2022.09.15 THROW BACK THURSDAY - REUNION STARTS NEXT THURSDAY, 9/22/2022
THROW BACK THURSDAY - REUNION STARTS
NEXT THURSDAY, 9/22/2022
The Swing Band Reunion will open our 66th Reunion next Thursday night, September 22, 2022,at 7:00p, with a free concert at ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 321 PLEASANT VALLEY DRIVE, LITTLE ROCK. The concert is open to the public so if you have relatives here or any old friends that would like to hear an hour of wonderful Big Band Music by 20 very talentedmusicians, please give them an invitation.OK, listen up to the description of the following list of names. This is a list of EVERYONE thatis attending AT LEAST ONE Reunion event.
100 are attending the Friday Night box dinner at the Hotel where we will be visiting with friends you might not have seen for years. Betty Chandler's combo will be entertaining us for the entire evening. Then Saturday at 11:30am, West Side, East Side and Pulaski Heights will be hosting a brunch for atotal of 36, 10 and 32 former students of these junior highs. This is a new and very popular event. If you haven't signed up yet, shoot me an email or give me a call. You don't want to miss this! Then Saturday night at 6:00p (doors open at 5:40p) we'll all gather in the Hotel Ballroom for ourclosing banquet. The Reunion Committee has worked hard to make this a really special event, so we hope if you don't see someone's name on this list that you wish would come, CALL THEM! Joe Crowhas put together a wonderful film of pictures from past Reunions. He's even labeled every single personjust in case you've forgotten what you used to look like! LOL You really don't want to miss this!ALL REGISTRATIONS OF THOSE WHO WILL ATTEND AT LEAST ONE REUNION FUNCTION:
ALLRED, Louie and wife, Alice
AUTRY, Cil
BAGBY, Johnny and wife, Marilyn
BOSHEARS, Carolyn (Gaylon’s widow)
BOSTIC, Nancy
BOWDEN, Mary and husband, Taylor Prewitt
BROCKMAN, Jane
BROWN, Midge
BRYANT, Bob
And wife, Betty
BRYANT, Mary Jo and main squeeze, Mike Herndon (’55)
BURNETT, John Len and wife, Marianne
BUSH, Jackie
CALLAWAY, Judy
CALLAWAY, Willis
CARMICHAEL, Jack and wife, XhanHai, and son, Bruce Carmichael, and daughter-in-law, Donna
CHANDLER, Betty
COLE, Annette
CONNER, Delrena
CROW, Joe and wife, Ginnie
CUBBINS, Carolyn and husband, Sam Starr
DANNER, Leroy
DELL, Jack and wife, Lynette
DICK, Carol Ann and husband, Oliver Eichelmann
DIFFEE, Jim
DOUGLASS, Sharon
DUGGAN, David and wife, Brenda, and son, Michael
EDWARDS, Barbara
ELLIS, Sylvia and daughter, Laurrie Jensen
FLEMING, Mary
FREDERICK, Gary
FULLER, Joyce and daughter, Beth Chavez
GENTRY, Hal and wife, Lynda
GLASS, Pat
GRADY, Charlene and daughter, Cindy Lowrey
HAMILTON, Julie Anne
HANSON, Calvin
HARTSTEIN, Peter and wife, Carolyn
HAWN, Veronica
HEDGES, Bill
HERMAN, Ken and wife, Pat
HILL, Jo Lynn and husband, John Van Wert
HOFFMANN, Gary
HOOVER, Annette
HOSACK, Mary Lou
HUDSON, Mary Lynn and husband, Ed Haines nd daughter, Mary Jacque Thompson, and daughter, Susan Florence
ISON, Billy
JACKSON, Marjem and husband, John Gill (’54)
JOHNSON, Iris and husband, Terry McMahan
KASSLER, Lloyd and wife, Beth
KEITH, Edwina
KERBY, Kay and husband, Bob Smith, and daughter, Pam
McMINN, Ben and date
MARTIN, Jimmy and Pat Ritsch
MAY, Barbara and husband, Jan Boyd
MEDLOCK, ML
MEHAFFY, Kathryn
MULKEY, Gaylon and wife, Bobbie
NEWMAN, Vernon and Ashley Jensen (Monica Starnes daughter)
NIX, Jan
OATES, Jerry and wife, Edith
ORTON, Syd and wife, Linda
OWENS, Tony and Paul Bash
PERRIER, Diann
POLK, Bucky
RATH, Bill and wife, Dottie
ROGERS, Jean and husband, Buddy Skipworth
ROWLAND, Marcella
SANDERS, Sara (widow of Jack Sanders) and sister, Robbie Braunfisch Riley
SATTERFIELD, Hammond
SHEPHERD, Gwen and Scott Minton
SMITH, “Chuck” Chas Elmer, Jr.
SMITH, Doug and wife, Jane Anne
SMITH, Ronnie and wife, Dianne, and Cindy Lu, daughter
SPANN, Farris ??????? - Has had a stroke - and Carolyn ???????
STOUT, Judy
STUDER, Pat and wife, Rosemary
SZURGOT, Don
THOMAS, Tommy
TOMPKINS, Kirk and wife, Susie
TREADWAY, Kenda
TUCKER, Carol Lee
WAFER, Sara
WALLIS, Jim and wife, Pat
WATSON, Terry
WATT, Virginia and husband, Byron Crain (’55)
WELTON, Barbara
WRIGHT, Herbie and wife, Connie
Pat Lewis a definite “maybe”
Dan Stowers, a definite “maybe”
Leo Aday, and wife, Barbara, a definite “maybe”
ADD THEM UP: COMES TO 142!!!!!
It's not too late to sign up!!!
CLASS NEWS
Bogie did everything she could to make the Reunion, but just can't. She sends everyone her love. We'll miss you, Bogie!
Dewana Price will have to miss the Reunion. Her husband, Rex, is having shoulder surgery on the 22nd. We'll miss you!
Joan Thomas will miss the Reunion. She has taken a bad tumble in her condo and is fighting with a walker. We'll miss you!
Clara Dean Stoddard has a broken hip. We'll miss you!
Ann Vines has a broken ankle. We'll miss you!
Kay Holloway isn't able to make it. We'll miss you!
Bill Harmon's entire family is on a special vacation. We'll miss you!
Jim Stotts wife, Kathy, recovering from heart problems. We'll miss you!
Sandra Snow is recovering from both Covid and a broken hip. We'll miss you! She has a NEW EMAIL ADDRESS.
Carl Smith was all set to come when he took a tumble, broke some ribs and got some painful scrapes. We'll miss you!
Our sympathy to the families of Patsy Larch (DOD: 9/6/2022) and Pat Hendry (DOD: 12/15/2020). I'll publish their obituaries next week.
ML
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