My husband, Carl, and I moved from Peoria IL, to SD last August. 

I start in a paramedic program next August, as well as continuing the wildland fire courses I'm taking, so I may not be going anywhere for the the next year.

As for running, I do trail run some, but mostly go for mud obstacle course races. Right now they have to be late May through early August until I'm finished with school, but again, we'll see what happens.

Oh, and for your notes: I have three sons with wonderful wives, and a total of seven grandchildren. I married, oh so many years ago, an Air Force man, but traveled overseas to Indonesia when my husband was out of the Air Force and working for Caterpillar Inc. I've been a middle school teacher, a fund raiser for a private university, a university-level teacher (doctorate in Teacher Ed), owned a llama and alpaca business, and currently am a certified interior attack fire fighter and EMT-Basic going for wildland fire medic. More than some and less than others. 

I tell people I get bored easily. 

My brother, Chuck Schweizer, '63, has been a financial manager and currently is working on retiring and enjoying life to the fullest.

Jim Christol, Class of 1965 & Donna Enoch (Christol), Class of 1966 have relocated from Yorktown VA to Davidson NC.  We are close to Charlotte NC.  Jim retired from the USAF in 1996 and again this summer from instructing F-22 fighter pilots at Langley AFB VA. Donna retired this year from a rewarding career in the bridal business. We are enjoying our children, grandchildren and our extra free and travel time. We are volunteering in the local community. Our latest family fun event was a night 5K Race here in Davidson NC.

From Mike's lips to this web page: "My Petersburg High School (Petersburg, VA) sweetie, Pat and I tied the knot on 21 October.  The short ceremony with families only, took place in Petersburg at Union Station, the place she and I said goodbye in 1956 when family headed to Orleans. We didn't see each other for 56 years and then we reunited a few years ago and bazinga!!  We are living in Suffolk, VA and Weaverville, NC. 

 MINI REUNION: TISH BRITT Douglas ('57) REPORTING:  Spent a wonderful day on 22 Oct 2013 looking at "old cars" (28 Porsches, mostly vintage, including Janis Joplin's psychedelic painted 1965 Cabriolet) on exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art with OHS friends MARSHA THOMPSON Fancher ('58), MIKE STOLL ('57) and his wife Sarah.  We ended the afternoon with a late lunch and laughter at the Bahama Breeze in Raleigh.

MINI REUNION: RUSTY RALSTON ('65) reporting.  Nancy and I met up with Tish and Gudrun in Asheville, NC for a couple of days (13-16 October).  Here is a photo of us at Pack's Tavern in Asheville.Toured the Biltmore and did some of the touristy things there.  Had a great time. 

We moved here in North Texas  as we are both retired now and decided to share a property with my daughter and her family who moved up from San Antonio.   We chose North Texas as she and her husband adopted two little girls from S.A. and felt it would be safer to move some distance from San Antonio as the biological family are heavily into drug dealing.  We now live on a 1.7 acre property with two homes on it.  Ours is rather small (900 + square feet) and we share the large home's gourmet kitchen, laundry room, etc   It is communal living at its best as we still have our own "space" to retreat to!       We absolutely love being grandparents actively involved in our grandchildren's lives!   I'm also a volunteer at my granddaughters' school.   

UPDATE FROM TISH BRITT Douglas ('57) on LEE BRUBAKER ('57) and GAYLE DOVER ('57):

Today (11 May 2013) I had the privilege of attending the wedding of Dr. and Mrs. Lee Brubaker.  Both are OHS class of '57.  The bride is Gayle Dover, and the groom, of course, is Lee Brubaker.  Gayle and Lee were sweethearts in our junior year, then Gayle's dad was rotated back to the States for our senior year and their lives went in different directions.  They met again at the St Pete OHS reunion last autumn.  They will reside mostly in Casper, WY, where Lee continues in his work as a family practice MD.  Their second residence will be Gayle's home on a lake north of Little Rock, AR.  I know that all the OHS family joins me in wishing them great happiness in the years ahead.

Abel is still working as a field engineer testing software delivered for use as an army system to facilitate specific functions: field artillery, infantry, Aviation, etc....  Love working and enjoy working with all of the young people of this generation and get to interface with active duty military.  Chris and I are still riding horses but have gone from 20 to 6 on the Whiteoak Ranch.  My twin Aubrey is all but retired and doing great.  We are truly blessed, especially me with all the surgeries and accidents.  I am attaching a newer picture of me from this year.  Well its actually Aubrey in the center (retired Colonel) me to his left and my older brother, Joseph to his right.  This was recently taken at my Dads burial at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

After a considerable amount of planning and preparation, I am pleased to announce my retirement on 1 March 2013, after 39 years of dedicated service to McDonnell Douglas and the Boeing Company.  I consider myself very blessed and fortunate to have worked there.  I will be leaving with fond memories of the many fascinating jobs that I’ve had and the great friendships that were formed along the way.   

I will truly miss the people whom I’ve had the pleasure of knowing at Boeing but look forward to spending more time with my family since this has always been, and will always remain, my top priority in life.  My granddaughters – Abby (9), Lindsey (7), Megan(5) – and my grandsons – Gabe (3),  Ben (10 months) and Giacomo (1 month)  – are at very interesting ages and provide a constant source of amazement, enjoyment and pride. 

About a year ago, my Dad, Lt Col Elmer E Shaner, passed away at age 90 and Mom, at age 92, keeps asking “are you retiring soon?”.  Yes, I am a sterling example of the “sandwich generation” and feel that the timing is right for my next “move”. 
 

Hi Dave!

Met Lance in Monterey last week for the the Big Sur Half Marathon.  We didn’t run but his inamorata, Kimberlee, enters every year; she had a decent finish.  Lance and I wandered the Presidio of Monterey – our home after Orleans - and waxed nostalgic about our time there.  Am attaching a photo of us outside one of the Defense Language Institute buildings and one of Lance and Kimberlee in front of our old quarters.  The weather was perfect all 4 days and it great to see my brother again after 5 years.   

Jeannie 

PS:  Can’t resist also attaching a photo of the great view of Monterey Bay from my BOQ room

Now living in Houston
Personal email is j_l_lamb@hotmail.com
Office telephone is 713-653-8490 

On our way to Oakland, CA this weekend for our first grandchild’s first birthday (Emma Rosa Lamb) 

Started a parallel career a few years back. I am an adjunct at University of Houston, teaching transportation courses in the Supply Chain track. 

Mom (Lillian) passed away in February 2007 and Dad (LeRoy E. Lamb, Jr,, AUS (RET) joined her in May 2007. 

Erika (from Santiago, Chile) and I have now been married for 34 years, have 3 kids:

James, 32, married one child – Emma Rosa – living in Oakland, CA
Erik, 31, JD from Chicago U. School of Law – living in Houston
Gabriella, 26, will receive her MD this coming May from Baylor College of Medicine. Plans to go into Pediatric Oncology. 

Hope you are well. Glad to see you are keeping the site going. 

“On you Trojans, on you Trojans…” 

Jim Lamb
Logistics Manager, Tubular Goods
Sumitomo Corporation of America
(713) 653 8490

Many thanks to all who’ve sent me messages of encouragement upon learning that my cancer, for which I’d been treated in 2010 and 2011, had returned.  Some of you may know that I returned to work on Dec 1, 2011. But it seemed I never got my previous energy back. Since early this year, I’ve been complete taken over by it. Since you are my friends, I’ll spare you the long and tortuous details.

You all know that when I do something, I go whole hog, dive in head first, do it up good! On that note, most people who’ve been diagnosed with cancer deal with just that diagnosis and treatment and proceed on with their lives.

That wasn’t dramatic enough for me. On a subsequent visit to my Stanford surgeon, it was determined that my potassium level was dangerously high, my ureters had collapsed (endangering my kidneys) and I had another tumor. Drains were inserted into my kidneys and we proceeded to restart chemo.

The first chemo hit hard and I was down almost for the whole two weeks til the next one, which was scheduled for 10-3. We thought the chemo was the problem. When we got to the office on the 3^rd, the PA only took about five minutes and then said "I think we need to hospitalize you, you're totally dehydrated and your pressure looks way down."

In French Hospital (in San Luis Obispo) an angel of a nurse, Erica, just took charge. She, under supervision of Dr. Vatsa (the admitting physician), started pumping fluids, antibiotics, heart meds to bring up blood pressure, and to slow down my heart which was in afib due to the extremely low blood pressure.

They admitted me into the hospital, “for a few days” - I figured a week and I was right because I came home yesterday, the 10^th.

I’m really glad to be home and am recouping, still taking some meds. The plan is to restart cancer treatment in a week or so.

Again, thanks for your wishes and prayers. They are appreciated.

Jumi

Hello you guys…….
I'm in France now….  at the house in Aix, 

I picked up my Citroen Traction Avant last week in Paris and then got a fellow K Town Raider at the airport (CDG)  and we drove to K Town,   we managed to get on base,  (and Ramstein too)  and did a good visit…..    there have definitely been some changes since 1970…………  serious money has been spent,  and it looks like we are going to be there for awhile…. 

after K Town we drove down to Colmar in Alsace,  where I have a good buddy and I bought a  Mobylette,   always wanted one,  this one runs great,  got it for 200 E,  I will keep it in Aix,   sure it will be handy to pick up the bread and croissants  Sunday morning.. 

From Alsace,  we drove down to Gap where my sisters in law,  have an Auberge,  then from there to Aix,  where I have started some landscaping projects, have a backhoe working now….

I'm here until the first week in Aug.  will drive the Traction back to Paris,  and will for sure stop in Orleans, and see whats going on there...  then back to the Island for Hurricane season…    I hope the Tropics look good for the reunion in Tampa,  so I can see you all then.

Take care 

Mike

I retired from the Department of Commerce on June 29, 2012, after 27 1/2 years of federal civilian service.  During my federal civilian career I also worked for the US Army Reserve, Department of the Army and FEMA.  With the latter I was deployed to Baton Rouge after hurricane Katrina for 30 days.  In 1998 I retired from the Army Reserve as a Lieutenant Colonel with almost 28 years of combined active and reserve service.  I now will have much more time to pursue genealogy while waiting for my wife of two years, Vanda, to retire.   

For over 20 years I was a Scout leader, four with the Cub Scouts and the rest with the Boy Scouts, including five as the Scoutmaster..  My son, Robby, made Eagle Scout, thus joining his uncle Bruce (OAHS 67), his grandfather and me.  My wife's son, Grady, is also an Eagle Scout.  My wife and I have a cabin in West Virginia where we go one or two weekends a month to restore our souls.  It is quiet and a great getaway and I plan on spending time there.   

I won't be able to make the reunion in Florida, but wish all a great time and maybe I can make the next one.   

My schooling was in Verdun,one year and Orleans, almost three years. Several of the guys I hung around with in Orleans, Hurley Wilvert, and another whose name I no longer remember went there by train a few times and partied our little hearts out.  We did visit cultural icons like the Ifell tower and Notre Dame Cathedral.  I also visited the Left Bank, Crazy Horse Bar and underground Paris. The "working girls" were not expensive and also not much older than we were.

I completed my college studies at Kent State (several years after the shootings, although I had several Profs. who were there at that time) and managed to spend 40 plus years in the telecommunications business starting with Bell Tel in Virginia in '63, Mid-Continent in PA, Farmers & Merchants in VA, United Tel Com in Ohio which Started a long distance company called Sprint Telecommunications Corp, Then as a VP's gofer in North Carolina for about a year, then a staff weenie for another Executive VP in Florida for several years before returning to Sprint Local Telcom in Ohio to close out my career as a Division Engineering Manager for Ohio, Indiana and Chicago.  Had a hell of a grand time in the ensuing 40 some odd years.  Met a lot of fine folks worked for some really super people and my kids have friends they stay in touch with in five states.  So they had as many moves as I did growing up but didn't have to have all those damn shots every time I got transferred overseas like we did. Made a lot of friends and my wife, kids and I had a heck of a good life.  Always some excitement, never boring with  good  'ol Dad. 

I always feel like this answer needs a disclaimer…I spent almost 20 years as a middle manager in a corporate environment and after being downsized from my cushy corporate job decided to move in a completely different direction.  So…I’m in school to become certified to teach English as a second language to adults (getting my teaching certificate and getting certified in ESL).  I teach an ESL once a week.  I also trained and became a dog groomer because I thought it’d be fun…turns out it’s not as fun as I thought it’d be but for now it’s my primary job….and I just stated at a new place this past Saturday.   

I was also a Paralegal (a long time ago) and of course had all of the requisite “you’re kidding me, you did that?” jobs in college.  Those included my all-time favorite which was driving a mid-size Mercedes bus from San Diego to Tecate, Mexico twice a day for a company called Mexicoach.  I was also a Taco-Bellette and worked at the San Diego State University library in the University Archives.
 

To be honest, I haven’t been to the Broken Spoke since 1968.  I will have to check it out.  Pflugerville is at the other end of Austin.  Growing up here (every Christmas and vacation and unaccompanied period during my father’s career) and then finishing high school and college, there used to be an unwritten rule that North Austin was more respectable.  Things have changed a lot but my family still lives north and my daughter is in Dallas, less than three hours from here. 

The trick to taking your job with you is changing careers frequently.  After nine years in the Marines, I joined corporate America so I wouldn’t have to move so much.  I moved 8 more times until three years ago when I retired and started teaching high school math.  I was certified in Georgia and now have a 1 year certificate for Texas.  I will be starting a new school year at one of the high schools in North Austin when the reunion takes place.  With all the other aspects of moving, starting a new year at a new school will be just too much excitement to be able to take off for a long weekend. 

My lament is that I have always been in some transition phase for each of the previous OHS reunions.  I am a big fan of gatherings like these and one of my personal goals is to muster up a contingent of folks like me who didn’t finish high school at OHS and get them to a reunion.  I see only one or two names that I recognize on the attendee list but there are lots on your class roster.  For example, Judy Nadeau Cuoco has a younger brother who was in my class.  Bitsy Caballero and Gaby Miner are active and I will make a major push to get all of us to the next reunion.  See you there.

I am attaching a couple pictures of Abel and me. We were part of a group invited to Ft Hood, Texas for a welcome home ceremony for Viet Nam Veterans. 5 21 2012.

The picture is taken with a replica of a Viet Nam memorial to be built on the grounds of the State Capital in Austin.

The second is of us with Lieutenant General Campbell, Commander III Corps and Ft Hood, a friend of Abel's. Abel is on the right and I am on the left side.

This Thursday we have been invited back to participate in a "pass in review" with Soldiers on the parade field. I have not paraded since my change of command, August 1992. This should be fun!!

We were both interviewed by the local NBC affiliate. The big question to me was what is the difference between this welcome home ceremony and when I returned from Viet Nam. My answer was "that today we were welcomed back and thanked by so many for doing our duty. It is a great feeling. In 1968, the good news was I did not get spit on or objects thrown at me as I arrived back in the States, but the bad news was being heckled by folks with bull horns.  There were no handshakes. But I also knew that the voices of hecklers were not a reflection of the majority of the folks in this great nation; more importantly I am so glad to see that today soldiers are welcomed back and recognized for their service to our nation."

I am doing great and took a new position as an Army Aviation test officer with Computer Science Corporation.  I basically test software, hardware, network data on the AH 64 Apache, the KIOWA OH58 and the CH 47 along with the UH 60.  I moved from Killeen to Buckholts, Texas and have a20 acre horse /farm ranch which is doing good.  My twin Aubrey (62) retired from the University of Texas at Austin and enjoys his activities.  I did have complete knee replacement recently, but do not use a cane anymore.  LeoLena is the horse and great barrel racing horse. I enjoy working and being around people and then getting home to our 14 horses and working with them. My wife Chris is a great trainer and horse rider.  Chris is, a nurse and that has been a blessing.   I plan to attend the reunion and get my application in.  I did retire from the Army in 1991 after twenty three years of service and attained the rank of 05,LTC. I served in Viet nam and received several valor awards as a forward observer and commander in the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division (now mech).  My twin brother Aubrey recently posted information on VN Vets being exposed to agent orange and herbicides.  I looked into it as  i had quadruple bi pass, then pace maker inserted, then stints.  The VA rated me as 80% disabled and the benefits from that have been rewarding, especially in Texas.  If you served in VN may want to read Aubrey's information from last year posted in OHS class news.   My three children all grown up and have their CAREERS.  I have two grand daughters and one great grandson, so am blessed with family.  Some of my best memories are from Orleans American high school and my experiences there.  I personally thank Dave for all he does for us.  We are blessed.

      Photos of Abel, Chris and LeoLena were taken in May, 2011

Rusty Ralston retired from Blue Ridge Community College on 1 February 2012.  In his honor, the college established a scholarship for veterans to assist them in their education.  Veterans benefits don't always cover everything the students need.  This scholarship fund will help close that gap.  The  scholarship currently sits at nearly $7500.  

To date, six OHS'ers have made a donation as has the OHS Fund.  If you would like to make a donation, you may contact Amy Kiger at Blue Ridge Community College.  Her contact information is kigera@brcc.edu and her telephone number is (540)453-2211.  Any size donation will be appreciated.   

Rusty has informed me that he will be returning to BRCC in March as an adjunct instructor of First Aid & CPR.  Part-time job with no benefits, but his wife will not allow him to become a couch-potato.  In fact, he has joined Gold's Gym and is having a great time there.  After sitting behind a desk for the past 12 years, he needs to work out.

Michael and I live near the beach in Delaware where Michael’s second career is as a Unitarian Universalists Minister at the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware in Lewes. Delaware. His first career was as a civilian in the U.S. Government in Washington, D.C. He also taught English at several the local community college and at George Mason University. I was an elementary teacher for the first half of my career and an elementary counselor the second half. We have three grown daughters. Mai who lives in Roslyn, VA and works in commercial real estate. Jenny who lives in Ashburn, VAwith husband Val and 15 month old Jacob. She works for a recruiting firm as a Project Manager. Holly has a daycare in her home in Bunker Hill, WV where she lives with her husband Lee and two sons Ryan 11 and Ethan 9. I am currently on a leave of absence as a parent educator with Parents as Teachers and I am the Director of Lifespan Faith Development at Michael’s church.