Class News for 2001-2006

    Date Posted    

29 Dec 2006 MOVED: RALPH ADEN ('59) from Palm Springs, California to Roosevelt, Arizona. Email remains: RALPHLADEN@AOL.COM 
29 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: VIRGINIA ADEN ('58): VADEN2001@AOL.COM 
28 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: JUDY NADEAU Cuoco ('62): JUDYNADEAU@COMCAST.NET 
27 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: ROD SMITH ('64): RSMITH@CALVI.ORG 
27 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: JIM KAMMERER ('64): KAMMERER1@COMCAST.NET 
25 Dec 2006 MERRY CHRISTMAS         The 1963 yearbook is now available online for your viewing enjoyment.
24 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: PEGGY MOORE Sweeney ('67): ANNIE.BOB@ATT.NET 
24 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: REBECCA MOORE Fucci ('72): RMOOREFUCCI@COMCAST.NET 
23 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: KAREN IRWIN Hook ('67): HOOKK@BELLSOUTH.NET 
23 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: BARBARA ALLEN Ellison ('62): MOTHERWITH9@AOL.COM 
22 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: LES ALEXANDER ('66): LESALEXANDER2000@YAHOO.COM 
22 Dec 2006 MOVED: MITZI BERG Maloney ('61) from Santa Clara, California to Powder Springs, Georgia.  New email: MITZI_MALONEY@YAHOO.COM 
21 Dec 2006 MOVED: CANDACE COGGINS ('64) from New York City to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.  Email remains: CCOGG581@AOL.COM 
21 Dec 2006 MOVED: BARBARA FOSTER from Oveido, Forida to Cary, North Carolina.  Barbara is the mother of Suzanne (63) and Jim (65).  Email remains BNFOSTER@MAILSTATION.COM 
18 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOAN SCHMIDT Smith ('62): JOAN.A.SMITH@GMAIL.COM 
17 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: LOU BARTH ('66): LOU-BERNIE@PEOPLEPC.COM 
17 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: VAL CONLIN Dussor ('58): EVDUSSOR@PEOPLEPC.COM 
17 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: LINDA FRASSRAND Quinn ('60): DFMQUINN@BELLSOUTH.NET 
17 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: PEGGY EUTEMARK Smith ('65): PEGGYEUTEMARKSMITH@COMCAST.NET 
15 Dec 2006 REUNION VOTE:   On 15-16 December 2006, email requests are being sent to alumni to vote on their preference for the next reunion location.  Choices are Baltimore, Miami or San Diego.  As the votes are received and tallied, the results will be posted to the webpage entitled "VOTING RESULTS FOR THE 2008 REUNION SITE".  If you didn't get the aforementioned email by the 17th of December, it must be that I don't have your current email address.  So, please, send your vote to dave@orleansamericanhighschool.com, and I will tally your vote and capture your email address at the same time. 
8 Dec 2006 NEW FIND: GABRIELLE ELISABETH ZEITLIN Messer ('68) living in Empire, Colorado, where she works part-time as a nurse.  Gabrielle ended up graduating from Mt Vernon HS in Alexandria, Virginia, and married her high school sweetheart in 1970.  They have three sons. Email: GABRIELLEMESSER@YAHOO.COM 
6 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: RUSS RALSTON ('65): RWRALSTON@ADELPHIA.NET 
2 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: FRANK PARTLOW ('56): NNNFRANK60@YAHOO.COM 
2 Dec 2006 NEW EMAIL: KAY SUNDERMAN Partlow ('58): KAYWEASEL@YAHOO.COM 
30 Nov 2006 EMAIL FROM CHARLIE SMITH ('59) vacationing in France:   Hi Folks -          

I've put a few pictures together on a web page: I'm sure I'll take more and will add them to this as time goes by.

    http://www.elektro.com/~charlie/photos/travel/paris06/index.html

These are mostly just the neighborhood where I'm staying.  I'm not doing a huge list of things, I just enjoy being here and absorbing the atmosphere.  I have a double room in downtown Paris, in a residential area, that includes cooking facilities for 52 Euro / night.  Last weekend an English friend flew to Paris, with his German lady friend, Agnes, to spend a couple days running around together. Here's some pictures that Nick took and put on the web, many are inside a museum.

    http://www.pettefar.de/Paris-Nov-2006/index.shtml

It's mostly been in the middle 50's and sunny, with a couple days being an exception.  Today was down around 40F and had the local people saying they thought it was the first sign of winter!  Ha! I've got a local phone number in my cell phone while I'm here, it's easy and inexpensive to set this up. 

    - Charlie

 Charlie Smith  charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  +33 6 5097 7531  http://www.elektro.com/charlie/        Columbus Ohio   USA
  When dialing the above French number from the US,   dial 011 33 6 5097 7531  and please remember I am 6 hours   ahead of US EST, or 9 hours ahead of PST.
23 Nov 2006 THANKSGIVING MESSAGE FROM CHUCK WISE ('64) IN IRAQ:  HELLO FAMILY AND FRIENDS,  THE LINE IS LONG AT THE COMPUTER CAFE AND I WISH I COULD SEND EACH OF YOU AN INDIVIDUAL GREETING WITH ALL
THE PRETTY PICTURES AND SONGS BUT THAT WILL HAVE TO COME LATER.  I AM IN MY FOURTH MONTH HERE AT TALLIL AIR BASE,IRAQ AND THE BASE CAMP ADDER IS ALL I GET TO SEE OF IRAQ. I WATCH THE NEWS WHEN I CAN, LIKE YOU DO, SO YOU KNOW AS MUCH AS I DO ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THIS COUNTRY.  MYSELF ALONG WITH THE L-3 GSI SCREENING TEAM ARE DOING OUR PART TOWARD THE WAR EFFORT AND HOPEFULLY OUR WORK IN COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE AND FORCE PROTECTION WILL SAVE SOME OF OUR TROOPERS LIVES.   I WISH YOU ALL HAPPY TIMES TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.  GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.    FROM NASIRIYAH,IRAQ THIS IS CHUCK WISE SAYING HAPPY
THANKSGIVING EVERYONE.  STAY IN TOUCH AND STAY SAFE.
Chuck Wise
23 Nov 2006 NEW FIND: ERWIN MCDAVID ('66) living in Sylmar, California.  Erwin is single, semi-retired, and an avid hang-glider. Email: AXIS@ISPWEST.COM 
19 Nov 2006 NEW EMAIL: DON BALLARD ('63): DONALD.BALLARD@SUDDENLINK.NET 
19 Nov 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOHN COUGILL ('62): JCOUGILL@COMCAST.NET 
19 Nov 2006 MOVED: JOYCE "ROSIE" RUFF ('68) from Sarasota to Port Charlotte, Florida.  New email: AQUARIUSJUPITER@YAHOO.COM 
17 Nov 2006 SONDRA MCGARVEY Held ('59) died on 15 March 2003, and notice of her death was posted to this class news page in June, 2003.  Today, I was browsing the internet looking for references to "Orleans American High School", and I came across this obituary that I thought I should share with you.....

Held, Sondra (McGarvey)

Held, Sondra (McGarvey) Monday, March 17, 2003 Held, Sondra (McGarvey) Passed away on Saturday, March 15, 2003 surrounded by her family after a period of declining health. The cause of death was complications of diabetes. She was born in Fort Devins, MA, the eldest child of Samuel and Dorothea McGarvey. The daughter of a career Army officer, she spent her childhood living and traveling throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. Ms. Held graduated from Orleans American High School in Orleans, France. She earned a Bachelor of Social Work and a Masters of Social Work from Virginia Commonwealth University and a Certificate of Aging from the Medical College of Virginia. She was also completing a Doctor of Philosophy degree at LaSalle University. She was the Director of Bereavement for The Bennett Funeral Home, providing individual, family and group bereavement support and services from 1992 until her death. Ms. Held was also the Pastoral Counselor for St. Mary's Woods Retirement Center. Always a lover of people and a champion for the very young, elderly and infirmed, she devoted her life to the needs of others. She was the former state president of the Virginia SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) Association; former state secretary of The Bereavement Association; member of the State of Virginia Fetal Infant Mortality Review Team; and a member of the Virginia Multiple Sclerosis Board of Directors. Ms. Held was the group support facilitator for SIDS Parents; SIDS Grandparents; Women and Multiple Sclerosis; Suicide Survival; and Widows/ Widowers. She was the founder of the Mechanicsville Chapter of Compassionate Friends. Her membership affiliations included National Association of Social Workers; Assoc. of University Professional Women; Assoc. of Geriatric Professionals; and Assoc. of Death and Dying Professionals. Ms. Held was preceded in death by her eldest child, Douglas Held, US Marine Corps, and father, Samuel E. McGarvey, US Army, retired. She leaves to cherish her memories her devoted husband, Thomas Held of Lake Chesdin, and loving son, Patrick Held of Richmond. Other family

 

 

14 Nov 2006 DECEASED: KENNETH L. WRIGHT (faculty, 1959) on July 16, 2002, in Rancho Santa Fe, California.  Kenneth was the father of Cori ('62) and Sandra ('65)
14 Nov 2006 MOVED: SANDRA WRIGHT Sutherland ('65) from St Helena to Costa Mesa, California.  New email:  IRISPRESS@AOL.COM 
12 Nov 2006 REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS:  JUDY HOLDSWORTH ('60) sent me two links for her classmate, JIM TARKENTON ('60) who was killed in Vietnam.  They are: 
http://www.vvmf.org//index.cfm?SectionID=110&Wall_Id_No=51034.0
http://www.virtualwall.org/dt/TarkentonJC01a.htm

There are two other classmates whom I know also died in Vietnam, and Judy was kind enough to also locate links to their Vietnam Memorial web pages.  Their information is not as extensive as Jim's.  It's an individual thing, as opposed to government-supplied, and relys on family/friends input.  They are:

PETE DONNELL, Class of '59  http://www.vvmf.org//index.cfm?SectionID=110&Wall_Id_No=13633.0 

FRANK VAVRIN, Class of '64  http://www.vvmf.org//index.cfm?SectionID=110&Wall_Id_No=53537.0

12 Nov 2006 INDIVIDUAL ALUMNI SITES WEBPAGE:  Added link to personal website for ABEL WHITE ('61): http://whiteoakranchtx.com/default.aspx
12 Nov 2006 INDIVIDUAL ALUMNI SITES WEBPAGE:  Added link to the music website for JOHN TUDDER ('69):  www.home.earthlink.net/~tudderj 
12 Nov 2006 DECEASED: DAVE TUDDER ('76) on 28 August 2004, in Pensacola, Florida from ALS.  Dave was a telecommunications engineer and a jass flutist.  He was divorced and had no children.
12 Nov 2006 REFOUND: AL MATTHEWS (faculty) living in Ocala, Florida.  Email: KITTYANDAL@HOTMAIL.COM 
12 Nov 2006 MOVED: JOHN RALSTON ('66): from Agawam to Feeding Hills, Massachustts.
12 Nov 2005 NEW EMAIL: KATHY WEAVER Fern ('66): KATFERN1@CA.RR.COM 
12 Nov 2006 NEW EMAIL: LES ALEXANDER ('66): LESLINEK@COMCAST.NET 
12 Nov 2006 MESSAGE FROM CHUCK WISE IN IRAQ ('64):  HELLO GANG,  I AM TRYING TO GET THIS LAP TOP CRANKED UP SO I CAN START COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE.  HERE ARE A FEW PICS FOR YOU.  HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD VETERANS DAY.  THINGS ARE GOOD HERE SO FAR.  HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE WELL AND DOING GOOD.  STAND BY FOR PAGE TWO LATER.  STAY IN TOUCH.....................................  Chuck Wise

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1 Nov 2006 UPDATE ON ANNE GONSETH ('66):  MARY PEALE Ball ('66) was recently in Washington, DC visiting her daughter, and while there, she and Anne got together for the weekend at the Mayflower Hotel.  Mary's daughter, Carey, had a fun weekend planned for them.  Then on Monday, Anne and her husband, John, packed up Anne's folks, and took them on a two-week drive to Texas to a friend's 90th birthday party.

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24 Oct 2006 UPDATE FROM AUBREY WHITE ('60)

Dave, my old e mail is still good but I prefer to begin using my alumni email which is a lifetime e mail from the University of Texas at Austin. It is aubreywhite@alumni.utexas.net. Also attaching a picture of Shirley and I which was taken this past June in Scotland- the Highlands. A beautiful country. And we certainly lucked out on the weather. We are trying to travel alot  more, primarily with the University of Texas "Flying Longhorns," our alumni group which travels all over the world. We have scheduled two trips for next year. One to Hawaii to visit with our niece and then with the Flying Longhorns to Provence and the French Riviera. Depends on my work load and I am getting some new startup programs. One of these relates to the Military Child and providing an enhanced infrastructure and virtual environment to address issues that the military child faces by transfer of the parent(s) and assignment of parent(s) to combat and non combat zones. I never realized all the issues and I thought I knew them as a former military brat and Father of a military brat. We will collaborate and then partner with the Military Child Education Coalition , non profit organization, which is attempting to develop an enhanced capability for linking counselors, students, parents, communities worldwide in support of the military child.

Abel is doing fine. Still "horsing" around with horses. By the way he really got a good deal on that small ranch of his which is just out side  Bucholtz, Texas. Our Dad is 84 and doing good. I make time to visit with him weekly. I had him in an oustanding  assisted living center in San Antonio after his stroke a few years ago.  He  got to doing so well that he  checked himself out. Still wants his independence and I totally understand that. Also, wants to be near my Mom who passed a few years back this December.

Finally I am still into Longhorn football. I was disappointed that Ohio State beat our team here in Austin. They showed all of us, in Texas, why they are the number one team in the country. By the way their band is also great.

Take care and my best to all,

Aubrey

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24 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOHN KOHN ('62): SKETCHESINBLUE@YAHOO.COM 
19 Oct 2006 WHAT OUR TEACHERS ARE UP TO:  On October 13, 2006, a group of teachers from Orleans, France gathered for their annual luncheon at La Petite Auberge in New York City for the 43rd time.  This tradition was started in 1963.  Sometimes there are a good number of them; other times not.  Some have made it to all 43 luncheons; others have not.  Sometimes, former students will join them.  This year, Dave Thatcher ('62), Jim D'Amato ('62) and his wife, Margi, Margaret Shea ('65), and Cynthia Crumlish ('67) were the students in attendance.  Of the teachers that were there, I knew only Norm Chula and his wife, Doris Reid, and my JV basketball coach, Richard Clark.  Coach Clark is one of those who's made it to all 43 luncheons.  The rest of the teachers were mostly from the elementary school, or were JHS and HS teachers after my time there.  All total there were 20 former Orleanites dining on either fish, veal or chicken.  Nice lunch and nice company.  The photos below show everyone who was there.  

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19 Oct 2006 MARRIED: JOHN KOHN ('62) and the former Robyn Rinkin of Auckland, New Zealand were married on October 1, 2006, in Brisbane, Australia.  This is the first time that John has tied the knot.  Upon returning to the USA a few days ago, John and Robyn had this to say about it all ----
Hey Dave,
 
Just back from Australia with my new wife. Yep  - got married sooner than expected.
Her name is Robyn and she is a real wild child. Guess that's what attracted me to her. We met while she was on vacation here in Vegas two years ago. I just happened to be walking through The New York New York casino (I rarely go down to the strip) and she stopped me to ask directions. When I told her how to get there, she asked me if I could show her instead. Can't even remember where she was going because we never got there. Had lunch instead and spent the rest of the day together.
Anyway, I mentioned the funeral for a close friend I went to in my last letter to you. Robyn met me at the airport and on the way to her place we decided to get married while I was there. After the funeral we spent time just driving around in her classic 1936 Packard V12. It has been in her family since it was 2 years old. Her grandfather bought it in Los Angeles and had it shipped to Australia. As she is an only child, it eventually found its way to her. What a magnificent automobile it is!!!!!
So we got married and spent the rest of the time there fooling around, playing golf and sailing. Need I tell you that she kicked my ass in golf (damn, she's good) and taught me how to sail, though I still have a long way to go.
On our way home we stopped in Auckland, New Zealand to visit some friends (she is really a transplanted Kiwi) and spent a couple of days there, sailing again.
We will be back here in Vegas for a month or so and then move back to Brisbane where she will go back to work at her main store. Robyn has 4 jewelry stores in Brisbane and she told me I would have to put up with that for at least another 5 years. So I guess I'm going to learn a little about the jewelry business.
So while we are here I guess Robyn is going to get her fill of the opportunities afforded by the casinos and see a couple of shows. While she is doing that, I'm going to be packing and getting ready to go.
Robyn wants to say "Hi" so I'll turn this over to her while I fix breakfast.
 
Hi Dave!!!!
Just wanted to say that I'm really pleased to "meet" you and hope that John and I will be able to make the next reunion. We will keep the same e-mail address so there will be no problem staying in touch. I look forward to meeting all of John's classmates so you can tell me what John was really like back then. He has told me a little of his days in Orleans and I want to see if he is telling me the truth or not (just kidding). I'll say this for him, he has kept himself in marvelous shape since those days. He doesn't look that much different (body wise) than the photos I have seen of him from waaaay back then.
I was surprised when we went to the funeral as it turned out to be Steve Irwin's. John had shot some of Steve's programs and was apparently a good friend of his. How sad that was.
You know, John and I never married before this. I guess we were both too wrapped up in our careers to have time for someone in our lives on a fulltime basis. At our ages now, we both thought it was time to think of something besides career and working all day, every day. We found each other and are going to make very sure that we never lose what we have found.
 
Well, guess I better close this up and go help John get breakfast done, that's something we both enjoy doing and John is a very, very good cook.
Take care and rest assured that I'll take good care of John in the future.
 
Talk soon,
John & Robyn Kohn (Newlyweds)

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(Editor's note:  According to Robyn, John is a rather private person, and loathe to talk about himself.  Hence, all of the above is posted at her insistence and under extreme duress for poor old John.  So, gang, it's payback time.  Robyn wants to know what John was like in school, and it's our duty to tell her.  Have we figured out who's gonna wear the pants in this family?)

18 Oct 2006 DECEASED: GILBERT J. RAMIREZ ('61) on October 13, 2006 in California from complications of diabetes

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17 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: CANDACE COGGINS ('64): CCOGG581@AOL.COM 
17 Oct 2006 MOVED: PHYLLIS PLAFORD King ('56) from Waldport to Bend, Oregon.  New email: AVIEWER@GMAIL.COM. Phyllis writes:
I miss living on the beach, but Bend is the "High Desert" and it's not too shabby.  Lakes, rivers, mountains and Central Oregon beauty.
I'm really enjoying the photos from the reunion.  Thanks so much.
17 Oct 2006 REFOUND: DENNIS MCSWEENY ('60) living in Olympia, Washington.  Email: DOMCSWEENY@AOL.COM 
17 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: STEPHANIE MCSWEENY Rossi ('65): SEROSSI@COGECO.CA. Stephanie retired last month from a 23-year career with the Canadian government in the Department of Pension and Old Age Security.  She and hubby, Tino, have three daughters and 9 grandchildren

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17 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: JANE COGGINS Zibelin ('60): JANEZIBELIN@COMCAST.NET 
17 Oct 2006 MOVED: GEELA "BO" POTEAT McGaughey ('67) from Columbia to Cayce, South Carolina.  New email: BOPEEPMCGOY@YAHOO.COM 
17 Oct 2006 MOVED: MIKE SMITH ('66) from San Francisco to Oakland, California.  New email: MCSMITH1948@YAHOO.COM  Mike was widowed in 2001, after a 17-year marriage.  He has one daughter by a previous marriage.  Mike is semi-retired.  He used to be a general contractor, and now is in property management.
17 Oct 2006 MOVED: EARL CROSBY ('67) from Lanham to Gambrills, Maryland.  No email.
12 Oct 2006 LAST UPDATE ON ARTIE SHAW '60 for today -- Upon asking Artie why he chose to move to Illinois, his interesting reply was as follows --

Illinois?  Why?  I lived in Illinois when I worked for IBM as a Data Processing rep in the late sixties/early seventies.  I retired in Texas in '97 and moved to New Mexico, then Arizona, "double-dipping" the whole way. 

As you may or may not know, my first wife passed away, I remarried eight years ago, so eventually we ended up here.  Melinda was one of our principals in Farmington.  Her dad was 84, a widower and ill, so we needed to move here to help him.  Plus, several close family members lived in the general area and we wanted our (I adopted her) daughter to attend the University of Illinois.  If you haven't looked at out-of-state tuition lately you wouldn't fully understand.  In-state is very expensive, but out of state????

We contacted a good superintendent search firm and ended up here.  It's a small district, rural (about 15 miles north of Champaign in the cornfields) and completely different from anything I've ever done, but I really like it.  Low pressure, constant contact with kids and teachers, they pay me very well and we have a great School Board (which is the best part about the job).  Except for Melinda's dad dying shortly after we got here, it couldn't have worked out any better for us.  Kayla's a U of I freshman. 

At 64 I plan to work another six or seven years, probably right here.  I like the Midwest, but I do miss the Southwest after all those years.  My other two kids and my grand kids live in Farmington, NM, and Durango, Colorado, so I get back there several times a year, sometimes in conjunction with a consulting gig, which my Board allows me to do.  In fact, one of my colleagues and I were in El Paso doing a two day workshop for more than 200 principals and assistant principals just last week.

12 Oct 2006 THIS YA GOTTA READ ---  I jokingly asked ARTIE SHAW if the new TV show, "Friday Night Lights" was patterned after his coaching days in Texas, and his response is below:

Actually, the whole thing is patterned after Permian High School in Odessa (they are also the Panthers with that same  stylized "P" for a logo).  We were in the next district over, so we did get thrashed by them early in the season most years and usually ended our season when we won district and bi-district -- which was frequently  -- with a loss to them in the second round of the playoffs.  We never beat Permian, but we did beat several of the other schools in the district, which at one time was called, "The Little Southwest Conference."  That's a reference to the old Southwest Conference which Texas, Arkansas, Rice, Tech, SMU, A&M, TCU, Baylor, etc, and was such a college power until the middle seventies.

I knew all the guys in the movie.  My high school competed against those kids in the year the movie depicted, though I was the principal by then.  One of the coaches from the staff depicted in the movie was actually the head coach that I hired at my last high school, and one of my players from the 70's when I coached, was an assistant on the staff of the 1988 team from the book and the movie.  If you haven't read the book, it's an easy, great read and is very truthful about Texas football.  Warts and all.  By the way, you do know how you get to be an administrator in Texas, don't you?  Two losing seasons and a Master's Degree.  That's almost too true to be funny.  I had never had a losing season, though.  I just got tired of it and all the down sides of what we did to kids to be successful in football.  There were many upsides, of course.

Coaching in a larger city like El Paso -- which has 18 large high schools -- wasn't the same situation the guy in the TV show faces, but it was similar.  There is incredible pressure and there are all kinds of pitfalls if you're not careful.  It got to the extent of people checking your trash cans for alcohol bottles (not a problem for me since I don't drink) and putting For Sale signs in your yard and parking a Mayflower van in the street in front of your house.  I had the for sale sign once.  Dodged the moving van.

Another example, we played our two biggest rivalry games in the Sun Bowl every year, drawing anywhere between 15,000 to 28,000 people to the game.  Isn't that amazing?  Our home field, which looked a lot like the one in the movie, seated 6,500, but that wasn't enough!  Says a lot about night life in El Paso on a Friday night, huh?  We commonly outdrew the UTEP Miners who were pretty awful back then.  But still, it does not compare to the pressure and expectations in one of those towns of 10-12,000 people with one high school "in the "oil patch" where fathers get great jobs in the oil business if they move to Odessa and bring their stud son with them. 

Those kids know the offense and defense in the fifth grade.  By junior high they know who the starters in high school will be!  That's what they're depicting in the TV show.  What they are trying to portray is very, very real...unfortunately.  I did it for 14 years and it was like nothing I could fully describe to you, and we were not that much of a high pressure school.  Pressure, pushy boosters (about 150 of them showed up for booster club every Monday night to see the film and tell us what we did wrong), but not like some places.  The other issue in the book is the racial issue.  That's another whole story out in Redneckville.

Coaching in Texas creates incredible highs, but some very low lows.  You are a celebrity in a very real sense (locally).  Football coaching's a year-round thing at the successful programs like those in the movie/TV show and -- to a somewhat lesser extent -- that was the case at our program at Eastwood High School.  The guy who plays the head coach in the TV show is far too nice a guy!  Most of them are callous and not so nice.

There's another movie called "Varsity Blues" that is the thinly-veiled life story of Gordon Wood, a Texas coaching legend at Brownwood.  Wood was one of those guys the stadium is named after while he's still the coach.  There's a life size statue of him at the main gate to the field.  I'm not kidding. 

Thanks for your note.  Hope you didn't mind the short treatise on Texas football.

12 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: HARLAN LOGSDON (father of Eric '58 and Steve '63): HARLANLOGSDON@SBCGLOBAL.NET. According to Eric, "...he's 91, and still chasing women....or whatever you call it at 91".
12 Oct 2006 UPDATE ON ARTIE SHAW ('60): 

Art Shaw has been an educator for more than thirty eight years.  He has served as an English, American History, World History, Reading, Journalism and Consumer Math teacher at the middle and high school level, while coaching football, track, basketball and golf at one of the largest high schools in Texas.  

Shaw has served as an elementary, middle school and high school principal.  He has been an assistant superintendent of schools since 1997 in New Mexico , Arizona and Nevada .  He is currently the superintendent of the Gifford School District in Gifford , Illinois .   

Montwood High School , a school of more than three thousand students in El Paso , Texas , where Shaw was principal, received the prestigious National Blue Ribbon Award for outstanding public schools, as well as being named one of the original Texas Mentor Schools.  The school was known for its numerous innovative programs and high student success rates.  Shaw was a state finalist for Texas Principal of the Year and was named Principal of the Year by several other educational organizations.  He was recently inducted into the Montwood High School Ring of Honor as the charter inductee.  He has been published in various educational journals and was a contributing editor to the book Effective Questioning Techniques by Dr. Ivan G. Hannel.  

Shaw is married to Melinda, a former special education teacher, elementary counselor and middle school administrator.  Their 18-year old daughter, Kayla, attends the University of Illinois studying to be a Speech/Language Pathologist.  

Art’s oldest daughter, Amy, is a special education teacher in Farmington , New Mexico .  Kristy, his middle daughter, is studying to be a music teacher at San Juan College in Farmington .

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12 Oct 2006 MESSAGE FROM ABEL WHITE ('61):  Prior to the reunion, Abel sent me a photo of himself on a sailboat.  I asked if that was his, and was he a sailor also.  This was his reply --
Glad you asked,..... The rest of the story.... My VN Army buddy actually owns it...and I do love the sea and going out.  We plan to go to the outer banks from wilmington nc down to florida in october or november, once this next rotation is complete between 4ID and 1CD.  He saved my bacon in VN as a aviator and I was a FO and tunnel rat.  We have remained friends since that time and attaching a picture of me and Mike.  We both enjoy getting out with the family or just on our own..  Unfortunately he now has cancer and was not supposed to survive beyond 6 months but its two years now and he is doing great.
 

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12 Oct 2006 MESSAGE FROM ABEL WHITE ('61):  This was another pre-reunion communique --
Dave,
I will not be making the reunion, but will have OHS people in my prayers, and know you will have a fun reunion.  Please tell Mr. Craig Himes hello for me.  He had quite an influence on me and the direction I took in life.  Anyway, I have a responsibility for certification of the software baselines going into 11 separate computer systems.  These go into the 1st Cav Division etc... and it all has to be burned on to hard drives (3000+) by 15 September 06.  We seem to have some last minutes patches coming in to enhance the systems ability to support tactical operations in MOUT.  It is great to be able to support our troops, and the technology available today is unbelievable.  Robotics is also taking an important place in the way we do business in the theatre. 
 
I know Aubrey will not make it.  He has a host of things to accomplish at the University of Texas and plans to attend the football game. 
 
In case you don't know, Aubrey will have nothing to do with horses.  He likes my ranch for its country atmosphere and all.  I was able to get him on a horse one time.  I doubt that he will ever get on one again.  Anyway, with a little computer assistance, am attaching a picture, hope he doesn't shoot me over it.  By the way, the experienced rider does not hold those reigns so far apart, hint as to which one is me.
 
I will make the next reunion.
 
I was not studious at OHS, but thanks to Ms. Schmiedeler and teachers like Mr. Himes changed my focus on academics.  Had to take remedial classes in english, math but eventually, after five years graduated from St. Mary's U in Texas and later some graduate degress and education, business and military history.
   

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12 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: ERIC LOGSDON ('58): ELOGS40@SUDDENLINK.NET 
11 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: SUSAN SCHREINER Elias ('58): SAVTAHELIAS@VERIZON.NET 
11 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: PATRICIA FRYMIRE Karsenti ('67): PATRICIAK@TELE2.FR   Patricia writes -- 
As you probably already know, I've been living in Toulon since September 1969 when I got married to a French dentist.
We have two sons.  Thierry, who is the of  Manager of Checkpoint Europe (Firewall etc. software ) in Paris, and Patrick our elder son who is a chartered nurse and lives next door.. Of course, we have 3 grandchildren and get to see them quite often!!
11 Oct 2006 UPDATE ON PAT PETRUSKA McKinney ('60):  Pat had just provided me with the whereabouts on her sister-in-law, Ann Kiser ('62), and I asked her what she (Pat) was doing with herself these days.  With her permission, this is her reply ---

Yes, I am retired (still), but am busier than a one-armed paper hanger.  I’m keeping company with a very nice man … John and I have known each other for 20+ years.  He and his wife Margaret and my Bob and I were in the same Marriage Encounter sharing group.  Margaret died 7 months before my Bob and we had John for dinner several times a week after Margaret passed.  Well, John decided to ‘help me through’ the worst of it by going out to dinner and generally being there to talk and listen.  We decided life was too short to waste on being alone so we now share his house.  He has 2 married sons and I have 2 married sons and one daughter, as well as 9 grandchildren.  His first grandchild is due April 2007 so he has been a ‘grandpa in training’ with mine.  Our children get along well with each other and are very happy for us.  My sons especially feel like it is the best thing to happen for me.  So life can be good again.   

I can’t ever remarry because I would loose my military retirement benefits, so my family and his family are all OK with it.  I keep busy with stuff around here (as does John) and we routinely take days off (we’re both retired) and go fishing or whatever.  The days fill up before we know it.  We’re planning a fishing trip next Saturday to Padre Island for a week.  I’m excited because I’ve never done that kind of fishing.  My Bob didn’t like to fish and so I never went either.  However, John loves to fish and I’ve discovered I love it too.  I’ve actually gotten quite good at it, too.  J  I knit and crochet heirloom afghans for family and for raffles at church, as well as volunteer in the office at church.  

11 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: BUFORD BUTLER ('59): ROMANBO243@COMCAST.NET 
10 Oct 2006 MOVED: RAY SLAYTON ('70) from West Haven, Connecticut to Vancouver, Washington.  Email remains RAY.SLAYTON@HOTMAIL.COM 
10 Oct 2006 NEW FIND: DWIGHT SLAYTON ('66) living in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.  No email
10 Oct 2006 MOVED: ANN KISER Petruska('62) from Trinity to Greensboro, North Carolina.  New email: APETRUSKA@TRIAD.RR.COM 
10 Oct 2006 MOVED: FRANK FRYMIRE ('65) from Denver, Colorado to Nampa, Idaho.  Email remains FFRYMIRE@AOL.COM 
9 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: CHRISTINE ASHBAUGH ('66): ASHBAUGH@WANADOO.FR 
9 Oct 2006 MESSAGE FROM CAROLE HUDSON Robinson ('61):

I have been retired for the past five years and love it. I do attend the local community college part time, trying to earn an AS degree in accounting. Thought I wanted to do taxes part time, but I was cured of the idea. I am keeping my nursing license current if there should be a need to return to that field.

9 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: HAROLD HUDSON ('65): HAROLD.HUDSON@VOLVO.COM. Harold is married and lives in Zirconia, North Carolina were he works for Volvo Construction.
9 Oct 2006 MOVED: CHARLES HUDSON ('77) from Stafford, Virginia to Valrico, Florida.  New email: TXHUDSON@VERIZON.NET. Charles is a Colonel in the USMC, assigned to Central Command in Tampa.
8 Oct 2006 THE 1965 YEARBOOK IS NOW ONLINE THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF YVONNE FREDERICK GRIFFITHS '66
8 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: JACKIE HARVEY Kuball ('64): JKUBALL@MAIL.MW.CENTURYTEL.NET 
8 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: ESTELLE LEMIRE Drance ('64): ETANDY@COMCAST.NET 
8 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOAN HEISER ('64): JCHEI@ADELPHIA.NET 
8 Oct 2006 MOVED: WOODY COLLINS ('68) from Saudi Arabia to Bradenton, Florida.  Email COLLINS_WOODYM@YAHOO.COM 
8 Oct 2006 MOVED: CATHLEEN COLLINS Lee ('71) from Cape Coral to Bradenton, Florida.  Email remains: CATCOLL1@AOL.COM 
8 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: EMMA JANE SHEA Cochran ('69): EJCOCHRAN@AOL.COM 
7 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: STANLEY BEHNER ('65): GISTANLB@MSN.COM  
6 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: JIM HILLEBRAND ('65): JIM.HILLEBRAND@EDS.COM 
6 Oct 2006 REFOUND: STAN MAGNAN ('66) living in Palm Springs, California.  Email STAN@MAGNANPAYNE.COM 
6 Oct 2006 MOVED: MIKE BUKER ('65) from Bonita Springs to Estero, Florida.  Email remains MLBUKER1@MSN.COM 
6 Oct 2006 REFOUND: JANICE NEWHOFF ('64) living in Birmingham, Alabama.  Email: JANMIKEK@CHARTER.NET 
6 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: LAURIE ROTH ('67): LAURIESROTH@YAHOO.COM 
6 Oct 2006 REFOUND: PATRICIA CLARK Darwish ('67) living in Houston, Texas.  Email remains PDARWISH@HOUSTON.RR.COM 
6 Oct 2006 MOVED: BILL OWENS ('63) from Anniston to Jacksonville, Alabama.  Email remains B3985@AOL.COM 
6 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: LESLIE ALEXANDER ('66): AMB_LESLIEALEXANDER@COMCAST.NET 
6 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: GEORGE ASHBAUGH ('66): GASHBAUGH@HOTMAIL.COM 
5 Oct 2006 MOVED: PAT PETRUSKA McKinney ('60) from Shawnee to Lenexa, Kansas.   Her email remains PMCKINNEY@EVERESTKC.NET 
5 Oct 2006 REFOUND: CARLA MOORE Allen ('64) living in Washington, DC.  New email: CARLABMOORE@AOL.COM 
5 Oct 2006 MOVED: EVELYN HENRY Daniell ('65) from Timonium, Maryland to Clinton, Missouri. Email remains ECDANIELL@AOL.COM 
5 Oct 2006 NEW EMAILS:

ERIC ROBERTS ('68): EROBERTS.IE72@GTALUMNI.ORG 
SHANNON ROBERTS ('65): CSROBERTS@CFL.RR.COM 
CAROLYN ROBERTS (their mom): MCMROBERTS@JUNO.COM 

4 Oct 2006 NEW FIND: JAMES WALTON ('74) living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Email: WEDELEN8@AOL.COM 
4 Oct 2006 NEW FIND: THOMAS "KEN" WALTON ('68) living in San Antonio, Texas.  Email: TJAWALTON@EARTHLINK.NET 
4 Oct 2006 UPDATE ON JOHN TUDDER ('69): John works in IT for the Navy, and is also a semi-professional musician in Charleston, SC.

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4 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: DALE TUDDER Scott ('68): DATS49@COX.NET 
4 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: RICKEY GAY ('64): RICKEY.GAY@US.ARMY.MIL 
4 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: LINDA BABBS Meeks ('65): WHINER50@AOL.COM 
4 Oct 2006 MOVED: JOHN RALSTON ('66) from Troutdale, Oregon to Agawam, Massachusetts.  New email: JOHNRALSTON7@COMCAST.NET 
4 Oct 2006 MOVED: NORMA HINESLEY Laughmiller ('62) from Bowie, Maryland to Elizabeth City, North Carolina.  Email remains GSL-NAL@JUNO.COM 
4 Oct 2006 MOVED: ALVIN R. HILLEBRAND, Col, USA, retired (father of Judy '61 and Jim '65) from Phoenix, Arizona to Schaumburg, Illinois.  No email.  Colonel Hillebrand recently turned 96, and is doing well.
4 Oct 2006 MOVED: JUDY HILLEBRAND Boyd ('61) from Phoenix, Arizona to Pinetown, North Carolina.  Email remains JB.JB@JUNO.COM 
4 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: DENNIS POWELL ('64): DENNIS_POWELL@HOTMAIL.COM.  Dennis retired from state service on 31 March of this year.
4 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: CAROLE CLARKE ('60): J.CAROLECLARKE@NETZERO.NET   Carole works for FEMA, and since the Roanoke reunion was held during prime hurricane season, she was required to stay close to the office.
4 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: TOM WEAVER ('69): TAWEAVER@CHARTER.NET 
4 Oct 2006 REMARRIED AND MOVED:  RALPH CONLIN ('62) from Bowie, Maryland to Burtonsville, Maryland.  No email yet.
4 Oct 2006 MOVED: GABY MINER Knudson ('64) from Medina, Minnesota to Ellington, Connecticut.  Email remains: GKNUDSON@GTE.NET 
3 Oct 2006 NEW EMAILS:

JUDY GROSSWILER Roybal ('63): JUDYROYBAL@PEOPLEPC.COM
LEE MEEKER Albers ('62): ALBERSL@EDMONDS.WEDNET.EDU
PETE BRITT ('56): P_P_BRITT@EARTHLINK.NET 
JANE COGGINS ZIBELIN ('60): JANEZIB@AOL.COM 
JOE CONDRILL ('73): JOEOSBPRES@SBCGLOBAL.NET 

2 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: KATHERINE WEAVER Fern ('66): KATFERN1@COMCAST.NET 
2 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: BEVERLY SIMPSON Berger ('63): AZBAB@COX.NET  
2 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: ASHLEY BLINN ('62): BLINN0225@CHARTER.NET 
2 Oct 2006 NEW EMAIL: STEVE CHIOCCA ('67): SCHIOCCA@VERIZON.NET 
1 Oct 2006 NEW FIND: LARRY CARDAMON ('66) living in Waterloo, Iowa with wife, Barbara.  Email: CARDMORE@AOL.COM.  Larry writes..

I live in Waterloo, Iowa with my wife of 36 years, Barbara (Bradley) Cardamon.  We are both retired public school teachers. 

I taught the visual arts for 30 years at both public high schools in Waterloo.  I was the department head at East High School for 23 years and taught all the two-dimensional arts (drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, graphics) as well as several three-dimensional and crafts courses.  I spent three of those years as a part time District quasi-administrator, managing a state program on staff training.

My wife deserves sainthood, having completed her 30 years of teaching in Special Education, the last 15 or 18 at the Middle School level.  She also taught lower elementary school in Waterloo and Los Angeles.

We have two grown daughters.  Sarah (Cardamon) Richter, wife of Jason Richter, lives in Shoreview, Minnesota with our first grandson, Samuel.  Torrey Beth Cardamon is a career woman living in Chicago.

1 Oct 2006 REFOUND: CARMELITA SAN LUIS Perry ('60) living in Woodbridge, Virginia.  Email: BAKERMAN1234@PEOPLEPC.COM 
1 Oct 2006 REFOUND: LOURDES SAN LUIS Yanik ('67) living in Wiesbaden, Germany.  Email: LILLULU1250@AOL.COM 
28 Sep 2006 UPDATE ON LARRY SANFORD ('61):  Larry said he couldn't make the Roanoke reunion, because he was teaching a motorcycle course that weekend.  I asked him to provide me a little blurb on that for the class news page, and here's what he had to say.....

As far as a blurb goes, my interest in motorcycling goes all the way back to our days in Orleans.  Only there it was a 50 cc Peugeot moped.  Essentially, I rode a motorcycle in college and during some of my various military assignments (when I was stationed long enough to get one, and it made sense).  After I retired from the Army in '91, my wife suggested that I needed a hobby.  At the time, I owned a Honda CB 750, and regularly used to take various motorcycle rider-training classes, here in Northern VA, at NVCC.  In 1992, one of the instructors I had recognized me from previous classes I took and asked me why instead of just taking classes that didn't become a Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF) instructor and teach them-so I did in 1993.  Since then I've taught pretty much all throughout the northern part of the state. 

Currently, I'm the site coordinator for the MSF rider-training program at Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, VA-right where I-81 and I-66 meet.  I teach out there every couple of weekends for the nine months we have classes.  I have 22 other instructors, 17 motorcycles, and more associated equipment than I know what to do with.  We typically run thru 750 students a year, and it's about a $100K a year business for the college.  I mainly do it to keep up my own riding skills (we're not spring chickens anymore), but also to make sure that novice riders start out with the basic physical and mental skills they need to become safe, responsible, riders.  //  LARRY

28 Sep 2006 MOVED: GRACE "KELLIE" SAN LUIS ('64) from Woodbridge, Virginia to Springfield, Virginia.  Email remains: KINGSKID52@HOTMAIL.COM 
28 Sep 2006 DECEASED: KERRY BASTENDORF ('72) in Richmond, California in March, 2006.  He is survived by his parents, Dr William and Laurel Bastendorf, and siblings Mike ('70) and Anne ('73).
28 Sep 2006 NEW FIND: GLEN SCHONGALLA ('73) living in Newman Lake, Washington
28 Sep 2006 NEW FIND: SANDRA SCHONGALLA Reidlinger ('72) living in Clarkson, Washington
28 Sep 2006 DECEASED: SCOT OWEN SCHONGALLA ('71) in New Mexico in March, 2005.
28 Sep 2006 NEW EMAIL: BILL CARDAMON ('62): WCARDAMON@YAHOO.COM.  Bill lives in Las Vegas, Nevada
28 Sep 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOANN STOCKWELL Twomey ('61): JOANNTWOMEY@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
28 Sep 2006 NEW EMAIL: HARRY CLAY ('59): AHC@HUGHES.NET 
28 Sep 2006 MOVED: BYRON ERICKSON ('65) from Springfield, Virginia to Marco Island, Florida.  New email: BBYRONE46@AOL.COM 
20 Sep 2006 NEW EMAIL: CRAIG HIMES (faculty): AITCHBELLE@WEBTV.NET 
18 Sep 2006 MOVED: JAMES RAMAY (Mike and Lynne's Dad): from Sun City West, Arizona to Georgetown, Texas.  New email: SLIMJIM4469@SUDDENLINK.NET 
17 Sep 2006 MOVED: JUDY NADEAU Cuoco ('62) from Billerica, Massachusetts to Amherst, New Hampshire.  New email: JUDITHCUOCO@ADELPHIA.NET 
15 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM CHUCK WISE ('64):

Hello To All Of You,

Forgive the shotgun email back to you but we are limited to the time on the computer and we have to wait in line to use it.  Hopefully my laptop will arrive soon and I can email away to each of you.  I want to thank you for remembering me at the reunion. I had to take some time and look at all of you in the pictures on the web site.  I wish I could have been there. You really looked like you all were having a great time.  I send my love to you all and you all look marvelous!!!!! Thank you again for wearing my name at the reunion.  God bless you all.  stay in touch. From the Tallil Army and Air Force Base near Nasiriyah, Iraq this is Chuck Wise signing off.

The Trojan Warrior!!!!!!!!!!

Chuck Wise (Class of '64)

15 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM ABEL WHITE ('61):
Dave, My web site Whiteoak Ranch should be up within two weeks.  If no one comes forward for the 1961 year book, I will host it.  I just need to talk with the people developing my web site on some details and where on the site to host it.  I will keep in contact.  OR if you have someone come forward to host it that is o k with me.  The other option to put it on your site can be looked into. I will be on travel most of next week but will coordinate with you. Yall must of had a great time at ROANOKE and wish I could be there.  I was out driving, see picture.  Joking, I was at work reviewing data products and how to mass load software thru the web.

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14 Sep 2006 BELATED MESSAGE FROM CHUCK WISE ('64):

Hello To All My OHS Family,  From Tallil Air Base in Nasiriyah, Iraq.  I am wishing you all a happy reunion.  Wish I could be with all of you but I had to do another tour in Iraq. Enjoy yourselves and I will see you next time.  From me and all the Coalition Forces in Iraq, God bless you all!!!!       Chuck Wise '64

14 Sep 2006 BELATED MESSAGE FROM CAROLYN MCMULLEN Arnold ('62): 
 Unable to make the reunion this year.  You all have a great time.  Married 40 years to Dieter Arnold.  Retired in December from nursing after working 40 years and raising a family.  Loved the emergency room but enough is enough.
14 Sep 2006 NEW EMAIL: PAM CANESE Smith ('67): WALLADD@BELLSOUTH.NET 
5 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM JEANIE SCHMIDT Cottingham ('65):


Quick bio:  Married to Tom Cottingham nearly 40 years;  2 sons, Tracy
Thomas,IV and Christopher;  2 grandchildren, Quint (Tracy Thomas V) and
Caroline--both perfectly wonderful!!

We've lived in North Carolina, Germany, New York, Alabama and home again
to North Carolina, making life-long friends along the way.  We've been
very fortunate!

Spent my working years as a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, working
with sick, injured or developmentally disabled or delayed
children---very rewarding!  Currently volunteering in inner-city
schools working with kindergarten to third graders.  Also very
rewarding!

Tom is a lawyer, and when he's not working, we enjoy traveling,
especially to Europe, but have not made it back to Orleans.  (We're not
proud; we'll go nearly anywhere to see friends or attend reunions!)

Interesting note:  We live three houses away from Pat (Patty Ludwig)
Rodgers a fellow OHS alum!

Will bring photos to the reunion---no scanner and not technically
sophisticated enough to use it anyway!  :-)

See you Friday!

Jeanie

5 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM CYNTHIA CRUMLISH ('67):

Hi!! thanks so much for the newsy update.  Please take copious notes on the reunion. wish I could be there but it is just not going to work out timewise this year.  Plus I am having another wisdom tooth pulled...the real pain comes with the dental bills in NYC. EEEEKKK!!!  I could come to Va on the Queen Mary for what I pay...love to all, and please don't spare the gossip!  Cynthia Crumlish OHS 1967

5 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM PAM ESKEW Nedbalski ('66):
Hi Dave,
     Here is a recent picture of me with my husband, Mike. (See Class of 66 photo page).  I don't know how to get it into the web site, so am forwarding it to you. I'm still an RN with hospice, but I am now working when I want to, which is a wonderful way to do it. Mike retired at 50 from a phone company up North, and now we have lots of time to bug each other! Have a wonderful time at the reunion. Wish we could be there, but we have prior obligations we have to attend to or our names are mud. Please add my thanks for all you do.
Love,
Pam

 

5 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM SARAH "SALLIE" MOORE Smith ('59):

DAVE,
BARB MOORE CONTACTED...REGARDING INFO THAT YOU
NEED....MUST ADMIT I WAS A LITTLE LEARY WHEN I FIRST
GAVE MY E MAIL....BUT SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED
BY OLD FRIENDS AND HAVE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME CATCHING
UP.....SARAH  (SALLIE) MOORE SMITH

5 Sep 2006 MOVED: JAN DEGARMO Schopfer ('57) from Chuluota, Florida to Oviedo, Florida.  Email remains KSCHOPFER2002@YAHOO.COM 
5 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM HUGH MULLIKEN ('62):
Hi Dave:  Sorry to report, but this coming weekend I will be in Annapolis. If something happens and you are home maybe we could see each other.   I'll be there from Thursday afternoon till Sunday afternoon.  Hugh

 

5 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM DAVID DEPAUW ('65):
Wish I could, Dave....but I'm still working in Germany, and I can't get that kind of time off.....perhaps after I retire...and that may be soon. 

David L. de Pauw
Guidance Counselor,
Bitburg American High School

B.S. History/Political Science, 1972
M.A. Teaching of Social Science, 1977
M.A. Educational Psychology, 1987
M.A. Educational Counseling, 1988
Arizona State Certified School Psychometrist, 1986

"It is noble to teach oneself, but still nobler to teach others... and less trouble." -Mark Twain

5 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM MIKE WILSON ('73):
Dave:  Electronic mail address is still good and valid.  I will not make the reunion as Joe Land is hosting a reunion in Mannheim, Germany, September 20-28.  And I just returned from a Star Trek Convention in Las Vegas.  Best regards on your efforts.  Being a reunion coordinator is not easy.
4 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM KATHI HAYES ('65):
Dave, I am coming to the reunion.  Please make sure that I have a reservation for the dinner on Saturday night, but I haven't sent in my money as yet.  Let me know if that is OK because I have a flight and hotel reservation.  Is there anything going on Friday night?
 
Kathi Tacony (Hayes)
4 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM JOHN KOHN ('62):
Hey Dave,
 
Won't be able to attend this year as I'll be in Brisbane, Australia for the funeral of a good friend. Additionally, I may very well be moving there sometime in November of this year. I met a wonderful lady there and marriage may well be in my very near future. Talk about waiting until the last minute to do that - 63 years old and never taken the plunge. Who would have guessed?
 
John Kohn
Class of 1962

 

4 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM BUD FLETTE ('62):
Hi Dave,
 
Here's a photo of Nan and Jean Claude I took during our visit with him in Paris in August 2005. It was taken on the balcony of his former law firm that overlooked the Champs Elysses.  He has sinced joined another large firm in Paris.
Jean took us around the old jazz clubs and some other neat places that don't get going until the wee hours.
 
Bud

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4 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM TOM ZIEMBA ('62):
Dave,   I have moved back to Florida.  My address is 14100 Castlerock Drive. Orlando, Florida 32828
I will not be able to attend the reunion.  Just retired form 35 years working for the Department of Defense. 
 
   Regards too all. Tom Ziemba

 

4 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM CAROL KRUEGER Holben ('59):
Dave:  I am not able to make it - conflicting commitment to our yacht club. . .we have one of our annual cruises to Murrels Inlet 8 Sept - 11 Sept.  There is a fund raiser at the Dead Dog Saloon there and after 9/11 we partake in the festivities.  If this latest tropical depression comes our way, plans may change. . .obviously won't know until the last minute.  Last year we canceled out because of whatever hurricane was heading up the coast.  Oh, well guess that's life on the coast of Carolina!!  I will miss all of you and will check the website.  Carol Krueger Holben ('59)

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4 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM STEVE GENG ('61):   (also see Class of 61 photo page)

Dear David,
Barring some last minute health problem, I'll be there.  I'm not big on
snapshots, but I attached a recent one, although I don't have any of
myself from OHS days, at least not on my computer.  For an update, my
book, a personal memoir about my sister Veronica and me, is scheduled
to come out in May of 2007.  So far the title is "Thick As Thieves"
although there's a chance that Holt, the publishing company, will want
to change it to something a bit less shopworn.  A few passages therein
capture my days at OHS, but most of the France stuff that remained
through countless revisions concerns whoring around Pigalle with Buddy
DePaolo.  I had to cover half a century of two lives so the less
dramatic scenes hit the cutting room floor.  See you in Roanoke.  Chuck
Ralston made reservations for both of us, but if Chuck decides to bring
his wife, I'll just get a room at the Holiday Inn where DePaolo is
staying.

Steve Geng

4 Sep 2006 NEW EMAIL: MARY SHEARIN ('62): MAGGIESHANK@YAHOO.COM 
3 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM CARMELITA "BITSY" CABALLERO Lee ('64):
Dear Dave,
 
I hope this gets to you before you go up to the reunion. 
 
I won't be able to come, and won't be working in DC (for the moment.)  suddenly things sort of turned around and I was innundated by work, and it's best to stick close to home.  But I don't know if you'll have an "announcements" or anything like that.  But if you do, here's my news. 
 
My book will be published in october.  Now, I call it Off the Record, but I believe my publisher has latched onto (the awfullest title) But Seriously.  anyway, it's a book about the irreverant look at life in court, which expanded to just a bunch of funny (so she thinks, and I hope) essays.  She has high hopes for the book, and I'm afraid to dream much larger than the five free ones I will get, which I think will be read because they will go to my family members ...
 
I was tearing up a bit today that I can't go, and wrote the following poem, and I'll attach for you a copy of two of my poems,  Gladsome Reunion and Princess Papula's Royal Decree (I'm not principally a poet, but include some in the book) about my recent trip to Ireland.  anyway, that's the news fit to print.
 
I'm attaching also a picture of Charleville castle, owned by a friend of mine in Ireland.  he rents out the place for big bashes, so why not do a reunion there?  we could get busses and tour Ireland, as well as do the dance at the castle ... and ... I could go ...
 
 
so, here's the ramblings of a mad woman:  if you think it has any merit you can print it up for the group, or have someone read it, (or found file it, as it were.)
 
love you, and all of you ...
Bits

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1 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM IRENE HEDLEY Gamboa ('63):  Her email address is ITGAMBOA@MSN.COM 

Dave,

We are in WY working our way back east after a family reunion on the OR
coast.  Tony retired in June and we bought an Airstream so we took off
across the country.  We don't get back til Sept. 10th so will miss the
reunion which is too bad -- should be fun.  Hope to get a recap of
activities.

Hope all is well with you,
Irene

1 Sep 2006 ANOTHER MESSAGE FROM PAT TRIBE ('59):  New email address for Pat is BELVOIRVA@COMCAST.NET 
Dear Pat and others:
 
Although we had planned to be with you my sister, Missy Wignall, and I will not be able to attend the reunion next weekend in Roanoke.  We are both traveling to be with our mother in Salt Lake City, Utah where she has entered hospice care.  Our thoughts will be with you and we hope you have a great get-together.
 
Maybe next time.
 
Cheers,
Pat Tribe

 

1 Sep 2006 DECEASED: MAXINE RALSTON Owens ('70) on August 26, 2006, in Warner Robins, Georgia.  A note from her brother, Chuck Ralston ('62):
My sister Maxine died this past Saturday, 26 August.
 
See OWENS obit at < http://obit.mcculloughfh.com/obit_list.cgi > for more.
 
Also the 'guestbook' entries there.
 
Long story short Max (OHS 1970) had problem breathing and had been ill for much of the past year.  But all came to a head quickly in late July this year.  More when I get to Roanoke.
 
Please put the word out especially to OHS 1969, 1970, 1971 email addressees. Some may want to add to the McCullough Funeral Home Warner Robins, GA online guestbook for Maxine (nee Ralston) Owens, 6 June 1952--26 August 2006 (aet. 54).
 
Chuck

 

1 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM JOHN COUGILL ('62): (I've clued him in that I'm not the one responsible for the Roanoke Reunion.  That would be Pat Green, his Girl Friday, Gudrun Clem Blackmon, and their faithful elf (no reflection on his stature), Rusty Ralston.

Dear Dave,  

I’m sure looking forward to seeing you in Roanoke next week.  By then the effects of hurricane Ernesto will probably have passed and everything will be cooled down and well watered.    

For years and years you have been the one person responsible for keeping our high school memories intact.  We owe you an enormous debt of gratitude.  

Thank you for organizing another Orléans France American High School Reunion .  

Thank you so very much.  

Your friend,

John

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1 Sep 2006 BELATED MESSAGE (my fault. he sent it in July) FROM ABEL WHITE ('61):  (see also revised photo on Class of 61 photo page)

Dave,
Since My last update the following has occurred as I own whiteoakranch now.
New e mail   whiteoakranch@hughes.net  ofc e mail abel.white@us.army.mil
New Address   1355 CR 204, Buckholts, Texas 76518
Home ph.  254 593 9201   cell 254 289 7314
I was inducted into the cowboy hall of fame in march 06, attaching a
picture, not sure that is important.
Sure hope I get to see you and friends from Orleans in Sep 06.
Thanks for all you do.  Aubrey, says hello.  We are both active and doing
good.
Abel

Abel White
Quantum Research International Inc
In Support Of G8 DA FDT &
Whitfill Central Technical Support Facility
ofc  (254) 532-8321 ext 2367
cell (254) 289-7314
fax  (254) 618-7392

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1 Sep 2006 MESSAGE FROM HOWARD BLAKESLEY ('64):

Survived the storm (Hurricane Katrina) AND the 1 year anniversary of the storm. See you at the reunion, baring any hurricanes.

1 Sep 2006 NEW EMAIL: MARSHA THOMPSON Fancher ('58): MFANCHER@NC.RR.COM 
1 Sept 2006 MESSAGE FROM TOM CAMPION ('67):
Hi Dave...Sorry that I will not make it to the reunion.  I've made it a point to return to Orleans numerous times over the last 10 years or so.  I still have wonderful memories that stay with me.  My wife and I returning to Orleans this coming May and will continue to take the many photos and videos I've accumulated over the years.  My track record on my returns have been good so far:  was escorted through La Foret by the French military on one occasion but not allowed to take photos, escorted through Harbord Barracks on another occasion (talked myself onto what is now a French military base), went through Maison Fort, did the Coligny Kaserne tour and got pictures of most of what was left before the refurbishment of many of the buildings, visited Olivet, La Ruelle and St. Jean DeBraye, the old elementary school at La Chapelle (that was difficult to find!), as well as the school in Maison Fort before La Foret and of course the hospital in La Chapelle.   I lived in Orleans from 1957 to 1967 and will always be a big part of my life.  Thanks for doing everything you've done to keep the memories intact.  You have done a great thing keeping this going.
 
Thanks again
Tom Campion '67

 

1 Sept 2006 MESSAGE FROM VALERIE FECTEAU Rousey ('68):
 Hi Dave and friends,

In 1964 I fell in love for life: France, Orleans, Pam Canese and family, Ron Rousey and family...not necessarily in that order. 

My life's location was being played out in a town that honored one of my name sakes, Jeanne d'Arc.  Being of French Canadian decent, I carry the name Valerie Jeanne ( Joan in English ) .  Being Roman Catholic and of the same age as Jeanne was when God called her to greatness, I felt a special tie to the city to honor her each year.  Orleans was a part of the fabric I was made of before ever stepping foot upon her soil. 
 
The adventure began on a modified troop carrier that had been renamed the Rose.  I am from a family of five.  Rooms on the Rose were made for even numbers.  Pam is from a family of three.  On board Pam and I were bunked together.  We are forever friends.  The Canese family would shape our lives in ways we could never have dreamed.  They were to become the dearest friends of my family.  My dad retired in the city near Pam's dad.  Our  friendship endures to this day.  Our parents traveled the world together.  Margaret and Pierre became my second parents and my parents closest and dearest life friends. 
 
In my sophomore year, about mid way, my soul way stirred.  A tall skinny drink of water with a knack for basketball, Ron was and is the love of my  life.  It is wonderful to be loved for who you are.  Ronnie and I have been blessed that way.  We see the faults of each other and love anyway. 
 
We dated for what seemed most of our life during our teens and very early twenties.  We were separated for a bit of that time.  As Orleans was relocated, Ron's dad was assigned to Italy.  We came to Florida.  But we both came to Florida when choosing colleges.  Those of you that know us, you know I keep walking around that elephant in the story.  I had been sick.  In the time before my Junior year, a brain tumor was removed.  A few of you know that was not the end of my return toward wellness.  I needed two more surgeries at age 19 and one again at 20.  It created many complications in our lives.  Our relationship didn't make it through.  In our twenties we both married others.  But we were not going to find the happiness  we let slip through our fingers. 
 
But God is good.  Enter Dave and his untold hours to give Orleans American High new life.  He had a newsletter still printed and sent snail mail.  It had the list of all of us he could find who had ever gone to OHS and he wanted $10.00 to get one to my door.  By this time my life had hit another bump.  I had a heart attack, needed heart bypass and was very behind on all things, especially mail.  My parents once again stepped in.  I was long divorced and grateful for their help. While going through my bills, my mom asked me if I wanted Dave's newsletter.  But I had missed the deadline.  I sat down and wrote Dave my reason of my lack of response.  My mind told me he had to have one list to copy off for me so I included the $10.00 for the list hoping he would have time to send it. 
 
Dave had not gotten to the list.  We all know how this life's needs take over.  But when he got to the list, he included my excuse.  He printed a story on me and Ron read it. 
 
The rest is history.  We married in 1996.  We have a wonderful blended family. I work three says a week. Ron works at the Kennedy Space Center.  Life is good.
 
Thanks for taking the time to read this.  We wish we could be at this reunion.  We took a wonderful trip this year by rail through Alaska.  It was to celebrate our tenth year anniversary.  And right now KSC needs to get shuttles off the ground.  No time off for Ron.  I will ask Ron to include a few of our Alaska pictures with this letter.
 
And thank you so much for all you have done to keep our memories alive, Dave.  You know of Ron and my story.  I am sure there countless stories due to the hours you have put in.
 
 
Sincerely,
 
(Ron and Valerie Rousey)
 
Valerie Jeanne Fecteau Rousey

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31 August 2006 NEW EMAIL: JIM PERLMUTTER ('63): JIMPERL@AOL.COM 
31 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM BRUCE STOHLMAN ('67):
Dave, I live in Nebraska and teach High School after a very successful Air Force (24 years) career.  I will not be at the reunion, but my brother, Robert ('65) will.  I noticed he did send a note.  I remember the 1st reunion in the early 70's in DC that I planned with Debbie Lambert ('69) and Kathy Gregg ('68)  Was a great time, and the first time the OHS group had gotten together.  I wish all of you the best of fun...
As always
Bruce Stohlman

 

31 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM JESSE FOWLER ('60): 

Dave:

It’s obvious you’re engaged in a labor of love!...and probably get no respect what-so-ever for all of your time and effort…thanks, my friend!  Looking forward to meeting you in Roanoke in a few weeks.  

I was in Orleans from 1952 - 1955…in the 5th through 7th grades. therefore I claim OAHS 1960 as my comparable graduating class.  Those were great times.  We first attended school over on the North bank of the Loire , cannot locate / recall the proper name of the prefecture, before Maison Forte opened up…my Mom was actually a substitute teacher at that location for two years. It remained the elementary school location when the rest of us (older, ahem…more mature students moved on over to the south side of the river for grades 6+, as I recall).  

I’ve been back to the area several times, in various roles….first as a civilian in the early 1970’s, passing through on travel.  Then in the 1980’s as an Army Liason Officer assigned to other more serious missions with particular regard to the ordnance production at Maison Forte.  Last dropped by in 1996 while on vacation with my family.  

We never lived in St Jean du Bray, in the “elite” housing area…instead, we got to live out in the sticks..and a wonderful adventure it was.  We lived all of our time in Patay, just a few (15-16 or so) miles north-west of Orleans , just off the highway to Chateaudun.  There were perhaps four American families in the entire village of about 1200 persons….and we made some great and long lasting friendships with both our American and our French neighbors.  

In the past few years, I have met others who lived there as well, just by chance and by good fortune.  We’ve been blessed with all of our friends and acquaintances over the years.  

Graduated from Petersburg , VA High School in 1960 and VA Tech in 1964…..go Hokies!  

My wife, Donna, lived in Evereux from 1956 to 1960 and attended the American school there, so she has had a similar background and military brat experience.  

We are looking forward to reconnecting with all.  I’ll try to find non-incriminating pictures…but don’t count on it!  

Thanks for all of your hard work,  

Best regards  

Jess  

Jess Fowler, Ph.D.
Managing Director
Precision Strategies, Inc
804-530-9216
jessfowler@comcast.net

29 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM PAT TRIBE ('59):
Due to the deteriorating health of my 92-year-old mother in Salt Lake City, Utah I regret that Marda and I will not be able to attend the reunion next week.  Have a great time and keep me informed of future events.  Pat
28 August 2006 NEW EMAIL: BRENDA SMITH Olson ('63): BOLSON@NHCS.K12.NC.US.  Brenda is married and lives in Wrightsville Beach, NC where she is a high school history teacher.  She says this may be her last year at it.
28 August 2006 UPDATE ON FRANK PLICHTA ('59):  (see photo on Class of '59 photo page)

Frank R. Plichta is budget director for the Child Care Services Association of Chapel Hill, NC.  CCSA operates a variety of programs Ensuring Affordable, Accessible, High Quality Child Care.  With a $31 million annual budget and 168 employees, CCSA not only directs its efforts to North Carolina but its T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood® Project has been licensed for implementation in twenty-two states.  The Child Care WAGE$® Project is nationally licensed in five states.  For the past six years he telecommutes from his home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia .  

After leaving active military service, Frank was employed for six years with Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Virginia. His career with Blue Cross was interrupted when he was invited to become the CEO for a home health organization for the purpose of rescuing them from management and financial difficulties.  Following that experience, three of his next four positions as CEO or CFO were similarly designed for organizations undergoing organizational or financial difficulties.  Among the way he founded a non-profit Hospice program for care of the terminally ill.  In 1980, Frank founded and was elected charter president of the Virginia Association of Home Health Agencies, a statewide professional organization.  In 1990 he planned and initiated a for-profit venture in medical laboratory services with first year sales of $1.4 million, as a subsidiary of a non-for-profit hospital, Rex Hospital in Raleigh , North Carolina .  

Frank is a 1964 graduate of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg , VA and received his master of science in business administration in 1975 from Boston University , Boston , Massachusetts .  He is a Vietnam Veteran, a 1982 graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth , KS , and a retired Lieutenant Colonel , U.S. Army.  

In addition to his worldwide travels, his hobbies include:  stained glass design and fabrication, genealogy, and the collection of antique maps and foreign language dictionaries.  Frank recently returned in March 2006 from his third genealogy trip to Slovakia with visits to Budapest and the Czech Republic .  

Frank and his wife Sharon were married in 1967 in Würzburg , Germany and served in near-by units in Pleiku , Vietnam from 1967-1968.  Sharon was an army nurse at the 71st Evac Hospital while Frank was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division.  Both have been active in the Veterans of Foreign Wars for a number of years and each holds office at the district level for the second year in a row.  Sharon is the District Jr. Vice Commander and Frank is the District QM/Adjutant.  

Most recently, Frank has devoted efforts to assisting the following organizations in seeking their organizational credentials as a 501(c)(3) non-profit status from the IRS:  First Night Galax, Inc., Blue Ridge Music Makers Guild, Hispanic Services Organization of Southwestern Virginia, Ani-Stohini/Unami Nation (native American Indian nation) and Chestnut Creek School of the Arts.  

Frank will retire from his current job on September 30, 2006 .

 

28 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM EMILE MIKE (Principal/Vice-Principal):
Dave .....the best  for a successful   8-10 weekend !!!.......my thoughts will be there as  fond memories and  great moments of  OHS are shared . 
Ellie joins me  in  kindest regards and best wishes !!!!.........as then , so now ....love you all !!!  
God bless ....Emile
28 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM LARRY KELLAM ('64):

Dear Pat and Mary Green, Dave Thatcher, and OAHS Alumni:

Sorry, guys, but I’m not coming to the ’06 reunion.  Forgive me, but as far as I can tell (from the website), no one else from my particular class (’64) and more importantly, my particular time (’57-‘60) is going to be there.  So I know you’ll understand why I’m skipping the event.  Either way, I know you’re going to have a great time.   

Dave, you asked for a short bio, so here’s a very few words on me and my twin sister Diane (you’ve already got addresses and phone numbers on both of us).   

Both of us finished high school in Tampa , Florida .  Then we went on to college at the University of South Florida, also at Tampa, where Diane graduated in ’68 and Larry in ’71 (after spending 3 years in the US Army -- enlisted --  with the 3rd Armor Division in Hanau, Germany).   

Diane went on to a career in budget and corporate finance, finally spending 20 years with SAIC in Oakridge , TN.   She retired 6 years ago at the age of 54 to a life of golf and travel with her husband, Jim Carter.   

Larry, on the other hand, is only now winding up 30 years as a an architectural woodworker: 15 years were spent in his own shop located in Miami, FL; 3 years in Chicago; 1 year in Hartford; and, finally, the last 11 years in the Boston area, where he currently works for one of Boston’s premier builders.  His wife’s name is Beth, and she has her own advertising research company.  

Larry has been back to Orleans on two different occasions.  The first was when he was a soldier in Germany in 1966: while on leave to Paris, he took a side trip to Orleans, spent a night at the Grand Hotel, walked up to the Kaserne, then walked the back way to St. Jeanne de la Rouelle where he found his old house; he then took a cab ride out to the small village of Averay, where he once again found the house his family had lived in and was invited inside by the current owner to look around.  It was a really neat experience…one he’ll never forget.  On the second trip in 1992, he and Beth were spending two weeks in Europe , drove through Averay on the way to Chenonceau, where we spent the night at a B&B.  While in Averay, he went to the boulangerie next door, bought “une baguette”; ate it all except for a few crumbs, which he then mailed to his mother.   Upon opening the envelope, reading the letter and then finding the contents, she told him she shed a few tears…she so loved that bakery.  

The reason, of course, that I’ve re-connected to all of you, is that my wife and I ran into Pat and Mary Green in Deauville one morning at breakfast, as we awaited the start of our walking tour of Normandy .  And yes, we all had a great time together.  Both Beth and I look forward to visiting France again, and someday taking a barge trip through the Loire valley; any takers?  

All the best,  

Larry Kellam

25 August 2006 REFOUND: JANET RICH ('66) living in Southeastern, Pennsylvania.  Email: JANETARICH@VERIZON.NET 
25 August 2006 MOVED: LILA SMITH Cencula ('63) from Marysville, Ohio to West Liberty, Ohio where she and hubby, Richard, have built their retirement home on 3 acres in the hills of Ohio, with a valley view to die for.  They own and operate their own Jiffy Lube business, and Lila spends most of her days caring for her mother.  New email: LCENCULA8@YAHOO.COM 
25 August 2006 NEW EMAIL: LIZ REMY Robinson ('63): ITROB@COMCAST.NET 
25 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM PEGGY KANE ('64):

 

Dave,
I'm really looking forward to coming to Va. for the reunion.  The last one I attended was in Washington, D.C. many years ago, but it was wonderful to see so many friends and catch up on our lives.  I lived in Orleans from1962 thru 1967.  I graduated in 1964 and married a Lt. there in 1966.  My first son was born in Orleans, but passed away at nine months of age with a rare form of leukemia at the National Institute of Health in D.C., actually on the feast day of Joan of Arc.  I have four other children, including   twin daughters, and 3 grandchildren!  I am divorced, and began my own employment agency 14 years ago.  I have businesses in eight states, so traveling is part of my routine, but I love meeting new people and seeing new places.  I deal mainly with the steel industry, which is booming right now.  Although I live in the "Delta" part of the South, with so much agriculture, my county is actually the 2nd largest in steel production in the United States
I have really enjoyed the web site, and reading all the news on everyone, as well as all the great pictures.  I wish I had been more involved before now, but I am trying to catch up by looking at old year books and remembering great friendships.
I am truly blessed to have my children and grandchildren all within a few miles, so my life really does revolve around their lives, but the trip to Roanoke is something I'm really looking forward to.  
I'm not great on the computer, so the picture I've attached was taken this Spring in my back yard, and used for my business card, but I don't know how to tie it in to the yearbook picture as some do!!!!  
I owned a business in Charleston, SC for 7 years, and absolutely feel it is one of the most beautiful and historic in the country.  I would like to suggest Charleston as a possible location for a reunion in the future.  I was about to marry and stay there, when my daughter was in a critical auto accident and I had to stay here to care for her for quite a long time.  I have had a beach home there in the summer for all of my extended family, for 9 years, and we always have a wonderful time with so much to do and see.
My e-mail address is peggylemons@sbcglobal.net.  My telephone is 870-763-2446, and mobile is 870-740-6613.  I look forward to seeing everyone soon, and appreciate all of the time and effort you have put into the reunion.  I'll bring some great pictures that I have from my class to share!!!
Sincerely,
Peggy Kane Lemons
      

 

24 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM MICHELLE HEIDINGER ('69):
Dear Dave,
I never got notification about the reunion by mail.   This is the first I've heard about it.  I would love to go but I'm going on a weekend cruise to the Bahamas with the office, the weekend after the reunion and then a week later, I 'm going on our liveaboard scuba diving boat in Grenada for a week. 

Cheers, Michelle


Michelle J. Holt
Reservations Manager
Peter Hughes Diving, Inc.
5723 NW 158 St.
Miami Lakes, FL.  33014
Toll Free 800-932-6237
Phone 305-669-9391
Fax 305-669-9475
www.peterhughes.com
michelle@peterhughes.com

 

24 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM WAYNE HUMBLE ('65)

Hey, Dave.

Lourdes and I will be coming to the reunion in VA and I thought that I would drop you a line and when you get the chance, update the section where the members Web sites are located.  Our company now produces several products for both law enforcement and the military (mostly special operations).  We are now producing under 'Voice Biometrics' (voice identification, with a stand-off capability, etc.) rather than just the voice stress analyzer.  Lourdes and I had a really great time in El Paso and we are looking forward to this reunion as it seems that there are so many more of the 63-65 folks showing up.  By the way, if you all need donations for the organization, please let me know at the reunion as Lourdes and I would be happy to help out.

Best regards,

Charles (Wayne)

24 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM CATHY RODGERS ('62):

Hello, Dave Thatcher.  I may have been in a class or two with you in Orleans, and I am penning this brief note because I am on your addressee list for information about reunions of former students at the American dependents school there.   During the past several years I have aperiodically received notes from you regarding these events, but because I went to SO MANY schools across the globe, I was no more interested in going to an Orleans reunion than to one in Frankfurt or Yokohama or other places 'round the globe, so you have not received any responses from me. I say the foregoing with no intent to express disinterest in the wonderful people who went to school in Orleans.   I am compelled to write to you this time, however, because the singular charm of your latest warm invitation to anyone who went to school at Foret says a lot about you and your commitment to bringing people together. It just has to be acknowledged!  I think what you are and have been about is wonderful.  I would consider my life well lived if I had spent my avocational hours dedicated to keeping a "family" - I mean the diaspora of military brats' family - together as you have, in encouraging people to "come as they are" and be welcomed at these reunions.

Almost two years ago, two of the trio of Orleans graduates from your class - Chuck Ralston and I (Bill Cardamon being the missing man) -  attended a reunion at the follow-on school we attended after
Orleans,  to wit, the then-named American College in Paris.  Chuck Ralston and I made it to Orleans during that trip back to France, and we found good ole Foret (not so easy since most Orleanais are too "young" to remember the locale of the old American school).  As you may be aware, we almost lost Chuck Ralston this year, a reminder of the need to keep in touch with and take care of each other.  You are already doing that.  Your reunion is in such a beautiful place.  I wish you a successful event.  Best wishes from far away Camp Smith.  Cathy Rodgers

23 August 2006 UPDATE ON JEAN-CLAUDE PETILON ('60): (extracted from LeBoeuf Lamb website.  See photo on Class of 60 photo page)

Jean-Claude Petilon joins LeBoeuf Lamb as Senior Counsel. He is dual qualified in French and U.S. law. He established Coudert¹s Africa practice which advised on all aspects of business law and investments across the continent. Mr. Petilon's work is focused on the energy, petroleum, mining, and telecoms sectors, and on the financing of projects in these areas, across French, English and Portuguese-speaking Africa. He acts on behalf of private and state-owned entities, as well as governments, particularly in assisting in sector reforms and in drafting legislation and regulations. Mr. Petilon also advises on international arbitrations, particularly under the rules of the ICC and ICSID, involving Africa.

Mr. Petilon is recognized as an expert in such publications as Chambers Global, European Legal Experts and the International Who's Who guides and Privatization Public Private Partnership Review.

23 August 2006 UPDATE FROM MIKE MAGNAN ('62):   (I'm hounding him for a current photo)
Alexandra, who was 2 years old at the first reunion, graduated from The University of Texas last December and is an Investigator in Dallas with the Texas Department of Family and Children's Services. She won't get rich doing that, but she's having a positive impact on many lives. We're very proud of her.
Stephen and Stephanie, our adopted kids, are starting their senior year at Clear Lake High School, and are making some tentative plans for college next year. Despite having a crappy life for their first 21 months, they have turned out to be amazingly well adjusted. We're very proud of them, too.
Dawn and I are still working, and will be to the bitter end. There are times when I regret not having put in 20 years for Uncle Sam, just for the security, but 99.9% of the time I'm convinced I'm on the right career path.
For fun, I'm the Station Director for Nassau Bay Television, our local public access station. It's a volunteer position, but it's another creative outlet for me.
Dawn and I had a blast at the first reunion, but breaking away for subsequent events has been tough.
Say hi to everyone for me, and keep up the good work.

 

23 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM BONNIE SCARBROUGH Stagner ('67):

Dear Dave...Your e-mail is so enticing and I suspect you got a very good response.  Just wanted you to know that Alan and I just won't be able to come after all.  We will try for next year, however.  Also, we got together with Bill and Michele McClain, here at our house for dinner, in June, and had a truly wonderful time.  Bill brought pictures from Orleans and OHS, and even though we had never met, it felt just like we'd all always been friends.  His dad and mine practically had the same car (or should I say boat?) while in Orleans.  We shared many common memories of the area and the school.  I'm still kicking myself as the camera sat in the kitchen and I never remembered to pick it up to get some shots of us.  It was great fun, though, and we hope to see them again soon.  I hope you have a wonderful reunion and I will be thinking of all of you.  Best regards, Bonnie (Scarbrough) Stagner  (I was in Orleans, in 1961, at the age of 12, in 7th grade, but back in Georgia by Christmas of 1961.  I ultimately graduated from Canoga Park High School in Canoga Park, CA. in 1967, the same year I married Alan Stagner from CPHS1964.)(PS...I hope you will get pictures to post, and best regards to Mike & Gayle Church, whom I met online through Classmates.com)  

23 August 2006 NEW EMAIL: NANCY RICH AVERILL ('63): AVERILN@ATT.NET 
22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM BILL RUBENDALL ('67):
updated e-mail address is wrubendall@sbcglobal.net 
Sorry, but I won't be attending the reunion; I teach high school. 
Bill Rubendall
22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM ROB STOHLMAN ('65):

Hi Dave,

Yes, I'll finally be attending my first reunion since 1985.  Am looking
forward to it.

As for me, on June 26 I became the Program Manager for Personnel Security
for the Department of Commerce.  This, after spending 3 1/2 years at FEMA as
a Personnel Security Specialist.  While at FEMA I was deployed to Baton
Rouge, LA for a month right after hurricane Katrina hit last year.  Was a
great experience.  I am still not remarried, though I have a wonderful lady
friend, Vanda, who will be with me at the reunion.

My youngest son, Robert III, graduated from Clemson University on August 12
of this year.  One more to go.

See you in Roanoke in a couple of weeks.

Rob

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM RALPH CONLIN ('62):

I getting re-married on Sept 16, so I won't be joining you this year.  My
Sister Val and her husband Eddie will though.  Have a great time!

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM VINCE SANTURBANE ('63):

I'm involved in a new adventure where I'm helping an old friend in a new business situation.   I'm in Phoenix for awhile sorting our issues and will not be able to make it to Virginia.  Thanks for keeping me on the list and keep me in mind for next time.  Please say Hi to all for me especially the folks I was in class with at OHS.  Take care and have a terrific time!  Regards,   Vince

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM AL KRAUSE ('62):
I'm "retiring" again in October (this time from the University of Florida) to gain more free time to pursue my consulting business (Cave & Karst Resource, devoted to cave and karstland investigations and development/management problems). I'm also moving to a new e-mail address:  aakrause@cox.net .
 
Hope everyone has a great time at reunion, sorry I can't come this time.
22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM PATRICK MCCULLOCH ('65):
 
Can't come this year but next time for sure. Please make it easier for international buddies to come (e.g. choosing next to an internatioal Airport)
 
Why not a Cruise...from Fort Lauderdale/Miami. We would all be together for a week and organisation wise, it would be easier for you since many leisures are ready made and part of a package. You can easily get everyone together on a daily basis in one of the ship's show rooms, with a stage and all the communication equipment.
 
Looking to seeing you,
Pat Class "65"
 

 

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM PAULETTE STREIT Whitfield ('66):

Ok Dave,  

You asked for it so here you go. I am not including a photo since I am not sure where one is- I take photos of others but not of self (da!)

Paulette Streit in HS – no nickname that I am aware of

Married a Whitfield – stayed married for 8 years & had 2 wonderful kids who are not grown.

After divorce kept married name so

Paulette j. Whitfield  (not rocket science I know)

4806 Windbell Dr .

Belton , TX 76513

 

Email as noted in this note is valid for all who might want to contact me.

Orleans HS was attended from 1962-65 graduated in 1966 from Lawton HS ( Oklahoma )

 

Attended Nursing school in town

Moved to Ft. Worth TX in 1970

Married in 1973 (I think)

Moved around for the following 8 years

Settled after divorce in Belton TX which is 60 miles north of Austin & 45 miles south of Waco .

I started working at Scott & White Memorial Hospital/Clinic in 1982 where I still currently work.

I have advanced in my profession over the years where I now hold a MSin nursing & am an Adult Nurse Practitioner working with surgeons and am the coordinator for the Bariatric Program we have had since 2000. I am also currently working on my PhD in nursing and hope to do some research &/or teaching NP students.  

In my spare time I attempt to sell Arbonne which is a networking company engaged in skin care for men and women. It is all natural and does work wonders on the skin of all ages. Men love the products because it really does decrease irritation when shaving, etc.

I also enjoy my house during my spare time which sits on a 2 acreage lot. I have been in the house for 7 years but still find plenty to do to improve the inside or outside whichever place is coolest to work. Oh, yes I have also had hobbies that include counted cross stitch, macramé, refinishing furniture.

I do have a fantastic male friend who puts up with my quirks. He has 5 grandchildren that we both enjoy frequently but unfortunately my two grown children have not reproduced (as of yet anyway).

My life is full and I am generally happy with where I am at this stage. Hope one day to retire but have no idea when that will be.  

I hope I have not rambled too much but that is all I can think of for my general situation at this time. Sorry to miss the party but am currently trying to keep body and soul together with work, studies, and caring for my live in Mother.

Paulette

 

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM HARVIE BUTLER ('59):
Harvie butler---  Class of 1959 wifes name is Stella but she will not be coming have 5 kids and 2 businesses sort of retired just watch everything. Kids really keep business going.I think we should go to Florida next time--by the way address is 2405 Riverlane Terrace Ft. Lauderdale Fl.--or lets go back to Orleans again 

 

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM RICHARD RUTH ('59):

   For YEARS I have wanted to attend such a meeting, BUT I never knew of the reunions until a few years ago.

  JESS FOWLER will be there....we have re-connected after 45+ years--and, we will probably be doing business together as well....

   BUT, I have business plans at the same time as the reunion....sorry about that.  Maybe the next time....

  Sad thing for me is that NO ONE from my group will be there....

I wish everyone the best for the experience.

Richard Benton Ruth (class of 1959)

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM DENNIS CULLINGTON ('65):

    Thanks for the invite but I'm involved in a  biker rally every year at that time.  I don't have to worry about how I look, I still look the same I did when I was 18.  Unfortunately, the same I.Q. also.  Have fun.

Dennis Cullington
feel free to call me toll free:  1-800-328-6020 

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM MIKE LEAGUE ('56):

This is Kay for Mike League replying.  Mike is too busy, I guess.  So, here goes.
Mike has been retired from the Smithsonian Institution since 1993.  Since then, he has traveled a lot with Kay, enjoyed his two grown children and the six grandchildren.
The first great-grandchild, Aimee, will make her entrance in December 2006.  Mike and Kay still live in Bowie, Maryland, where they have been for 40 years.  Because of Kay's health issues, we have been slowed down somewhat, however, Mike always seems ready to attend Orleans Reunions and dance the night away with his old friends.

Mike

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM TERRI SERAFINE Lindsey ('65):

So good to hear from you.  This morning I happen to come across the 1985 OHS
pre-reunion and reunion book and spent an hour reading up on everyone.  What
a coincidence I'd get an email from you this afternoon.  Can you believe
over 20 years have passed since that reunion!  I will be in Djerba, Tunisia
on the beach during the next reunion, but if I were living in the states I'd
be there--this time I'll just be there in my thoughts ...   I'll send some
pictures to put in your book and have a great reunion and again, thanks for
keeping us in touch with each other!

Cheers
Terri Lindsey
Paris

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM DONNA BAKER Russell ('61):
        I'm going to have to pass on this reunion because I broke my ankle falling off a bicycle and I'm wheelchair bound at the moment.  But I definitely will attend the next one so please keep me on your list.
                       Donna Baker (Russell) '61

 

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM SHIRLEY WILLIAMS Butler ('67):

Dave, hi.  It's Shirley Butler (nee Williams) and Jumi Butler (both class of '67). Long time no email. How are you doing? I'm sure you're busy as heck getting ready for the reunion. Unfortunately we won't be able to attend. With my MS it's just too darn difficult to travel, with Jumi having to schlep everything and push me around in my chair. But we'll be thinking of you all. Say hi for us.

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM AUBREY WHITE ('60):
appreciate the note and unfortunately I will not be able to attend due to hosting visiting academia here at the University and attending the Ohio State and UT game on the 2nd. Also, having our 41st wedding anniversary.
 
Latest News on me:
Reappointed at the University of Texas at Austin and enjoying every minute of it.
Celebrating 41st wedding anniversary with Shirley. We got married in college in 1965.
Working with Professors, Graduate Students and Undergraduate students to take the theory out of the class room and apply it to real world problems.
From my view the country's future is in good hands with these bright young kids.
Had interns from US Military Academy, West Point and Southern Methodist University this summer. Great  future leaders, scientists and teachers. It is truly reverse mentorship in my case.
 
I will certainly be thinking of my classmates and if any of you are in Austin, Texas please drop by the university and I will give you a tour of a top 10 Public university.
 
Aubrey
University of Texas at Austin, email: white@iat.utexas.edu
O 512 232 4554
M 254 290 5677
Ft Hood Office 254 532 8321 Ext 2278
 
HOOK EM HORNS!!!!
 
22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM BOB ADJEMIAN ('65):

Still living in wild and sunny Hollywood ,California.. By early morning an avid ultra runner who's completed 10 100-mile races in the mountains, and by day an illustrious book publisher. By night, it's slow down time.. In 2007 I hit 60. How did that happen?

Wish I could attend the reunion.
Bob Adjemian
Class of 65

PS:  Did you hear they're closing Fort Monroe. How could they?

PPS- I'll try to find a picture. Usually, I'm the one who takes the picture - and there lies the problem.

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM BITSY CABALLERO ('64):
Alas, I won't be able to come to the reunion ... although a colleague of mine in DC is taking pity on my inability to work right now, and will be providing me work where I can commute, like three weeks in DC and a week home, etc., so if we actually cut a deal, I'll call on ye, if ye're still in the area. 
 
The war is not affecting us much (yet) but for instance, as I write this (at 8:20 at night) I hear the F16s overhead, on their way to pulverise my enemies.  Well, there you go, always a sergeant's daughter ... and I DO have a dog in this fight, so .... I'm not going to get more political than that. 
 
Anyway, if I find myself in DC at that late minute, I'll drop in, but so far I have to jobs on the table, one in Ireland and one in DC, and for the moment, if the Irish job materializes, I will take it just so that I'm closer to home. 
 
I will be thinking of you all, however, and wishing I could be there. 
 
Best to everyone, Bitsy (Caballero) Lee

 

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM HUGH MULLIKEN ('62):
HI Dave:  On that very weekend I'll be in Annapolis, doing some stuff with my kid.  Take care. Hugh
 
22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM CORI WRIGHT Brown ('62):
 
I would dearly love to be there, but I cannot make it. I am in the middle of a Masters in English program that is, to be frank, kicking my butt! I am thrilled to see so many from the class of '62! Please give everyone my best...although I don't know how many would remember me since I was only there one school year.
 
Have a great time! You will all be in my heart.
 
Cori Wright Brown

 

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM GABY MINER Knudson ('64)

Sadly, I will have to miss this reunion.  I will be relocating from Minnesota to Connecticut during that time to be closer to my family. I just hope and pray this will be my last move until someone puts me “in the big house.”

I will be thinking of you all as you are having that good old time!!!! 

Gaby Knudson  (Miner)

22 August 2006 MESSAGE FROM: BONNIE MARTIN Sweeney ('61):
 Enjoy Roanoke--have friends there and thought what a great opportunity to reconnect with them AND Orleans friends.  Oh well--next time.  I'd consider helping organize a reunion in the Heartland here in Indianapolis.  In 2005 I coordinated a biennial meeting of the Retired Army Medical Specialist Corps and Indy is a win/win location as no one expects much and it has become a great venue!  If you can find some others near here who would really help----the challenge is the financial commitment based upon anticipated vs actual attendees---I might consider helping set up the next one.
 
Stay cool!  Bonnie Sweeney

 

22 Auguts 2006 MESSAGE FROM: CHARLIE SMITH ('59):

This is just a note to get you thinking past the reunion  :-)

I'm planning a visit to Paris from Nov 22 through Dec 13th.  Myself
and another guy have a reservation for a studio apt for just a bit
over 50 Euros a night for the two of us.  It's in the 15th Arr near
the Ave Emile Zola metro station, which is about 10 blocks SW of the
Eiffel Tower.

If you or others are interested in such a trip, I can help point you to
similar room reservations.  If you check around for cut rate flights,
I've seen them for around $515 R/T from Ohio including all the fees
and add-ons. I'm using frequent flyer miles myself, which makes the
whole thing very easy.

Let me know if you'd like more information.

    - Charlie

--

 Charlie Smith  charlie@elektro.cmhnet.org  1 614-271-1418 
 http://www.elektro.com/charlie/       Columbus Ohio   USA

22 August 2006 UPDATE: SUE MCHENRY ('67):  (See also Class of 67 photo page)

Dave, I sent a note to the Reunion coordinators telling them I can’t make it this year.  My sister will be visiting from the East Coast for an annual family get together with my aunt and uncle in Estes Park , Colorado .  We will be attending the Long’s Peak Scottish/Irish Highland Festival and combining a “check up on the family” with a really fun week.  I sure will miss coming to the reunion, though; I struggled with this choice for quite a while.  

Since I retired 2 years ago, I’ve been fulfilling some long-time wishes and traveling internationally.  The attached photo was taken upon arrival in Delhi , at the start of 24 days in India and Bhutan .  Both flights to/from Bhutan gave us crystal clear views of Mt. Everest which is a rare occurrence.  And in Ranthambore National Park in India I got to see one of my dream animals, a Bengal Tiger, in the wild a couple of hundred feet away.  Tahiti and Antarctica as destinations have been on my list since I was a kid.  My sister and I took a 10 day cruise through the islands of French Polynesia , complete with snorkeling with sharks, which was a thrill!  And on an 18 day cruise I got to visit Buenas Aires Argentina , Montevideo Uraguay, Rio de Janeiro Brazil and Stanley in the Falkland Islands along with 4 stops in Antarctica (3 times ashore).  Penguins, whales, albatrosses and ice, lots of ice.  My motto seems to be “spend it now, look at the photos later.”  Even with current events and tougher flying restrictions, I have my next trip booked for 2007, Egypt and Jordan .  If anyone wants to come, my group has room for one or two travelers (one more will earn us all a discount).   

I hope you have a great reunion and have a fabulous crowd.  Hi to everyone.  Sue McHenry

 

22 August 2006 UPDATE: GEORGE ALEXANDER ('64):  (See also Class of 64 photo page)

Dave,
Thanks for the email. I am sorry I won’t be able to make the Re-union because I have been waiting for Grand Children, and continue to. (Ha Ha). No seriously, I just can’t make it because of other commitments. I know all there will have fun and a great time.  

As a former Sweat -3 I can hardly believe that all this time has passed and that I am now finished working/retired and the main interest I have is my family and as much fishing as I can get in. Here is a photo of this year’s trip to Montana , and here’s to Orleans High School !! ”

George (Known in 1962 as “Bird”)

22 August 2006 UPDATE: RON ROUSEY & VALERIE FECTEAU Rousey ('68-ers both):  Doing fine, and vacationed in Alaska in 2005.  Ron's email is RROUSEY@CFL.RR.COM, and Valerie's is VROUSEY@CFL.RR.COM.  See also Class of 68 photo page.
22 August 2006 UPDATE: NORM CHESNUT ('68):  (see also Class of 68 photo page)

Dave,

Greetings.  You or whomever takes care of the OHS web page, email list at chesnut-n@slb.com.  I'm still with Schlumberger Limited, but transferred back from Brazil in 2003, and now am living in Houma, La.  Deep south Louisiana, alligator country.  I had such a wonderful time living and working in Brazil, for 4 years, that I got attached to their soccer team, and I was cheering for them during the World Cup.  See attached photo for what I mean.  I didn't have a Brazilian flag to waive, so I used the next best thing, which was a pair of Brazilian panties which I got while living in Rio, when Brazil won the World Cup in 2002.  I would of graduated from OHS in 1968, but when NATO pulled out of France in 67, and they closed Orleans, my father transferred to Paris, France, working at the American Embassy and I ended up graduating High School from the American School of Paris in 1968.

My wife and I, made a trip to France two years ago, and visited Orleans, and went out to Olivet.  My parents still have a home there and spend 6 months of the year in Olivet and the rest of the time in Rome, Georgia.

I met my wife in Paris, she's American, and we have 3 children, Alain (33), Bryan (30) and Elizabeth (27).  I have spent the last 32 years, working with Schlumberger Limited, which is a Oil & Gas Service Company, living and working in 4 different continents, various countries.  3 more years, and I will retire, and move to Oklahoma, and continue to enjoy life at the fullest.

I've got 2 wonderful granddaughters, who live near by, Grace (5) and Ella (2) and another one on the way.  I'm still working, and really enjoying myself.  Age is a state of mind, and I'm having a ball.  My new email address is chesnut@houma.oilfield.slb.com

Cheers,

Norman


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17 August 2006 UPDATE: JANE HATCH Jordan ('59): (see also Class of 59 photo page)

Dave, This is a few years old of my husband, Bob Jordan, and me, Jane
Hatch, but we haven't changed all that much...just older; you'll see me in
another shot in the 2000 Federal Census.  I'm afraid that photos, not
bodies, will be in Roanoke, I'm sad to say, unless we can create a
miracle.  And we've had plenty of those this past year.  We fled on the
Saturday before Katrina from our beautiful just remodeled home of 25 years
in St Tammany Parish, LA, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans, north
to safety in WI where our married daughter lives.  The house suffered a
tree through its roof, but no flooding, enough damage to the house and the
area to make it too difficult to return - Bob is 77, has had some serious
heart disease, and I've had a disabling (but not fatal, nor 'life's over' )
hemmorrhagic stroke, together causing enough health stress  to need to be
close to family who can watch out for us, so we are fortunately resettled
in a good house in the cornfields south of Madison - 2707 Autumn Lane,
Janesville, WI  53546.  We celebrate 45 years of marriage in September,
like Bev Askegreen and her husband. We've moved around bit in Bob's career
(he is a retired Research Professor of International Relations) - at all
three of the service War Colleges (Army, Carlisle, PA; Air, Montgomery, AL;
Navy, Newport, RI), lived in VA when he was both an administrator and
professor at George Washington University; SUNY Binghamton, Columbia U and
at the U.N.; two years on leave at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra
Leone, West Africa; U South Carolina; University of New Orleans and at
Tulane University.  Now, in retirement, he is affiliated with the
University of Wisconsin.

In my last year of high school in northern VA, I joined The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints.  After beginning at  Brigham Young University,
and in addition to being a gad about with Bob,  I've been a homemaker,
active LDS Church member, Scouter, genealogist, student, sometimes
university college receptionist, bank credit analyst, retail sales person
in a small family-owned (not ours) business and teacher Hospice volunteer,
and census worker in two federal censuses.  Best role after Wife, and Mom
of four, is Gramma to seven and great-gramma to a two-year old who lives
nearby - joy!  I'm a cheerleader stroke support person, and still teach
family history/genealogy how-tos when asked.

I value my memories of OHS - the shared experiences with wonderful
classmates, and the lessons learned - and am sad not to see people again in
Roanoke, but do look forward to seeing photos of a happy time with
participants who can go and a reporting of the weekend's events, and hope
you all have a grand time.

With warm best wishes to all,
Jane HATCH Jordan, OHS 1956-57

17 August 2006 UPDATE: EUGENIE OLSEN (faculty) (also see faculty photo page)

Hello Reunionites, 

Ralph and I are unable to make the reunion this year. I’m sending a photo taken this past New Year’s Eve from us; your OHS teacher and perhaps your pediatrician at the military hospital in Orleans. The photo on the mantle is me as a 2nd/Lt. when I met Ralph while on duty. Ralph examines recruits at the Milwaukee Military Processing Center a couple of times a week, and I cover maternity leaves for School Speech Pathologists, so that keeps us busy and not fully retired. Our 9th grandchild is on the way. 

How about the next reunion in Chicago??? Easy to get to for all and a fun place. 

Eugenie Olsen

9 August 2006 DECEASED: RICHARD R. "RICK" CLARK ('66) from cancer on 27 June 2006, in Rochester, New Hampshire.  His sister, Charlene, wrote that Rick was diagnosed with cancer in January, and was told that he had a very good chance to beat it.  She said he was looking forward to seeing old classmates at the reunion in Roanoke.  She said that, as he wished, his ashes will be sent to the town in France where they lived, and where he visited old friends about every four years. His obituary reads as follows: ROCHESTER -- Richard R. Clark, 58, of 41 Royal Crest Village, succumbed to cancer complications Tuesday, June 27, 2006, at the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital in Dover.  Born Sept 24, 1947, in Rochester, NH, he was the son of Herbert W. and Mona (Lambert) Clark.  He attended school in Somersworth, Kaiserslautern, Germany, and graduated from high school in Orleans, France.  While in high school, he was a champion wrestler of all the military base schools in Europe and Great Britain in his weight class.  He was retired from Erie Scientific, Portsmouth.  He was a devoted husband and father, an avid fisherman, and loved cooking.  Survivors include his wife, Raelene Clark; his children, Jayson Clark of Rochester, and daughter, Samantha Morrison and her husband, Jim, of Honolulu, Hawaii; his grandchildren, Troy Clark and Ethan and Carly Morrison; his sister, Charlene Favreau of Linden, NC; many nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.  He was predeceased by his first wife, Beatrice; brothers Kenneth and Steven Clark; and a niece, Danielle Rambeaut
8 August 2006 NEW EMAIL: PATRICIA CLARK Darwish ('67): PDARWISH@HOUSTON.RR.COM 
2 August 2006 UPDATE FROM BONNIE MARTIN Sweeney ('61):     New email: BONOTABL@AOL.COM  

I am terribly disappointed not to be able to attend the 2006 Reunion.  I will be in Nairobi, Kenya visiting our daughter, Melissa, who is a Political and Military Affairs Officer at our US Embassy there.  Bill and I are "semi-retired".  I retired from managing a Rehab Department in 2004 and now work PRN as an Occupational Therapist.  We have found ourselves still in Indiana-that's what Army assignments will do for you!  Our other daughter, Elizabeth, is the S-4 for the Corps of Cadets at West Point---much better than the Iraq assignment. Our flexible schedule has allowed us to sail the Great Lakes on our 27ft trailerable sloop and to visit the girls wherever the Army or State Department sends them and their spouses--has been Germany, China, West Point and now Kenya!  Hope to make the next reunion!

 
28 July 2006 NEW FIND: MARLIS IVANCHAK Bennett ('71) married and living in Lubbock, Texas.  Email: MBENNETT@BERNINAUSA.COM 
27 July 2006 UPDATE: CYNTHIA CRUMLISH ('67)  completed masters degree at The French School Middlebury College.  Has taught French for several years at a small Episcopal school on the Upper West Side which she loves and says she has found her calling.  Cindy had a professional acting career which included the Shakespeare Festival in Avignon in 1990,  the Globe Theater in London in 1999, and many commercials for Proctor and Gamble products,  including Duncan Hines, Polaroid, and Dannon Yogurt.  She worked with Alan Arkin in comedy improv for a short time last summer.  She will try to attend the Roanoke reunion if there is no Back to School Night For Parents scheduled.
27 July 2006 UPDATE FROM CHUCK RALSTON ('62) -->
Dave,
 
Some force is working to keep me from coming to the Roanoke reunion, but I'm still on track.
 
As my boss told me recently, "Chuck, if it weren't for bad luck you wouldn't have any luck at all!"  Fathers' Day 18 June was a beautiful routine Sunday and begged for a mountain bike ride in the cool of the morning so my neighbor, Angel Cobiella, and I left at 7:30 am for the Silver Comet Trail about a mile and a half from our neighborhood. We were going down hill on Nickajack Road just outside our Glenleigh subdivision, Angel about three bike lengths in front of me.  About half a mile down road, a medium-sized brown dog darted between us making a beeline right across my path. I remember yelling, 'No, No.' and then I was upended, my body going over the bike to its right. I hit the road at about 25 mph.  Blacked out, Angel told me afterwards and not breathing. Angel, an Internist MD, moved me slowly and opened my mouth to get my tongue out of the air passage. He also called 911 on his Cell.  Cobb County Fire-Rescue sent an ambulance and took me to the Marietta Georgia Wellstar Kennestone Hospital, initially for neurological MRI scan.  I had a skull fracture (small, to the rear), broke 7 ribs, and shattered my clavicle on my right side. I did not puncture a lung although the doctors do not know why I did not, except to tell me my daily routine of walking 4 miles during lunch and lifting weights 4 days a week probably kept me from even greater damage. I also have several internal bruises (hematomas) along my right leg, backside, and along the right front part of my chest. BUT, I'm getting better each day.  I go to rehabilitation twice a week and I am back at the gym now (this week) walking in the 50-meter pool at least 16 laps moving my arms through the water like a boxer working the heavy bag. I was in the hospital 9 days (18-27 June) the first four in the intensive care unit and the remaining five in the step-down telemetry unit where the nurses and technicians were super. Michele and I had planned to go back to Kennestone to visit the nurses at ICU and the SD Telemetry ward last Friday evening, but * * *
 
Our house caught fire Friday 7 July between 5:30 and 6:00 pm.  The upstairs master bath area's exhaust fan's motor seized up, sparked, and ignited the joists and rafters in the attic space overhead.  Fire flashed through the bathroom-vanity area and the smoke damaged our master bedroom and hallway upstairs. Fire fighters got to the scene within 15 minutes and got their hoses on the fire to put it out, but the water went everywhere downstairs -- into the room with my art books, stereo, speakers, CD-collection, drums, bass, and piano.  BUT, I think I will be able to salvage all but a few art books.  Instruments survived intact.  Maybe the insurance coverage will result in a new stereo system! 
 
My 15-year-old Theresa was the only one at home at the time of the fire. Theresa smelled smoke, went upstairs to see what it was, saw the black smoke filling the hallway, got her computer laptop, her curling iron (teenagers think of the wierdest things), and the two schnauzers, Ivy and Daizy, the house portable phone and went outside and called her Mom.  Then Michele called 911 and the fire fighters came quickly and did their thing. Michele called me (I was on my way home from Fort McPherson 22 miles south of our home.) and when I got to home, all I saw were half a dozen fire trucks, suited-up fire fighters, and water everywhere in the street.  There is nothing one can do at a fire except watch the fire fighters work the fire. Nothing.
 
Afterward, John Kelly, a friend of ours (and a fire fighter off duty at the time) said we needed to call the insurance company (Cincinnati Insurance) which Michele did do.  No response from Cincy Ins. So Kelly said to  call a fire damage control company.  We did not know what that was but did call Integra (a local outfit) and their reps came to us the next day, Saturday 8 July, and began to mitigate the damage to our home by installing dehumidifiers, fans, etc.  Sunday 9 July they came back and gathered clothing we would need for about two weeks and wisked all off to their ops center. Three days later all of the clothing came back, clean, pressed, smoke-free. By Monday 10 July, Cincy Ins contacted Michele and applauded the decision to get Integra involved early on.  By Tuesday 11 July, insurance company had its estimator, adjustors in to survey damage, demolition, and reconstruction approaches and costs.  First, house will be emptied of all contents which will be cleaned and warehoused. Second, demolition of damaged areas.  Third, rebulid of bath, bedroom, "music room" and a new roof, new siding (it melted on the side where the fire was), new electrical throughout, new plumbing, new floors, walls, ceilings, new beds, etc.  Target re-entry to our home at 4523 Knvarra Circle will be on / about Columbus Day 2006.
 
Meanwhile, Michele and I are staying with the best neighbors one could have. Mich is with Mark and Hollis MILLER about 200 yards down the circle from our home. I staying with Angel COBIELLA and his wife Lily GOMEZ, both doctors, about 200 yards up the circle.  First time ever Michele and I have been separated. (Interstingly, it has been good for us to be separated during this incident -- keeps our heads cool and clear.)  I'm staying with Angel and Lily because I cannot sleep yet in a bed (hurts my back because of the ribs) and they have a separate downstairs bedroom with a lounge chair that has its control handle on the LEFT, which is perfect for me.  Plus, Angel plays the best Latin-Cuban, PuertoRican music!  So, when my neighbor Bob BUSH, USAF Colonel, drives me home from Fort McPherson (he works their too), he drops me at the MILLER's where I have supper with Michele, Mark and Hollis, and then by 9-10 PM, Michele drives my up the circle to Angel and Lily's place where I sleep, shave, shower, breakfast.  And then COL BUSH picks me up to drive to Ft McPherson.   
 
So, that's the wrap on my scene for the last month.  My birthday was 20 July, this  Thursday-- now 62.  I hope the rest of 2006 is mellow.  You just never know what is coming around the bend though so be careful and enjoy each day as a gift from the Heavenly Father.
 
In addition to taking care of me, and now working all this house fire stuff, Michele is organizing the wedding of daughter Bridget and the double reception for Bridget and David AND daughter Alexandra and husband Conor, who married earlier in the year there in California.  Wedding and reception will take place in about three weeks. So, Michele is super busy and I love her so much.
 
Attached, four snap shots of me at hospital and of friends who came to visit. 1. Me in ICU Day 3; 2. in hospital's step-down telemetry unit day 7; 3.home 01 July (I got home 27 June and my sister Cindy nursed me for the next three days); 4. at hospital with L-to-R, my wife Michele, friends George and Marianna Fuller, daughter Caitlin, friend Jack Skelton.
 
 
Roanoke or Bust!!!
 
Chuck

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14 July 2006 NEW EMAIL: MIKE STOLL ('57): SJMACE@STARPOWER.NET 
11 July 2006 NEW FIND: BOB SHANER ('67) married and living in Florissant, Missouri where he has worked for The Boeing Company for 32 years.  Bob and his wife, Marie-Francoise, were married in her hometown of Dijon, France in 1972.  They have two children and two granddaughters.  Email: THESHANERS135@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
8 July 2006 NEW EMAIL: LEONARD GEDGOUDAS ('63): GEDGOUDASL@CHARTER.NET 
8 July 2006 NEW EMAIL: HOWARD MILLER ('61): CAROLBMILLER@EARTHLINK.NET 
5 July 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOANN STOCKWELL Twomey ('61): JO.TWOMEY@COMCAST.NET   JoAnn lives in Cypress,California, with her high school sweetheart, who she reconnected with 10 years ago.  
1 July 2006 NEW FIND: MICHELE SHANER Lambert ('68) married and living in Pearland, Texas.  Email: LLAMBERT12@HOUSTON.RR.COM 
26 June 2006 NEW EMAIL: BUD FLETTE ('62): NNFLETTE@CHARTER.NET 
22 June 2006 MOVED: STEVE KEHOE ('62) from Henderson, Nevada to Winchester, California.  Email reamains: DADFRK@AOL.COM 
14 June 2006 NEW EMAIL: JIM CHRISTOL ('65): JSCHRISTOL1@COX.NET 
14 June 2006 NEW EMAIL: DONNA ENOCH Christol ('66): JDCHRISTOL@COX.NET 
14 June 2006 NEW EMAIL: GINA SHULER Bills ('63): FLIPPY@TOAST.NET 
10 June 2006 NEW EMAIL: CYNTHIA CRUMLISH ('67): CYNBC3@YAHOO.COM 
2 June 2006 NEW EMAIL: KEN VIOHL ('61): KVIOHL@VERIZON.NET 
1 June 2006 MOVED: BABETTE STAFFORD Smith ('67) from Carlsbad, New Mexico to El Paso, Texas.  New email: ERS0315@SBCGLOBAL.NET.  In 2004, Babette retired from a 30-year career of teaching English and French in the Texas school system, and now works as a Program Coordinator at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico.  She has two children.  She and husband, Ralph, will be vacationing in Costa Rica this month, and Europe next year.  They have an RV, and plan to tour the USA as well.
1 June 2006 UPDATE FROM GUDRUN CLEM Blackmon ('58):  Over the Memorial Day weekend, classmate, Gene Nettles ('60) was in town (Fort Bragg) for the dedication of a paver at the Special Operations Museum for his Vietnam unit "The Red Hats".  Also there were approximately 60 Vietnamese veterans from the same unit.  It was truly a moving ceremony.  I was amused....Gene kept telling anyone who would listen that we had known each other for 50 years.  Scary!

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31 May 2006 INQUIRY FROM BILL HAMILTON ('71):  Bill attended La Chapelle Elementary from 60-63, and would like any information you can provide about it, including its location.  His email is WILLMH@MSN.COM 
31 May 2006 REFOUND: STEVE ARNOLD ('67) living in Las Vegas, Nevada where he is Operations Manager for RobertsonWood Advertising.  Email: STEVE@ROBERTSONWOOD.COM.  Steve has three children and one grandson.  He visited Orleans in April, 2004.
26 May 2006 NEW EMAIL: LINDA PLAFORD Beach ('57): MOONCHILD_FREETOBE@YAHOO.COM.  Note of interest: Linda's granddaughter, Grace Lynne Brovold, is one of two Spelling Bee finalists from the state of Alaska who will be competing in the National Spelling Bee in Washington, DC from 28 May to 2 June.  It will be aired on ABC and ESPN.  The whole family will be there.  Good luck Grace.  See: http://www.spellingbee.com/comp_spellers.asp 
22 May 2006 NEW EMAIL: BETTE ROSE Morris ('60): NANABET@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
20 May 2006 UPDATE: JOHN KOHN ('62) went on a two-week, ultralight safari in Kenya this month.  Flew around several game preserves and Mt Kenya.
18 May 2006 NEW EMAIL: CHERYL SWANNACK ('64): CHERYLSWANNACK@MAC.COM 
8 May 2006 UPDATE: CHARLOTTE LARSON Neely ('62) writes: 
I was married from 1964 to 1986. I have a son, Parker and two daughters, Stephanie and Carin. We now have six grandchildren.
 
I remarried in 1991 to Michael and we have lived in Woodbury, Minnesota since that time. I retired from 3M Company  in 1992 after 25 years of labor. I discovered my love of painting in 2000 and have been painting like crazy since then. I began my artistic journey in watercolors, but after 4 years, I itched to try something different and discovered acrylics and canvas! I was in love!!!
 
My husband retired from 3M Company 5 years ago and is an avid gardener, fisherman and now....builds custom fishing rods. His life is heaven..that's what he tells me. He is a fantastic cook, a great dancer and he laughs alot.

Email: DESIGNSBYNEELY@YAHOO.COM 

7 May 2006 NEW EMAIL: GREG SMITH ('65): GREGSMITH70@HOTMAIL.COM 
4 May 2006 MOVED: PETE KINNEY ('63) from Wheaton, Illinois to Aurora, Illinois. Email remains: PETEJKINNEY@MSN.COM 
1 May 2006 UPDATE: KATHARYN THUNE Batey ('60) widowed since 1/1/2000, and living in Costa Mesa, California, where she sells real estate (since 1978), does part-time accounting for Goodwill of Orange County, breeds Persian cats, is an avid sailor, belongs to a sailing club, takes ballet and Palates classes, and loves to party.  She has two children and four grandchildren.  Email: MESMIRA3@YAHOO.COM.  Her real estate site is WWW.CAMOVES.COM/KATHARYN.BATEY 
29 Apr 2006 MOVED: DOROTHY PORTER (mother of Gloria '64 and Kathleen '66) back to Biloxi, now that Hurrican Katrina damaged has been fixed. 
29 Apr 2006 NEW EMAIL: TEENSY CREIGHTON Weldon ('64): WELDONFRANK@MSN.COM 
29 Apr 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOHN COUGILL ('62): JCC@RIO.COM 
24 Apr 2006  NEW EMAIL: KRISTEN HOMAR ('69): KRISTEN05@NETSCAPE.COM 
16 April 2006 REFOUND: BITSY CABALLERO Lee ('64) married (43 years to Raymond), and living in Israel.  Email: BRATNELLA46@YAHOO.COM.   Bitsy writes.......
 
I moved from Ireland in December of 2004, after five very productive years.  When there I was able to visit the old stompin' grounds in Orleans, and took the four daughters who were with me to my old houses in Marcilly-en-Villette and in Olivet.  When in Ireland I began to write novels and articles, factual and essay-types, and have been published regularly since 2003.  I took classes there in Ireland to perfect the craft, get pointers and whatnot, and was told rather soundly by my Irish counterparts that I probably would never be very good until I could drink them under the table.  Only time in my life I've been drunk was 9/11, when a bunch of us Americans gathered at the only place that was opened, and the barmaid just kept bringin' 'em, and I just kept downin' 'em.  So my mates at the writing group made me an honorary drinker/writer. 
 
So moved to Hod HaSharon, Israel, where I now live.  I started up a court reporting agency, serving the American lawyers who come through doing depositions, and established a little writing company called Wordworks.  What we do is prepare documents for Israeli companies to present to American or English/Irish companies in proper format, which is growing into quite the little business, and of course, now the novels are making the rounds of the publishers.  Dunno what will happen, but wish I could sell one.  It would be fun, I think.  They are murder mysteries, based on the cases I used to do in court. 
 
My two daughters that are here in Israel have just opened the first authentic Mexican food restaurant in downtown Tel Aviv, so at least we'll get some comfort food now and then.  I want to extend an invitation to any OHSer who comes through on tour to give me a call, and we'll meet up, show you a good time, or take you to interesting places where tourists don't often go. 

 

15 Apr 2006 DECEASED: RONALD E. HURT (faculty) on December 12, 2005, in San Rafael, California.
15 Apr 2006 REFOUND: MIKE BUKER ('65) married and living in Bonita Springs, Florida.  Email: MLBUKER1@MSN.COM 
15 Apr 2006 NEW EMAIL: LINDA HOLDSWORTH Hall ('64): LHALLUJAH@YAHOO.COM 
15 Apr 2006 NEW FIND: SCOTT LANG ('65) married and living in Sterling, Virginia.  Email: SGLANG@ADELPHIA.NET.  Scott writes.......

   Currently working for Camber Corp., a Huntsville, Alabama company, on contract to the Missile Defense Agency.  I work PATRIOT issues and the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS), the replacement for PATRIOT.  Additionally, my wife and I own Bristles & Shears Hair Design located in what is know as the Dulles Corridor.  I've worked for Camber Corporation at the Missile Defense Agency for 10 years and our salon has been in business for 12 years.  Prior to that I spent 24 years as a Field Artillery Officer in the Army.  I was commissioned through the ROTC program at the Univ. of Oklahoma  in 1969.  My primary specialty in the Field Artillery was as a Ballistic Missile Officer.  As such I spent five tours of duty in Germany with the deployed Pershing missile force.  The only time I spent in cannon artillery was my tour in Viet Nam (71-72).  I married another army brat in 1978 and we have two grown sons and three grandchildren, two girls and a boy.

 

31 Mar 2006 REFOUND: EDWIN CLAY CAMPBELL ('66) married and living in Bastrop, Texas.  Clay works as a service manager at a local Cadillac dealership.  He lives on a wooded, 10-acre spread that he and his wife maintain as a bird sanctuary.  No email.
30 Mar 2006 UPDATE: DOROTHY PORTER, mother of Gloria ('64) and Kathleen ('66), moved temporarily from Biloxi, Mississippi to Jackson, Mississippi as a result of being displaced by Hurricane Katrina.  She plans to move back to Biloxi within the month.
30 Mar 2006 UPDATE: GLORIA PORTER Mitton ('64) was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January, and has gone thru surgery, and now chemotherapy.  She says she's doing well, and plans to come to the reunion, hair or no hair.  
30 Mar 2006 WIDOWED: LINDA KISIEL Roach ('64).  Her husband, Ed, died June 25, 2005.
30 Mar 2006 REFOUND: MANNY MARTINEZ ('70) in Bulverde, Texas, where he is a professional golfer and instructor in the Southern Texas PGA section.  His professional website is www.mannymartinezgolf.com, and his email address is BIM@GVTC.COM 
30 Mar 2006 MOVED: JODI HAMBACH McBride ('68) from Bandon, Oregon to Collinsville, Mississippi.  Email remains: SCOOTERJODI@AOL.COM 
30 Mar 2006 REFOUND: JOHN SUTHERLAND ('56) living in Washington, Georgia.  No email.
28 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: MOYA MORAN O'Neal ('61): MOYA.MORAN@EARTHLINK.NET 
27 Mar 2006 UPDATE: SUSAN MOSIER Dixon ('62): divorced, lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, and works in the insurance industry.  In her spare time she enjoys music, gardening, reading and cooking.  Susan has two sons, four grandchildren, and two retired, racing Greyhounds.  She plans to attend the Roanoke reunion.  It'll be her first one.  Email remains: SEDIXON@CAROLINA.RR.COM 
25 Mar 2006 JOCK LADY:  MICKEY STAM ('62) placed 3rd in her age group in the "Scope It Out" 5K race for colon cancer in Washington, DC on 25 Mar 2006, and was awarded a $20 gift certificate to a local running store for her efforts.  The total field was 1600 runners. Her pace was a slow but steady 12-minute mile, and was the first time she had run in 20 years (do you think she's toning up for the reunion?).  She encourages everyone to run races, and notes that the competition in the 60+ age group is slim.
25 Mar 2006 LUCKY LADY: DONNA LAWRENCE Manalle ('62) won $1,800 in the Louisiana State Lottery last November by matching 5 of 6 numbers.  Can you imagine what her heart rate must have been like as the compared one number after the other?
22 Mar 2006 MOVED AND REMARRIED:  ANN KIRK Reinhard ('60) from Columbus, Ohio to Aiken, South Carolina.  Husband is Fred Kelsven.  Email: FREDKANDANNR@GFORCECABLE.COM 
22 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: KAREN KIRK Garber ('65): KARENGARBER1947@YAHOO.COM 
22 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: ELLA KIRK Parker ('67): JIMANDELLA@AOL.COM 
21 Mar 2006 REFOUND: JUDY WEBER Cuevas ('60) married and living in Fillmore, California.  Email: RUFFLES3@EARTHLINK.NET 
21 Mar 2006 REFOUND: ELEANOR LEEN MacDonald ('60) married and living in New York City.  Email: ELEANOR.MACDONALD@NLRB.GOV 
21 Mar 2006 REFOUND: ANN OPHELIA DALE Halliday ('61) remarried and living in Plano, Texas.  She and Dave married in April, 2005.  She works as an urgent care RN.  Email: DOCHALLIDAY2002@YAHOO.COM 
21 Mar 2006 REFOUND: WARREN DALE ('57) widowed and living in Coldwater, Mississippi.  No email.
21 Mar 2006 REFOUND: KATHLEEN KANG-Heric ('62) married and living in Friday Harbor, Washington.  Kathleen retired in 2002 as a counselor at the University of Phoenix.  She and John have been married 34 years.  They have one daughter, and a granddaughter.  Email: JKKHERIC@CENTURYTEL.NET 
20 Mar 2006 MOVED: KATHY HOLDSWORTH Sheeley ('62) from California, Maryland to Indian Trail, North Carolina.  New email: RYNSHE@ALLTEL.NET 
20 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: MIKE FELICIOTTI ('66): MICHAEL.FELICIOTTI@FAA.GOV.   New job too - now works in the IT department of the FAA, instead of the US Army
20 Mar 2006 MOVED: CANDY ROGERS Reynolds ('65) from Roswell, Georgia to Atlanta, Georgia.  Candy is a Senior Paralegal with ING, and her email remains CANDICE.REYNOLDS@INGINVESTMENT.COM 
17 Mar 2006 DECEASED: BARBARA LIPE Dunn ('66) in Orlando, Florida in February, 2006.  She is survived by her husband, Ed, OHS Class of '67, three children and seven grandchildren.
17 Mar 2006 UPDATE: LYNDA LIPE Moore ('69) married and living in Powder Springs, Georgia.  Email provided upon request.
16 Mar 2006 NEW FIND: JIM MATZGER ('66) married and living in Los Gatos, California where he is a self-employed investment analyst.  Email: JIM@MATZGER.COM 
16 Mar 2006 NEW FIND: LYNDA WOODY Eck ('67) married and living in Austin, Texas.  Lynda has four children.  She teaches dentistry at the college level.  Email: LYNECK@ATT.NET 
16 Mar 2006 DECEASED: BARBARA WOODY ('68) in San Antonio, Texas in January, 2005.  She leaves behind a son.
16 Mar 2006 NEW FIND: ROBERT WOODY ('70) living in San Antonio, Texas.  No email.
16 Mar 2006 REFOUND: JOHN ALLEN ('61) married and living in Springfield, Virginia.  Email: JOHNALLEN88@AOL.COM 
16 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: THOMAS ALLEN ('61): TUALLEN@NETZERO.NET 
16 Mar 2006 MOVED: DICK DERRICKSON ('64): from Buffalo, Minnesota to Prescott, Arizona.  Email: RDPAWS@MSN.COM 
16 Mar 2006 DECEASED: JOHN W. DAVIS ('62) in Burke, Virginia on July 16, 1992, from a heart attack.  John was a Program Manager with Martin Marietta.  He left behind a wife and two children.  His wife, Jean,  remarried in 1995, and daughter, Vickie, and son, John, each have three children of their own now.  Jean can be contacted at CICHASKI@MSN.COM 
15 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: RON WILLS ('65): RONWILLS@MCHSI.COM 
15 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: JUDY JANUARY Addington ('62): JUDY@JUDYLYNNINC.COM 
15 Mar 2006 REFOUND: DON HOPKINS ('67): married and living in Hephzibah, Georgia.  Don is a retired CSM, US Army.  No email
15 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: SHARON HOPKINS Barnes ('68): AUSTIN5051@ADELPHIA.NET. Sharon is married and lives in North Augusta, South Carolina.  She retired from the biomedical field in 2003, and can now be found on the golf course most days.
13 Mar 2006 ROANOKE REUNION STATUS:  The registration form was mailed out on the 11th of March to about 1400 alumni.  Pat Green, Rusty Ralston, and their wives did the work.  Be on the lookout for it, and don't delay in sending it back.  And make your hotel reservation now as well.
13 Mar 2006 RECOVERING: GAYLE DOVER Church (57) from hip surgery.  She broke it on February the 25th while trying to keep her cat from running outdoors.  Guess what?  The cat made it.
13 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: VICCI SAURBAUGH Guenther (62): VGUENTHER@WILLIAMSMULLEN.COM 
13 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: BOBBI TROLL Heacock (68): BARBARAHEACOCK@COMCAST.NET 
13 Mar 2006 NEW FIND: KAREN TROLL Hyrowski (75) living in Clarksville, Maryland.  No email.
7 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: BILL DAY (58): DAYZYSUE@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
6 Mar 2006
WIDOWED: JACQUELINE TROLL Parker (71) when her husband, Dan, was killed by a land mine in Iraq on May 7, 2004.  Dan had retired from the US Border Patrol Service, and was doing contract security work in Iraq at the time.  He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.  Jacquie will travel to Houston on March 17, 2006, to receive her husband's posthumously-awarded Defense Medal of Freedom.  Jacquie now lives in Odenton, Maryland, and her email address is MIGRABIRD1953@AOL.COM.
3 Mar 2006 NEW EMAIL: ANITA MARIE MILLS Peterson (65): PETERSONA@BYUI.EDU 
1 Mar 2006 UPDATE: GONSETH Family:  Kenneth & Eleanor (Dad and Mom) are well, and living in a retirement community in Pinehurst, North Carolina.  Jane (Class of 63) is married to a United Airlines executive, and lives in Tokyo, Japan.  Anne (Class of 66) is married to a retired dentist, and lives in Palmyra, Virginia.  Stuart (Class of 67) is living the bachelor life on the beaches of Wilimington, North Carolina.  All the kids have kids of their own, but only Jane has attained the rank of Grandmother.
27 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: PAT PETRUSKA McKinney (60): PMCKINNEY@EVERESTKC.NET 
27 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: JEAN-CLAUDE PETILON (60): JEAN-CLAUDE.PETILON@LLGM.COM 
26 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: NORM CHULA (faculty): NDCHULA@COMCAST.NET 
26 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: DORIS REID Chula (faculty): DJCHULA@COMCAST.NET 
22 Feb 2006 NEW FIND: DALE BLEAKNEY (67) divorced and living in Wilmington, Delaware.  No email.
22 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: BILL MCCLAIN (64): MERCEDESLADY1@AOL.COM.  Bill's health has been improving, and he's looking forward to the reunion in Roanoke.
21 Feb 2006 UPDATE: JOHN KOHN (62) recently retired, and moved from Denver, Colorado to Las Vegas, Nevada where he passes the time traveling, painting and messing with the stock market futures.  He has no wife, no kids, no pets and no obligations.  He's just a free spirit being free.  New email: LASVEGASQUEST@YAHOO.COM 
20 Feb 2006 UPDATE: JUDITH STREIT (65): Judith Streit received an undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado after her children started school.  She holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Interpretation, with an emphasis on Hebrew Bible/ Old Testament.  Her dissertation was a study of the deity as a lliterary character, and her academic interests include reading the biblical text as literature and the history of interpretation.  She is energized by teaching, which she has done in a wide variety of contexts.  A child of the 60's, Judith values community as the context for independent thinking and creative problem solving.  She enjoys hiking, has eclectic tastes in music, and is active in a Quaker community. Currently, Judith teaches part-time at the University of Colorado and other local colleges.
20 Feb 2006 UPDATE: SUSAN TITUS (61) is teaching part time at Wayne State University's School of Social Work.  Sue plans to be at the reunion in Roanoke.
13 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: HURLEY WILVERT (62): HURBRENWIL@MSN.COM.  Hurley works as an engineer for FM Global, a worldwide property insurance company, and does property risk evaluations for them in New Mexico and Eastern Arizona.   He and his wife, Brenda, have one son, four daughters, and two grandchildren.  In his spare time, Hurley races motorcycles in the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) events.  Hurley plans to attend the Roanoke reunion.
12 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: TRANQUIL HUDSON Calley (57): CALLTRANQUIL@GMAIL.COM 
12 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: CHARLES "CHIP" CONNOR (65): CONCP143@COMCAST.NET 
10 Feb 2006 UPDATE: STEVE KEHOE (62) and wife, Candi, are expecting their 17th grandchild.  Can anyone top that?  They will be moving from Las Vegas to Temecula, California in a few months.  Steve is a retired CHIP, and does part-time background checks for the government.  He plans to be at the reunion in Roanoke.
9 Feb 2006 DECEASED: PETER S. SHAPIRO (57) on August 6, 2000, in Seminole, Florida
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: PATRICIA DEEGAN Brashear (58) married and living in Prospect, Kentucky.   After graduating from West Virginia University and teaching several years, Patty has spent the last twenty years as an engineering consultant/headhunter for her husband's business.  Email: PATTYBRASHEAR@USA.COM 
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: JUDITH DEEGAN Archard (60) married and living in Naples, Florida after a career with the US Postal Service.  Email: H.ARCHARD@COMCAST.NET 
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: JERRI DEEGAN McGrath (63) divorced and living in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin where she is an attorney.  Email: JERRIMCGRATH@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
9 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: DIANNE MILES Brooks (65) DIANNEBROOKS99@YAHOO.COM.  Dianne is married and lives in Enterprise, Alabama
9 Feb 2006 MOVED: KATHLEEN HAYES Tacony (65) from St Louis, Missouri to Clayton, Missouri.  Married.  Email: KATHITACONY@SWBELL.NET 
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: JANN STRUNCK Forinash (64) married and living in Florissant, Missouri where she teaches autistic children.  No email.
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: JON STRUNCK (66) single and living in Florissant, Missouri.  No email.
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: ERID STROUD (69) married and living in Roanoke, Virginia.  Email: JASSTROUD@CS.COM 
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: JUDITH STREIT (65) divorced and living in Denver, Colorado.  Email: JUDITHSTREIT@JUNO.COM 
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: PAULETTE STREIT Whitfield (66) divorced and living in Belton, Texas where she is a Nurse Practitioner.  Email: PWHIT48@VVM.COM 
9 Feb 2006 REFOUND: JOANNE BECHTEL Turrell (64) married and living in Taiwan until November 2006.  Their permanent home is in Geneva, Illinois.  No email.
7 Feb 2006 REFOUND: KURT VONSCHRILTZ (65) married to Donna, and living in Morgantown, Indiana.  Email: VONSCHRI@KIVA.NET 
7 Feb 2006 DECEASED: SAM VONSCHRILTZ (61) o/a 2003 in Highland Falls, New York
7 Feb 2006 DECEASED: DOUG VONSCHRILTZ (63) o/a 2001 in San Diego, California
7 Feb 2006 REFOUND: DONNA GRAVES Story (63) living in Ottawa, Kansas.  No email.
7 Feb 2006 REFOUND: STUART BUTLER (61) retired from a career with the National Archives, and living in Williamsburg, Virginia with his wife, Rosanne.  Email: SRTB@WIDOMAKER.COM 
7 Feb 2006 MOVED: MIKE RAMAY (63) from Fremont, California to Las Vegas, Nevada.  New Email: MRAMAY@ATT.BIZ 
7 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: LYNNE RAMAY Davies (64): LDAVIES@DAVIESGRANDCENTRAL.COM.AU   She and her husband run a 24-hour, one-stop shop in Tasmania called Davies Grand Central Station.  You'll find it mentioned on Google.
2 Feb 2006 REFOUND: BECKY SPICER Harrington (63) finally married and living in Abbeville, Louisiana where she makes alligator teeth jewelry, and can't make it fast enough to keep up with the demand.  Her husband's name is Roy.  No email.
2 Feb 2006 REFOUND: MALCOLM SPICER (65) divorced and living in Towson, Maryland where he is county attorney.  Email: MALCOLM.SPICER@MONTGOMERYCOUNTYMD.GOV 
2 Feb 2006 REFOUND: GINA SHULER Bills (63) divorced and living in Douglas, Wyoming where she works as a hospital administrative assistant.  Email: WYOMING1@PEOPLEPC.COM 
1 Feb 2006 REFOUND: JOHN BAGLEY (63) married to Marshall and living in Pacifica, California where John is a commercial photograper.  They have one son.  Email: JOHN-BAGLEY@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
1 Feb 2006 NEW EMAIL: HI HICKMAN McNaughton (63) FARMBOY@SHADOWLINK.NET.  Hi is widowed, and lives on a 320 acre cattle farm in Heber, Utah.  She has 7 children and 22 grandchildren.  She is a retired elementary school teacher who now teaches life classes thru the LDS church.
1 Feb 2006 REFOUND: GRANT HICKMAN (60) and RUTH NIMS HICKMAN (61) still married and living in Sierra Vista, Arizona.  They have one child.  Grant is a Remax Broker.  Email: HICKMAN@C2I2.COM 
1 Feb 2006 DECEASED: GEORGE & SHIRLEY HICKMAN, parents of Grant and Hi.  George died in 1991, and Shirley in 2001.
1 Feb 2006 DECEASED: ELEANOR O'BRIEN on 19 January 2006, in Lakewood, New Jersey at the age of 89.  She was the mother of  Patricia (Class of 62) and Nancy (Class of 65).  They, and their father, John, were by her side when she passed away. 
1 Feb 2006 NEWFIND: HENRY C. BOYCE (67) living in Huntingtown, Maryland where he is an Allstate agent.  Email: A084074@ALLSTATE.COM 
1 Feb 2006 NEWFIND: RONALD L. BOYD (62) married to Emily and living in Sierra Vista, Arizona.  Email: EABOYD@U.ARIZONA.EDU 
1 Feb 206 REFOUND: ELLEN STOCKDALE (65) married to Robert Smith, and living in Alexandria, Virginia.  Ellen has retired from a career with the Federal Government, and now works as a travel agent.  Email: ESTOCK@COMCAST.NET 
30 Jan 2006 NEWFIND: TERRY G. LANDRETH (58) retired, married and living in Central Point, Oregon.  Terry and Carol have five children.  Email: TGLANDRETH@YAHOO.COM 
30 Jan 2006 NEWFIND: DONALD W. NORTON (58) retired, married and living in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Don and Carol have one daughter.  Don retired after a 20-year career with the US Army, where he was a nuclear physicist.  Nine years ago, Don suffered a stroke, and is not able to talk much.  Email: CLNORTON.1@JUNO.COM 
29 Jan 2006 REFOUND: HENRY A. "HAM" MILEY, III (62) retired from United Airlines, and living in Chantilly, Virginia.  No email
28 Jan 2006 NEW FIND (DECEASED): JOHN BARTH (68) died in 1994 after a long battle with cancer.  He was an Ltc in the US Army at the time.
27 Jan 2006 NEW FIND: JOE BEARRENTINE (60) married to Patsy and living in Pike Road, Alabama where he works as and Environmental Consultant to stay busy after two careers.  Email: JOEBEARBES@CS.COM 
27 Jan 2006 NEW FIND: LUTHER R. "LOU" BARTH (66) married to Bernadette and living in Maumee, Ohio where he is working on his second career as a real estate agent.  Email: LOUBARTH@EARTHLINK.NET 
27 Jan 2006 REFOUND: PHILLIP "FLIP" THOMSEN (62) divorced and living in the south of France near Cannes where he is a consultant for Awlgrip marine paints.  Email: FLIP.THOMSEN@TISCALI.FR 
27 Jan 2006 REFOUND: BETTY LOU REED West (62) married to Vardell and living in Lumberton, North Carolina where she is employed by the county as a Medicare/Medicaid Specialist.  She has two children.  No email.
26 Jan 2006 NEW FIND: GLENN ARP (61) married to Carolyn and living in Barnesville, Georgia.  They have two children.  Glenn recently retired after 37 years as a conductor with the Norfolk & Southern Railroad.  Email: HOOK1430@AOL.COM 
26 Jan 2006 NEW FIND: JEAN ARP Peeples (62) divorced and living in Dickson, Tennessee.  No email
26 Jan 2006 NEW EMAIL: RICHARD AHERN (61): RAHERNUSA@HOTMAIL.COM   Dick lives in Forest Hills, New York, and is still working as a college English professor for the CUNY system.
26 Jan 2006 NEW FIND: WALTER ELICK (62) retired from General Motors and living in Falling Waters, WV with wife, Nancy.  Has 2 sons.  No email.  Walt is a Vietnam Vet.
25 Jan 2006 REFOUND: SUZANNE SCHILTZ Ganim (62) married to Robert, and living in Treasure Island, Florida where she is a travel agent for AAA.  Email: SGANIM@AAASOUTH.COM 
25 Jan 2006 NEW FIND: DAVID VOLPE (62) married to Brenda, and living in Hilliard, Ohio where he works for a furniture company.  Email: VOLPE.1@OSU.EDU  
25 Jan 2006 REFOUND: JIM POKORSKI (62) married to Ruth, and living in Panacea, Florida.  Email: RUTH@NORTHSTATETITLE.NET 
24 Jan 2006 REFOUND: ROBERT WILLIAM "BILL" KINGSMILL (62) married for 42 years to Wendy, and living in San Clemente, California where he is an Electrical Contractor.  Email: RWILDBILL@COX.NET 
24 Jan 2006 REFOUND: CAROLYN MCMULLEN Arnold (62) married to Dieter and living in Canton, Georgia.  Carolyn recently retired from a career as an ER nurse.  Email: 4DARNOLD@ADELPHIA.NET 
24 Jan 2006 REFOUND: PATRICIA MEHRTEN Dempsey (62) widowed and living in Elkmont, Alabama.  No email.
24 Jan 2006 REFOUND: JOHN C. COUGILL, JR (62) still in Eugene, Oregon, where he works as an independent research consultant.   John got married in March, 2005, after being a bachelor for 30+ years.  Email: JCOUGILL@RIO.COM 
24 Jan 2006  DECEASED: JOHN C. COUGILL, SR (Col, USA Retired), father of John Jr (Class of 62) in 2001 in Eugene, Oregon
24 Jan 2006 REFOUND: DERYLE MEHRTEN (66) in Sierra Vista, Arizona.  Email: MEHRTEN@COX.NET 
24 Jan 2006 REFOUND: ALBERT KRAUSE (62) in Gainesville, Florida.  Al retired from the US Army Corps of Engineers, and is now the Solid Waste Coordinator for the University of Florida.  Email: AAKRAUSE@UFL.EDU 
23 Jan 2006 REFOUND: HARVIE BUTLER (59) in Ft Lauderdale, Florida.  Email: HNBSTELLCARE@AOL.COM 
21 Jan 2006 REFOUND: DIANNE ROBINSON Stiemerling (62) in El Paso, Texas where she works for the Department of Human Services.  Dianne is divorced, and has 3 grown children and 2 grandchildren.  Email: DCELEBRIAN@AOL.COM  My thanks to Classmates.com for finding her.  She'd been lost since 1991.
21 Jan 2006 MOVED: JANE CRASE Carlton (59) from Valley View, Texas to Corinth, Texas.  They sold the ranch.  New email: GLENJANE@VERIZON.NET 
16 Jan 2006 NEW EMAIL: LEE MEEKER Albers (62): ALBERSLL@HOTMAIL.COM   Lee is a Speech Pathologist for her Edmunds, Washington school district.
16 Jan 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOAN DEIN Pratt (61): JOANP@PRATTVOUTE.COM   Joan plans to attend Roanoke reunion.
10 Jan 2006 NEW EMAIL: JOANN LACROSSE Holton (59): JOESTOYS888@AOL.COM 
6 Jan 2006 NEW EMAIL: KAREN MCSPARREN Demetrio (70): KHDE2000@YAHOO.COM 
5 Jan 2006 NEW EMAIL: RALPH CONLIN (62): RCONLI1@VERIZON.NET 
5 Jan 2006 REFOUND: DON TALLITSCH (faculty) in Grass Valley, California.  Email: AERBUS1997@HOTMAIL.COM 
5 Jan 2006 MOVED: BONNIE SCARBROUGH Stagner (67) from Palmdale, California to Winder, Georgia.  New email: STAGNER1967@ALLTEL.NET 
28 Dec 2005 NEW EMAIL: CLAUDIA CLARK Bain (64): CANDYB314@HOTMAIL.COM 
28 Dec 2005 RETIRED: MARSHA THOMPSON Fancher (58) from Duke University.  She still shows up on a part-time basis.  Some jobs are just hard to leave.  After 12 years of renting, Marsha also recently became the proud owner of her own townhouse in Durham.  Marsha plans to attend the Roanoke reunion.
19 Dec 2005 NEW FIND: HOWARD BLAKESLEY (64) married and living in Harve, Louisiana.  Email: ALCOHOLCENTER@HOTMAIL.COM 
15 Dec 2005 NEW FIND: SARAH "SALLIE" MOORE Smith (59) living in Richland, Michigan.  Email: SALLIESE@YAHOO.COM 
14 Dec 2005 NEW FIND: PAMELA BYROM Selman (72): She and husband, Jim, live in Winchester, Tennessee, where Pam is a Financial Specialist in the Office of Administration & Finance at the University of Tennessee Space Institute.  Email: PSELMAN@UTSI.EDU 
14 Dec 2005 NEW EMAIL: STEPHEN B. SMITH (69):  BECCEN@GMAIL.COM.  Steve is an engineer in the US Merchant Marines, and has spent the best part of the last 35 years at sea.  He will be retiring soon, and he and his wife will be moving from San Fransisco to South Carolina.  Steve plans to attend the Roanoke reunion.
14 Dec 2005 MOVED: DOROTHY PORTER (mother of Gloria, Class of '64): from Biloxi, MS to Jackson. MS.  Move necessitated by Hurricane Katrina.
13 Dec 2005 IN THE NEWS: LANCE ASTRELLA (64):  Taken from the Denver Post on 4 Dec 2005

4 Dec 2005 REFOUND: JOANNE LACROSSE Holton (59) in Carmel, ME
3 Dec 2005
Dear OHS Friends:
 
    I want to thank all of you who so kindly responded to my wife's call for help regarding my health.  Your thoughts, prayers, e-mails, phone calls, and letters were very much appreciated. 
 
    It has been many long months of struggling with severe and incapacitating headaches but I believe the cycle has now finally broken.  A new medication was introduced with a gradual increase in dosage over the next number of weeks and so far, results have been pretty good.  I just started back to work last week for a couple of hours two days a week.  The doctor would not say I was suffering from migraines but said it "suggested migraine-like symptons".
 
    Once again, thank you for all your advice, referrals and suggestions.  My wife, Michele has been the rock through all of this and wouldn't give up her mission to bring me back to "normal".
 
    Bill McClain (from 1959-1961)

 

3 Dec 2005 NEW EMAIL: SKIP RIPPEY Winter (59): SKIPWINTER@HOTMAIL.COM 
3 Dec 2005 NEW EMAIL: MARIE GAUTHIER Sanders (65): MARIESELLSHOMES@CFL.RR.COM 
3 Dec 2005 NEW EMAIL: DAVID DEPAUW (65): DAVID.DEPAUW@EU.DODEA.EDU 
3 Dec 2005 MOVED: PATRICIA MOORE (66): from Morganville, NJ to Woodbridge, VA.  NEW EMAIL: SNOWDROP201@COMCAST.NET 
3 Dec 2005 NEW EMAIL: BILL KACZYNSKI (68): KAZLAWPGH@AOL.COM 
3 Dec 2005 NEW FIND: KENISE NEWBY (72): living in Gambrills, MD.  Email: NEWBYK@VERIZON.NET 
3 Dec 2005 NEW FIND: DARREL NEWBY (72): living in Gambrills, MD.
3 Dec 2005 DECEASED: KEITH NEWBY (72): in 2003 in a car accident
7 Nov 2005 NEW EMAIL: CAROLYN ROBERTS (parent): MCMROBERTS@JUNO.COM 
4 Nov 2005 NEW EMAIL: MIKE STOLL (57): ACESJ@STARPOWER.NET   Mike retired from FEMA in September of this year.  No more hurricane relief duty for him.  Now he plans to get his right knee replaced, and move to Sedona, Arizona in September or October of 2006.  Hopefully, he'll wait until after the reunion to make the move.
4 Nov 2005 ROANOKE REUNION STATUS:  On 30 October 2005, the cadre for next year's reunion met at the Hotel Roanoke to get a feel for the place, and to firm up some of the details.  We all left with the feeling that this is going to be a great reunion.  Of course, even though Roanoke has a lot to offer (and it really does), and even though the Hotel Roanoke is a beautiful old hotel, the degree of greatness will be directly related to the number of OHSers that take part in it.  Some people are going to come as early as Wednesday in order to have time to tour the Roanoke Valley and the Blue Ridge Parkway.  There are beautiful overlooks, wineries, memorials, museums, shops, more shops, restaurants, more restaurants -- all kinds -- very international.  Ok, I know, I'm hyping the location, and not the reunion.  Well, the locale and the facility deserve hyping, and you already know what reunions are about. After 8 of them, we basically get together for a big dinner/dance on Saturday night.  The rest of the time is spent hanging out with old friends, enjoying their company, and having a good time in the pub or the hospitality room at the hotel, or taking in the local sights.  One thing that will be different about this dinner/dance is that one of our own will be acting as the DJ for the evening, so the party can go on as long as everyone still has energy.  So call up the hotel now and reserve your room.  Then call up some of your classmates and convince them to do the same.  Come enjoy a pleasant weekend in the Blue Ridge Mountains, and make this thing happen.

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27 Oct 2005 NEW EMAIL: LES ALEXANDER (66): ALEXANDERLESLIE@COMCAST.NET .  Les left the State Department's diplomatic service in 2000, after serving as US Ambassador to a few countries.  He now works as an international consultant, and temporarily resides in Arlington, Virginia.
27 Oct 2005 NEW EMAIL: BARBARA GLYNN Leavy (56): BLEAVY1@VERIZON.NET 
19 Oct 2005 REFOUND: MIKE DELONG (61) in Yuma, AZ in Winter and Lake Stevens, WA in Summer.  Email: DELONGCARMIKE@AOL.COM 
19 Oct 2005 NEW EMAIL: SANDEE SHELBY Tharnish (65): S.THARNISH@SPEERPRODUCTS.COM 
19 Oct 2005:  DECEASED: (Col, USA, Ret) JOHN F. SUTHERLAND in August, 2005, at the age of 94.  He was the father of JOHN SUTHERLAND (56) and MIKE SUTHERLAND (60).
19 Oct 2005 MOVED: POVL WISE (67). Permanent address changed from Washington, DC to Richland Hills, TX.  Povl still lives and works in Taiwan.
13 Oct 2005 NEW EMAIL: CAROL CROWNOVER Hafer (58): FORHAFE@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
11 Oct 2005 NEW FIND: ROSEMARY SHARON CRONK Schiavoni (71): married and living in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Email: VSCHIAVONI@COMCAST.NET 
11 Oct 2005    photo NEW EMAIL: RICK BLOYER (65): DBLOYER980@COX.NET 
6 Oct 2005 UPDATE: VINCE SANTURBANE (63) lives in Bay Harbor, Michigan, has been retired for seven years, and spends his time golfing and traveling.  He and Jennifer have been married for eons, and have a son, a daughter, and a granddaughter
6 Oct 2995 UPDATE: STEVE JONES (63): lives in Irvine, California, and is an avid golfer. . He and Gail have been married 37 years, and have two sons.  Steve is a General Manager of Angelica Textile Services in Long Beach, California.  
6 Oct 2005 REFOUND: AUDREY JONES Colton (62) in Batesville, Arkansas
6 Oct 2005 REFOUND: OWEN JONES (67) in Fairfield, California
6 Oct 2005 REFOUND: PAT SPENCE (64) in Summerville, South Carolina
6 Oct 2005 REFOUND: LEE SPENCE (66) in Summerville, South Carolina
1 Oct 2005 MOVED: BEATRICE SCHONGALLA (66) from Plano, TX to England.  Email: LIVRICHARDS77@HOTMAIL.COM 
1 Oct 2005 MOVED: TOM SCHONGALLA (64) from Clarkston, WA to Walla Walla, WA.  Email: TGSCHONGALLA@NETSCAPE.NET 
1 Oct 2005 NEW EMAIL: MARY KREPS Goodwin (66): ILOVALAB@AOL.COM 
1 Oct 2005 MOVED: DOROTHY KREPS (64) from Glendale, AZ to Goodyear, AZ.  Email: DKREPS1@PEOPLEPC.COM 
29 Sep 2005 UPDATE: ANNETTE WISEMAN Adkins (67) and her husband, Joe, have an art gallery in Sedona, Arizona, where they display their own work.  She says that she'll offer a free print to any OHSer who stops by.  There are links to her websites on the "OTHER OHS SITES" page.  
29 Sep 2005 MOVED: ANGEL JIMENEZ (64) from Kettering, OH to Centerville, OH.  Email: ANGEL.JIMENEZ@DCMA.MIL   Angel is a Quality Assurance Specialist with the Defense Contract Management Agency in Dayton, OH
29 Sep 2005 DECEASED: COL (RET) RICHARD E. MALOY, SR. (parent) on 18 December 2004.
29 Sep 2005 REFOUND: JEAN-PIERRE MAXWELL (65) in Los Angeles, CA. Email: JP@BIGCREATIVE.COM 
29 Sep 2005 REFOUND: ROBERT "CHICKIE" LABOY (68) in Washington, DC.  Email: CHIQUI1351@AOL.COM 
29 Sep 2005 NEWFIND: JIM MALOY (69)married and living in Earlysville, VA.  Email: JRMALOY@CSTONE.NET 
27 Sep 2005 REFOUND: TIM TANKERSLEY (62) in Tallahassee, FL where he is in his third career as the Food Service Director for the Leon County school system. Email: TANKERSLEYT@LEON.K12.FL.US 
27 Sep 2005 REFOUND: RICHARD WEAVER (70) in Redondo Beach, CA.  Email: RDWEAVER@EARTHLINK.NET 
27 Sep 2005 UPDATE: ABEL WHITE (61): Still works for the US Army at Fort Hood in G8, Force Development.  Recently nominated to the Cowboy Hall of Fame for saving the Killeen Rodeo from extinction.  After breaking his femur 6 months ago, he now limits his horse activities to barrel racing.  No more bronco riding.
27 Sep 2005 NEW FIND: LIZ MALOY Heflin (68): married and living in Norfolk, VA.  Email: ALHCNM@COX.NET 
26 Sep 2005 NEW FIND: CAROL DARLING (63) a professional artist living in Bandera, Texas.  Email: CDARLINGART@SATX.RR.COM 
26 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: TOM NEVUE (62): TNEVUE@EARTHLINK.NET 
26 Sep 2005 REFOUND: WAYNE RICHARDSON (67) in Brookhaven, MS.  Email: AWR@CABLEONE.NET 
25 Sep 2005 PAT PETRUSKA Kinney (60) has embarked on a grand road tour of Canada and the United States which will take her from Kansas to Quebec to Florida to the Grand Canyon, and back home..  Pat retired from Sprint in 2003, and was widowed in October, 2004, when her husband, Bob, of 44 years, died from a sudden heart attack.  Bob was one of the GI school bus drivers back in Orleans. Pat has 3 children and 9 grandchildren. Email: PMCKINNEY@PLANETKC.COM 
25 Sep 2005 WALT PETRUSKA (60) is in a nursing home in Albany, GA.  Walt suffered a stroke which paralyzed his left side.  He has limited movement, but can speak and communicate.
25 Sep 2005 MOVED: CAROL HARTYE Dorman (63) from Wolcott, NY to Snow Hill, MD.  Email: CDORMAN1@YAHOO.COM 
25 Sep 2005 MOVED: KATHY CLARKE Ferguson (65) from LaGrande, OR to Summerville, OR.  New email: DENNY@EONI.COM 
25 Sep 2005 DECEASED: MARY ELIZABETH PITTS (faculty)  in 2002 at the age of 92, in Sparta, Virginia.  
25 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: KATHRYN JO YARRINGTON (68): JYARRINGTON@MAIL.FAIRFIELD.EDU 
25 Sep 2005 REFOUND: PETE STENDEBACK (64) in Alton, IL
25 Sep 2005  

THANK YOU: From Michele McClain, wife of BILL MCCLAIN (64):

 

Dear Friends:
 
    We are totally overwhelmed by the number of quick responses with suggestions and referrals from so many of the OHS family.  You are truly a very special and unique group of friends who are bound together for life.
 
    It is now at the point where I cannot personally answer each e-mail but want to let everyone know how very much your thoughts, prayers and kind words meant to us. However, I read each and every one and print copies for Bill to read in bed.
 
    Bill has had almost every test known to the medical profession.  In fact, maybe TWO of each.  He is being monitored very closely by his primary care doctor, his neurologist (Director of the Headache Clinic of Atlanta) and his endocrinologist at Piedmont Hospital.  I am on a mission and will not stop until I get my husband back.
 
    Thanks for your concern and I will be back in touch when we get some answers and results.  Until then, take care of yourselves.
 
    Michele

 

23 Sep 2005
REQUEST FOR HELP:  BILL McCLAIN (64) is seriously ill, and since his current medical providers haven't seemed to pinpoint the cause of his illness, his wife, Michele, is asking for our help in trying to determine what is causing his illness.  If you can shed some light on this matter, email her at UBSHELL@AOL.COM .  Below are two emails that she has sent to Judy Holdsworth Scott, and she has given me permission to bring this to your attention as well.

First email from Bill McClain's wife, Michele, dated 15 Sep 2005

 

Hello All:

 
    Sorry I haven't been in touch sooner but things have been hectic here.  I hate this very impersonal way of being in touch but we have had so much to take care of.
 
    Bill was admitted to the hospital the first of the week.  You may or may not know that he has been suffering for 1 year from severe and violent headaches.  Causing him to throw up constantly and be in bed for days at a time.  He has lost his appetite and become totally dehydrated.  They released him today redoing his meds and dosage.  He will need to be constantly monitored for months to come since his symptoms are still there.  They have ruled out a tumor and must now treat it without this.
 
    He was working full time then went down to part time and now is not working at all.  He is totally incapacitated and pretty much confined to bed for now.  He is not the same old wonderful Bill we have all known over the years and I am praying that we get to the bottom of what is wrong.  I miss my husband and the fun guy I have known over the past 35 years.
 
    I know many of you are going through some rough times as well and we need to reach out to each other and support our friends and family.  Love to everyone.
 
Michele

Second email, dated 22 Sep 2005

Bill is still doing very poorly.  We went to see the new endro today and he said he was only there to treat his diabetes - the headache matter should be in the hands of a neuro.  He said there is probably no connection between the two.  We may have to look for another endro in this part of town.  I am sure Bill would feel inconvenienced trying to get to Piedmont and parking, etc.  On the way home he throw up in the car numerous times.  He has been terribly disoriented and forgetful.  I don't know where to turn but MUST find some help somewhere.  If anyone has any suggestions or referrals, please let me know.  It is my only mission to see him get better and get to the old Bill.  At this point, he has no quality of life.  None of the doctors can give a prognoses or diagnoses.

 

 

21 Sep 2005 REFOUND: SUE YARRINGTON Haddock (62) in Denver, CO.  New email: SUEYARHAD@YAHOO.COM 
21 Sep 2005 REFOUND: LYNN STOUT Urbanik (60) in Augusta, GA.  Email: GSUPMU@AOL,COM   Refound via zabasearch.com.
21 Sep 2005 MOVED: JON STREETER (60): from Laguna Niguel, CA to Mission Viejo, CA.  Email: JON.STREETER@COX.NET 
20 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: MARILYN LANDMESSER Elston (55): MARELLECST@PEOPLEPC.COM 
19 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: STEVE CHIOCCA (67): SCHIOCCA@COMCAST.NET 
19 Sep 2005 MOVED: FRANK RAMIREZ (62): from Sacramento, CA to Las Vegas, NV.  Email: CALKID62@AOL.COM 
19 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: SKIP RIPPEY Winter (59): SWINTER@ROCHESTER.RR.COM 
19 Sep 2005 MOVED: TOM ZIEMBA (62): from Orlando, FL to Arlington, VA.  New Email: DCSOCCERTOMZ@YAHOO.COM 
19 Sep 2005 RESURFACED: ANDREA KLACIK Nove (62): retired and living in Sun City Center, Florida.  Email: NOVE@HOTMAIL.COM 
14 Sep 2005 RESURFACED: MARILYN NEWHOFF (62) in La Jolla, CA.  Email: MNEWHOFF@MAIL.SDSU.EDU   Doctor Marilyn was named Dean of the College of Health and Human Services at San Diego State University on January 19, 2005.  Her profile can be found at http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/facultydetail.php?ID=42 
13 Sep 2005 MOVED: ARTIE SHAW (60) from Spring Creek, NV to Mahomet, IL
13 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: SUSAN TITUS (61): TITUSS@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
12 Sep 2005 MOVED: JANE WADLEY Romero (71) from Albuquerque, NM to Sapulpa, OK
12 Seo 2005 MOVED: DIANNE HANLE Florio (62) from York, PA to Summerfield, FL.  
12 Sep 2005 DECEASED: GERALDINE SARTORI on 13 March 2003, in Tonawanda, New York
12 Sep 2005 RESURFACED: MARGIE GURFEIN Laury (61) in White Plains, New York.  Margie is retired. She and Gabriel have been married 42 years, and have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Email: MARGIELAURY@YAHOO.COM 
12 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: LARRY SHELTON (68): GRAYOWL50NET@NETSCAPE.NET 
12 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: LEE BRUBAKER (57): ELEEB@TRIBCSP.COM 
12 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: DEBBIE CHIOCCA DeFreitas (71): J40FLAME@IDOCK.COM 
6 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: CHUCK RALSTON (62): CHUCK_RALSTON@YAHOO.COM   Chuck met up with Cathy Rodgers in Paris in October 2004, for the 40th reunion of the American College in Paris.  He also ventured to Orleans, and tried to get on Foret d'Orleans, but was denied access since it is now a French military installation.
6 Sep 2005 REFOUND (thanks to Chuck Ralston): CATHY RODGERS (62) in Honolulu, HI.  Email: CARDGRS@AOL.COM 
6 Sep 2005 NEW EMAIL: SUSIE HUBER Lowry (62):  SLOWRY2@LOWRYCO.COM   Business website (insurance temporary services and claim services): WWW.LOWRYCO.COM 
6 Sep 2005 BIO: JUDY MYERS Thurow (66):  Lives in Louisville, KY. Graduated from Fort Knox HS in 1966. Was in Orleans from 1962-1963.  Married 38 years to Dale Thurow, who retired from AT&T.  One daughter, Donna Lynn Thurow Jensen, USNA Class of 1990; married in 1990 to a fellow classmate; two children.  Her mother died in March 2005, from a stroke.  Her father retired from the Army in 1972, worked Civil Service until 1987, and now lives in Radcliff, KY.  New email: JAMTHUROW@ATT.NET 
6 Sep 2005 MOVED: MIKE WILSON (73) from Colorado Springs, CO to Pueblo West, CO
29 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: SONNY SHEAR (69): MRBARE@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
29 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: BARBARA ROSE Moore (59): DOUGBARB@COX.NET 
27 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: CHARLENE CLARK Favreau (68): CCFAVREAU@AOL.COM 
27 Aug 2005 NEW FIND: RICHARD R. CLARK (66) in Rochester, NH
27 Aug 2005 DECEASED: KENNETH L. CLARK (66) in 1995
27 Aug 2005 DECEASED: STEVEN P. CLARK (69) in 2002
26 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: CHARLES B. SCHWEIZER (parent): CBSCHWEIZER@EMPOWERING.COM 
26 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: CHUCK SCHWEIZER (63): CSCHWEIZER@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
26 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: LIZ SCHWEIZER Saunders (64): ELIZABETH_S_SAUNDERS@YAHOO.COM  Liz and her family raise llamas and alpacas in East Peoria, Illinois.  Their website is www.edrlamas.com
26 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: TOWNLEY CREIGHTON Whalen (65): TWHALEN@HSV.K12.AL.US 
26 Aug 2005 REFOUND: TEENSY CREIGHTON Weldon (64) in Marietta, GA
26 Aug 2005 NEW FAMILY WEBSITE for GREGG STEINWAND (63).  WWW.UMPQUAVALLEYTENNIS.COM  Click on members, scroll down, and click on Gregg Steinwand.  Gregg is another Harley Davidson enthusiast.
26 Aug 2005 NEW EMAL: RANDY SPANN (65): HARLEYD@CAMTEL.NET   Randy is a mechanic supervisor with Petroeuml Helicopters Inc in Louisiana, and has been with them for 32 years.  In his spare time he restores, rides and shows Harely Davidson motorcycles.
24 Aug 2005 DECEASED: MARGARET SEAMANS Brunner (65) in Walnut Creek, California on November 15, 2001
24 Aug 2005 REFOUND: TERRI SERAFINE Lindsey (65) working for the State Department Foreign Service Office in Paris France until 2007.  Her email is TERRIGLINDSEY@HOTMAIL.COM .  See photo page for Class of 65
23 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: RALPH "DAVE" DAVENPORT (65): DAVEYS4OU@YAHOO.COM 
23 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: BEVERLY PEGEE Miller (66): BUYFROMBEV@YAHOO.COM    Beverly has been a realtor with ReMax Professionals in Tacoma, Washington for 7 years.  Her website is WWW.BEVERLYMILLERHOMES.COM 
23 Aug 2005 DECEASED: CORA SONJA MCKAY Jerow (65) on 16 September 2004 in Baltimore, Maryland
23 Aug 2005 DECEASED: JOHN ALLGOOD (58) on 12 March 2005 in Helendale, California
23 Aug 2005 DECEASED: JACK RICE (59) on 13 November 2004 in Fairfax, Virginia
23 Aug 2005 DECEASED: CINDY CONKLIN Martin (61) in August 2004 in New Brighton, Minnesota
23 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: MARC CHABOT (62): MARC@SCRAPBOOKS-PLUS.COM   Marc owns a scrapbook accessories and support business.  Refer to WWW.SCRAPBOOKS-PLUS.COM  
23 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: KLAUS CLARK (63): KLAUSCLARK@MCHSI.COM 
23 Aug 2005 MOVED: LINDA ANDERSON Moss (65) from Richardson, TX to Maineville, OH.  EMAIL: LINDALMOSS@AOL.COM 
23 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: JOHN RYNEARSON (66): RYNEARSON@GMAIL.COM 
23 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: JANE PERVINICH Ford (66): PNJFORD@FAMVID.COM 
23 Aug 2005 DECEASED: JOHN RUTLEDGE (67) in September 1996, in Columbus, Ohio
23 Aug 2005 MOVED: JANICE CHIOCCA Harllee (69) from Atlanta, GA to Norcorss, GA.  EMAIL: JCHARLLEE@COMCAST.NET 
18 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: JIM D'AMATO (62): DRJAD@ATT.NET 
18 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: SANDY CHAMBERLIN Davis (63): SJCDAVIS@ATT.NET 
18 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: SUSAN SCHREINER Elias (58): SJELIAS@YAHOO.COM 
10 Aug 2005 MOVED: JACK KING (68) from Orlando, FL to Goldenrod, FL.  New Email: TAPITCHILDCHECK@YAHOO.COM 
6 Aug 2005 NEW WEBSITE: JACK KING (68) has established an Orleans memorabilia website at WWW.JOANYONTHEPONY.COM 
6 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: EILEEN BARR James (62): EILNJAMES@AOL.COM 
4 Aug 2005 NEW EMAIL: SUZIE SWANNACK (66): SWANSUE48@HOTMAIL.COM 
4 Aug 2005 REFOUND: ANN HAYES Doctolero (67) in Glendale, Arizona
4 Aug 2005 DECEASED: LAWRENCE DESIST (66) on June 29, 2005, in Telluride, Colorado. He was 57 years old
28 Jul 2005 NEW EMAIL: CHRIS BRUSCA (66): CBRUSCA@DIALPCE.COM 
21 Jul 2005 DECEASED: MARTHA HOLDSWORTH on July 5th, 2005, after a long bout with Alzheimers.  She was the widow of Colonel EDWARD HOLDSWORTH (who died in 1970), and the mother of JUDY HOLDSWORTH Scott (60), KATHY HOLDSWORTH Sheeley (62), LINDA HOLDSWORTH Hall (64), and LEE ANNE HOLDSWORTH Chapman (born in Orleans in '57).  Burial was at Arlington National Cemetery on July 20, 2005.
21 Jul 2005 NEW EMAIL: EILEEN BARR James (62): EILNJAMES@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
2 Jul 2005 NEW FIND: TOM NEVUE (62) in Cedar Park, TX.  Email: UNKNOWN2@EARTHLINK.NET 
23 Jun 2005

I was honored to be able to attend this function with Chuck Wise, OHS'64 and his wife.  When any of our OHS alumni are recognized in such a way, we feel great pride for having them as our special OHS friends.  

                                                             Dianna Vaughan Rolleg  OHS'58                                             (See photo on Class of '64 photo page)

 

  

CONGRATULATIONS CHUCK!

 

On May 15, 2005 , at the 27th Annual Fraternal Order of Retired Border Patrol Officers Banquet in El Paso , Texas , CHARLES WISE was presented the PURPLE CROSS MEDAL which reads:   

 

FOR WOUNDS RECEIVED DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OFFICIAL DUTIES AS A BORDER PATROL AGENT ON APRIL 28TH, 1973 NEAR CALEXICO , CALIFORNIA       CHARLES WISE       SUSTAINED GUN SHOT WOUNDS WHILE ENGAGED IN A LIFE AND DEATH STRUGGLE WITH ILLEGAL ALIENS.  THROUGHOUT THIS HARROWING ORDEAL,       CHARLES WISE      EXHIBITED EXEMPLARY INNER STRENGTH AND COURAGE, WHICH WERE IN KEEPING WITH THE FINEST TRADITIONS OF AND REFLECT HIGHLY UPON THE U.S. BORDER PATROL.

20 Jun 2005 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND @ MUNICH CLOSES: http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=28009&archive=true
17 Jun 2005 NEW FIND: Brothers MIKE SUTHERLAND (60) in Washington, DC, and JOHN SUTHERLAND (56) in Lincolnton, GA.  MIKE'S EMAIL: MSUTHERLAND@SHUGOLLRESEARCH.COM 
17 Jun 2005 NEW EMAIL: MIKE WILSON (73): MWILSON169@COMCAST.NET 
15 Jun 2005 NEW EMAIL: WALT LOWREY (56): WRLOWREY3@AOL.COM 
15 Jun 2005 NEW EMAIL: GUDRUN CLEM Blackmon (58): GUDRUN.BLACKMON@US.ARMY.MIL 
15 Jun 2005 DECEASED: ALAN DALE SMITH (61) on 10 May 2005, in Tampa, Florida.  Buried with full military honors at the Florida National Cemetary.
15 Jun 2005 NEW EMAIL: LARRY STANFORD (61): LARRY.STANFORD.CTR@OSD.MIL 
15 Jun 2005 NEW EMAIL: ED CORCORAN (59): ECORCORAN@SE.RR.COM 
15 Jun 2005 DECEASED: Major (Ret) ROBERT F. STOHLMAN, SR. on 12 April 2005, in Washington, DC.  Father of Robert Jr. (65) and Bruce (67)
15 Jun 2005 DECEASED: JANICE MARKLE Van Vleck (faculty) on 27 April 2005, in Lawton, Michigan
15 Jun 2005 NEW EMAIL: SUZANNE HOFFMAN Graves (61): PAULNSUZ@COMCAST.NET 
15 Jun 2005 MOVED: JOEY TUCKER (71) from Golden, CO to Oblast, Russia.  NEW EMAIL: JOEY.V.TUCKER@EXXONMOBIL.COM 
15 Jun 2005 MOVED: BOB COLLINS (64) from Orlando, FL to LaGrange, GA.  NEW EMAIL: BRAVOCHARLIE@CHARTER.NET 
15 Jun 2005 NEW FIND: TIM MILLER (60) in Emmaus, PA.  Wife, Anna, of 40 years, and three children.  Engineer with Bethlehem Steel.  EMAIL: MARMOSET@FAST.NET
13 Jun 2005 NEW EMAIL: BARBARA MEDLEN Dodds (55): BMDODDS@BELLSOUTH.NET 
13 Jun 2005 DECEASED: PAT MCKEEVER (66) on 6 April 2005, at his home in Blue Springs, Missouri
3 April 2005 NEW EMAIL: URSULA VIERA Adam (59): BELLA@HOT.RR.COM 
3 April 2005 NEW FIND: ED JOYNER (66) in Greensboro, NC.  EMAIL: EJOYNER@SIGCOM.NET 
3 April 2005 NEW EMAIL: JUMI BUTLER (67) and SHIRLEY WILLIAMS Butler (67): TWOBUTLERS@EXCITE.COM 
2 March 2005 MOVED: JUDY HOLDSWORTH Scott (60) from Charlotte, NC to Mint Hill, NC.  NEW EMAIL: BOOANDJUDY@EARTHLINK.NET 
19 Jan 2005
DECEASED: Major WILLIAM A. McCLAIN died very suddenly on October 21, 2004. He was a true American hero, having fought in Italy in WWII and in the Korean War where he was a POW of the Chinese. He was a much decorated soldier and the father of Betty (valedictorian of the class of '60 who died in 1963) Bill,  class of '64, and Roger (deceased in 2000). His wife, Betty died in 2001.
29 Dec 2004 NEW FIND: CHERYL DIANE PATRICK (72) in Orangeburg, SC where she is Director of Procurement for Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College. Email: PATRICKC@OCTECH.EDU 
29 Dec 2004 NEW EMAIL: DON BALLARD (63): DRBALLA@COX.NET 
29 Dec 2004 NEW EMAIL: GREGG STEINWAND (63): GREGGSTER7@CHARTER.NET 
29 Dec 2004 MOVED: MIKE ANDREWS (64): from Rosemount, MN to St Louis, MO where he works as a janitor at a Christian school. NEW EMAIL: MIKE5711@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
14 Nov 2004 NEW EMAIL: GEOFF CHURCH (63): GEOFF.EMAIL@GMAIL.COM 
10 Nov 2004 NEW EMAIL: DIANNA VAUGHAN Rolleg (58): DJROLLEG@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
10 Nov 2004 MARRIED: PAM ESKEW (66) to Mike Nedbalski in June 2004.  Pam is an RN working as the infusion therapist for Hospice of Naples, Florida.  NEW EMAIL: NOCHOE@COMCAST.NET .
31 October 2004 DECEASED: ARCHIE B. GILCHRIST on 24 October 2004, in Myrtle Beach, SC, at the age of 87.  He was the father of  FRAN GILCHRIST Sidbury (61), LINDA GILCHRIST Green (65), and Jeannette Gilchrist Godwin.
31 October 2004 DECEASED: Liz Crase Delaney on 28 October 2004, in Tucson, AZ.  Liz was the older sister of JANE CRASE Carlton (59)
31 October 2004 MOVED: TOM SCHONGALLA (64) from Annapolis, MD to Clarkston, WA
26 October 2004 NEW WEBSITE for Nevada realtor, EVI DELLAGHELFA Paolillo (66): WWW.EVELINYOURAGENT.COM 
20 October 2004 NEW EMAIL: JAMES RAMAY (parent): SLIMJIM4469@COX.NET 
20 October 2004 NEW EMAIL: KATHY GREGG Holstrom (69): KATHY@DANISDUDS.COM 
17 October 2004 JAN DEGARMO Schopfer (57) and husband, Kurt, renewed their wedding vows on 9 July 2004, their 25th anniversary.  See Class of 57 photo page. 
17 October 2004 NEW EMAIL: LAURA BENNETT Adams (65): LAURAELLENADAMS@YAHOO.COM 
9 October 2004 NEW FIND: KEVIN FITZGERALD (63): married for 37 years, and living in Lakeland, FL. After 20 years in business as a CPA, Kevin went back to school, got his PhD, and now teaches at a local community college.  He has a webpage at www.polk.edu/instruct/wfd/kfitzgerald/homepage.htm .            His email is KFITZGERALD@POLK.EDU 
5 October 2004 NEW EMAIL: DUNA POTEAT Miller (66): DMILLER@GW.MED.SC.EDU 
30 September 2004 DECEASED: Faculty members KEITH BURTON and RAY FLOWERS -- many years ago from AIDS.  
30 September 2004 NEW EMAIL: SUE MOSIER Dixon (62): SEDIXON@CAROLINA.RR.COM 
29 September 2004 NEW EMAIL: DAVID ALPEROVITZ (68): ROYGRP@COMCAST.NET 
30 August 2004 REMARRIED:  JOANN HAMBACH McBride (68) to Bob McBride.  NEW EMAIL: SCOOTERJODI@AOL.COM 
23 August 2004 RETIRED & MOVED: TOM CAMPION (67): Retired from a 32-year career with Johns Manville, and started a new career with James Hardie Building Products.  This brought him back to the USA (Tampa Bay area) from the Slovak Republic, where he had been the Operations Project Leader (Europe) for Johns Manville.  As Manufacturing Manager (pipes) for James Hardie Building Products, Tom will be traveling frequently between Florida and Brisbane, Australia.  NEW EMAIL: TJCAMPION@TAMPABAY.RR.COM 
9 August 2004 MOVED: BABETTE STAFFORD Smith (67) from El Paso, TX to Carlsbad, NM.  NEW EMAIL: ERS315@MYWDO.COM 
5 August 2004 NEW EMAIL: KAY SUNDERMAN Partlow (58): KAYWEASEL@COMCAST.NET 
5 August 2004 NEW EMAIL: FRANK PARTLOW (56): KAYWEASEL@COMCAST.NET 
5 August 2004 NEW EMAIL: WILFRED "BUDDY" DEPAOLA (59): WCD@SONIC.NET    Buddy also has a website to showcase his artwork at WWW.ARTBYDEPAOLA.COM 
3 August 2004 Hello My Family and Friends,

  I arrived back home in the good ole USA on 01 August 04.  I am happy to be home and back with my family and friends. 
  I want to thank all of you once again for your thoughtfulness and your prayers during my tour of duty in Baghdad, Iraq. 
  I shall always be grateful to all of you for your support.  Please stay in touch.  God bless each and everyone of you for your kindness.
  As always, this is Baghdaddy Wise saying its great to be back home with all of you......................
=====
Chuck Wise (Class of 64)
3 August 2004 MOVED: GABY MINER Knudson (64) from Chaska, MN to Medina, MN
28 July 2004 NEW EMAIL: BARBARA ROSE Moore (59): DOUGBARB@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
22 July 2004 RETIRING: SUE MCHENRY (67) on 6 August 2004, after 31 years as a USDA Forest Service Ranger.  Sue will move from Albuquerque, NM to her cabin in the mountains in Silverthorne, CO, and will fill her time with reading, home improvements, volunteering and sports. NEW EMAIL: SUMAC01@PEOPLEPC.COM 
19 July 2004 REFOUND: JACK RILEY (61) retired from the military, and living in Summerville, SC. Jack now works for defense contractor, Stanley Associates, Inc, and has spent a lot of time in Kuwait City in the last few years. EMAIL: JUDOR@AOL.COM 
12 July 2004 NEW FIND: LARRY KELLAM (64) in Wayland, MA. EMAIL: BALLAN@CBANALYTICS.COM   Ran into PAT GREEN (60) while on a walking tour of Normandy
12 July 2004 NEW FIND: DIANE KELLAM Carter (64) in Loudon, TN. EMAIL: CARTERJG@CHARTERTN.NET 
8 July 2004 NEW BUSINESS WEBSITE FOR JACK KING (68): WWW.TAPITCHILDCHECK.COM 
8 July 2004 NEW EMAIL: MARGARET SHEA MCCormack (65): MSMCCO@COMCAST.NET 
8 July 2004 NEW EMAIL: ERIC LOGSDON (58): ELOGS@COX-INTERNET.COM 
8 July 2004 NORM CHULA (faculty): NDCHULA@EARTHLINK.NET 
8 July 2004 DORIS REID Chula (faculty): NDCHULA@EARTHLINK.NET 
3 July 2004 NEW EMAIL: WALT LOWREY (56): WLOWREY1@COX.NET 
25 June 2004 NEW EMAIL: SUSIE SWANNACK (66): SUESCUTESHOES@HOTMAIL.COM 
25 June 2004 NEW EMAIL: KATHY HOLDSWORTH Sheeley (62): KHSHEELEY@STARPOWER.NET 
25 June 2004 NEW EMAIL: LINDA HOLDSWORTH Hall (64): LINDA1HALL@MSN.COM 
18 June 2004 NEW EMAIL: JOHN HAMILTON (67): JOHN_ALEXANDER_HAMILTON@HOTMAIL.COM 
16 June 2004 CORRECTED EMAIL: BRUCE STOHLMAN (67): TBIRDS1992@AOL.COM 
5 June 2004 REFOUND: MARY ANN WILLIAMS (Puhan-Lanier) (67) in Viewtown, VA.  Email: MPUHAN@AOL.COM 
5 June 2004 CORRECTED EMAIL: JOHNNIE HARE Cowan (65): WCOWAN@SC.RR.COM 
5 June 2004 NEW EMAIL: PATRICK MCCULLOCH (65): PH.MC@LAPOSTE.NET 
23 May 2004 NEW FIND: ETHEL RYAN MCNULTY Ayers (65) in Greenwood, IN.  EMAIL: RYANAYERS@AOL.COM. Found by Laura Bennett Adams (65)
23 May 2004 NEW EMAIL: LAURA BENNETT Adams (65): LADAMS0326@AOL.COM 
19 May 2004 MOVED: JOHN TUDDER (69) from Ladson, SC to Charleston, SC.  NEW EMAIL: JOHN.M.TUDDER@NAVY.MIL 
19 May 2004 NEW EMAIL: WALT LOWREY (56): LOWREY450@EARTHLINK.NET 
19 May 2004 NEW PERSONAL WEBSITE for GREGG STEINWAND (63): HTTP://GROUPS.MSN.COM/STEINWANDS 
11 May 2004 NEW EMAIL: GAYLE DOVER Church (57): GMC1224@CENTURYTEL.NET 
4 May 2004 NEW EMAIL: ANGEL JIMENEZ (64): ANGEL.JIMENEZ@DCMA.MIL 
4 May 2004 MOVED: ABEL WHITE (61) from Carson, CA to Killeen, TX.  NEW EMAIL: ABEL.WHITE@US.ARMY.MIL  Abel trains quarter horses for barrel racing in the Professional Rodeo Association. He is also a technical consultant to the Dept of Army G8, the Univ of Texas and Texas A&M..
4 May 2004 REMARRIED AND MOVED: LINDA GILCHRIST Green (65) from Duluth, GA to Lecanto, FL.  NEW EMAIL: LGGREEN@TAMPABAY.RR.COM 
4 May 2004 NEW EMAIL: CHRISTINE THATCHER Beck (65): C47BECK@COMCAST.NET 
28 Apr 2004 MOVED: MIKE CHURCH (59) and GAYLE DOVER Church (57)  from Russellville, AR to Dardanelle, AR.  New Email: MIKECHURCH@CENTURYTEL.NET 
8 Apr 2004 NEW EMAIL: BERNIE STAFFORD (66): VFWPI@VFWPI.COM 
2 Apr 2004 REFOUND: EMIL MIKA (faculty) in San Antonio, TX. EMAIL: EMIKA@SATX.RR.COM       Thanks to Chris Brusca (66) for the initiative and clues.
29 Mar 2004 MOVED: SUSAN SCHREINER Elias (58) from Clearwater, FL to Tampa, FL
28 Mar 2004
I (Tish Britt Douglas) wrote to Chuck Wise '64 in Iraq to tell him that I would wear his nametag at our reunion in San Antonio so that he would be with us, his ol' OHS pals ... and this is his reply (I am sharing it with his permission).
 
Hello Tish,
  I hope everyone takes note of every moment that life has to offer.  Life is so precious.  Over here we experience such a waste of innocent lives.  I know all my OHS family knows how much I will miss being with them.  I appreciate your wearing my name while the reunion is going on.  Tell all that I send my love and best wishes for a safe and happy time together. 
   We military brats know how to stick together don't we.  Know that I am with you all in spirit and ask for your prayers that God will see me home safe to see all of you again.  Have a great time together and stay in touch.  
As ever......
Baghdaddy Wise, Class of '64......GO TROJANS!!!!!!
24 Mar 2004 NEW EMAIL: JERRY TIGER Roylance (65): JAKIETIGER@COMCAST.NET 
12 Mar 2004 NEW PERSONAL WEBSITE for RUSS RALSTON (65): WWW.BRCC.EDU/RALSTON 
4 Mar 2004 NEW EMAIL: DON DEAGLE (63): DCDEAGLE@COMCAST.NET   Don is a lawyer in Parker, CO
4 Mar 2004 NEW EMAIL: JAMIE TOMPKINS (61): JMLENT@CENTURYTEL.NET   Jamie is Director and Curator for Main Street Gallery Arts in Ash Flat, AR
20 Feb 2004 NEW EMAIL: CHRIS BRUSCA (66): CBRUSCA@SPEED2U.NET 
15 Feb 2004 NEW EMAIL: MARK JONES (67): MARK.S.JONES@US.ARMY.MIL 
13 Feb 2004 NEW EMAIL: ANITA MILLS Peterson (65): HAWKER39@EARTHLINK.NET 
5 Feb 2004

Rick Negrete's funeral is being handled by White and Day funeral home in Los Angeles.
They have an online memory book at www.lafuneral.com where you can leave comments and memories about Rick for his family.
Go to the website, click on Obituary, then click on Memory Book

4 Feb 2004 DECEASED: RICHARD P. "RICK" NEGRETE (61) on 1 February 2004, in Los Angeles, CA,  from a heart attack.  Rick was a real force on the alumni scene, having organized the reunions in Las Vegas, Nevada and Orleans, France. He had attended all the reunions, except one, and was planning to come to San Antonio in April.  He will be missed.
3 Feb 2004 NEW EMAIL: CANDICE ROGERS Reynolds (65): CANDICE.REYNOLDS@INGINVESTMENT.COM 
29 Jan 2004 RETIRED: GEELA POTEAT McGaughey (67) in December, 2003.  New email: BOMCGOY@YAHOO.COM 
29 Jan 2004 NEW FIND on Classmates.Com: ROLAND SANCHEZ (68) in Santa Fe, NM.  Email: ROLANDTHTG@AOL.COM 
29 Jan 2004 NEW FIND: MARTHA GREEN (63) in Richnomd, VA
29 Jan 2004 MOVED: MARGARET ZIMMER (64) form Slidell, LA to Taylor Creek, KY.  Email: MAYALAVENS@YAHOO.COM 
29 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: GLORIA PORTER Mitton (64): GLOMITT@EARTHLINK.NET 
29 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: KATHLEEN PORTER Mayo (66): KATHIEM@BELLSOUTH.NET 
29 Jan 2004 WIDOWED: JACQUELINE HARVEY Kuball (64).  Husband, Don, passed away in March, 2003
23 Jan 2004 DECEASED: RICK GOCHAL (64) from cancer on 8 December 2001 in Tucson, AZ
23 Jan 2004 MOVED: JOHN ALLGOOD (58) from Kansas City, MO to Helendale, CA
23 Jan 2004 MOVED: BRUCE MEISER (58) from Falls Church, VA to Orlean, VA
21 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: TOM CHAMPION (67): TCHAMPION@STARPOWER.NET 
19 Jan 2004 JIM FOSTER (65) has two more years to go on a tour in Bogota, Colombia where he is a Press Officer at the US Embassy.
19 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: STUART GARNER (63): SMGPLG@COMCAST.NET 
17 Jan 2004 REMARRIED:  DIANNE SWANNACK Myers (63) to Jerry Myers on 1 Sep 2003.  Now lives in Finksburg, MD and is the National Programs Account Manager for Advanced Digital Information Corp.  New email: DIANNE.MYERS@ADIC.COM 
17 Jan 2004 MOVED: BARBARA FOSTER (mother of Suzanne (63) and Jim (65)) from Richmond, VA to Oveido, FL.  Email: BNFOSTER@MAILSTATION.COM 
17 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: LARRY MARTELL (56): LJMARTELL@COMCAST.NET 
16 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: WILLIAM WEBSTER (65): WILLIAM_WEBSTER@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
15 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: MELISSA STREETER (63): KELLY90016@YAHOO.COM 
15 Jan 2004 STEVE KEHOE (62) has come out of retirement, and is doing background investigations on a part-time basis for the US Customs/Border Patrol
14 Jan 2004 CHUCK WISE (64) will deploy to Iraq on 25 Jan 04 as Director of Training to the Iraqi Border Patrol.  He will be there for at least a year.
14 Jan 2004 DECEASED: RALPH SHAW (63) September 2003 in Belton, Tx from cancer.
14  Jan 2004 BUSINESS WEBSITE for SHARON DE LA CRUZ (71): WWW.MYCREATIVEMOMENTS.COM   
14 Jan 2004 MOVED: BOB COLLINS (64) from Cypress, TX to Orlando, FL. NEW EMAIL: BRAVOCHARLIE@CFL.RR.COM 
14 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: CHARLES WIGGINS (65): CHARLIE@APPEAL-LAW-COM 
14 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: JOHN NAUGHTON (65): MADOG0ON@MCHSI.COM 
3 Jan 2004 NEW FIND: JUSTINE HOLLYWOOD Maxner (62) in Acton, MA
3 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: BONNIE SCARBROUGH Stagner (67): BONNIEANDALAN@AOL.COM 
3 Jan 2004 NEW EMAIL: STEVE LOGSDON (63): STEVE.LOGSDON@SBCGLOBAL.NET
30 Dec 2003 DECEASED: JUDY SIMONEAU Miller (60) from scleroderma on 28 Sep 2001.
30 Dec 2003 NEW FIND on Classmates.Com: BOB SIMONEAU (62) in Colton, OR.  Now known as Bob Mains.
30 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: GEORGE HOLLYWOOD (59): GHOLLYWOOD@COMCAST.NET 
23 Dec 2003 MOVED: GUNAR CLEM (60) from Seattle, WA to Sequim, WA.  Email: GOCLEM@ATT.NET 
17 Dec 2003 REFOUND on Classmates.Com: SUSAN TITUS (61) in Detroit, MI.  Email: SATITUS3244@AOL.COM 
16 Dec 2003 NEW FIND on Classmates.Com: BONNIE SCARBROUGH Stagner (67) in Palmdale, CA.  Email: ALANANDBONNIE@MSN.COM  
16 Dec 2003 NEW FIND: LEE SCARBROUGH (66) in Snellville, GA
16 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: BEATRICE SCHONGALLA Hicks (66): LIVRICHARDS77@HOTMAIL.COM 
16 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: TOM SCHONGALLA (64): TGSCHONGALLA@NETSCAPE.NET 
15 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: PAUL CHEVALIER (63): ELBURRO1@EARTHLINK.NET 
14 Dec 2003 THANKS: MIKE CHURCH (59) and his wife, GAYLE DOVER Church (57) have taken on the task of monitoring internet resources, such as Classmates.Com in an effort to find our lost alumni.  They then email those changes back to me so that I can post them to the website.  I thank them immensely for doing this.
14 Dec 2003 REFOUND: GEOFFREY CHURCH (63) in Irving, TX.  Email: GC2@EARTHLINK.NET 
14 Dec 2003 REFOUND on Classmates.Com: LAURIE FANSKE Tompkins (59) in Springboro, OH.  Email: LTOMPKINS@WOH.RR.COM 
14 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: PATRICIA KIELY White (69): PICACHOAZ@WORLDNET.ATT.NET 
14 Dec 2003 NEW FIND on Classmates.Com: REGAN MAHONE (67) in Munich, Germany. Email: MCP-GMBH@T-ONLINE.DE 
14 Dec 2003 REFOUND on Classmates.Com: VICKI SHANNON Latka (69) in Floresville, TX. Email: VICKILATKA@AOL.COM 
14 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: CARLA BRICE Ross (66): ROSS7574@BELLSOUTH.NET 
14 Dec 2003 MOVED: GENE NETTLES (60) from Hickman, KY to Fulton, KY.  New Email: NANDGNETT@VCI.NET 
14 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: FRANK PLICHTA (59): PLICHTA@EARTHLINK.NET 
14 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: PETE OMLANSKY (61): PETEO61@EARTHLINK.NET 
14 Dec 2003 NEW FIND on Classmates.Com: ILSE GRUENER Allen (68) in Phoenix, AZ. Email: IALLEN@SSG.PETSMART.COM  Exec Asst to the COB of PetsMart
14 Dec 2003 NEW FIND: DIANE DOVER LeRoy (64) in Pleasanton, CA.  Email: WEL6@AOL.COM 
11 Dec 2003 REFOUND: PETE STENDEBACK (64) in Pennsauken, NJ.
11 Dec 2003 REFOUND: VINCE SANTURBANE (63) in Bay Harbor, MI.  Email: VINCENT1@CHARTERMI.NET 
11 Dec 2003 REFOUND: PETE KINNEY (63) in Wheaton, IL.  Email: PETEJKINNEY@MSN.COM 
10 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: WANDA CARPENTER Glenn (62): WANDASUE2803@COX.NET 
3 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: KAREN ALLISON Hughes (66): KHUGHES@NEFCOM.NET 
2 Dec 2003 DECEASED: DANIEL I. PETILON (58) November 8, 2003 in France
2 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: SKIP RIPPEY Winter (59): SKIPWINT@ROCHESTER.RR.COM 
2 Dec 2003 NEW EMAIL: BUD FLETTE (62): NFLETTE@CHARTER.NET 
2 Dec 2003 MOVED: EVELYN HENRY Daniell (65) from Calabasas, CA to Timonium, MD
13 Nov 2003 NEW FIND: RAY SLAYTON (70) lives in Hamden, CT.  EMAIL: RAYSLAYTON@HOTMAIL.COM 
13 Nov 2003 NEW FIND: MICHELE GUNTER Brammer (68) lives in Austin, TX. EMAIL: CMB4850@YAHOO.COM 
13 Nov 2003 MOVED: PAM ESKEW (66) from Olmstead Falls, OH to Naples, FL.  NEW EMAIL: NOCHOE@EARTHLINK.NET.  Pam is an RN working for Hospice
9 Nov 2003 NEW EMAIL: CHRISTINE THATCHER Beck (65): CTBECK@COMCAST.NET 
8 Nov 2003 MOVED: VALERIE CONLIN Dussor (58) from Clifton, CO to Franklinton, LA.  Email: EVDUSSOR@AOL.COM 
2 Nov 2003 NEW EMAIL: JANE CRASE Carlton (59): GCJC@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
28 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: YVONNE FREDERICK Wigg (66): GLASSANGEL@BELLSOUTH.NET 
28 Oct 2003 MOVED: KAREN EVERSMEYER Skinner (58) from Toronto, Canada to Innisfil, Ontario, Canada
24 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: ED GROSSWILER (60): ED@RGCONLINE.COM 
22 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: JUD SPENCE (63): RHUMBRUNNER@AOL.COM 
21 Oct 2003 MARRIED: BABETTE STAFFORD (67) and Ralph Smith on 15 March 2003 in El Paso, Texas
21 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: SUSIE HUBER Lowry (62): SLOWRY@LOWRYCO.COM 
21 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: JON STREETER (60): JON.STREETER@COX.NET 
21 Oct 2003 MOVED: GINNY ADEN (58) from Salem, OR to Silverton, OR
21 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: GINA SHULER Bills (63): KSBILLS@PEOPLEPC.COM 
19 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: BABETTE STAFFORD (67): ERSS315@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
15 Oct 2003 NEW WEB ADDRESS: TISH BRITT (57) quilting lessons: www.hometown.aol.com/qltblockcenter/05ind.html 
15 Oct 2003 NEW EMAIL: JESS FOWLER (60): JESSFOWLER@COMCAST.NET 
15 Oct 2003 MOVED: ERIC LOGSDON (58) from Gibsonia, PA to Lindale, TX.  New email: ETLOGSDON@JUNO.COM.
23 Sep 2003 NEW EMAIL: SUSAN SCHREINER Elias (58): SAVTAHELIAS@VERIZON.NET
10 Sep 2003 MOVED (o/a 25 Sep): GREGG STEINWAND (63) from Castro Valley, CA to Roseburg, OR.  New Email: GREGGSTER7@MSN.COM
4 Sep 2003 MOVED: TOM CAMPION (67) from Castle Rock, CO to Bratislava, Slovak Republic.  New Email: CAMPIONT@JM.COM
4 Sep 2003 MOVED: JOAN DEIN Pratt (61) from East Greenwich to Warwick, RI.  New Email: JOAN@PRATTVOUTE.COM.
13 Aug 2003 NEW EMAIL: PEGGY OSBORNE Shaffer (66) PSHAFFER@SHSINC.ORG.  The last time I heard from Peggy was in 1985.  Since then she got married to Jim Shaffer, and has a son, Peter
13 Aug 2003 SINGLE AGAIN: FRAN GILCHRIST Sidbury (61).  Fran still teaches, and enjoys spending time with a Catholic singles group that she joined.  She recently won gold medals in the 5K and 20K biking events at the Tennessee State Senior Olympics
6 Aug 2003 MOVED: TISH BRITT Douglas (57) from Plantation, FL to Cary, NC
6 Aug 2003 NEW EMAIL: ANDY HOSPODAR (60) ANDYJ@TULAROSA.NET.   In December of last year he had a triple bypass.  Then in March of this year, he completed his year with Americorps-VISTA in Maryland, and returned to New Mexico.  He is doing fine; is coaching PeeWee football, and doing his EMT thing again.
15 July 2003 NEW JOB: JIM D'AMATO (62) is Principal of the Daretown School, a K-12 school in southern New Jersey for students with behavor disorders/emotional problems
15 July 2003 NEW EMAIL: MIKE MAGNAN (62) MIKE@MAGNANMCFEE.COM, and a new website WWW.MAGNANMCFEE.COM
1 July 2003 NEW EMAIL: STEVE JONES (63) SJONES@ANGELICA.COM. Steve and Gail have been married 34 years, and have two sons.
30 June 2003 MARRIED: RICKEY GAY (64) and Wendy on 16 April 2003. New email is RICKEY.GAY@LEAVENWORTH.ARMY.MIL 
30 June 2003 TOM CAMPION (67) was recently appointed as the new Johns Manville "Operations Project Leader for Europe", and will be moving to Bratislava, Slovakia with his wife for a 2-3 year assignment there.  Before going, he and his wife will be taking Slovak language classes.
30 June 2003 NEW EMAIL: BABS BOWDEN Buehrer (62) BABSBUEHRER@PRODIGY.NET 
30 June 2003 NEW EMAIL: JUDY NADEAU Cuoco (62) JUDYCUOCO@COMCAST.NET 
16 June 2003 DECEASED: SONDRA MCGARVEY Held (59) on 15 March 2003, in Richmond, Virginia, from complications of diabetes.
16 June 2003 MOVED: BETTY POWER Tamble (64) from Blue Jay, Ca to Salkum, Wa.  New email is MNTMYKE@TDS.NET 
16 June 2003 NEW EMAIL: BRUCE STOHLMAN (67) TBIRDS1882@AOL.COM 
7 June 2003 MARRIED:  DAVE THATCHER (62) and Vicki Polikoff at Lake Tahoe, Ca on 29 May 2003.
7 June 2003 NEW EMAIL:  BUD FLETTE (62) NFLETTE@EARTHLINK.NET 
7 June 2003 NEW EMAIL: CANDI WEBSTER (66) CLUTTER@TRILOBYTE.NET 
7 June 2003 NEW EMAIL: LAURA GARNER Nesuda (65) LAURA611@SBCGLOBAL.NET 
20 May 2003 RESURFACED: DONNA LAWRENCE Manalle (62) in Slidell, Louisiana working for the Slidell school system..  Email is DMANALLE@BELLSOUTH.NET 
20 May 2003  NEW EMAIL: JUDY NADEAU Cuoco (62) JUDYCUOCO@ATTBI.COM 
1 May 2003 TISH BRITT Douglas (57) designed an American flag quilt that Coldwater Creek is selling in their Spring 2003 catalog (page 58).  
1 May 2003 MOVED: YVONNE FREDERICK Wigg (66) from Central Village, Ct to Morriston, Fl to enjoy the country and drive horses.  New email is GLASSANGEL@INETW.NET 
1 May 2003 NEW EMAIL: SUSAN SHREINER Elias (58) SAVTAHELIAS@AOL.COM 
9 Apr 2003 RESURFACED: STEVE GENG (61) in NYC, and writing a novel.  Email is STEPHAN.GENG@VERIZON.NET 
9 Apr 2003 RETIRED: SUSAN SCHREINER Elias (58) from the Phoenix PD.  Susan has moved to Clearwater, Florida.  New email is SJELIAS@YAHOO.COM
26 Mar 2003 NEW EMAIL: DIANNE SWANNACK Whalen (63) DIANNE.WHALEN@ADIC.COM 
16 Mar 2003  BEV SIMPSON Berger (63) now in her second year of retirement from a career in teaching.  She stays busy with volunteer work.  Husband, Richard, still manages several businesses.  They will become first-time grandparents in May.  They are avid fans and season ticket holders of the U of Arizona basketball team.  They spend their summers at their cottage on Lake Michigan.
16 Mar 2003 JEAN PETILON (60) selected by Chambers of London as the leading lawyer on African affairs in 2002
16 Mar 2003 DECEASED: MARY HELEN SIMPSON  from failing health on 2 May 2002 in Monterey, Ca.  She was the mother of Bev Simpson, class of 1963.
16 Mar 2003 DECEASED: SUZANNE FOSTER Ballard (63) peacefully on Jan 9, 2003 in Temple, Tx. after a one-year fight with metastatic cancer of the liver from an unknown source  
16 Mar 2003 NEW EMAIL: JILL GROSSWILER Orevik (65) JILLOREVIK@MSN.COM 
16 Mar 2003 NEW EMAIL: CHRIS BRUSCA (66) CHRISBR@SPEED2U.NET 
16 Mar 2003 NEW EMAIL: DIANNE HANLE White (62) DPWHITERET@CS.COM 
16 Mar 2003 NEW EMAIL: KEN VIOHL (61) KVIOHL@EXIS.NET, and new job with Navy Exchange Services Command in Virginia Beach 
2 Jan 2003 MARRIED: MIKE CHURCH (59) and GAYLE DOVER (57) on 24 Dec 2002 
2 Jan 2003 MOVED:  DAVE THATCHER (62) from Alexandria, Va. to Cambridge, Md. in Dec 2002
5 Dec 2002 NEWFIND: DORIS ZIMMER Mueller (66)
30 Nov 2002 NEWFIND: MARGARET ZIMMER Lavens (64) via Classmates.Com
30 Nov 2002 NEWFIND: FLOYD LIPE (72) via Classmates.Com
26 Nov 2002 NEWFIND: DAVID DELGADO (70) via OrleansTrojans.Com
26 Nov 2002 NEWFIND: WOLFGANG DELGADO (71) via OrleansTrojans.Com
7 Nov 2002 BIO: GINGER ROGERS (64) retired from Bell Atlantic in 1998, received an MBA in 1999, and taught at American University from 2000-2001.  She recently upgraded from a 1BR/Den condo to a 4BR house, and enjoys being a home owner and traveling.
7 Nov 2002 BIO: GREG LYNCH (63) retired from Lucent Technologies and returned from Taipei, Taiwan in July, 2001, where he was VP and CFO.  Greg is a CPA, and has been specializing in financial consulting services while he tries to figure out what he wants to do when he grows up!  He lives in Lakewood, CO with his wife, Tricia, and their 7 Lab retrievers.  The three kids are grown and gone, and there is a grandchild on the way.
17 Oct 2002  RESURFACED: TIM BARRY (66) in Plymouth, MA
17 Oct 2002 NEWFIND: JOHN MOGERMAN (73) via Classmates.Com
15 Oct 2002 MOVED: RENE GOULDING Snyder (63) from Glen Ellyn, IL to Lewisville, NC in Apr 2002
10 Oct 2002 VISITING:  JUDY NADEAU Cuoco (62) and DAVE THATCHER (62) and their spouses lunched in Arlington, VA.  Judy was in town visiting her daughter and granddaughter.
4 Oct 2002 NEWFIND: DON BROWN (66) via Classmates.Com
4 Oct 2002 NEWFIND: DIANNE SPENCE Colemann (65) via Classmates.Com
4 Oct 2002 Jan and Joe Glynn (59) are RVing in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with plans to go to ME and NH before Christmas, and AZ in the spring.  E-mail address hasn't changed.  Let Joe know if you want visitors who bring their own bed and kitchen.
27 Aug 2002 ANDY HOSPODAR (60) is now an Americorp VISTA in Gaithersburg, Md for the next year.
27 Aug 2002 EILEEN BARR James (62) is getting close to retirement. She's worked for the Alief Independent School District for 18 years, and has been a real estate broker in the Houston-Alief-Sugarland area for 26 years.
27 Aug 2002 NEWFIND: CAROL BARBER Bien (67).  Attended elementary school in Orleans.
6 Aug 2002 CAROL CROWNOVER Hafer (58), TRANQUIL HUDSON Calley (57), BEV ASKEGREEN Jennings (59), and TISH BRITT Douglas (57) met for lunch (sat long and talked much) at the Thornton Winery in Temecula, Ca on 4 Aug 2002.
6 Aug 2002 NEWFIND: AUDRA MYATT (67) via Overseas Brats
30 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: LINNIE CADE (58) via Classmates.Com
11 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: GEORGE ALEXANDER (64) via OrleansTrojans.Com
11 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: JEFF MEILANDT (67) via OrleansTrojans.Com
11 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: NANCY MALOY Bozenhard (66) via OrleansTrojans.Com
11 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: JODEAN PETRINI Smith (69) via OrleansTrojans.Com
11 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: SANDRA LINZINMEIR Hovey (56) via OrleansTrojans.Com
11 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: SANDRA CLINE Arnold (69) via OrleansTrojans.Com
10 Jul 2002 NEWFIND: TRANQUIL HUDSON Calley (57) via Classmates.Com
8 Jul 2002 DAVE THATCHER (62), BUD FLETTE (62), PAT O'BRIEN (62), DIANNE SWANNACK Whalen (63), NANCY THATCHER Moore (64) and SUSIE SWANNACK (66) spent the 4th of July on Dave's boat on the Choptank river, and then partied together on the 5th at Dianne's country home in Eldersburg, Md.  Pictures to follow
23 Jun 2002 DAVID and WILDA THATCHER, parents of the Thatcher kids, were finally laid to rest in the columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery on 21 June 2002.  A very impressive and moving ceremony, and one befitting the old soldier and his faithful and loving wife. 
23 Jun 2002 DAVID DEPAUW (65) to meet up with PERRY ATKINSON (66) at the base of the statue of Jean d'Arc at high noon on the 4th of July.
14 Jun 2002 NEWFIND: YVONNE WOLFINGER Herron (65) via Classmates.Com
24 May 2002 NEWFIND: KAREN ALLISON Hughes (66) via Classmates.Com
24 May 2002 NEWFIND: NANCY ALLISON Billac (67)
24 May 2002 NEWFIND: CHARLES ALLISON (70)
24 May 2002 NEWFIND: MARIE DENUCCI Jennings (78) via Classmates.Com
24 May 2002 NEWFIND: DEBORAH BAILLIE Templeton (76) via Classmates.Com
16 May 2002 BIO: DONNA BAKER Russell (61) teaches math and runs an assisted living facility.
16 May 2002 NEWFIND: JANET PARKER Blackwood (61) via Classmates.Com
16 May 2002 NEWFIND: KAREN MCSPARREN Demetrio (70)
16 May 2002 NEWFIND: STEPHEN ELLIS (71) via Classmates.Com
29 Apr 2002 DECEASED: JOE ZURAKOWSKI (64) on 24 Jan 2002, in Princeton, NJ from an auto accident
29 Apr 2002 NEWFIND: RICHARD BENTON RUTH (59) via Classmates.Com
29 Apr 2002 NEWFIND: DENNIS CULLINGTON (65) via Classmates.Com
29 Apr 2002 NEWFIND: ALBERT BEEMAN (68) via Classmates.Com
29 Apr 2002  NEWFIND: JACKIE JOHNSON Adams (69) via Classmates.Com
29 Apr 2002 NEWFIND: STEPHEN HENRICKSON (71) via Classmates.Com
25 Apr 2002 New family website link for Gregg Steinwand (63) on Other OHS Sites page
21 Apr 2002 NEWFIND: PATRICIA FRYMIRE Karsenti (67) 
13 Apr 2002 BUD FLETTE (62) and DIANNE SWANNACK Whalen (63) spent the day visiting with DAVE THATCHER (62) at his new, 106-year old, fixer-upper house in Cambridge, Md.  A side trip to St Michaels with dinner at the Crab Claw was part of Bud's indoctrination to the Eastern Shore.
26 Mar 2002 GENE PELTIER (62) is an Equipment Specialist with the US Army at Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois
21 Mar 2002 DECEASED: David C. Thatcher, father of David, Nancy, Christine and Arthur, in Hampton, Virginia on 21 Mar 2002 from a hemorrhagic stroke suffered on 17 March.
21 Mar 2002 DECEASED: NANCY EDGER Benning (67) on 26 Dec 2001
14 Mar 2002 NEWFIND: STEVE RUBENDALL (71)
14 Mar 2002 NEWFIND: JOHN RUBENDALL (72)
06 Mar 2002 PROMOTED: TOM CAMPION (67) became the Director of Johns Manville in Dec 2001, at their corportate headquarters in Denver.
06 Mar 2002 DECEASED: BILLIE SWANNACK, mother of Dianne, Cheryl and Susie, passed away on 9 Feb 2002, in New Mexico, from Parkinson's disease.
28 Feb 2002 NEWFIND: JOANN STOCKWELL Twomey (61) via OrleansTrojans.Com
14 Feb 2002 SMALL WORLD:  JEANIE SCHMIDT Cottingham (65) moved to Charlotte, NC after 20 years in Alabama, and ran into PATTY LUDWIG (65) at a neighborhood Christmas party she had been invited to.  Patty had eluded all previous efforts to find her.
14 Feb 2002 NEWFIND: HELEN MCANULTY Fallon (67) via OrleansTrojans.Com
14 Feb 2002 NEWFIND: KENNETH CARTER (68)
12 Feb 2002 NEWFIND: JUDITH MORRISSEY Bock (59) via OrleansTrojans.Com
12 Feb 2002 STEVE KEHOE (62) was a 2002 Winter Olympics torch bearer in Los Angeles.  Steve has come out of retirement, and is working part time for the LAPD.
12 Feb 2002 NEWFIND: BILL RUBENDALL (67) via OrleansTrojans.Com
12 Feb 2002 NEWFIND: JOE BROWN (70) via OrleansTrojans.Com
09 Jan 2002 CHARLES RICHARDSON (65) retired USAF LTC in 1989, been with MITRE Corp since 1992
09 Jan 2002 NEWFIND: JOAN DIETERMAN (60) via OrleansTrojans.Com
09 Jan 2002 NEWFIND: BETTY HILL Cook (61) via OrleansTrojans.Com
09 Jan 2002 NEWFIND: KLAUS CLARK (63) via OrleansTrojans.Com
17 Dec 2001 NEWFIND: SUSAN ADJEMIAN (69) via OrleansTrojans.Com
14 Dec 2001 NEWFIND: BOB MCDONALD (65) via OrleansTrojans.Com
14 Dec 2001 NEWFIND: EMMET HOWE (66) via OrleansTrojans.Com
03 Dec 2001 NEWFIND: PATRICK WILKINSON (67) via OrleansTrojans.Com
06 Nov 2001 NEWFIND: ROGER CARLSON (61) via OrleansTrojans.Com
01 Nov 2001 PAT GREEN (60) is running for Commissioner of the Revenue for Roanoke, Virginia.  A news article on him can be found at http://www.roanoke.com/roatimes/news/story119560.html.  Lost election.
29 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: TED BLACKBURN (64) via Tom Blackburn
29 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: BARBARA ALLEN Ellison (62) via Classmates.Com.  Married 39 years to Herbert Ellison, the GI who took her to the Junior Prom in Orleans in 1961
29 Oct 2001   DECEASED: BETTY ALLEN (65) died in October 1970 from lupus.
25 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: MIKE MAHONEY (67) via Classmates.Com
25 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: TOM BLACKBURN (62) via Classmates.Com.  Retired Indianapolis PD after 30 years
24 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: BILL GAUMOND (67) via Classmates.Com
24 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: STEPHEN DAVIS (67) via Bill Gaumond
24 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: JEANNE HART (62) found via MilitaryBrats.Com
22 Oct 2001 NEWFIND: SUZANNE BEK Lugerner (67) found via MilitaryBrats.Com
22 Oct 2001 JOEL MARANGELLA (65) lives in Perth, Australia, and is the Principal Oboe with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.
24 Sep 2001 NEWFIND: SANFORD W. MORRISSEY (56).  Retired from the US Army in 1975.  
7 Sep 2001 NEWFIND: JERRY TIGER Roylance (65).
7 Sep 2001 BEV SIMPSON Berger (63) retired last Spring after 33 years of teaching high school.  Bev is married, has 3 grown children and one 7th grader.  She spends her days golfing and puttering around while trying to decide what to do with the rest of her life.
23 Aug 2001 NEWFIND: DIANNE HANLE White (62) found via OrleansTrojans.Com
22 Aug 2001 NEWFIND: MIKE BRADY (66) found via OrleansTrojans.Com
NEWFIND: PATRICIA FECTEAU (72) found via OrleansTrojans.Com
NEWFIND: MARY KNEPP (68) found via OrleansTrojans.Com
NEWFIND: JIM MCDONALD (68) found via OrleansTrojans.Com
13 Aug 2001 FRAN GILCHRIST Harsson (61) widowed in 1998 from her one and only, Bill Sidbury, tied the knot again in the summer of 2000, to a Harley-ridin, scuba-divin fella named, Skip.  In her own words, "life is too short not to enjoy it.".  Here-here!!  Fran still teaches high school English when she's not cruisin on the back of Skip's Harley.
1 Aug 2001 NEWFIND: RICK A. RIEDLINGER (69) found via Military-Brats.com
1 Aug 2001 NEWFIND: ALBERT HARRY CLAY (59) found via Classmates.com
27 Jul 2001 JENEVA COLVIN Boyd (62) and husband, Lee, both retired earlier this year.  They sold their home and bought a 30' travel trailer and truck, and plan to travel and play golf in every state.  So far, they have been to 21 states, and are presently working their way along the eastern seaboard.  They hope to plan their travels so they are playing golf in El Paso at the time of the October reunion.
11 Jul 2001 RICH MCDONALD (58) died in May 95, after a 5-year battle with cancer.  He is survived by wife, Sherry, daughter, Stacey, son, Richard III, granddaughter, Morgan, and sister Gloria (class of 61)
11 Jul 2001 CAROLYN MCMULLEN Arnold (62) married since 1966.  Retired last year from emergency department after 35 years as an RN.  Two married daughters, and one grandson
28 June 2001 DORIS REID CHULA (faculty 60-67) reports that since 1963, former OHS faculty in and around New York City have held an annual reunion in NYC on the Saturday following Thanksgiving.  She and her husband, NORM CHULA (faculty 62-67), have been a steady at the function since they retired and returned to the USA in 1995.
26 June 2001 PATRICIA PETRUSKA (60) and Bob McKinney will celebrate 41 years of marriage on 22 Oct 2001.  Bob was one of our GI bus drivers in Orleans.  He's retired now, but Pat is still working for Sprint.
25 June 2001 DON HOLSTROM (66) and KATHY GREGG Holstrom (69) will celebrate 26 years of marriage on 9 August 2001 - exactly 26 years after she helped organize the first OHS reunion in 1975.  They have two children, ages 8 and 10.  
18 June 2001 BUDDY DODRILL (63) died on 18 Aug 2000, after a two-year battle with a brain tumor.  Bill McClain found this out last week when he called Buddy to encourage him to come to the El Paso reunion.  Instead, he got his wife, Brenda, who gave him the bad news.  Buddy and Brenda were married in 1984, and had attended the 1985 reunion in Washington, DC.  They each had two children by a previous marriage.  Buddy owned a used car dealership, and was active in it until two weeks before his death.  His wife assured me that despite the tumor, Buddy was Buddy right up to the end.
12 June 2001 BOB MAYNARD (66) is a Navy dentist stationed at Camp LeJeune, NC.  Been in for 25+ years.
12 June 2001 MIKE O'NEAL (65) retired from Delta Airlines last year
12 June 2001 LEE GOOLEY Martin (65) has been a realtor on the Monterey Peninsula for 15 years.
10 June 2001 KEN CORETHERS (67), a Vietnam Vet (67-73), was subsequently employed by TRW Aerospace for
12 years designing and building spacecraft power supplies.  After the Iron Curtain fell, he along with 14,999 engineers were soon out of work.  This took him from the San Fernando Valley to Eagle Point, Oregon where he is now a police officer.
6 June 2001 BITSY CABALLERO Lee (64) is a court reporter in the high court system in Ireland
5 June 2001 DAVE THATCHER (62) finally publishes his own OHS website
31 May 2001 VINCE RASPER (61) works for ExxonMobil Research Engineering Co.   Recently relocated to Annandale, Va. when Exxon and Mobil merged.  Plans to retire to Williamsburg, Va in about a year.
31 May 2001 WALT SCHMIDT (65) has been teaching middle school for the past 31 years.   Currently teaches 6th grade science in the Monterey-Carmel area.
21 May 2001 On 15 May, 1,505 flyers were mailed out announcing the El Paso reunion on 5-7 Oct 2001.
19 May 2001 JIM TARKENTON (60): It was recently brought to my attention that Jim's name was found on the Vietnam Memorial Wall by Jon Streeter and Judy Holdsworth.  Jim died on 19 March 1967