.
Peggy was a committed and dedicated hard worker to make sure all the i were dotted and the t's crossed. She was a meticulous record keeper of all the information that was sent to us from various classmates. Then Reggie, Peggy and I met with various hotel event planners and we inspected the venues to see if they met our expectations.
Once that was accomplished Peggy created the Save The Date cards, then mailed the reservation forms and when the money started comping in, Peggy kept meticulous books and over saw our financial status.
Next was all decorations, menu planning, entertainment, creating the Memory books, job assignments, etc., something we enjoyed so much.
The end result...no one enjoyed seeing the fruits of our Labor of Love more than Peggy. She will be missed more than words can say.
Peggy Lee Pruitt
1944 - 2020
TIGERS and BEST FRIENDS (TBF's)
TFB is an acronym for Torques, Buzzards and Friends.
The Torques and Buzzards were two car clubs on the Chaffey campus in the mid 1950's. About 22 years ago, members of the two clubs started meeting in Laughlin, Nevada one weekend every year for golf, croquet and general merriment. Since that time married couples and others have joined the group, therefore the word Friends was added to the group name so the group was renamed TBF. Not surprising a lot, I mean a lot of 1961 classmates are now part of the weekend get away, hence the group is now named TIGERS AND BEST FRIENDS...!!!!! aka (TBF's) Oh, my gosh, it is so much fun. We have met at one of the many hotel casinos in great downtown Laughlin and enjoyed two or three days together visiting in a hospitality suite, cheering croquet teams, being part of the golf tournament, getting together for breakfast, lunch and/or dinner. Also, you can go shopping at the nearby mall, meet for a meal or a drink, gamble, and just enjoying each other's company and share those wonderful memories of another time. We do usually meet for dinner one night at one of the great eateries there. It's very casual. You come and go as you wish.
It's like an annual mini group reunion with classmates from the 1950s and 1960s. All classes are encouraged to join in the festivities. Tell a friend!! There is an actual committee who contracts with the various hotels to get special rates for us. Reggie is our go-to guy who is the "Main Man". What can I say other than it's terrific!!! The next TIGERS and BEST FRIENDS get together is:
Date: May 2024
Place: Doubletree Hotel, Claremont CA.
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