We are a group of classmates
who have continued friendships that have lasted over 40 years.
As freshman, we had the choice of attending West High, Carl
Hayden, or Central until Alhambra was completed. In making
that choice, we bid goodbye to grade school friends who made
different choices, and said 'hello' to new friends. When
Alhambra opened in the fall of 1962, at the beginning of our
sophomore year, we happily renewed those grade school
friendships. Because Alhambra was a new magnet, the
traditional high school pecking order did not exist. All
entered Alhambra as equals ' no jocks, no nerds, no heads.
We were simply free spirited youth with bright futures ahead of
us. Three years, and one national tragedy later when
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in fall of our junior
year (I can remember the exact place where I was standing at
Alhambra when the news came over the loud speaker, 'Our
President has been shot'), we graduated 542 strong. The
class of 1965 was born and continues to thrive forty years after
graduation.
One special group enjoying some of this thriving is a society of
women fondly known as 'The Nice Girls, Class of 65'. (We are so
nice just ask our ex-husbands(?), henceforth the name). We
have grown through the years now number twenty girls, each one
nicer than the other. And yes, grandmas can be 'girls'.
We have been meeting monthly for the past 30 years and have
participated in the planning of every class reunion.
Before entering this website,
sit back and remember,
When Moms didn't work and made
homemade cookies,
When attending football games
was cool
When Bob's Big Boy was the
place to be seen
When life was so much simpler
Now you remember when:
Elli (Nero) Edgar