Hi Everyone

I have managed to miss all the reunions but look forward to catching up with people here. It has been great reading everyone's posts. Deb, thanks so much for doing this.
I have been living in Los Angeles since 1972 but manage to get back to Manlius each summer to visit family. I really like the idea of having the 45th reunion in the fall. There is nothing in LA that can compare to early October in Syracuse.

Kate Wilber

Phil Evans

Hi Debby,
I did get a chance to go on the blog and see what's posted. Good stuff! You really did a nice job in putting all of that together! It was really a lot of fun to see Kevin Fitch and meet his wife Sheila here on Sunday, May 6. Such nice people. Kevin and I were in many of the same elementary school classes together in those early years of growing up in Fayetteville, and became close friends. They were in E. Lansing that weekend to attend their nephew's graduation from Michigan State, and it's only 90 miles further to Rochester Hills. Had brunch together here at our home, and then justed talked non-stop for the next few hours until they had to leave to drive back to Chicago. Wish they could have stayed longer, but hopefully we can hook up again sometime in the near future. Take care and enjoy your summer!
Phil

Flip Benham

Thanks so much for all of your hard labors Moose! You da best!

In Christian love,

Flip

Dyke Chapman

Hi Deb,
I echo Harriet's comment. Great idea. I missed the 40th after having been to the 10th, 20th and 30th. I had to take my son Michael for freshman orientation at Belmont University in Nashville. I will do everything I can to make a 45th if we have one! Ask John if he remembers the Mt. Tremblant ski trip? I have pictures! If I can figure out how to send them I will...Much to share with all of the fellow FM Class of 66 bloggers...I will visit again soon and send along more on what is happening with the Chapman Family.I look forward to learning more of what others are doing...
Hi to Harriet too!
Dyke Chapman

Guy Beck

Hi Deborah,
I am better at replying ono-on-one than to a general call for comments. That being said, I will fill you in and give my support for another Reunion (45th). I really enjoyed the last reunion and felt that I really connected with classmates and friends after so many years. It was also great to play the piano and remember the "good old days" through so much good music (real music!).
I (we) returned to New Orleans after teaching for 2 years at UNC Wilmington. I will teach again at Tulane, assuming that everything gets back on track after Katrina. Meanwhile I secured a large research grant for study in India (4 months) sometime this next academic year. I was also invited to teach a semester at Ole Miss (U of Miss) this Fall, so things are getting busy. I am trying to relax this summer by finishing up a few projects around the house and playing jazz piano gigs in the French Quarter on weekends. Things in New Orleans are getting back to speed in terms of food and music, tourism, etc.
Hope you are well, and congratulations on your hard work with getting the blog up and running. It looks great!

Hail the Green Hornets!
Best wishes
Guy

Steve Martin

Steve and Gerry Martin
summer 2006
newly married
Jack and Renae Mapstone
2007



Debby,
How have you been – it has been a long time. I’m sorry I missed the last reunion but I was busy getting married. I (we) won’t miss the next one. Jack Mapstone said you would like some pictures so I’m attaching a few here. Keep up the good work on the FM website. It looks like a tremendous amount of work – and I’m sure everyone appreciates it. If there is anything I can do to help with the website or the reunion please let me know.
Steve Martin

From Jim Myers

I think a website and blog would be fun. And probably, now that we’re all getting a little longer in the tooth, so to speak, we might have more time to post our stuff and share our thoughts and experiences with our oldest friends. I’m in.

Jim Myers

Bob Gwinn

Deb

Thanks for setting this up! The 40th reunion was a great time. Pat and I became grandparents for the first time in October (last year) and are planning to relocate from Corning , NY to Minnesota by the end of the summer. This blog will help us keep track of folks and what's going on...

Bob Gwinn

Jack Mapstone

Debby,
Thanks for thinking of me. I was waiting for Steve Martin to send the photos from this past weekend (I forgot our camera). Steve and his wife Gerry drove up to Tallahassee to visit Renae and I. We went canoeing and kayaking on a nearby river, ate out at a couple of local restaurants, went to a movie and played a board game late into the evenings.
Since I retired from public school teaching(35 yrs) I have been supervising student interns for Florida State at the local high schools. I love it and, I still get the same vacations, although the pay is abysmal.
I want to thank you for all the work you've done on the website. It is truly wonderful to see all the faces and read the goings-on. I think the fall get together is a great idea. It has been some time since I've seen true fall foilage.
Thanks again,
Jack

Permissions

Thank you to all of you who have given me such enthusiastic praise and permission granted for the use of your photos and emails.

Debby

Mark Hooper

Debby,

Sorry I haven't responded, just get caught up in the various things. I had to chance to look at the blog, it was quite fascinating, amazing how the names and memories come flooding back. I will give an update and if you could post it I would be great. I live with my wife Penny in Smyrna, NC, which is a small town on the central coast. I am a commercial fisherman specializing in soft-shell crabs, farm raised clams, and hard crabs. I am also the SCUBA Diving Safety Officer at nearby Duke University Marine Lab. I soft-shell crab in the spring, dive and sell calms in the summer. In the fall I am involved in a number of fishery research projects and I catch hard crab. My current project is to explore the feasibility of raising Bay scallops. My wife currently teaches Biology at the local Community College, prior to that she was a Studio Potter working from our home. We have two children, a daughter Catalina (we met on Catalina Island) who is finishing a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and a son who works in the golf equipment business. When not working we love to travel, just getting back from trip to Germany, Switzerland, and Czech Republic. My best to everyone,

Thanks,

Mark

Duke Leonard

Debby,
I'm not smart and you can't make me, so where do you find the invitation for this web site?Among other things, I have spent the last four years in Iraq kicking dirt around. I guess this can also be applied to my first sentence. This is a great web site and I see the guy's are getting grayer. However, the ladies are still looking good! Do you know what happened to Frank DeLong? We used to work together a long time ago at the Lodge in Manlius. I received a couple of emails from Tom Jones working at some university or college in PA. Then again, I do not know if I am buying that one.Great job on the site and I will look harder for the invitation.

As Ever,

Duke Leonard

Lynne Gibson Lovett

Debby,
I've just spent almost an hour looking at the Blogs. What a great trip down Memory Lane! Ricky Cook and Duncan Hamilton are about my two oldest/best friends from way before high school - it was so great to see their faces (and all the others) again. Thanks so much for your efforts.
All the best, Lynne

Larry Shipps

I think, advise wise, you're doing just what you need to do. Start early to get the best turnout for the 45th. I also like the idea of the Fall date.

Thanks again,

Larry

Camilla Zankowski Daniels

I went through all that you have compiled. Great work. My husband, Jerry has been working on sending pictures to you. Would you like, sixth, seventh, and eighth grade? Let's face it, we became the class of '66 when we blended together for the first time at Fayetteville-Manlius Junior High.

Thanks for all your work.

camilla

Dan Sheedy

Hi Deb,

You have certainly put in a great deal of good work on the blog. It's nice to stay in touch with old friends. ...
My eldest son & I are just putting in the finishing touches on a second studio here in Clayton (in the Thousand Islands). This enables me to work from my summer cottage and saves me from having to drive the 150 miles or so to Rochester for recording sessions. It's a dream come true.
We're also in the planning stages for expansion and renovations on the cottage my wife inherited from her mother. Finding a reputable contractor is the greatest challenge. But this is one of those "nice" problems to have. We're not facing illness, or other unpleasant circumstances. I really am very grateful for all of our blessings.
Summer is speeding by at light speed (as always)..as Jill & I are approaching our 25th wedding anniversary in September. We may take a trip to commemorate the big day. Maybe the Outer Banks.

Thanks for staying in touch.

Dan

Charlene Owens Maguire

Debby, you are bringing back wonderful memories. The names with the faces are great. I live in Leawood, Kansas. Married 35 years with three grown children. I read all the messages and could not figure out who lives in Columbia, Mo. I would love to be included in that next lunch or dinner between Columbia and St. Louis. I am trying to figure out how to answer your blog and send a picture.

You are wonderful for doing this, it must take hours.

This is a picture of me with our oldest son, John Joseph Maguire III, (JJ) at the Navy/Notre Dame game in Baltimore. I guess I take most of the pictures, so there are not many of me. Thanks, you are wonderful.

Charlene Owens Maguire

Pat Narrow Rapple

Hi Debby-

I've not been silent, just busy! I work (and live at) a 5-star RV Resort here in Mesa, and we're gearing up for our winter season which officially starts December 1st. For the past 2 1/2 years I was the Activity Director which was unbelievably hard work but unbelievably fun at the same time. This season I switched jobs and I'm now the office manager which is not hard, but is unbelievably dull. As Activity Director, I found to my surprise that I have a talent for organizing and directing events and entertainment, and for speaking to large numbers of people. Go figure-I'm a ham at heart, especially with a microphone in my hand! Office work is just not my thing, I guess.

If you've never heard of an RV Resort, take a look at the company website http://www.cal-am.com/ and navigate to Sun Life RV Resort. We're small as resorts go, only about 760 sites with about 500 snowbirds who own a Resort Home (400 sq. ft. Park model trailer), and the remaining sites reserved by snowbirds who travel in their RVs. It's great living in the winter-the resort has outstanding amenities, but we get kind of toasty in the summer!

This is also the time when Larry and I gear up for the busy time with our card company Funny Bones slightly silly greeting cards. It's 16 years old, and our niche market is purebred dog owners. Right now we have cards for 21 breeds. I've done all the art and we print the cards here at home. Our website is http://www.funnybonescards.com/. We also have a line of cards that we're currently developing that is quite different because they are photographic and photo-digital art cards. Larry was a professional photographer and our son Matt has taken quite a few of the images we've used. I write the verses and do the digital dark room work in Photoshop. That little company is called Will Davis Studios and if you'd like to see some of the cards they are at www.greetingcarduniverse.com/willdavisstudios. The Will Davis cards are printed and shipped to our customers by Greeting Card Universe. By the end of October we should also have Will Davis and Funny Bones tote bags, mugs, tee shirts, etc. ready to go...I just need a few more hours in the day!

I hope this isn't perceived as shameless self-promotion! It's just what I do. When I read of some of our classmates' accomplishments, what I've done seems pretty trivial! I worked in advertising and publishing for most of my career, and needless to say, you don't get famous designing text books for adult literacy.

I'll make a visit to the website and catch up on things. By the way, the Memorial blog is very moving. Everyone is freeze-framed in my memories at 17 or 18, and knowing that some of us are already gone is sobering. And thank you again for all the work you have done keeping us connected. I'll try to take a more active role after the 1st of the year when Christmas is over and our card sales slow down.

If you think any of the above would be of interest, please include it on the website. I'll try not to be so verbose next time!

Regards,
Pat
Pat Narrow Rapple

Comment on legal issue

Hi Debby,
I would seriously doubt, or at least sincerely hope, that no one is posting information to this forum for the purpose of monetary compensation or literary accolades. Maybe I'm being niave here, but I would rather hope that people are just trying to reconnect with folks that that they have not spoken to or been in contact with, for many years, and offer a little slice of their lives. Lots and lots of years have gone by, and most of us have not seen each other since the parties back in June of 1966. How about just for once in this day and age, we treat this venue for what it is and leave all the legalities out of it. I'm getting so sick and tired of being lawyered to death. And by the way, you have my permission to publish this and all other information I may deem to post to this blog in the future. 'Nuff said. Take care.
Tom

Anita Cottrell to visit St. Louis

Anita Cottrell will be in St. Louis for a conference the week of 10/9. On Sunday 10/14, Melinda Mussi Lockwood and I will meet up with Anita for a mini reunion of sorts. Charlene Owens MacGuire has also been invited but it's a pretty long way from Kansas City.

Do You Remember These Classmates?

Does anyone have any idea or information about these former classmates:
Bix Norman
Joan Bettman
Gail Becker
Sue Fancher
Linda Van NewKirk
Carol Christenson
Jim Johnson
Janet Wolf
Linda Heels
Linda LaBarge
Janet MacMakin
David McKean

Comment from Melinda Mussi Lockwood

I hereby give you permission to post any of my emails/photos (even the ugly one they took at the diner where we met for coffee) on any of your sites related to our class. I so enjoy seeing everyone after so long and hope that anyone else who wants to share photos/emails lets you know so we can continue to "let the good times roll" with this site! Thanks for all you are doing to keep us in touch with each other. I have reconnected with several folks and am lovin' it!
Melinda

Yearbook Photo Copyrights

Dear Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Doolittle,

Regarding your questions about yearbooks and copyright, neither our yearbook advisor nor I, are aware of copyrights attached to copies of the "Oakleaves." Building a website for your graduating class sounds like a good idea as does the use of photos from "Oakleaves."
Jim Chupaila
Principal F-M HS

Jim and Marsha Myers

"... It really does seem like yesterday when we were all so young and supple and full of hope and enthusiasm. And, despite the ravages of time that may have lined our foreheads and “redistributed” our physiques, if we’ve been a little bit wise and a lot lucky, we have only grown wiser, luckier, and more appreciative of those few short years we had together at F-M that left such an indelible impression on each of us.
Seeing so many of our classmates at last summer’s 40th reunion was a genuine pleasure for me. If you were there, you probably understand. If you missed it, we sure hope to see you at the next one in 2011 where it will again be obvious: As a group, we may not be getting thinner or younger, but we’re definitely getting better.
Finally, speaking of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being,” here are a couple of pictures of my wife Marsha and me enjoying a “weightless” flight experience with several friends this past spring. (Marsha is the smiling blonde in the foreground clapping her hands; I’m the graying geek trying hard to look like Superman). We highly recommend zero gravity. It reminds you to tread lightly on the Earth and enjoy every day. "

Jim

Copyrights and the Internet

It's been brought to my attention by a few people, including Pamela Lipe Revercomb, that permission is needed to post email messages and photographs. In view of this, while these things are being checked out, like the yearbook pictures, the Then and Now blog has been altered. All email messages where permission was not specifically given to me to post have been deleted. In the future, please make me aware if you do or do not want something on this site. Thanks,
Debby