|
|
Cold and rainy here in Bridge City. I would rather be in bed
reading the great book that I am enjoying,
BUT it is
NEWSLETTER deadline. I wouldn't want Mike to FIRE me. So, here
goes.....
from
Rachel Burton
Wheeler alternating
between Bridge City and Kerrville
I've been keeping up with the happenings of our class
and friends thru your website and just had to drop you a "thank you line".
I am in
Kerrville, where I live most of the time, and I
don't get to keep up with hometown news like I would like to.....BUT, then
I go to our website and get back into touch again. You guys do a
really great job and I love seeing pics of the old gang. It is
especially nice to know what everyone is doing, where they are, and if they
are well.
I am out on the ranch
about 35 miles from town, raising foreign deer and oddball animals these
days. My son lives about 10 miles from me and he is the one that
really had the dream of turning our little neck of the woods into a real
menagerie. It has been really interesting and fun, to mention nothing
of a lot of work, but I really love it. I think we have around 60 or
70 different species now, but I can't keep up, I just feed! If
you would like, I will send you some pictures sometime. Meanwhile,
thanks for all your hard work and dedication. Lots of us appreciate
it.
(Thanks for the kind words. Yes, please send photos . That would
be a treat for the classmates. Tell fellow classmate, Nancy Decker,
"hi" for us in
Kerrville.)
from
Shirley Moreau Betar
in Nederland
Just wanted to let you and Mike know I'm enjoying the web site very much.
I like knowing where my classmates are and hope things are going well with
them. I am looking forward to more information. God bless and
take care.
(Great hearing from you. Now, send us some information on you and
your family, also. I know others would like to hear about you,
too.)
from
Carole Oubre Reeves
in Groves
After serious & cautious consideration....your
contracts of friendship have been renewed for the New Year 2008! It
was a very hard decision to make. So, try not to screw it up!
My Wish for
You in 2008
May peace break into your house.
May thieves come to steal your debts.
May the pockets of your jeans become magnets for $100 bills.
May love stick to your face like Vaseline and may laughter assault your
lips!
May laughter fill your home like the air around us.
May your clothes smell of success and contentment.
May happiness slap you across the face.
May your tears be those of joy.
May the problems you had, forget your home address!
In other words ... May 2008 be the best year of your life!
from
Carol
Stubbs Moser (class of '67) in San Antonio
Great job on the website and so much fun to see. I graduated in 1967
with
Janice Jones' sister, Kathy. We all
lived on
10th Street in
Lakeview before their family moved to
Griffing
Park. You knew me as
Carol Stubbs
and my younger sister ,
Jennie Stubbs,
was from the class of '72 .
I
recently found a scrapbook from Woodrow Wilson Days with photos of
friends on Check Day and an outing of The Red Cross Club. Didn't
remember that at all ,but apparently we had a party in Rose
Hill
Park and beautiful
Mrs. Pitts
was our sponsor.
Warm
best wishes for continuing success with your work on the web
and thanks for the work that brought it to this point.
(It is great to have you as a new viewer of our class website.
Keep in touch.)
from
Mike Soileau
in Atlanta, TX
Hope you survived the holidays. Time for me to
get back on the diet! I wanted to mention that I did get a
chance to meet up with
Louvier, Shari at
her farm The
Garden of Eden. I bought some blackberry,
blueberry, cherry and peach preserves from her farm and gave them out for
Christmas Gifts (well, not all of them :) ). They were great and I
recommend everyone get in touch with
Shari and order some. It was good
seeing and catching up with her. Also, I got a Christmas card from my
old friend and classmate in
San Antonio, Fred
Hollier and his wife. How good it is to
keep in touch. God Bless to all and here's to a healthy and prosperous
New Year.
from
Janette Light Norton
alternating between Amarillo
and Cypress
I am still living in
Amarillo and will until the end of the school year, but
Richard and I have purchased a home in
Cypress,
TX where he now lives.
He and I both have half a house of furniture. My "winter home"
address is in
Cypress,
TX.
(You'll get back to the Golden Triangle SOME DAY!)
from
Kathleen Rosenthal Phillips in
Groves
I enjoy keeping up with our class and really
look forward to reading the newsletter and viewing the updated
website. I will be retiring from my job with the City of
Port Arthur effective
January 31,2008. I am retiring after 30 years at the
City. I have had the pleasure of helping many of them that still
live in
Port Arthur or their
parents with various things here at City Hall . I am so much
looking forward to my retirement and am counting the days. If
anyone would like to come, the City is hosting a reception for me on
January 30th from 3 until 5 at City Hall
444 4th St
Port Arthur on the 5th floor. (Congratulations
on your richly deserved retirement.)
from
Paula Iles
Restrepo (class of '69)
I love the website and the letters. I look forward to them
each time I get your e-mail. It's really relaxing and fun to
sit down and go through it.
from
Nelwyn
Comeaux Blanchette in
Kingston Springs,
TN
All is well here in
Tn. Still
recouping from holidays! So fun, but so much work. All of
the children were here for one full week. So, needless to
say, we really enjoyed them & the babies, but, like a friend
once said, the only thing better than seeing your grandbabies
drive up, is watching them pull out .There just might be a
little bit of truth to that one.Although we do love them so so
much but, just can really wear you down quickly.
I want to tell
you that
Cynthia Marshall
found me through you. I was so surprised to have received
her email. I have been trying to find her since 1986!!
Have a wonderful & healthy New Year!!
*******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
MARDI GRAS TIME IN
SE TEXAS
THURSDAY, JAN. 31
Courir du Mardi Gras Parade,
4:45 p.m.
Rose Hill down
Lakeshore Drive.
FRIDAY, FEB. 1
Krewe of Krewe's Parade,
7 p.m.,
Rose Hill down
Procter Street ending
at
Houston Ave.
SATURDAY, FEB. 2
Krewe of Aurora Grand Parade,
6 p. m.,
Rose Hill down
Procter Street ending
at
Houston Ave.
SUNDAY, FEB. 3
Munchkin Parade,
1 p.m., inside Entertainment Area on
Procter Street
Truck Parade,
2 p.m., Rose Hill down Procter ending at
Houston Ave.
For more information
www.mardigras.portarthur.com
*******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
HOW 'BOUT THEM
COWBOYS!!! YUK
(maybe NEXT YEAR!!!)
Click this Link:
http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
THE OLDER
CROWD
A distraught senior citizen phoned her doctor's office. "Is it true,"
she wanted toknow, "that the medication you prescribed has to be taken
for the rest of my life?"
"Yes, I'm afraid so," the doctor told her. There was a moment of silence
before the senior lady replied,"I'm wondering, then, just how serious is
my condition because this prescription is marked 'NO REFILLS'."
***********************
An older gentleman was on the operating table awaiting surgery and he
insisted that his son, a renowned surgeon, perform the operation. As he
was about to get the anesthesia, he asked to speak to his son. "Yes,
Dad, what is it? " "Don't be nervous, son; do your best and just
remember, if it doesn't go well, if something happens to me, your mother
is going to come and live with you and your wife...."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Aging: Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your
age and start bragging about it.
----------------------------
The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.
----------------------------
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me! I want people to
know "why"
I look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't
paved.
********************
When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of
Algebra.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks.
----------------------------
One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a
nice change
from being young.
<><><><><><><><><>
Ah, being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable.
<><><><><><><><><>
First you forget names, then you forget faces. Then you forget to pull
up your zipper.
It's worse when you forget to pull it down.
----------------------------
Long ago when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called
witchcraft... Today, it's called golf.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Two old guys are pushing their carts around
Wal-Mart
when they collide. The first old guy says to the second guy, "Sorry
about that. I'm looking for my wife, and I guess I wasn't paying
attention to where I was going." The second old guy says, "That's OK,
it's a coincidence. I'm looking for my wife, too. I can't find her and
I'm getting a little desperate."
The first old guy says, "Well, maybe I can help you find her. What does
she look like?" The second old guy says, "Well, she is 27 yrs old, tall,
with red hair, blue eyes, long legs, and is wearing short shorts. What
does your wife look like?" To which the first old guy says, "Doesn't
matter, --- let's look for yours."
********************
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
REUNION
COMMITTEE HAPPENINGS
We are still
confirming names and addresses before we spend $$$$ to send out
postcards. We had a thought that maybe FIRST we would send the
post card with information electronically (by e-mail for US
DUMMIES!). If you respond to that one with your money for the
tickets, that would allow us to save $$$ on stamps and printing.
Hey, maybe I might even talk the committee into VOTING for giving an
INTERNET DISCOUNT for the EARLY BIRDS that respond. Don't know
if that will pass mustard, BUT I'll try. We REALLY need to
have a quick response on buying tickets so that we can plan and pay
LOTS of deposits. We know many of
you are in the business field and can FEEL OUR PAIN. More
about this later. Keep your eyes and your pocket books open.
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
from
Mr. Lionel
Rowland (history teacher) with a health
update
I am feeling fine. I will start a new round of Chemo Wednesday
at MD Anderson
llrowland@sbcglobal.net
from
Sharon Gary
Peters concerning her mom
Do keep my Mom Marie, in your prayers. She underwent chemo this past
year and has been struggling to get better.
sharong.peters@hotmail.com
from
Darlene
Turner Landry concerning her husband
My husband is having surgery on 1/10...he has a cervical disc
that's blown and he's put off the repair for a while and it's
time
he tries to
fix the problem. He'll be in the hospital overnight
but off work for 8 weeks...lordy!
Update:
As far as
the 'discectomy'....that went well...it was almost instant
relief. He had problems with his blood pressure and
anesthesia and the tube had to be pulled out and reinserted
twice. Once that was under control, they could procede
with the surgery....his throat is quite sore and the therapy
sessions....some, I have to help him with are coming along.
Each
day he's getting better and that's all we can ask
for...right???
gran0901@yahoo.com
from
Janette Light Norton
concerning her mom
The decision to start over again came unexpectedly as you
know and now we know why--my mother fell ill on the 2nd day
she was in
Houston and had to be
hospitalized for some pretty serious symptoms that she's
been experiencing in
Sherman for a
number of years. The doctor in
Houston discovered the cause right
away--adverse reactions to medications she was taking for
her diabetes and hypertension. As a result, she has
some kidney malfunction but we think that dialysis has at
least been prevented for the short term.
Anyway,
the blessing is she is with my sister and good doctors.
My other sister will be there soon, Richard is just around
the corner, and I'm getting there as fast as I can! To tell
you how many ways this move has been orchestrated outside of
me are too numerous to tell, but suffice to know that each
day we are reminded of God's grace and wisdom and our need
to stay out of His way when He is working. Please keep my
mom in your prayers.
hjn50beach@yahoo.com
from
Walter Jones
(class of '67) concerning his wife,
Linda
Messer Jones (class of '66)
Writing this from MD
Anderson at 6:30
pm. Still 3 hours to go. All is going well. No reaction.
Linda's tests all look good. Brief visit with Doctor went
well. Blood work was good. The main cancer blood test,
CA 125, is down to its lowest point - 13 - since October.
Excellent.
Normal is 30 to
34. In some people this number can be in the hundreds and
not be responsive to the chemotherapy. Trend has been down
which is also good. Linda has responded. We will be coming
over in late Jan on 25th for Cat scan and follow up planning
on Jan 29th.
Please pray a prayer of praise, thanking Jesus for these
results. I thank the Lord for each of you.
wdjrel@hotmail.com
*******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
CONDOLENCES
Carole
Oubre Reeves
(death of her mom)
6535
Jefferson
Groves,
TX
77619
(409)962-8618
creeves@talonins.com
from
Maureen Murphy Coleman
Thank you for sending out the
prayer request from Carole Oubre. I saw in the paper
that her mother passed away and I was glad that prayers had
been offered up on her behalf. The best thing friends
can do for one another is pray. Once again, thank you
for allowing me to be a part of lifting her and her family
up.
Correction
to an address concerning the death of Deborah Welty's son
mentioned in the last NEWSLETTER:
I noticed the posting of a death in your NEWSLETTER on your
class website:
Deborah Welty Stewart ('69)
(death of her son)
2711 Miller
Port
Neches,
TX
77651
Please note the
correct
address is:
813 Cherokee
Pt
Neches,
TX
Thanks,
Tim Welty
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Again, A SAD TIME FOR OUR CLASS....our
65th
known deceased classmate!
Vera May
Taylor Spears
10/8/49-12/29/07
May she rest in peace with the Lord.
Condolences may be sent to her sister:
Darleen Vidrine
421 N. 11th St.
Eunice,
LA
70535
*****************************************************************************************************************************************************************
That is it
in a nutshell. I am tired trying to move boxes and
furniture from
two houses!
Did I mention that Murphy's mom's house is for sale? She is
in a private nursing home. Well, maybe I'll have more
time to spend communicating with all of you when the
garage
sale is over! Oh, I
forgot to mention that I was so thrilled with the MAIL CALL
items this time. Please keep sending them in.
"A friend is someone who reaches for your hand and touches
your heart."
Anonymous
Stay safe
and keep in touch,
Linda DeCuir McFadden
lindasuemcfadden@sbcglobal.net
www.tjhs1968.com
|
|
|