Klaus Hille

Greetings. If any of you recently tried to log on to our irvin63.com website, then you might have been unsuccessful. The reason was that our Secure Certificate Subscription has expired. Before I renew this part of a three part subscription I would like advice from classmates who are more tech savvy than I am. Do you recommend paying for a Secure Certificate? The site is currently up and running without one. But when logging on you might get a message that informs you that the site is not secure. In that case you can click on Advance and continue to the site. This happened to me only on the first time I logged on. Here is the description of the Secure Certificate function. 

Secure Your Domain Name

Web browsers have recently started displaying each individual page of your web site as "secure" or "not secure." As a result, "non secure" pages may scare users into thinking something is wrong with the page (even if the page is not collecting any information).

Class Creator recommends purchasing a Secure Certificate below so all pages of your site show as being "Secure" no matter where a user is on your site. "Secure Certificate" sounds a bit "techy," we know. But no worries. All you need to do is purchase a Secure Certificate below. We recommend the duration match your domain name contract length below (as well as your ID protect length if applicable). Simply select the number of years below, and Class Creator will handle all the techy stuff on your behalf. A Secure Certificate is the very best way to secure all of your site information and transactions, as well as instill confidence in your users.

Extend your Secure Certificate Subscription below:
 

Secure Certificate Pricing

Klaus Hille

So, here is another twist to the subscription saga. 
 

Right now the domain forwards to the ClassCreator certificate automatically since our certificate expired.  To go to our site you might need to use the link below.

https://www.classcreator.com/El-Paso-Texas-Irvin-1963/class_index.cfm

Clark W. Schadle

Found this while going through old boxes in my attic. My high school slide rule!!!!! Even has my El Paso address on the case.

Clark W. Schadle

I took this early in the morning last week on a family trip to TN.   (No I did not hear Banjos) 

Dolores Wheless (Turner)

That picture of Tenn is awesome.  Our son lives in norther Georgia about 15 miles from the Tenn border so we have seen over the years some beautiful country there.

Clark W. Schadle

I thought  you all might enjoy these pictures of the class of 63 homecoming .

I found these in while going through boxes in my attic that had been unopenend for 43 years!

Clark W. Schadle

Clark W. Schadle

Clark W. Schadle

Clark W. Schadle

Clark W. Schadle

Clark W. Schadle

Jim Dunlap

Great stuff.  Who drew the little pair of feet?  I have lots of old Irvin stuff but don't have any of this.  Good for you, Clark.

Jim Dunlap

Jim Dunlap

A clarification:  the response we need relates to SHOULD WE INCLUDE YOU IN THE ROOM BLOCK FOR RESERVATIONS??  Some of our local classmates might commute, rather than overnight.  What Bryson is trying to focus on is the number or rooms to plan for...given its importance in dealing with the Hotel.  Hope to see lots of you in person at the Mini!!

Victor Dutro

Hi everyone. I just received a notice that Lynnette Turner Hawke (Fusaro) was to have a Birthday. It is with a heavy heart I am sorry to say that as far as I know, Lynnette passed over on December 25, 2021. 

I didn't know how to enter her name into the In Memory section.

Ruona Bertaccini

DEAR ALL, ESPECIALLY KLAUS AND JIM, WE, TOO, HAVE BEEN FRUSTRATED WITH THE CLASS CREATOR DEMANDS TO PURCHASE, BUT GIVEN UPCOMING PLANS FOR A REUNION, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A GOOD TIME TO LET GO OF A "SECURE WEBSITE" OPTION.  I WOULD BE VERY WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO A FUND TO FINANCE THE PURCHASE.  I CAN SEND YOU A CHECK FOR AT LEAST ONE YEAR OF THE TWO.

I ALSO HOPE TO ATTEND THE REUNION IN OCTOBER, SO INCLUDE ME FOR ONE ROOM AT THE MARRIOT.  I WILL BE INCLUDING YOUR PLANS AND INVITE  FOR THE REUNION ON OUR '65 WEBSITE.  THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP THIS GOING AND FOR YOUR GENEROUS INVITATION TO OUR CLASS.  WITH MUCH APPRECIATION, RUONA BERTACCINI

Klaus Hille

Greetings,

Dear Victor and Ruona, great to hear from you again. Thank you for the information you provided in your comments. Obviously we depend on notifications from schoolmates and family members of deceased classmates to enter them in the IN MEMORY page of our website. If anyone has access to an obituary or other information related to Lynnette's death, then please pass it on to me at kphille@aol.com. When a classmate or a guest listed on our website is enterd on the IN MEMORY page, then his or her profile is marked with a rose and no more birthdays are posted. (Although it probably would not be a bad thing to keep remembering everyone's birthday.) The point is that i need to be informed when one of our classmates passes on, so that I can make the appropriate entry on the IN MEMORY page and so that other classmates can add their comments and memories.

As to the Security Certificate for our class website, I would like to hear from everyone who is using the website what their Log In experience has been. Does a warning about this being an unsecure site actually show up on your computer or device? Does the warning come up every time you try to log on? In my case the warning came up only once. I advanced past it and it hasn't come up since then. So far it is business as usual when i log onto our site. The only difference I have noticed is the website address. It is the address for ClassCreator. This may make it difficult for anyone searching for irvin63.com to find us.

My proposal is that I will make a payment for the Security Certificate for two years. That will bring it in line with the subscription and the fee for the domain name. Before the two years are up we can decide how we want to proceed. I will also contact by seperate email those classmates who have offered to help pay for the certificate. If we split the cost into three or four parts, then it won't be too much for anyone.

Rocket On!

Klaus

Clark W. Schadle

Klaus, I will be standing by to send you money when you need it

Clark

Klaus Hille

My thanks to classmates Michael "Mike" Dickson, Harry Murphy and Clark Schadle for their donation to renew the website's secure domain certificate. The secure certificate will (hopefully) make it possible for us to continue to access our website without warnings of unsecure pages and redirects. 

Thanks also to Victor Dutro for making me aware of the passing of Lynnette Hawke. Please click on the In Memory link. Lynnette was a popular classmate and some of you might want to post a comment or a story to her page.

Klaus Hille

Isn't this great to see? I don't watch these award shows, but one of our daughters brought this to my attention, and I thought that it might be of interest to many of you. Hopefully a report like this will not only put the spotlight on EPISD and Irvin High School, but will also inspire and motivate students to dream big and make the most of their studies. 

Jerry Barrett

West Texas’ Castner Range designated a national monument

By Julián Aguilar

President Joe Biden declared a near 7,000-acre swath of land in West Texas a national monument, a move that was cheered by environmentalists and Democrats who said the designation will sustain wildlife and honor the cultural history of the area’s Native Americans.

Castner Range, a former training and testing site on the Ft. Bliss Army base, is a “place of incredible beauty,” Biden said during the official announcement at the Conservation in Action summit in Washington, D.C.

“The people of El Paso have fought to protect this for 50 years. Their work has finally paid off,” Biden said.

He also thanked U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-El Paso, who helped spearhead the effort and who the president said hounded him for months to make the designation possible.

“I’ll hope you’ll still have reason to call me because you called me a lot on this one,” he joked.

Read more about the newly designated national monument

Dolores Wheless (Turner)

Hi Clark, I see my name on your page you posted.  We must have had a class together.  

Terry Duke

"In 1882, Dr. O. C. Irvin became the first superintendent of the El Paso City School District (the forerunner of today's El Paso Independent School District). One of his dreams was to have a good high school in El Paso. He served as president of the school board beginning in 1913. Dr. E. H. Irvin made El Paso High School a reality to help El Paso's overwhelming growth problems. Mr. C. M. Irvin was a member of the El Paso Chamber of Commerce and was the president of the school board from 1955 through April 8, 1958, when he retired. Mr. Cecil S. Bean was Irvin's first principal, and Mr. Boyd was the first assistant principal."

I remember Principal Bean very well. We all thought that "Cecil Bean" was a most unfortunate name.

Jerry Barrett

I think I remember you Terry. Were you on the debate team, and your partner was Charles Gass?