MINI REUNION 2012 (The Early Years)

On Saturday, June 23, 2012, 32 RoHawks and their spouses gathered at the River City Cafe in New Braunfels for a small reunion.  We enjoyed some BBQ and chocolate cake and a few drinks.  We looked over the old year books and Gloria's photo albums of the past reunions.  The Party started at 6pm and OMG everybody was gone by 9:30!!!!! No one was carried out drunker than Cooter Brown!  Lots different than the first reunion when we didn't want the night to end - some of us went to Mike Wysong's house for breakfast and didn't get home or to our hotels until early morning! The second and third reunions we retired to JIM'S for hours after not wanting to say good bye!  Has it really been almost 50 years when the Class of 1963 walked across the stage to get their diplomas? This year marks the 50th anniversary of Randolph High School itself.  There have been many changes to the school and to the football field.  It is bigger - but not by much! A separate entry gate was opened that goes directly to the school from outside the base constructed because of security.  Many days of our lives were spent on Randolph Air Force Base in the '60's and the base has been changed too - some of the quarters in the front of the base have been removed. Both of the places we lived in are gone!  But the Taj Mahal is still there - an icon burned in our memory banks forever. Lots of time was spent at the Youth Center, the Flight Line Snack Bar, the BX, Bowling Alley, walking the Octagon and at the Officer's Pool and RHS.  Moms and Dads cheering their sons and daughters in the many sports we participated in. Cheerleading - band concerts - plays - and I remember the scandal one particular play brought forth - "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" with Ed Burtenshaw - when he snapped his suspenders the censors reacted.....   We started having reunions in 1975 and had them every 5 years until September 2008.  I wrote a newsletter twice a year for 26 years! and for the past 12 years have kept this Blog active.  We have lost most of our parents and some of our friends and classmates - we collect Social Security and are eligible for Medicare. Some of us are healthy and some of us are not - we tried our best with our children and we are now enjoying our grandchildren! It's so hard to believe and it seems like only yesterday. 

Next year 2013 - we will have one last big reunion - so keep the second weekend in September open and please keep me advised of your new addresses and email addresses and phone numbers and look for further information. For now, the plans are to have the reunion at Jeff and Marty Lindley's house again - we promise to have more fans and LIGHTS.  We are hoping to make it a BIG EVENT - ONE YOU WILL REMEMBER ...

So, thank you for your continued interest in the school and interest in this Blog. Have a good year and we will hopefully see you next September 2013!!!

Thank you so much - Gloria Campbell Gallagher '65

gutsking@aol.com

Enjoy the following pictures and try to remember what we used to look like!!!

Bob Bueker '66 and Darrell Donaldson '66

Bob White '66

Charles Pitzer '66 and Tom Madsen '66

John Meade '67 and his wife, Becki - Ben Croxton '67 and his wife Judy

Karen Howell Smith '68, John Hines '64, Ed Kilford '65 and his wife, Colleen

Judy Sisk Millspaugh '69 - Linda Tucker Prater '67 and her husband Richard

Ronald Futch '63 and his wife Donna and Larry Tucker '63 and his wife, Mary

Nancy Head '66, Ed Kilford '65, Bob Bueker '66 and Darrell Donaldson '66

Kathy Dailey Norton '66 and Rick Norton '66

Charles Pitzer '66 and his wife, Joyce

Jeff Lindley '66 and his wife Marty

Charles and Joyce Pitzer

Gloria Campbell Gallagher '65 and Michael Wysong '63

Ed Kilford '65 and Bob White '66

Tom Madsen '66 and Gloria Campbell Gallagher '65

Jeff Bowerman '66 and Jan Bueker Bowerman '67

Rick Norton, Darrell Donaldson, Charles Pitzer, Jeff Lindley, Bob Bueker, Jeff Bowerman and Tom Madsen

COME JOIN US!
Email me if you have any questions - Gloria