The youngest of the Chance family, Gary, a ‘67 grad, enjoyed academics, especially math and history, and also excelled in woodshop classes. In fact, he went on to teach woodshop for 29 years at Antelope Valley High School, then spent nearly another decade teaching wood shop at a continuation school and a high school independent study program. His mother, brother and two sisters also graduated from Anaheim High.
GARY CHANCE – ’67
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DENNIS CHANCE – ’59
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Dennis Chance, a Class of ’59 graduate, lent his musical talents to Anaheim High as a member of the Mozart Choir. He also excelled in art and woodshop. He made his livelihood in grocery store management and was the youngest manager of Mayfair Markets at age 21.
His sisters, Sallie ’63 and Dee Ann ’64, remember Dennis being an extremely well-like young man known for his fun-loving nature. Pranks like “borrowing” an alligator from Knott’s Berry Farm for the Anaheim High fountain kept his classmates in high humor. He was the eldest son of Ruth Shaver Chance, AUHS Class of 1932 graduate. His younger brother, Gary Chance, also attended AHS and was a ’67 grad.
FRED FRANK – ’53
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Anaheim High Class of 1953 graduate Frederick Byron “Fred” Frank III passed away at age 76 on April 15, 2012. He was born on February 12, 1936, to Charles and Irma Frank and raised in Anaheim. After graduating from Anaheim High and serving in the Army, he earned a degree from Chapman College in 1960.
Fred then launched into a music career, working in the studios of Los Angeles singing on many television and film projects. He performed in many stage plays, was one of the first members of the Dapper Dans Barbershop Quartet at Disneyland. He also shared his talents as a teacher and spent 10 years in education and taught choral music at Los Alamitos High School.
Another major accomplish was serving as the choral director and soloist on the T.V. program “Hour of Power” at the Garden Grove Community Church. Fred began a traveling music ministry for over 20 years, visiting churches in all 50 states.
Fred Frank – Age 75
In the early 1990s, he moved to San Clemente and started a music production company, Comfort Music, which focused on the funeral industry. More recently, he began a company “Growing Through Grief” that brings comfort and encouragement to those who are dealing with the loss of a loved one.
Click on the following link for a tribute to this outstanding Colonist:
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