Downey Union High School Class of 1953...
 

Classmates - The listings on the adjacent pages represent the current status of the effort to locate as many as possible of our class for future reunions. This Roster list is presented TWICE: first in order by Last-Name when attending School next in order by Zip-Code -- in alternate color type This list is only for classmate individual personal contact/reunion purposes and not to be used for solicitaions of any kind. The numbers in the code in the left column are an indicator of the timeliness or quality of the address: higher numbers/letters indicate more-recent confirmations. (00-33 is higher than 99; it's a Y2K thing.) A pound sign (#) indicates deceased. A slash mark (/) indicates address shown is said to be invalid according to the PostOffice. A back slash (\) indicates no interest in matters of the class. Leading alpha letters indicate a grade/quality of the info: - A= Timely. Good. AOK C= OutOfDate D= WAAAAY-Out Of Date E= OK at one time but later found as N.G. J= Rather Questionable S= no addr W= NON-menbers or PSEUDO entries Y= Deceased Please note the entries with numeric indicators below 98, and help upgrade the data by following any leads that you may have to any of those members and by asking them to contact me by telephone, mail, or E-Mail. If you can think of any teachers who might attend, please contact them or let me know. Thanks for your cooperation, /s/ Hugh T. Hoskins 8324 Noren St. Downey, Calif 90240-3216 562/923-0544 hthoskins@earthlink.net _____________________________ Regarding the size of the class; well, as June Alyson says, "That Depends". As of late 2002, the counts are as follows ... 280 Yearbook pictures 271 Grad Nite program entries 281 In 1977 list from the reunion program (187 found + 94 lost) 277 In 1995 list from the School's published Directory ( 58 found + 219 lost) but they do not precisely overlap each other; there are only 236 on all of those lists (i.e., most of us); then there are 76 on some but NOT ALL of the lists (e.g., Pat Brown, Ward Dawson); then there are 16 which have been added (e.g., Shirley Bergman) ---- for a total of 328. (10 others crept in but were dupes or invalids; database has 338 entries) Of these (as of Aug 2002) ... there are 42 known deceased 11 have NO address 45 have NO address since graduation 9 addresses since grad have gone bad 17 are UNconfirmed 7 are somewhat stale 197 are believed to be AOK ---- for a total of 328. I consider the 197+7+17+9 = 230 as worth at least the next mailing and the 17+9+45+11= 82 as lost and likely needing better addresses So much for numbers.. ______________