The High School Reunion That Almost Didn't Happen!

40th HIGH SCHOOL REUNION

CLASS OF 1971

     Pam H. TV Anchor         GMAMA Jane         1970 Stained Glass Windows.. Hey it was the 70's?

                     Mike G. portrays a Viet Nam Vet                          The Nativity  
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                                                                                                  The Viet Nam War

                                                                 Ms. Moody's Choir

                                                              Check out those short skirts!!!!


This weekend I will be attending my 40th year High School Reunion...Princeton High School, Princeton West Virginia.   

This class produced  FIVE Doctors one of which is Chief of Surgery at Johns Hopkins, 1Ophthalmologist, 2 Gynecologists, 1 Heart Surgeon, numerous teachers, 1 80's Rock Star (honest, you would know her if I could tell you who she is!), 1 famous female Jazz singer, Federal Prosecuting Attorney, several lawyers, Politicians, 1 Mayor, and everything in between. Pretty successful class especially when you consider they came from a very small town in West Virginia that had only ONE fast food restaurant in 1971!

What do you say to people you haven't seen in 40 years? I moved away to college, Marshall University, in the fall of 1971 and with the exception of ONE summer after my freshman year, I never lived at home again. I met my college sweetheart (that story is for another blog) and we married in Jan. 1973. Our parents freaked, everyone thought I was probably pregnant since it happened so fast which was NOT the case, and we lived in a little rodent infested apartment for 6 months. My husband was a football player so I lived most of my life waiting for him outside of some locker room, field house, weight room, or airport .

Needless to say, I feel as though I have two lives. My life from age 1-18, and everything else is the 2nd half. My parents either moved or passed away so my reasons for returning to my hometown became Nill. I lost contact with most everyone and until Facebook, I really had very few ties to "home". Fast forward to 2007 and Facebook. I began to reconnect with High School *friends* and a desire to rekindle the home fires began to burn.

In 2010, I elected myself #1 cheerleader for getting a reunion together. I couldn't attend my10th yr. reunion because of football...by 1981 I'm now married to a Football COACH!! The 20th year rolls around and I get no invitation to a reunion and wrongfully assume we didn't have one. I didn't find out till last year that we even HAD a 20th reunion...I think a total of about 14 people attended. I won't say anything ugly about poor planning. I begin a FB campaign to get a reunion planning committee and for a few months thought I might have to plan the reunion from 600 miles away. Fear Not, my cohorts came through and we ARE having an Official 40th Year Reunion!!!

I wanted to invite other classes to go in with us but that idea was nixed. Fear Not, there's more than one way to skin a cat! I decided to co-host a luncheon with the help of an old friend who still lives in Princeton. Saturday, I will co-host a very fun luncheon for PHS Alums (Ladies only) for years 1970-1975!! I hoped for maybe 20?? The restaurant can hold 40 inside and 40 outside!! Would you believe we may run out of room for everyone who has RSVP'd???!!! I am SO EXCITED!

So...I'm still packing as we speak, have the dogs boarded, house sitter ready, car gassed up/washed, and snacks packed!Gotta run, the dryer buzzer rang and I have one more load to fold and pack.

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

BLESSINGS

GMAMA JANE