tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61486842011-12-01T16:39:30.648-05:00The *WeCaTon* - West Carrollton (Ohio) H.S. Alumni News (unofficial)Being mainly, Bonnie's *WECATON* news reports for and by WCHS alumni as gathered and published approximately monthly. Also see (click below):Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comBlogger3851100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-1133018806056043402011-12-31T23:59:00.002-05:002011-12-01T16:39:30.655-05:00DOES THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ?
Hey! this is important:
Follow this link to update or add or change your name or contact information:
http://wchsalumni.homestead.com/addressform.html
Last Blog Update: 01 DEC 2011:
This is (almost) everything that has been reported to us by WCHS contributors. We try to verify information that you send to Bonnie, but cannot guarantee theMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-22375695215523294972011-12-01T16:37:00.000-05:002011-12-01T16:37:44.197-05:00DOUG HOWE, '56, sent this to Bonnie (sorry about the late poas folks)
From: Doug HoweDate: 8/28/2011 10:53:44 PMTo: BonnieSubject: WECATON NEWS REPORT!!!---Hi Bonnie....Really enjoyed your comments about riding in the Tennessee hills.
That part of the country has some fine motorcycle riding.Just wanted to let you know that Flo (my wife) and I are still riding.I'm 73 now and she is 70. We areMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-76361024804385753542011-12-01T16:36:00.000-05:002011-12-01T16:36:21.909-05:00Hey, it's December and Bonnie is back!
WECATON NEWS REPORT 01 DEC 2011:
---Another alumni weekend has slipped into the annals of history and I scarcely can believe it, can you? Before we can take a breath, it's going to be another one, for those of us fortunate to still be among us. So let's take every advantage to spend time together; I.e., visit, go to lunch, go out to coffee, take inMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-42357824921656965112011-09-26T16:35:00.000-04:002011-09-26T16:35:22.103-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT: 25 SEP 2011:
---Away we go, again! What a fiasco, in sending the last one! I will use this opportunity to apologize, once again, to anyone who got that bulletin, multiple times. I'm now sure it was probably many of you. On the other hand, there may be some who didn't get it, at all. If you didn't receive the last one (which was sent on Aug. 5 and 6), let me know, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-17538101353023058472011-08-06T17:42:00.000-04:002011-08-06T17:42:14.237-04:00** WECATON NEWS REPORT **, 06 AUG 2011:
---Well, if you thought you were getting rid of me, after that last one
, think again. I'm back, just like the proverbial, bad penny. It is now July 11, as I begin this one, and I've set my self-imposed date of distribution at August 28. So far, so good, and I know I'll hit the old brick wall, sooner or later, but I'm minding myself pretty well, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-49922205140363489892011-07-29T12:42:00.000-04:002011-07-29T12:42:40.595-04:0029 JULY 2011:
DON ('58) and FRAN McCOY, JUST MARRIED!
July, 2011, from Bonnie:
Just returned from 10 day visit to Martha's Vineyard.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-41361505551925957492011-07-23T14:20:00.000-04:002011-07-23T14:20:36.966-04:00Pictures of the Bogan-Burkhart Huffman Marriage:
17 July 2011 Memorial Methodist Church, West Carrollton
pictures from Bill Howard collection
the long walk! =>
"LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT THAT!"
Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-46655166550769513072011-07-17T16:46:00.000-04:002011-07-17T16:46:28.631-04:00Latest Pictures of the wedding of Marge (Bogan) Burkhart and Murl Huffman,
July 17, 2011 at Memorial Methodist Church, West Carrollton.
Sent to your editor by Bonnie Romanczuk.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-63461971453192640152011-07-07T17:58:00.002-04:002011-07-07T18:04:37.147-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT - 07 JULY 2011:
--Aaaaahhhh, here we go again! So much is happening and I've got to stay on top of this, and try to do, as I go. Of course, I never quite manage to accomplish that, but I try. The date is June 1, as I begin this next installment, so we'll see how I do with it. My hopeful date of distribution for this one will be no later than July 12.Here's our Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-40509003553713191672010-11-29T10:58:00.001-05:002010-11-29T11:55:12.685-05:00ON 28 NOV 2010 BONNIE WRITES:---Here I am again, just like a bad penny. "Home From The Hill!!" as I'm so fond of saying, when I've returned from one of my Ohio trips. As we age, though, we get more and more attached to the old homefront, don't we? This time, I was a lot like Dorothy in, "The Wizard of Oz." As much as I enjoyed seeing everyone, I sure was looking forward to going home and Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-22311876520021479602010-10-05T15:07:00.001-04:002010-10-05T15:09:49.919-04:00WITH 2010 REUNION WEEKEND JUST DAYS AWAY, BONNIE WRITES:Subject: WECATON NEWS REPORT!!!--- What a long and hot summer it's been! It's the whole country. This is the first year, since moving to Tennessee, when I've had to activate the a/c in the month of June. I'd have never been able to stand it inFlorida this year, which has been sizzling since April! As is the usual case, I've begun this Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-10381121054954312922010-08-30T23:03:00.002-04:002010-08-30T23:08:02.944-04:00CLASS OF '60: 2010 REUNION ACTIVITIES MARIONS PIZZA THURSDAY BEFOREFrom: JUST SHIRLEYDate: 8/30/2010 1:27:22 PMTo: BonnieSubject: Class of 1960 Class reunion and Thursday Ron's Pizza alumniI would like to thank Judy Stalder DeAngulo, Barry Russello, Phillip Howard, Linda and Lonnie Thacker for responding to the class reunion. Since we have so little time "WE" have decided to have a get togetherMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-41254262184198394422010-08-25T15:19:00.001-04:002010-08-25T15:20:46.652-04:00THE 2010 REUNION DRAWS NEAR!!!From the class of '70:Attn: All WC Alumni classmates attending the Friday nite mixer at Wild Hogs Roadhouse on Aug 27th starting at 6:00 pm. http://www.wildhogsroadhouse.com/We will have a Check-In table upon arrival. Please stop and get your name tags and sign-in. We would like everyone with our class (1970) and all WC Alumni to have a name tag as there will be Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-72762543058283107092010-08-18T13:29:00.001-04:002010-08-18T13:30:38.806-04:00CLASS OF '60 DEATH REPORTED BY BONNIE:It is with great sadness that I report to all of you the passing of 1960's JUDY A. BECKETT (Cash) at 12:23 a.m., on this date (17 AUG 2010- ed.) The sad news came to me through Judy's lifelong best friend and classmate, NANCY E. "COOKIE" BOWIE, just minutes ago.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-8316795411117006822010-08-14T17:55:00.001-04:002010-08-14T17:57:11.498-04:00WNR SPECIAL BULLETIN 14 AUG 2010:Subject: WNR SPECIAL BULLETIN!!!------Okay, everybody! Once again, we must band together and get down to those card stores and flood the postal mail with get-well cards, the sooner the better. Sadly, this effort is once again for the Beckett family. I'm so sorry to report that my classmate, Judy Beckett Cash, is gravely ill. Her cancer has returned, she's Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-50770857232366708762010-07-26T11:00:00.000-04:002010-07-26T11:01:21.096-04:00MORE FROM 26 JULY 2010:---This is a follow-up to today's earlier bulletin. I've got a load of rejected e- mail addresses and I need help from all of you. If you have a current e-mail address for any of the following alumni, please send it to me. I really don't want to lose this many people. In some instances, I'm hoping it's just that I might have made a single-character error in the addressMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-71717496570929247582010-07-26T10:58:00.000-04:002010-07-26T10:59:32.971-04:00ON 26 JULY 2010, BONNIE WRITES:---Okay, it's time to begin another. The e-mails are piling up rapidly, and I've got my newspaper column completed. My writing gene is working overtime today, so I decided I'd better get going on the next edition. As I begin, it's Monday, July 5, and everyone is on a long, holiday weekend. I dedicate this edition to the irreplaceable, late WM. L. MCNABB, 1954.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-65440751846712947602010-07-04T11:43:00.000-04:002010-07-04T11:44:55.795-04:00WeCaTon NEwS REPORT -JULY 2010:Bonnie Writes: ---Wow! What a rocky start! I still haven't quite totally, "moved into," my new PC. Frankly, I'm finding that part to be a huge pain in the butt. I also (like all us old farts) don't like trying to get used to the feel of a new mouse, new speakers, new keyboard---you know the routine. But I'll get through it. However, I must confess, I'm still Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-40684752460064816962010-05-20T11:12:00.002-04:002010-05-20T11:16:49.645-04:00FREDA FLETCHER GREEN, '54, MARRIES LARRY GREEN April 23 2010:1954's Freda P. Fletcher and her (new) spouse, Larry L. Green.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-81982401452759439972010-05-17T15:36:00.001-04:002010-05-17T15:38:19.023-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT: 17 MAY 2010:On 03 May 2010, Bonnie wrote:---"Erin, go Bragh!" Okay, so it's a whole lot late for that, now. I know that, but you see, I actually did beGIN this on St. Patrick's Day, a day after Isent the last bulletin. I always do that, in trying to remain current, but I never seem to manage stay current, anyway. You are all very tolerant and forgiving, though, and I'm Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-15771348100073413212010-05-17T15:33:00.002-04:002010-05-17T15:35:57.459-04:0017 MAY 2010:Your humble editor must apologize for the lack of pictures on the blog. He seems to have lost the ability to upload the fine photos that Bonnie has passed on. Perhaps a solution will be forthcoming soon.-ed.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-82469315631208355822010-05-17T15:27:00.001-04:002010-05-17T15:29:59.622-04:0010 MAY 2010:NORMAN JACKSON, '55, DECEASED:On 10 May, 2010, Bonnie wrote: It is with greater sadness than I can ever put into words in a mere e-mail, I very much regret to tell all of you that 1955's NORMAN E. JACKSON died last night. He suffered a massive stroke, over the weekend, and was in ICU. An e-mail was sent to me by his niece, the daughter of his sister, V. JOANNA JACKSON, 1954. A Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-22328574267109964762010-05-17T15:17:00.002-04:002010-05-17T15:19:58.212-04:0017 MAY 2010 -- CLASS OF '70, BB RIVERBOAT CRUISE:I'm trying to make sure all the WC 1970 Classmates are reached!Just a friendly reminder......!!! Time is growing short on the BB Dinner/Cruise. Hope you are still planning on joining us with an evening filled with fun and excitement!So please send in your reservation along with your payment. RSVP is needed by May 26th.Once in a lifetime evening Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-69683831519876034022010-03-29T11:44:00.006-04:002010-03-29T13:55:05.130-04:00On February 10, 2010, Bonnie wrote:From: Retha BashfordDate: 01/30/10 20:49:52To: BonnieSubject: Re: WNR SPECIAL BULLETIN!!!---Hi,Read your article about the snowman, brought back memories and a smile about playing in the snow when I was small and living in West Carrollton. Remember making your own sled? Well, we did, using anything that we could find.Now I live out here in 'sunny' CA, but we Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-64112699767983535382010-03-29T11:38:00.001-04:002010-03-29T11:40:53.410-04:00On March 16, 2010, Bonnie wrote:---Yes, I'm like the proverbial, "bad penny," and I'm back again. I'm starting this one on January 30, the day after I sent the last one. This is the only way I can stay current. (What a laugh! As if I'm staying current---yeah, sure!) So away we go with our usual beginning, by listing forwarders: 1945's RETHA MARIE SCHOONOVER; 1954's FREDA P. FLECTHER, WM L. Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-25921160375792349392010-03-28T12:59:00.002-04:002010-03-28T13:08:24.022-04:0028 MARCH 2010, SUNDAY:I have fallen behind with posts of Bonnies newsletters. Hopefully I will catch up this week!On December 20, 2009, Bonnie wrote:---Yep, it's another one! No, you're not going to be reading it before alumni weekend, but I've got a start on it, at least. It is mid-afternoon of Wednesday, Sept. 30. I'll leave here on Oct. 7, I think, perhaps the 6th. In any case, even now, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-38641442744818796602009-09-29T11:40:00.000-04:002009-09-29T11:42:43.976-04:00WE*CA*TON NEWS REPORT: 27 SEP 2009:Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 1:17:52 PMSubject: WECATON NEWS REPORT!!!---On the hallowed day of 09/11, I begin this newest effort. Yes, it's the day after I sent the last one, and yes, I'm still on my shaky, old PC. Ha! I swear, I'm going to get it fixed or replace it soon, okay? As I told my old friend, BRUCE E. CHENOWETH, 1958, I'm terribly intimidatedMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-54348313817767348432009-09-13T12:01:00.003-04:002009-09-13T12:06:14.694-04:00WE*CA*TON NEWS REPORT!! 10 SEP 2009:Bonnie Writes: ---We're at it again, folks! Allow me to repeat myself (as you always do because you're all so tolerant with my feeble brain), and tell you I'm be -ginning this edition on August 30, have no idea if it will be completed before our weekend, and no idea if my shaky, old PC will even be up to the task. But here we go, anyway!Of course, we begin, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-20627647687253545652009-09-01T12:12:00.002-04:002009-09-01T12:21:06.883-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT - 28 AUG 2009:Bonnie Writes:You're all doing SO great, when it comes to participation! You're sending such great e-mail and lots of news to contribute to our bulletins. I want to thank you all so much for that. We begin this one on August 15, and who knows when it will be read, or even IF? I'm still on very shaky ground with this PC, and still don't have all of my Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-63282005472888999852009-09-01T12:03:00.002-04:002009-09-01T12:09:50.314-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT - O7 aug 2009:Bonnie Writes: ---It's that time again, WC folks! Thankfully, youhave all made great efforts and kept the news rolling in at a steady pace. That is the only thing which keeps these bulletins running, as you all know! Let's get going with our forwarders, as is our usual practice. They are 1954's FREDA P. FLETCHER;1956's RALPH D. WILSON; 1957's BETTY L. CARROLL,Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-61884224202954601332009-07-22T13:13:00.002-04:002009-07-22T13:19:34.042-04:00BONNIE WRITES: ---Here we are again, and I'm determined to make my best effort to keep this at 6-8 week intervals, at MOST! The news keeps arriving at a breakneck pace, and thank you all for that. As I am continuously writing, if not for all of you, this bulletin would never happen. So we'll begin, as usual, with our forwarders, as follows: 1945's RETHA MARIE SCHOONOVER, 1954's WM. L. MCNABB, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-40006846143351210652009-06-20T13:54:00.004-04:002009-06-20T18:08:45.435-04:00SUSAN WOLF, RETIRED WC TEACHER, WIFE OF TOM WOLF '60:This one is SO tough for me, I can't begin to tell all of you. From Ann Mays, spouse of 1960's J. DAVID MAYS, news has reached me of the death this morning of Susan Wolf, who had been married for many years to my 1960 classmate, THOS. L. WOLF, JR., a retiree from the WC school system. Susan had cancer and the end came swiftly, apparently. Tom Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-41608353975591661372009-05-15T12:15:00.002-04:002009-05-15T12:19:21.777-04:00STEVEN SHADE, '65, REPORTS THE PASSING OF JESSE BRADSHAW, '59: ----This obituary was forwarded to me this morning by 1965's STEVEN F. SHADE. It is for 1959's JESSE A. "JACK" BRADSHAW. I also received an e-mail from 1959's GARY E. BARNES, notified me that Jack was a member of the 1959 class. I don't even recognize his name, which I can hardly believe, and I did not find him in the 1959 Piratan,Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-2115464565742159002009-05-11T13:21:00.004-04:002009-05-11T13:39:55.038-04:00On 11 May 2009, Bill Howard, ('56?) Sent the Following Information:Regarding Vietnam casualties...As you know, Lance Corporal Combs is honored by a street named in his memory in Miami Shores (Moraine, OH) (search this blog)BERT GUERRA III, is honored on Panel 17E, Row 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.Full Name: BERT GUERRA IIIWall Name: BERT GUERRA IIIDate of Birth: 4/28/1948Date of Casualty:Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-79232831040659303182009-05-06T18:38:00.003-04:002009-05-07T11:57:07.945-04:00HELLO ALL: FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WEREN'T SURE - BONNIE IS LIVES!On 03 MAY 2009, Bonnie wrote (finally):(Opening "disclaimer:" With the very start of this bulletin, I'm going to offer an apology to each and every single, faithful reader. I'm truly SO sorry about this uncharacteristically-long period between bulletins. Although I made every effort to avoid it, it seemed the harder I tried, the more Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-6006662718780381152009-01-26T13:01:00.003-05:002009-01-26T13:07:21.113-05:00WE ALL KNOW THE GUY WITH ALL THE HAIR, BUT:Can anyone identify the lady? No, we don't know the picture date, but it looks like the pre-1961 H.S. library. It is likely 1954 or before.Write to Bonnie with guesses (no, this isn't a test, we don't know either.)Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-10263107916103353242009-01-24T12:07:00.004-05:002009-01-24T14:01:09.511-05:00BETTY WARNER HAS SENT THIS GREAT PICTURE... of her late brother, Herb (Red) Brown (L), '54 and Russ Harville (R-year uncertain):It was probably taken in front of the original wing on the south side facing Cedar St. - someone help us out on this.Betty writes:One is my brother Herb (Red) Carroll and the other is Russ Harville and I'm only guessing -somewhere about 1950-Herb graduated in 1954-Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-18134287899387307472009-01-20T12:12:00.002-05:002009-01-20T12:16:24.536-05:00WE NEED CARDS AND LETTERS! - 06 JAN 2009:Okay, folks! It's that time again. I'm nothing short of heartbroken to read this e-mail which came to me today, courtesy of my old pal and classmate, KEITH H. CLENDENON, and is relative to the health of another classmate, PHILLIP D. HOWARD. Please pull out those pens and pencils and stamps and envelopes and let's swamp him. I've known Phil for my Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-31363545912204637112009-01-05T15:09:00.002-05:002009-01-05T15:16:38.710-05:00** WECATON ** NEWS REPORT - 05 JAN 2009: ---Okay, I'm baaaaa-aaack! After that last one, I'm sure many of you were very sorry you'd signed onto this list, weren't you? Ha! I admit, that one was the humdinger of them all, but it had to be done. We just had too much to cover. Once again, e-mail is furiously flying into my server, so we're going to begin, as usual, with our forwarders. They Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-33391382709967022032008-12-26T14:14:00.002-05:002008-12-26T14:19:55.909-05:00A HOLIDAY LETTER FROM THE FULLERS (JERRY, '60 and BECKY):It's another great report from our most roving reporter, WC honorary alumnus, Rebecca A. Fuller. (Spouse is none other than 1960's GERALD A. FULLER, of course.) She has sent it on Christmas Eve, no less, so I'll also take this golden opportunity to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. To get current on the Fullers, pleaseMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-85625251412789690792008-12-20T11:01:00.002-05:002008-12-20T11:05:11.126-05:00FREDA FLETCHER, '54, HAS A NEW GREAT-GRANDAUGHTER! (We assume that the date on the picture is wrong - ed.)This is the newest member of our family. My 10th treat grand daughter.....The picture on the email is really big but if you click the attach you can get a regular size picture....Vanessa (my daughter, just sent this picture...FredaSent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 9:45 AMSubject: Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-12576891130179219762008-12-15T13:07:00.002-05:002008-12-15T13:13:39.789-05:00RONALD PAUL JONES, '55, DECEASED, ca. DEC 2008:Bonnie Writes:Please scroll down for the news on the latest WC passing (of which I'm aware). This RONALD PAUL JONES, who apparently died in a rest home, either late yesterday or early today. This notices came to us from 1955's NORMAN E. JACKSON, who says Paul was also 1955, although there's no yearbook photo. Paul and I grew up together on Miami Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-88087745835353993982008-11-28T15:45:00.004-05:002008-11-28T15:58:33.253-05:00THIS IS GREAT STUFF !: TERRY WILSON '64:Had an interesting career while in school. We can't excerpt the email traffic here without risking losing the best parts, so here is all of it: From: Terry WilsonDate: 10/02/08 18:40:59To: BonnieSubject: Re: Okay, Terry, 1962. I've---You may get a kick out of the attached photo. I found it posted in the WC link page. When I was 15, I worked at WING, I Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-2867136473543195912008-11-28T15:17:00.007-05:002008-12-03T13:15:50.492-05:00ON 28 NOV 2008, WE RECEIVED THESE PHOTOS FROM BONNIE:LEFT: Shirley '60 Tudor and Gil and Bonnie Risner '60 MillerRIGHT: Judy '61 Samuels and husband William VanCleefBOTTOM: Judy Samuels Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-85623043001187071772008-11-21T11:46:00.014-05:002008-11-21T12:03:32.608-05:00AT LAST !!!! - ON 21NOV 2008 - PHOTOS FROM THE OCT 2008 REUNION AND FRISCH'S FROLIC: Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-15411684497166960502008-11-03T10:38:00.003-05:002008-11-03T10:42:07.732-05:00JUNE ALLEN HORNER, '54, DECEASED:Please scroll down to read of the reported loss of 1954's JUNE ALLEN HOERNER. Apparently, she passed away yesterday (01 NOV 2008), according to the e-mail sent to me by her classmate, WM. L. MCNABB.From: Bill McNabbDate: 11/02/08 15:54:41Subject: Another lossNorma called me today to report that our classmate June Allen Hoerner passed away last night. June had Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-57850872399269518072008-11-02T16:18:00.002-05:002008-11-02T16:25:53.488-05:00** WCATON NEWS REPORT **On 29 OCT 2008, Bonnie Wrote:(ADVANCE WARNING!! This bulletin is VERY lengthy. It's about 22.5 pages, the lengthiest one I've ever composed, in all 8 years I've done them. So either read it in sections or set aside a special time. It will take awhile! I thought I'd let you all know, in advance.)---At this moment, it is 10:30 p.m. the 28th day of September, a Sunday. Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-49808826105517945142008-09-21T16:41:00.003-04:002008-09-22T10:58:10.459-04:00WE*CA*TON NEWS REPORT: 21 SEP 2008:Bonnie writes:---We're beginning this edition on September 12, the day following the sending of the last one. I have no clue as to when I'll hit the send button on this one and whether or not it will be before or after our WC alumni weekend, so bear with me, as you read it, and keep reading if something makes no sense, as it may resolve in later text, okay?We'llMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-41775726899288087862008-09-19T12:05:00.004-04:002008-09-19T12:23:06.695-04:00(LATE POST-sorry) WE*CA*TON NEWS REPORT, 11 SEP 2008:Bonnie Writes:---Once again, I'm going to try and do my report in some sort of chronological order. I've tried this in the past and it didn't work out very well, but I'm again determined to have a go at it, so bear with me. We'll begin, as always, with our forwarders. They are as follows: teacher JAS. C. JOHNSON; 1949's ROBT. E. HOFFMAN; 1951'sMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-90886177377241852072008-09-16T12:31:00.007-04:002008-09-17T17:59:48.609-04:00FREDA FLETCHER SCHROEPPEL, '54, SENT THIS PHOTO OF THEIR ELEGANT COMBO HOME AND RV ca. 1944:Her father sold their land-based Miami Shores home and bought this "RV" in which they also maintained permanent residence . When the floods came (and they always did to the Shores) he drove their house to higher ground. What a great piece of WC history!Miami Shores folks really had a lot of common sense, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-13178073938901858592008-09-16T11:43:00.007-04:002008-09-17T17:59:14.357-04:00 FREDA FLETCHER SCHROEPPEL, '54, SENT THESE PICTURES TO BONNIE:Taken of the 1942 AM and PM Kindergarten classes. Bill McNabb is also involved in these wonderful mementos, having provided (?) at least one of the pictures and all of the names. The source of the photo is unknown (as of this time.)NAMES: (sent by Bill McNabb)AM Picture:1st row: Mary Weidner, Jean Hought, Freda Fletcher, Mary Sue Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-40937618947232795392008-08-30T11:09:00.003-04:002008-08-30T11:21:39.998-04:00ON 25 AUG 2008, JAY CARROLL, '59:SENT THIS WONDERFUL NOTE AND PICTURE TO BONNIE:Bonnie,The attached picture is a “true relic” of some of the Miami Shores kids. It was taken in 1954 in Miami Shores by the old pond on Swimming Hole Rd. I do not have the email addresses for any of these fellows or I would copy. Please forward to them if you wish.Standing from left to rightJay Carroll----Bill Howard-Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-46655648150308002662008-08-25T12:20:00.002-04:002008-08-25T12:27:33.727-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT !!! - 25 AUGUST 2008:Yep, it's another edition! How the time flies, as we leave behind our 20s and 30s, eh? Of course, that isn't directed at those of you who are still IN your 20s and 30s, and reading this. Let's do our usual opening number with our forwarders, who include 1945's RETHA M. SCHOONOVER; 1954's WM. L. MCNABB; 1955's FREDA P. FLETCHER, NORM-AN E. JACKSON; 1956'sMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-43812647555008895532008-07-27T16:32:00.002-04:002008-07-27T16:36:37.686-04:00BONNIE WRITES CONCERNING THE VIETNAM MOVING MEMORIAL WALL:This is another notice regarding the Vietnam Moving Wall. It came to me from 1964's STEVEN F. SHADE. He is also searching for a family member of THOMAS EUGENE COMBS, so I think someone on this list can put them in contact with his sister, DOROTHY, right?Again, I must advise you not to respond to ME. Do respond to the info in the body Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-67617991374940074262008-07-22T18:54:00.002-04:002008-07-22T19:01:24.605-04:00BONNIE L. WOOD WHITWORTH, '52, DECEASED:Please scroll down for the obituary of 1952's BONNIE L. WOOD. I vividly remember her as being so glamorous and popular. When I looked at her in the 1952 Piratan this morning, I see she was both a majorette and a cheerleader for all 4 years of high school. Sincerest condolences go out to her family and thanks to 1960's FRED L. DOOLEY, JR., for submittingMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-42536013814389664822008-07-12T14:02:00.003-04:002008-07-12T14:13:44.322-04:00CURTIS KEMP FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS:Services in Dayton, 19 July (Saturday.) See obituary at the end of this post for details.(from Bonnie, this message:)----Many of you have asked about arrangements for the funeral of 1960's CURTIS A. KEMP. Please scroll down for the obituary which appeared in the DDN. His widow, Maria, and his daughter, Marcella, will be at the service in Titusville. Curtis will Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-39742177065802551152008-07-11T07:13:00.003-04:002008-07-11T07:17:51.889-04:00*** OLD GEEZERS ! "THE PICTURE" ***(As titled by Bill, not Bonnie)---It is recent, too. You're all holding up really well, I'd have to say. This was during June of 2008, as you can see. So will you please post it on your wonderful WC blog? From left to right, we're looking at all 1958 class members, who are WILLIAM R. HOWARD, BRUCE E. CHENOWETH, W. BAILEY HAWKINS, RONALD D. "TOM" FEE, and JAMES EMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-35660517302297614012008-07-11T06:57:00.002-04:002008-07-11T07:06:16.763-04:00** WECATON NEWS REPORT **(this is from 29 JUN 2008, posted a little late - sorry --- ed.)---Yes, it's me again! Are you all tired yet of seeing the title of this bulletin on your e-mail yet? I hope not! We begin, as always, with our forwarders; 1954's WILLIAM L. MCNABB; 1955's NORMAN E. JACK-SON, FREDA P. FLETCHER; 1957's ERCELL P. PHILLIPS, THERESA M. ELLIOTT, THOMAS. D. ELLIOTT; 1958's WM. R. Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-65379248483033317342008-07-10T23:00:00.000-04:002008-07-12T13:59:07.916-04:00 CURTIS A. KEMP, '60, DECEASED10 JUL 2008With deep, deep sadness in my heart, I'm writing to tell all of you of the passing of CURTIS A. KEMP. His daughter called me at 4:12 p.m., barely able to speak, saying he'd died, "about 45 minutes ago." I can tell you all one thing; i.e., a world without Curt will be a world which isn't nearly as much fun or nearly as nice. Oh, the fun memories he left Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-21162539522233431562008-07-05T13:28:00.006-04:002008-07-06T12:16:32.749-04:00Happy Fourth of July Everyone! Count your blessings that you are an American and thank a veteran!!DAVID, '60, AND SANDRA (MINIX), '63, OTTVisited the Normandy invasion beaches US memorial in June. They sent these pictures and message to Bonnie.Bonnie,Below is a picture of the memorial at an American cemetery that we visited on the Normandy coast. It is located at Omaha Beach. Sandy and I were Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-7609068408640774972008-07-04T16:32:00.001-04:002008-07-04T16:34:51.598-04:00** WECATON SPCIAL REPORT ** ---This message is very tough for me to write. Here I sit, on the 4th of July. Just an hour ago, I received a call from the daughter of CURTIS A. KEMP. No, he's not dead. But neither is he expected to live through the day. He wasn't expected to make it through the night, as a matter of fact. Currently, he's at Parrish Memorial Hospital in Titusville. There is Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-74228820884303778662008-06-23T12:14:00.003-04:002008-06-23T17:07:56.069-04:0021 JUNE 2008: EDDIE KELLY, '60, SENT THESE PICTURES TO BONNIE: Eddie visited CURTIS KEMP, '60, at Curtis' home in Florida in April of 2008. Curtis is on the left and Eddie is on the right. The young lady is Curtis' great-grandaughter, Emmie.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-60049440324186148822008-06-22T19:21:00.003-04:002008-06-22T19:24:47.956-04:0019 JUNE 2008: BONNIE WRITES ABOUT GIL(It has been quite a) spell since I wrote anything and I apologize. But I do hope to compensate for that, with this e-mail. On this day, I have nothing but good news. Earlier in the day, Gil went to his oncologist (I took him there, of course, and was with him) who looked over all his test results, took all his vitals, and checked quite a few other little, "Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-77886572858531736312008-06-18T12:56:00.001-04:002008-06-18T12:59:17.589-04:00BONNIE NEEDS YOUR ASSISTANCE TO FIND PIRATANS:Rest easily!! No one has died and we have no new illnesses. I just want to throw this one out there, since I inevitably forget about it, when I write the regular bulletins. Does anyone out there know where I might be able to get a 1965 and a 1941 Piratan? I've got a Xerox of all the pages for the 1941, but would kill for an original copy. I'm Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-47221255219211917812008-06-16T10:39:00.003-04:002008-06-16T10:44:23.022-04:00BONNIE WRITES:Let's add 1958's LINDA L. BECKETT to our efforts for prayers and good wishes during surgery. Please scroll down for Linda's info. We've got you covered, Linda, not to worry! Send us a report the minute you're able!--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------From: Linda LemmonsDate: 06/14/08 14:22:16Hi Bonnie,Just wanted to let you know that Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-64181736478751542412008-06-13T10:11:00.002-04:002008-06-13T10:15:52.166-04:00WNR SPECIAL REPORT: FLOSSIE GRAY, '60 CONDITION - OK!We've done it again! Flossie is doing great and expected to have full recovery. Sister 1961's EDNA L. GRAY, sends thanks to all for prayers and good thoughts. Scroll down! Let's keep this going for our other 1960 classmate, PHILLIP D. HOWARD, who's still recovering from a June 5 kidney/liver transplant. Great going, gang!-------Original Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-9612308549377191662008-06-12T13:23:00.002-04:002008-06-12T13:31:43.621-04:00SANDRA LYNN PENWELL, '60, DECEASED:How sad it is for me to report the passing of yet one more alumnus, this time, a member of my own 1960 class, SANDRA LYNN PENWELL. Please scroll down to see the link for her obituary. Thanks to 1959's GARY E. BARNES for submitting this one. I remember Sandy as being SO cute and bubbly and bouncy and I can still see her in her high school cheer -leading uniform. Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-5027662468063318552008-06-12T13:21:00.001-04:002008-06-12T13:22:49.286-04:00WECATON SICK REPORT - 12 JUNE 2008:---So far, there isn't much good news for us today, folks. Right on top of the latest death notice, comes a request from 1961's EDNA L. GRAY for us to get the big WC machine going, full force, for her sister, yet another of my 1960 classmates, FLOSSIE J. GRAY. Edna reports that Flossie is having heart problems and will be having surgery to place a stent, come Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-23599638621757441872008-06-11T19:22:00.000-04:002008-06-11T19:24:09.903-04:00HELP !!!!!!!Bonnie needs serious help here. This evening, the batteries when dead in my digital Rolodex. I had thousands of bits of info stored in it, and I've lost it all. I'm just beside myself!Of course, I've got a separate book in which I keep all my special occasion dates (anniversaries and birthdays, I mean). But I've lost hundreds of postal mailing addresses, landline phone numbers, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-7888463330085569542008-06-10T10:24:00.004-04:002008-06-10T10:58:22.627-04:00** WECATON NEWS REPORT ** 09 JUNE 2008First, an addendum to this report by Bonnie---We just can't seem to get through a very long time without a loss. Please scroll down to read the obit of CLYDE E. HURST. I'm sorry to report I don't know the class year for Clyde, but perhaps a couple of our in-house experts (STEVEN F. SHADE, THOMAS L. WOLF, JR.) might be able to uncover that for us. I'm Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-18714694344709008652008-06-09T10:40:00.001-04:002008-06-09T10:41:36.999-04:00PHILLIP HOWARD, '60, MOVED TO CLEVELAND CLINIC:---Please scroll down to receive the very latest info on 1960's PHILLIP D. HOWARD. This comes to me from his brother, 1958's DAVID L. HOWARD. Send cards to the home address, please, or e-mail. He's no longer in Dayton, as you can see. at 7 am this morning surgery was began for a liver and kidney transplant at cleveland clinic. phil was flown toMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-71132297271231236462008-06-09T10:33:00.003-04:002008-06-09T10:37:50.625-04:00PHILLIP HOWARD, '60, INFORMATION ON HIS CONDITION:Phil is in the fight of his life. He awaits a liver and kidney transplant. Please scroll down and read the e-mail I just received from his wife, Kay (1967). Let's all pull together for Phil, as we always do. Get out the pens and stamps and greeting cards! Get on that phone! Write that e-mail! Let's get going! It doesn't matter if you know him or Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-40121586075880831412008-06-04T10:56:00.002-04:002008-06-04T19:37:13.722-04:00RICHARD E. KELLY, ('65), DECEASED:Bonnie Writes:It is with great sadness, I tell you all of the death of RICHARD E. KELLY, the younger brother of my 1960 classmate, EDGAR L. "EDDIE" KELLY. I'm a couple of days late in getting this to all of you. I offer my apology to you, Eddie. I'm busier than I want to be, these days.Ed's wife, Marilyn, telephoned me on Sunday to let me know of this. She said Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-38170926715690898742008-06-02T11:21:00.002-04:002008-06-02T11:26:21.345-04:00Bruce Chenoweth, '58, Writes:(he collects and restores vintage cars, usually models that remind us of WCHS days. This one is somewhat more elderly!Bon Bon,I'll call soon to catch up on the latest. Seems as though we haven't spoken for quite a while. Thought you'd enjoy seeing the latest arrival. Just purchased today this 1903 Oldsmobile Curved Dash Runabout, complete with a valid Ohio Title. It Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-75194034233572646352008-06-02T11:04:00.005-04:002008-06-02T11:19:56.797-04:00BIRDHOUSES!:Regarding the birdhouse craft projects (ala Shirley Rankin, '63) mentioned in the next post... We could only include one photo -I thought these were really cute (...ed.) - but there are many styles. If you are interested, please email Bonnie.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-4728817527190875362008-06-02T10:55:00.002-04:002008-06-02T10:58:16.925-04:00*BIRD HOUSES RANKIN* 02 JUN 2008:Bonnie Writes:---No, no one has died (thank God)!If you're one who likes to feed the birds, as I do, you'll find these to be irresistible, I think. So I wanted to share them with all of you, although I wasn't asked to do so. They're built by hand, by 1963's SHIRLEY A. RANKIN's obviously -very talented spouse. I find them very creative and so functional and I'mMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-9104679918701129162008-06-01T15:24:00.003-04:002008-06-01T15:42:53.019-04:00* WECATON NEWS REPORT * 28 MAY 2008Boy, oh boy! The news is flying, hot and heavy. We all seem to be enthusiastic about this year's alumni weekend and its ever-increasing schedule of events. Perhaps, eventually, we'll have to back up to include Thursday, too, who knows? Friday, Saturday, and Sunday certainly seem to be just about filled to capacity, now. How great is THAT?Okay, we'll begin with Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-40651511175962375642008-05-27T19:38:00.002-04:002008-05-27T19:46:08.208-04:00*WECATON* NEWS REPORT: 27 MAY 2008:Bonnie Writes... ---Yes, it's me again! But who knows just how long it will take to finish this one? Let's make note, right off the bat, of the fact that I'm beginning this one at 2:20 p.m. on Mother's Day, May 11. So it will be interesting to see how long I dawdle along on this one. As always, we begin with our forwarders. They are, as follows: 1954's Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-35648703617929960972008-05-22T01:59:00.002-04:002008-05-22T02:04:32.129-04:00LARRY ANDERSON, LTC, USA (ret); '68; DECEASED 19 MAY 2008:Bonnie Writes:course, it was too good to be true that we had almost not passings in the last bulletin. But here is the latest one, of which I'm aware. From the class of 1968, we've lost LARRY S. ANDERSON. I didn't know him, as he was way after my time, but I'm sure some of our readers did know Larry. He wasn't yet even 58 years old! Since Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-34260670470648681012008-05-20T20:03:00.002-04:002008-05-20T20:06:26.043-04:00THE LATEST ON GIL; 20 MAY 2008Yes, we are still here!A number of you have sent inquiries about Gil's health status. Currently, I don't have time to deal with individual responses for each of them, so I hope this will suffice. He got home on Monday, May 12, in the early afternoon. After the rehab hospital had a series of meetings and ran the usual number of tests, they determined perhaps he Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-80404085876344281662007-10-10T19:51:00.000-04:002007-10-10T20:05:46.785-04:00BRUCE CHENOWETH, '58, WRITES ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF HIS NEW '48 OLDSMOBILE:(This is a reproduction of the vehicle in which we all rode during school days.)These are the latest photos on the '48 Oldsmobile Fastback. It now has all new wiring, turn signals (mandantory in Ohio), wheels and wide whitewalls, and shocks. Hauled it to the body shop today for the small amount of body work it needs and Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-60639847761970962722007-09-25T11:35:00.000-04:002007-09-25T11:52:24.419-04:00RICHARD LEE "DICKIE" COWDREY, '62: DECEASED, 04 SEP 2007:Once again, I am the bearer of sad news. The Class of 1962 has lost RICHARD LEE "DICKIE" COWDREY, as can be seen by scrolling down and reading my e-mail from teacher JAMES C. JOHNSON, who also telephoned me.Several days ago, I also received an e-mail about his illness and I believe It came from 1963's FRANCES JEAN PEFFLY. Is that correct, Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-63228949921827575632007-09-25T10:04:00.000-04:002007-09-25T10:22:11.343-04:00 BONNIE WRITES WITH PICTURES!:From left, it's our classmate, David G. Ott ('60), his wife, 1963's Sandra R. Minix, Frances J. Peffly, and John Krebs (yes, all 3 are 1963).Dave writes:Below is a picture of Me, Sandy, Frances and John. The little one is our Granddaughter Kelli.Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-79933942271643111892007-09-21T13:07:00.000-04:002007-09-21T13:09:46.351-04:00BECKY AND JERRY AND CRAZY HORSE:A photo of Becky and Jerry ('60) Fuller at the Crazy Horse Memorial.This is one of the photos that Becky mentioned in her letter. Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-35732193423884096112007-09-21T09:47:00.000-04:002007-09-21T17:05:30.221-04:00Bonnie Writes:Please scroll down to read the latest of travelogues from 1960's GERALD A. FULLER and WC-honorary spouse, Rebecca A. ("Becky"). As is always the case, I am incapable of writing anything which will exceed the quality and content of what Becky writes and I sure don't want to take a chance of deleting anything she so capably describes and explains.While I'm on here, I also want to use Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-27521228627434948092007-09-21T09:38:00.000-04:002007-09-21T09:43:19.589-04:00SIGN UP NOW FOR 2007 REUNION WEEKEND GOLF OUTING---Okay, gang! It's time to get in touch with 1959's GARY E. BARNES and get things cooking for the golf outing on alumni weekend. Scroll down and get his e-mail or look in the Dayton phone book. We'll all see each other soon!-------Original Message-------From: Pat & Gary BarnesDate: 09/11/07 16:45:22To: BonnieSubject: Golf outing ------------We Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-60534704505355217992007-08-13T11:10:00.000-04:002007-08-13T11:13:40.835-04:00ROBERT FREDERICK, WC TEACHER, DECEASED, 03 JUN 2007:FREDERICK, Robert "Bob" Age 82, of Jacksonville, Florida, formerly of Bellbrook, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2007 at Earl B. Hadlow Center for Caring Hospice, Jacksonville, Florida. Bob was born November 30, 1924 in Dayton to the late Ilo (Hole) Frederick and the late Sylvester "Wes" Frederick. He retired as a teacher. He started teaching at Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-56323541451184468772007-08-12T12:08:00.000-04:002007-08-12T12:13:14.096-04:00TIMOTHY E. WILLIAMS, 77, REPORTED DECEASED:Please scroll down to see information our latest alumni loss (at least, to my knowledge). This time, it is a member of the Class of 1977, TIMOTHY E. WILLIAMS. The notice just came to me (as you will see) from his mother-in-law, Linda Snell. Linda is married to JOE SNELL, Class of 1956. --- Bonnie-------Original MessageBonnie,Please be advised that myMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-44863287708905544032007-08-09T18:57:00.000-04:002007-08-09T18:58:46.275-04:00SPECIAL REPORT: 09 AUG 2007, RICHARD SCHINDLER, '58, DECEASED:---This afternoon, the Class of 1958 lost a member of its student body, RICHARD L. SCHINDLER. Dick passed away after a lengthy and arduous battle with cancer, I am told. He was in hospice care, as I was advised by his classmate, WILLIAM R. HOWARD. Later in the day, another classmate, REX E. HEETER, e-mailed to advise me of his Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-76543325306584648852007-07-06T14:08:00.000-04:002007-07-11T11:46:38.218-04:00HERE IT IS - BRUCE CHENOWETH'S ('58) LONG SOUGHT AND (SOON TO BE)NEARLY NEW, 1948 OLDSMOBILE 98 FUTURAMA(sp?):While at WCHS, Bruce, '58, owned and drove a bright red '48 Olds fastback. A straight-eight cylinder beauty (did I say beauty?) that took us on many great adventures (when we could scrape together 50 cents for gasoline.) Here is the email that Bruce included with the pix:7/2/2007Hi guys,Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-50781924861515560942007-07-06T14:00:00.000-04:002007-07-06T14:20:07.032-04:00Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-73323520888988812032007-07-05T17:32:00.000-04:002007-07-05T17:40:39.823-04:00WECATON SPECIAL REPORT !! -- 04 JUL 2007:Bonnie writes:We have an accident with which to deal! This past Sunday, July 1, 1960's EDGAR L. "EDDIE" KELLY, sustained a broken back, resulting from an ATV mishap. He and wife Marilyn had spent the entire day in the scenic Idaho countryside, riding their ATVs. They both have their own units. As Eddie was loading his, it did the very thing for which ATVs Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-78006628122293367182007-06-13T17:46:00.000-04:002007-06-13T17:50:14.973-04:00(from your humble editor: I have been unable to access the Blog manager for several months. Google changed the login requirements and I forgot the new password! Apologies-Here are several of Bonnie's reports that remained unposted until today)WECATON NEWS REPORT!!!--- (date uncertain)Okay, I'm, "up and runnin," once again. I meant to get back sooner, but as I think I may have previously mentionedMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-60126125555475340232007-06-13T17:45:00.000-04:002007-06-13T17:46:40.463-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT!!!--- (date uncertain)My pesky calendar tells me that it was March 6, the last time I sent out a full report. I'm beginning this one on April 3, in the hope that I will possibly complete it in time for just maybe two-month lapse, or less, if possible. After all, I don't want to lose any of you, as readers. Since you were all loyal and faithful and true, throughout my Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-57659832059969127492007-06-12T13:54:00.000-04:002007-06-12T14:00:18.653-04:00Bonnie sent this recent Mays family phototaken at The Villages, FL. The ladies lookfantastic, the boys look pretty good!Isn't that always the case?Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-48703764798218369852007-06-12T13:27:00.000-04:002007-06-12T13:30:47.549-04:00WECATON NEWS REPORT!!! 12 JUN 2007Yes, it's me again! I'm just like the bad penny, huh? But I'm hoping I'm not soon going anywhere. So let's brace up for this next onslaught. I'm beginning this one on Saturday, June 9, at 12:15 pm., so just for fun, let's see how long it will take me to complete it. I'm of the opinion that it will be several days, if not longer. As a rule, I usually sit down andMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-33756479891945719092007-03-29T19:42:00.000-04:002007-03-29T19:44:58.805-04:00BERTHA JAN HOERNER, '57, DECEASED:It is with great sadness that I announce to all of you that we have lost yet another alumnus, in the person of 1957's BERTHA JAN HOERNER. She died March 22, in her chosen state of residence, North Carolina, where she had lived for many, many years. I assume she was 68 years old, probably.The news came to me today, through her sister, who did not write details Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-79056180656389001922007-03-10T15:40:00.000-05:002007-03-10T15:45:47.598-05:00WHAT'S NEXT FOR WOODY'S ???West Carrollton eager to see what's in store for Woody's Market siteBy Lisa BernardFriday, March 09, 2007WEST CARROLLTON— As city leaders and local developers prepare to unveil plans for the former Woody's Market site next week, West Carrollton business owners are taking in a cautious sigh of relief. Once a bustling mega-market and restaurant, Woody's closed its doors Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-903184107896666152007-03-09T16:22:00.000-05:002007-03-10T11:41:37.226-05:00HERBERT GATES, '58; DECEASED:From the Dayton Daily News:A life long resident of Dayton, Ohio departed this life on Saturday, December 2, 2006. He was born on June 21st 1940 at Miami Valley Hospital, the son of the late Herbert Russell and Mary Charlotte Gates.He was active member of College Hill Community Church, Presbyterian U.S.A. He graduated from West Carrollton High School, was a 2nd Class Mikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6148684.post-76816948594901308612007-03-07T14:06:00.000-05:002007-03-07T14:16:11.730-05:00WECATON NEWS REPORT !!! - 06 MAR 2007:Okay, I'm, "up and runnin," once again. I meant to get back sooner, but as I think I may have previously mentioned (at least a billion times, I guess) I'm still in the throes of placing and putting-away. I actually did get to the very last crate and/or box, on this very day. I thought I never would. So I'm taking a break and will treat myself to an intervalMikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13137407108970239402noreply@blogger.com