Bobi Cranmer McConnell

Couldn't agree more with what Sylvia said.

Great seeing so many classmates and the committee did an outstanding job in planning events that we all could enjoy.

Just hope it's not another 50 years before we meet again

Bobi Cranmer

P.S. Any extra 'programs' floating around? Would like one.

Vicki Narvesen Wharton

     Many thanks and kudos to the Reunion Committee for the amazing planning and bringing to fruition this wonderful time for all of us!  It was a great evening with excellent surroundings, good food and good friends.  The tour through the high school is something that my husband and I will talk of for many years to come. It was all very nostalgic and heart warming.

     Wishing all of you continued good health and much happiness,

     John and Vicki (Narvesen) Wharton

Sylvia Chappell McCollough

My pleasure.....I love having this opportunity to communicate with so many old friends......hopefully, we can keep this going?!! 

Cheers!  Sylvia

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Tim Price

 Well, at least one classmate who couldn't attend enjoyed it in absentia.  Going through the Friday and Saturday pictures was fun.  A few folks I recognized right away (Pam, Bill M, Terry P, Dawn, the Lucas twins) and several more only with the help of reading name tags.  For the most part though it was a sense of "now that face looks familiar" but I really couldn't place a name.

It is obvious that you all had a fun time and now I regret a little more my inability to be there too. So even though I couldn't attend, I'd like to add my thanks to all who organized the whole weekend.

Barbara Hodges * Schultz

Thanks to all who worked so hard to put on this great party.  It was great to see "kids" I haven't seen in way too long.  So sorry we couldn't have had even more attend -- maybe next time!?!?

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Fran Shipman Kelley

Attending the 50th Class Reunion was a truly Fun experience for me.  

 The Senior Pictures on the Name Tags helped put a name with the  face and the large print was a bonus.

Many Thanks to those who worked so hard putting this all together. ( I'm glad you all had so MUCH FUN too!)

I have many pictures I would like to add to Friday  and Saturday Night Pics - when I return to Lansing, so be sure to look again in a couple of weeks for some new pictures.

It will be nice to keep in touch with friends from high school days and keeping the Website is a wonderful thing. 

Again, Many Thanks to Everyone for making the 50th so Special.

Fran Kelley

David Eskes

Thanks to everyone involved in putting the 50th reunion together. Although I  couldn't make it, I thoroughly enjoyed the website profiles and pics of the event. Like most people who didn't attend, I couldn't indentify most of the participants. Still, they were "my people" in the sense that we shared a common experience that helped shape our lives. The best to everyone in the many (I hope) years to come. Dave Eskes  

Ray Freeman

 Getting ready for the reunion, I spent some time watching a television show called (I think) Cold Case, CSI. It's the show where an older person is talking and there are quick flashes of how the person appeared many years ago.

I had a number of "cold case" moments where 50 years disappeared in an instant and I was laughing with an old friend about fun and funny high school memories.

Thank you committee for all your efforts, especially, Calvin for the website. I checked eastern.60 two or three times a week, reading with great interest about the lives we have lived.  It made the reunion much more meaningful.

There's a nice afterglow to the event. I smile as I think of Saturday evening. Marcia (Everett class of '62) and I had a wonderful time.

Ray Freeman

Julia Beck Boyd

Fantastic job to all who gave so much time and energy to make such a great party. The walk thru at Eastern was great fun also.  I look forward to another reunion and I hope we do not wait 25 years.

Again, Great Jog!! Pat yourselves on the back!!

Julia Beck Boyd

Kay Seward Hendershott

HATS OFF TO THE PLNNING COMMITTEE, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN AND SO GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE,    HOPE EVERYONE WILL KEEP IN TOUCH,  THE DOO-WOOPS BROUGHT BACK A LOT OF MEMORIES, I WAS STILL SINGING THE NEXT DAY.. MS DORSAM IS A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, ALWAYS ENJOY SEEING HER. AGAIN THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR A WONDERFUL EVENING....

Deanna Hile Taylor

I echo the remarks made by many.  The reunion was fantastic!  We can't wait another 50 yrs. to see everyone again.  I hope some of the ones I missed this time will be at the next reunion.  Thanks so much for all the hard work in  preparation.

Peggy Williams Riggs

It was truly a joy to work on the committee and get reacquainted with several classmates. We had great fun planning the event and are so pleased that everyone seemed to enjoy it. I must give kudos to Terry Post. After Tom Jamieson's inital call, Terry really picked up the ball and ran with it--planning and heading up all our meetings. Many people worked very hard (no thanks to me!) and their different talents made for a great committee. I hope we can all meet again in the not-too-distant future. (My husband's class plans to meet every five years.)

Peggy Williams Riggs

Sylvia Harris Hutchinson

I echo all the comments on the 50th Class Reunion. I enjoyed seeing so many of my classmates on Saturday night. I know a lot of work went in to making it so fun and successful. I'm saving my nametag and hope we have another get together in 5 years. Thanks to the webmaster that made this site available to us for comments and pictures, also. Sylvia (Harris) Hutchinson

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Fran Shipman Kelley

This is such fun to read what you all have to say and I can only agree with all of you.  50 years just seems to fade away when I get on this Website made possible by our friend and classmate Cal Simpson.  It's just great to re-connect after all these years and I'm hopeful that we'll continue to stay connected via this Website.

Fran Shipman Kelley

Sylvia Chappell McCollough

Hi Everyone!  I love having the opportunity to catch up with old friends, and thanks to YOU, Cal, for such a great website!!  Its just terrific and your time is so appreciated by so many, I'm sure!

I still chuckle remembering the Reunion and all the great memories, good times, good friends, and just becoming reaquainted with our "youth!"  What Fun!

Have a terrific fall everyone, and I'm taking the liberty here to say GO STATE!!  LOL!

Cheers, Sylvia (Chappell) McCollough

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David Rafferty

Hi, it was fun being on the Committee and playing the fight song, etc. I was wondering if anyone that ordered a DVD has received it yet? I haven't.  Dave

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David Rafferty

I received my DVD of the reunion the other day and watched most of it. Very well produced and I liked to see the Eastern tour segment in which the old gym  and auditorium were shown. Lots of memories of concerts played, but the gym, not so much. The interviews were interesting and the program was shown, plus doo wops.  Well worth the money as a keepsake.

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Fran Shipman Kelley

Just watched the DVD from our Class Reunion - and enjoyed so much.  Worth the money and something I will share with some of our classmates.  Enjoyed seeing and hearing from some that I didn't get a chance to talk to at the Re-union.  :)   :)

Bobi Cranmer McConnell

Thank you...Dave and Fran for sharing your views about our reunion video.

Sure had a wonderful time seeing everyone there, but cannot help but wonder why we are not connecting more on this web site? Know several members of our class spent hours of their time setting this up so we could communicate with one another.

I sincerely hope that another mini reunion takes place soon and that after all these years we can take a few moments to chat and again connect with each other. This class of 1960 helped to define each of us. Made us who we are today.

Bobi

Sylvia Chappell McCollough

Hi to All!

Just a quick hello to whoever pops into our 1960 Site!  I agree Bobbi, this is an excellent opportunity for each of us to stay connected to our friends and former classmates, and help us remember a time when life was much simpler, kinder, and in so many instances, just a HOOT!!

So far, 2011 has been great!  Julie Beck and I have reconnected on a more regular scale, and had so much fun telling "old" stories and sharing our plans for the future.

Dale Miller and I have also reconnected, shared the MSU football games, and had a ton of fun catching up and re-creating our friendship.  Amazing how easy it is to "slip" back into our high school years, especially sharing all the laughs and fun events.

I speant a few weeks in Florida, looking forward to Spring, and working on several projects, and volunteering as Facilitator for the Art of Leadership Mentor program.  My group of students include a number of Eastern Kids.....and it's really an eye openor listening to all that goes on at Eastern today....certainly different from our days in school.   Oh my..... LOL!

I'm hoping to enjoy the rest of winter, do some downhill skiing, a bit of snowmobiling, and trying to get myself geared up to go ice skating.   I love the winter sports!!

Hope everyone is well, healthy, and happy, and all is well!!

If you haven't seen the movie The King's Speech, it's fantastic!!

All my best and looking forward to our mini-reunion???? Thanks so much to everyone who is helping with this site, I love the chance to stay connected with everyone!  Great Job!!

Cheers!!  Sylvia

Judy Hartman Hulliberger

Even tho I could never attend one of the reunions, I finally got around to watching the 1960 video that I received a few months ago (or was it later than that?).  I didn't hear about the books that was done before the video, but was glad to get that info.  I do genealogy and I discoved that I had relatives in the book:)  The first book I ordered I found out about thro a person I did not know.  This person heard me speak about Eastern High school.  Don't remember his name, but he said I had only one more week to order the book.  I hope to make it to one of the reunions in the near future.  The only person I can think of by name was Beatrice Snyder.  I went over to her house a few times. Did you ever make it in the service?  That was what I remember about her.  I didn't want to go, myself:)

Judy Hulliberger

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David Rafferty

I am sure this will be posted on the home page, but on Tuesday, the Reunion Committee met, considered the possiblity of a mini-reunion this summer and concluded there wasn't enough interest and too many complications to reunite so soon. It was decided to table a reunion untill the 5 yr mark, or 2015.  Informal groups of classmates already do get together for events, so all is not lost.

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David Rafferty

 It's almost a year since the reunion came to fruition and 4 until our (hopefully) next one. Still lots of memories both media and mentally recorded to reflect on even though everyone has returned to their real lives.  Many valuable connections remain for us in varying degrees.  Social media and the Internet can keep those, who choose to, in meaningful communication for the future.

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Calvin Simpson

Dave,

I believe there are enough of us on the 50th reunion committee, yourself included, who want to have a 55th year reunion.  Closer to the time we'll put a survey on the website to guage interest from our classmates, but I believe we know the probable outcome will favor a reunion.  The 50th turned out to be a great time even though we all had to scramble to put it together.

We're in much better shape now to put together a 55th reunion than we were for the 50th.  We're in great shape to put together other class events, short of a formal reunion, as well.

In the meantime if you or anyone else has ideas for informal class of '60 events in the years before the 55th reunion please sound off.

Joyce Groenleer Fent

I'm so grateful that we had the 50th reunion and I think it is good to meet again in 3 years. Seeing the people we have become made me proud and happy to have been a part of that "start". I was so happy to have time again to laugh and talk with Roland Jenkins before his untimely demise this past summer. We started out knowing how to be good friends at Eastern and continue that as we move around the country in retirement and travel. Greetings to all from theGulf of Mexico beach,          Joyce Groenleer Fent