Dear Committee members

Sorry you haven't heard from me.  I spent all of Sunday at South Park for a 9th birthday party for my youngest granddaughter.  It has taken me a little time to digest all of this.  I had to understand why this reunion meant so much to me.  I have been to other reunions in fact I have chaired several of them.  I have lived many other places over the years and have made friends there too.  Then an old Girl Scout poem came to me---Make new friends, but keep the old.  One is silver, the other is gold.  Yes. our other friends are important, and they know us---sort of.  But these people, these people knew us before the world got to us and led us down some unbelievable paths.  These people recognize the landmarks of our early lives--they know and can talk about people and places and events from a time when we were all relatively  free and free from worry and responsibility , a time when we were happy.  Oh yes, I'm sure we all suffered from periods of teen age angst,  but we can even talk about that now.  And the older I get the more important it seems to me to be able to reach back and see the people who have touched my life over the years and to remember how they  impacted my life for the better.  I am so thankful the Committee allowed me to be involved in the planning of these events, even though I did very little to make it happen.  You have helped me cope perhaps without even knowing it.  I am grateful.

Susan Vantine Blackburn  

I am finding it hard to find the words to express how rich the 50th class reunion experience was for me last weekend and how grateful I am to all those on the reunion committee.  The locations selected were just right and the food was great. Also I don't know how you arranged it but the weather could not have been better. Even more, because of your enthusiasm, the number of our classmates that attended had to be an all time record. That is hard to do. Because so many came, I was able to reconnect with so many of my old friends AND become a new friend to many that I did not know so well in high school. My only regret was that because the turnout was so high, there were still many I missed talking to. Thank you all for this important and rich life experience.

Bob Olszewski

Dear Suzanne,

You and all on your committee did a great job with the H-B 50th class reunion.  We extend our most sincere thanks to each of you.  I wish we had been able to attend on Fri evening and had the opportunity to visit with even more classmates.  Please include me on the list of those willing to help with the next one. 

Thanks again!  Be blessed in your new home in CO.  bless! 

Dotty H. Welsh

Hi! 

I just wanted to express my gratitude to you and your reunion committee.  It was a wonderful and well planned weekend.  I am certain that everyone brought something special away from the time that we were able to spend together.  The Class of 1963 was a very unique class and we have all aged well.  KUDOS to all of you!  

Carol Lloyd Mitchell

Hi Suzanne,  

All I can say is such a great reunion.....I am so very impressed with our class and the committee did a great job with the event and were very organized....It's been more than 30 years since I've seen the Pennsylvania countryside.....green and lush....Thanks again for the rides and your friendship...I'm in a great location here in LA...should you adventure here..also there are several great bike trails nearby...one -  only 1/4 mile from my house goes all the way to the beach.   

Thanks for everything....Patti Pierce

Suzanne

Thanks for the kind words and for thinking of me. As you can see, this email came thru normally. The first one not so as usual -- I could read your message but that was it. Looks like this was a fun group, even in the absence of alcoholic beverages. J I also saw the new photos posted on the home page. I am saddened by the loss of so many of our classmates already and especially by Vicki’s passing. Take care and thanks again for all the special attention! 

Cheers, Tom Korczynski

TY to you and all the committee, great reunion, nice seeing you after all these years. 

Marie (Cecilia) Prorok Wisniewski

TY to you and all the committee, great reunion, nice seeing you after all these years.

Bill Ryan

Dear Donna, 

In order not to overlook anyone who was on the reunion planning committee, I am sending my sincere thank you to only you. If you would be so kind as to forward it on to the entire committee I would be grateful. 

The planning committee did an excellent job on this reunion. Everything seemed to go smoothly and everyone seemed to be having a splendid time...I know I did. The committee did an enormous amount of work, that was so obvious. But it paid off: the turnout was great, and conversations so rewarding, and the food...especially Saturday night...was excellent as well. My only regret is the conversations I missed out on because there were not enough hours to see everyone. 

Thank you again for everything. 

Best Regards,

Bonnie

God bless you Suzanne,

Thank you so much for your kind words. It was truly a blessing to be with all of you at our reunion. I will never forget it. It was my pleasure to be able to share.

Please give my regards and love to our classmates and a great big THANK YOU to everyone for their hard work. 

Yours truly

Lovie Lee Scott

Dear Suzanne, 

Just wanted to tell you how great we thought the weekend was, and that we truly enjoyed seeing everyone again. 

The food at the J Barn was excellent.  All in all it was a wonderful time for all of us.  

It was amazing to see how far some of our students traveled to be a part of our 50th reunion.  I just wish that more of the ones who live in town would

have been present.   The one thing missing, though, was a class picture.  I took as many pictures as I could, but was not able to capture all of our classmates.

I will make a CD for you and one for Jim.  I will send those out as soon as I can. 

I thought Larry was a great MC!  I also enjoyed the speakers.  

Thanks for all of your hard work and that of the other committee members.  It was memorable!

Sincerely,

Vivian and Dennis Marino  

Forwarded by Richard Pinkerton

Stay Loveable

 I am forwarding  this to those on my Seniors email list because it is so
well written.  As I've aged, I've become kinder to myself, and less critical
of myself.  I've become my own friend.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they
understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play, on the computer, until 4
AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes
of  the 50, 60, &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost
love, I will.
I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body,

and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I  choose to, despite the
pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.   I know I am
sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well
forgotten. And, I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not
break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when
somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But, broken hearts are what give
us strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is
pristine, and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived  long enough to have my hair turning gray, and
to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could
turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what
other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the
right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like
the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am
still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or
worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I
feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART