WPHS Alums Class of 1961 Web Site Announcements

The 2007-2008 Class of 1961 Alumni Web Site newsletter is now online. Within a few weeks we will be mailing out a hard copy of this newsletter to those classmates we do NOT have valid e-mail addresses for. Click HERE.

Dewey's cancer has returned with a vengence. Please try to convey positive wishes that might help Dewey and Trish through this terrible time in his life. We have also received the following from Stevie Spaulding:

Subject: Prayers Please
Date: Aug 1, 2008 7:41 AM
Dear Pals,
A new mass has been found and another and another. I ask for your prayers for my health and holding me in the light in your minds eye. I am in Florida, we are helping mother close on the sale of her house (sold in 3 weeks!) and the purchase of the appt. in The Glenridge, a retirement home nearby. She moves Monday. We are supposed to leave Thursday for the farm via Cooperstown. Lets see what happens. Thank you for your love and support and for walking this path with me.
xoxoxoStevie

Georgia Mini Reunion was held Saturday, August 23rd in Social Circle, Georgia. Hosted by Bill & Camille Ronay there was a large group in attendance. Click HERE. Click HERE for more photographs. (added 8/26/08)

Betty Jane Lucius was given a surprise 65th birthday party by her daughters July 26th. Click HERE. (added 8/26/08)

We have a new e-mail address for Suzie Miller (Roth) that is currently in effect. Please update your address books with her new address - adoija@gmail.com (added 8/25/08)

We have a new e-mail address for Deanna Dudley (Kent) that is currently in effect. Please update your address books with her new address - deannajkent@msn.com (added 8/21/2008)

Chuck Fouts thought we all might be interested in the "Jury Rigged" scam that is going on. We agree! If you click HERE you will be connected to snopes.com where you will find the information regarding this scam. You can also find information about this 'scam' by clicking HERE connecting you to the Federal Bureau of Investigation web site. Thanks for your input, Chuck. (added 8/21/2008)

We have a new e-mail address for Lynne Ricks (Peters) that will go into effect August 3rd. Please update your address books with her new address - lynne.peters@cox.net (added 7/31/2008)

We have a new e-mail address for Joanne Horvath (LaPoma). Please update your address books with her new address - mlapoma@verizon.net (added 7/31/2008)

News from classmate Dennis Siewert! Dennis and his wife Cher just purchased a home in Mount Dora. Cher will be moving in on August 25th and Dennis will join her on or about November 21st for a return to the Orlando area. Dennis says he plans to work part-time in landscape photography and consulting broadcasting/internet companies in the Florida area. Dennis says he is looking forward to seeing some of his past friends and alumni. (added 7/29/08)

Looks like a pretty good 'intent to attend' list for the 6th 'Almost Semi-Annual' Georgia Area Mini-Reunion to be held at the Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle, Georgia. This luncheon will be Saturday, August 23rd at 1:00 PM.... and is MORE than just a lunch. Classmates JoAnn Engle Crawford (Don), Jeanne Williams Stanley (Roy), Susan Carter Ricks, Dick Bergen (Marianne), Deanna Dudley Kent, Connie Shoup Hudson (Bill '60), Dave Rees (Katherine), Judy Clark Larson (driving up from Orlando...), Sarah Moores York (Chuck) (driving down from Chapel Hill, NC)... and hopefully a few more of you who would like to take a trek to the Atlanta area and enjoy a great afternoon just eating and hanging out together. (added 7/28/08)

Dewey Ramsby's cancer has returned very aggressively. We all know that Dewey has always thought of the entire Class of 1961 as members of one family in so many ways. For this reason, and other reasons I wouldn't be able to find room for on this entire web site, I am posting this information, with Dewey's permission, and asking for prayers and positive wishes for a really great guy with a wonderful family. Dewey is reading his e-mail and taking calls. He is under the care of M.D. Anderson's Cancer Center here in Orlando. He will continue working as his strength permits. Dewey begins chemotherapy next week. We wish him the best! (added 7/26/2008)

Mary Phillips shares with us a photo taken aboard an airboat where family members celebrated Mary's sister Jan's 61st birthday at the Black Hammock in Oviedo. Click HERE. (added 7/24/08)

Condolences go out to classmate Sharon May and her family. Sharon's mother, Grace Hendershot May passed away on July 17, 2008. Click HERE. (added 7/21/08)

While watching a local news broadcast about two soldiers returning home on leave from Iraq, I was made aware of a group known as "Soldiers' Angels". These men and women are volunteers made up of 200,000 members in over 20 different teams and programs operated internationally to provide letters, care packages, and comfort items to the deployed, and support for their families here at home. We have had a few classmates ask if we, as alumni of the Class of 1961, could get together and donate for care packages to be sent to our soldiers overseas and my response has been that we don't have any one who is able to take on the responsibility within our alumni web site committee. So, with that said, I am suggesting that you visit Soldiers' Angels - May No Soldier Go Unloved and see if perhaps you would like to participate in the Adopt a Soldier program. Click HERE. (added 6/21/2008)

Over the next few months you will be seeing some changes in the layout of your alumni web site. I am making an effort to clean up the site. This new layout will make the web pages easier to update and will also make the text easier to read. The site is HUGE (by normal web site standards) so this will take time and patience. If you visit a web page on the alumni site that seems to have 'broken' links/images, please contact the webmistress immediately!!! Your help in identifying broken links/images will be greatly appreciated. (added 10/29/2007)

If you want to be removed from our mailing, please e-mail the webmaster and I will take you off our e-mail listing AND I will remove your e-mail address from the 'then and now' section of this website. We strive to provide accurate connectivity but if our own e-mail are rejected or blocked by you, we will assume you no longer want to have your classmates have e-connectivity to you.

Sometimes we need a little help to 'smile' when things might not be going along as we would hope... Bob Cross shared a video clip he received via e-mail and we thought you might enjoy it. Turn on your speakers for the audio...you may feel like dancing along. Click HERE.

If you have some news you would like posted to the website, e-mail your webmistress!