Welcome Grady ‘62 Classmates! If this is your first visit, read below to see how to get started. Make your profile and personalize it by adding pictures, You Tube Videos, and Playlists. Discover how to do it all right on this page! Share your page with your classmates. As time goes by, please remember to keep your profile up to date with current contact information, and enjoy using this site as a portal to reconnect with old friends.

GET STARTED: Look to the upper left of the page and find the "Classmates" link. Click on it and find your name there. Click on your name and it will take you to a page that says "Join Here." Then "Click here now" and follow the instructions, adding your email and password so you can interact with your classmates and we can provide you notice of announcements like the upcoming 50^th Golden Reunion details. You don't have to finish it all at once. Come back whenever you want to add to or update your information, or add more photos. You can print out this instruction page by choosing "File" from the top menu bar of your Internet connection. A "drop down" list will appear, and click on "Print" OR hold down the CONTROL key and click the letter key "p" and the print box will appear.

IMPORTANT: If you change your email address, change your email address in your profile information to continue receiving messages from your classmates and website administrators.

In order to ensure you receive important messages from our class web site, as well as messages sent directly to you from other Classmates, it's important that you whitelist the email address 50threunion@grady1962.com  PRIVACY: All contact information you enter into your profile will be kept confidential. It will not be shared or distributed. Your contact information is private: your address and phone number can't be seen by classmates unless you grant permission on your profile. When someone clicks on your name, all they will see of your contact information is your city and state and whatever information about yourself you choose to put on your web page. Your email address is not viewable, though an email can be sent to you using the contact box at the bottom of your web page. The information will be used by the Reunion Committee to contact you and to prepare a directory for Classmates. If you send a message to someone through their profile, they will see your email address so they can respond.
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What is whitelisting? Whitelisting simply means you are telling your email program to accept all emails coming from our class web site and our Classmates. The technique for whitelisting varies by email program, but generally you will see the term "Whitelist", "Safe List", or "Safe Sender's List". This is where you want to be sure you have added the email address 50threunion@grady1962.com 

We use the address 50threunion@grady1962,com  when sending out email messages. Be assured that all emails sent through our site are valid — you will not receive spam email. Whitelisting 50threunion@grady1962.com is the single most important thing you can do to ensure you don't miss anything happening on our site or miss receiving emails from your fellow classmates. So, stop and take a moment to whitelist 50threunion@grady1962.com  right now, and ensure you stay connected!  
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PASSWORD PROTECT: If you choose, you can Password Protect your personal profile to block the general public and search engines from accessing your web page. When you Password Protect, only logged in classmates can see your profile. Just click in the Password Protect box on your profile page when you are in Edit Profile mode.
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FORGOTTEN PASSWORD: If you forget your password, click on the "Forgot Password?" retrieval feature under the login feature, and it will be emailed to you.
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REMEMBER ME: If you click "Remember Me" when you log in, you will not need to log in next time you go to the site. (Don't log out - just close the window.) You can log in from computers other than your home computer but you will need to enter your password.
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CHANGE OF EMAIL OR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS: Please change your contact information when you get a new ISP or move ... we don't want to lose you. We keep our Class List current by downloading your contact information from this website.
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SEND AN EMAIL TO A CLASSMATE: To email a classmate, begin by clicking on "Classmates" in the left navigation menu. A list of all classmates will come up. 1) Click on the name of the person you wish to email and that person's profile will appear. 2) Go to the bottom of the page where you will find a box titled SEND A PRIVATE MESSAGE TO ... (your classmate's name will be filled in as well as your name in the FROM box). 3) Type a topic in the SUBJECT box. 4) Type your message in the large box. 5) Click on SEND MESSAGE to get your email on its way. Remember: your message can be read only by the classmate you send it to, like any other email.
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HAVE FUN WITH YOUR PAGE: Give your family and friends your web page address so they can visit.
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SUBSCRIBE: Keep up to date by "subscribing" to other classmate profiles, and you will receive an email when they update their pages. You will find this feature in the left navigation function under "MEMBER FUNCTIONS." It is called "Profile Subscriptions."
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HOMEPAGE: This is where the main information and announcements are made. Your admins will email you from time to time with important information, a new Survey or new Poll.
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QUESTIONS: Just click on the "Contact Us" button and we'll reply back to you.
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CHECK MESSAGES: In the left navigation panel under the header "MEMBER FUNCTIONS" click on “MESSAGES”. This will take you to a page that lists all the emails you have received (IN BOX) and all you have sent (OUT BOX). Your messages will remain there until you delete them. A Key at the top of both the IN BOX and OUT BOX shows symbols representing the status of an email. Each email shows:

 1.  A box to check
 2. Its status
 3.  Who sent it to you (IN BOX) or who you sent it to (OUT BOX)
 4.  Subject and date of email
 5. A red "X"

In both the IN BOX and OUT BOX settings, clicking on Profile or the Sender's picture brings up that person's profile page, and clicking on the subject (in blue) brings up the actual email. Clicking inside the box on the far left or on the red "X" on the far right, will turn the background orange. This means that the email can be deleted by choosing the tab at the bottom of the page that says "Delete Checked Threads."
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POLLS and SURVEYS: Surveys (if there is one currently) will be listed in the left column navigation titles; click on the survey title to bring it up. Polls appear on the right side of the Home Page (if there is one currently). You must be logged in to take a survey or poll and you can answer only once. Your answer is counted in the results as soon as you complete the survey or poll.
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FORUMS: To post to a forum, click on "Forums" in the left navigation panel. Feel free to post a new forum topic. If you want to post a picture in the forum: 1) Click on the Image Icon - the little yellow square in the editor box; it's at the top left and the the right of the word "source." 2) In the pop-up click "Browse." Browse to the location of the picture on your computer and click on it. Hint: Change your view to thumbnails to make it easy to find the right picture. 3) Click on "Upload Now" and then "OK" when you are told the upload is complete and you can see your image in the review box.  4) Click "OK" at the bottom of the Image Button box, and your picture will appear in your chosen box. 5) Click "Preview" to see how it will look. 6) Click "Save" when you are finished.
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ABOUT THIS WEBSITE: This website is completely free to our classmates. You will never be asked to pay to make a profile or to be able to access other classmate profiles. There will never be a reason to join other PAY sites.

If you cannot find your name on the Classmates page, please contact us to have your name added. We welcome classmates who went to school with us but did not graduate with our class. We can provide you with a guest account. Use the Contact Us link. You can find current guests added at the bottom of the Classmates page.

Main information and announcements will be on the Home Page.

Enjoy and have fun with the website!
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Sincere thanks to Ralph McConigly for his wisdom and foresight in initiating this website in 2008.  What you see today is just a new face on the results of his tireless and often thankless efforts.  Thank you, Ralph.

 Thank you to Ryan Phillips of Phillips360, www.phillips360.com, Tulsa, Oklahoma, for website development, programming and graphic design services well beyond the call of duty.