HHS Class of '64 - you continue to impress! Catching up with Lancers, sharing stories - life's ups and downs- it hasn't been easy for many of us, but "still you rise". Didn't have enough time to catch up with everyone, so I hope that the hard working social committee will take a needed rest and plan something for next year. Treasa, you're s great hostess; your home is beautifu. Thanks to Rosie and Dennis for their hard work. Please share the names of committee members so we can thank them, too!
Kay and Bruce-Thank you for your kind words. It was a rock'n good time. Thanks to the entire committee: Johnny Moore (and Charlene), Rosie Mason (and Dennis), Andie Harvey, Larry Sorensen. Helpers Jim Ames and Barbara Seagren stepped in at game time. Mea culpa if I missed anyone.
We've all held up pretty well for all the bumps and bruises through the years. Looking forward to seeing everyone again at the next gathering.
I got some help getting through graduate school by house-sitting some very nice places in Laguna Beach and Newport Beach, therefore I have good references.
So ... if you find yourself in need of a house-sitter (I am also good with pets) don't call ghostbusters, don't call the CV Library (in-joke), just call me.
"Here Brucie" always worked for Virginia McCormack!
And thanks again, I had some important conversations Saturday night.
Thanks to all who helped make our 55th reunion a success and a very fun time! Big thanks to Tresea for lending out your beautiful home for an evening. I know it's a lot of work. It sure was great getting together. Hopefully, more to come in the future. Kate Lambert Lauren and I will definately attend!
It was a great time visiting with you all. You all look great! Treasa, thank you so much for the lovely venue. It was perfect. And the hard work of Johnny Moore, Dennis, Mason, and Jim Ames, lugging tables and chairs and doing anything else needed -- you are appreciated. Thank you to all who helped set up food, brought the delicious food, washed dishes, cleaned up -- there were so many who pitched in. Thank you to all.
Bruce, I am so sorry to hear about Susan. I will let them know about it on the '65 website.
All those who weren't able to come -- we missed you! We hope you are all well and can come next time.
Stay healthy, Everyone. Let's keep in touch and not let so much time go by next time. Go Lancers!
Kudos to the HHS Class of '65 who raised money to dedicate the HHS library to Tom Rice. Here is the link to the day of the dedication. What a deserving hero! Great idea, fellow Lancers.
Hope it's me! Klaus Obermeyer, who started his ski clothing company by turning the comforter his mother sent with him from Austria into a jacket,turns 100 next week. He still skiis and swims every day.Keep shining Brucie. To paraphrase a Traffic song, Shambala is in your heart and mind.
Fifty Six Years ago today was the infamous Friday, November 22, 1963. I first heard that something may have happened to President Kennedy when I heard who I believe was Bob Bostad talking to someone that there were a lot of John Kennedys around and even a lot of John F. Kennedys. I wondered what had happened.
On the way to lunch, Cliff Gruel told me that he heard that President Kennedy had been shot in the arm.
Rumors were all over the place in the cafeteria.
After, lunch was my Civics class with Tom Rice. Mr. Rice walked into the classroom and did not say a word. He picked up a piece of chalk and wrote on the board "President Kennedy is officially dead." What a shock and I clearly remember in detail the next three days.
I would be interested in what any of you remember about that day and weekend.
November 22, 1963, remember sitting in class when Counselor Green came in and announced that President Kennedy had been shot (or killed). Does anyone else remember that scenario? My memories from that time are dim - too much that I needed to repress, I think.
George-I remember that day as if it were yesterday. We were just finishing band practice for Arcadia Band Review. Mr. Padelford had his bullhorn, and gave us the sad news. Lunch in the band room was somber, a few former classmates came onto campus to console some us. After lunch, in Mr. Peacock's Civics class, there wasn't much learning going on. We just talked about what happened. Some girls were crying. Saturday was a blur of watching the events unfold on TV. Sunday morning as my mother and I were returning from church, we heard the radio report that Oswald was shot. It was a very sad time.
I walked out of PE on my way to lunch and Linda Pyke was standing there saying that Pres. Kennedy had been shot. Since Linda was often a jokester my first thought was that it was a really bad joke. That lunch period is a blur but after lunch Mrs. Pietruska came into our class and said he was dead. My class with Mrs. Hassler followed and she said that under the circumstances we were not going to be discussing the death of a king in Hamlet. I also have an image of a crying Patty Prickett screaming at Peggy Fallon, "Peggy, he's dead." Odd the memories that linger.
I must have been in the same Civics class as Treasa; that's where I learned from Mr. Peacock about the incident. As I recall Mr. Peacock had a tear in his eye.
I was standing in the lunch line when Newt Perdue came out of the band room & said "Did you hear that President Kennedy got shot in the head?". He then put his finger to the middle of his forehead as if to show where he got shot. My reading class was after lunch. The announcement was made over the PA that he had died. The teacher, I don't remember his name, got a tear in his eye. That afternoon the Cross Country team was going to a meet at Morley Field. It was a somber ride.
I recall being on the way to trigonometry class, and I think Mr. Livermore was the teacher and he stopped a bunch of us walking to class to tell us that President Kennedy was shot. I don't think he knew he had died, so I thought it could be misinformation. But he was so serious it clearly was not misinformation. And then of course we later learned that President Kennedy had died. It seems to me that we had a day off from school as I remember watching the funeral on TV.
The various memories we have are interesting, as in I do not remember anything about lunch time when it occurred. And it does not seem like it was 56 years ago. Living to be 73 means we have more or less experienced many historical events in our lifetime and for me the major events seem to have occurred more recent than they actually did. Thanks to people willing to share what they remember.
Rochester, New York, resident Willie Murphy is not your average 82-year-old. When a man decided to break into her home Thursday night, the award-winning bodybuilder used her strength to stop the intruder with the help of a table, baby shampoo and a broom.
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