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NEWS HEADLINES
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Successful Heart Surgery
for Bill Doty
We are very excited to learn that Bill Doty is
now enjoying a speedy recovery from his heart surgery which
occurred in the first week of June. We are also delighted that
Bill has given us a detailed synopsis of his experience and,
with his gracious permission,
we have placed it
here on our site. Congratulations, Bill! We're looking
forward to seeing you at our next "First Tuesday" dinner at the
Moose!
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Dave Duncan leaves us
David Duncan, age 66, of Fayetteville, N.C., died Thursday,
December 11, 2008. Dr. Duncan, a graduate of the University of
Kansas, was a physician, scholar, veteran, and a loving father
and husband. Dr. Duncan is survived by his wife, Jane H. Duncan,
of the home, three children, and three grandchildren.
The preceding was published in the Kansas City Star on
12/14/2008.
We received the following message from
John Anderson on January 13th...
"I have spoken to Janie a couple of times and thought I
would pass along a brief summary of a sad story about one of my
favorite classmates.
"Dave was in
Desert Storm 18 years ago where he contracted Hepatitus
C, which appears to be the underlying culprit. It has a 20 year
"watch period." In early November, he started feeling poorly.
Getting worse, right after
Thanksgiving he went to the doctor, who referred him to a
gastroenterologist who then did a CT Scan. The doctor called
Janie with the results and told her that Dave had a huge mass in
his liver and that there was nothing they could do. This was
around the first of December. Dave died on Dec. 11.
"This was all unexpected and happened with lightening speed.
Unbelievable, and just when Dave was getting his feet back on
the ground. He had regained his medical license and was a
radiologist at the VA hospital in
Fayetteville, NC.
"Janie is still in shock, but doing ok. She still has her
sense of humor
and giddy laugh. Sometime later in the year she plans to move
back to Wichita." |
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Toni Kross Levine passes away
Monday, Oct. 27. We have just learned this morning of the
passing of our classmate Toni Cross Levine some time early in
September, due to a stroke. Although a Kansas City resident, for
some reason, there was no obituary in the Kansas City Star at
the time. If any of you know more details about Toni, we would
appreciate hearing
from you. Toni had emailed us in early August that she had
been ill and was getting better.
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Anne Schluter passes away
We are sorry to learn of Anne's passing, which happened in her
hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico, on September 18th where she
had lived since 1961. The writeup from
the Kansas City Star can be accessed by
clicking here.
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Bill Crow no longer with us
A kind and gentle man, a classmate and a Vietnam veteran, Bill
Crow, passed away on August 19, 2008, at the Eisenhower Veterans
Administration Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas. The writeup from
the Kansas City Star can be accessed by
clicking here.
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Dave Moak Passes Away
The quarterback of the Shawnee-Mission East football team when
we were seniors has left us. A kind and gentle soul and who was
a friend to all, was loved by pretty much anyone who knew him,
had suffered from cancer and passed away on August 12. The
Kansas City Star obituary was woefully brief and one would hope
that additional words about Dave's life will somehow appear
there. We last saw Dave when he attended our 40th Anniversary
Reunion in 2000. Bless you, sir. You will be sorely missed by us
all.
Click here to
read the very nice writeup that appeared in The
Kansas City Star on August 27th.
We last saw Dave at our 45th
Reunion. Here he is (center)
with Jeff Ward and Jim Chalfant. Photo courtesy of Russ May |
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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!
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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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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The Latest News & Features |
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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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A lovely little dog found outside a California
courtroom. |
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Click on thumbnail image
at left. That's right---it's the old Rudy Fick Ford
dealership. Do you remember where it was located. When you click
on the image, you should get a pretty good hint! |
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Okay, Boys...
Don Ringstrom
just sent us what may be one of the earliest photos showing a lot
of our classmates together. Click the image at left to see a 1953
photo of some of our guys in the Northeast Johnson County Baseball
League posing with their team. Thanks
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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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Website design and
management by
Randy Neil
Website: www.randyneil.com |
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LATEST NEWS... |
Class of '60
50th Reunion News |
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Our biggest Reunion
yet---in celebration of our 50th Anniversary---will take place in the
third quarter of 2010. Discussions are already underway in preparation
to assemble our usual "crack" Planning Committee. Do you want to be part
of the committee?
Simply Email Us Now. Or plan to show up
at our first Reunion Committee Meeting at Don Armacost's Automobile
Museum in Grandview, Mo. at 3:00 pm, Sunday, March 8th.
Click here for directions. |
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OUR
MONTHLY DINNERS...
are now on the
FIRST Tuesday
and we're back at the Blue Moose in Prairie Village!
Please note that we
have changed the dinners from the 3RD Tuesday to the FIRST
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.
FIRST TUESDAY EVERY MONTH
Mark your calendar!
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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.
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.
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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 from our 2000 Reunion
are here.
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. Watch our site for news of more upcoming events.
 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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