Reunion Plans

So here's what is have planned for our 37th reunion -

Oct 2, Friday night

We will have a meeting room available at the Holiday Inn Express. They will have special rates on rooms for our class.

Dinner will be at Polo's in their private party room, pay as you go.

The Cougars have a home game that night and we will have a special section reserved for us.

We will also have a get-together during and after the game at Vintage 22, a wine and dessert bar opening soon. www.vintage22.com They will have a full bar as well as desserts, pay as you go.

The meeting room at HEI will remain open as an informal HQ/meeting area both days.

Oct 3, Saturday

We are planning a catered lunch at AHS, with a tour of the new buildings. This will be followed by a tour of AJHS for those that desire.

Saturday night is a catered dinner with dancing and music at the East Central ballroom. They will have a full bar, again, pay as you go.

Costs (yet to be determined) will be for the lunch at AHS and dinner at ECU plus ballroom rental.

So those are the high points. Let's make our own fun and have a weekend to talk about for at least the next 13 years!

Going through our yearbook A-Z

Got a great idea from Debra Black Otgen to go through the yearbook from A to Z. So let's get started shall we? For now, comment on anyone you know and I'll keep track the old fashioned way. Hopefully when Gary comes back we can get a spreadsheet going.

Okay, ready, set, Go! What do you know about -

Cathy Adair
Joel Andrews
Tawana Anglin
Linda Asklund
Ricky Austin

Please post your info here, and we'll do the next set in a few days. And you're not cheating if you check phonebooks!

Sue Ann

Pictures

As threatened, here are pictures from our last two yearbooks.

No cheating, now. Try to figure out who is who before you revert to you yearbook. Note that one of the pictures "features" a non-72 graduate!

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Enjoy.

Gary

Early April Status Update

Plans are starting to come together. The folks on Facebook are remembering more and more folks and we are rounding up folks by the ones and twos.

Still on for the first weekend in October of this year for our 37th Reunion. Odd number – natch.

Stay tuned and check the comments for updates, chatter, and general unruliness.

Gary

Preliminary plans

All,

Here is a copy/paste of an email from Sue Ann Long Jiru to the bunch of us who are on Facebook about the upcoming reunion (37th - natch):

Hi all, things are finally starting to progress with our reunion. Plans so far include lunch on Sat at AHS, followed by a tour of the new gym and auditorium. Would anyone be interested in a tour of AJHS? Just post your thoughts here, or send Jack or me a note.

We're starting to solidfy some plans, so please let any fellow grads not yet on FB that you know about what's happening.

This is the weekend of October 2nd and 3rd. This year, btw.

Make plans now to attend.

If you are not on Facebook, as plans are solidified, they will be posted here. Note that it would be great if you would contact Jack Cooper using the info in the right sidebar with your contact info, etc. You may very well be the person who knows where someone else is right now.

If you ARE on Facebook and have not found us yet, search for the group "I'M A 1972 GRADUATE OF ADA HIGH SCHOOL". Debra Black Otjen is the admin of that group.

I'M A 1972 GRADUATE FROM ADA HIGH SCHOOL

See you in October!

Gary

This is what I miss not being close to Ada

Sonic burgers are OK. On occasion I run into a good burger in a Mom ‘n’ Pop in Texas, Colorado, or Northern Virginia, but none compare to Folgers.

Jim and Jerry in the picture.

http://www.planeteye.com/Media/1096288?refcon=widget&refid=0

Gary

Notice posted in the Ada Evening News a couple of weeks ago

http://www.adaeveningnews.com/features/local_story_047113616.html?keyword=topstory

Area Notices, Feb. 15, 2009

Class of 1972 seeks former classmates

ADA — Ada High school graduating class of 1972 will be hosting a reunion in the fall. Class members living in Ada or anyone with information about any member of the class of 1972 are asked to contact Jack Cooper via email at (see sidebar) or phone him at (see sidebar).

Maybe we should have noted that it was our 37th?!?!?

;-)

Gary