Dear Robbinsdale Class of 1964, Well here we are at our 45th high school reunion. Each of us received the invitation and each of us here decided to come. What is the force that draws us here tonight and why is it so energizing? Certainly it’s fun to reminisce and share our memories, but it is so much more. If we were to meet on the street today, what would we see? We would see the reality… the passing of time and we would see faces that resemble our own. But when we gather, we share a special gift …our youth. We hold up a different mirror for each other. We see beyond the passing of time and when we look at our friends, we see the young person we knew, the young person that still resides in each of us. It awakens and enlivens that young person and we remember, despite the joys and sorrows of our lives, all of who we truly are. In an exchange on the wonderful reunion website, a classmate I had known since 7th grade wrote about his memories of skating at Northport School. The fun of the evening involved the girls chasing the boys or vise-versa grabbing the willing victim’s hat and then trying to keep it away for as long as possible….such simple pleasures. This kept us entertained for several winters. I wrote and asked him what it was that made grabbing hats so fun? Honestly, his unexpected response made my heart skip a beat. It brought me back to being in 7th grade. I could feel the ice, the wind, frozen toes, the warmth of the warming house and I remembered the thrill…yes, the thrill of capturing the chosen hat. And what was his response? “The boys hats were promises of things to come” and they were. So here we are at our 45th high school reunion. May each of us here tonight seize the opportunity to hold up the mirror for others, bask in the reflection others offer us and share memories that make our hearts skip a beat.   Susan A Kaercher Meyers

 

 

 

 

 

 Memories

 

Cindy Cobey (Sutton) and Cathi Jo Condon (Smith)

 

 Rick Digatono and Kathy Engwer (Waletich, Cooper 65) dancing to the Whitesidewalls

 

 

 The Whitesidewalls

 

 

 The Whitesidewalls

 

 

 During program - Carol Hognes (Hebeisen), MC Rick Digatono, and Mary Kight (Engen)

 

 captive audience

 

 Enjoying classmates

 

 Enjoying classmates

 

 laughing, talking, enjoying

 

 Kathy Taylor (Molde) and Donna Bodin (Liveringhouse) rockin

 

 Sherry and Donna

 

 The bar stayed busy!

 

 Gary, Sharon, Jeanne and Lee "slow dancing"

 

 Sherry (waving to her fans); David & Janice (Merkel) Graham

 

 

 

 Di Olson (Rodine) dancin with _Person_G__________

 

 Carolyn Patten (standing), the Lunds and the Swansons

 

 Bob Engen and Tom Westervelt

 

 Alyce, Frank, Donna, Pat

 

 Dancin at Chubbs, er no, at the Medina

 

 Gary Moss doin his thing

 

 Some of the beautiful girls of 64 that we've all heard about

 

 Karen Benson, Cindy Cobey (Sutton), Coleen Murphy, Pat Nygaard, & Sharon Dukatz (Keller)

 

 Clint Westring & ????

 

Carol Birkland & Alyce Alden (Palm)

 

 

Dave Harder, Bruce Alan Johnson, Greg Cutlan & Dave LeMieur

 

 Frank Palm and some ladies

 

 Mary Kight (Engen), Judy Lindroth (Kallestad) & Sandy Rehbein (Larson)

 

 1964 Wannabees - Mike Howe (RHS 65), Jim Uzzell (RHS 65) and wife Roxie Uzzell (RHS???)

 

 

 

 Steve Larson, Mary Kight (Engen) and Bruce Allen Johnson - Bob Bolin on chair in back 

 

 

 

 Unknown _Person_D___________ & Leanna Gustafson (Erickson)

 

 Roger Iverson and Kathy Stoltenberg (King)??

 

 Intra-class Slow Dancin - Frank & Alyce Palm, Mike & Nancy Schuster

 

 Bill Hill enjoys the scenery

 

 Alyce and Cheryl

 

 Tom Hostad and Clint Westring

 

 Ann Gawtry (Zimmerman), Bonnie Gabrys (Saul), & Nancy Kalin (Weller)

 

 John Coleman (Grand Prize Winner) and Tom Bodin

 

 Marlene (Peavey) & Tom Roden

 

 Siu-Linn Chong and soulmate E.J. Maki

 

 standing - John Nerdahl, Dave Lundquist and Cal Kerr; sitting-Gary Novicki & wife Sharon

 

 Merri Lee Pederson (Henderson), Janice Merkel (Graham),__________, Greg Henderson, & ______________

 

 Reading the Robins Tales (donated by Carol Birkland)

 

 Cindy Cobey (Sutton) and Jackie Marty

 

 Glenn Roberts (RHS 63), Mike & Nancy Howe, Frank & Alyce Palm

 

 Unknown_Person_H___________, Pat Nygaard, Kathy Hargarten

 

Dancing the night away - Carolyn Anderson (Tunby), Bruce Johnson, Sherry Palm (Schwen), Gary Moss

 

 Sherry Palm (Schwen), Mike & Nancy Schuster, Alyce & Frank Palm

 

 Nancy Haggren (Ryan), Tom Hostad, Greg Smith. Greg Cutlan in the background, and Jim Sentyrz's tall shoulder

 

 Ron Thoreson and wife Sallie

 

 Dick Ransdell, John & Jolene Nerdahl, Dave & Elaine Harder, Gary Moss' back, Jerry Bull