North & South Hagerstown High

Class of 1957 - Online Newsletter

May, 2008

OBITUARIES

Happily, none to report!

GET WELL WISHES

Ditto!

COMING EVENTS

1. North/South Closed-Open Golf Tournament - Pinehurst, NC June 2nd - 4th.

2. SHHS Golf Outing - June 12th (www.shhsrebelalumni.org)

3. Class Luncheon - June 19th, Western Sizzler on Halfway Blvd.

CLASSMATES MAKING A DIFFERENCE

Ann Cunningham Bowers

In the picture below from the Herald Mail article, Ann points out, on an aerial photograph, the first acre of land on her farm that was enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in 1997. As it ended up, it was the first acre in the country and she was recently recognized in Washington, D.C., as the program reached a million acres. (Editor's Comment: Way to go Ann, you make us proud!)

RECENT EVENTS

One candidate running for President of the United States, Senator McCain, took the time to visit Operation Welcome Home and thanked the group for welcoming the troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. The program celebrated its one year anniversary in March and has welcomed over 8,000 troops.

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL!

Elementary & High School Choirs

MAY ANNIVERSARIES

Nancy Lumm and Llynn Russell are celebrating their Golden Wedding Anniversary on May 30th! Congratulations Nancy and Llynn.

MAY BIRTHDAYS - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Dick Messersmith - May 2nd

Bobbi Musser Kinslow - May 15th

FAMILY ACTIVITIES/EVENTS/UPDATES

Linda Delauder Eden

Dave and I took our 6th grade grandson, Dixon, to Washington over his spring break last week. Dave, who was born in DC, looked forward to showing him the many museums, monuments and the zoo. We were all thrilled with the new museums, monuments and the pandas at the zoo. The cherry blossoms were still lovely.

Then it was time to head to the battlefield leg of the trip. Off to Gettysburg and their brand new Welcome Center. What a spectacular place that is. You can spend hours in there and the restaurant is great. Of course the almost 12 year old was mesmerized with all the monuments and history. We had already spent a day in Harpers Ferry on the way to DC, so he had plenty to look forward to.

On the way to Antietam, we stopped in Funkstown to visit with Judy & Terry Gossard in their lovely home. Lunch the following day, at the Funkstown Tavern, was great fun with Judy & Terry, Kirklyn and Susie. We look forward to seeing them all again next year when we all turn 70. While in Hagerstown, Dixon was shown my old home, schools, City Park and the highlight...a Superior Dairy ice cream cone.

We had seven days of lovely weather and memories to last our lifetime and hopefully, Dixon's. He lives near us here in the Western NC mountains, so we are very fortunate indeed. (Click on pics below for larger image.) (Editor's Comment: Isn't it great to come home again? Especially with grandchildren.)

Sara Marvin Sites

On April 9, Jack and I became grandparents for the 4th time. Our son, Brian, and his wife, Kelly, had a son, Matthew David Stites. Matthew has a 3 year old sister, Ella. Our daughter, Lauri and her husband have a daughter, 11, and a son, 7, also. The first photo is Brian, Ella and Matthew when Matthew was about 4 hours old. The second picture is a very happy grandma, Sara Marvin Stites, with Matthew. (Click on pics for larger image.) (Editor's Comment: Aren't grandkids grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat?)

Glenn Julian

Glenn recently had some of his artwork featured in a local organ and it also highlighted some of his mother's artwork as well. Below is the cover that you can click on to link to the full article. (Note: It is a PDF but you should have no problem opening since Adobe Reader is installed on virtually every PC as a standard piece of software. If you don't have Adobe Reader, click on the following link to download and install - ADOBE READER. You can increase the size of the image so the text is easy to read by simply clicking on the down arrow on the first bar where the current size is indicated in % and select 100% for example.) (Editor's Comment: For you REALLY old folks, you can jump it up to 150% or even 200%!)

DO YOU REMEMBER?

June 13, 1958: This day, the story on the space race was presented not by experts, but by elementary school pupils in Hagerstown, Md. Their science program "A Visit to the Planets" was televised in classrooms across the city. The pupils: Judy Snyder, left, Nancy Grove, Larry Michael and Stephen Murray. (Editor's Comment: Did we live in a simpler age or what?)