Oakmont Country Club

Tim Willert NORTHEAST GLENDALE -- Oakmont Country Club has pitched in $100,000 to help L.A. County enlarge the Verdugo Debris Basin and build a retaining wall that will protect part of the golf course from hillside erosion. "We're basically partners in the project," General Manager Steve Hockett said Wednesday. "It's to our mutual benefit." The L.A. Board of Supervisors approved the contribution Tuesday. The basin is adjacent to the country club The retaining wall will support a sagging basin slope and provide additional protection for the third tee, Hockett said.

Family and friends gathered to celebrate Margaret "Marty" Cassell Thomason's 95th birthday at the Oakmont Country Club. The Glendale resident was born at Methodist Hospital in Los Angeles. She lived in a house on Central Avenue -- which was razed when the Glendale Galleria was built -- until her teens, when her family moved to a ranch house in the San Fernando Valley. In 1933, she married Everett Hale Thomason at the Wee Kirk O' the Heather in Glendale.

HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL Hoover High School Class of 1951 will have its 55-year reunion on Sept. 23 at the Oakmont Country Club, 3100 Country Club Drive, Glendale. For reservations, contact Tom O'Laughlin at (949) 673-4666 or e-mail balboatomadelphia.net. Hoover High School Class of 1996 will have its 10-year reunion on Nov. 24 at The Castaway in Burbank. For more information, visit www.hooverhigh1996.myevent.com. Hoover High School Class of 1976 is having its 30-year reunion on Sept.

HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL The Hoover High School Class of 1985 is having its 20-year reunion on Aug. 13 at the Hilton Glendale Hotel. Tickets are $85 if purchased by July 15. For more information, call (800) 655-7971 or log on to www.greatreunions.com. GLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL Glendale High School Class of 1985 will have its 20-year reunion on July 30 at the Sheraton Universal. For more information, call (800) 827-8427. Glendale High School Class of 1965 will have its 40-year reunion at Oakmont Country Club on Sept.

GLENDALE HIGH SCHOOL Glendale High School will celebrate its 60-year reunion with a luncheon from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 17 at the Oakmont Country Club. There will be a catered picnic for classmates and their families from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 18 at Casa Adobe de San Rafael Park in Glendale. For reservations, call Vera "Skinner" Weltmer at 541-7790, fax 541-7713 or e-mail vfw246@aol.com. Glendale High School Class of 1983 will have its 20-year reunion Aug. 9 at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.

Peter Samore OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB -- Crescenta Valley High's performance Monday prompted Coach John Pehar to remark that this was the best team that he's ever coached. The evidence: three Falcons shooting lower than 40 at the par-37 Oakmont Country Club Course, of whom each shot at least two birdies, which lead to his team's six-over par performance in a 201-242 win over Glendale High in a Pacific League boys' golf match. "This is the best we've ever played here," Pehar said.

OAKMONT COUNTRY CLUB--The Hoover High boys' golf team stepped onto the Oakmont Country Club course for the first time this season Monday. Though the Tornado players and coach enjoyed the course, their inexperience on it got the best of them. Glendale High plays its home games at Oakmont, and its knowledge of the course enabled the Nitros to a 228-259 Pacific League win. "Our inexperience led to our downfall," Hoover Coach Tom Purdy said. "It's a beautiful course, though.

HOLY FAMILY HIGH SCHOOL Holy Family High School Gaels Class of 1969 will have its 35th reunion from noon to 3 p.m. Oct. 16 at Milano's Restaurant, 525 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale. Admission is $40. For reservations, call Sue Healy at 246-3922. BURBANK HIGH SCHOOL Burbank High School Class of 1994 will have its 10-year reunion Oct. 9 at the La Canada Flintridge Country Club, 5500 Godbey Drive. For information, call at (800) 655-7971. JOHN BURROUGHS HIGH SCHOOL John Burroughs High School Class of 1954 will have its 50-year reunion Oct. 2 at The Castaway, 1250 E. Harvard Road, Burbank.

JOHN BURROUGHS HIGH SCHOOL John Burroughs High School Class of 1973 will have its 30-year reunion July 19 at the Burbank Airport Hilton. For more information, call The Reunion Committee at (800) 827-8427. BELLARMINE-JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL Bellarmine-Jefferson High School Class of 1972 has scheduled a 30-year reunion for Aug. 30 on the Queen Mary in Long Beach. For more information, call Debbie (Dean) Panno at 843-4255, John Castillo at 352-6147 or Mark Hungerford at 845-6463.

DEIRDRE MARY (MURPHY) ENGLISH Deirdre Mary (Murphy) English, 72, a Glendale resident, died Aug. 29, 2002, at her home. She was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland. Mrs. English worked as a dress designer and pattern maker for more than 30 years. She was a painter and member of the Verdugo Hills Art Assn., and the Oakmont Country Club. She is survived by her husband Tom; brothers, Stephen of San Diego and Colman Murphy of Ireland; children, Lawrence of Eagle Rock and Barry of Whittier, and Patricia Horton of Glendale; grandsons, Zachary, Benjamin and Michael Horton of Glendale.