WHAT'S NEW
January
9, 2010 the Class of 1960 Reunion Committee
gathered at 2 Riverway. We made some
choices about hotels and decorations. We expect invitations to go
out in June.
Our Christmas Chat and Chew was held at Villagios
Italian Grill, 5777 San Felipe Rd.
at Bering. It was good enough
for a second visit. We celebrated December birthdays
including Dene Hofheinz Anton and Marilyn Ralls Johnson. Delicious cake. This will be one of
our favorite places.
A
great time was had by everyone attending the Grand Opening of
the Ned S. Holmes
Performance Hall starring our own Tommy Tune (1957) in Steps in Time on October 21,
2009. There was a full house and lots of applause. Tommy
was just wonderful.
The
video about Ned Holmes (1963) was a laugh riot. Texas Lt. Gov.
David
Dewhurst (1963) appeared in the video for his friend, Ned, and Harris
County Judge Ed
Emmott (Bellaire HS) pardoned Ned for a youthful indiscretion while at
Lamar.
Several of our classmates were there. Dene Hofheinz Anton and
Mike and Terry Park Dalton came together. Bill Walker, Sally Henderson
Yates,
and Marilyn Ralls Johnson were there also.
Two of our classmates were on the Steps
in Time Committee, Sally Henderson Yates, who
prepared the welcome baskets for Tommy Tune and the Manhattan Rhythm
Kings, and Marilyn Ralls Johnson,
who was Co-Chair of
the
Publicity Committee for the event.
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The Gathering of the
Class of 1960 Reunion Committee on October 17, 2009,
produced some important
decisions about the venues for our 50th Reunion:
Friday Night - Cadillac
Bar
for a buffet with cash bar
Saturday Night - Lakeside
Country Club for dinner and dancing
Sunday Afternoon - A Show
put on by our classmates in the Ned S.
Holmes Performance Hall at Lamar
Our October Chat and Chew was at
Villagios
Italian Grill, 5777 San Felipe Rd.
at Bering.
A big crowd turned up and really enjoyed the food and the service.
Christie's
Chat and Chew on August 4, 2009, was fun as always. Summer
vacations were discussed. We were glad to see Barbara McNeir at a
Chat and Chew again.
Buca
di Beppo Restaurant serves family style,
so we shared a wide selection of tasty dishes and a giant bottle of
Chianti at our June 9, 2009, Chat and Chew. Mary Askew, who lives
in Baldwin City, Kansas, was visiting in Houston and came by to
celebrate her birthday with us. She has recovered from her hip
injury and can play golf again! The big chocolate birthday cake
managed to stay on the plate this time.
Kendall Hamilton, M.D. passed
away May 30, 2009. Some of our classmates were childhood
friends who lived on Dryden Street, including Alice Bell Smith,
Carol
Guthrie Brown, and Carolyn
Beatty. They remember him with much affection. Click
here for his Obituary
and Guest
Book.
50th
Reunion Committee Gathering was
held Saturday, May 16, 2009,
at
9:30 AM at Diverse Works,
where we may have our Friday night event. The Committee
considered information including costs for events, locations, menus,
and hotels prepared by Barbara McNeir and Marilyn Ralls Johnson, and
expects to make final decisions on October 17, 2009, at our next
Gathering. Expectations are
high for a really fantastic 50th Reunion.
Reunion Committee Treasurer Nelson Smith reported we
have $11,128.48, which will be used to pay deposits and reduce
the cost of the Reunion for everyone. We will not have live
(silent) auctions at our events in the future. If you want to
Sponsor our Reunion, contact Penny
Thornall Remick. You will be
recognized as a Sponsor at the Reunion.
Bonus
Chat & Chew at James Coney Island
on Westheimer on May 5, 2009.
Our
special guests were graduates from Bellaire High School in 1960, who were in
Deanna Schiro Stubbs' class at Pershing Jr. High.
Pershing and Mark
Twain Elementary alums had a great mini reunion. We celebrated
Ann Comstock Hornbeak's May birthday with a chocolate cake.
Lamar
High School Alumni Association, Inc. held its
annual
Distinguished Alumni Luncheon on April 21, 2009, at River Oaks Country
Club, and 10 members of the Reunion Committee of the Class of 1960 had
a table for the
show honoring Dr. Donald Harragon '54, Vincent Santamaria
'60 and his brothers and sisters, Brigadier General Michael Longoria
'74, and Dorothy Knox Houghton
'62.
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classmates pictured at
the Distinguished
Alumni Luncheon:
Top Row: (L to
R) Ann Comstock Hornbeak, Marilyn Ralls Johnson, Richard Hall, Esq.,
Penny Thornall Remick, Sally Henderson Yates, Dene Hofheinz Anton.
Seated:
(L to R) Joan Hall Parker, Betty Milner Blake, Deanna Schiro Stubbs,
Margaret Deats Bott |
Beaudreaux's
on West Loop
610 and
Hwy 59 was the scene of a very special Chat & Chew on April
7, 2009. On the menu
was Cajun
food featuring oysters, crawfish,
and alligator. We had 26 in the party room, and celebrated Sally
Henderson
Yates birthday with a cake.
Peary Perry came in from
Austin.
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Many thanks to Betty Teachworth Brieger's son, who
manages the
restaurant, for a really fun party.
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Remember
the Astrodome! Dene Hofheinz Anton's
father fulfilled his dream
of
building the Astrodome, which was called the Eighth Wonder of the
World.
Go to http://www.thedomemovie.com
for the story of its creation .
Now it may be torn
down. Save our Dome!
Send an email message to the County Commissioners.
50th
Reunion Committee Gathering was
held Saturday, February
21, 2009 at 9:30 AM at 2 Riverway – Suite
700. All but two of our classmates who had volunteered to take on
a project attended. No new final decisions were made at this
meeting, but many suggestions and questions were considered. The
next Gathering will be May 16, 2009. All class members are
invited to
come and help plan our 50th Reunion.
"The 50th Reunion
Memory Book is underway, thanks to the
information you sent to us.
We hope to
publish a soft-bound
book with
photos of our past and our present and information about
our
classmates
lives
since 1960. One
of our most creative classmates, Betty
Lee Cox Springer,
will design the Memory Book, and others - Kay Dunlap Henderson, Elliott
(Shanti) Emerson and Carolyn
Beatty - will edit. Buddy Dacus,
Kay and I
will
work on advertising concepts and selling the ads." Margaret Deats
Bott, Chair
Several of our classmates
passed away during the last 12 months: Coleman Nockolds,
D.D.S.,
Kareen Arnold
Rosenburg, Karen Wible
Stone, Richard Rogers, and Suzanne Moore
Daughters. These
friends, and other classmates who have gone before us, will have a
place in a special Remembrance Book at our 50th Reunion.
The first Chat and
Chew of the New Year was held Tuesday,
February 3, 2009, 6:30 p.m., at
Cleburne Cafeteria,
3606 Bissonnet,
Houston. Attendance was good.
Richard, Karin, and Bill Palmer
Sue, J.E., and Deanna
Bill,
Carol, and
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Dinner for Karin Peterson Tripp.
A group of us
gathered for fellowship and dinner with our classmate, Karin
Tripp, who was in Houston for a visit. Karin lives in
Vienna,
Austria. The dinner was held January 6, 2009, at Frank’s Chop
House in Houston,
owned
and managed by another classmate, Frank
Crapitto.
Attendees were Ann
(Comstock) and Bill Hornbeak,
Sue (Stockard) and David
Bellamy, Penny
Thornall
Remick, Deanna Marie (Schiro) and J.E. Stubbs, Bill and Carol Palmer,
Richard
Hall, Rob and Dorothy
Burchfield, Joan (Hall) and
Allan Parker, and
Pamela
Ballard Scott. Frank graciously greeted all, and visited
with us
several
times during the evening. As usual, we had a jolly and happy
evening,
catching up with each other’s lives and events. And, of course,
we
had delicious food, thanks to Frank.
Our
circle of
classmates is large and far flung, but it is wonderful
that we
can gather when we can. Karin, being in Austria, visits at times
with
another classmate, Jackie Senouillet
Murphy, who lives in Monaco.
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Frank and Karin
Joan,
Pam, and Ann |
 FUNDRAISING
FOR THE 50TH REUNION
Order
from
Penny
Thornall Remick
CLASS
MUGS ($7)
CLASS
SHORT SLEEVED POLO
SHIRTS ($40)
includes
tax and shipping
Mention
size and sex
of wearer when
ordering a polo shirt by email.
REUNION
SPONSORS WANTED!!
Contact Penny
Thornall Remick if you wish to be a Sponsor of the Reunion.
You will be recognized at the Reunion.
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