Hello and  "Happy Father's Day" early to all of you Dads, Step-Dads, Uncles, Grandfathers, & Parrains.  I am so glad that we are "together" again to enjoy what our classmates have contributed.  I am very tired from a short vacation, but wanted to be sure to get this NEWSLETTER out on time.  Enjoy.....

MAIL CALL

from Terry Watson in Richardson , TX
Since we last spoke, I have changed jobs.  After almost 5 years with Jacobs, I left to return to my previous employer, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.  I started at KHA in February, so I have been there 4 months going on 13 years.  I am still doing transportation planning and engineering.  Nancy is still at the Mesquite Public Library, 13 years in November.  Our daughter, Liz, just finished her third year at McKamy Elementary in Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD.  My mother (87 last February) lives with us. On a recent business trip to Houston , I had dinner with Bob Sandoval and his wife, Carol.  We had a great evening, but we'll need a lot more time to visit so that we can talk about PA, TJ, and Lamar.  Carol was delightful and very patient with us.

from Janis Hamilton Lee in Port Neches
Greetings to all!  My husband Mark and I and about 14 couples from mid-county are leaving June 9 for Honolulu .  We're going to see the sights there.  June 11-18 will be a cruise around the islands on NCL.  We're going to snorkel on Maui and take a helicopter ride on Kanai.  The ship also stops in Hilo and Kona on the big island.  I've heard the helicopter ride is amazing.  In July, my son who lives in Euless , my 6 year old grandson who lives with us (never say never), and Mark and I are driving to Iowa to visit his parents and relatives and relive his youth!  He's from Iowa City where the University is located.  My tennis team won in this area, so we'll go to Dallas Aug. 9-12 to play women from other Texas cities.  Pray for a cool front that weekend.  We'll play twice Fri, Sat, & Sun. if we are in the semi-finals.  We play in the morning and again between 12-5, which is a killer.  It's amazing what we do for FUN!  Thanks to you and Mike for doing a great job.  Keep up the good work.

from Allen Baldridge in Hideaway, TX
We're blessed with good health.  We're both retired at Hideaway Lake near Tyler .  I'm  playing golf most days it doesn't rain and Wanda plays tennis, line dances, and we both are taking square dancing lessons.  Ryan is  a band director in Dallas and we see him quite often.  We still travel down to Southeast Texas on regular basis taking care of two aging Mothers with houses that constantly need repair.  Life is good.

from Bill Richey  between   Bridge City & Orangefield
Greetings to all.  Our house is dried in and Rhonda (Carleton, class of '70)and I  expect to move in about August or September.  We have a trip planned to Bandera Days at the end of August.  Asleep at the Wheel will be in town then.  In October or November, we plan to shop and maybe sell at Canton .  My little garden is doing ok and I am enjoying the wild blackberries.  Rhonda will be making a cobbler. Our second granddaughter is coming at the end of October.  I am known as Papa - as in Papa Bear !!  Macie giggles when she adds the "bear" part.   Rhonda retired from education in May from the PAISD.  Now we are BOTH retired.  
(Bill and Rhonda are living in their travel trailer on their land as their new home is being built)

from Norma Guidry Rose in Breaux Bridge , LA
You haven't heard from me yet & I have lots to say.  I have a brand new beautiful baby grandson from my middle daughter, Misti.  He had so much hair that my husband is jealous of him.  Ha Ha.  No, I didn't have to buy him some hair gel and some sunglasses.  His name is Christian Austin.  I also have a granddaugter, Meagan, who graduated June 1st in Kentucky .  She is getting a full throttle softball scholarship in Florida .  She belongs to my oldest daughter, Lori.  The only one I don't have any grandbabies from is my last daughter, Danessa.  There's still time.  Happy graduation to all, be careful whatever you do on that night.  Take care all......   

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SENIOR MOMENTS

(This is a new section of the NEWSLETTER all because of Janice Hebert Boudreaux's "senior moment" looking for her cell phone in the last  NEWSLETTER.  I will add any of YOUR senior moments in each publication.  Don't be shy!)

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BABY BOOMER BLUES

(contributed by Martha (Lipe) Bodin (class of '69).  She is married to classmate Carl Bodin .)  

Some of the artists of the 60's are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate Aging Baby Boomers.......

They include :

and my FAVORITE.....

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FLASHBACK TO 1957

The June 9, 1957, Daily World carried the optimistic news that a tropical storm named AUDREY was expected to strike the Florida panhandle later that day.  If wishing made it so.  Audrey lingered and strengthened, and by June 26, areas of southwestern Louisiana began to tremble at the approach of the massive Category 4 storm.  When Audrey made landfall the next day, 400 people died in low-lying Calcalsieu and Cameron parishes, where waters from the Gulf of Mexico inundated areas 25 miles inland.  The storm, which carried wind gusts of 145 miles per hour, caused $150 million in damages.
              (contributed by Debbie Borres)

Send in your memories of Hurricane Audrey in 1957  & Hurricane Carla in 1961.

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June 8-10

http://www.tjclassof67.com/reunion.htm
I will be attending with my husband, Murphy.  I hope to see some of you there. 

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SUPPORT NEEDED :

from Ronnie Hollier
I have diabetes Type 2.  I had my big toe amputated last week.  But, this is not as bad as some other's problems. 

Send your support to:
Ronnie Hollier 
3031 Saba Lane
Pt. Neches , TX 77651

I heard from the grapevine here in Bridge City that Johnny "Pookie"  Montange was hospitalized last week with pneumonia that just about did him in!  Glad to hear he is better.  His fourth child, Jason, is getting married June 23. 

Johnny "Pookie" Montagne
PO Box 602
Bridge City , TX 77611

REPEAT CONDOLENCES to all who lost a FATHER since last summer.  I know that this will be the first FATHER'S DAY that they will have to spend with just MEMORIES.  I hope that they are good ones!  Please keep them in your prayers at this time.

Sally Fitch Strunk
Sharon Gary Peters
Jeanne Painton Cain
Jenny Havens McCormac
Terry Skaro
Doug Norwood
Barry Boudreaux
Lyn Frasier Lee
Linda Dillingham
Mindy Marburger Lawrence
Karen Giles Hopper
Phyllis Fett Abshire
Linda King McComas
David Weldon

YOU MAY  ORDER THE MEMORIAL DVD OF OUR  DECEASED CLASSMATES .  The cost is $9.00.

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