This very cool mural was done
for S & G by Scott Heise of Great Scott Cartoons and Designs.
Says it all... Fifty
Roses for fifty years.
Special memorabilia covering
50 years of marriage.
Steve and Gordy welcome the packed
house of friends before introducing the entire clan.
Steven Arias, Debby Gibbs and
her hubby Mike and daughter Soledad; Justin Arias, Amber Parrish,
Jim Black and Cindy Gibbs, Steve's mother Selma Grana, Steve
and Gordy, Jordan Kinder, Kami Rask, Stephanie Gibbs Kinder,
Troy Kinder, Kayla Rask and Alex Kinder.
In the foreground – Cindy
Gibbs’ godfather, Dr. John DiGiulio. Others in photo Jimmy
Scott, Jerry Mallicoat, and TV Tommy Ivo.
Connie Johnson, and elated Dusty
McWilliams and NHRA Wally Parks Motorsport Museum, Executive
Director Tony Thacker.
Dave & Twila Mandalla
of Mandella drag boat fame.
Maria and Walt Stevens.
Did Darrell scare 'em?
Cal-Rods member Don Ford and Barry
Weissert (works at the museum).
Rose Dickinson who is Manager
of Marketing and Advertising for the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsport
Museum and Jess Tyree
Wayne Phillips with actor Richard
Kiel who is most famous for his roll of "Jaws" in two
James Bond movies. Kiel went to school with both Steve and Gordy.
Richard Kiel
Joe Rode and Jim Caslin who was
an usher at Steve & Gordy’s wedding in 1960 with Don
Irvin.
Carl Olson and Jess Sturgeon
Kat Lotz & Sherry
Watson from the museum.
Julie Hisel and Barry
Wiessert from the museum.
Joyce Rode and Rose “Rosebud”
Pohorely from the NHRA Museum.
Marcie Vertiel and Becky
Atkins
Vic and Wanda Cunnyngham, who
went to high school with Steve and Gordy. They were coincidentally
married on the exact same day, September 18, 1960.
Ken Dorn and Patty Scurti
Don Scurti, president of The
Cal-Rods Car Club – host club of the NHRA Museum. Scurti
was the founding president of the 1950’s club, which was
based at Baldwin Park High School – where Steve and Gordy
graduated in 1958.
Cookie Ford
Mousie Marcellis and
friend
Prior to "dinner",
Roland Leong (right) holds court at one of the many full tables
while others visited and worked the room.
In the foreground in yellow shirt,
the original manager of Orange County Raceway, Mike Jones, and
wife Charle.
Mike Kuhl and Carl Olson
TV Tom chats with Gordy’s
younger brother Fred Lopez.
Publisher or the hit drag racing
newspaper in the 60s, Drag Sport Illustrated, Phil Bellomy made
a rare public appearance.
Ivo and photographer
Dave Parker
Art Chrisman, his wife
and Dorothy Mooneyham
Carl Olson, Frank Bradley, and
the legendary “Disco Doc” Leroy Hales. Stories about
these three could be a best seller.
Henry Walther, Steve,
Gary Beck, Jess Sturgeon and Marvin.
Suzi Beebe, Bill Holland, Cindy
Gibbs, Patty Striegel, Jess Tyree and George Striegel.
Joel Gruzen and Frank
Baney
Dave McClelland with Maureen
Fairbairn, who once drove the “Devil Woman” fuel altered
in New Zealand, an old friend of Gloria who traveled all the
way from New Zealand to be there.
J.R. Martinez and Greg Sharp
who is the Curator at the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsport Museum.
A Gibbs anniversary wouldn't
be complete without the nations #1 hamburgers, In N Out with
one of their mobile restaurants. Waiting for their Double-Doubles,
Steve Levy and daughter Denise.
White haired guy in the foreground
is John Strand and wife Linnea from Midland, Texas. Strand was
an usher at Steve and Gordy’s wedding in 1960…and went
on to become a renown astro physicist – working on the Voyager
space missions.
Jimmy Rossi, John Ewald
and Mike and Lynn Rose Kuhl.
Gordy with her nephew Dave Perez,
brother Freddie Lopez and niece Gloria Perez
Gordy's brother Ernie
Lopez and his wife Judy
Cindy Gibbs with Gloria
and David perez and Debby Gibbs
Donna Crowther, Don Irvin,
Nick Arias Jr. and Greg Sharp
Stephanie, Frank &
Maggie Bradley, Don Hampton, Steve, and Don Prieto
Jeff Utterback and Nick
Arias
John Ewald, Greg Sharp, Donna
Crowther, Steve, Suzi Beebe, Bill Holland, Maggie and Frank Bradley.
The Mandellas, Pam Schavrien,
Roland Leong, Carolyn Alley, Frank Baney, and Mike Thermos.
Dave McClelland and Frankie
Pisano
Dee and Joel Gruzen with
Mendy Fry
Jimmy Scott, Mousie and
Maureen Fairbairn.
Brett Johansen, Jennifer
Luna and Mousie
Gordy's sister Helen Purvins,
Gordy, Danny, Steve, Kiel, Marvin and Patricia Graham.
Graham, Kiel, Don Prieto,
McClelland and John Ewald
Cole Coonce, Bellomy
and Mendy Fry
Roland, Gordy, TV and
Marvin
Tom Jobe and Doug Kruse
Roland, Gordy, TV and
"Marvin Who?"
Suzie, Orah Mae Millar,
Pam and Robin Millar.
Art Chrisman and McClelland
Cynthia Carpenter and
John Ewald
Steve and Gordy's granddaughters...Kami
and Kayla Rask, Soledad Lemus
Special thanks to Darrell Conrad
and Pam Schavrien for the great photo coverage of this special
event.
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