Guess what? Our graduating classes from Ansonia High School, and our class not excluded, will be celebrating a special anniversary soon.
By the time we graduated, our class had the most students in the history of the school, Then ten years later, the Class of 1957 topped that. I am not sure if that record has been broken.
Approximately a third of our classmates are gone.
Deceased are Jerome Rosenbeck, Gerald Subler, Pauline Borger, Dan Brewer, Charles Broering, Keith Cottrell, Nick Cox, Linda Doyle, Albert Duncan, Gary Gibson, Ruth Hall, Terry Hall, Deb Hunt, Jim Hunt, Edwina Lambert, Jim Lewis, Ron Moody, Janie Pepple, Gayle Schlechty, Mike Shade, Steve Shaw, Ron Thompson, Ruby Trittschuh, Ralph Whittaker, Anita Whittington, Mitch Wiley and Doyle Woodman.
I hope I am feeling well enough to attend the pre-alumni reunion enough to participate in the reunion plans.
*****
I want to thank everyone who sent condolences to me on the recent death of my best friend. Everyone was so kind.
*****
Jamie and I send our condolences to the family and friends of: Myrtle McKnight, Monty Hamilton, Jim Short, Dr. Ricky Bowlin, Tearel Duane Hinkle, Bud Glidewell, Patricia Petitjean and David Schoenlein.
*****
Please pray for Evelyn Riffell Sebring, Jeff Sanders, Gary Gilmore, Ron Cox, Dennis Riffell, Carol Good, Katie Cothran, Margaret Bonifield Middleton, Debbie Isaacs Miller, Melissa Anderson, Rick Beam, Kathy Stone Brewer, Carl Francis, Katrina Hoening, Rick Riffell, Vickie Martin, Jim and Amy Hanes, Tom Everhart, Fred Dakin, Carol Paul, Ted McCabe, Tracy Pratt, David Hiestand, Gary Knick, Kierra Reichert, Eddie Cline, Sharon Lapp, Terri Baker Buteau, Judy York, Roxie Thornhill, Sharon Miller, Allen Whittaker, Mike Hopkins, Don Rhoades, Dave Brewer, Clarence “Sam” Wilker, Chuck Cruze, Roan Brubaker, Vic Bothast, Tom Brewer, Dawn Dilworth, Carol Schuh, Gloria Hodge, Ralph Byrd, Jeff Brocious, Norma Kretschmar, Beth Davis, Terry Overbay, Terry “T.A.” Anthony, Katie Cothran, Lynne Bruner Hinshaw, Donn Thornhill, Carissa Rodriguez, Kevin Christman, Ivan Christian, Roger Fleckenstein, Bob Jackson, Penny Hopkins, Sherry Lawrence, Evelyn Manning, Kevin Schlechty, Darla Printz Whittaker, Sandy Partin, Sandy Gunckle, Tonya Kelly, Bob Christian, Linda Johnston, Terri Hunt, Patricia Maier, Dan Lockhart, Delores Beisner, Jodi Gilpin Snyder, Charlie Bulcher, Charlyee Severance, Justin Fritz, DeWayne Yohey, Katrina Hoening, Kara Didier, Don DeBord, Otis Stewart, Slug Midlam, Bob Peters, Judy Collins, Carol Hemmerich, Roberta Hall, Kelly Kelch, Nikole Baldridge, Mark Lovejoy, Connie Stachler, Randy Heck, Ronnie Norton, David Pretzman, Clinton Randall, Bruce Kaiser, Amanda Mote, Doug Whittington, Neal Gray, Randy Garrison, Kathy Gragorace, Donna Bixler, Cathy Melling and all others who are suffering from other life-altering illnesses.
*****
Happy Birthday:
March 1 to Barbara Snyder, Carol Ungericht, April Warren and Doug Albers.
March 2 to Roberta Crawford, Angie Perkins, Cheryl Dynes, Norma Garland, Layton Davis, Jason Wright, Dustin Hall and twins Diane Zimmer and Donald Hathway.
March 3 to Keith Foutz, Amanda Mote, Molly Null, Eric Wagner and Jean Derr.
March 4 to Bobbi Wills-Livingston, Deb Hamby, twins Darla Brumbaugh and Darlene Royer, Aleda Drew and Shawn Thornhill.
March 5 to Norma Bruner, Luke Moore, Sheila Reed, Rick Bewer, Gail Bankson, Betsy Kemp, Angie Milhouse, Bryan Birt and Tracy Harshman.
March 6 to Rick Elliott, Destiny Mason, Linda Landis-Matte, Linda Norton Temple, Sharon Lapp, Carrie Hall, Melikka Riffell, Diane Addington, Sandy Easterling and Stacie Kammer.
March 7 to Kelli Nicodemus, Debbie Perry Clark, Dean Delk and Hollace Riffell.
Happy anniversary to Donna Pauline (Riffell) and Nevin Elleman on March 7.
*****
Think about it: “We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.”– George Bernard Shaw
