Woodrow Wilson Class of '60

LATEST UPDATES since our reunion:

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We have 6-7 Alumni Books left if a Wilson '60 grad would like to buy one. They cost $20 which includes mailing. Contact Martha (Hunsaker) Lance to order one.

Martha Lance, 1500 ALTO LN, FULLERTON CA 92831-2008,

(714) 879-9544, roynmartha@roadrunner.com

A Message From the Committee

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Our Class of 1960 made a gift of $3500 to Wilson High School for the renovation of their band/orchestra room. The money came from what we had left over from our 50th reunion. Sandy Blazer, Wilson's principal and educator of the year, identified the best use of our donation.

A plaque will be displayed in the room acknowledging our contribution.

HEY CLASSMATES, we hope you had a good time at our class reunion. It was great seeing and talking with you. We heard some great stories.

The Alumni Memory books have been mailed out. (end of August) We hope you like it. 9/6/10

Go to this link for pictures of our reunion. Click on any category picture to open a gallery of photos.

Ron Willis set this up.

http://picasaweb.google.com/Wilso1960

Dear Classmates,

In past years, reunions may have been about “show and tell”,

But this time around it’s all about “show up and share”.

Whether you are rich or poor, athlete or artist,

businessman or scientist, an introvert or extrovert…

IT DOESN’T MATTER!

Whether you’re running a Fortune 500 company or just

punching the clock, retired or collecting unemployment;

Whether you’re living in luxury, or getting by okay or

just flat out broke…

IT DOESN’T MATTER!

Whether you’re still hot stuff, weathering well,

or aging beyond recognition;

Whether your shape is slight or ample, firm or fluffy;

Whether your hair is in abundance or a bit in absence…

IT DOESN’T MATTER!

Whether you’re happily married (for the first,

second, or third time), or divorced;

Whether you’re living single or with a significant other;

Whether you come alone, or with a date…

YOU KNOW, IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER!

Is our message clear yet?

There really is no excuse good enough to keep you

from attending your 50th class reunion. We shared

some formative years together in Long Beach and

have done a lot since then over the past 50 years.

Let’s get together to celebrate and share a few

moments together again.

– Class of ‘60 Reunion Committee

Pre Party Happenings!

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GOLF ANYONE?

Friday
May 14, 2010
7:30 AM - 10:00 AM (a tournament forced this early start)

We had good weather and a great time. Most did not keep score. Everybody was a winner.
After the game we had a good chat in the lounge.

We're having a 9 hole golf gig for anyone who would
like to join on Friday, May 14 starting at 7:30AM at
Little Rec in Long Beach. $15 for the round and
$5 to rent clubs. Just for fun, no prizes.

For sign up & details contact:
Woody Williams at:
w00dy42@verizon.net (zeros on w00dy)
(562) 439-9035 or 310-6430 cell

List of golfers :

Bailey, Richard
Butler, Steve
Comings, Paul
Wiedrick, Mark

Lopossa, Roger

Rauth, Sam

Smith, Chris

Thomas, Greg

White, Ted

Williams, Woody

Willis, Ron

Baldwin, Rich

START YOUR ENGINES…

Friday

May 14, 2010

1 PM - 4 PM

No Host Happy Hour at

BELMONT BREWING CO. WOW! This was a great event. It was a good way to have more time to meet and greet our class mates before the main event.

It was great to see Bill Frasier (ex-Wilson Basketballcoach) and his wife Betty Thomas (ex-PE teacher at Wilson)

25 - 39th Place

Long Beach, CA 90803

(At the Belmont Pier)

(562) 433-3891

www.belmontbrewing.com

Cruisin’ thru the Years!

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The Main Event is

SATURDAY

May 15, 2010

At the

LONG BEACH YACHT CLUB

6201 E Appian Way

Long Beach, CA 90803

(562) 598-9401

5 PM - 11 PM

DRESS

California Casual

DINNER

Food Stations open from 6:30 PM - 9 PM

(Not a sit down dinner - more time to mingle!)

– NO HOST BAR –

MUSIC & DANCING

We’re having a Disc Jockey playing music

from the 50’s, 60’s and through the years.

Song lists are available and requests will be taken.

COST: $90 single / $170 couple

(Includes Classmates Memory Book)

Cruise on Down to Domenico's

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SUNDAY May 16 • 12 Noon

Join us for lunch on Sunday at DOMENICO’S

5339 E. 2nd Street, LB 90803 • (562) 439-0261

in Belmont Shore from 12 noon to about 2 PM

Remember their creamy garlic house salad dressing

and great pizza? Mmmmmm...

Please let us know if you interested in joining us.

Contact Woody Williams at: 1960@WilsonHighReunion.com

(562) 439-9035 or 310-6430 cell

Meet Your 50th Reunion Committee

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Back Row: (left to right)

Len Miller, Woody Williams, Tom Merrick

Middle Row: Linda (Pillsbury) Drummond, Martha (Hunsaker) Lance,

Jeanett (Talbott) Gilles, Steve Leopold,

Vickie (Johnson) Messina, Allen Renning

Front Row: Ron Willis

Not Pictured: Dulcie (Ramsey) McCracken, John Boyd, Linda (Sweet) Whitmer,

Carol (Becker) Benson, Marci (Watkins) Bertino, Denny Fujikawa,

Jane (Newcomb) Mouw, Lynn (Vignolo) Driscoll, Johnny Johnston,

Gwen (Hoag) Jackson, Gretchen Eastman, Mary Murray, Joanne (Evans) Schuber

Our committee is working under the direction and expertise

of Martha Hunsaker Lance. Hats off to Martha!

Reservations, Registration and Donations

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The other side of this registration form can be viewed on the Alumni book link.

If you'd like to attend the Reunion please send in this form that was

mailed out in your Bruin Bulletin. If you did not receive this form just copy and paste this one.

Please note that when you "Register" on this site that is not

considered a reservation for the reunion. It is merely a way to

make sure that we have all of your correct information.

However, we'd still like you to Register.. just click on this link:

Make a Donation if you can

We hope to make our Wilson 50^th Reunion affordable and fun for all classmates. If you feel you are in a position to contribute to this effort beyond the ticket cost, we would welcome your donation. If there is a balance remaining, a gift from our class will be given to Wilson High School. Please send your check with your reservation and biography form.
Thank you,
The Reunion Committee

Lodging

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There are many, very nice hotels to choose from

in the downtown area of Long Beach….

Hilton, Hyatt, Westin, Maya, Queen Mary and others….

However, the closest to the

Yacht Club are these three:

The Hampton Inn & Suites

in Seal Beach (the newest),

Best Western Golden Sails on PCH, and

The Pacific Inn / Radisson, also in Seal Beach.

THE HAMPTON INN & SUITES

2401 Seal Beach Blvd.

Seal Beach, CA 90740

(562) 594-3939

hamptoninn.hilton.com

(Ask for the Wilson discount) $119 per room with a queen or king bed.

This is good until April 24, 2010

BEST WESTERN

GOLDEN SAILS

6285 E Pacific Coast Hwy

Long Beach, CA 90803

(562) 430-0585

www.goldensailshotel.com

THE PACIFIC INN/RADISSON

600 Marina Drive

Seal Beach, CA 90740

(562) 493-7501

www.pacificinn-sb.com

Preliminary 50th Reunion Attendance List

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APPLEBAUM, Eddie

ARMISTEAD, Dan

ARNOLD, Steve and Carol

BAILEY, Richard

BALDWIN, Richard

BECKER, Carol Benson

BIBY, Jill Buys

BOMMER, Daryl and Helen Duncan

BOYD, Jeanne Jones & Tad

BOYD, John

BRADEN, Harold "Butch" and Donna

BRADLEY, Valerie Hoffman and Bob

BRAMBLE, Tom

BROCKMAN, Barry & Linda

BROOKINS, Sally Allison

BUTLER, Steve

CADWALLADER, Bob

CANNON, Steve

CHAPIN, Doug and Patsy

CHRISTENSEN, Ray

COCHRAN, Barbara Smith & Dick

COHN, Rochelle Schmitt and Gary

COLEMAN, Casey

COMINGS, Paul & Judee

COPELAND, Jim & Susan

CROWELL, Suzanne Stilwell & Barry

DEAL, Barbara Cross

DOUGLAS, James

DUNCAN, Martie Fuller and Toby

EASTMAN, John & Gretchen

EHREN, Roger

ELDRED, Diane Rippe and Steve Sabins

EVANS, Joanne Schuber

EVANS, Larry

FARRELL, John

FENWICK, David

FLOOD, Ted and Kathleen

FOLEY, Doug

FRIEDLAND, David and Janice

FUJIKAWA, Denny & wife Bonita Weavingearth

GARRISON, Tom and Susan

GASTON, Meryl

GELLER, Eileen Rowland and Dan

GILL, Janice Christianson

GILLIS, Terry

GLOGAUER, Carol Clark

GREEN, Harold "Bud" & Donna

GREENFIELD, Janice Black

GREGORY, Kristin Mikkelson

GROAT, Steve and Pamela

HARDESTY, Brend

HARRIS, Richard

HENRY, Barbara "Maxine" Fleming

HENSHAW, Donna Mason

HERCUS, Mark and Betty

HILL, Sandy Shrout and Delco

HOFFMAN, Jack & Bonnie

HOOPAUGH, David

HUNSAKER, Martha Lance & Leroy

JACKSON, Babs Donaldson & Tom

JACKSON, Don and Gwen HOAG

JEWELL, Kathy Yeargin

JOHNSON, Kathleen

JOHNSON, Dave

JOHNSON, Patti Omel

JOHNSON, Vicki Messina

JOHNSTON, Johnny and Kitty

JONES, Tad & Jeanne BOYD Jones

KILDALL, Louis and Carmen

KNOBLOCK, Susan Chadbourne

KRENWINKEL, Judy Daniels & Dan

LAWSON, Greg and Julie WOODWARD Lawson

LEOPOLD, Steve & Barbara

LIEBERMAN, Linda Schroeder and Jerry

LIVINGSTON, Jeri (Class of ‘63)

LOPOSSA, Roger & Karen

LOVERN, George & Isabella

MARSHALL, Karen Erb Terrill

MATLACK, Bobbie Barg

MATLOCK, Dick and Jo

MAUST, Sharon

MEDBERRY, Victor

MENZIMER, Patti Sloan

MERRICK, Tom & Barbara

McDONALD, Sherrie Baker and Nick

McCRARY, Lola Himrod & Dave

McFADDEN, Mike

MILLER, Len & Cheryl

MOORE, Clyde and Jean Garber

MOSS, Janet Crocket

MULLER, Les & Jan

ELLISON, Mary Murray

MURRAY, Richard and Donna

NEWCOMB, Jane Mouw & Bob

NICHOL, Bev Sadler and Bob

OLSEN, John & Marsha

OSBORNE, Nancy Burnett and Brian

OSTROM, Karen WIles

PAULIN, Don

PAYNE, Hunt & Vicki

PILLSBURY, Linda Drummond

PIO, Frankie Lima & Hank

PRICHARD, Sue

RAMSEY, Dulcie McCracken & Bill

RAUTH, Sam

REINHART, Leon and Randie

REINO, Donna Rutan and Ilene Goshert

RENNING, Allen & JoAnn

RICE, Marty Green

ROLPH, Richard

RUNELLS, Janet Graham

SARVER, Randy & Lois

SCHMIDT, Donald and Janet

SCHUBER, Jerry & Joanne

SHANNON, Robert & Sharon

SHONING, Bill and Bonnie

SMITH, Chris

SMITH, Judy Fickling and Bill

SONTAG, Rick and Susan THOMAS Sontag

SORENSON, Linda Denhart and Dave Sontag

SPRAGUE, Bill

SUTLIFF, Dale and Sharon

SWANEY, Sandra Smallwood & Vern

SWANSON, Steve and Teri

SWEET, Linda Whitmer and Jim

SWITZER, Richard and Claudia

SUTHERLAND, Lee & Hollie

TALBOTT, Jeannette Gilles & Jim

THOMAS, Carol Wagner

THOMAS, Greg

UTTER, Don

VAN LEUVEN, Bill

VIGNOLO, Lynne Driscoll

VIOLETTE, Judy Kagy and Lee

WATKINS, Jim and Bonnie

WATKINS, Marci Bertino and Peter

WEBSTER, Donna Lynn DeConti and Vince

WHEELOCK, Jane Turner

WHITE, Ted and Sharon

WHITMER, Nancy Jones & Vern

WIEDRICK, Mark and Colleen

WIESENHUTTER, Curt & Dolores

WILLIAMS, Woody & Donna

WILLIS, Ron

WISE, Jeff

WRIGHT, Loren and Ruthie

YOCKY, Margaret Johnson and Art

YOUNGBERG, Judy Goodrich and Max

Alumni Book

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Our 1960 Alumni Memory book was sent out at the end of August 2010.

We hope you like it.

Walk down memory lane with "Then and Now" pages featuring current photographs and up-to-date biographies. This fantastic keepsake also includes a classmate directory. You don’t need to attend the reunion to have your bio included. Just write your bio answering the topics listed below as briefly as possible. (See the sample below for how much to write - not what to write!) Your "Favorite Pastimes" should be only one short sentence and the "Highlights of My LIfe Since High School" can be about 75 words or less - a short paragraph. If you can, PLEASE EMAIL your bio back to us. That way we won’t have to retype it.
Email - including a recent photo of yourself or with your family

(we already have your senior year pic) ASAP to: w00dy42@verizon.net

Or by U.S. Post:

Wilson Class of ‘60

C/O Martha Hunsaker Lance

1500 Alto Lane

Fullerton, CA 92831-2008

1960

Name in High School:

Favorite High School Memories:

2010

Name:

Spouse/Partner:

Children/Grandchildren:

Occupation:

Favorite Pastimes:

Highlights of Your Life Since High School:

Missing Grads

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We had a class of approximately 645 graduates! We have found approximately 480 (50 of whom are unfortunately deceased). If you know how to contact any of these people or just any type of lead on them, (relatives, friends, known married name, etc.) please have them register with us at www.WilsonHighReunion.com/1960
or send an e-mail to
1960@WilsonHighReunion.com
and let us know of any info that you might have.

Even if it's just a married name, brother's name, parent's name.

Any info could help.
Thanks!

ALGUIRE, Marlene
ARBOGAST, Jean
ATHERTON, Linda
BALDWIN, Carol
BLANCHARD, Albert
BLEILE, Linda
BLYTHE, Richard
BURDICK, Kathyrn
BUTTERFIELD, Sharon
CURTIS, Patricia
DANIELS, Mary
DAVISON, Nancy
DICKERSON, Charles
DINSMORE, Sara
DODSON, Catherine
ELLIS, Kathryn
ELY, Douglas
EVANS, Linda
FERRER, Jose
GANYARD, Sandra
HERNANDEZ, Cecelia
HERNDON, Carole
HILL, Kathleen
HUGHES, Bobbie
HUMPHRIES, Barbara
HUTCHINS, Dorothy
JOHNSTON, Jim
JORGENSEN, Beverly
KERR, Mary
KOLTER, Lorena
KRENSLE, Sandra
LEASE, Janet
LEWIS, John
LUKA, Barbara
MARTIN, Carol
MARTIN, Marlese
McBEE, Carol
McGILVARY, Penelope
MEISTER, Kathy
MORELL, Karen
MORGAN, JoAnn
MORRIS, Betty
MORROW, Mary
MURPHY, Louise
MYHRE, Sonja
OLSEN, Stanley
PETERSON, JoAnn
PIPER, Priscilla
PLATUS, Barbara
POLLOCK, Nancy
REECE, Kathleen
ROBERTS, Carla
ROSS, Alfred
SCHARDO, Sheri
SCOTT, Patricia
SMITH, Lynnella
STEELE, John
STROMMES, Bruce
STUBER, Linda
TANNEY, Elissa
TATE, Lucretia
THOMPSON, Michael
TREDICK, Susan
VIA, Patricia
WALKER, James
WILSON, Mary
WILSON, James
WOOD, Gail
WOOD, Mitzi

In Memory Of

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So many things have happened
Since they were called away,
So many things to share with them
had they been left to stay.
And now on this reunion day,
Memories do come our way.
Though absent, they are ever near,
still missed, remembered,
always dear.

- author unknown

Abram, Claudia
Argersinger, Sharon
Arkush, Sharon
Akin, Charles
Bain, Cole Edward
Bates, Bill
Bidwell, Genielle
Braget, Larry
Cheadle, Margo
Claar, Kathy
Clark, Tim
Conner, Larry
Crabtree, Jeffrey
Davis, Dick
Dawson, Chris
Dunn, John
Eldred, Darlene
Essex, Edwin
Fambrough, Mike
Foresta, Joe
Fox, Jill
Fulton, Robert
Galipeau, Jim
Giller, Rosemary
Hague, Mary Ellen
Hallady, Norma
Hannon, Judith
Hanson, Rick
Harbell, Dan
Heitzman, James
Hendricks, Ralph
Higgins, Larry
Hoff, Jacklyn
Hoffman, Patricia Ann
Hotchkin, Terry
Howard, Mike
Humphries, Barbara
Johns, Mike
Lang, Steve
Lanigan, Jay
Laughlin, William
Lemmon, David
Lewis, Robert
Lowe, Dan
Mahin, George
Manlove, Arthur
Marquette, David
Mason, John
Mattson, Patricia
McElrath, Dorothy
Mhoon, Diane
Miracle, Henry
Moore, Jim
Morgan, Patricia
Morris, Betty Jean
Neibling, Harold
Norem, Bruce
Paulin, Dave
Penke, Janice
Perez, Jesse
Phipps, Russell
Plante, Duane
Platis, Barbara
Potter, Kenner
Powell, John
Provost, Karen
Quinn, Jeffrey
Relis, Peter
Rhoads, Kaaren
Richman, Dave
Ricker, Tomma Jean
Rippard, Jane
Rule, Charlotte
Sanford, Jim
Sauers, John
Schorr, Henry
Shawnee, George (Gil)
Shortridge, Douglas
Silvers, Bob
Smith, Carol
Smith, Lynella
Soon, William
Spence, John
Springer, Linda
Stavros, Dean
Straight, Mike
Swaine, Lacy (Terry)
Tate, Lucretia Ann
Tavasti, Jon
Thompson, Beverly
Thompson, Pat
Von Wetter, Alex
Vosburg, Christopher (Kit)
Wheeler, Loreen
Wicker, Douglas
Williams, Kelly
Wyatt, Dennis
Ziska, Charles

PERSONAL MESSAGES

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Many of you will remember Ritva Hyttinen Rissanen who was our vivacious A.F.S. Exchange Student from Finland during our senior year. Ritva's lived with Diana Mc Allister Schmelzer's family in Naples. Ritva and her husband Erkki live just out of Helsinki and are now retired. She is on Facebook and can be contacted through her email address: ritva@rissaset.net. She would enjoy hearing from you. Wouldn't it be special if she is able to come to our Reunion!

Jill Fox Sierra past away last year. Do you remember who some of her best friends were in high school. If you know, send us the names and we can pass them along to her husband. Her husband wrote us a nice letter recently and would like to know.

Bob Hunt's Thoughts:

Fifty years – it’s nearly a life time. Having stood together at this ground 50 years ago – does not mean our lives have been equal in challenges, miseries, victories, accomplishments, losses or gratifications and disappointments. But it does mean that we share experience and perspective rooted in time and place. We all knew not only the green walls of Wilson – but we have shared specific teachers – perhaps Mrs. Minami for English or Dr. Harter in Geometry, who taught about shapes as he played tennis – by the angles. We all knew the beauty of the beach and listened to the sound of the waves. We all traveled Route I and saw surfers and sunsets along Pacific Coast Highway.

Our subsequent lives may have taken us to other shores or placed us somewhere in middle of this country or on other beaches and sands of others nations. Yet, we are joined not only by a moment of geography, but by a phase of common history. We are all old enough to have known spouses, perhaps in plural, and children and perhaps grand- or even great- grand children. For in our life time we have seen 2 wars –both fought under protest -- we have witnessed both the apex of American power and influence and its wane to become the first among many great powers. We graduated as Kennedy was elected. We have seen Presidents come and go. Some of us wished that some of them had gone more quickly. We may have walked in protest of wars – fought in Vietnam or Iraq. . We have witnessed the assignation of 2 Kennedys and one King; the triumph of the civil rights revolution embodied by one Obama and a Michelle who is a voice for hopes of women and men throughout the world. We are joined though periods of general American property, and recent financial recession.

There is something to be said for being in the class of 1960. We have seen our own careers come, and perhaps go – or may still be striving to create a final form for this segment of our life’s narrative. We have seen children and grandchildren triumph and excel – or witnessed them struggle with addictions, with illness, through phases of depression, anxiety or uncertainty. We have tried to help those we loved the most – but we have also strived to serve others we barely knew or whose lives we intersected through a crucial task, an essential goal or a necessary alliance. We still care about others in need.

We are in some ways the generation of anxiety -- we got high a little, but we got our work done. We built a great economy through our energy and creativity. We became doctors, teachers, attorneys, businessmen or women, laborers and builders. We worked at Lockheed-Martin, we played at Santa Catalina; we took our kids to Knott’s Berry Farm where they we surprised by how much the prisoner in jail knew about them and how many rides and stories there were at Disneyland. But we also witnessed our friends and kids struggle with pain killer opiates that are hard to stop once you start; we fought the daily battle with weight, and often lost. We built our retirement – and saw a third of it innocently disappear. We have seen the birth of the birth control pill, and the birth of AIDS. We traded our black and white TVs for flat, gorgeous color screens. Our phones are no longer attached to the wall, they are in our pocket. We are more connected – by E-mail, Facebook, and can Goggle each other and every other topic. We get news by the minute and instantaneous chatter and analysis every hour. But in some ways we feel that we don’t know each other quite as well. Our image is shaped by Botox, our hair is shamelessly darkened or brightened – our sex may be enhanced by Viagra, but our intimacy, our contact and connection is challenged. Our children and grandchildren have progressively more options in careers, life styles and geography -- but this diversity feels at times like a centrifugal force – pulling our personal universe wider apart with the risk of loneliness and isolation.

In the 50 years that sped past -- we have known and lost love, we have experienced passion – birth, death, divorce -- yet in our dreams and memories we recall our first kiss and our first love – which might have been with a classmate here today, Our lives were shaped by the company we kept and the friends that kept us. We may have been in Key Club or been a Scarab, we may have been a jock or a scholar, a loner or a flirt – but these traits shaped many of the important friendships, tutoring and coaching that carried us beyond these walls and sustained and inspired us.

I am thankful for Wilson High School in my life. You, my teenage friends, embraced me – a shy kid just relocated here from Minneapolis since my mother moved to take a job at the Board of Education. I bravely ran for Freshman Class President as a way of introducing myself on campus. As the new guy on the block, I lost predictably – but I was taken in by Key Club and treated kindly by fellow students and teachers. I owe my interest in literature, art and the humanities to teachers at Wilson who brought those topics alive for me. My interest in Life- and Biological Sciences reflect the efforts of dedicated teachers on this campus. I have often reflected that my life was blessed by opportunities given me through the wisdom of the educational system of the State of California and the City of Long Beach that made learning accessible, affordable and desirable.

Not all who graduated with us have survived this journey this long. But for those of us reunited here today we say in unison:

“I’m just glad to be here.”

Bob Hunt

A note from Birgitta Granstrom

Thanks for your effort to find me and for the invitation to the reunion in May. Living in Sweden makes it impossible to attend. I´ve been back to the US, and to Long Beach, quite a few times since leaving school.

I am very happy for my years in the US, and it feels a second home whenever I go back. I´ve lived and worked in Copenhagen, Denmark for eight years as well (media, communication). If people travelled more, meeting with other people and cultures, the world would be a safer place to live in.

I see you´ve (Martha Lance) been on one of our old steamboats. they are very nice and popular, especially among the tourists. Many years ago we invited American journalists to Stockholm and invited them on one of those tours. We had lots of fun and it was the first time they had raw herring and snaps.

I had great times in school with lots of memories. It makes me sad to learn that my very best friend and sailing partner Alex von Wetter is dead as well as my surfing pals, Larry Connor and Larry Higgins.

I´ve noticed that Marci Watkins is on the committee - I can see her face without looking at the year book. Hi Marci.

I am certain you will have a great and fun reunion!

My very to best to my "old" classmates.

Birgitta "Burgie" Granstrom bgranstrom@swipnet.se

MAP FOR EVENTS

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DONATIONS

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(The following people gave extra money to help fund the reunion)

1. Ed Applebaum

2. Rich Baldwin

3. John Boyd

4. Barbara (Cochran) Smith

5. Barbara (Deal) Cross

6. John Eastman

7. Larry Evans

8. John Farrell

9. Janet Graham

10. Mary (Henry) Fleming

11. Jack Hoffman

12. Tom Merrick

13. Hunt Payne

14. Frankie (Pio) Lima

15. Allen Renning

16. Randy Sarver

17. Woody Williams

Your Favorite Music

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Classmates,

To enhance our musical playlist for our reunion Disc Jocky we thought of collecting the names of some of your favorite songs. The focus will be on the time at Wilson but other favorite songs would be welcome. Give us at least five or more favorites from our Wilson days and up to five more of your other favorites. This is just a guideline, send what you want. We will compile the lists and give them to our disc jocky to supplement his playlist.

To get you started, here is a good website:

http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_songs50-69.html

The reunion committee

Email your “Favorites List” to Gretchen Eastman gretchen.eastman@gmail.com

Music Playlist: Artist Title

Military Service

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Have you served our country in the military?

Would you like to tell others about your experiences?

This section is a place where you tell us ......

Your name, service, years, special memories, photos

Send your stories, photos, etc. to w00dy42@verizon.net (zeros, not o's for woody)

From Ron Willis:

Active duty U.S. Army, Jan 1961 – Jan 1964, Germany, Missile Defense.

Reserve U.S. Army, Jan 1964 – Jan 1967

Honorable discharge.

Favorite Memories

. Wow! Does being a “grunt” in the Army motivate you to get an education!

. San Francisco in the winter is freezing

. Loved duty in New Jersey – Rockaway Beach “rocks”!

. The “Finger Lakes” in New York has some great all-girl colleges

. Germany is cold, but has warm “frauleins” and fantastic “bier”

NEVER cross the Atlantic in the winter on a troop ship!!!!!!