June Equals Parades and Parties!

What a nice time we had at my 55th Class reunion weekend!  Our float was finished on time, thanks to all the people who came and helped to make it so good.  It won a banner for First Place, Humorous!!
The parade was a 2 1/2 to 3 mile trek from the south side of town to the Jr. high school on the north side.  About 22 of the 'Young at Heart' class of '58 walked along with the float and the bandwagon on which a classmate played his trombone ( a GREEN one, just special for the occasion, as we are so proudly the Green and White).  Having such nice music to dance along with was a real blast.  And we did dance part of the way!  We were all dressed in our cardboard boxes, depicting building blocks.  The theme of the parade was TOYS and we dubbed our float "The Block Party".  I guess the judges found us humorous in our 'blocks' just a-jumping and dancing around like youngsters!  Some classmates rode on the float and in the truck that pulled it.  Raggedy Ann was there, on the float.   What a nice day it was too for a parade, after a whole week of rainy days.  It was a really good parade too with many fine floats involving much creativity and a lot of work!

The three posters on the back show three of our best floats from other years

A bunch of Blocks

Fifty Five Years Later

by Dottie Ann Richardson

Guys in white sport coats and pink carnations,

(Remember the song?)

Or in white bucks and a pink shirt,

A comb in his pocket ... that wave to tame.

Ah ... remember Vitalis?

Starched crinoline petticoats, the girls wore,

With bouncy ponytails swishing,

Its the way we were;

Things of the 50's, in times of yore.

Fond memories remain

Of the magical times of our youth and prime.

For some, the years have been kind,

For some, life's highways rough,

Dreams illusive and peace hard to find.

We think often of the dear ones

Who have gone on before us;

You are never forgotten,

We'll pause to mention your names

And speak of you with kindness.

Through it all, special bonds we've forged,

This awesome class of '58.

We've grown close with the passing years,

We've shared our joys, our sorrows and tears.

Has it really been 55 years in all,

Since leaving those sheltered halls

Of our beloved SHS ?

Time sure flies, I guess!

Yet, here we are ... Still young at heart:

Together again, gathered from near and far,

To celebrate, to remember, to laugh and to love!

Bless us, this class of '58, Oh Lord above.

After the parade and a bit of a rest at home, we were off to the Class Banquet.  It was a great meal in a great place, decorated so beautifully by more hard working classmates.  We enjoyed our time to visit and catch up with those coming from afar.  We had as our guest  music teacher, Jon Nicholson who had so many of us in his class and in the band etc.  He came with his instrument and played for us the school song which he had written the words to more than 55 years ago!  This is still the school song today.

What pretty decorations!!

Mr. Nicholson

The Morning After Breakfast was equally fine, held at the Fullerton Inn and hosted by our classmate, Diana who couldn't be with us as she was called away to a medical emergency involving her son.  We were all so saddened by this and we're praying for a speedy and complete recovery for him.  We  all thank you Diana for your generosity.

SO having survived the alumni weekend, we move on to the rest of the busy month of June!  Sunday, being Father's day, our daughter and son in-law took Dad out for dinner  (and Mom too)!  That was a lovely treat.   Monday was appointment day and today some housework must be done!  Getting ready for a trip to CT this Friday to attend the graduation of granddaughter, Lindsey.  Such happy happenings!

Today the thermometer on the patio reads 80 degrees and I can hear some swimmers above the dam in the river below the backyard.  By the sounds, that water is mighty cool still!  I need to get into my garden before the weeds take over completely so maybe I will do just that now.  

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