1956 Central Reunion Newsletter

Volume 1 Number3         May 2003

May 2003 Newsletter                                    

Notes from the Chair:

Just a note to let everyone know how much fun we are having as a committee getting ready for our 50^th Reunion – September 29-30, 2006 will be here before you know it! This is our third newsletter (Thanks! to Tom Summers). We are sending it to 800 classmates. If you receive this by regular mail and you have an Email address please let us know by registering at the website www.tulsacentral1956.com.

We had a good reunion committee meeting May 6, 2003 at Kilkenny’s. Please check the website for the minutes of the meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 (lunch) August 8, 2003 at Johnnies Charcoal Broiler, 50^th St. and Harvard. Thanks to All of you who are participating and for those that haven’t but would like to this is your chance. Come to our next meeting. If you are out of town or just can’t come to the meeting and have ideas or suggestions please contact, me at akeenan617@aol.com

Have a wonderful summer!

Allen

Notes from Committee:

In the last e-mail vote, you chose to hold the reunion in Southeast Tulsa; also, you unanimously voted for an assembly program. Of course in voting for an assembly, you unintentionally voted to put yourselves at risk of contracting Highschool Assembly Syndrome (HAS). Only those of you who watch many hours of sitcoms each week (or enjoy Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethons) will have developed a degree of immunity to HAS.

HAS is a sudden disorientation of the aesthetic sense, leading directly to a violent bout of nausea. It strikes without warning as you sit chuckling at the onstage antics of your classmates. Before you know it, the contents of your last meal are on display for all to see; moreover, you suddenly become an object of loathing to everyone within a six foot radius of your seat. You can also be sure that your predicament will not go unnoticed by the performers onstage, some of whom stare at you in hate, others in tears.

The above – in brief – is the vile dish that Fate had gleefully looked forward to serving up to some in our midst – that is if your Committee had not acted. But act we did : we placed an order for a large number of air sickness bags. Ordinary ones will run you $3.25 each, but for $7.50 you can purchase bags bearing your name and likeness (perfect mementos of the occasion, if unused). With respect to used bag disposal, stage front is the place. When performers come forward to take a bow – and an act has displeased you - simply hurl the bag at the offending performer. Bags have been designed not only to seal tightly, but also to burst readily upon impact. We believe that this policy will ensure a better quality of performance (although there is always the danger that a wimpy throw could land in the audience instead of on the inferior performer).

Bags will be available at the auditorium door for pick up. Should you forget to pick yours up, you needn’t worry. Monitors will be posted at several points in the auditorium holding buckets attached to long poles. In case of need, merely raise your hand and a bucket will be extended to you.

While the bags should nicely handle the HAS problem, there is yet another shoal for the senses to break upon; namely, the sudden – unannounced – appearance of a classmate onstage clad only in a bathing suit or bikini. The HAS effect would be as nothing compared with this; therefore, exactly two minutes before any such onslaught, auditorium doors will be opened, lights will flash on and off, and the broadcast system will sound the warning (made familiar from many WWII movies) of a submarine preparing to dive. The warning will be sounded only for this brief time but – given the incentive – two minutes should provide ample time to clear the auditorium; in truth, audience members are probably at some risk of being trampled.

Finally, a bit of housekeeping is in order. Because of the increase in postage rates, we must ask those of you who receive letters by direct mail to write and affirm that you want to keep receiving them. When we place the added cost to mail a letter on one side of the scale, and the disinterest of a classmate on the other side the added costs wins. So the choice is yours.

Saturday, April 19, 2003, at Steve's Sundries in Tulsa, Oklahoma classmate Barry Epperson autographed copies of his recently published best seller W. French Anderson - Father of Gene Therapy. The story of a young man who grew up Tulsa, Oklahoma (CHS 1954) with a dream - to deal with human disease at the molecular level. That dream was realized in 1990 when Anderson performed the first government-approved human gene transfer. Congratulations Barry!            

 Gretchen Hotz Ross had a 65^th Birthday Organ Piano Recital May 5, 2003 at LaDue chapel in LaDue, Missouri (A sub of St. Louis) She has a Masters Degree in Organ from Washington University…She has shared her talent ever since college by performing music for weddings, funerals and concerts. Four Oklahomans went to the recital. The chapel was overflowing. It was an outstanding concert …. So

Send your answers to akeenan617@aol.com This is the first of several quizzes. The classmate with the most correct answers will win a prize.

1. Where was the Crystal Ballroom?
2. What was the name of the cafe across from Central?
3. What was the Organist's name?
4. Where was the Quaker Drug Store?
5. What was our Principal's first name?

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