Tehachapi Oldtimers Reunion

Thank you to our 2026 Presenting Sponsor

The image features the logo of the City of Tehachapi, California, with mountain silhouettes above the text.

Join TVRPD and the City of Tehachapi for the annual Tehachapi Oldtimers Reunion! Family, friends and the community are invited to eat, drink and celebrate some of Tehachapi’s longest living citizens.

If you have lived in the Tehachapi area for at least forty years, or lived in the Tehachapi area over forty years ago, and want to become an “official” Oldtimer, please contact Claudia Elliott at tehachapioldtimers@gmail.com.

All official oldtimers will have an opportunity to pre-register for the event to guarantee a meal. The public is welcome and food is sold on a first come, first serve basis.

A logo for the Tehachapi Oldtimers Reunion, scheduled for 2026, featuring a mountain design and a vintage style.

 

Looking to be a sponsor? Email Sarai Diaz at s.diaz@tvrpd.org or call (661)822-3228 ext 106

Date: August 2, 2026
Time: Registration opens at 10:30
Cost: Cash only, $20 for guests and oldtimers who do not RSVP 
Location: Philip Marx Central Park, at Mojave and “E” St downtown (map)
Included: Lunch (no food to go) and water. Beer and soda available for purchase.
Contact: Email: tehachapioldtimers@gmail.com or Call TVRPD (661)822-3228
A smiling person holds a certificate from an "Oldtimers Reunion 2024," standing outdoors with trees in the background.
A woman standing outside at an event, smiling and holding a certificate, with people seated around tables in the background.
A group of people gathered in a park, sitting on chairs and socializing under trees on a sunny day.
People enjoying an outdoor picnic in a park with trees, seated at tables with food and drinks.
People gathering under a green tent at a park event, with some seated at a table.
Smiling woman holding a certificate from "Oldtimers Reunion 2024" in a park setting.
People gathered at an outdoor event with tables and chairs under trees in a park setting.
An elderly person in a wheelchair uses a tablet, with assistance from a man in a blue shirt, at an outdoor gathering.
A large group of people socializing at an outdoor park event with chairs and tables under trees.
Two people standing outdoors; one holds a pillow, the other a certificate. They're smiling, with trees in the background.
People standing by a fence, looking at a display in a sunny park with grass and trees.
A person in a cowboy hat holds a certificate at an outdoor reunion event, surrounded by people and trees.
Three women smiling outdoors, one seated and two standing, with trees and grass in the background.
Tehachapi Oldtimers Reunion 2019 5) Marybelle Carrol Gassaway is shown with two of her daughters, Susie Gassaway Young and Marianne Gassaway Critchfield.
A group of people at an outdoor event near a podium and a banner saying "Picnic Established 1959."
5) Among those at an Oldtimers Picnic in the 1970s were Walt Dye, Art Porter and Bud Cummings.
An elderly man and woman with a microphone at an outdoor gathering, surrounded by people sitting and standing.
In 1974, Nuwa (Kawaiisu) Indian basketmaker Ramona Greene, 82, was the oldest woman in attendance, and she is shown with master of ceremonies Bud Cummings.
A large outdoor picnic, with many people seated at tables under trees, and a sign reading "Television Old Timers Picnic."
The Tehachapi Oldtimers Picnic in City Park in 1970.
A group of elderly people poses outdoors under trees, and one person is seated in a wheelchair.
Among those in attendance at the very first Oldtimers Picnic in 1959 were Tommy Eveleth, Delmer Haigh, Perry Brite, Geroge Haigh, Sam Cuddeback, Vance Brite, Jerry Shields, Rowena Leiva Eberhardt, Maude Vance Jenkins, Irene Chitwood Duty, Ernie Leiva Yorba, Myrtle Williamson K
An elderly couple shares an affectionate moment; the woman kisses the man's cheek while embracing him.
In 1984, longtime schoolteacher Gertrude Phelps, 91, was the oldest woman in attendance at the Tehachapi Oldtimers Picnic and she is shown planting a kiss on Claude Wells, 93, her former school principal and namesake of Wells Elementary School who was the oldest man in attenda
A smiling person holds a certificate from an "Oldtimers Reunion 2024," standing outdoors with trees in the background.
A woman standing outside at an event, smiling and holding a certificate, with people seated around tables in the background.
A group of people gathered in a park, sitting on chairs and socializing under trees on a sunny day.
People enjoying an outdoor picnic in a park with trees, seated at tables with food and drinks.
People gathering under a green tent at a park event, with some seated at a table.
Smiling woman holding a certificate from "Oldtimers Reunion 2024" in a park setting.
People gathered at an outdoor event with tables and chairs under trees in a park setting.
An elderly person in a wheelchair uses a tablet, with assistance from a man in a blue shirt, at an outdoor gathering.
A large group of people socializing at an outdoor park event with chairs and tables under trees.
Two people standing outdoors; one holds a pillow, the other a certificate. They're smiling, with trees in the background.
People standing by a fence, looking at a display in a sunny park with grass and trees.
A person in a cowboy hat holds a certificate at an outdoor reunion event, surrounded by people and trees.
Three women smiling outdoors, one seated and two standing, with trees and grass in the background.
A group of people at an outdoor event near a podium and a banner saying "Picnic Established 1959."
An elderly man and woman with a microphone at an outdoor gathering, surrounded by people sitting and standing.
A large outdoor picnic, with many people seated at tables under trees, and a sign reading "Television Old Timers Picnic."
A group of elderly people poses outdoors under trees, and one person is seated in a wheelchair.
An elderly couple shares an affectionate moment; the woman kisses the man's cheek while embracing him.
A crowd gathers in a park, chatting and enjoying an event with tables and chairs set up under trees on a sunny day.

Videos of Oldtimers!

 

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