50th
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Dear Classmate,
The 50th reunion will be held 1-3
October 2010 in
We have made arrangements with the Westin
Virginia Beach Town Center Hotel,
You may mail your payment now. The cost
per person is $75 per person. That will cover the Saturday 2 October 7PM to
12PM reunion dinner/dance expenses (10,000 square feet banquet hall rental,
dinner buffet, two cash bar bartenders, and a DJ), costs of snacks/drinks at
the 37th floor owner's lounge hospitality suite on Friday 1 October and
Saturday 2 October, mailing costs associated with finding and informing classmates,
and printing of the reunion yearbook. Jack Nichols is the reunion treasurer. Make
checks payable to “PAHS Reunion 50”. Mail your $75 per person payment to:
C/O Jack
Nichols
Bryan Bennett and Linda Clark have made
arrangements with Princess Anne High School for the class of 1960 to interact
with PAHS on Friday and Saturday:
- Friday school day (8AM-2PM) class of 60
reunion attendees will be able to participate in “curriculum enhancement”
activities. The idea is to apply our 50 years of experience to related
classes during the day by providing the students a 20 minute presentation
of our career field and responding to 10 minutes of student questions. For
example, class of 60 members who were in the scientific community would be
hooked up with science classes by the PAHS science chairperson. We will be
sending all class of 1960 members a summary of “curriculum enhancement”
opportunities via email.
- Friday evening (7-9PM) class of 60 reunion
attendees will be encouraged to attend the PAHS football game as a group.
Marion is trying to arrange bus transportation from the Westin to the
school. The school is only about ½
mile from the hotel so walking is also an option.
- Saturday morning (10-12AM) class of 60 reunion
attendees will be provided a guided tour of the school.
- Saturday evening at the beginning of the
dinner/dance, members of the PAHS Navy Junior ROTC will “post the colors”
to begin a short ceremony led by Bryan Bennett and Walt Handy recognizing
the deceased members of our class.
- At a 21 January meeting the reunion committee
discussed a possible “tailgate party” at the school prior to the football
game paid for by those attending the game. Bryan and Linda will study this
option and report back to the committee for consideration at the May
meeting.
As attendees register for the reunion at the Westin hotel
hospitality suite on Friday or Saturday, we will have sign up sheets for
"birds of a feather" lunch on Saturday or breakfast on Sunday (e.g.,
band members, jocks, cheerleaders, golfers, or just old friends who have stayed
in touch). The Saturday lunch and
Sunday breakfast events will be self-organized and self paid.
Russ Myers is taking the lead on
the creation of a reunion yearbook similar to the ones passed out at the 30th
and 40th reunions. If you haven't already done so, please mail (3156 Gallahad
Drive, Virginia Beach, VA) or email (myers.russel@gmail.com) a current picture
and summary of what you have been doing since 1960 to Russ.
We want to make this the best reunion ever.
Your 50th
Russ Myers, Jack Nichols,
Marion Blackwell Hoggard , Meade Fowlkes, Susan Girard Futrell, Marsha
Whitworth Wilkins, Bryan Bennett, Judy Nilsen Cudworth, and Linda Clark
Simmons.
Contact emails, phone
numbers and addresses are on the roster. Please help us locate any of
the missing.
Looking forward to hearing
from you soon.
9 January 2010
