45th Reunion Planning Update
March 18, 2010

Hi,!

----- Reunion Planning Committee Meeting March 18 -----

Reunion dates are 24, 25 and 26 September 2010.

----- FRIDAY, September 24, 2010 -----

• Friday, September 24, social mixer at Marilyn Lewis Holsworth's. This event will be out doors under the stars or if bad weather we have two large teepee screened tents that will hold 25 people each, plus several EZup 10X10 canopies. Friday night social event will commence at 6:00 pm, please bring a covered dish to share and your lawn chairs. Marilyn��s address is: 18315 E Kentucky Road, Independence, Missouri 64058, and her phone is (816) 796-8995.
• Friday, September 24, 7:00 pm, William Chrisman High School Homecoming football game at the school. Last reunion coincided with the Truman Homecoming and some folks went there first and then joined us at the social at Marilyn��s. Your choice, the Planning Committee is pleased to offer you as many options as we can for the 45th Reunion Celebration.

----- SATURDAY, September 25, 2010 -----

• Saturday morning, September 25, target start time is 9:00 am, Coed golf outing headed up by Dan McLaughlin. Course will be Rockwood Country Club If you want to play contact Dan McLaughlin The reunion is half a year away and already Dan has as many participants as last reunion. This should be fun and a fantastic bonding time for old friends and classmates. Somebody stop him! Robby Robinson is purportedly quaking in his boots that a female classmate might just put an end to his reunion golf outing bragging rights.
• Saturday afternoon, September 25, tour of Chrisman and hopefully Truman. Target start time is 3:00 pm. Doris Harter Clubb has identified Mr. Dial as the contact for us to tour Truman High School. So, God willing, we might be able to tour both schools as desired. More to follow. The bus ride part is totally gone. You will need to drive your own wheels or catch a ride to these tours.
• Saturday evening, September 25, main reunion event: 3020 S. Jackson Drive (the city changed this address from 3020 Little Blue Expressway - same location), Independence, Missouri 64057.
• Doors open at 6:00 pm.
• Catered Dinner begins at 7:00 pm.
• Program begins at 8:15 pm.
• DJ and dancing begin at about 9:30 pm.
• Smoking tent available from 6:00 pm until we go home.
• Quiet room available from 6:00 pm until we go home. A real plus this reunion is going to be our access to a quiet room where you can hear, listen and chat to your heart's desire without music or other loud noise being in the room.
• The theme in general will be the 50's and 60's. Dress is casual and period clothing appreciated but in no way required. BYOB is an option. Due to city ordinance - all smoking will be outside of the main building. This event - so we can have music - will be a "Private Party" limited to Classes of 65 classmates and their significant others.
• Table decorations will again be by Doris Harter Clubb.
• Jeannie Sympson Hall will again be doing the Memorial Board.
• Bob Bergin has already started forming the list of teachers to invite to our 45th Reunion.
• SUNDAY, September 26, FREE traditional potluck picnic will be held at the City of Independence, George Owens Nature Park Pavilion, 1601 S. Speck Rd, Independence, MO 64057 from noon until 4:00 pm. Jim Pescetto is in charge. Questions: (816) 461-1477. More details next month.

----- Third Request For This Information -----

Now that we've aged a bit - we have a real need to know anyone who will be attending the Saturday night event who has special access needs to include handicapped parking. The whole event will take place in a one-story level floor building. Steps won't be a problem. If you have special access needs - let us know now so we can do our best to accommodate you. If you choose to remain silent, please understand that we have asked repeatedly for this information so that we can show you the courtesy of consideration. Absent your letting a committee person know, the assumption is that you need no special access provisions. Smoking - by law - will be outside the building. Please keep oxygen tanks away from the smoking area. You may submit your special needs request or just ask questions by going to http://www.tmes.biz/williamchrisman/classes/1965/classmate_submittal_form.shtml. I will inform the committee of your needs. Please send this to me before April 23 - the next meeting.

----- Next Planning Meeting -----

Next Reunion Planning Committee meeting is April 23, 2010, at Jeannie Sympson Hall��s.

----- Don't let the cost of a motel keep you away -----

Most pleased to let you know that at least two classmates are going to have an exceptional reunion this year. One from out of town and one nearby. Why? The one from out of town is hanging with their old best friend who is putting them up for the weekend.

----- Privacy and the 45th Reunion Memory Book -----

We have had several classmates request that their e-mail addresses NOT be published in the 45th Reunion Memory Book. This is no problem as long as we know that you do not want your e-mail address published. We need it and you know we use it so we can communicate using it rather than paying for printing and postage. Janet Babylon Fain just needs to know. So, now you know and we will assume your silence means that it is Okay to publish your e-mail address in the 45th Reunion Memory Book. Your call, not ours.

----- Cheryl Coffman -----

Cheryl finished up her last radiation treatment on Thursday, March 11, 2010 and then on Friday began her trip home to Tennessee. She swung by her daughter's place in Springfield to enjoy family and to break up the driving. Cheryl will be back in Kansas City the second week in April.

Cheryl says, "Many thanks and hugs to those who called, emailed, prayed, or just gave me a positive thought during my ordeal, especially the "worst reaction of chemo I've seen in over 40 years of practice", to quote one of my doctors. I'm sure you helped me pull thorough. Now to pass some follow-up tests in April and to keep viewing all this as a blessing. Looking forward to reunion to see you all again!
Hugs, Cheryl"

----- Anita Petrovic Fletcher��s grandson -----

Jonathon Fletcher, age 5 years old was admitted to Hospice House last Wednesday (Mar 3). Thank you for all classmates who have been praying for our grandson.

As of March 16 - Jon Jon was very sick about a week ago. The doctors decided to double his steroids from four to eight and he started eating again and could swallow much better. Our son informs us Jon Jon steroids can be increased up to twelve if needed. (Helps Jon Jon's breathing also, we are told.)

So we are happy to say he is doing better than he was since they increased his meds. David and Tina stay with Jon Jon 24/7---even took their dog for a few days. Some friend brought about five puppies and put them in bed with Jon Jon. What a smile he had. Me too!! Thank you all for your prayers. They are appreciated very much! God IS listening and answering for sure.
Sincerely, Anita Petrovic Fletcher and Larry

----- Ron McMillian -----

Nicci McMillian - Nicci will finish her last chemo treatment on March 25th and then 3 weeks later she will start 36 radiation treatments. Each of the 5 previous chemo treatments have been hard on her and she has had different side effects each time. She battles being tired all the time, but she is a trooper....she even acted like her old self and went to Westport for the St. Patrick Days festivities.....I have been home for a whole week and she is doing OK without me.

Ron has been working since January 28th.....he chases robots around Calmer's warehouse all day long.....he averages about 10 miles of walking a day and the only complaint that he has is not having Sunday as one of his days off.....
That's everything for right now. Barb

----- April 10 - Summa Relays -----

We need to get the word out to alum about the relays because we are going to rename the track after Coach Summa. I could use all the alum volunteers that want to work. They can get in contact with me here at school via e-mail.

Keith Peterson,
Track Coach,
kpeterson@indep.k12.mo.us

----- Some folks want to know other School Class Reunion sites -----

Here are some starting point links. If you find their main site, please send me the URL for it.

Truman High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/independence/ths/1965/
Van Horn High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/independence/vhhs/1965/
St Marys High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/independence/stmhs/1965/
Fort Osage High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/independence/fohs/1965/
William Chrisman High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/independence/wchs/1965/
Andrew Drumm High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/independence/adhs/1965/
Raytown High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/raytown/rhs/1965/
Blue Srings High School http://www.classreport.org/usa/mo/blue_springs/bshs/1965/

----- Truman Hall of Fame -----

Truman High School has begun a Hall of Fame to recognize outstanding athletes from the multitude of sports and the many years of Truman's competitions. We are currently looking for anyone interested in giving financial support to these efforts. So, if you would be willing to contribute, no matter how small, please e-mail me - doug@dallen.us. We will be sending out letters to those interested next month with more information about how they can help support the THS Hall of Fame.

Again, if you would like to get more information about contributing to this Hall of Fame, e-mail Doug Allen - doug@dallen.us. Please include your name and mailing address.

----- John Morrison -----

Hi, Cecil,

I received your message and plan to attend. I've written a novel and it was published last year. It's called Star Truck. Several classmates have read it and are bringing their copy to the reunion for me to autograph. Feel free to give our class the assignment to read the book and bring their copies for me to sign. I look forward to seeing you in September.

John

----- From Sandi Meyers -----

Subject: OK, here's a usable version of "Cruisin"
Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7:25 PM

For the early reunion, some of us participated in a project that was a fun thing and some of you may actually remember it. It started out with black and white film footage and then transitioned to a type of slide show featuring images of our high school pals. It had music background, too.

We were going through our wannabe film-maker days. Most of our projects, shoots, etc. included Tom Mueller, Paul Smith, Dean Gooden, Sam Montgomery, Jim Spaw (post high school friend), Doug Edwards, sometimes Jim and Doug Allen, and others.

Tom Mueller was the keeper of such things and for years, he kept the tin of 8 mm tape. He gave it to me when he got cancer. It was on his bucket list to have the old 8 mm tape saved. I found a guy who would try, so I took it to a place in Mission, KS, and they saved what they could and put on DVD. It had no sound, of course, but were able to preserve a few minutes of the project.

Tom couldn't wait to see what was left. But he got sick and was in ICU at KU Med. I had gone to see him on Thursday and told him "mission accomplished!" and I had the saved footage back in my hands. He was pretty sick but optimistic that by Saturday he'd be out of ICU.

So I headed back on Saturday with the DVD and a laptop and called ahead, asking the nurse how he was. She shocked me by saying "no visitors, per the family. He is now on palliative care." It hit me what this meant and I pulled off I-70 in the old Blue Ridge Mall area and sat and cried a bit. Turned down Sterling and cruised Independence in the rain for a while.

Back to the big project. The film started out with a goofy scene of a kid (jean shorts, white "Iskie Cams" tee shirt, black track shoes) leaving his house and getting in his 'vette, heading over to pick up his girlfriend. Paul Smith played the Truman High School guy and I played the flouncy girlfriend. So I run out in a pair of really short Bobbie Brooks shorts, jump in the 'vette and we went cruising Noland Road, got gas, etc.

The car was Bob Weller's old Corvette. We stopped off at Truman High and appear to be having a little girlfriend-boyfriend tiff. Then we make up and head on out for a typical Independence Saturday night. If I ever had any aspirations to be an actress, this "kiss and make up" scene convinced me I was not cut out for it. The "producer" and "director" of this film insisted we turn up the heat a bit. Paul and I were good pals from third grade but never a couple, so I recall saying "are you kidding? I have to pretend to be making out with Smith?" Paul thought it was pretty funny so he was cracking his typical jokes. Mueller and the "film crew" had to keep yelling at us "KEEP TO THE SCRIPT!" and to be serious and "conjure up some chemistry."

Off we go down Noland again. We pull up to the old 40-Highway Drive In, park beside the old concession stand, hook up the speakers. Suddenly, the trunk opens and a couple of stowaways (Tom Mueller is one,) jump out and runs off.

The rest of the tape is gone.

So that's what happened to that little film project. If we had been able to save the rest, you would have seen a zoom to the giant silver screen, then it transitions into a slide show, shuffling through tons of pics that we scanned from Mr. Clemons' journalism department collection and lots that Fast Eddie Edwards took, Tom took, Paul, too, and an artist friend of ours named Jim Spaw (who was the head photographer and a producer of the project).

And of course, we had music -- lots of old "fun fun fun before Daddy took the T-bird away" music.

I HATE that most of it was lost. It was a great effort.

----- Vicki Lynn (Gilbertson) Lamb, Son -----

By Submitted to The Examiner
Submitted to The Examiner
Posted Feb 22, 2010 @ 11:50 PM

Bolivar, MO �� Anthony Ryan Lamb, age 25, of Bolivar, Missouri passed away Monday morning, February 22, 2010 at his home in Bolivar, Missouri.

He was born March 9, 1984 in Independence, Missouri to David Edward Lamb and Vicki Lynn (Gilbertson) Lamb.

He graduated from Bolivar High School in 2002. He was preceded in death by his father, David Edward Lamb in 1984.

Anthony is survived by his mother, Vicki Lynn Lamb of Bolivar, Missouri, two sons; Ryan Lamb and Mason Lamb both of Bolivar, Missouri, his fiance, Jamie Lightfoot of Bolivar, Missouri, two brothers; Brian E. Lamb of Bolivar, Missouri, Chad Lamb of Kingsville, Missouri and his maternal grandfather, John V. Gilbertson of Independece, Missouri.

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, February 25, 2010 at Mound Grove Cemetery in Independence, Missouri under the care and direction of the Butler Funeral Home of Bolivar, Missouri.

A visitation will be held from 6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m., Wednesday evening at the Butler Funeral Home.

Friends and family may sign the guest book or send condolences a www.butlerfuneralhome.com.

----- Shared by Cheryl Coffman -----

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It's our job to pass the word and let them know that there are people out there that care. Be a blessing to someone and pass this information along.

----- Bobby Simkins -----

For those classmates who attended the joint sixtieth birthday party for Bob Bergin, Jeannie Sympson Hall and Marilyn Lewis Holsworth, you are aware of Bobby Simkins. Some of our class have become rather serious fans of Bobby. This local Elvis Tribute Artist, Bobby Simkins, has been chosen to perform in front of the judges for America's Got Talent at the end of April. The taped segment should air during the summer. More information will be shared as it becomes available.

----- Donna Middleton Staley -----

Donna Middleton Staley is the kind considerate individual who gives us all her time to edit these newsletters before you ever see them. Nobody knows how hard she works and few even know that without her efforts - what they sent in to include would be lost. Donna tracks these things and does her best to make sure all are included. So, thank you Donna Middleton Staley for all you do to make this newsletter readable and complete.

----- Classmates with no pictures in the Memory Book -----

Here is a list of Classmates listed in the last Memory Book with no picture. There are a thousand reasons why, but in this day and age we really have no excuse. If you have a photo of one of these folks, please scan it into JPEG format and e-mail it to us. Then, we can include their picture along with ours. Sadly, it has been discovered that at least one classmate had their picture transposed in the Gleam. We think we can fix that one. Please help us with the following list:

• Chrisman H.S.
• Anderson, Harold G.
• Anderson, Sharon K.
• Anthony, Richard L.
• Brown, Curtis
• Butterworh, Gary E.
• Clark, Steve
• Codner, Connie Sue
• Davis, Kenneth R.
• Hayes, Georgetta M.
• Kesinger, Patricia M.
• McBride, Karen G.
• Newberry, Kathrine N.
• Patrick, Frank
• Pearley, Doris G.
• Richardson, Betty
• See, Kenneth L.
• Truman, Tommy
• Truman H.S.
• Allinder, John
• Barry, Linda Sue
• Benedict, Ronald D
• Chapman, Linda
• Clinton, Mark Edward
• Earp, John T.
• Garrett, Carol Ann
• Gatrost, Karen
• Gordon, Phyllis
• Hancock, Michael
• Knight, Arnette
• McEntire, Terry L.
• McIntyre, Ira (Chip)
• Moore, Michael Lee
• Moss, Donna L.
• Pence, Richard
• Reichardt, Joyce
• Weaver, Nancy
• Williams, Karen K.

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That's all until next planning meeting,
Happy Spring!
Cecil Taylor

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