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Hey
Friends!
Boy, I just realized that this is Friday
the 13th.
It has already been a "hairy" week, so I guess it is just natural
to have it end the same way. I have spent 5 days back and forth with my
parents at
St.
Mary
Hospital
starting with my mother making a trip in the ambulance after fainting
at home. She has been having lots of episodes of gastric problems over the
years and we now know that there is a large stone in the biliary duct (gall
bladder has been out for 30 years)!! Anyway, with Dad (91 yrs old) with
dementia and Mom (his care-giver), it always becomes TWO patients at a time.
Mom is 84 and in very frail health. Dad is going to live to be a hundred!!
Anyway, back to the story. She is going to have to have the surgery in
Houston
(Monday, I think). Keep us in your prayers. Thanks.
from
Debbie Borres
in
Nederland
Everything is going good around here. We are getting ready to sail Monday
on the Bishop Byrne/TJ Alumni cruise that has been in the BULLETIN BOARD section of
our website. Just a couple of names on the list that I recognize. I
also see John Parent from the class of '66. He used to be in the band NITE
LITES while we were in junior high and high school. Hope to see you soon
as we will be planning our 40th reunion in '08.
(The last I heard was that classmates Ricky Bradley and wife Gloria Phillips
were going. Look them up. Take a picture and send it to us to publish .)
from
Jack Etheredge
in
Bridge
City
Our first grandchild, Peyton, made her grand entrance Friday, April 6, 07, at
9:04pm. She weighs 7lbs, 14oz and is 20 inches long. She is
absolutely beautiful!!!! Our daughter, Niki, husband, and baby are
doing fine. Grandma and Grandpa are very proud of her. She already
has us wrapped around her little finger. Can ya'll believe it? We
are finally grandparents. What a wonderful feeling!!!
(I agree. I saw photos of that beautiful baby granddaughter.)
from
Janette Light
Norton in
Amarillo
Don't we have lovely memories? I, for once, don't have words to express
how much the class of '68 appreciates you and Mike for helping us keep those
memories alive--in fact, some of the memories have been revived after decades of
dormacy.
from
Georgia Peterson
Winkler in
Austin
I really enjoy the updates and all the work you, Mike, and the classmates send
in to keep the rest of us informed.
Port Arthur
was a great place to be raised and I hold fond memories of the past. It
does hurt to go there and see the differences in the familiar places of my
childhood. Everything changes and we need to move forward. At least
through this communication of the TJ website - some things can be revisited and
appreciated.
(Happy 57th B-D April 17th sweet friend!)
from
Charlotte Johnson
Hebert in
Conroe
Sorry I am so late in replying to your request for information. We just returned
from camping. I am excited to be "found" and off of the MISSING list.
I appreciate Rhonda Richey (Bill's wife) sending you my e-mail address.
I am looking forward to catching up to date with other classmates.
(So glad you "joined" us. I LOVE deleting names from the MISSING
LIST.)
from
Janice Huebel
Slaughter in
Guntersville
,
AL
I've lived in Lumberton, TX, Mountainside, NJ, Gadsden, AL, and am currently in
Guntersville, AL, in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains and on the
largest lake in the state, a great bass fishing lake which has hosted several
Bassmaster tournaments. It's a beautiful area but a long drive from my
parents & siblings in TX. My husband, Glenn, and I have been married
almost 32 yrs.; he's a retired FBI agent & now has a PI business. We
have a married daughter in GA (and 4 granddaughters), a daughter who's a
sophomore in college and a son who's a junior in high school. I worked 10
yrs. in TX for the
U. S.
Government & have had a few part-time jobs
since we left there. I've done a lot of volunteer work, especially with
the
Child
Advocacy
Center
and the local Arts Council. I've
chaired a songwriters' competition for the last several years, which takes place
here in Sept., & asked Mike to post information about it in the
newsletter. We are close to
Nashville
and are able to get professional judges & great new talent. If you are
an aspiring songwriter or know of one, please contact me for more information.
Hope to see everyone at our next reunion.
(Janice is not playing fair! I saw her in PA last month and she looked
like her senior class yearbook picture. I bet it is that Appalachian Mountain WATER.
Send me about a dozen cases for starters!)
from
Nancy Decker
in
Kerrville
Thanks for everything that you and Mike are doing. We love it.
from
Elizabeth
"Liz"
Hall
in
Lubbock
I really enjoy getting all of this information. The pictures are really
reat and if I ever had a minute to devote to the project I would try to get you
some pictures of those of us who went to Terrell Elementary and to
Edison
. Anyway, I am working away at Texas Tech. My husband retired last May so he spends time taking care of our home in
Lubbock
so that we can spend every spare minute at our
ranch in
Flomot,
Texas
(8 miles from
Turkey
near
Caprock
Canyons
State Park
, 440 acres with the
Pease
River
running through it). Maybe some of our classmates would like to look at
the pictures of the ranch that I have posted on the fotomat.com website. It's www.fotomat.com.
You will have to log on. The user name is my email address (e.hall@ttu.edu)
and the password is lizzie. The guy in the "gentleman rancher"
clothes is my husband John Burns. The guy sitting on the trailer tongue is
our friend and the woman in the funky hat sitting in the Toro Workman is
me. My health is good. No chemo or radiation just lots of follow up
tests on a regular basis. Thank goodness for colon screening.
Elizabeth R. Hall, Ph.D.
Vice Provost
Office of the Provost
Texas
Tech
University
Box
42019
Lubbock
,
Texas
79407
(806) 742-2184
(I am thrilled about your health report.)
from
Lyn Frasier Lee in Port
Neches
Thanks so much for the time and effort that you and Mike put into our class
website. I am constantly bragging on our site.
from
Billy Jordan
in Decatur, AL
The
new web site is awesome! You and Mike have done a first class
job. I am now about five months past my prostate cancer surgery and fully
recovered. I am so busy I have few minutes in the day free. My wife
and I are designing our final retirement home. We have never built one
from the ground up and it is amazing how much detail you have to sort through.
We have also bought another home that I am fixing up and will rent to my
youngest daughter. On top of all that I am the President of our church's
congregation this year and there is a lot going on as we are growing.
Finally, I am a volunteer for the United Way and serve on a few committees with
various agencies. And this is what I call retirement!!.
On
the personal side my grandson started walking a couple of weeks ago and it is
just a wonder to see him get around and into things. We are buddies and he
hangs out a lot at our house. My wife continues to teach preschool and
will probably be doing this for the next 10 years. My oldest sister lives
in Port Neches and is a victim of Alzheimer's. She is beginning to lose
her memory of who people are which is sad. I will be traveling to
Texas within the next couple of months to see her.
(All I can say, Billy, is that you need to go get a J-O-B! You seem
bored!)
from
Gary Hammond
in Plano
Thanks for what you and Mike DO!
from
Linda Langhoff
in Elberta, AL
I was on the computer and had just been thinking that I wished I knew the
appropriate amount to send for a donation for the website. I want to tell
you & Mike that your time and efforts put into this
project are noticed and enjoyed by many of us, as we search our
memories and photos to contribute something for you to work with. I
have procrastinated sending a donation, trying to decide on how much to
donate. I am sure any amount would help, so there will be one in the
mail next week from Alabama.
(ANY
amount is appreciated since it all goes to the same POT!~)
from
Laura Meece Darby
in Kingwood
We have finally sold our house in Round Rock and moved back to Kingwood!
Did
anyone notice that there are only two states represented in this MAILCALL? You
three classmates from ALABAMA need to do a MAPQUEST search and see what it would
take to visit.
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WEBSITE
$$$ CONTRIBUTIONS
from
Linda Blakley
Rindlishbacher
"Here is another contribution for the website.
You and Mike have done a super job. I love it. I was a total
nerd-really didn't graduate
with the class but should have. Mike was nice to include me.
(This was Linda's SECOND contribution. I sent her a note saying that it
isn't necessary. I received the following note back.) Thanks
for the nice e-mail. Glad that you are doing fine with contributions for
the website. Heck, I guess I won't have to send the $1,000 I was going to
send next month. Ha Ha Thanks again for all of the hard work and
time that you put into the wonderful web site.
I
will be using some of the website funds to send out postcards to classmates that
aren't currently on my e-mail list. This is in hopes of getting
more classmates involved and also to inform them about our class website.
Mike is looking
for some current softwear to use for our website, also.
Contributions
may be sent to:
Linda
DeCuir McFadden
112 Woodsong
Bridge City, TX 77611
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Pati
Plummer Paulino
has been battling breast cancer since last spring, having incurred complication
after complication. Pati
has been unable to return to her teaching job in Orange since the beginning of
her cancer battle. Maybe some of our classmates
that have battled this malady could give her some encouraging words!
Yolanda
Reyes Bourque
suffered a staph infection and complications and was hospitalized for 71 days in
Houston! She is still trying to recover.
Yolanda
Reyes Bourque
6078 Inez Ave.
Orange, TX 77630
Please
send me names of others that could use our support. That is what we do
BEST!!
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Alan
Foley
(loss of his brother, Thomas Doyle Foley)
3367-26th St.
Port Arthur, TX 77642
(409)982-9706
It
is always hard to lose a loved one. But, Linda King and Barry Boudreaux
(mentioned in the last 3/26/07 NEWSLETTER) lost BOTH their PARENTS in a very
few weeks time! Please support your TJ classmates by contacting them
and expressing your sentiments. God bless them in their time of grief.
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I
hope that you are enjoying the TJ FIGHT SONG at the beginning of our website.
Tell us what you think. How about the faculty photos? You can find
them by clinking CLASS PHOTOS near the top of the home page and selecting
ADMIN/FACULTY. Too many memories. It is like dessert.....just a
little at a time. Enjoy it all. Looking at our website is how I try
to RELAX. Cheaper than a spa massage for sure! Thanks for ALL of the
KUDOS that you send to Mike and I, but we just compile YOUR NEWS AND
MEMORIES. It is all of you that contribute your time and effort to keep
our website refreshing. So, this closes my NEWSLETTER during my
STRESSFUL week. I found an anonymous quote that seems to fit perfectly.
Whenever
God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another, Even Though Sometimes It's Hell in
the Hallway"
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