SOMETHING TO PONDER AS YOU CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WILL ATTEND OUR 50TH REUNION:THIS WAS WRITTEN BY GLORIA FISHER WHO DOES A "SENIOR BEAT" COLUMN FOR THE QUAD CITY TIMES. IT GAVE US FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND PERHAPS IT WILL YOU, AS WELL.. . .FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS I'VE PASSED UP THE REUNION INVITATION FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. HOWEVER, THIS YEAR I WAS GOING TO CALL IN MY RESERVATION EARLY TO ATTEND AND VISIT WITH FRIENDS MADE LONG AGO AT THAT THREE-STORY, TWO-BLOCK-LONG STONE BUILDING IN PEORIA, IL. THE EVENING BEFORE THE DAY I CALLED, I PACKED SOURVENIRS OF THOSE HIGH SCHOOL DAYS FOR THE ANNUAL SHOW-AND-TELL AT THE REUNION. I EVEN HAD PLANS TO HAVE MY HAIR CUT AND STYLED THE WAY I WORE IT IN 1940. ACTUALLY, THE STYLE LOOKS BETTER ON ME NOW THAN THEN. I MADE THE CALL. THE SCHOOL SECRETARY SAID SHE'D GET BACK TO ME WITH THE EXACT TIME, DATE, AND PLACE. SHE CALLED. HER MESSAGE LEFT ME NUMB: "THERE WILL BE NO CLASS REUNION FOR YOUR GROUP, "SHE SAID. "YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE LEFT." I COULD ONLY SAY, "THANK YOU FOR CALLING." FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS, I SAT AND JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THOSE GOOD OLD-FASHIONED HIGH SCHOOL YEARS. I REMEMBERED HOW WE ALL RELISHED THE 25 CENT ALLOWANCE PARENTS GAVE US WEEKLY. AND HOW IT WOULD BUY FIVE DOUBLE DIP ICE CREAM CONES OR FIVE CHOCOLATE COKES AT THE SNACK SHACK HANGOUT. THERE WERE THE WEEKLY TRIPS TO THE PRINT SHOP TO GET OUT THE SCHOOL PAPER AND LIZ WINTERS, OUR JOURNALISM TEACHER, ALWAYS GAVE US BABY RUTH CANDY BARS TO TIDE US OVER UNTIL SUPPR TIME, ALWAYS AN HOUR LATE ON PRINT SHOP DAY. I'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT CARL WHEATLY, OUR EDITOR, IS NO LONGER AROUND TO WRITE AND CHAT WITH. OR DAVE MEISTE AND GLORIA PASCHON, THE LOCAL NEWS AND FEATURE EDITORS. WE WERE A TEAM AND WROTE BACK AND FORTH INTO OUR LATE 60'S. THE MEETINGS WERE ONLY AT THE REUNIONS. GONE, TOO, ARE THE BIG AND BURLY FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO CHOSE ME TO RENAME THEIR TEAM. I CHOSE RAMS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE '40'S GRADS WILL NOT BE LAUGHING ABOUT THOSE TRADITIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY GAMES WHERE WE'D CROWD INTO STREETCARS FOR THE LONG RIDE TO THE STADIUM, CHEERING ALL THE WAY. GREAT DAYS! GREAT FRIENDS! AND TO THINK I MISSED THE LAST FIVE YEARS. I'VE ACCEPTED AN INVITATION TO THE 2009 GRADUATION EVENTS OF A NEW GENERATION. I WILL ALSO STOP FOR A FEW MINUTES IN A PARK, ONCE THE SITE OF THE MANUAL HIGH I REMEMBER. THEN OFF TO THE NEW SCHOOL AND THE GALAXY OF GRADUATION EVENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING THE GRADS, BANQUETING WITH THEM, JOINING IN THEIR SHOW-AND-TELL, SHEDDING A FEW TEARS AT THE GRAND DIPLOMA CEREMONY, BORROWING A CAP TO TOSS IN THE AIR, AND SHAKING HANDS WITH ALL, WITH A SIMPLE MESSAGE OF 'GOOD LUCK.' BUT AS I MINGLE AND CELEBRATE, I WILL OFFER THIS SIMPLE PIECE OF ADVICE: THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE GIVEN YOU THE FRIENDSHIPS FOR A LIFETIME. TRY HARD TO NEVER MISS A REUNION." I SHARE THIS THOUGHT WITH ALL SENIORS WHO CAN STILL ATTEND THEIR CLASS REUNIONS. |
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Katie Buck Kiesey submitted this bit of trivia--our class song! Who knew we had a class song? Well, I"ll tell you who knew we had a class song: Cathy Lloyd--she wrote it! And it's sung to the tune of "I"ll Be Seeiing You:"
CLASS SONG-1960 WE'LL BE SEEING YOU, AS WE LEAVE FOR DISTANT PLACES. THOUGH WE MEET SOME DIFFERENT FACES, WE'LL THINK OF YOU. IN OUR CHOSEN WAYS, WE'LL THINK OF OUR CLASS PLAYS, THE FOOTBALL GAMES, THE VIC'TRY DANCE, AND OUR OLD FLAMES... WE'LL BE SEEING YOU--WE NEVER CAN REPAY THE FUN WE'VE HAD FROM DAY TO DAY WE'LL ALWAYS THINK OF YOU THAT WAY. THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO GO, AND BID YOU FOND ADIEU-- THOUGH WE LEAVE THESE HALLOWED HALLS-- STILL WE'LL BE SEEING YOU. NOW IT'S TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO ALL OUR HIGH SCHOOL DAYS, AS WE GO OUR SEPARATE WAYS OUR HEARTS TO THEE IN SONG WE PRAISE-- WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU OUR MEMORIES THAT ALWAYS WILL BE NEW THOUGH WE MAY BE FAR AWAY-- STILL WE'LL BE SEEING YOU. |
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LINDA LEE MOORE SENT THESE OLD PHOTOS WITH SOME PEOPLE YOU MAY OR MAY NOT RECOGNIZE:
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(CLICK ON PHOTOS TO ENLARGE THEM) Back Row: Donna Bealer, Tom Young, Donna Osincup, Janet Long, Paula Thomassen, Steve Johnson Front and Middle Rows: Martha Speake, Dolores Zager, Susan Owen, John Wilson, Karen Lance, Bill Arthur, Margaret Melville, Connie Buckwalter, Bonnie Kelly, George McDaniel, Patty Gastman, Linda Lee, and three cute little boys who look vaguely familiar, but she couldn't identify them> Maybe you can! (I have subsequently learned that this picture was taken by George McDaniel's father on the occasion of his birthday. George says that Miss Welch honored every student on their birthdays. And if you're thinking George's eye looks black, it was. He got hit by a bat!) We have further learned from George that the unidentified boys in the above class may have been: Ben Dusenbury, Larry Huisman, Patrick Lynch, or Jimmy Neff. George isn't able to put the names to faces, nor are we! |
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TOM BALDWIN, JOHN WILSON, BILL ARTHUR, A FAMILIAR FACE WE SHOULD KNOW BUT CAN'T PUT A NAME TO, JERRY HYSELL,TOM STEWART, BOB SPEAKE, JIM STEELE, TOM YOUNG, RONNIE ROBERTSON, LARRY VANWINKLE, RONNIE ARMSTRONG FRONT ROW: RONNIE STALDER AND GEORGE MCDANIEL GEORGE MCDANIEL HAS LEARNED THAT THE NAME OF THE PREVIOUSLY UNIDENTIFIED TEAMMATE IN THE ABOVE PICTURE IS JERRY PETERS. |
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Stan's Shtick (bits of humor & wisdom from Soucek's files) |
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Here is some information you may want to commit to memory:Subject: THE RULES OF THE UNIVERSE. . .2009 EDITION1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 2. Don't worry about what people think; they don't do it very often. 3. Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car. 4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. 5. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious. 6. A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice person. (This is very important. Pay attention! It never fails!) 7. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. 8. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the vacation. 9. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good. 10. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway. 11. Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it! Embrace your differences. Love each other. 12. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes. 13. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places. 14. Opportunities always look bigger after they have passed. 15. Junk is something you've kept and throw away three weeks before you need it. 16. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on. 17. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. 18. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends. 19. Thou shalt not weigh more than your refirigerator. 20. Someone who thinnks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world. 21. It ain't the jeans that make your butt look fat! 22. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." 23. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. 24. You should not confuse your career with your life. 25. Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. 26. Never lick a steak knife. 27. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip. 28. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight savings time. 29. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment! 30. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside we ALL believe that we are above average drivers. 31. Your friends love you anyway. 32. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur build the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. 33. How old would you be if you didn't know who old you are? |
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DON'T MISS THIS GREAT SITE:CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO A WONDERFUL "GOLDEN OLDIES" SITE. IT'S SET UP IN JUKE BOX FASHION AND YOU CAN CHOOSE SONGS FROM THE PERIODS THAT INTEREST YOU. http://www.tropicalglen.com/ |
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While scrolling through the Washingtonians recently, Cathy Lloyd noticed that twenty-four of our classmates went to the prom in our senior year with the person they eventually married. |
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QUESTONS TO HAUNT YOU!Can you cry under water? How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered? Why do you have to 'put your two cents in'. . .but it's only a 'penny for your thoughts?' Where's that extra penny go? Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity? Why does a round pizza come in a square box? What disease did cured ham actually have? How is it that we put men on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage? Why is it that people say they 'slept like a baby' when babies wake up like every two hours? If a deaf person has to go to a court, is it still called a 'hearing?' Why are actors in IN a movie but ON television? Why do people pay to go up in tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground? Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway! Why is a 'bra' singular and 'panties' plural? Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?? If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a stupid song about him? If the professor on Gilligans's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat? Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours. . .they're both dogs! If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from? If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons? Do the alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? Why did you just try singing the above two songs?? Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt? Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting dead? Why do banks charge a fee on 'insufficient funds' when they know there is not enough money? Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection? Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard? Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him? Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets? Whose idea was it to put an 'S' in the word 'lisp?' If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes? Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use, the bubbles are always white? Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance? Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try? How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed light fixtures? When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, 'It's all right?' Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, 'That really hurt, why don't you watch where you're going?' Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over? In winter, why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat? How come you never hear father-in-law jokes? And last but not least. . . The statistic on sanity is that one out of every four persons are suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends--if they're o.k., then it's you! |
