Martinsville High School

Walter Keith Murphy

Chuck-

Thanks for the work and info- I'll try to call tomorrow and check on availability of the country clubs. I have an email out to Jim Irby, who handled the 30th reunion for '76, to pick his brain on sites and arrangements. I think they held theirs at Forest Park, but I'm not sure of any of the details.

Thank you for the generous offer for the picnic site- we'll see if we can find something closer, but that will make a great backup-

Walt

Lynnette Marie Crowe Pritchett

Dear classmates,

I am encouraged to see that some of you (eleven?) have responded to my survey (Who's interested?) and have volunteered to provide specific help.

Just to let all of you know, no definite events have been set yet. Proposals are rampant, as are apologies and offers to provide specific help and help from afar. Activity and interest may yet stimulate the creation of a class reunion because it is beginning dawn on some of us that to not participate in the creation of a reunion might mean that we do not have one. Gee, I'd really like to have one.

Jimmy Jordan has reserved Chatmoss for Friday night. Alice Lusk Aaron has reserved the Elks club for Saturday and has been looking at pricing meals for a catered event. At this point they ARE reserved. (Thank you, thank you, thank you!) Also, special gratitude to Walter Murphy, who offerred to call Jimmy and pinpoint a plan and Dana Cramer for offering to follow up.

If we do not come up with specific events, those reservations should be cleared so that Chatmoss and Elks Club can generate revenue for themselves.

From my point of view, our hopes for a reunion depend upon a few people taking charge to set out specifics. I'm happy to relay information between those who offer to help, but just remember, as the website administrator, I am attempting to communicate with hundreds of our classmates.

I do check my messages regularly and answer calls as I can. Please understand if I fail to get back with you if you are just passing ideas by me.

At this point, after attempting to form a reunion committee since February, I am intentionally not giving directions or making plans. We need a leader. Coleaders, maybe?

Please, e-mail each other and keep in touch. I still believe it is not too late for a successful reunion to get organized!

I will provide help if I am asked politely. I WILL throw my efforts into supporting whomever takes lead, and make full use of the capabilities of this website to communicate when somebody makes a DEFINITE plan to set a reunion event on October 11th.

Gratefully,

Lynn

Lynnette Marie Crowe Pritchett

Plans have emerged. Our reunion is definitely on! October 10th dinner at Chatmoss, October 11th party at the Elks Club. Volunteers have stepped forward. Kathy Harris Hatcher's agreed to serve as head of a reunion committee. Alice Lusk Aaron to serve as treasurer. Dana Cramer is printing name tags. Walter Murphy is securing Chatmoss dinner arrangements. Karen Gregory Cundiff designing, printing and mailing out postcards to all classmates to announce these events. Jimmy Jordan entertaining ideas for entertainment and hospitality and others have offerred to be on a committee. Hooray! Watch for details and online registration here on our class website. If you haven't done so, please take the survey, titled "Who's interested?" before it gets removed to make room for a new webpage.

Walter Keith Murphy

Just a quick note-
all the country clubs were booked for Saturday night. Fortunately, Jimmy Jordan had the foresight to book Chatmoss for Friday night for a class dinner several weeks ago, so we have a venue for the event. Cash bar, buffet, $30 a person, starts at 6 PM on Friday, October 10, with the buffet opening a little after 7PM. Jimmy is also lining up a DJ for the event. He has booked the club until 11PM, which gives us plenty of time to catch up with classmates. Should the party continue beyond the time allotted, Jimmy has offered to shift the party over to his farm. Dana Cramer has graciously agreed to work on nametags with the senior yearbook picture on it so those of us with receding hairlines can be identified. Alice Lusk Aaron and Kathy Pinkard Fletcher are working on an event Saturday at the Elks Club, and Alice is Treasurer for the reunion weekend. A mailing is upcoming that will have details and registration for the events. If so inclined, a donation with the registration will help to cover mailings and incidental costs for the weekend. Hoping for a great turnout- it will be nice to see what classmates have been up to since graduation-

Lynnette Marie Crowe Pritchett

As a child, I remember visiting in the neighborhood, coming up to the door, knocking. Being greeted by a friendly parent, asking, "Can _______ come out and play?" It's so much more fun to play with a friend beside you. Riding bikes, roaming through yards, hanging out by the creek, catching salmanders and crayfish, sloshing in the mud, playing jacks. Harassing and teasing siblings. Wrestling, swimming, building pyramids,calling and talking for hours on end, maybe silly stupid stuff, maybe seriously pondering life as I knew it and how it might be. Some things are just not as much fun without your friends beside you. Do you remember who you used to play with?

Now might be a good time to get back in touch with some playmates from your youth and lighten up. Would it be so difficult to lay aside the worries of the day and call a friend and see if they might come and share some heartfelt memories, hopes or dreams? Can you come back and play?

You might find out that they too have been too busy with the distractions of day to day life and welcome your visiting voice. How about it?

Valjean R. Smith Scott

Hello classmates! Wow, 30 years - unbelievable. Lynn you have done a wonderful job putting the website and renunion together. Thankful to both you and the committee. This will be the first reunion I am attending. Really excited to see everyone. Keep up the good work. After registering on the site, my picture popped up and all I could do was chuckle. Haven't seen that picture in many years. So, I said to my self, self you looked young and innocent in those days! It is interesting to look back and see where we were, where we are, and where we are going. The difference between then and now is - then, I thought I knew where I was going, now, I know where I'm going. We are Bulldogs, Bad to the Bone!

Patricia Marshall East

HELLO LYNN, ALICE, JIMMY, TERESA GOODNOW KENDALL, PAM WAGONER KIDD, Sharon Vaughn, Kathy Harris Hatcher, CATHY PINKARD FLETCHER AND ALL THE CLASS OF '78 BULLDOGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE EVERYONE IS DOING WELL! THANKS TO ALL WHOM HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS SITE, THE REUNION EFFORTS THAT ARE SEEN AND UNSEEN!!! THANKS LYNN FOR ALLOWING ME TO SHARE THINGS HERE AND IT WAS NICE OF YOU TO THANK ME FOR SOME OF THE PHOTOS AND I ENJOYED SEEING THEM IN THE "BLAST FROM THE PAST" COLLAGE PAGE!!!!!!!!!!!! I HOPE TO SEE YA'LL REUNION WEEKEND!!
I have seen several of our classmates in passing and told them about the site here and emailed the info to them as well.. I know that several of them work at WALMART IN M'VILLE.. LOL.. and between my schedule & theirs.. well.. it's been hard at times to catch up with them!! I SAW ROBIN DONLEY ROBERTSON this past weekend and she lives in SC(BEACH) and I EMAILED HER ALL THE INFO/LINK(s)!!! SHE LOOKED WELL!!! HER EMAIL IS: robin@doggiedesign.com
Also, Iris Ann Dalton Allison WORKS @ WALMART, Barbara Lynch Shrader works there as well.. and "Jimmy" James Blankenship's wife does as well. and I saw Mike Benson's wife, Cindy at work tonite and updated her on things and she said that Alice had been in touch too!!!

PERHAPS YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT: WWW.MAVAHI.COM

THAT IS IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY OR NEVER KNEW ABOUT IT!!! AGAIN, LYNN AND ALL THOSE HELPING HANDS IN WHATEVER FORM, SEEN AND UNSEEN WITH THIS SITE, INFO, REUNION EVENTS,ETC!!! THANKS FOR ALL OF IT!!!! BLESSINGS TO EACH OF YOU!!! AND ALOT OF US DO STAY IN TOUCH WITH ONE ANOTHER IN SOME WAY.. EVEN IF WE'VE NEVER ATTENDED A REUNION OR WHATEVER!!! SOMETIMES THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS SEEN BY OTHERS ..only by those in touch in whatever way they possible can !!!! AND SOMETIMES THE LEAST OF THESE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT!! NWAYS.. HOPE YOUR CORNER OF THE WORLD IS ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL!!!! I KNOW MINE IS!! LOL!! :):):):) .. I ALSO SO ENJOYED LISTENING TO OUR CLASS SONG TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL!! GONNA FLY NOW.. CATCH YA'LL LATER!!!! TAKE CARE!!!

Patricia Marshall East

ATTENTION CLASSMATES!!! GUEST ROOM AVAILABLE FOR FREE FOR REUNION WEEKEND!!!!

IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO IS IN NEED OF LODGING FOR FRIDAY AND/OR SATURDAY .. PLEASE LET ME KNOW... I HAVE A GUEST ROOM AND WOULD LOVE TO HOST IT FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST LET ME KNOW BY EMAIL:patricia_east123@yahoo.com or leave a message here and let me know!! If ya don't already have my phone # .. I will give it to you through email ok!!! I don't live far from Chatmoss nor the Elks Club and High School.. like within a 2-5 miles!!!! I live in the Spruce St./Druid Hills Area.. just up the street from Lynn Crowe Pritchett!!!!!!!!!! IF THAT IS MORE HELPFUL!!!

Lynnette Marie Crowe Pritchett

Hey Patricia,

Thanks for supporting our reunion with this generous offer. It might make the difference between somebody being able to attend or not; and I would like for everybody to come.

For all you dawgs out there who don't remember Patty, I would like to let you know that she's good friendly company, and comes with a listening ear and open heart.

You've put some great enthusiasm out there that kept me hoping this would be possible. Thanks.

Lynn

Sandra Foley

Hello Everybody, I was really looking forward to seeing everybody and catching up, but unfortunately I will not be able to attend.

We have really been swamped with calls from retirees concerned about their pensions since the stock market falling a lot of people lost a lot of money on their 401K's.

This has been a nightmare but hopefully things will get better soon.

I hope everyone has a wonderful time at the reunion. I will be back in VA the week of Christmas to see my family.

Oh and I am going to be grandma yet again making this grandbaby # 6. (They can STOP now! LOL)

Just kidding....I totally love all my kids and grandkids.

Grandkids are the best....you get to play with them and spoil them then send them back to mama...hehehehe

I am sorry I won't be able to be there for the reunion but I know you will all have a BLAST!

May GOD Bless you all!

Best Wishes to everyone.

Sandra

Patricia Marshall East

Hey Lynn!!
You are more than welcome!! Sorry that it wasn't out there earlier .. just been pondering the idea and finally got to know exactly what my work schedule was gonna be and so it seems I shall be on vacation From Oct. 9th to 21st!!!!! AFTER ALL THE HASSLING TO GET IT DONE!! LOL! :) Lynn, If you are in contact with anyone whom may need the guest room.. please let me know ok.. and/or put them in touch with me and you may pass my phone # at home on to them ok.. it could be a parent with a child or whomever ok.. even one of our fellow gentleman Dawgs ok!!! I thank you Lynn as always for the wonderful compliments and kindness you bestow upon me and I appreciate you & your friendship!!! I received an email reply from Robin Donley Robertson and sadly she won't be able to attend this yr.!! She SENDS HER "HELLO" TO ALL OUR CLASSMATES AND EXTENDS AN "ENJOYMENT" FOR US ALL AT THE REUNION EVENT(s)!! She also stated that she'd received a few emails too and was SO HAPPY THAT SHE'D SEEN ME & WAS ABLE TO PUT HER BACK IN TOUCH WITH US!!!! HAVE A NICE WEEK AHEAD AND SEE YA FRIDAY & SAT. LYNN!!! OH, IF YA'LL NEED ANY DECORATING HELP .. PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I WILL DO MY BEST OK.. JUST CALL ME AND/OR EMAIL ME!! LOOKING FORWARD TO HANGING OUT WITH THE GREAT "DAWGS" OF '78!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE MADE THIS POSSIBLE NO MATTER OR MAJOR OR MINOR OF A ROLE ANYONE HAD IN IT.. GR78 TO SEE IT HAPPENING!! "TRICIA" or as Lynn & a few others call me "Patty".. LOL.. HAHA!! CYA SOON! :)

Patricia Marshall East

WOW!!!! FRIDAY NITE @ CHATMOSS WAS NICE!! COOL TO HAVE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE IN ONE ROOM THAT I HADN'T SEEN IN YRS., AND SOME I RECALLED RIGHT AWAY AND OTHERS .. WELL.. JUST HAD TO SAY "HELLO" AND LET IT BE.. ALSO.. MOST THINGS HAVE CHANGED ..YET.. SOME REMAINED THE SAME & I SUPPOSE IT WAS OUT OF "HABIT" AND HOW PEOPLE WERE BACK IN THE "DAY"!! ALL IN ALL.. I DID SEE ALOT OF THE ONES I TRULY WANTED TO SEE AGAIN.. AND THE FOOD AND MUSIC WAS NICE TOO!!

THANKS LYNN, ALICE, JIMMY JORDAN,AND ALL THOSE WHOM HAD A PART IN PULLING THIS 30th REUNION OFF AND THOSE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN .. THANKS!!! HERE'S TO AN ENJOYABLE AND EVENTFUL SATURDAY AT THE ELKS CLUB!!!

BY THE WAY: THE BULLDOGS WON AGAINST MAGNA VISTA FRIDAY NITE!!!!!!!!!! GO DAWGS! LOL!

Patricia Marshall East

Michael Allen Wilson

Good Morning fellow dogs. LOU!! Wake up!! LOL. I wanted to thank Lynn, Jimmy & everyone for putting this together on such short notice. I'd also like to think the folks at Chatmoss for being so accomodating. I can't wait to see everyone today! Holla if you need me to help out or pick up anyone 301-991-4990.

Michael Wilson

Patricia Marshall East

WOW!! SATURDAY AT THE ELKS CLUB WAS THE BEST DAY & EVENING EVER!!!! IT WAS A NICE SUNNY DAY AND THE COMPANY AROUND WAS AMAZING!!! SO VERY GLAD TO HAVE SEEN ALOT OF PEOPLE AND CATCH UP WITH THOSE KNOWN IN HIGH SCHOOL, AFTER AND THOSE NOT SO WELL KNOWN.. WELL.. NOW THEY ARE!! TY ALL SO MUCH!! I HAD THE BEST TIME OF ALL SATURDAY!! HOPE TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH MANY AND HOPE TO SEE SOME IN THE DAYS,MONTHS, AND YRS., AHEAD!! TAKE CARE EVERYONE!! THOSE WHOM DROVE AND/OR FLEW IN FOR OUR REUNION...THANKS AND BE SAFE IN YOUR TRAVELS BACK TO YOUR HOMES!!! BLESSINGS TO EVERYONE!!!

Lynnette Marie Crowe Pritchett

Tricia,
Your dogs are sooo cute!! I could use some of that talent in creating new web pages for this website! Thanks for sharing so much of your "scrapbook" items to jog our memories.

Jean Sutton Odachowski

Hello, I just wanted to thank everyone who got the events together for the reunion. It was a lot of fun to see everyone and I know it was a lot of work. Hope everyone had a safe trip home. Take care!

Cheryl Alkire Alspaugh

A huge thank you to Lynn, Jimmy Jordan, Dana Cramer, Donna Doyon Sigmon, Karen Gregory Cundiff, Alice Lusk Aaron, Walter Murphy, Ben Cochran & the many others who donated their resources to help make our 30th reunion absolutely wonderful!
And also, thank you to all the classmates who made the effort to come to the events.
Reconnecting was a blast! Looking forward to the next one!

Chuck Robertson

What a fantastic weekend for the reunion! Thanks to all that contributed their time and efforts. It was great seeing everyone again. Thanks to all the came from near and far. I hope you all had a safe journey home. Let's all get together again soon!

Ricky Anthony Mitchell

I CERTAINLY DID ENJOY SEEING A LOT OF CLASSMATES THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE GRADUATION. MY HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED. IT WAS SO REFRESHING TO BE AMONG PEOPLE THAT I HAVE GREW UP WITH. I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEEN OTHERS BUT THE ONE'S THAT DID MAKE IT OUT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS. THANK YOU LYNN FOR SUCH A GOOD JOB YOU DONE BY PULLLING THIS REUNION OFF. I'M CERTAIN THAT IF IT HADN'T BEEN FOR YOUR STEADFASTNESS, THIS REUNION WOULDN'T HAD HAPPEN. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HAD A SHARE BOTH LARGE AND SMALL. MY THE GOD THAT GRANT PEACE BE WITH THIS CLASS FOR NOW AND ALL ETERNITY. AGAIN, THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT ONE.

PEACE

RICK

Lynnette Marie Crowe Pritchett

If you have pictures of the reunion, please upload them to your profile if you'd like to share them. Then post a message on the message forum to announce this so that we know to view them. Thanks! I've seen some great pictures already, and certainly look forward to seeing our group reunion pictures.

Ben Cochran

It truly was WONDERFUL !!! A big thank you to everyone that made this happen and for all of the hard work involved. I uploaded a few photographs, under my profile, and one of the group photographs. I need to work out the logistics on how you can all download the photographs and will post the "how-to" soon. I still have a couple more to process and will post them soon as well. FYI the group photograph is canvased at 8X10" and should print fine at any local photo lab. It is also 4.9 MB in size so, some may have slow download speeds. I will up date where to link to the download soon. :)

Patricia Marshall East

HEY YA'LL!! THANKS LYNN,BEN,PAM,CHERYL, AND EVERYONE ELSE WHOM HAS ALREADY LEFT A MSG., AND PHOTOS ON THE SITE FOR US TO READ/SEE!!! AS SOON AS MINE ARE COMPLETE, I WILL DEFINITELY BE SHARING THEM!! I HAD SUCH AN AMAZING TIME.. ESP., ON SATURDAY... SEEING & MEETING & REMINISCING WITH CATHY PINKARD FLETCHER,SHERRY PATTERSON, OLIVIA HAIRSTON CROSS, JOVITA SAUNDERS JONES, GREG GRAVELY, RICKY ANGLIN, BRENDA RANDOPLH'S SISTER, SHEILA MATHERLY, "TADPOLE" DR. VINCENT JONES, CHERYL ALKIRE ALSPAUGH,DONNA DOYON SIGMON, LYNN CROWE PRITCHETT,and SO MANY MANY MORE CLASSMATES!! WE HAD LOTS OF SMILES,STORIES,LAUGHTER, AND SHERRY & I WON'T FORGET OUR "DOIN THE BUMP"!!! LOL!!! I HAVEN'T LAUGHED SO MUCH AT ONE TIME IN SOOO LONG!! THOSE MENTIONED ABOVE WE SHARED PHOTOS OF OUR FAMILIES, AND TALKED ABOUT SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS PAST & PRESENT AND FORMED NEW FRIENDSHIPS AND REKINDLED OLD ONES.. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT BY EMAIL & PHONE WITH SOME OF THEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE IN DAYS,WEEKS,MONTHS & YRS., AHEAD!! FRIDAY NITE.. IT WAS WAY TOO COOL TO HAVE SEEN & TALKED WITH MIKE BENSON & HIS LOVELY WIFE, CINDY.. as well as Alice Lusk Aaron,Lou Howell Harrison,Donna Doyon,Pam Wagoner,Sharon Vaughn,
Jimmy Blankenship & his lovely wife, Laurie.. and for the most part..it was nice.. and when some of ya'll got up and danced and did the "Electric Slide".. wow.. TOO COOL... ! Sorry to have missed Kathy Harris Hatcher & Teresa Goodnow Kendall.. perhaps we'll see ya and others again REAL SOON!! THANKS AGAIN TO ALL FOR THEIR EFFORTS & HARD WORK AND THE LAUGHS,SMILES & MEMORIES & FRIENDSHIP!!! BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!! LUV & PEACE & HAPPINES TO EACH OF YOU!!

Patricia

Donna Eanes Dean

What a fantastic reunion!! It was great fun seeing everyone after all these years. Many thanks to all the ones that were involved in making this reunion happen. I know each one of you volunteered more hours than we can imagine. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say your dedication is heartfelt.
Can't wait for the next one!!!!!!

John Ran, I'll see you and the VM,s in Richmond!!

Patricia Marshall East

REUNION PHOTOS !!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE UPLOADED ABOUT 60 PHOTOS I TOOK WITH MY CAMERA ON FRIDAY & SATURDAY TO THE 4SHARED PHOTO SITE THAT DANA CRAMER CREATED FOR US TO USE!! I ALSO HAVE THEM ON MY COMPUTER TO SHARE AS WELL.. SO.. ANYONE WHO MAY WANT A COPY OR SEE ONES I HAVEN'T UPLOADED.. JUST EMAIL ME OK.. ALSO. THESE ARE AWESOME PICS AND A VARIETY OF THEM TOO!! ENJOY! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EACH OF YOU!!

"TRICIA"