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Folks,
This is the sixth in a planned series of
newsletters about our 40th reunion. To read past newsletters, click here.
If, for some reason, you're unable to access the
link, send
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Attire
I've received lots of email inquiring
about attire for Friday and Saturday nights. After copious searches and
exhaustive scholarship (translation:
I copied verbatim what my wife told me),
I've come up with the following dictum:
Men: Dockers/slacks, polo (i.e.,
no tie or sport coat), and dancin' shoes.
Women: Pants/skirt/tee-shirt
or sun-dress, and "fun" dancin' shoes. Stockings, I can
imagine, would be unbearable.
Attendance Update
We now have email addresses for about 155 classmates. At this writing, we
already have 187 folks signed up for the shindig. Although this is already
the best-attended reunion ever, Mary Ellis notes that there are usually a
lot of last-minute registrations, so 200 is not out of the question.
Things to Do Around
Muskogee
If you're desperately looking for
something to occupy your spouse's time while you're off schmoozing, here
are some interesting things to do (with links to web sites):
- Fin
& Feather Arts and Crafts Show at Lake Tenkiller
- 5 Tribes Museum
- WWII Batfish
submarine
- New 3 Rivers Museum
- OU v South Florida (OSU
has a bye)
Deceased Classmates
Just when we think we had it all
correct, someone raised doubt about Phil Kenyon. If you have confirming
information, one way or the other, about Phil, please email Karen Rose
Ritchie ASAP (kritchey@eodd.org).
Saturday Activities
At present, the only daytime activity
scheduled on Saturday is golf; about 30 golfers will go off in foursomes, starting at
8:00, not 8:30 as previously reported here. If you want to participate, send email
immediately to reserve your spot. The first tee time is 8:00, and the cost
is $30 per person, including cart.
Remember, we have the facilities of the
Muskogee Country Club all to ourselves for the weekend, both for the
evening shindigs and during the day for informal activities, so feel free
to rendezvous with friends there, or just hang out. The bar will be open,
too.
Sunday Activities
Sally Cousins Elliot is hosting a
pot-luck brunch on Sunday. Details are in the previous newsletter, which
are archived on the web site. Note that while the motivation for this
activity was for the benefit of late-arrivers, everyone is invited. Sally
stresses the informality of this get-together, so ladies, please, no
obsessing over fancy eats and drinks. Contact Sally at infoue@utahescapades.com
for more info, or just show up.
Registration
Although we would have like all the reservations to be in ahead of time in
order to buy food and drink for everyone, don't let lack of registration
payment
prevent you from coming on the spur of the moment and paying at the door.
If you're holding this option open, please let Mary Ellis know via email: maje101@yahoo.com.
If you registered via the web, but haven't paid, please return to the web and pay by credit card (just re-register):
http://www.campbells.org/Roughers/Register/Index_Register.html
For those of you still sitting on your
checks, the mailing address for registration is:
Mary
Ellis (Wozniak) Cookson
3737 Eufaula St.
Muskogee, OK 74403
Rates
are:
Friday: $20/person
Saturday: $30/person
Roughers '62 Reunion "Scholarship" Fund
Recognizing the current tough economic times, I have created a
"Roughers '62 Scholarship Fund," which is available for the
asking to any classmate who is unable to attend the reunion because of
lack of money. I encourage you to contribute.
TO CONTRIBUTE:
I have created a contribution page on the Rougher's web site using PayPal,
the same company that handles credit-card transactions for eBay and for
our reunion registrations. If you are able to contribute to this fund,
visit the web site or just click here.
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No contribution is too
small.
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The Reunion Committee
is not involved in this activity, but I welcome its contribution.
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I am sole executor of
the funds, and promise to hold your name and the
amount of your contribution confidential.
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Funds will be awarded on a first-come-first-served basis, without
qualification of need.
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After the
reunion, unused funds will be redistributed to the original
contributors in proportion to their contribution. No accounting
will be provided.
Time is short, so please act
quickly. TO
APPLY: If you'd like to apply for a scholarship, know someone
who needs it, or would like to apply on someone's behalf, )
or phone me at (510) 526-0616. Because the demand for and the amount of
funds aren't predictable, I can't make any promises, but I can guarantee absolute
confidentiality. There is no obligation to repay the funds.
Special Room Rate at Best Western
Based upon local
feedback, it appears that Best Western is the nicest place to stay (but
not necessarily the least expensive). It's new (opened last March), and
seems built to high standards. Its location near N. 32nd and the Shawnee
Bypass makes it close to the Muskogee Country Club where the scheduled festivities
occur. When I made my reservation there, I spoke to the manager. Using my
most unctuous manner, I persuaded her to give us the following discount
rates:
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Class
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$69 |
$84 |
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$110 |
$135 |
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Reservations must be made
before Sept 10th. You must use the following toll-free number: 866-239-2002.
This takes you to the Muskogee hotel, not corporate reservations.
Mention that you want the Class of '62 rate; if there are any problems,
ask for Marilyn Kates. (All this information is also posted on the web
site, under "Where to Stay in Muskogee.")
If you made your
reservations at Best Western without knowledge of these rates, just phone
the number above and ask that your reservation be converted to the special
rate.
Odds 'n Ends
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Suggestion Box on Rougher's
Web Site
We've received a number of excellent ideas from the Suggestion Box on the
web site. (We got a few gripes, too, but no world-class rants as I'd
hoped.) It's never too late, so feel free to
contribute.
Staying in Contact After
the Reunion Several folks
sent in suggestions asking for a way to stay in touch after the reunion.
Accordingly, I intend to set up a Roughers62 list-mailer. A list-mailer is
simple to use: when any member of the list sends an email addressed to the
Group, everyone
subscribed to the Group receives a copy of the email. You can reply either
to the entire Group, or just to the person who sent the email. I'll have
full details in the post-reunion newsletter.
Current Home Towns on Web Site
It was suggested that web site list not only the email address on the web
site, but also current home towns. This sounds like a good suggestion, as it would
enable classmates to contact each other when traveling or visiting
nearby.
- I retained my original, high-resolution
scans of the yearbook. If you'd like to have copies on a CD, me.
Yearbook Photos on the
Roughers Web Site
Lost your yearbook? Forgot what everyone looked like? Forgot what you
looked like? Well the yearbook photos for the entire Senior Class of 1962,
are now on the Roughers web site. I finally received a few current photos,
which are now posted on the Roster page next to the yearbook
photos.
Thanks, Volunteers
We owe the large turnout to all
the classmates
worked hard at tracking folks down. Although I'm no longer trying to
initiate anymore systematic searches, it's not too late for you to
contact people you'd like to see at the reunion. Contact me for
addresses and phone numbers.
- Alert! Wrong Dates
Published Apparently I mistyped the dates for the
reunion on one page of the web site. My apologies for any confusion.
The correct dates are Friday and Saturday, Sept 27 and 28.
- Eddie Jeffries
passed away recently. He was the best teacher I ever had--from grade
school through college. I remember him walking around the classroom,
ruler in hand. At random times he would whack his ruler loudly
on a desk. This was the signal for the entire class to shout in
unison, F=MA! Many years later I borrowed his pedagogical
technique when I taught electronics at a local college. When I slapped
my ruler down, the class shouted, E=IR! Rest in Peace, Jeff.
- Bounced emails Email
sent to the people listed below have bounced. Please click
if you know their correct email address.
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Admire, Joe |
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Chenault, Lenora |
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Haught,
Linda |
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Hamlin, Paul |
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Barthel, Janice |
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Nicholson, Jerry |
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- Deceased Classmates
The response to the listing of deceased classmates was very positive. If you have any contributions to this list,
please send them along, and, of course, if there are any errors on the
list, immediately.
- Classmates.com Sand-baggers
As I mentioned in previous
newsletters, we've been try to shake people out of the
Classmates.com web site. Of the 90 some-odd classmates registered there,
22 have still not responded. I give up.
Best,
(for the Reunion Committee)
Berkeley, CA
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