Babs' Bulletin

FEBRUARY NEWSLETTER - 2008

TO: CLASSMATES AND SPOUSES OF THE LHS CLASS OF 1952

2008 is well on its way ... resolutions have been made and already broken (what was mine anyway?)...we are complaining about the cold and wishing for spring ... television is full of political news and ads ...by the end of the year a new president will have been elected. . .the days, weeks and years seem to go by so quickly.
In the last newsletter I asked if there is an interest in another reunion. I have received all positive responses. Ty Tyler suggests one sooner rather than later (The Old Man suggests that most of us have more "sooners" than "laters" left). Ty, sends his thoughts:

Reunion Reflections

The last time I wrote about reflections on our lives

I talked about how some things slip away

But the good things that surround us

Keep us keeping on.

Five years later, I find it's more of both

Almost every day, through a song or a TV program

Or a book or a movie

Part of them brings a catch in my heart or a fleeting tear

Not sadness really, just the perfect memory

Of being there exactly as it was.

It is almost never really bad

Just a ghostly presence

Right then, right now.

A surprise!

New ideas come in purer form

Solid, useful, free of doubt

A garden, already in bloom

Without the labor of getting it there.

I hope we all can share these shining moments

We've worked hard to get here

Why not share in the rich rewards?

Ty Tyler, 2007

Class Notes and Highlights:

• Joane Manney Wyrick planned a cruise to the Panama Canal in December with a friend living at Twin Oaks, the retirement community where she lives. Her friend had to cancel due to health problems. That did not deter Joane: she struck out on her own and had a wonderful time.
• Speaking of cruises, Albert and I will celebrate our 55th wedding anniversary in June by going on a tour/cruise to Alaska. My sister and her husband, Gail and Phil Klotz, celebrate their 55th in July and will be coming with us.
• Peggy, Jim's Oliver's wife, put together an address book for those attending the reunion. She did a wonderful job. Thanks, Peggy! Jim and Peggy booked an adventure trip last November to Singapore, Bangkok and Bali.
• Robert Schonherr is faithful to write and thanks us for the newsletter. He is still living at the VA in Washington, D.C.
• Thanks to the following classmates for their contributions to the class treasury: George Berg and Don Beymer.
• Our good friend, Teddy Gordon Adams, passed away October 23, 2007 (see obituary below). Teddy and her husband attended the reunion last September and called after the event to say what a good time they had.

• Our next class dinner will be on Friday, March 14, 2008, at the Leavenworth Country Club. Social Hour will be 6:00 PM, with dinner at 7:00 PM. Mark your calendar.
RSVP:
Bonnie Chambers Martin wmartin471@sbcglobal.net

Barbara Hamilton Aldridge agabda@sbcglobal.net
Joane Manney Wyrick jawot@aol.com
• I sent a list of our missing classmates to Joe Wallace and he is looking for them ("Chloe!"). Here is the list, do any of you out there know anything about any of them?
Judith (Judy) Blesse Jewitt

Robert Eugene (Bob) Davis

Monica de Noronha Franca

Arlene Marie Jackson Johnson

Marian Nadine Keist

Patricia Anne Murdock

John T (JT) Needles

Ardella Mae Phillips Johnson

Joyce Lynn Pierce

Jean Sandell

Robert Lee (Bob) Vaughan

LORD, KEEP YOUR ARM AROUND MY SHOULDER

AND YOUR HAND OVER MY MOUTH.