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Dave Pomeroy
is producing a KC Athletics TV Documentary.
In their brief residency in Kansas City, the A's left a
colorful mark on the region and on major league baseball. Dave
Pomeroy, our classmate and a lifelong A's fan and baseball buff,
has partnered with co-producer Linda Haskins to produce
Lucky 13:
Kansas City Athletics Baseball 1955-1967. Would
you like to help out this wonderful project.
Find out
more and see a sneak preview by clicking here!
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Pictures from
our 45th!
A little late, but by gosh, here are some
wonderful pictures from our 45th Reunion held in 2005...all
courtesy of Russ May and his talents as a webmaster. Our link
will take you to his site where you can view some wonderful
photographs. At left, Dick Nauert, Dorothy Kelly May, and Doug
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Congratulations!
Wow...!! Isn't it neat that Nancy Hayes
and Bill Cody have just recently tied the knot. My
gosh, they look as young as they did the day they graduated from
SME. If you'd like to send them a note of congrats, send it to
Nancy and Bill's email address by
clicking here.
Nancy and Bill re-met at the 45th SME reunion! This picture is
from their wedding at Mount Vernon in Alexandria, Virginia. They
will be living in Washinton, DC, until Bill retires and they
return to Kansas City. They are looking forward to reconnecting
with the monthly dinners! |
Donna Niedens
We are sorry to report that our
classmate, Donna Niedens, passed away on July 1st in Stanford, Calif.
Graveside services were held on July 11th at the Chapel Hill Memorial
Gardens in Kansas City, Kansas.
Jack Weidemier
Jim Chalfant reports to us the passing of
Jack Weidemier, a member of the Class of 1959, but also someone who was good
friends with many of us in the Class of '60. Jack left this world on
Wednesday, January 31st. He was diagnosed with liver cancer last November.
Jim Chalfant, Jack and Lloyd (Sonny) Henderson all joined the U.S. Navy
together back in 1962.
Ann Cox Porter
We are very saddened to learn of the
sudden death of classmate Ann Cox Porter...reported to us by Nick and
Merilyn Paris. Ann was killed over the weekend of Nov. 25-26 as a result of
a fall down stairs which caused a broken neck. When we have further
information, we will pass it along.
This just in from Todd Cannon...
I took daughter Elizabeth out to San
Fransisco to enroll in graduate school. While there we had lunch with
Ivars Blukis. How cool to be able to connect
with our classmates. He was too gracious; picked us up at our hotel, bought
our lunch at a lovely spot on Fisherman's Wharf and then took us on a grand
tour of the city with particular emphasis on the Presidio.
CHECK THIS...
This wonderful class
photo from Prairie School (1953-54) from our Sixth
Grade year is courtesy of Bill Doty, an old friend who left us before we
even got into high school. Would you care to send us your thoughts on who is
pictured here? Click for an enlarged view.
Email us
with your identifications.
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What a lovely evening!
Sharon and George
Miles seem to be having the best of times at our 45th Reunion Dinner
Dance at the Armacost Museum on Saturday, Oct. 29. Watch for many more
photos to be uploaded here.
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Check this out... |
Click here to glom onto a message
to everyone who survived the 1950s...courtesy of Carolyn Nelson. You
will love this. You may even want to send it to your kids! |
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We're pleased to
introduce you to the classy website offered by the S-M North Class
of 1959. Many of us have friends in that class and you'll find
their site very helpful in locating them. |
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S-M East
Class of 1964 |
Our faithful web guy
is helping out with the design and maintenance of the Reunion
website for our fellow Lancers from the class of '64. |
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News From
Dave Blankenship... |
April 27,
2005. Am fully employed. My brother, Dennis, and I started a
company and have the distribution rights for a high tech family of
fertilizer and supplements for the southeast part of the country.
I am living in Arkansas
at Hot Springs Village and spend about 3 days selling and demo-ing
our products. The rest is golf. I haven't done any art shows for
over a year but
did take some photos of some dogwood the last few days while up
north in Eureka Springs. Hope to make it back for the reunion. |
FROM DON RINGSTROM:
Sharon and I just purchased a new Boat and she is hoping this will be
the needed incentive to keep me home a bit more often. What a dreamer!
Speaking of travel [Don always keeps me up to
date on his latest meanderings around the globe.
RN], attached are two photos from China.
One is a typical street scene in Shanghai, China. You will note there is
very little personal space in a city with 18 million people. The other
[with yours truly] was taken in Zhuhai, China. Zhuhai is just across the
bay from Macau [the city in the background]. I leave Monday for two
weeks in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Zhuhai so I
thought I would send these photos.
Girls, Girls, Girls! But
WHO Are They?
This wonderful photo taken at a Leawood Country Club Hawaiian Night in
the mid-1950s shows many of our lovely Hula Girls (i.e., classmates). We
can identify Sandy Garner and Sharon Lee Allen---but who are the others?
Click here to view a larger version of this photo to help you
see everyone better. By the way, that's Steve Dudley among the guys in
the background!
JUDY DANEKE
ABERNATHY
AND HER WONDERFUL ANIMALS...
As your erstwhile website editor
and news-getter-outer these past two years or so, I am chagrinned to say
that I was not aware of the fine work being done by Judy Abernathy
on her farm down in Harrisonville, Mo. She spends her life lovingly
caring for so many different domestic pets who come to her for a variety
of reasons that it would be hard to describe it here. I want everyone in
our class to know about this...especially since I don't know a one of
you who isn't a real animal lover! Judy richly deserves our moral
support...but not only that, perhaps some donations---a few bucks, a big
bag or two of pet food, you name it.
First, go find out about her wonderful work by checking her website at:
http://www.companionanimals.siteblazer.net/
Judy Abernathy
PO Box 297
Harrisonville, MO 64701
Phone: 816-862-6136
...and then, contact her. It would be wonderful if we all could help in
this very, very worthwhile project...which, to Judy, is lifelong!
What's Dave Bitters Do In His Spare Time?
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Not only were we delighted to see Dave
Bitters at Ford and Carolyn Nelson's recent Patio Party, but in
chatting with Dave we learned he has a very unusual and colorful
sort of hobby: restoring oldtime radios. Click on the links at left
and get a gander at some of his work.
Wow...do these bring back memories!! |
Interesting Leawood Country Club Photos
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Steve Dudley dug up some rather neat
photos. One of them (below) is from a circa 1956 party at the
Leawood Country Club...and two others are home room photos from
Indian Hills Junior High. We need your help identifying everyone in
the home room photos. Some of the people are easily identified, many
are not. Can you help? E-Mail us. |
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Beeg Prize, Chuck Mayer peeks between winners Louise
Waterman and Bob Cook at 1954 Leawood CC Luau. Click on
photo to see big one. |
Note: Russ and Dorothy May report
that Louise Waterman is not only alive and well, but is now a rather
well known local artist. How neat. |
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Click to see 1956 students at Indian Hills JHS
Click to see 1957 students at Indian
Hills JHS
Note: Steve refuses to explain situation with girl in third row, 4th
from the left. And by the way, who is she?
Well, here's Jeff Ward's answer (click!)
to who the people are in Steve's '57 IHJS class photo. Thanks Jeff!
E-Mail Us And Tell Us Who's In
The '56 Picture
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CLICK TO SEE PHOTOS FROM
2001
IN NOVEMBER 2001,
14 of your classmates served as volunteers in the KCPT Public
Television Holiday Auction. Click on the photo above to see photos of
this and our July pool party at Ford and Carolyn Nelson's home. |
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LOOKIN' FOR CLUES?
Russ May has created a special "Clues" page which gives details
concerning his search for the "still missing" classmates. It's a page
filled with interesting and useful information. If you would like to
help locate these lost classmates, take a look at this
CLUES PAGE. |
WANT TO
KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR CLASSMATES...
or just send someone a message?
Use our BULLETIN
BOARD to quickly and easily post your message so that all
visitors to our website can read it. It's a great way for you to
communicate with other classmates from all over the world. |
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"Steering Committee" meets regularly and will be planning from
four to eight social gatherings each year. One of them---probably to be
scheduled during the winter or early spring each year---will be broadly
advertised and promoted to get close to the kind of attendance we had at
the "official" Reunion in October 2000. Regardless, all classmates
(no matter where you're from) are always invited to our regular
activities. WATCH THIS SITE FOR NEWS ABOUT OUR ONGOING EVENTS! |
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Website design and
management by
Randy Neil
E-Mail:
neilmedia@allvantage.com
Website: www.randyneil.com |
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OUR
MONTHLY DINNERS...
are now on the
Third Tuesday
and we're back at the Blue Moose in Prairie Village!
Please note that we
have changed the dinners from the 2nd Tuesday to the THIRD
Tuesday.
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Always at 6:00 pm at the Moose. The restaurant is
located at the west end of the Macy's parking lot in the
Prairie Village Shopping Center. The food is very nice,
prices are, too---and it is probably our most popular
venue ever.
THIRD TUESDAY EVERY MONTH
Mark your calendar!
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Check this out,
folks...
We
were delighted in September 2006 when Bill Doty
brought one of Kansas City's most accomplished and famous people
to our dinner at the Drum Room at the Hotel President. Marilyn
Maye is a wonderful, caring and warm person...not to mention her
incredible talents as one of America's premier singers.
Take a look at this wonderful review,
written by Rex Reed, on the occasion of her appearance at the
Metropolitan Club in New York City just a few weeks ago. [Randy
Neil]
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Our 45th
Reunion Was A Huge Success. Thanks!
With just under 100 of us
in attendance,
our 45th Reunion on the weekend of October 28-29 was a delightful
affair---reminiscent of some of our great social events of our early
years. We will soon have lots of photographs from the event here on our
site.
HOWARD AND
CORRINNE RUSSELL's MARCH 6TH ITALIAN DINNER A BIG SUCCESS.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
Howard and Corrinne welcomed over 20 of us to their home on a fine
Sunday afternoon for another one of their great annual dinners. Once
again, we thank this fine couple for all they do for us classmates.
WILMA WHITE PASSES
AWAY.
OUR RENOWNED SENIOR ENGLISH TEACHER,
Mrs. White, recently passed away at the age of 90.
Click here for the story about her which
appeared in The Star.
Look at some history...
Nancy Hayes Callahan saved a very
historic school newspaper ("The Mission")
from the spring of 1958, when we were sophomores at the old
Shawnee-Mission HS. Click on the image above to see its most important
news story!
News About The Phil Cooper Memorial Research
Trust.
Phil's widow, Victory Cooper, has informed Phil Needham
about a special research foundation set up to further Phil's work in
childrens health care at East Tennessee State University in Johnson
City, Tenn. We as his classmates can help. Read more about it by
downloading the special Acrobat
file we've placed on the site.
Wow Dept.
To anyone who thinks that the times we live in today are pretty good...get
a load of this...
Judy Daneke Abernathy recommends that everyone visit this wonderful site
where those of us who love little animals can help a very wonderful
local cause. [I assume that means ALL of us,
right? RN] This is a place where you can immediately assist
specific little creatures who direly need help right away.
SM EAST FOOTBALL!
Take a look at how well (?) our Lancers have done on the gridiron
during our school's 45-year history?
Click to see!
HEY, CHECK THIS!!
We're getting so many
great photos coming in to us from lots of people that we now have a
special "Gallery" where you can see the latest additions. Click the
Apple above and go see 'em. Not only that, but pictures from the long
ago past are there, too---like Jim Mitchell's wonderful collection of
class photos from Prairie and Indian Hills.
THE 1959-60 S-M EAST
SCHOOL DIRECTORY
You're probably not going to
believe this [Well, I sure was incredibly
bowled over by it. Randy], but Russ May has done it again! He
has put online the entire edition of our Senior year SME School
Directory. Choose from two versions:
Original order This is in order of name.
Address order
This is in order of street and address. If you've ever wondered exactly
where all of your old friends used to live...well, this is it! The
"Address Order" version is a knockout. It shows every SME student who
lived on your same street! Russ, all we can say
is: we luv ya'!
WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE OUR E-MAIL BULLETINS? We are now
able to keep classmates up to date on our activities by sending out
special e-mail bulletins. For instance, whenever we have an event we
send regular announcements. We'd love to send these bulletins to
you...to get on the list, just
e-mail Randy Neil by clicking here.
Nice To See Ya' Dept.
Jeff Ward (pictured above with
Sharon Ward from the SMN Class of '60) returned to KC in July and
attended Ford & Carolyn Nelson's pool party.
Click here to see another picture of Jeff---with Burt Rhea and Steve
Ross.
ONLY 29 CLASSMATES YET TO BE
FOUND!
With the
addition of
the Right Honorable Tasmanian Devil our
latest update of the "Found" list now shows that Russ May has
located 444 classmates! Only 29 are yet to be found (utterly amazing,
isn't it?). Click Friendfinder to see the list.
GET OUR FREE E-MAIL BULLETINS! Would you like to receive the
periodic e-mail bulletins telling about our events and activities.
Just e-mail us now!
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Special Note: Any classmates who wish to participate in
any of the events, should always consider themselves to be part of
our committee. If you're available or in town when one is to take
place, remember: you're invited! |
More than 110 photos have now been uploaded.
More to come! If you have any photos you would like to contribute to the
site, just e-mail us and let us
know. We'll tell you how and where to send 'em!
Our Reunion Committee is a group to which
all members of our class belong whether or not you can attend our
meetings. Our first "Post-Reunion" Party was held in November (click
above to see pictures). Watch our site for news of more upcoming events.
More pictures from Ford & Carolyn Nelson's
Pool Party on July 22, 2001...
Just click here
to see 'em!
 All
classmates including those who have e-mail addresses
are listed on our FriendFinder page (including symbols indicating who
attended the Reunion)
Click Here to see it.
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Click Here to see an enlarged view of the cover of the
Reunion Yearbook.
You may purchase your copy by
sending $25 to: SM East Class of '60, PO Box 6552, Leawood, KS
66206. |
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