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Class of 1955

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To make it quicker to see if there are updates you haven't seen, we will include a very brief description of updates under the heading of the dates they were made.  Clicking on a read hyperlink takes you to the new item, but getting back here will take you a couple of clicks.

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2/22/08

Lunch Bunch photos through February '08 have been posted.  If anyone has been misidentified or not identified, please send us an email and we will fix it.

 

10/14/07

Updated the Home Page to indicate posting of Lunch Bunch photos.  Updated the Monthly Meeting page to include photos from the June and July lunches.

 

6/3/07

Updated the Home Page to indicate election of our new committee chair, Kiddy Dickens Starboard.  Added the May 1, 2007 notification mailed to all class members concerning monthly meetings.

 

11/6/05

More dinner, breakfast, and hike in the park photos.  Also added write-up and photos for the Williamsburg tour.

 

10/21/05

More dinner photos.  These are ones taken with the table cameras placed throughout the Pavilion.

 

10/19/05

More photos of the dinner and the hike in the park.  These are by Jay Burke.

 

10/17/05

More photos of the dinner, breakfast, and the hiking trip in the Newport News City Park were posted.  Jim Horton also provided a write-up on the park trip.  General cleanup of the site continues to reflect a post-reunion environment.

 

10/12/05

More photos posted for the dinner, this time from Rodney Llewellyn.  Photos of the breakfast and the kayaking trip by Rodney were posted on the breakfast and kayaking activity pages respectively.

 

10/11/05

A photo gallery page was created for photos of the fiftieth reunion dinner in the park.  Lawrence Moss provided 115 pictures, and more dinner photos are on their way from other class members.

 

8/26/05

The lists for dinner, breakfast, In Memorial, and the shopping and lunch trip, have been updated.  The battlefield tour and barbecue as well as beach week were cancelled due to lack of interest.

 

8/16/05

The dinner and breakfast pages have been changed to add the lists of attendees as of this date.  Activity pages have been changed to reflect cancellations and updated information.  A page showing nearby hotels and motels with maps and driving directions has been added (new button on the Home page).

 

7/8/05

Made extensive update to the activity list.  Provides a simple chart to show activities planned for the week of the reunion main event and links to more details.

 

6/15/05

Posted May book review by Jim Michie of Evelyn Waugh's novel Officers and Gentlemen.  Also added notes from Jim Horton to Nancy Willey Small pertinent to her March book review (following the book review itself).

 

5/12/05

Added biographical data from Barbara Underwood Norman to Biographical Sketches.  How about the rest of you classmates joining in?  Added three photos and four scrapbook items from Jane Penn Clark (class of '57) that she provided when she found out about our Web site.  Posted the April book review (Flags of Our Fathers) by Jim Horton on the Book Club page.

 

5/9/05

Added a lot of photos to the 40th Reunion, High School Years, Early Years, Recent Years, and Becoming Adult Years from Doris Bowden Hopkins and Barbara Fowler DeWitt.  Also added the Daily Press obituary for Mr. McIntosh.

 

5/3/05

Provided additional information on the Main Event dinner in the park, added new information on activities planned for the week of the Main Event, and updated most of the other activity information.  Addresses have been updated and an updated e-mail list is available for those classmates that have provided permission to give theirs out to other class members.  E-mail us for this list.  A download button has been added below for a copy of the May Reunion News.

 

4/16/05

Added download for The Reward of It All, by Annye B. Burbank.  Also added a review of Miss Burbank's book and notes on the electronic conversion from the original publication.  This is highly recommended reading for former students of Miss Burbank (see button below).

 

4/12/05

Address lists were updated and the March book review by Nancy Willey Small was posted on the Book Club activity page.  The first fishing tournament entry by Jay Burke was posted on the Fishing Tournament activity page.

 

3/12/05

Address lists were updated and the February book review by Anne Morris Gordon was posted on the Book Club activity page.  Photos of Horace Williams and Vernon Brinkley of a recent skiing trip (Recent Years gallery).

 

3/3/05

Preliminary information was posted on the Main Event on September 08, 2005.  Pictures of the Pavilion in the City Park were provided by Rodney Llewellyn.

2/11/05

Pictures of the Committee (Recent Years) party given in December by Horace Williams were added.  The first book review of the Book Club (January) was posted.  The February book is William Styron's, Lie Down in Darkness.

 

11/21/04

Added 3 pictures from Phil Wheeler in the High School Years gallery and added and changed some identities in the Jackson School 7th grade photo based on the sharp eye of Bucky Lenhart, Joan Lenhart Burgett's younger brother.

 

10/7/04

More pictures added to both the Early Years and Recent Years galleries, and we have added a welcoming letter from the class president, Jim Horton, in the Open Letters section of the Web site.  The biographical sketch from Myra Jones Pierce has been moved to a newly created Biographical Sketches section, and it has been joined by sketches from Jay Burke and Jim Michie. 

 

 

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