April 2007
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Dear Classmate,
What a GREAT reunion! If
you were there, you know what I mean.
If you weren’t, it wasn’t just your loss. We know we can’t top the 50th; it’s far too special,
but how would you like the opportunity to meet more often? Have a class website? Have a class newsletter? The committee has met and we’re making plans
to try all three. Success will depend
upon classmate interest. Consider this
your first newsletter.
WEBSITE
Randal Crouch, Class 58 has a Russellville website and he has
designed a link for several classes, most recently ours. www.go2russellville.com
Click: RHS classmates page. Click: Class 1956. Click: Homecoming 2006 under the
picture. He has posted several pictures
from Shirley Duvall Harrison and is just waiting for more information from
us. You will be our source of
information.
NEWSLETTER
We hope to keep everyone apprised of family events, changes in
e-mail addresses, phone numbers and home addresses, illnesses etc. etc.
etc. (If someone is ill we would want
to notify immediately so a special e-mail will go out.) Those without e-mail will receive the
newsletter by regular mail and may notify us with their information in the same
manner or by phone.
YEARLY EVENTS
We are planning for 3 simple events per year. June offers a great time to be
outdoors. October is a favorite as
there are so many people in town for the RHS/TECH Homecomings. February we will want to be cozy inside and
is just evenly spaced between the others.
A larger “reunion” can be planned as classmates interest dictates. This seems to offer several options of
choice for those who may come to town only once a year or who no longer have
ties here, yet does not overburden those closer.
COST
The class has some funds available and will cover any reservation
charges, cost of postage and supplies (paper, ink etc.) Most events will be planned around meals so
attendees will pay for that. There will
be some minimal cost involved with the website.
Contacts for the website and newsletter are:
Jane Bailey Barnhouse Linda Goodwin Griffin
2511 Austin Oaks Drive 925 Skyline Drive
Sherwood, AR 72120 (mail) Russellville, AR 72802 (money)
501/835-4542 479/968-2475
jane.rhs@swbell.net (class stuff) griffin2@cei.net
jabarn@swbell.net
(personal)
Erma Duryea Cotton Shirley DuVall Harrison
479/890-5535 479/967-1488
ecotton@suddenlink.net
(new) drsnharrison@arkansas.net
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FYI
Larry Woodward changed e-mail lawoodward2@peoplepc.com
Patsy Crouch Murphy changed e-mail mapmurphy@knology.net
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Our first event $50 reservation fee paid by class fund (no refund)
Class 56 Barbeque
Saturday, June 16,
2007
Old Post Park
Pavilion #6
overlooking the river
11:00am till ???
Serving @12:30
Barbeque
$8.00 per person
Baked Beans Guests welcome
Cole Slaw Reserve by June 1, 2007
Drinks & dessert Check to: Linda Griffin – RHS 1956
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Overshadowing all of us is the knowledge that we aren’t getting
any younger. Our “want to” and our “can
do” are often on opposite sides, and time is flying by.