The End Of An Era

"This is the end of an era"
This profound declaration was made by John Jameson at his Father's memorial service this past March. It has not been a statement that only applied to himself. Many of us have lost a parent, or maybe both parents, and can relate to his comment. There may be others I am unaware of but over the past year or two the following fellow Hornets have gone through this time of sadness at the passing of a parent. Some of us knew these parents as they made meals for us or housed us during our school days. The passing of some of these parents touches us and brings back fond memories. Any fun memories of times spent with these special folks I know would be appreciated if you could pass them on to their families. It is hard for me to realize my Dad has been gone 16 years now and still I enjoy hearing stories and memories from people who remember him. You might want to make a note to tell one of the following folks your thoughts and memories.

There will be an opportunity to get together for David Ault at the memorial service being planned to honor his dad and Westminster's Coach, Richard Ault, at the memorial service at 1:00pm on August 18 at the St. Mary Aldermanbury Church on the Westminster campus. I hope to see some of you there.

Please remember :
Connie Stinson - for the loss of her Mother, Anne Stinson, July of 2007
David Ault - for the loss of his Dad, July 2007
John Jameson - for the loss of both his parents, March, 2007
Remona Grogan Dobson - for the loss of her Father in February 2007
Kenny Lawrence - for the loss of his this past winter
Carol Grant Otto - for the loss of her Mother last year.
And to any others I am unaware of who are dear to you.

Blessings to all,
Carolyn

Making Connections

Thanks Dave for the support.
By the way, its Carolyn not Carol but whatever, I answer to "Crewzy Woozy" too. Ha.

Be sure to let 71 and 72 Hornets you have addresses for know about this site. Many of the addresses used for last years reunion no longer are valid. I will send out some postcards to help get more interest.

Does any one know where Pam Oliver is? I tried to find her to help me on this site and came up with nothing.

Hopefully some KC area 71/72 Hornets will find the site so we can start to work on a satellite meeting in their area.

What date would we like to schedule the 2011 reunion?
We have always had the weekend closest to the 4th of July as our reunion time but maybe it would be good to not make it during a family holiday time.
What do you all think?

Look forward to our next meeting at your place. When?

Blessings to all. Hope you had a great fourth of July.
C Crews H.

Hi Guys, Welcome to our Site

Let me first say, "Thank you" to Bert, Rita, Shirley, Zen, JoAnn, Jackie, Connie and anyone else in Fulton I may not know worked to make last years reunion so fun. I want to applaud Tanna and the fine work of those in Fulton who have faithfully provided the planning for the past 35 years.

For those of you who attended last summer's 35th class reunion you may remember I volunteered to head up the 2011 reunion and the fine Fulton team passed the baton to me and a brave group from Columbia. It won't be easy to fill the gap but we will do our best.

For those who were not able to make it to the reunion last year, you missed a really fun time and we wished you were there. Yes, you read right, "I volunteered" for this and am looking forward to building on the Fulton team's success so you will hopefully not want to miss our 40th reunion in 2011.

This blog is our first attempt to start planning for a memorable 40th reunion. We hope it will be a place to start sharing our ideas, memories, and lives. You will be able to post photos, news, and updates so when we get together we won't just have the 20 minutes of memories to talk about but can be current with our families, interests and lives.

When we graduated we were asking the question,'What do I want to be when I grow up'. Let's face it, now we look back at who we've become. If we don't like what we see we have precious little time to change it but it is worth it. Keeping friendships is one of those things worth pursuing and hopefully this blog will be a tool to help us connect with old friends for many years. We can share joys and sorrows with one another without the "high school" attitude of "it's all about me" (hopefully). Let's support one another with the friendships of the past as the foundation. If there are those who need a new foundation for lost friends, this may be a wonderful way to rebuild. Life is too short to not make the most of every opportunity to care. With the loss of classmates like Barb, Helaine, Jon, Simpson, and others we are reminded that every reunion counts.

We will post questions, sections for different ideas and surveys to get updates on everyone. Have some fun and jump in with us as we venture forward toward our 2011 time together.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Blessings,

Carolyn Crews Hodill