The group also spent an evening at the Palm Springs Follies, a popular musical attraction in the desert resort area.
Organizing the reunion were committee chairmen Marta Lombardi-Brown and Jim Irwin.
About 70 classmates and their spouses attended, including George and Janice Smith-Allebrand, Doug and Joan Zimmerman-Anderson, John and MaryAnn Gilbert-Campbell, Tom and Betty Densmore, Jim and Liz Irwin, Richard and Betty Lou Lovejoy, Barbara Lennon-Nicholls, Betty Eaton-Quilico, Jack and Shirley Mae Ricketts, Bob and Marcia McCormick-Richwine, Bob Torrey, Pat Webber-Wand and Bettie Pitts-Wolpers.
The group has had 17 reunions over the years. They met every five years over the first 50 years and then spread them from either two to three years since then. Some of the places they've held their reunions were at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, The Castaway in Burbank, Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, the Balboa Bay Club in Newport Beach, at classmate Bud Cain's home in Napa Valley and at a hotel in Reno hosted by Warren and Maryjane Johnston.
Many of the classmates have been married to their spouses for more than 50 years and many survived the Great Depression, becoming known as the Greatest Generation.
Bettie Pitts-Wolpers remembered that while in school, classmates would enjoy dances once a month in the gymnasium.
"Our special school proms were also there and there was a theme like "Stardust" with beautiful decorations to match," she said.
Because it was wartime, there was gas rationing so they couldn't take long car trips. Not many classmates had cars, so they were always asking dad to borrow his, she said.
