Linda Walters (Hays)

So nice to hear from you all....and that  you enjoyed the reunion.  It was fun time and so good to see our "old/young friends"....Where have the years gone?  Hugs to all~~

Karen Burgess (Kane)

Just wanted to thank everyone who worked on this reunion to make it so enjoyable. Both nights were so much fun. It was great seeing old classmates. A special thank you goes out to you, Jimmie Anne, for all the time spent on the class of 1969. Your shoes will be hard to fill...especially from my vantage point.

Sharon Murphy (Peacock)

Thank you Jimmie Anne for all your hard work on the Dan McCarty High Site.  I have enjoyed going to the Site and checking up on some old friends and classmates.  I know that you have put many long hours and time making this site so successful.  I hope you know how much we all have appreciated your hard work.  I am sorry that I was unable to attend the reunion this year but looking at all the great pictures taken and posted, it looks like everyone had a fun time.  I am looking forward to our 50th reunion.  Thank you Tommy for taking over the Site.  I look forward to many more years on the site.  Best of luck Tommy.  Eagle Born, Eagle Bred, always.

Taliaferro Taylor

Tommy Schwartz

Happy Halloween Everybody!

Jimmie Anne Nourse (Haisley)

Wishing our baby eagle Richard Parker a very happy birthday. Thank you so much for your guidance, wisdom, wit and love. 

Richard Parker

Jimmie Anne the Birthday Message is nice but the song was priceless - Thanks Kiddo - I value your friendship more than you know.

Tommy Schwartz

I would like to thank Gary Picklesimer for talking work at the Class Reunion a few weeks ago.  He was telling Allan Colby, David Tillman, and I about converting an entire hospital that he is affiliated with, into LED lighting.  He also told us that it was saving $100,000 per year in power bills. 

I decided to check LED bulbs out and found them to be brighter by far than any of the bulbs in my house and none of them use more than 10 watts,  I am in the process of changing them all over.  Yes, they cost a bit more but they last 10 to 20 years and cost pennies to operate. 

Also noticed that Allan had bit the bullet for the bulbs to replace the tubes in his garage.  Mine are next. 

Thanks Gary, that was a great tip and now I see a whole lot better in my house.  I highly recommend them.

Richard Parker

Thankful

Today, I feel very thankful. That thankfulness is most fitting as we prepare to pause individually and collectively to give thanks for all with which we have been blessed. My list of blessings has always been long, but as the years roll by, the list continues to grow.

I’m thankful for where we grew up, a quiet peaceful beachside community where we left doors unlocked and, as we surfed, everyone knew the car key was on top of the tire.

I’m thankful for a potpourri of memories—the smell of the Dandy Bakery and low tide at the North Jetties, the thrill of catching air on Tickle Tummy Hill and a Friday night football game, the excitement of a first wave and a first kiss, the feeling of a warm breeze on a summer night and school spirit.

I’m thankful that I had parents who loved me and kept hidden from me that we were poor, until I was on my own.

I’m thankful for the new and renewed friendships I have with so many of you. I’m thankful for the pleasure of knowing not only you for the past 40+ years, but also now your kids and grandkids.

Most of all, I am thankful that I am thankful—that I’ve not grown sour, sad, and cynical over the past 63 years. I’m thankful that I know how darn good I have it and that having this life of mine has very little to do with me. I thank God daily for my health, my family, both blood and extended, for the assurance of my eternity, and the common sense not to take myself too seriously.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

Keepin’ the Spirit & Gratefulness Alive,

Richard Parker, Class of 1970

Jimmie Anne Nourse (Haisley)

Happy Thanksgiving to all our classmates!!

Rick and Jimmie Anne

Lois Walters (Gordy)

Hope everyone enjoyed a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends.  Life is grand and we are blessed.

Thomas Padrick

Billy Gilda Ruth Quarles Webb (Webb)

Tommy Schwartz

The Holiday Season is upon us.  My family and I would like to be the first to wish you and your families a Safe, Happy, and/or Merry One.  No matter what or how you celebrate, whether it be Hanukka, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or even Festivus (if you are George Kastanza), we wish you all the best.  If you choose not to celebrate anything, just do it safely and with a smile on your face.

Go Eagles!
 

John Michael Skaggs

Right back at you, Tommy, and to all fellow classmates.

John Michael

Tommy Schwartz

Well Richard, I can tell by this month's Ramblings that we pretty much see eye to eye on what we believe.

Thanks a Million for sharing those thoughts with us. 

Lois Walters (Gordy)

Thank you Richard for reminding us of all the blessings we have if we will just sit back, relax, take a deep breath and enjoy the good that is all around us.  Merry Christmas!  I BELIEVE!

Tommy Schwartz

I'm Hoping Everybody had a Wonderful Christmas.  Get Ready, the New Year is coming fast.

 Tommy

Richard Parker

The "Boys" from the Class of 70 would like to offer a special invitation to the "Older Boys" from the Class of 69 to attend our annual "Boys Night Out Poker Game".

You've seen the photos for each of the past 3 years and now it is time to see your smiling mug in the 2015 photo.  

So, mark your calendars for January 10, 2015. For our “Class of 70 Boys Night Out Poker Game” at 6:30 PM, the same location as last year, Tommie McDermid’s party planning & Jim Huck’s catering building located at 408 S. Farmers Market Rd. in Fort Pierce. 

No excuses like…

I don't play poker - the same is true with most of us.  The "poker game" is just cover for a bunch of 50 year friends getting together to lie to each other. 

I don't know if I will be busy.  Get un-busy and come on down, you do not want to miss this night. 

I'll catch you guys next year - we hope so but have you counted the candles on your birthday cake lately?  Some of us shouldn't buy green bananas nor miss a poker game.  

So what I need you to do is;

1. RSVP so we can get a head count for the food.  
2. Bring a couple of rolls of quarters
3. Bring what ever you want to drink - Beer, Cokes, Ice Tea Mylanta 
4. Tell other aging Eagles about the game. It does not matter if they are from the class of 70 - last year we had several from 69 - and have them RVSP to Richard@ESAnow.com or call me 321-223-9043

Keepin' the Spirit Alive

Richard Parker

Tommy Schwartz

Wishing You and Your Families a Happy New Year followed by a Year Filled with Blessings.

Jimmie Anne Nourse (Haisley)

OK Gals....the challenge is on.  When shall we have a girl's night out?

Jimmie Anne Nourse (Haisley)

Happy New Year from our family to yours!!

Jimmie Anne Nourse (Haisley)

Love retirement!!

Jimmie Anne Nourse (Haisley)

We wish everyone much happiness!!

Sherry Gabler (Newman)