CLASS OF 1968 REUNION UPDATE

Dear Fellow Classmates and Alumni,

It's only seven months until we meet for our 60^th Reunion,  May 29 – 30, 2026. Time to update everyone and encourage you to email/text Karla, Jim or me with your RSVP.  This will be our last organized reunion--our Last Roundup--so please make every effort to attend.  It will be memorable!!

Here is a current list of attendees:

CONFIRMED ATTENDING 60th IRVIN REUNION
#	FIRST NAME	LAST NAME
1	KARLA	ONICK
2	JIM	WALKER
3	ALAN	VAN VELKINBURGH
4	KATHY	QUATTLEBAUM
5	PAUL	QUATTLEBAUM
6	DELORES	SANCHEZ
7	TERRY	HENDERSON
8	KAREN	HENDERSON
9	DEBBIE	LUSCOMBE
10	DENNIS	UNDERWOOD
11	DANA	BURROUGHS
12	CLARA	DUNCAN
13	CHAS	THOMAS
14	MARK	SMITH
15	GUEST	SMITH
16	BERTHA	HERNANDEZ JUREY
17	WES	JUREY
18	DON	DUNGAN
19	JOHN	McCLOUD
20	TISHA	ONICK
21	ARTHUR	METCALFE JR
22	GERRY	TRULL
23	MICHELLE	TRULL
24	JANET	MEZA
25	SAMMY	MEZA
26	MARY	PRICE-HELBERG
27	SHARON	SANDERFORD-CUMMINGS
28	LARRY	CUMMINGS
29	DEBBIE	MAYFIELD
30	DON	DUNGAN	POSSIBLE
31	JOHN	DURFOR	POSSIBLE
32	MARTIN	RODELLA
33	JOAN	STUDER
34	MIKE	DAIGLE
35	LORI	DAIGLE

Our room block is still accessible, and we invite you to make your reservations as soon as possible.In addition to renewing friendships and celebrating our 60^th, we have a Friday lunch and Saturday dinner planned.

Friday’s lunch will be at the Lunch Box Restaurant and Saturday’s dinner will be at Great American Steakhouse; both located near our host hotel.

MENUS FOR 60TH REUNION

FRIDAY LUNCH, 2:00 PM

Lunch Box Restaurant

http://lunchboxbuckner.eatintakeout.net/

3623 Buckner St., El Paso, TX 79925, 915-599-1120

BUFFET MENU, $17.15 including sales tax, tip optional.

• Flautas, Chicken or Beef
• Enchiladas
• Brisket
• Chili Verde Con Carne
• Rice and Beans and Iced Tea

SATURDAY DINNER 5:00 PM Mixer, 6:30 PM Dinner

Great American Steakhouse

https://greatamericansteakhouse.com/

1300 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX 79925, 915-304-0177

DINNER MENU, $47.62 including sales tax, tip optional.

Appetizers:

• Guinness Cheese Dip
• Grilled Cauliflower

Entrées:

• Baby Back Ribs (Half) with Baked Potato
• Grilled Salmon with Tarter Sauce
• Rib Eye, 10 oz. with Baked Potato
• Great American Salad with Chicken.  Mixed lettuce, strawberries, feta cheese, carmelized pecans and strawberry vinaigrette.
• Tea

**IMPORTANT NOTE FOR DINING: YOU WILL NEED TO BRING CASH FOR PAYMENT AND JIM WALKER WILL COLLECT AND PAY.  THE RESTAURANTS CANNOT PRESENT SEPARATE CHECKS. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THIS CAUSES AN ISSUE

 

CLASS OF 1968 REUNION

Dear Fellow Classmates and Alumni,

We will have our 60th Class of 1968 Reunion, May 29 and 30, 2026. Our reasoning is that if we wait until 2028, our life and lives will change. We are all moving along the age continuum and getting together two years early is a sound idea. Plus, if you think about it, back in 1966 we were Sophomores and could not wait to be Seniors.  And now we can imagine it and live it!

We will be extending invitations to the Class of 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1970.  Please pass along to any and all alumni and classmates.

Friday, May 29 we will meet for a Social/Meal at a nice restaurant, to be announced.. Then on Saturday, we will have dinner at Great American Steakhouse on Airway Blvd.

For Saturday's dinner we need to have at least 50 attendees/guests as we have to pay a deposit,  As you may remember, we had dinner at The Great American Steakhouse in 2018 and the food, refreshments and service were excellent.

The costs for both events are self-pay.

Please email or text your response/reply to:

Karla Onick, email: karlaonick60@gmail.com, text: 915-355-9285

Jim Walker, email: jwalker204716@att.net, text: 915-740-3628

Alan Van Velkinburgh, email: alv1968@att.net, text: 281-802-0226

 

Hotel Information:
Reservations Link: Please click here to make reservations with group pricing for the Irvin HS 60th Anniversary Reunion.  Review the event summary and hotel details below. 

Event Summary:

 

 

 

Deal Fellow Classmates and Alumni,

One of our fellow Classmates, Mark Smith, sent us several pictures of our newly Remodeled Irvin High School.  Looks very nice and this may be the first real remodel since we left in 1968.  A BIG THANK YOU to Mark!!!!  And if you would like to personally thank Mark he can be reached via email at: markgsmith1949@aol.com 

Mark states:  

I was out by Irvin yesterday and took the attached pictures of the new front of the school. It is a very different image than what we knew. Thought you might want to post them on the web site.So nice to hear from you. Attached are the few other pictures I took.

Doing well, keeping busy, still breathing. Hope the same for you.

Not sure when we might do another Reunion.  Our next one would be our 55th and maybe not in the cards for some of us.  Please let us know your thoughts and we will see what our Reunion Committee can do.

Regards,

Your Reunion Committee

 

 

SENIOR CAP AND GOWN PICTURES