I Have not heard from any of the letters I sent out last Friday. Hopefully they have been received. I have not received any back yet so that's a good sign they may be delivered to the right addresses. Time will tell
Hope to hear from some of them soon.
Blessings,
Cch
Monday, March 15, 2010
Taking baby steps
Way to go guys. As of yesterday, 3 more 71ers have signed on with the Fulton High School Alumni Association site. Now if we can start using some of their resources to help locate folks and get ideas shared it will be great.
Looking forward to talking to you all soon,
CCH
Looking forward to talking to you all soon,
CCH
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Getting Involved
Hi Guys,
Say, I just found the Fulton (MO) alumni web site. It's very good and there are options we can use there that I can't do on this site. Although this blog page has some advantages I wish we could get some dialog started.
The alumni site costs 10.00 to get your lifetime membership started but it seems worth it and may be very helpful for getting our class together for next year.
So far Terry Lawrence and I are the only ones I see registered but hopefully others will get on there or here or both. This site is good since it is free and all we need do is register our information for security purposes.
Talk to you all soon.
Blessings,
Carolyn
Say, I just found the Fulton (MO) alumni web site. It's very good and there are options we can use there that I can't do on this site. Although this blog page has some advantages I wish we could get some dialog started.
The alumni site costs 10.00 to get your lifetime membership started but it seems worth it and may be very helpful for getting our class together for next year.
So far Terry Lawrence and I are the only ones I see registered but hopefully others will get on there or here or both. This site is good since it is free and all we need do is register our information for security purposes.
Talk to you all soon.
Blessings,
Carolyn
Monday, March 8, 2010
March 8th news
Wanting to see how many of the E-mail addresses I have are current, I sent out a note to encourage folks to get on the blog and reminded them that our 40th FHS class reunion was coming up next year.
Here's a quote I received that made me laugh.
"40 years. Holy Crap"
I would probably phrase it differently but he got the sense of urgency I hoped for.
I also received a reminder from Jane Vandeloecht Friedman, about Bobby Galbreath's death. She suggested I go to the Debo web site and post his obit information. I will do that next. I will also hope to find Pam Oliver and Mark Douglas' information as well.
Sorry to be updating such sad things but right now no other news is coming my way.
Please don't make me come and find you. Jump in and add some comments here. It will help us add to the fun when we get to the reunion. I will be listing possible ideas and activities as they come in. Send out the information for this class blog to those you know who are internet savey. Please get me information for those who are not internet active so I can contact them by snail mail or phone. Thanks for your help.
Stay tuned.
Blessings fellow 71ers.
CCrewsH
Here's a quote I received that made me laugh.
"40 years. Holy Crap"
I would probably phrase it differently but he got the sense of urgency I hoped for.
I also received a reminder from Jane Vandeloecht Friedman, about Bobby Galbreath's death. She suggested I go to the Debo web site and post his obit information. I will do that next. I will also hope to find Pam Oliver and Mark Douglas' information as well.
Sorry to be updating such sad things but right now no other news is coming my way.
Please don't make me come and find you. Jump in and add some comments here. It will help us add to the fun when we get to the reunion. I will be listing possible ideas and activities as they come in. Send out the information for this class blog to those you know who are internet savey. Please get me information for those who are not internet active so I can contact them by snail mail or phone. Thanks for your help.
Stay tuned.
Blessings fellow 71ers.
CCrewsH
Thursday, March 4, 2010
2010 Greetings and Information
Greetings fellow FHS 71ers.
So sorry I was out of touch last year.
Now that I have finished my graduate studies and have cleared away some of the things stack up in it's wake, I am now looking forward to giving my full attention to working on the reunion. As the famous line from Independence Day movie says, "I'm Ba-a-ack".
Thank you Bill Jamison and Bill Riester for your support. Hopefully others will join you this year as we prepare to make our time together at the reunion memorable and fun. Please remind those you are in touch with to jump in and share their ideas. With the "My -S/Face-B" phenomon catching on I hope we can get folks addresses and information out quickly. I plan to meet with several "71ers" in the Kansas City area soon to get ideas and help.
I will be sending out a note this week to those who live far away for ideas on what would make it worth their time, expense and effort to attend the reunion next year. "The Columbia Committee" (Dave Danuser, Me, Linda Landrum Houston, and Kent Hatfield) will send out a save the date when a decision is reached so letting us know your ideal date will be helpful. Right now we are leaning toward making it during The Fulton festival time in June. That means we need to get organized and get the date out there so people can make their plans.
Remember, the class of 72 has not had reunions over the years, as our class has,. We have been asked by several if we would include them in our upcoming reunion. I would like every one's ideas about that as well. It seems good to me and The Columbia Committee but we would like to hear your thoughts.
SAD NEWS:
Please keep Ramona Grogan Dobson in your thoughts and prayers. Her husband, Don, died unexpectedly in his sleep a few weeks ago. Even though I am in Fulton often I do not see every paper and missed the news. Rita saw me in a restaurant a week ago and told me about it. It is another reminder of the frailty of life and the importance of staying in touch.
I also heard Bobby Galbreth's died. If anyone can varify that, please let me know. We would like to once again, have a short time of rememberence for those who have passed on from our class, like Pam Oliver and Mark Douglas and Bobby Galbreth (?) There may be others I am unaware of so it would be good if that information could be gathered. Rita did such a good job of keeping that information I hope she will help us again this time. We will have a short time of rememberence and a memory table so please let me know if you have any information on anyone. I have some photo's of Pam.
FRIENDSHIPS are precious gifts that are worth the effort to refresh and keep alive.
It makes me want to dive in and work hard for our 40th reunion to be memorable and fun for all.
Until next time,
Blessings to you and yours,
CCrewsH
So sorry I was out of touch last year.
Now that I have finished my graduate studies and have cleared away some of the things stack up in it's wake, I am now looking forward to giving my full attention to working on the reunion. As the famous line from Independence Day movie says, "I'm Ba-a-ack".
Thank you Bill Jamison and Bill Riester for your support. Hopefully others will join you this year as we prepare to make our time together at the reunion memorable and fun. Please remind those you are in touch with to jump in and share their ideas. With the "My -S/Face-B" phenomon catching on I hope we can get folks addresses and information out quickly. I plan to meet with several "71ers" in the Kansas City area soon to get ideas and help.
I will be sending out a note this week to those who live far away for ideas on what would make it worth their time, expense and effort to attend the reunion next year. "The Columbia Committee" (Dave Danuser, Me, Linda Landrum Houston, and Kent Hatfield) will send out a save the date when a decision is reached so letting us know your ideal date will be helpful. Right now we are leaning toward making it during The Fulton festival time in June. That means we need to get organized and get the date out there so people can make their plans.
Remember, the class of 72 has not had reunions over the years, as our class has,. We have been asked by several if we would include them in our upcoming reunion. I would like every one's ideas about that as well. It seems good to me and The Columbia Committee but we would like to hear your thoughts.
SAD NEWS:
Please keep Ramona Grogan Dobson in your thoughts and prayers. Her husband, Don, died unexpectedly in his sleep a few weeks ago. Even though I am in Fulton often I do not see every paper and missed the news. Rita saw me in a restaurant a week ago and told me about it. It is another reminder of the frailty of life and the importance of staying in touch.
I also heard Bobby Galbreth's died. If anyone can varify that, please let me know. We would like to once again, have a short time of rememberence for those who have passed on from our class, like Pam Oliver and Mark Douglas and Bobby Galbreth (?) There may be others I am unaware of so it would be good if that information could be gathered. Rita did such a good job of keeping that information I hope she will help us again this time. We will have a short time of rememberence and a memory table so please let me know if you have any information on anyone. I have some photo's of Pam.
FRIENDSHIPS are precious gifts that are worth the effort to refresh and keep alive.
It makes me want to dive in and work hard for our 40th reunion to be memorable and fun for all.
Until next time,
Blessings to you and yours,
CCrewsH
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
2009 Greetings
Hello FHS 71ers.
Hope this new year finds everyone well.
There are only 2 more years left till our next reunion and I hope to get some ideas from folks about how to make it memorable and meaningful.
Don't forget to contact me either by E-mail, Snail mail, phone or this blog. So far this blog has not been very successful but that may change. I will be sending out information this year on how to access for those who are not blog savey. Savey?
This year looks to be the start of a new era. A New Day - for good or bad??? we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully it will be for good for all of you. Last year we lost some parents and 2 classmates (see previous blog notes). Not to be morbid but hopefully we will all see 2010 and things with the economy will start to level out by then. It makes our old friendships and relationships worth holding on to and investing time enough to care. Our past is Past but it is connected to our Now and our tomorrows by way of historic imprints. I don't know about the rest of you but life is too important to hold on to negitive attitudes and judgments that sometimes linger from our younger years. This year I want to start off with a great THANKS to all of you who have counted me as your friend and Pleas Forgive me to all those I may have carelessley spoken to in ways that planted any offense.
Life is too short and too Precious to let time and relationships slip away.
Hope you all have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Hope to hear from you all soon.
Your Friend
Carolyn
Hope this new year finds everyone well.
There are only 2 more years left till our next reunion and I hope to get some ideas from folks about how to make it memorable and meaningful.
Don't forget to contact me either by E-mail, Snail mail, phone or this blog. So far this blog has not been very successful but that may change. I will be sending out information this year on how to access for those who are not blog savey. Savey?
This year looks to be the start of a new era. A New Day - for good or bad??? we'll have to wait and see. Hopefully it will be for good for all of you. Last year we lost some parents and 2 classmates (see previous blog notes). Not to be morbid but hopefully we will all see 2010 and things with the economy will start to level out by then. It makes our old friendships and relationships worth holding on to and investing time enough to care. Our past is Past but it is connected to our Now and our tomorrows by way of historic imprints. I don't know about the rest of you but life is too important to hold on to negitive attitudes and judgments that sometimes linger from our younger years. This year I want to start off with a great THANKS to all of you who have counted me as your friend and Pleas Forgive me to all those I may have carelessley spoken to in ways that planted any offense.
Life is too short and too Precious to let time and relationships slip away.
Hope you all have a very HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Hope to hear from you all soon.
Your Friend
Carolyn
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
PAM OLIVER
September 16, 1953 - October 24, 2008
Unfortunately, for those who don't get the Columbia Paper, you may not have heard the sad news of the loss of our friend and class mate, Pam Oliver to cancer on Friday, October 24th.
Thanks to Rita for keeping in touch and making sure we got the news out and getting flowers to the family in the name of our class.
Life is too short to not make the most of the opportunities we have to care.
Life is too short to not make the most of the opportunities we have to care.
As I sat in the funeral service I was aware of the friend that never was. Not that I did not like Pam but I did not go out of my way to be a better friend. Now, although she lived in Columbia and we knew one another well enough to stop in the store isles to talk, I did not go to her quilting shop as I intended and now.... it's too late.
As glad as I am that she is not suffering with pain I am sad at the opportunity lost to know her better. She was a sweet lady.
Best to you all,
Carolyn
Best to you all,
Carolyn
For those who might want to post on this blog but find it does not work, please send your post to me by E-mail and I will see that it gets on. Just put Blog Posting in the subject line so I don't delete it not knowing who you are.
Best to you all.
Carolyn
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