Alright Class Mates

We are going to refresh this Blog. Shelley did a great job so let's not let her down because she is sick. Let's give her something to be proud to look at while she is recovering. Send me your birth dates, pictures too! Pictures of grandchildren, weddings, vacations, and stories to go along with them. This will become the class newspaper. If you don't send it we will talk about you!!!

If anyone has any additional ideas please contact me.

E-Mail the information to dgordon45@yahoo.com and I will put it into the Blog. If you need help, call me at 662-352-9936 and I will help you.

Take Care
Dave Gordon

Jump on the Alumni Blogger Train!

Our alumni are creating their own blogs and we are linked on this blog. Scroll all the way down to the 'Reconnect With These Alumni' section in dark blue area on the left-hand side, then click on the link of the alumni blog you want to visit. Don't forget you can create a blog and link to the AHS Alumni, Class of 1968 primary blog too. Share your stories, your pictures and catch up with friends and family. Go on you can do it. Look at the NEW tools on the site. NEW HELP RESOURCES just released. Hop on the blogger train. We are tooting the horn for you to jump aboard before the reunion. Go to http://www.blogger.com to get started!

Alumni Reminder: Make your reservations today!!

The May reunion fee payment deadline will be here before we know it.
Help Hunter start checking off all the items on his list: need to pay for the lodge, buy the food and pay for all the fun activities you will be enjoying at the Class of 1968 40th Reunion.

Hunter said he has started receiving classmates' funds for the reunion. It's great! It's exciting that our classmates are submitting their funds early and planning to attend. It's going to be a fun time and we will be able to reserve and pay for everything with full participation in the PAY NOW plan. ;0)



Remember there are separate fees for the Duncan Farm and the Reunion Dinner. Don't forget to review the Reunion Agenda, then send your payments very soon. Hunter will take good care of us all.

Come on Bulldogs and Magnolias, give a big cheer for Hunter by sending in the cash. Make your checks payable to Hunter Davidson. Reference the Agenda or Contact List for his and Nancy Duncan's contact information.

Check out our Yearbook photo slide show!

Don't you look Familiar!

See a picture you like, or you want your own copy?
1. Click on top of the slide show image.
2. Allow a pop up in your browser for Picasa Web Albums.
3. You will see the last photo you clicked on, right-click & save to your computer OR
4. Click on the "View Album" link and browse thru all 97 photos collected for your favorite!
5. Please remember this is "in progress," and theres more to come.

Seven Blue Rose Petals Have Been Crushed, Yet Their Fragrance Lives On

A lovely rose with petals soft, a scent so sweet and light,
So beautiful a flower with colors shining bright.

But something not so savory about the fragrant rose,
The thorns, so sharp upon the stem,
That sharpen as it grows.

Yet still lovely is the flower
Despite the thorns that prick,
Just as life and love are sweet,
They too have thorns that stick.

But do not fear to live or love,
Life's not exempt from pain.
So pick a rose, you may get hurt,
But you will also gain!

I love roses of all scents and colors.
They have always been my favorite flowers.
They remind me of the wonder of life and love,
While they are beautiful and delicate,
They also have thorns.

Just like life,
There are joys, and sorrows,
Sweet and bitter, light and dark.
When God created the rose,
I believe He was showing us
The opposites contained in life itself.

When a rose is crushed,
That is when its fragrance is at its best.
It is in our hardest times,
When we learn the most,
Not in our happiest times.

Roses are used in so many events in our lives,
More than any flower.
They are given to express love.
Rosebuds are often used to represent babies
And are used at weddings, and funerals.

There, again we have a rose
Used in a happy event and a sad one.
They also come in many colors
And varieties, just as people do.

After the coldest winter,
We know the rose will bloom again.
After the storms, there are rainbows.

When the rose dies, its fragrance lives on.
When a human rose dies,
Their fragrance lives on too,
In memories on earth, and in the garden of God.

I know there are seven fragrant
Crushed blue rose petals in the garden of God.

In Memoriam of my classmates,

Shelley Herndon Reyes

Please share your memories and stories about these classmates on the blog.

Welcome to My Blog Alumni Class of 1968 !

Please sign up on http://www.blogger.com/ and use your regular E-mail address to sign in, view, and make 'comments'. Get a fully complimented tool rich Google account at http://www.google.com/ and a Google E-mail to sign in to blogger.com to be able to add content, such as videos, pictures, document and alumni activity, including any changes in your contact information. Please feel free to contact me with your questions. I will do my best to make this the best communication tool possible for our class. Remember, you too can upload a nice photo with each comment you make.
Enjoy.

Bravo Signed Deal to Shoot Reality Show in Aberdeen!

Billy Brasfield's Crew Uncensored...Saving Historic Homes.
Keep your eyes and ears open and let us know all the details. Don't forget to send in pictures of the film crew and Billy B's crew hard at work. Pitch in and spread the word! Aberdeen is on the way back to the hometown destination of choice. Bravo Greenlights "The Beauty Foundation" Pilot Presentation featuring Billy Brasfield, whose roots are in Aberdeen, Mississippi. For those of you who absolutely adore the extremely talented Billy B., you will be as excited as I am to hear that he got the greenlight for a pilot for his own show on Bravo!

Read on...From Bravo's web page...
BRAVO GREENLIGHTS "THE BEAUTY FOUNDATION" PILOT PRESENTATION FEATURING BILLY B. (Brasfield).

The pilot TV Show will be produced by World of Wonder is also a pioneer in on-line television with its own IPTV site http://www.wowtv.tv and is a highly entertaining daily blog.
http://www.worldofwonder.net
http://www.piercemattie.com/beautydivision/2007/04/bravo_greenlights_the_beauty_f.html Interview with Billy Brasfield:
http://www.piercemattie.com/beautydivision/2008/01/pierce_mattie_pr_interviews_cc.html Tags:
Paint Brush collection
http://billybbeauty.com/shop_home.html
Billy B.Web Site
http://www.billybbeauty.com/bbbhome.html
Posted on Permalink by Shannon on January 8, 2008 10:30 AM

The June 13-14 2008 Reunion Agenda is available for you!

Hey, hey Bulldogs and Magnolias!

Go to the Green Panel on the right of the blog page and find the Reunion Agenda link. Open it up and see all the fun we have planned in June.

A special request for all the local Bulldogs:

Please bring all your extra folding chairs to the DUNCAN FARM on June 13, 2008.
We are having a HUGE party and need help seating all the out-of-town guests.



Thank y' all!

An Apple for the Teacher...where are they?

In the words of Glen Howell
via e-mail:

Superintendent Lester Miley moved to Amory but is now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Curlee live in Booneville, MS but Mr. Curlee has Alzheimer's. Miss Louise Adair is deceased, Mrs. Atkins still works for the Aberdeen School System. Mrs. Eugene Bradley and Mrs. Robert Bradley are both deceased. The last I heard of Donald Gilliam was that he was teaching at a community college in Meridian, MS but may be retired by now. Jack Harris is still living and lives somewhere around Tupelo. Mrs. Frances Hollowell and Mrs. James House are both deceased. Mrs. David King (Lady Clyde) still lives in Aberdeen. Mrs. Virginia King and Mrs. Ira McCullen are both deceased. Dwight McComb is living in Aberdeen. Mrs. H. D. McMorrough is deceased. Mrs. Tom Martin who taught piano is now Mrs. Ferrell (Mary) Cunningham and lives on Coontail Road North of Aberdeen and is still teaching piano. She is Eathel Martin's mother. Mrs. Donald Morgan moved away and they live now in Arkansas. Wayne Newsom is still alive and I think lives in Fulton, MS but Mrs. Newsom is deceased. Mrs. Howard Reed and Lamar Rodabough are both deceased. Mrs. Charles Wallace, Mrs. Box, Mr. Freeman and Mr. Hood are all deceased. Mrs. Mary Helen Hitt (Mrs. Billy Hitt) lives in Oxford, MS. Mrs. Teffeteller still lives in Aberdeen. Arthur Nester lives in Macon, MS the last I knew. Sank Owen is still alive and lives out from Aberdeen. Jeffie Lou Robinson lives in Tremont, MS the last I knew. Miss Robinson works part-time for the Amory Municipal Library.

Alumni Contact Information Is Now LIVE!!

Hello fellow alumni:
Below are live links to our alumni and a listing of our teachers, enjoy. Pick up the phone and call someone to remind them you will be looking for them at the reunion.

Send an email. Get in touch.
Looking forward to seeing all of you in June.

Links are below!

Go Go, Go...Bulldogs and Magnolias!!