This page serves as a focal point for alumni and friends of the Class of 1970 from Ramona High School in Riverside, California. It provides current information regarding upcoming reunions, offers a discussion list whereby list members can freely communicate with all other classmates, and contains various links of interest.
- Ramona Class of '70 Alumni Information List - gathering place for members of the Class of '70 to share information with each other. Free to post after you subscribe to the list.
- View message list archive (you can also search for a name or other word).
Before subscribing, click here first to open a window guiding you through the process
Then click here to subscribe to the Ramona Class of '70 listThe following features work once you have subscribed and signed in:
- Post a message to the discussion list .
- View e-mail addresses of subscribers to the discussion list (sorted alphabetically by e-mail address or most recent members ).
- Add your name & address (and names of other alumni) to the phone book.
- View the address book (sorted alphabetically by last name or ZIP code ).
- NOTE - please respect the privacy of the phone book - we'll use it to contact alumni via regular mail regarding reunions and other activities. Anyone found to have abused it (downloading and selling it) will have their subscription terminated.
- Participate in polls - provide your opinion on the burning issue of the moment.
- Yahoo! Groups FAQ - answers questions like:
Photos
If you have any photos to submit, send them directly to me !
- D'Elia's Grinders in Riverside - March 31, 2001 mini-reunion
- Philadelphia with Cheryl Turner and Deb Heidenreich - May 20, 2001 two-person reunion
- Mission Inn in Riverside - June 13, 2001 mini-reunion associated with graduation night
- Salt Creek Beach Park - August 25, 2001 end-of-summer blowout
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2001 - December 29, 2001 with a bigger than expected turnout
- Miscellaneous 2001 - a grab-bag of random photos collected during '01
- Girls Turn 50! - April 13-14, 2002 celebration at the beach, dinner served by Chef Agnew
- Philly with Cheryl Turner and Kim Casto - April 20-21, 2002 two-person reunion
- Salt Creek Beach Park 2002 - August 10, 2002 second annual informal reunion
- Cheryl and Sandy's Excellent Adventure - August 23 - September 20, 2002 in search of America and Ramona alumni
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2002 - December 28, 2002, with another big crowd
- Miscellaneous 2002 - more random photos from '02
- California Citrus State Historic Park 2003 - October 18, 2003 third annual informal reunion
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2003 - December 28, 2003, with smaller turnout on a Sunday evening
- Miscellaneous 2003 - more random photos from '03
- Philly Reunion May 2004 - Cheryl Turner hosts three friends for a long weekend in Philadelphia
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2004 - December 26, 2004, with lots of ladies this time
- Miscellaneous 2004 - more random photos from '04
- 35 Year Reunion - October 7-9, 2005, in Riverside at the Mission Inn, Fairmount Park, and Dana Point
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2005 - December 30, 2005, small crowd but new faces
- Fairmount Park 2006 - October 7, 2006, informal reunion in Riverside
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2006 - December 30, 2006, huge crowd with some folks from Class of '71 as well
- San Francisco and beyond 2007 - Photos before, during and after the June 30, 2007 "remote reunion"
- Fairmount Park 2007 - October 6, 2007 informal gathering in Riverside
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2007 - December 29, 2007, another huge crowd with some from Class of '71 again
- D'Elia's Grinders 2008 - April 5, 2008 mini gathering with some new faces and a few younger Ramona alumni
- Eugene Oregon 2008 - July 12, 2008 "remote reunion" at Skinner Butter Park with a handful of Oregon alumni
- Fairmount Park 2008 - October 11, 2008, informal gathering in Riverside
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2008 - December 27, 2008, a few new faces, but a slightly smaller crowd
- Scottsdale Arizona 2009 - May 2, 2009 "remote reunion" in Scottsdale and Phoenix with a handful of alumni
- Fairmount Park 2009 - October 10, 2009 informal gathering in Riverside, large crowd and a bunch of new faces
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2009 - December 26, 2009, about the same size, but always new faces
- Mission Inn, Christmas 2011 - December 30, 2011, after a missing a year, we still draw a crowd and more new folks
Virtual Reunions
A collection of submitted photos from alumni throughout the year:
Aries Yearbooks, Photo Pages for Class of 1970
Do you want to buy a complete yearbook from a previous year? Contact Mrs. Sandy Ferguson, Bookkeeper, if you want to purchase a yearbook from past years. She may be reached by e-mail here or by phone at (951) 352-8439, x65245.
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- 1970 Aries Yearbook, Senior Photo Pages
- Over 50 pages of photos
- Download the PDF version
- 1969 Aries Yearbook, Junior Photo Pages
- 14 pages of photos
- Download the PDF version
- 1968 Aries Yearbook, Sophomore Photo Pages
- 14 pages of photos
- Download the PDF version
Homecoming Program from November 14, 1969
- Who were the queen and princess candidates? Did the guys on the football team really only weigh that much? Find out!

- Now with names! Taken on the bleachers at Ramona Stadium, Spring 1970... can you find yourself in the photo?
Class of '70 Senior Class Movie
- See the low tech stuff we did with Super 8 film and a script with train robberies, chase scenes, and a brothel!
NOW Magazine from July 3, 1970
- Twelve pages of photos from our graduation ceremony... who are these people?
Commencement Program, Class of 1970
- Who really graduated? Find out from the official Commencement Program
- Transcription of the Commencement Program
- Scanned Images of the Commencement Program
20 Year Reunion Book from July 28, 1990
- 18 pages of photos and text - we never looked better!
Looking for People...
Map
- Google Map of Ramona Class of '70 Alumni Distribution
Historical Directories
- 1996 Alumni Directory - distributed at the 26th reunion.
- 1990 Alumni Directory - distributed at the 20th reunion.
- 1968-69 Student Directory - published by the Key Club in 1968.
E-mail Addresses
- Current list of known alumni e-mail addresses as of December 27, 2011
On-line Chat Room
- Ramona Class of '70 Chat Room - occasional Friday and Sunday evenings, request password here
Living
- Missing Alumni (updated 10/14/2010) - a special page on this site dedicated to help find those alumni from the Ramona Class of 1970 who seem to have fallen through the cracks... do you know where they are?
- Search.com - look for phone numbers, e-mail addresses, and web pages.
- Search Systems - free public records database organized by state and nationwide. A real potpourri of things to wander through.
- The following search sites initially return certain bits of useful information (listed in parentheses) for free, but you have to pay to retrieve full information:
- Intelius - (household groupings, returns city/state/age) - $7.95 for a group result, $19.95 for 24 hours, $49.95 for 3 days, and $149.95 for 30 days.
- KnowX.com Ultimate People Finder - (no groupings, returns city/state/ZIP) - $6.95 for single record, $9.95 for a group result, $19.95 for a day, $29.95 for 30 days/300 search results.
- US Search - (no groupings, returns city/state/age) - $9.95 for a group result, $19.95 for 24 hours, $24.95 for a week, $39.95 for 30 days.
- Enformion PeopleFinders - (household grouping, returns city/state/age) - $9.95 for a group result, $14.95 for 24 hours of searching, $39.95 for 30 days.
- People Information - offered by Whitepages.com, provides interesting summaries of names, including maps with distribution of names.
- ZABASearch - (no groupings, returns birth month/year, address, telephone) - a revamped beta site that currently offers this stuff for FREE. What a bargain!
- MyFamily People Finder - (household groupings, returns state/age) - $9.95 for all matches, $29.95 for 90 days of searching. We'll use this when we get serious about finding people for a future reunion.
- BeenVerified - similar to sites above, but with a free 7-day trial that is unbeatable.
- Pipl - people searching in the "deep web" (underlying content such as databases not normally returned in other searches).
- 123people - another amazingly rigorous people search tool.
- Birthdays In One Step - provide first name, last name, and (optionally) other things like approximate age, state, partial city or ZIP, and see if somebody's birthday pops up along with their age, name, and ZIP. Free.
- Melissa Data Lookup Index - you can't actually find people's addresses here, but this site provides more up-to-date address and ZIP code related information than anywhere else on the web. Free.
Deceased
- Deceased Alumni (updated 11/27/2011) - a special page on this site dedicated to those alumni from the Ramona Class of 1970 who have already died.
- California Death Records - deaths 1940 - 1997. Finding folks on this list is no fun...
- Social Security Death Index - national index with deaths from early 1960's. Another grim search...
Ramona High School
- Ramona High School Web Site - includes information and photos of primary staff, information about the school, school history, a list of upcoming reunions (may not be current), and the campus performance report card.
- Ramona Class of 1967 - here's a site put up after their 40-year reunion.
- Ramona Class of 1971 - our younger alumni have a page of their own now.
- Ramona Aires Yearbooks - commercial site, requires subscription to view complete yearbooks (only a few at the moment)
Alumni Sites
- Classmates - the largest alumni site on the web, with roughly 200 names from Ramona Class of '70. It is free to register, but costs $36.00 annually to be able to contact other members. Because the number of alumni registered here vastly outnumbers other sites, this is the *only* site you should consider to list your name. I'll help you contact alumni here if you choose not to pay, because I'm the reunion contact and have full membership.
- Classmates.com Ramona High School Page (if you're not already a member)
- MyLife.com - another large site, but not nearly as many members (about 50 names). Free to register, but costs $24.00 annually to contact other members without knowing their e-mail address.
- Alumni.NET - only a handful of names. View names prior to registering, free to register, free to contact others after registering.
- GradFinder - a handful of names. Free to register, free to contact others after registering.
- SchoolNews - a handful of names, many the same as other sites. Free to register, free to contact others after registering.
- Alumni Class - only a few names from our entire school. Free to register, $10 one-time fee to contact others.
- Reunion Hall - no names from our class. No registration required to view names, otherwise free.
- ClassReunion - no names from our class. Free to register, free to contact others after registering.
- ClassDays
- MySchoolReunited
Questions, comments, or suggestions? E-mail Steve Zappe
Page originally slapped together 1/6/2001
Page modified 1/15/2012