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TJ
class
of
1965
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Dear
TJ Classmate,
By now you know the news: our class will have its 40th reunion this coming
fall - the weekend of October 29th. Those of us on the Reunion Committee
hope you have marked your calendar and begun making plans to attend. We
think the weekend will be enormously interesting and fun, and YOUR
presence is what will complete it. Look for some preliminary material in
the mail
very soon.
Information is also available on our class website at www.TJclassof1965.com.
If you haven't already been to the website, do check it out - and keep
checking back for additions and updates as plans unfold. While you're
there, please visit the "40/65 hindsight" page and send us some
of your memories.
To get you thinking, here are excerpts of what several classmates have
told us.
Joe Segal remembers taking Miss Henna's no-credit slide rule
course, which began at
8 a.m.
Miss Henna had a giant slide rule
attached to the wall over the chalkboard. Joe's wife recently consulted
with Phil Pollack when she wanted advice about replacing Joe's slide rule
as a gift for him. According to Joe, Phil still has his original one! Joe
is in
Richmond
these days.
Phil Pollack is also in the
Richmond
area. He remembers that our Junior Stunt
Night was postponed due to President Kennedy's assassination. He also
remembers working the counter at the Clover Room our senior year, and he
recalls that Parker Field "had that great old smell, mostly cigar
smoke,
that the Diamond will never have."
Mary Ellen Navas remembers being arranged alphabetically in
homeroom, adding that because she had come from a tiny parochial school,
the scale and formality of homeroom were new - and seemed "big
time." With regard to athletic events, she writes, "track meets (watching) were my all-time favorite.
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They were a great combination of socializing and sports. And we got a
chance to see all those bodies!" Mary Ellen now divides her time
between
California
and
Utah
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Steve Green attended the ground breaking for Willow Lawn, where he
met the Cisco Kid, who was dressed in his black and white outfit, six guns
and all. Steve also remembers what seemed like miles of open land there at
the time. You can follow the "TJ-Now and Then" link to find a
"Then" photograph of Steve at a TJ sock hop as the drummer for
"Sound by Four." Also in that photograph is another classmate,
Larry Bernstein who will be our DJ on Saturday night. On the class website
there's a link where you can vote for your favorite music of our era - and
dedicate songs to all your True Loves, past and present!
let
us know
Do you remember
- whose
homeroom you were in?
- whether
you ate lunch in the
cafeteria or the rec hall?
- what the
name of our Junior Stunt Night was?
Think about it, and let us know. We look forward to hearing from you!
Angie Brock Caudle
forty65@hotmail.com
P. S. If you are in touch
with classmates who don't use email, please pass this
information along. And if you know some who do have email but
didn't receive this, please have them send their e-addresses to
Reunion@TJclassof1965.com.
Thanks so much!
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