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If you're hesitant about attending your upcoming reunion, please
take
a minute to read this message posted on our Message Board:
"We attended our 50th Class reunion along with the Classes of 54 &
55, at Pipestem in WV last weekend. What a glorious weekend! The
weather
was gorgeous (warm days and cool nights) and seeing all my old
classmates
for the first time since 1953 was priceless. I recognized quite a few
and
surprisingly some recognized me! From our Friday night get-together to
the Memorial Service on Sunday morning, everything was perfect thanks
to
all the hard work of Bob & Anita Martin and their committee
members.
We had so much fun recalling all the memories from our youth and some
sad
moments remembering those classmates that have gone on before us. I was
so "puffed up" from the weekend, I didn't even mind the rain on the way
home on Sunday. If there is any doubt in your mind about attending your
class reunion, please go - you won't be disappointed. I will carry the
fond memories of this weekend in my heart forever." Liz (Burton)
Drees, Class of '53
(Liz passed away December 2004)
Click the links for past
reunions to view related photos.
Upcoming Reunions:
(October 3-4, 2008)
WHS
Class of 1973 35th Anniversary
(October 12, 2008)
WHS
Sassy Classes of the Forties
(October 14-16, 2008)
Kimball Kids
Reunion
(July 10-12, 2009)
for
students of 1960-1969 WHS
classes
(August 1-2, 2008)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr. High School Reunion
(June 21, 2008)
WHS
Classes of the Forties
(October 19-12, 2006)
WHS
Class of 1953
(October 6-8, 2006)
WHS
Class of 1952
(September 8-9, 2006)
WHS
Class of 1956
(June 23-25, 2006)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr. High School Reunion
(June 19, 2006)
Lost
in the 50's Reunion
for students of the 1953-1955 WHS classes
(October 21-23, 2005)
WHS
Class of 1960
(October 14-16, 2005)
WHS
Classes of the Forties
(October 4-6, 2005)
Sensational
Sixties
for ALL students who attended WHS in the sixties
(August 19-20, 2005)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr. High School Reunion
(June 18, 2005)
WHS
70s Reunion
for students who attended WHS 1968-1978
(June 10-11, 2005)
WHS
Class of 1959
(April 29-May 1, 2005)
WHS
Classes of the Forties
(October 5-7, 2004)
Fabulous
Fifties Reunion
for students of 1955-1960 WHS classes
(October 1-3, 2004)
WHS
Classes of 1949, 1950 and 1951
(September 17-19, 2004)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr. High School Reunion
(August 6-8, 2004)
All-WHS
Alumni Picnic
(July 24, 2004 - for ALL former WHS students)
WHS
Class of 1964-- 40th Anniversary
(June 25-26, 2004)
WHS
Picnic
for all former WHS students
(August 16, 2003)
Hemphill/Capels
Junior High School
for ALL former Hemphill/Capels students
(August 9, 2003)
WHS
Class of 1956
(June 20-22, 2003)
Maryland
Area WHS Students
(May 21, 2003)
Sensational
Sixties
(June 21-22, 2002)
Fabulous
Fifties Reunion
(for students of WHS classes from 1955-1960
October 5-7, 2001)
Cookout
for ALL Former WHS Students
(June 23, 2001)
WHS
Class of 1969
(06/17/01 update: This reunion has been cancelled)
WHS
Classes of '62, '63 & '64
(June 8-9, 2001)
WHS
Class of 1956
(June 1-3, 2001)
Cruise
for ALL Former WHS Students
(May 21-25, 2001)
WHS
Class of 1955
(October 6-8, 2000)
WHS
Class of 1960
(October 13-15, 2000)
WHS
Golden Anniversary Reunion
(June 16-18, 2000 for WHS 1949,
1950 & 1951 classes)
WHS
70s Reunion
(for students of WHS classes from 1968-1978
June 30-July 2, 2000)
WHS
Class of 1954
(September 17-19, 1999)
SENSATIONAL
SIXTIES
(July 30-31, 1999)
WHS
Classes of the 1940s
(July 9-11, 1999)
If you wish to have information about your WHS reunion posted on the web, please email me at dskuja@yahoo.com
or call me at 727-207-7117
Don Juan (Collins) Skuja
There is no charge for this service.
Click the Pictures link below to view photographs taken at
the
reunions.
Every five years, as summertime nears, An announcement arrives in the mail, "A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand; Make plans to attend without fail."
I'll never forget the first time we met; We tried so hard to
impress.
We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars, And wore our most elegant
dress.
It was quite an affair; the whole class was there.
It was held at a fancy hotel.
We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined, And everyone thought
it was swell.
The men all conversed about who had been first To achieve great
fortune
and fame.
Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses And how beautiful
were their children.
The homecoming queen, who once had been lean, Now weighed in at
one-ninety-six.
The jocks who were there had all lost their hair, And the cheerleaders
could no longer do kicks.
No one had heard about the class nerd Who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon; Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain; She married a shipping tycoon.
The boy we'd decreed "most apt to succeed"
Was serving ten years in the pen, While the one voted "least" now was
a priest; Just shows you can be wrong now and then.
They awarded a prize to one of the guys Who seemed to have aged the
least.
Another was given to the grad who had driven The farthest to attend
the feast.
They took a class picture, a curious mixture Of beehives, crew cuts
and wide ties.
Tall, short, or skinny, the style was the mini; You never saw so many
thighs.
At our next get-together, no one cared whether They impressed their
classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal; By this time we'd all
gone to pot.
It was held out-of-doors, at the lake shores; We ate hamburgers,
coleslaw,
and beans.
Then most of us lay around in the shade, In our comfortable T-shirts
and jeans.
By the fortieth year, it was abundantly clear, We were definitely
over
the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed, And be home in time
for their pill.
And now I can't wait; they've set the date; Our fiftieth is coming,
I'm told.
It should be a ball, they've rented a hall At the Shady Rest Home for
the old.
Repairs have been made on my hearing aid; My pacemaker's been turned
up on high.
My wheelchair's oiled, and my teeth boiled; And I've bought a new wig
and glass eye.
I'm feeling quite hearty, and I'm ready to party;.
I'm gonna dance 'til dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun; I just hope that there's one Other person who
can make it that night.