JANIS THOMPSON FIELDER '69

Hi Gloria,

Feel free to post this on your blog; I had great fun reading ALL of your blog today and looking at all the pictures. You are doing an amazing job with it. Thanks so much.

My name is Janis Thompson Fielder; I graduated in 1969. I think I was one of the few Randolph High School students to be there during my entire high school career. (Actually, my dad was transferred to RAFB in 1962; I attended 5th grade on base at the elementary school, and then on to RHS for 6th-12th grades). (Might have something to do with the fact that my dad worked in the personnel department - so we were able to stay put for awhile.) We lived on base until I graduated, then moved to Universal City where my parents still live in the same house, almost 40 years later!!

Quick summary of my 39 years since graduation: - I attended (then) Southwest Texas State Teachers College (good old SWTSC!) Graduated with a degree in speech pathology in 1973. Taught speech therapy one year in Schertz Cibolo-Universal City ISD. - Married my college sweetheart in 1974 (well, we really started dating when I was a junior at RHS - he was already at San Marcos and a Schertz Cibolo grad - Ronny Fielder, class of '67.) Just had our 34th anniversary. - We lived in Arlington, TX for 5 years. He worked in retail and I did speech therapy. - Along came our first child in 1979; Daniel Lee Fielder. Moved to Oklahoma City when he was 6 weeks old. Missed Texas too much, and came back to the Houston area in 1980. Been here ever since. - Second child, Katherine Jean, born in 1982. We lived in Webster, TX (near NASA). - Moved to Deer Park, TX in 1990, and then to Pasadena, TX in 1995. Still here. Planning a move out to the country northeast of Houston sometime in the near future. - After teaching in special education for 30 years, I retired in 2004. Just in time to get ready for a first grandchild -- son Daniel and wife Robin's 1st child, Gabriel Lee Fielder. I was extremely lucky to be able to be a "live-in nanny" for much of Gabe's first year of life (they live about 45 min. from us; I "commuted" to work and came home on weekends! Great job!! - Daughter Katy was married last summer to Richard Glass, a Baytown resident. They met playing volleyball at a local recreation center. She now teaches elementary P.E. in the Pasadena school district. - Husband Ron has been a real estate appraiser for the past 20+ years; it has kept him busy until recently. Problems in the mortgage industry have slowed things down quite a bit. He is now putting together a security company for this area. He's not ready to retire. - But I surely was!! So now I occupy myself with photography (grandbabies make such great subjects!), scrapbooking, and making DVD slideshows for weddings and other occasions. It's so cute to watch the bride and groom grow up in pictures!

Anyway, I have really fond memories of RHS and all things "RoHawk". Everytime I visit Universal City (several times a year to visit family), driving on 1604 and passing RHS makes me think of many good times: marching on the perimeter road in the band to prepare for walking in the Battle of Flowers parade each spring, marching in numerous half-time football shows, watching basketball games in the gym, the Wednesday "roast beef and rolls" lunch, Mr. Porter's math class (he caught me chewing gum in class one time!), Mrs. McCorkindale's Spanish class, playing tennis on the varsity team, and playing the clarinet in the band (played with former astronaut Carl Meade in a quartet for Solo & Ensemble contest - must have been in '67 or '68) - I still have my clarinet! Have threatened to turn it into a lamp more than once.I'm attaching a couple of photos - "Then" and "Now". Would love to hear from some former schoolmates. Not sure if I will be able to attend the reunion; will work on that.

Janis Thompson Fielder, Class of 1969

jjftx51@yahoo.com

JUDY SISK MILLSPAUGH '69

Hi Gloria - what a great thing you are doing! Military kids scatter the world and through your work we are coming back together - so thanks. I was thrilled when I heard about the reunion of 60s and I hope it is a huge succcess because I can't come this year, so I'm hoping you all will have another in 2009. I got a kick out of reading about my classmates who are coming Terry, Mike, Stephen, Philip and Keith and friends like Ted Draper and more. Also, say hi to Linda Prater next time you see her.

A friend of mine from the Class of 69, Judith Shepard, who stars in the Young & Restless as Gloria (stage name Judith Chapman) may come to the reunion and stay in my house. Also Linda Allshouse does not do e-mail so I gave her a copy of your invite.

I am a glass artist and one of my shows is at a museum in Midland over the reunion weekend. I live in the Hill Country in Spring Branch on the Guadalupe River, which is close to where you live in New Braunfels. I am single, but not dating younger men - the picture I sent is me and my 21 year old son who is a game developer and lives in Bastrop. I would be glad to help if you do another reunion. In the meantime, I will enjoy your blog, and again thanks for all your work.

Judy Sisk Millspaugh
Class of 69
judymillspaugh@yahoo.com

JOHN, JANET AND MRS. WATKINS

Dinner in Austin, TX

LUNCH 7/24/08

My father and I met John Hines in Universal City for lunch today! We stuffed ourselves at Macaroni Grill

DINNER AT OLIVE GARDEN 7/22/08

We met for dinner at the Olive Garden in New Braunfels. Congratulations to the Birds - their son Derrick's wife is having a baby!!! Their first Grandchild

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RO-HAWK DRILL TEAM and FOOTBALL TEAM '62-'63

Ronald Futch sent these pictures - can you find yourself?

Click on the pictures to make them bigger.

THE INTRUDERS - REMEMBER THEM?

Note from Bill Cain - Schertz:

Attached is a rehearsal pic of the group Intruders, summer of '64, I'm (Bill Cain) on the left and David McDowell is next to me wearing shades. There weren't any other RoHawks in the pic, just me, Bill Cain (Schertz), David McDowell (RHS) our bass player from San Antonio, and Doug McGinnis (SCHS '65). David moved away and was replaced, and we played around SA and RAFB for 2 years.

Gloria's blog revealed her first husband was RoHawk Chuck Pechuls. I knew Chuck very well, he was in a band called the Strangers with my great friend Billy Haines (SCHS '64). A few years ago Billy and I discovered we lived near each other in the DFW metroplex and visit fairly often.

GLORIA- I'm still trying to find my 45 of Hanna Wants A Banana.

FISH STORY FROM PHIL MOSELEY '64

We had a special day this week on our boat, the "Yellow Rose". Her first blue marlin. We were about 60 miles out into the Atlantic. at the edge of the continental shelf off of Cape Fear near our home in North Carolina. Two of our more experienced crew members estimated its weight at 350 to 400 lb. It took nearly an hour to get the marlin boatside and released. Of course, the bait it took was on one of our lighter rods set up for mahi-mahi, so we didn't have exactly the right tackle combination for a fish that size! But we took our time, stayed calm, and it worked. We chased the fish around the ocean, waited through its soundings, and finally coaxed it up through that clear, cobalt blue water. Things got a little busy at the end with boat maneuvering and other stuff, and our designated photographer apparently forgot that he needed to be in a position where he could get photos of the fish. Too bad, but things happen fast sometimes on a small boat with a big fish. It was a beautiful sight, with the marlin breaking the surface several times during the fight, greyhounding across the water for our viewing pleasure, showing us its colorful side next to the boat, and basically just making sure all of us got enough looks to make this one of our most memorable days ever on the water. We gave the "Rose" a special pat when we got back to the marina. She's a 30 ft. center console we bought last year to replace a larger sportfishing boat that we had for a number of years. Ironically, I had mentioned to Norah the evening before that one of these days I wanted to venture out even farther out past the edge of the shelf to see if we could find a marlin. As it turned out, the Marlin came closer in to us. There is never a day that I don't think about how lucky and grateful I am to be able do do this sort of thing at this stage in my life. Today was one of those very special ones. I apologize for the length of my "report". Just wanted to share this adventure with friends and family. Phil pmoseley@cox.net

P.S. Note from Gloria - Phil, I felt sorry you didn't have a picture of your marlin so I looked and looked for a picture - all I could find was a Florida baseball player and the above fish. Sorry!!

MARTHA MADSEN '69

Hello Rohawk class of ’69 and all,

I didn’t plan it this way, but I think I’m one of the Rohawks who have flown farthest afield from good old Randolph AFB. Greetings to you all from Kamchatka, Russia! I’ve been living here for nearly 15 years now, and for the last 10 years, am married to a great man, Yuri Barada, yes a Russian. I came to Kamchatka in 1993 with an interest in Russian and American history, after having worked for 18 years at a fine natural history museum in a wonderful little town, Homer, Alaska. Yuri and I have a big house, gardens, greenhouse, a couple of dogs, cats, and two horses. He’s a hydrologist with the federal weather service, and he helps me a lot with our ecotourism business, called “Explore Kamchatka.” We also use our house as a Bed and Breakfast for up to 8 people. Kamchatka is such an exotic place, that we enjoy hosting adventurous travelers from many different countries. It’s a lot of fun.

I won’t make it to the reunion, it being SO far away and at a busy time of the tourism season for me. I wish I could see you all and see if we recognize each other. I haven’t changed a bit! (Ha!) I send my warmest wishes to you all. I’m not the best letter writer in the world, especially during my busy tourism season, but anyone who’d like to catch up, feel free to write to me! At some point I’ll write back. :)

Some of you might know that I moved to Alaska right after the University of Texas and found just one of the loveliest spots on the planet to live in for 20 years in a little town of Homer. My youngest sister Barb also moved up there and married a very nice man and they still live there, and raised 3 children. I was married for 9 years there, but we divorced. Part of our separation I think was the grief over losing our son. Anyway, my life in Homer was very good, and sometimes I’m amazed I left it! I was Curator of Education and Assistant Director at a truly inspiring museum in a rarely creative and involved community. Alaskan life appealed to me with the winter snow for cross country skiing and in my 20’s-early 30’s I kept a dog team, which was a great way to travel. Summers in Alaska are a chance to fish, gather berries, go boating, to hike, and camp with family and friends, which we did as much as we could!

But in my early 40’s I got wanderlust and with my interests in Russia’s exploration and settlement of Alaska in the 18th and 19th centuries, I took a trip to Kamchatka to visit a family I’d met. After returning to my job at the museum, I kept thinking of the struggles of people during “perestroika” which meant they weren’t getting paid, money was devalued, and they lived in a rudderless society. I decided it would be fascinating to spend a year in Kamchatka, volunteering to help cultural organizations learn to survive in a market economy. With this idea in mind, the financial support to do it seemed to nearly fall in my lap with some grants, and off I went to Kamchatka in December 1994. Of course my family, friends, and museum assumed in a year I’d be back in Homer to continue life in this mystic hamlet by the sea. At that point, I did too!

Maybe I’m a glutton for punishment, and for sure I’m an idealistic and romantic type, and I found life in Kamchatka during this crazy and unstable time, very interesting! I worked at the regional science library and taught many seminars in program planning and grant writing, fund raising and project management. And I took whatever chances I could get to explore Kamchatka with my growing group of Russian friends. As it happened a group of my friends and I skied to the field station where my future husband, Yuri worked. So after a year, I didn’t really want to leave, and I stayed on, volunteering with a district library system in the small city, “Yelizovo.” During this year, Yuri and I committed to living life together in Russia and in 1998 we got married.

Kamchatka is a beautiful mountainous and volcanic peninsula with cold winters and quite nice summers. We stay very busy with our Explore Kamchatka business, not only planning adventure and ecotours for intrepid travelers around the peninsula, but also doing more and more work with documentary film and photography organizations like BBC, National Geographic, Canadian Broadcasting, and others. This summer we’re working with a German nature film documentary and National Geographic magazine on a big article about salmon. Later this year, watch for a photo essay in NG on Kamchatka that we helped with last summer. Also for the last 4 years I do consulting for the UN Development Program to develop ecotourism on 4 protected areas in Kamchatka.

Like I said, we have a guest house, so if you want to come and visit, just say so! I love to “talk American,” as I speak Russian at home and at work most of the time. In my town there aren’t any other Americans living, so I do enjoy catching up with any visitors who come through.
I am coming to the states in the fall to go to my nephew Riley’s (my youngest sister Barb’s son) wedding in Bend, Oregon, but I won’t be getting to Texas I don’t think. Since my parents are both gone now, I don’t get to Texas that often. My sister Liz lives in Kyle, and she has 2 grown girls and 5 grand children! So I do visit them once in awhile.

I’m really enjoying reading the Rohawk blog and looking for familiar faces! So gee, I wish you all a great and happy reunion, and I wish I could be there!

Warm wishes to you all,

Martha Madsen
Class of ‘69

explorekam@elizovo.ru

60's FLASHBACK!!!

These pictures were submitted by Cal (Stan) Sumner. The first photo album page starting at top left: Leigh Goodfleisch, Top right: Teresa DeArza, mid left: Babs Clay, Mid Right: Sue Ohman, bottom left: Sue again, Bottom right: Jackie Green.















Second page: Linda Edgarian, Sherrie Smith, Barbie Dienz, Donna Pierini and Jackie Darling




























Third page: Stan Sumner, Dog McGill and Michaela Rocky McGill, Jay Williams, Mary-Lou Swezey (Sweezy?)



Lastly, Joanna Dyas, Karen Knox, Carolyn Armold and Mike Bice, Debbie Dusard, Bonnie Horne and Michaela Rocky McGill --- Joanna Dyas and is that Harry Johnson??? Who is the girl in the polka dot bikini? It's Linda Knobloch. The back of the head of Dennis Reufer.

Janet Watkins Jendron's Granddaughter, Mary Grace

Janet Watkins Jendron's Son's Wedding

Here are some pictures of my son, Trip's wedding June 28th, to Natalie, on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina.

You can see the bride and groom, me with my two daughters Claudia and Kathleen, Trip and my mom, granddaughter Mary Grace (See picture above - the flower girl) and a picture of my son Danny (in red) with my brother Danny's wife, Bonnie.

Hope that makes sense. If anyone wants to see more pictures, let me know Janet Watkins Jendron jjendron@usit.net

LUNCH WITH THE "GIRLS" 7/17/08

Today we had lunch at Star Buffet in Universal City. From left to right -- Debbie Robert Malone, Linda Tucker Prater, Kathy Dailey Norton, Jackie Greene Muir and her granddaughter, Cali, Gloria Campbell Gallagher and one of my friends from Virginia/Florida, Cindy Lewis. (Cindy is married to Larry Lewis who went to school in Germany with Chuck Pechuls. I first met Cindy when I was in 10th grade at Lee High School, Springfield, Virginia).

VISIT WITH JACK CHISENHALL - '65 SCHERTZ

I went to see Jack Chisenhall (Schertz '65) today with my girlfriend, Cindy Lewis. Jack owns Vintage Air http://www.vintageair.com/. These are pictures of me, Jack, Cindy and Jack's 17 year old son, Landis. Jack took us on a tour of his company and shop ... Thanks Jack. P.S. Jack was my 8th grade boyfriend (or was it 7th grade?). Whatever!!!

DAVID McDOWELL '65

Gloria,

Just to keep you up-to-date, I finally retired the band (Papa Clutch & the Shifters) in December after over 20 years. A couple of the members and I have since started a new little trio thing called “RoseWood Mac”. You can see (and hear) a little bit about it at www.rosewoodmac.com. FYI, on the little “demo” recording, I play the guitar & do all the male vocal leads except the Billy Joel tune. Joseph plays the piano & sings harmonies (and the Billy Joel tune). Beverly sings the female vocal parts (obviously).

Thanks for everything you do,

Dave McDowell
President
Lodging & Gaming Systems
dmcdowell@LGSreno.com
775-688-4448

BEN CROXTON '67

Gloria,

I’ve seen a number of “what happened to So & So” & I thought I’d put my hat in the ring. So here goes. My family got to Randolph in 1960 from Germany. I was with the first group that entered RHS the day it opened. I had been (and stayed) in the RHS Band with Mr. Giesler (Calling him Bobby would not have worked in those days). Being in the RHS Band (Marching, Concert -Tuba) was the highlight for me. My other passion was photography (Below with the newspaper & annual staff). In 1964 my folks bought Circle K Steak House between Schertz & Cibolo (That will put a real damper on any semblance of a social life).

In the beginning of 1966 I enlisted in the Army (Volunteered Airborne & Vietnam), 1967 & 1968 with the 101st Airborne Division.

I got to 1st Brigade 101st HQ PIO office in August 1967... My first assignment's were both 1st & 2nd 327th line companies in Chu Lai...I meet with the Recon unit Tiger's & wanted to hook up with them but at first they were very reluctant, they had not taken a PIO guy out before for... I told them that I had gone thru Raider School @ Bragg with the 82nd & could hold my own so they gave me a shot...I worked Tigers & A, B, & C companies 1st 327th thru the rest of the year & most of 1968. I then spent time with the line companies & Hawk Recon 2nd 327th for the rest of the year... The entire time my MOS was 11F Recon with a secondary of 84B (Combat Photographer). We generally worked as a writer/photographer team but most of the time I was on my own.... I was very privileged to have had my work published in the Screaming Eagle, the 101st annual tour magazines, Stars & Strips, major US newspapers as well as the New York Times. I was privileged to work with Frank McGee & his crew for NBC news.... Today you will see my shots at both Brigade HQ & HQ 1st 327th at Ft Campbell KY on their wall of Honor, in their war & trophy room & at the new Tiger Force Barracks.

Interesting note … When I got back in September 1968, I went into the VFW Hall in Schertz Texas, slapped down a Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Parachutist Jump Wings and they refused to serve me a beer (I wasn’t 21 yet) … That will give you an attitude … To this day, I’m still very proud of this country & fly an American flag every day at my home.

I wound up in Austin, TX (in 1969 (Like a lot of us) rooming with Jeff Dusenbury & running around with the Austin/RoHawk group (John Stampley, Lisa McNabb (Now Lisa Atkins), John Briner, Terry Fox etc. until January 1st 1970 when I moved to Denver Co. I will be the first to admit that Austin days were a real fog (I remember those times that only I chose, I have a 20 year old son now) were really great fun and very scary but that’s another story.
After living in Vail, CO for a year, I moved back to Denver and went into commercial real estate. I got married & settled into a great job as head leasing agent for Cinderella City in Englewood CO, which at the time was the largest shopping center in the world.

My Dad died in 1977 (47 yrs old) of a heart attack. I got divorced, quit my job & moved back to help my Mom at Circle K. In a short time later I was back in Austin for even more scary times, then moved to Hawaii where I met my lovely wife (we’ve been together 27 years this August). She was on a lot of the movie set in Hawaii along with a 1-½ years from the pilot of Magnum PI (yes Tom Selleck is a very cool guy).

I moved back to Denver where Judy soon followed, then we got married. I started a new company & built a 1 million gallon per year ethanol plant (remember the old gas lines & gasohol). In 1986 I was offered a position with a large Investment Banking firm & wound up running most of the Western US for them. In 1988 I bought my own Broker/Dealer with James Watt (former Secretary of the Interior for Ronald Regan), built it to over 250 brokers. Those were very fun days.

From 1990 thru 1996 I consulted for a number of companies where we lived in Salt Lake City and Coeur d’Alene, ID. Our son Michael had come along in 1986 so he was at that wonderful age where being out on the lake, in the mountains and fishing was just a gas. Life has been very good to the Croxton’s.

In 1996 we moved here to St. Petersburg, FL. We’re avid sailors (learned here) … this place is nirvana for water & being outside. The biggest issue I’ve had over the years is every time we moved, our clothes shrunk really bad (some people call it getting FAT but I chose not to believe them).



Today I’m the CEO/CFO of an OTC public company (wwww.weslabs.com) and looking forward to retiring in the next year or so (well not stop doing something – that would be very boring to me).

We are looking forward to coming to the reunion in September. This will be a first for me. I can tell looking at your web site Gloria, that you have put a LOT of work into it over the years … Congratulations … You deserve a standing ovation for that one.




See you soon,

Ben

Benjamin C. Croxton (RoHawk '67)
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CAROLYN ARMOLD TORRENCE '67

I have been living in Weatherford, Oklahoma since 1976. I retired after 25 years from SWOSU where I worked as a reference librarian. I married Rick Torrence in 1977. He was born and raised in Topeka, Kansas which is where my father retired in 1967. We had one dog, Blue Boy, who died at 14. After that cats came and went. We are happily without animals now.