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10/11/18 10:03 AM #1611    

 

Leroy Buller

The monthly breakfast is this Saturday at 9 am at the Breadbasket in Newton.  Good food, good fun, good friends.  Hope to see you there.

Dutch Treat!

Lee 


10/25/18 11:29 AM #1612    

Peter Preheim (Preheim)

Lee,

Received your request for donations from Class of '68 for the Class Fund.  My $25 check is on the way.

Fellow classmatess: send Lee YOUR $25 checks!

 

Pete


10/31/18 02:34 PM #1613    

 

Leroy Buller

I have sent an email to the class thanking all of you for the donations for the web site.  The cost of the web site is covered.

Thank you so much for the donations.

Lee

 


12/13/18 10:07 AM #1614    

 

Bill Boyd

Merry Christmas...

Approaching my third "Last Christmas" I feel compelled to thank you all again for prayers, thoughts, and more.  I hope (beyond hope) I will see you all again in THIS life. Well, some of you, anyway.  We finally sold our house in NC so a huge part of our budget has bee set free. 

We're living in Lake Alfred Florida.  Enjoyed a show and a meal with Roger & Donna Topham a couple weeks ago, and I'm looking forward to more of that.  I need to get together with Mike Roberts, sometime, too. Our daughter, Mary, lives in the Tampa area, so she visits like every two or three weeks.  She'll be with us for the third anniversary of my "Last Christmas", and my next extra birthday.  We're going to Disney World both of those days.  (annual pass holders,,,woohoo!)

I wanna know what everybody's doing this Christmas...Nothing is boring to me.  Lay it all out, folks!!

 


12/15/18 10:54 AM #1615    

 

Connie Hale (Rhodes)

Merry Christmas from the westside of Newton.  

Bill reminded me of how silent I’ve been, even though I read everything posted on our class web page, I rarely respond and for that, please accept my apologies. This will be our third Christmas without our son Wes. I'm still fighting that terrible ever ending (when least expected) void that tries to steal my hearts joy. But like Santa that keeps going down those chimneys, life keeps moving forward too, and ready or not another year is on its way.

Even with all the ever-changing technology and gadgets, still nobody knows what the future may bring,. No longer can we can’t afford to take all those little daily blessings for granted that we are graced with. Each day has its own adventures, sorrows, and joy’s that fill our thoughts with expectations and wonder of things to come.

With that said, JD and I send all of you tender thoughts and prayers for the coming New Year. May 2019 overflow your hearts with inner-peace, wisdom, endurance, and joy. May your home be filled with cattle, sheep, a donkey, and maybe a camel or two to help us keep Christmas in perspective of how truly blessed and loved we really are. 

Christmas Blessings.

Connie

 


12/16/18 09:52 AM #1616    

 

Bill Boyd

I have been silent more than anybody. This is my promise:  I will post at least once every week.  Let’s occupy this site with as much good news as bad. 


12/16/18 02:57 PM #1617    

 

Terry Bernowich (Schmitz)

Thank you Bill for making that promise. I love reading updates on how you are doing. Maybe we should all make the same promise. After all, there are so many changes going on in all our lives. It is nice to know how everyone is doing. This is what makes our class so special, We care so much about one another and it shows. My prayer is for all of you to have a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hopefully 2019 will be a better year for all of us. In 2018 we have lost too many of our classmates and their spouses and relatives. Unfortunately the older we get the more this will happen. We need to stick together and keep everyone in our prayers. God Bless all of you!


12/17/18 05:44 AM #1618    

 

Nancy Cravens (Hillman)

Thank you for the wonderful words.  God bless you all and Merry Christmas.

Nancy


12/17/18 08:35 AM #1619    

 

June Nicodemus (Peters)

I would like to share something with the class.  My 15yr old grandson goes to Newton High and is in Choraliers.  This past Sunday was their winter concert and at one point during the concert the music director asked the alumni to come up and sing the hallelujah chorus with them.  I got to stand next to my grandson and sing the same song I sang when I was in Choraliers back in 1968.  It was a very special moment for me.

Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!


12/17/18 10:51 AM #1620    

 

Terry Bernowich (Schmitz)

Oh how wonderful June! Thank you for sharing this awesome story! I love reading things like this from our classmates.


12/17/18 12:35 PM #1621    

 

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Merry Christmas to all too!! I’m in CA till Christmas visiting with my daughter n granddaughter. Juli (granddaughter) turned 18 yesterday n as a good Grammie I was compelled to make it one to remember. The two biggest things were spending the day with her mom n getting her ears pierced. Juli is the biggest joy in my life at the moment n she’s such a good kid. Being a grandma is such a joy n a privilege that I couldn’t imagine life worth living without them! My prayer is that everyone can find joy in the simple things - like a smile given or the heartfelt warmth of a hug!

Blessings to all!


12/17/18 01:31 PM #1622    

 

Veronica Camargo

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa to all of my '68 classmates! Here's to a healthy 2019!

12/17/18 02:57 PM #1623    

 

Carolyn Becker (Wellborn)

Merry Christmas and a Happy & Healthy New Year 


12/18/18 10:19 AM #1624    

 

Rich Martinez (Martinez)

Merry Christmas to all and a safe healthy New year

12/18/18 01:13 PM #1625    

 

Bill Boyd

June - that is so cool - I am always thrilled to spend time with my daughter. 

HEY! Are we going to have a 70th birthday party?  That's about a year out, or so.  That would be a perfect excuse for me to be there.  Not that I need an excuse.  But If we are, can we plan it for either Spring or Fall?  August is just too hot.  I would be glad to help out any way I can.  I'm going to make a Railer (art) Quilt to be raffled for part of the class expenses.  I'll need some opinions on that, too.  I don't want anybody to knock themselves out working on it, but let's talk about it.

Let me know what you think.


12/19/18 12:19 PM #1626    

 

Terry Bernowich (Schmitz)

Sounds good to me Bill. Maybe I will be able to help more this time.


12/23/18 06:07 AM #1627    

 

Bill Boyd

OK! Terry and I are going to have a 70th Birthday Party.  What about everybody else? 

BTW - I have lost 65+ pounds in the past year.  I'm not thrilled about the way I did it, but it feels pretty good.


12/24/18 12:15 AM #1628    

 

Terry Bernowich (Schmitz)

Okay Bill, let's do it!

Congratulations on your weight loss. Sorry you had to do the way you dit it.

Merry Christmas!
 


12/24/18 09:47 AM #1629    

 

Monica Schmidt (Thompson)

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and a New Year filled with good health and happiness.  🎄☃️🎁🎉🥂


12/31/18 12:12 PM #1630    

 

Martin Libhart

It has been an enjoyable year for me while re-connecting with many of you, being involved with our 50th Reunion, and of course attending my Tuesday lunch every week with the old "Talko-Tuesday Gang". (Imagine, if you can, 7-9 old guys sitting around the lunch table for 2+ hours every week....re-telling stories and laughing as though we had never heard them before.) Are we getting older? Of course, but let's take it in stride, and always remember the following:

“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.” 

“You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”

“Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.”

“Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My new goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.”

"Beautiful old people are works of art. Like a white candle in a holy place, so is the beauty of an aged face.”

“Watch the sunrise at least once a year, put a lot of marshmallows in your hot chocolate, lie on your back and look at the stars, never buy a coffee table you can’t put your feet on, never pass up a chance to jump on a trampoline, don’t overlook life’s small joys while searching for the big ones”.

HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS......


12/31/18 06:20 PM #1631    

 

Terry Bernowich (Schmitz)

Thank you Martin for the "suggestions" you shared with us. Very wise words!

Happy New Year to all our wonderful classmates!


01/01/19 05:53 AM #1632    

 

Bill Boyd

One more cycle of chemo, this time.  I'll go back the week after my birthday and then I get a couple months off.  Then more scans and see what's next.  I'm going to find a way to go to Kansas soon.  Incidentally, my idea for a 70th birthday was a bit outrageous.  But we've still got a year.

 

 


01/03/19 06:00 AM #1633    

 

Brenda Drake (Anderson)

Praying for you, dear Bill.

 


01/07/19 08:06 PM #1634    

 

Veronica Camargo

I'm so sad to share with all of you that our classmate, Janet Beard, passed away today. Don't have details other than she drove herself to the hospital this morning and died there.

01/07/19 09:09 PM #1635    

Erle Miller

So sad to hear about Janet's passing. Prayers lifted for her family.

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