Fifty years after graduating from Campbell High School and going their separate ways, a couple of friends decided it was time for a reunion.
Their plan was so popular that their little reunion is going to turn into a much bigger party for those who once walked the halls of the campus, which closed in 1980.
On June 17 anyone who attended the defunct school is invited to the Campbell High All School Reunion at John D. Morgan Park, located at 540 W. Rincon Ave.
Donald Russell, class of 1967 and a committee member organizing the reunion, initially planned a reunion with two high school buddies via Facebook. They figured it would be good to meet and reminisce about their high school days and catch up on what they’d been up since the last time they saw each other. Their graduation day all those years ago was June 16, and the plan was to relive that day in all its detail.
“The three of us were going to meet 50 years later on Friday, June 16, at 4:30 p.m. on the CHS lawn,” Russell wrote in an email to this newspaper.
However, Russell says that when other alumni got wind of the event, they wanted to join the reunion.
“The number grew, and people from other CHS classes wanted to join us,” Russell wrote.
Russell says a committee was put together to organize the reunion, and in January the group rented out parts of the park. Former teachers are also encouraged to attend.
School history
Campbell High School opened on Sept. 14, 1900, with 35 students. The first school building was located at Winchester Boulevard and Rincon Avenue.
In 1937 construction began at the intersection of Winchester Boulevard and Campbell Avenue. In the 1960s additional high schools were built within the Campbell Union High School District.
Campbell High School was closed in 1980 due to declining enrollment. The school site is now home to the Campbell Community Center. Students do still get an education at the site as the private Delphi Academy is housed there.
The high school auditorium has been transformed into the Heritage Theatre.
Notable alumni include Nobel prize winner in chemistry Dudley Herschbach, a 1950 graduate, and C.E. “Swede” Righter, who won an Olympic Gold medal in the 1920 games in Antwerp for rugby. Righter was a graduate of the class of 1912. Billy Wilson, a 1946 graduate, played in the NFL for the San Francisco 49ers.
To RSVP for the reunion, send an email by April 15 with your name, number of people in your party and your graduating class to CampbellHigh1967Reunion@aol.com.
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