South Eugene High School
Class of 1960
THE AXE NEWS
FEBRUARY
2010
February 8, 2010
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NEWS FROM YOUR WEB EDITOR
We have a new e-mail address. If you have news to share or any questions
about the class or this web site, contact Martha at marpraref@q.com . (Martha says, "My e-mail
sometimes rejects messages. If it does it to you, try again, please.
Make sure you type q.com, not g.com. Thanks.")
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! ! ! ! CHECK YOUR MAILBOXES ! ! ! !
The envelopes are in the mail, with an information letter, your registration form, and your Reunion Annual biography sheet. Please read the letter for answers to all your questions about the reunion (or most of them, in any event), and then respond in a timely fashion. If you have NOT received your envelope by February 15, please check back with me (marpraref@q.com). Thank you - Martha Hendrickson Pratt, Reunion Chairman
SEE BELOW FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE PLANNING FOR OUR 50th REUNION.
We have withdrawn the possibility of a group cruise.
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HILTON EUGENE has a block of rooms reserved for the SEHS Class of 60 for our reunion. The rooms are for Friday night, August 6, and Saturday night, August 7. Rate for the regular rooms will be $109 per night, occupancy one to four people maximum. Contact the hotel directly (541-342-2000; www.eugene.hilton.com; or 1-800-916-2221) and be sure to ask for the SEHS Class of 60 rate. Reservations may be made NOW.
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Ed Ragozzino, beloved drama teacher during our years at SEHS, died Saturday, January 30, 2010, of cancer at age 79. Mr. Ragozzino directed many of our classmates in Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and Carousel (the musicals) and other presentations.
A public memorial service will be held on Friday, February 5th, at 7 p.m. at
First Baptist Church of Eugene, 3550 Fox Meadow Road, Eugene, Oregon, 97401; a
funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, February 6th, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's
Catholic Church, 1201 Satre Street, Eugene, Oregon, 97401.
The public service for Mr. Ragozzino had previously been scheduled for St. Paul's.
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Denny's Restaurants will be giving away FREE Grand Slam breakfasts on Tuesday, February 9th, to everyone in the U.S., from 6 a.m. until 2 p.m. Also, you may get a free Grand Slam on your birthday! This offer is good for the entire year of 2010. Thank you, Denny's!
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First Tuesday in March will be celebrated on March 2nd. Mark your calendars now and plan to join us at Izzy's on Seneca Road off West 11th, at the north end of the Fred Meyer parking lot. "Starting" time is anywhere between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.; the restaurant closes at 9 p.m. We don't have to be the last ones to leave, but some of us often are the last! Our gatherings are casual - come when you can, stay as long as you want, and plan to come back again the next month.
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What a great group we had at February's First Tuesday tonight! Out-of towner Gary Dingman got across the mountain from Bend to join us, complete with camera! Bry Engle, Jim Potterf and Bob Nelson also joined Gary as first time attendees , and Gary Marlatt and Gary Olson were there, too. Marna Baldinger and husband Ralph Shattuck popped in unexpectedly; Marna is teaching part-time at the U of O, so they are in town this winter instead of in Arizona. Jerry Lamb charged north from Cave Junction to join us - the weather cooperated, for a change. Others who were there included Donna Knapp Miller, Mike Harrington, Ray and Sharon Todd Hanke, Pat Clarke Kempf, Vern and Kay Borders Thompson, Lon and Juanita Morgan Bunce, Bill Jones, Larry and Shirley Newingham Honaker and their handsome grandson James, Sharla Slauter Arnold, Wally and Geri VanDevender Wacker, Dave and Karen Myrmo Coleman, Dale Nygren, Charlie and Sharon Merrill, Bob Neet, Bob Carmichael, Judy Clark Gaines, and Martha Hendrickson Pratt. We seemed to be having a competition between the Garys and the Bobs to see which could have the most attendees! Also, thanks to Bry Engle, Gary Dingman, Bob Nelson and Bob Carmichael, all the "girls" felt really short!
We do hope that other local classmates will join us for our gatherings, and whenever travelers are in the area that they will be there, too.
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Classmate Marilyn Krysl is featured in the Winter 2009-2010 issue of Oregon Quarterly. I learned a lot about her that I didn't know, including the fact that she had read War and Peace at age nine. To this day I have not been able to get past the first 50 pages or so. You can look up the article at OregonQuarterly.com, then click on Features. Oregon Quarterly is the new version of Old Oregon, the alumni magazine of the University of Oregon.
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Finally! I got some pictures on to the Pictures page of this website. The link at the bottom of this page does not seem to work, but if you go to the bottom of any of our other pages and click on Pictures, you should be there. If there is not a Pictures link, try the 2010 reunion link, then Pictures at the bottom of that page. Do send me shots that you might want to share with the group. The computer gremlins are at work! Some of the "thumbnail" pictures that you click on to get a bigger picture give you the large picture of someone else. You'll recognize everyone - they just aren't who you expected.
We need some help identifying classmates in a group picture on the Pictures page. Scroll down to the last picture - Condon School Third Grade. If you can help name your classmates, please e-mail the name and location in the picture (i.e., middle row, third from left, "Jane Doe" ). Marty Julson and Thornton Gale have a few of the names, but not all of them. (Thornton is in the front row, second from the right.)
Thanks to Garry Cruzan and Lonnie Bunce, we have complete identifications for all the kidlets in the Edison School First Grade picture. There are too many names to do a caption, but we'll list them all on a poster at the reunion.
If you have grade school pictures, we'd be glad to put them on the Pictures page also.
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Our "Missing" list continues to shrink! Please take the time to check the "Missing" page on this web site. There might be a classmate on the list that you can help us find. The list changes from time to time as some of you move and forget to give us your new address. So remember ... if your address changes, please contact us with your new contact information through this web site. Thank you.
If everyone could find just one or two people from the "Missing" list, we would be at almost 100% located. That would be great!
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2010 - our 50th Reunion! We are planning for the first weekend of August - August 6, 7, and 8. The events will begin with check-in in the Eugene Hilton lobby area, and a Friday evening no-host reception, also in the lobby area. Saturday we will have a breakfast at the Hilton, and then "open time" until 6 p.m., when we will gather for a pre-dinner reception, followed by dinner at 7 p.m. DJJohn from Tucson (our own John Strobeck) will have our SEHS Class of 60's TOP 50 music for our entertainment, humming along with, and (possibly) dancing! A short program is planned. On Sunday we will wind down and wind up our celebration with a BYO picnic at Ray and Sharon Todd Hanke's home in Marcola.
We will be starting to think about our Reunion Annual at the next couple of First Tuesdays, especially the selling of advertisements. It will be important to start selling ads early, given the current economic climate. We want to sell full page ads, but we also want to canvass our community for those interested in half and quarter-page ads. We will discuss this more in March.
If you would like to place an advertisement in the Reunion Annual, please contact Sharon Todd Hanke (541-933-3998) or Pat Clarke Kempf (541-912-0470).
Bob Neet is coordinating plans for the usual Friday golf tournament sponsored by the SEHS Class of 1961. Pat Clarke Kempf is spearheading plans for a Saturday early afternoon chauffeured wine tasting tour for everyone who is interested. These will be separate parts of our weekend, not "official" parts of the reunion.
Thanks to Ray and Sharon Todd Hanke, we have a location for our Sunday picnic - The Mary Cole House in Marcola. Ray and Sharon bought the house several years ago and spent a lot of time renovating it before they moved in. The site of their wedding, as well as numerous Mary Cole Days gatherings and celebrations, their home features a delightfully shady side yard and plenty of room in Ray's shop. We'll be able to set up tables in both areas and generally relax and wind down in a peaceful setting. Start planning your picnic now! Each person will bring his/her own picnic - be as creative as you wish - fancy deli eats, McDonald's, made at home PBJ sandwiches - anything goes. It will be a time to remember how great the SEHS Class of 60 was, is, and forever will be.
Remember to go back in your mind and pull forth your three favorite songs from high school days! Mark them on your registration form so that we can put together our TOP 50 for DJJohn to turn into music for us.
Also, please put down on your registration form a contact person (friend, child, grandchild) who can help us find you for the next reunion!
Reunion Annual page deadline for submission is June 10, but the earlier you get it in, the happier Sharon and Pat will be.
If you wait until the last minute to send in your registration form (i.e., after July 1), you may not get your choice of entree.
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The possibility of a group cruise to end the 50th reunion has fallen prey to the economy. The general lack of a positive response by classmates, plus some comments specifically pertaining to the expense, sent the plan to File 13. Many thanks to Susan Hill Kimmel for her work in setting up the possibilities for us, and especially for donating copies of her travel book to the class. She will be glad to work with any classmates who would like to have her serve as their travel agent.
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Feb. 8. Just for something different - Peyton Manning did NOT
repeat as the Super Bowl MVP on Sunday. In fact, the Colts also did not
repeat, but the Who Dat boys from the Big Easy pulled off a spectacular upset.
For a team in its first ever Super Bowl, the Saints played a great game.
Final score: New Orleans Saints 31, Indianapolis Colts 17.
GO DUCKS!!! GO BEAVERS!!!
Remember all the high school tournament games we went to at Mac Court? This year will be the last chance to live those memories again, so consider going to a game while you have the chance.
The PAC-10 standings change from game to game - there IS parity in this conference!
Jan. 25. Sometimes it seems that if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. What began as a promising season for both the Ducks and the Beavers is in dire straits and needs an infusion of something like cod liver oil to pep things up. We'll see what happens this week as both Oregon schools play host to the southern California schools on Thursday and Saturday. The women's teams will be playing the same schools in Los Angeles.
Jan. 28. Son of a gun! Both Beavers and Ducks men's teams won their games against the Los Angeles teams tonight. The Beavers defeated USC in regulation time, and the Ducks went to overtime to drop UCLA. Unfortunately, both women's teams lost in Los Angeles. On Saturday the Oregon teams (both men's and women's teams) switch opponents - we hope to have wins in both cases.
Jan. 30. Well, both the Ducks men's and women's teams notched wins over USC this afternoon, but the Beavers' teams went down to defeat in both Corvallis for the men and in Los Angeles for the women. The Ducks must have swigged down their cod liver oil; maybe the Beavers just rubbed it into their coats. Next week, of course, the story may be somewhat altered; you never know who's going to win on any given day!
Feb. 6. Another
Civil War series is now in the books, with a split decision. The Beaver
men took the win from the Ducks in a game played at Gill Coliseum, but the Duck
women had a big win over the Beavers in a Mac Court game. And the story of
the PAC-10 standings continues to evolve!
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"FIRST TUESDAY"
SITE FOR MARCH
Our First Tuesday location will be at Izzy's at 950 Seneca Road, just off West 11th Avenue and just past Fred Meyer's. Gathering time will be around 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Join us at whatever time you can get there!
JOIN US ... YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!
If you are planning a Eugene trip ... contact me at the e-mail address above. I will post your name on this web site and contact those that you particularly want to see.
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Do you have news to share? If so, contact me at the e-mail address listed above! We love to hear what everyone is up to.
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For those of you who are totally addicted to the news of Eugene, you can get the Register Guard on line: www.registerguard.com. Check it out for all the latest!
Obituaries
CLASSMATES LOST SINCE THE 2005 REUNION:
GAYLE HERBERT COEN - died of injuries in auto accident March 2, 2006
RON LAGER - died of a heart attack August 14, 2006
STEVE PRUITT - died December 2006
LOLA MILLER FISHER - died September 30, 2007 of cancer
DOUG MARSH - died October 2007 of cancer
ERROL PENSELIN - died October 16, 2007 of cancer
MORRIS OSTERHOFF - died November 15, 2007 of diabetes
DALLAS SHUCK - died October 13, 1999
FRED HUNTINGTON - died March 6, 2008 of natural causes
DAVID THORN - died May 15, 2008 of undetermined natural causes
SUE SMITH FABISCH - died June 16, 2008 of heart failure
JEAN ZEHRUNG KOENIG - died August 22, 2008
LESLIE CIVIN MARSH - died August 24, 2008 of cancer
BRUCE TORMOEHLEN - died May 1, 2006
PAUL MULL - died January 13, 1997
WILLIAM RANDOLPH - died August 15, 2001
MICHAEL PETERS - died November 5, 2005
JAMES FLAKE - died May 3, 2006
MICHELE MANION NEILL - died May 9, 2009 of a heart attack and stroke
VALERIE HALEY MUELLER - died July 21, 2009
STEVEN GROFF - died May 24, 2008
JAMES MOORE - died in 1988
Classmate James Moore died in 1988, as reported by his wife.
Classmate Steven Groff died May 24, 2008, in Molalla, Oregon. His listing was found in the Social Security Death Index.
Classmate Valerie Haley Mueller died July 21, 2009, in Coos Bay, Oregon, following a long illness. Our thought and prayers go out to Valerie's family.
Classmate Michele Manion Neill died May 9, 2009, in Springfield, Oregon, of a heart attack and stroke. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Michele's family.
Classmate Paul Mull died January 13, 1997, in Oakland, California. His listing was found in the Social Security Death Notices.
Classmate William Randolph died August 15, 2001, in Augusta, Georgia. His listing was found in the Social Security Death Notices.
Classmate Michael Peters died November 5, 2005, in California. His listing was found in the Social Security Death Notices.
Classmate James Flake died May 3, 2006, in Seaside, Oregon. His listing was found in the Social Security Death Notices.
Classmate Bruce Tormoehlen died May 1, 2006, in Texas. Sondra Brewer Benzing found him listed in the Social Security Death Notices.
Classmate Sue Smith Fabisch passed away on June 16, 2008, of heart failure. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Sue's family.
Classmate Jean Zehrung Koenig passed on August 22, 2008, of undisclosed causes. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jean's family.
Classmate Leslie Civin Marsh died on August 24, 2008, after a long battle with cancer. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Leslie's family.
Classmate David Thorn passed away May 16, 2008. He had a number of health problems and died of natural causes. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dave's family.
Our classmate Morris Osterhoff passed away on November 15, 2007, of complications of diabetes.
Our Classmate Dallas Shuck, who has been listed as "Missing" since the 2000 reunion, was found through the great detective work of Marty and Thornton Gale. They searched the internet and found his obituary. Dallas died October 13, 1999 at the age of 57 in Mt. Vernon, Washington. He worked as a speech and English teacher in the Mt. Vernon school system. He left his wife, Diane, and a son, Lucas.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ALSO GO OUT TO THE FOLLOWING CLASSMATES WHO LOST FAMILY MEMBERS:
Gary Olson lost his mother, Jean Long, on January 21, 2010, to age-related causes. She was 91.
Pat Brenden Schlosser lost her mother in early January, 2010.
Louise Hamilton Hoover lost her husband, Dale, on January 5, 2010.
Bob Carmichael lost his mother, Ingrid Carmichael, on November 22, 2009, to age-related causes. She was 97.
Margaret Knoedler Bassett lost her brother, James Robert Knoedler, on November 19, 2009, to cancer.
Sue England Schiermeyer lost her mother-in-law, Maxine Grove, to age-related causes on November 5, 2009. She was 88.
Ray Hanke and Ron Schreiber (our classmates who are also cousins) lost their aunt, Frances "Frannie" Schreiber on November 2, 2009, to age-related causes. She was 94.
Gail Glenn Currin lost her sister, Lenore Glenn, on October 18, 2009, to cancer.
Pam Robinson Fritchman lost her father, Horace Robinson, on October 13, 2009, to age-related causes. He was 99. A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, at the University of Oregon's Robinson Theater.
Lillian Kirkpatrick, mother of our late classmate Mary Kirkpatrick Hubert, passed away September 28, 2009, of age-related causes. She was 94.
Brent Bengtson lost his sister, Hilda Hursh Bengtson, on September 11, 2009, to breast cancer.
Dan Houts lost his brother, Edward Allen Houts, on July 15, 2009, to lung cancer.
Chet Minty, father of our late classmate Jim Minty, passed away on May 12, 2009, of age-related causes.
Mary Jo James Kaplan lost her father, Joe T. James, on May 15, 2009, to age-related causes.
Tim Jeans lost his step-mother Lois Jeans on April 12, 2009, to age-related causes.
Loren Doll lost his sister Beth E. Scrivner on April 5, 2009, to respiratory failure.
Annabelle Street Cattoche lost her step-son Greg Cattoche on February 9, 2009, to complications of pneumonia.
Carmen Marquez lost her brother Russ on January 1, 2009. He was a member of SEHS Class of 1965.
Carol McMurtry lost her aunt, Lois Ackerman, on January 9, 2009. Mrs. Ackerman was the widow of Ray Ackerman, our principal at Roosevelt.
Dale Nygren lost his mother-in-law in late November, 2008. Marsha's father had also passed away during the summer.
Gary Marlatt lost his wife, Marie, on Nov. 6, 2008, to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Garry Liston lost his father, Alvin Alford, on Oct. 13 , 2008, to age-related causes.Muriel Vitus lost her husband Mick Ruud to cancer on August 29, 2008.
Peggy Mattison lost her mother Irene to age related causes on August 16, 2008.
Christie Bransford lost her mother-in-law Daphne Schainck to age related causes on July 28, 2008.
Julia Simons lost her father Jack to age related causes on July 27, 2008.
JOIN THE FIRST TUESDAY GET-TOGETHER!
On the first Tuesday of EVERY MONTH we get together for a "gab fest". We are often joined by a number of old friends from out-of-town (check out the news section above for details)!
If you are planning a trip to Eugene, try to make it to a First Tuesday and let me know in advance that you plan to attend ! I will post your name and let your friends know!
It's important that you contact us with any changes to your
address, either "snail" or e-mail. THIS IS OUR ONLY LINK TO YOU, and
the way we stay in touch!
If you have a contribution to make to the web site --- suggestions, information you want posted, questions, whatever --- I'll be glad to hear from you! Martha Pratt's e-mail address is marpraref@q.com.
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