HMHS CLASS OF 1963
Messages from Peggy Friend,
Paul's wife:
Hi Denny,
I just wanted to pass on
to you and the reunion committee that Paul passed away last
evening after his courageous battle with cancer. I know that
he loved working with the group and was sorry that he couldn't
help with the planning of the next event.
He certainly was planning on attending if he was able.
We thank you for your friendship and keeping us in your prayers.
My best,
Peggy
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I wanted to let you know
that Paul is being cremated and we will have a gathering at
our home on Saturday the 22nd from 6 to 8pm. Please pass this
on to your list.
My best,
Peggy
Peggy Friend's email address
is pjfriend@verizon.net
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HMHS Class of 1963,
Your reunion planning Committee met this afternoon to discuss
the feasibility of holding a 45th reunion. In the last 3 weeks,
we have been in contact with 105 members of our class and there
is significant interest among them for breaking tradition and
having a reunion after 5 years.
Although nothing is firm yet, we considered the
responses you have made in the last 3 weeks and made some tentative
decisions today:
1. Based on interest shown, a 45th reunion will
be attended by a sizable number of classmates.
2. The reunion should be in the Haddonfield area. (It is much
easier to plan that way, and if we want another location, maybe
that would work for the Big One in 2013.)
3. It should be over a weekend. That way, those returning from
afar have multiple opportunities to reconnect with their classmates.
There would be a variety of activities to select from.
4. The weekend should be in the fall. We are looking at the
five weekends beginning with October 15, although November 22
may be a little late.
We are considering a model similar to our 40th
where everyone could pick and choose the activities of greatest
interest. That means, of course, that the venues have to be
decided upon, with the most problematic being the class dinner
(since many locations are already booked).
The Saturday activities would give you a chance
to mingle with your friends from a half-century ago (sorry I
said it that way, but it's true).Here are some ideas we put
on the table:* *Guided walking tour of Haddonfield, perhaps
emphasizing historicbuildings.*
*Walking tour of Collingswood, which is not the same town it
waswhen we were in high school.*
*Guided walking tour of the Philadelphia historic district.*
*A few hours at the shore.*
*Time to just sit and chat.*
*Organizationally, Mark has again volunteered to keep our web
site (http://www.hmhs63.50megs.com/)
up to date.
There may be some current
pictures that appear shortly.
Treasurer Stan will again handle the money and Rob Alleger is
keeping the database up to date. Much else will need to be done.
If you would like to organize something or help in any way,
please let me know.
I have attached a preliminary
questionnaire that will help us get a sense of what you
are interested in doing. Please complete it and suggest other
possible activities that we could consider. We'd probably have
to offer several choices since if we all went to one, the numbers
may be unwieldy. Your responses will be tabulated by Fred prior
to out next meeting on Feb. 24. I have also attached a list
of classmates for whom we do not have email addresses. We would
clearly prefer to communicate by email, so having their email
addresses would be most helpful. Do you know the email addresses
of any of those listed? The other list is the lost list. We
were in contact with the classmates in bold in 2003, so they
should not be too hard to locate. However, those with asterisks
will be problematic. Please let me know if you can help with
any of them.
Speaking for the planning committee, we look forward to organizing
a reunion that will be memorable for you.
The 45th Reunion Planning Committee
Fred Franks
Stan Bockmann
LynnMcDevitt
Roland Holloway
Karen Cox
Mike Bryen
Marcia Lugger
Sandra "Sam" Crawford
Margie Kanupke
Karen Slimm
Kathy Baxter
Cheryl Underhill
Denny Ryder
Billy Budd
Mark McGrath
Link to Scholarship page
Reunion Exploratory Committee
Reunion Contacts:
Reunion photos for the CD:
Judy Douglass at moodyjudy@houston.rr.com
Photos for Web Photo Albums and all other Web
Postings::
Mark McGrath at mfmcgrath@hotmail.com
General questions, comments or information:
Denny Ryder at hryder@verizon.net
or
Stan Bockmann at stanbman@comcast.net
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