John Burroughs Class of 65'

Sorry to lose another Classmate. He paid for the party but became ill before the Reunion and was a no show. That is all I know.

Joanne Thompson-Nicholas says hello to everyone.

This would be great for camping on Catalina Island!

🎒 Dignity packed, shelter unfolded, hope carried!

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The Reunion was last night, sorry if you missed it. You could feel so much love in that room. For me I felt it in both directions, sending and receiving.
It isn’t over if you want to join us tonight starting around 5pm at our Bob’s Big Boy on Riverside Drive. Some of our Classmates will have their beautiful classic cars there. Look for the Burroughs banner to find them. Also, we are invited to the Burbank Museum on Clark Street next to the Betsy Lueke Art Gallery. You can park in their parking lot to go to the museum. The time for the museum is Saturday at 1:00pm. I’m told they have a lot of new items, however ~ if you haven’t been there it will all be new!! It is a very sentimental place to see.

This coming Thursday, October 23rd 2025 is our 60th Reunion. Hope to see you there. We will also meet up at Bob’s Toluca Lake Big Boy on Friday evening the 24th and the Burbank Museum on Saturday the 25th from 1:00 pm to 4:00pm. Hope to see you there!!

By now you should have received your invitation to our 60th!! Reunion. If you did not receive the letter I will post it here and you are welcome to print it out and send it in. All of the information you need should be included in the invitation but you are welcome to contact us here or via the contact information included for Vicki Zarini-Malone.
Hope to see you at the Reunion and the 2 other activities that are listed.
Best Wishes!!

Just for laughs ~

The reunion invitations were mailed this morning. Please let me know if you do not receive it in the next week or so. I will be posting it on this page as soon as I can make a jpeg copy of it.
Hope to see you October 23rd!

We will be sending out the invitation for our 60th!! Reunion soon. Please update your current mailing address by sending it to me through the Facebook private messenger “Patti Steele Hallowes”. We would like to have everyone’s current information even if you are not planning to attend the Reunion. Hope to see you at our beautiful venue ~ Lakeside Golf Club. 10-23-2025~ yes, it’s a Thursday night~~ Friday night is Bob’ Big Boy night and Saturday @ 1:00 pm meet up at the Burbank Museum ~~ details are posted below this post.

On the Saturday after our Reunion (Thursday, October 23, 2025) October 25th from 1:00pm to 4:00pm we are invited to visit the Burbank Historical Society, Gordon R. Howard Museum located at the George Izay Park, formerly known as Olive Park, 1100 Clark Street. Admission is FREE and it is a wonderful nostalgic trip down memory lane. Many new items have recently been added to the collection. Hope to see you there.

Final plan;

To my John Burroughs Class of ‘65 Facebook friends. We are having our 60th Reunion. Save the Date: October 23, 2025.
Location: Lakeside Golf Club.

Please contact: Vicki (Zarini) Malone at [email protected] or text her at (818) 653-0084 if you have any questions or your address has changed.

Hope to see you there. Tell anyone you know that is Class of ‘65 that may not be on Facebook.