from
Carolyn
Bigler Hebert
TJ '58 (wife of biology teacher,
Al Hebert)
We are just now getting to our hurricane Ike repairs. We
didn’t have the extent you had but we did have a separation
of the sheetrock, the tiles, paneling, the windows and more
inside our house. There are still outside damages to be
taken care of. The fence is up but not completed. The
storage sheds are repaired and have new roofs but still need
new windows. Princess and I are moving out so Alfred can get
the damages done without us being here. The Pecan trees are
beginning to bloom and pollinate and I have a severe allergy
to them. While Princess and I are in
Tyler I will be
house shopping. Alfred and I are still planning our move.
Ike just delayed us and the insurance fighting us delayed us
even more.
My allergy doctor
in
Houston said
when we evacuated I should not have returned. She said I am
living in a cesspool for my allergies. Last year at this
time I was extremely ill with an upper respiratory
infection.
Alfred will learn
how much help I am to him with his computer. He just had to
have the main hard drive formatted and I had to get it up
and going for him again. I am the computer nerd in the
family. I have been computing since 1986 and building
websites since 1999.
Be sure to check
out the website for the
Graduate
Museum . They have decided to reconsider
renovating the building and are working to get a benefactor.
They are also negotiating for a safe place to store things
should anything have to be removed from the building. And
too, if that becomes necessary the information will be given
to me so I can post it in the website. The people who want
to remove their donations until the renovation is complete
will then be able to do so.
All I had to
build this site was one newspaper article and the pictures
from Alfred’s yearbook and class reunion photos. I did a lot
of research on the internet and came up with the rest of the
articles. And I created graphics for the site and edited
photos. Check it out please.
http://graduatemuseum.com
We will be going
to
California the end of July
for the National Senior Games to be held in
Redwood City in
August. That’s just outside of
San Francisco .
And boy howdy is that a l o n g trip by car. But, we have to
travel by car to take that racing bike of Alfred’s. He has a
computer on that too. It’s called a Power Tap.
Eventually, I
will be adding more pages to the Florence Coleman section of
my website. JK Petteway gave me his dance scrapbook and it
is loaded with newspaper articles and photos. Melanie said
she will send me more photos too when time permits. She is
my sister’s aunt by marriage.
http://moonlightflower.org
from
Paula
Iles Restrepo
TJ '69
Yes, even I, Class of '69, missed the NEWSLETTER, too!
You are such a newsy writer, so much of that down-home
Port Arthur
communication. It feels so familiar.
Remember, I've been gone since 1970. Things up
here in
Dallas are all in bloom with Spring! It's
my favorite time here, if any of you guys ever get up to
Big D, if you like gardening, RUN DO NOT WALK to The
Dallas Arboretum on White Rock Lake. It is a
world class botanical garden owned by the City of
Dallas, and it's a mult-million dollar
operation all year round, with 2 big festivals in Spring
in Fall. Several decent restaurants overlooking
the lake. It is truly an oasis in the middle of
the city! You can easily spend several hours
there, watch the sailboats on the lake, feel the breeze,
have a tasty lunch, tour the DeGoyer mansion.
Fountains, live music. We are members but single
admission is about $8 for adults plus $5 parking.
Oh and senior discounts but I think you have to be 62 or
65. Remember, McDonald's gives free soda fountain
drinks to over 55's now.
My main
reason for writing is to give
Carol
Oubre
a big thumbs up on the Boomers Song Titles. My
husband and I (both '69 grads -- he's from
Minneapolis)
were LOL. Especially Willie Nelson's On the
Commode Again. After a few colonoscopies for both
of us, we can sure relate to that song! We're
still trying to keep up with our only child, our 14 year
old daughter in 7th grade
Victoria.
I'll try to get a photo of us to you guys soon!
I seldom get
to PA anymore. My only sibling remaining in the
Golden Triangle is my sister,
Anne
Iles,
class of '78 and Hussar Bugle Sergeant (whoo hoo) I got
suspended from Hussars in my senior year with 3 others
for "being subversive" translated too many demerits.
I cried and hugged Dorothy
Day and
blubbered "I'm sorry" at the Hussar Reunion after
blowing my lips out on the bugle marching in that parade
under the direction of my little sister Anne. Dot
was gracious and said "Now we'll have none of that, you
call me for lunch next time you're in town."
I had the best of intentions, but I never did call her.
I still would like to. Did she come to the reunion
last summer?
Do any of you
watch Frasier reruns? Remember when his and
Niles' plumbers were the 2 brothers who
terrorized them in high school? As one of the
plumber guys said about his memories of putting
Niles' underwear up on the goal post in P.E.
"Those were some crazy days weren't they?" I love
that show, have most of the episodes memorized.
Not sure what
inspired me to write so much this evening, but maybe it
can fill in some of your space if you are short again
next time. I really enjoy your website. I
grew up down the street from
Betty
Sue Ratley,
and she was a good friend of my younger brother
Robert Iles,
class of '70 and a Texan, again, upstanding never
suspended from Texans or anything like MOI! I have
such guilt about that! Oh how I wish I had aspired
to National Honor Society and other such high places.
But Hussars really was fun, that ole counter culture
wave just grabbed some of us! Like the plumber
says "Those were some crazy days, weren't they?"
I will be in
Lumberton
for my nephew's wedding on May 23rd, looking majorly
forward to it. He was 4 at my own and only
wedding in 1991. How the time flies.
A Big D HOWDY
to Linda and Mike and thanks for something I look
forward to every month!
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NEWS FROM THE HOMEFRONT
Well, it
happened! My mom has decided that she IS
definitely going stir-crazy and needs to move! So,
they are heading to an apartment complex on HWY 347 near
the old K-Mart (behind a flower nursery) called Carriage
Park Apts. They will live right next door to their
dear friends,
Dennis
O'Quinn's
parents. They have known them since the early
'50's. Couldn't talk mom out of moving. Sure
hope that their health holds up to be by themselves
AGAIN! We'll see. Please keep them in your
prayers. They will move in the last week of May.
Dad turned 93 April 22. I brought them to Kinder
to the casino. They enjoyed the outing.
Murphy and I
are doing fine here in
Lumberton. He is still working shift work
as a RELIEF operator at the TEPPCO gas pipeline right
past the prison complexes on the way to
Beaumont. The couple who bought our home
in BC are busy remodeling and really sprucing up the
yard. Murphy hates gardening and flower beds and
had gone "low-maintenance" there. Funny, but our
yard here has LOTS of flower beds to tend to. He
is not laughing, though.
The two
granddaughters are really growing. The oldest is
nearing completion of KDG. and the youngest is in Pre-K.
She is doing well since her kidney surgery last
September. She is still on blood pressure medicine
but not as large of a dose twice a day. She is a
hoot. Always into some kind of devilment!
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CAKE ANYONE?
contributed
by
Katherine Van Slyke
Magic.
Click open the cake you like and there is the
recipe.
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Cajun Recipes (and more)
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SUPPORT
from
Stephen Simonton
and wife,
Betty Hebert '67
Betty went to
Houston
for a checkup yesterday and found to be cancer free.
She will go back in July for a checkup and then
another cat scan towards the end of the year. I will
be going to Dr. Susan Coulter for my heart problems
at ST. LUKES in
Houston
May 4th.
wolfen49@sbcglobal.net
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CONDOLENCES
Harold
Schkade
(death of his 26 year old daughter, Ashley)
2710 McBride Dr.
Pt.
Neches,
TX
77651
shagshws@swbell.net
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That is
it! Boy, I am thankful for the contributions
of those TJ alumni that
didn't graduate with
us. Otherwise, this NEWSLETTER would have
really
been
small. Don't forget to contact those mentioned
in the SUPPORT and CONDOLENCE sections.