Hello from a classmate

Cathy Cheek (Hawkins) sent out "Save the date" emails yesterday and is following up with "snail mail" postcards to those for whom we don't have email addresses. That effort already generated the following response from Peggie Smith (Matthews):

Hello fellow classmates.

First, I would like to commend the "reunion committee" for your time and effort pulling all of this together. I certainly plan to attend. This will be my first reunion in 40 years. I am looking forward to reconnecting with all of you. God bless you, and I'm looking forward with great expectation on seeing you in October. I tried to insert my picture, but it would not allow me to copy and paste in this comment page. Please feel free to go to my website at http://www.cotpinc.org/ to find out more about what I've been doing all these years

Fondly, Peggie A.(Smith) Matthews

Classmates we want to contact

At this point, there are quite a few of our classmates for whom we do not have any RECENT contact information. If you have a current address, phone number or email address for any of them, please share it by clicking on the "Comment" link at the bottom of this article or email it directly to scarmany@aol.com. Thanks!


Susan Arispe (Hill)

Jimmy Darrell Brown

Ava Lavern Lane (Bynum)

Frances Laverne Cole

Charles Davis

Carolyn Ean Dillon

Darrell Flinchum

Meah Diane Gardner (McDaniel)

Patricia Ann Jones (Lail)

Kay Frances Mashburn

Diane Moser (Stokely)

Richard Wilson Reynolds

John Samuel Shoffner

Maria Gale Wall (Howell)

Michael Gary Whiteside

Nancy York

June update

The planning committee for the 40th reunion met this afternoon at the home of Carolyn Clapp (Whitley), and if our afternoon together is any indication, the reunion is going to be FUN!!! (Some people never change!)

(Click on photos to enlarge.)


Classmates traveled in from Florence, SC and Cary, Clemmons, and Raleigh to join those of us who are still "local" to make some final decisions on "what and where." I think alumni will be pleased with the weekend celebration we are pulling together. (Details at the end of this post.)










(Can anyone find any matches between the "then" and "now" photos?)

Of course, we had to take care of important business first -- a couple of folks pulled out their 1967 annual (The Talon) to share and reminisce. I heard more than one person say "Did I really write THAT in your annual? Oh, my!" I guess we're much older and wiser now -- or at least older!


Now for the important information about the reunion, here are the

Updated plans:

Friday, October 12, 2007:

* 6:00PM -- Tour of Southeast Guilford High School, meet in the school cafeteria; light snacks and drinks provided

* 7:30PM -- attend home football game; special group seating

Saturday, October 13, 2007:

* 8:30AM -- Buffet breakfast at the K&W Cafeteria at 4310 Big Tree Way (off West Wendover Avenue); individual payment for your food

* 11:00AM -- Golf Outing at Stoney Creek course, 911 Golf House Road, Whitsett, NC (exit 135 on I-85/40); $34 -- must register by September 30th by calling Joe Parrish at 919-280-5188

* 6:30PM -- "Meet and Greet" with a cash bar followed by Dinner at 7:30PM-until at the Stoney Creek Golf Club, 911 Golf House Road, Whitsett, NC (exit 135 on I-85/40); $30 per person; DJ with oldies music, door prizes, and special entertainment

Invitations with complete details and registration form will be mailed to all classmates for whom we have contact information in mid-July or early August. In the interim, please ask your questions or leave suggestions by clicking on "Comments" below.

Please make your plans to join your classmates -- see you there!