from
Carla Castro Hass
in Nederland
Thanks to
all my wonderful friends and
family for my birthday wishes.
Ricky and I just got in from
Destin,
FL. I had a wonderful birthday week with
my beautiful daughters and their
just as fantastic men, and of
course the four most wonderful
grandchildren.
from
Ronnie Boneau
in Groves
Thanks so
much for all the work you and
Mike do on our TJ website.
I really enjoy hearing about all
of those who graduated with us.
from
Linda Blanton Murski
on the island of Guanaja
We
have just spent 4 weeks with our
grandson,
Austin, here in Guanaja. We had a great
time with him and I am pretty
sure he had a great time, too.
Never a dull moment. Just as he
left and the boat pulled away
from the dock on its way to the
airport, a beautiful rainbow
appeared in the sky. What
a perfect ending to a wonderful
summer vacation.
from
Bobby Williamson
(taken off of Facebook)
July 6....headed
to Salt Lake City tomorrow.
Bad day to fly, lots of thunder
storms.
July 16....Well,
I finally made it to Sheridan,
but I'm missing the rodeo.
I had to put Jonnye in the
hospital this morning. It
appears to be angina related to
high altitude.
She is fine now but is being
held over night just to be sure.
The rest of our vacation is
cancelled as it was all high
altitude. We'll attend a
wedding and head back home.
July
18....You
gotta love Wyoming weddings.
It was held in a back yard with
an adjoining corral and stables.
Just before the ceremony
started, the groom's father was
called upon to dispatch a rattle
snake which had wondered into
the area. It had 12
rattles. The groom came to
the wedding by boat later.
July 18...We
headed east today and Jonnye
decided to fill her prescription
for Nitro patches in Gillette.
July 25....Back
in old PA. Our main AC
unit quit cooling before we
returned. We are at a
hotel.
July 27....This
evening I'm recovering from the
Heart Cath. The cath
results found nothing wrong.
All my blood is flowing as it
should be. It left the
doctor scratching his head about
the tests that caused him to
Cath me. Another day of
rest and I will be back to
normal activity.
from
Gail Wilson Felker
in Barksdale, AFB near
Shreveport, LA
Our big news is that our son,
Chris, is graduating from Texas
State August 13 with a degree in
geography, (specializing in
GIS), with a minor in geology.
He will move to Alaska after
graduation. Jenny will
start nursing school at UT
Austin in the fall.
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Well, in the last NEWSLETTER I
mentioned that I asked all of
you to pray that my sister's
health issues with being
bi-polar would be stable so we
could take our Alaskan cruise in
August while she stepped up to
help with Dad. Two days
later, she had a melt down that
has lasted these two weeks.
Her psychiatrist added some RX
to help her. So, my
brother and sister-in-law took
Dad for a week to spend in
Friendswood. That gives me
a break and Dad somewhere
different to go and others to be
fawning over him. He is
really no trouble but Danny
likes to help out, too.
His hours are really long at the
hospital and so Rosie has to
keep Dad company. Dad has only
been gone a few hours and I
already miss him!!!
My daughter, the one who was in
the flash flood in June in New
Braunfels, had lightning hit a
tree this week. The strike
knocked out the garage door
opener, the flat screen tv, and
the lap top modum! I think
she lives under a black cloud!
By the way, a wrecker yard sent
them a letter saying that they
found their destroyed RV trailer
and wanted them to come pick it
up. What was left?
Oh, just the frame on the bottom
with the tires. She told
them to contact the insurance
company. It was theirs
now.
On a good note in their family,
the oldest granddaughter (7
years) is entered in her first
youth triathlon in Houston
August 7. Good luck Bailey
"Bug"!
Murphy and I celebrated our 37th
anniversary this week.
Thanks to all my classmates on
FB that sent us congratulatory
wishes! We are taking an
Alaskan cruise for the special
occasion. We leave in a
couple of weeks. We have
heard so much about this
adventure and are really excited
to see the sights. Please
continue to pray that my
sister's mental health
stabilizes and that she will be
able to continue to help with
Dad while we are gone. A
sitter will keep him during the
day during the week for her.
I dropped in on a long-lost
homeroom classmate,
Dianna Caillier Lewis,
this last week. We have
been staying in touch by phone
and mail over the last four
years but I have not seen her in
person since graduation!!
It was really nice to finally
meet her husband and one of her
daughters and see her again.
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John LeBlanc
(husband of
Susan Byrd)
Cancer surgery and treatment at
MD Anderson
(from his daughter, Kathleen)
"Dad's dr. found a
"pre-cancerous mass" on his
tongue, but by the time they
removed it and biopsied it, it
was cancerous. They sent
him to MD Anderson where they
removed 1/3 of his tongue and
some lymph nodes to test.
He has now gotten his final
pathology report and there was
ZERO involvement in the lymph
nodes that were removed!!
Jeanette Constantine Morgan's
husband,
Dennis, is being tested to find
out the source of some health
issues. Keep him in your
prayers.
Mr. Ross Felker
(husband of
Gail Wilson Felker)
CSTC-A CJ2
APO AE 09356
Show him your support.
Also, remember all those
family members of classmates
that are fighting to continue
our freedom. Send us their names
and addresses.
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Linda Hopper Hunt
(death of her husband, Hilton
Hunt TJ '62)
4131 Everglades
Port Arthur, TX 77642
lindahopr@yahoo.com
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This will be my last NEWSLETTER
for a
month
since we will be away on our
cruise for the next update of
the website which is scheduled
for Aug. 14th. Send Mike
anything that you want to have
published then. Also, make
sure he knows of any deaths of
classmates' family members or
any support we need to
mention.