If you did not make it to your 2022 class reunion, you were missed, and you missed a fantastic one. There were 36 class members there and with their partners there were about 60 in total attendance.

There were some nice tribunes for the superstars of the reunion, and you won't be surprised to learn that they were all woman. Judy Whiting Sandall, Susan Waldron Sweet and Sherry Watkins Goldsberry provided much of the driving force making it such a well-attended and fun event. Jay Sandall as head of the reunion was also a crucial person in making it run so smoothly.

There was a deserved tribute given to Phillip Markham for the key role he played in ending the AIDS epidemic. He headed up the lab that made the important developments that preserved the lives of so many would be victims (see his profile for the details).

We are sorry that some of your classmates who express the most interested in coming were not able to make it because of last minute illness; two of them were Patti Shumway Boyden, and LeAnn Nelson Agius, but we had a special guest of honor, Claudia Davis, Hugh’s wife. Hugh was the last classmate that we lost. Claudia fit right in and everyone was glad to see her.

We plan on getting back on schedule by holding the next one in three years, 2025. So, take care of yourself; we want to see you there, and don’t want the tribute for though who have pasted to run any longer.

At Graduation

1966 Reunion

1990 Reunion

1995 Reunion

2005 Reunion

2010 Reunion

2015 Reunion

2022 Reunion
Bottom Row: Richard Hales Row 2: Mick Anderson, Farrell Udy, Lyle Evans, Gloria Nelson Burnett, Janie Hill Pugsley,
Sherry Walkins Goldsberry, Nanette Christensen Mecham, Katherine Berchtold Whinningham, Lenore Rose Hall Hancock,
Judy Whiting Sandall, JoAnn Kort Allen, Row 3:Allan Nelson,Larry Barfuss, Sheila Ward Daines, William Erickson,
Mark Petersen, Rogen Thompson, James Abel, Thomas Daniels, Sherry (Tom's Wife), Row 4: Ward Taylor, Susan Waldren Sweet,
Warren Burbank, DeVon Kuntson, Calvin Hunsaker, Ray Kurt Yoder, Roy Wood, Trudy Miller Garfield, J.R. Garfield, 
Row 5: Phillip Markam, Mike Ramsdell, David Maugha, David Conger, Larry Chambers, Doug Laws, Jay Sandall

Some More Class Pictures

Remember the ninth grade. We were in the basment of old Main (the Hole)
Were we the first? I always thought so but Vicki Francom Informed me that they were in the hole the year before we were.

Note by J.R.: Jerry Secrist was a truck driver hauling causeway fill and dumping it at its end to lengthen it. According to Jerry this was a very treacherous job. These heavily loaded dump trucks would barrel along the narrow causeway at high speeds passing the trucks coming the other way with mere inches between them. Some of them hit others got too close to the edge and slide off, dumping the trucks and drivers into the Great Salt Lake. No matter what you have heard about people floating in the lake because of its high salt content, the trucks did not float, either did the drivers while inside the cab. Jerry must have been a good driver because he survived.

Another Little Valley related story that Hugh Davis told me was about when he and Bill Anderson, from Little Valley, went to a post football party at Bud Scalley’s house. As you may remember Bill was a really good running back, and was a year ahead of us in school. Bud had a case of beer on the table and a lot of the guys there had a beer in their hand. Hugh said I was just reaching out for one when Bill Anderson said, “I hold the Priesthood of God and so I don’t want a Beer”. Hugh said his hand never moved faster in his life that it did then as he put it back in his pocket.

                  State Round Ball Champs Our Junior Year
                       It was such a big deal and still is to a lot of us.

The BR Version of Where's Waldo
How many people below can you identify?
Using a magnifying glass are not fair.

What is the most important factor in how long you will live?

When people are asked this question, they seldom give the correct answer, yet it is obvious. It is not life style, whether you smoke, drink, are overweight, exercise enough, eat lots of fruits and vegies, etc. The list of guess goes on, but all answers following these lines of reasoning are incorrect. The correct answer to this question as to the most important factor in life expectancy is -  D R U M   R O L  L -   your current age. If you are 80 your chances of living to 81 are much better than if you are 50.

We are all 80 years old, if you’re not there yet, your close. If you are of average health, how long are you expected to live? If you are a women 9.1 more years, if you are a man 7.0 more years, but the gap is slowly narrowing. Quoting from an article on the subject,

“Results: In the United States, life expectancy at the age of 80 and survival from the ages of 80 to 100 significantly exceeded life expectancy in Sweden, France, England, and Japan (P < 0.01). This finding was confirmed with accurate cross-sectional data for 1987. The average life expectancy in the United States is 9.1 years for 80-year-old white women and 7.0 years for 80-year-old white men.

“Conclusions: For people 80 years old or older, life expectancy is greater in the United States than it is in Sweden, France, England, and Japan. This finding suggests that elderly Americans are receiving better health care than the elderly citizens of other developed countries.”

I am only good at some of these life style factors. One I'm good at is eating lots of vegies. I always order my whoppers with extra onions.