Diane Baker (Cain)

Becky, I am so sorry to hear about your son. Praying that your loving memories give you  peace.

Veronica Camargo

Becky,

My sincere condolences on the loss of your son. May the precious memories you have of him bring you peace and comfort.

Hugs,

Veronica Camargo

Glenda Magee (Miller)

So so sorry to hear of your loss. Lifting prayers that you receive comfort as you grieve. 

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Ladies: The group has decided that we could incite more of you to join our monthly lunches if we moved the date. Therefore, our lunches will be on the first WEDNESDAY of each month still at 1pm. Lee has all the new dates for the rest of this year and will put them on the home page soon.

Our next luncheon will be Wednesday, Aug 4th, 1 pm, at the Carriage Crossing in Yoder. Please! Please, come join the fun!

Hope to see you there!

Barb G

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Me again. Another plug for my art shows. Some of my Alaska paintings are hanging at the Newton Public Library. They will be there until Sept 30. Please come check them out.

Also, I will be displaying more of the Kansas art work at Norms Coffee Bar from Aug 1 to Sept 30. 

Everything is for sale so if you see anything at the Library that interests you, please call me for POS/point-of-sale. Norms will accept all moneys for the art work there!

Thanks for the class support!  '68 Railers Rock!!

Roger Morton

The School Bored Four barbershop quartet's bass singer, Ken Elder, passed away last week after a brave fight with cancer. In the photo Ken is the jovial fellow with the green tie. Ken's voice was added to the quartet in 2014 after our original bass moved to Idaho and we have enjoyed his humor, hard work, and positive attitude for the last seven years. Ken was a school teacher, Air Force veteran, skydiving inscructor, computer programmer, and great musician. He recently started studying the pan flute. Ken's wife, Joanie, was the quartet's most avid cheerleader and promoter. Ken's passing leaves a big empty space in our hearts. 

Martin Libhart

So very sorry to hear this Roger. We all enjoyed your group's performance at our 50th Reunion. 

Brenda Drake (Anderson)

Roger, I am so sorry to hear this.  I know it is a great loss and grief to you and many others.  My sympathies.

Glenda Magee (Miller)

Sorry for your loss Roger. The downside of living longer is the losses we experience. May your heart embrace all the joy of this relationship as you grief the loss. 

Carol Little (Blake)

Roger, what a loss for you and your quartet! It's hard to lose someone after you've sung together for so long. Prayers for comfort and healing for you and your musical friends!

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Ladies: This is your friendly reminder that our luncheon is coming soon. We changed the dates to Wednesday, so hope to see everyone at the Carriage Crossing in Yoder at 1pm on Wed, Aug 4th.

Martin Libhart

I am sorry to share that we lost another classmate. Allen "Loy" Abrahams passed away July 21, 2021 in Winter Park, Florida. We will post the full obituary in the "In Memory" section of this website.

Martin Libhart

Congratulations to our classmate Ted Jantz!!

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Ladies: This month's luncheon will be at El Paso Mexican restaurant in Moundridge. The address is 128 S. Christian Ave, Moundridge KS 67107.  620-345-3200.  

Enjoy!!

Martin Libhart

Sad story from the daughter of Rich Martinez. 

My father is a disabled veteran with decades long career dedicated to several branches of the US. He decided to retire and move back to Kansas to be closer to his family. He rewarded himself with the car of his dreams, driving to Chicago to purchase his red 1959, hard-top convertible Corvette. While attempting to register it with the state of Kansas he was told that his car would be seized as contraband due to the VIN plate being changed during restoration. My father has been spending the last 4 years and his hard-earned retirement money, trying to re-claim his rightfully owned property. The law restricting him does not apply to him because no crime has been committed, as cleared by the FBI  and therefore shouldn’t be considered contraband. 
I implore that you overturn this decision and allow my father to enjoy his twilight years in his dream car, that he rightfully deserves to do after 50+ years serving the very government that is unjustly blocking him.

Marvin Bachman

Martin, Seizure of Rich's Vette is a travesty of justice. I searched for the petition at www.change.org to add my voice but did not find it. Could you please provide a link?

Monica Schmidt (Thompson)

Here's the link to the story about Rich. https://www.change.org/p/disable-veteran-s-lawfully-owned-car-gets-seized-as-contraband?fbclid=IwAR1yvIsg0UAA33ytgg8OaDkqCwP6_QBCiQ_K0o53urr-D2N9waGYhufXlMc

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Howdy! It's me again shamelessly plugging my art. This Saturday, please come see me in the little park East of the Carriage Factory Gallery for their annual Art Market from 10am to 4pm. I have lots of new KS and AK pieces. It should be a very pleasant day for a strole in the park. Hope to see you there!

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Ladies: Our next two luncheons will be a little different. Marci Phillips has asked if we could do the November lunch at her house since she's housebound from her accident and has missed so many others. Please bring a dish to share and we'll have a great time at Marci's on Nov 3rd at 1 pm. I'll put her address in the text message. If she is unwell to host then we have an alternate restaurant in mind and I will let everyone know by the Monday before.

Then for our December's lunch, it will be at my house for a frolicking time of celebrating Christmas and us. Again please bring a dish to share, and there will also be a gift exchange game so bring something wrapped that's not over $20. So mark your calendar's for Dec 1st, 1 pm at my house.

If you don't get the text messages, please contact me for any information.

Happy Holidays!!! Only 60 more days till Christmas!!

Barbara

Marci Phillips

TO LADIES LUNCHEON GROUP

TO LAD[ES LUNCHEON GROUP

The ladies luncheon Group is NOT meeting at Marci Phillips on November  3!!!!!

Barbara Gabel (Gabel)

Thank you, Marci!  I was informed of your hip troubles long after I had posted the notification. We wish you good health and hope to you see you up and around soon.

Ladies: We will be meeting at the Village Inn (Bob Hurley's old hang out) on Nov 3rd at 1 pm. The address is 7020 W. Central Ave, Wichita.

Thanks,

Barbara G

Dennis Schmidt

Sadly, we heard from Mike Klassen today that Mike Reeves had passed away in October, 2020.  His obituary is listed in the "In Memory" section.

Martin Libhart

It's Friday...... and we all need a smile. Does this resonate with you?? 

Beverly Roberson (Jackson)

You haven't changed.

Beverly Roberson (Jackson)

You haven't changed.