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Larry Tey Email
10/02/11

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Ginger, I am very sorry to hear about the loss of your mother.  May God be with you and your family.

Ginger Hearn Email
10/01/11

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Service for Dorothy Virginia Hearn will be Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 12:00..Laurel Land Memorial Park and Funeral Home, Dallas, Texas. Viewing will be Tuesday, 10-6 and 1 hour before the service on Wednesday.

Kathleen Burrow Pulte 
09/30/11

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Ginger, I was sorry to learn of the passing of your mother. May God bless you in your time of sorrow.

Cynthia Huse 
09/30/11

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Ginger,

I am sorry for your loss but know that God will reunite your whole family together some day as you mother, father and sister are already rejoicing today.  May you find peace and understanding at this time.  And may God bless your Uncle as well for all he did to help your Mom and you during this time.

charlotte anders s 
09/30/11

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Ginger,
I sent you a private email.  I loved your mother.  She was a big part of my life on Vanette Lane.  I am sorry for your loss.  My prayers are with you.

Phyllis Laura Isaacs Email
09/30/11

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Dear Ginger:

Please accept my sincere condolences.  God bless you and your family.

Phyllis

Camille Cave Vinson Email
09/30/11

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Ginger, our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family during this time of your loss. 

Lynell Garrett Smith 
09/30/11

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Ginger, I am very sorry for your loss.

Ginger Hearn Email
09/30/11

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Dorothy Virginia Hopson Hearn, passed after midnight. She died on my father, Tom Hearn's birthday, September 30. Memorial Service will be next week, maybe Wednesday.. Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas.  Ginger Hearn

Martha Bass Hunt Email
09/28/11

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Hi Linda......good to see your name on this site.

charlotte anders s 
09/27/11

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Thanks for loading the pix.  Looks as tho everyone had fun being together!

Lynell Garrett Smith 
09/27/11

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After much gnashing of teeth and many phone calls to AT&T about my DSL line, the pictures Lonnie Harmon took at the August luncheon and the Class of '64 birthday party are now on the Images page of www.soc63.com. Just click the button and take a look at those partying folks! 
 
Thank you, Lonnie, for sending these.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
09/27/11

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Hi, Linda!


Barry Gibbs 
09/27/11

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Mike:

The only valid reasons to get up that early is to either go fishing or driving to Colorado and you want to get there before dark.

Camille Cave Vinson Email
09/27/11

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Hello, Linda.  So glad to see you posting on this site. 

Linda Cullum Zwick Email
09/26/11

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     Hi to all of my " old " Young at Heart Friends from 1963.

Mike Peters Email
09/24/11

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Yes, Mr. Gibbs.  Been an EARLY BIRD all my life.  Usually at my desk at work by 0500 but, don't call me after 2000 hrs.  Grrrr.    Have a great Weekend.

Barry Gibbs 
09/23/11

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Mike:

You get up way too early or maybe stay up way too late.

Mike Peters Email
09/23/11

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Forgot to say, Have A Wonderful Friday to all!

Mike Peters Email
09/23/11

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Well, I got my 'morning chuckles' and enlightenments from the Guestbook.  I must get me one of those metal detectors! 
 
I've begun attending weekly auctions to keep me busy, usually consisting of 'old stuff' from estates (that may not be the right word for some of this junk).
 
Bought boxes of old books and stuff that folks 'hoard' or decide to keep for later.  One wonderful find (in one of the boxes) was an 1876 copy of Robert's Rules of Order in pristine condition.  Sold it on Ebay for $525; another was a 1902 Sears catalogue that netted $45.  Still have a zillion other books that I need to take to an Antique Book Store. 
 
Found 1930 and 1935 High School yearbooks from a nearby school.  Sold the 1930 for a pittance and the other is listed on Ebay now.  School is Kittanning High. All that without a detector!
 
Now.... time for the metal detector before the snow begins up here.  Everything turns WHITE for about three months beginning in mid December.
 

John Southworth 
09/22/11

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Sharon, most detectorists who are members of a metal detecting club will make the effort to track down the owner of a class ring. But with gold prices at record highs more and more rings get sold for the gold scrap value.
 
Charlotte, I haven't yet taken the detector down to Galveston. My low-end detector is not waterproof so I could only search the sand or the wet edge of the surf. Lots of rings are found in surf about 3 or 4 feet deep where the combination of cold water, slippery suntan lotion, and the "shrinkage" factor cause them to just slip off.
 
Janelle, you DO have to break a sweat, get dirty, and bend and stoop a LOT. Its about the only exercise I get. I go home sore after about two hours of digging holes.
 
There is a superduper dectorists named John Jordan who lives between Galveston and Houston. He has helped quite a few folks find their lost rings. I think he charges a fee if he locates it. Here is a video of a search he did in muddy conditions on Sept. 9th:
 
http://www.youtube.com/user/LostRingFinders#p/u/0/ioG1HzpYkKE

Janelle Kimball 
09/22/11

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JS, what do people do with all the jewelry they find? Is it sold, pawned, or what?
I am intrigued but wonder if I could do this without breaking a sweat or getting my hands dirty. After all, I am, and always will be, a city-girl.

charlotte anders s 
09/22/11

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haaaaaaaaaa!  I just love the ring that is inscribed FOREVER YOURS........I can only guess why it might have been "lost."
 
John have you been to Galveston?

Barry Gibbs 
09/22/11

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Only if there is a reward offered.

Sharon Reeves Email
09/22/11

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JS:  I noticed several class rings and wondered if anyone ever tries to locate the owners.

John Southworth 
09/21/11

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I guess it is only fair that I post something about the economic realities of taking up metal detecting as a hobby. On the entry level equipment, expect to spend $350 or so to get started.
 
So far this year I've found 1,068 coins that have a face value of $76 total. From this you can see that chasing coins will take you a few years to reach break-even.
 
The real excitement is finding rings or jewelry ... especially gold rings. Just in the past month one guy in my metal detecting club found a ring in Texas City that appraised at $1,800. It was located under a 1958 sidewalk that had recently been dug up for repaving.
 
Another guy in the club found a men's ring with 10 diamonds around it that appraised at $3,400. His best find in eight years of searching Houston area playgrounds.
 
The top ring finders in the country seem to be hunting near water ... like Florida beaches and such. Here is a link to a site in which folks post gold or platinum rings they've found. Many of the rings are really beautiful and that's what keeps the rest of us out there lookin':
 
http://www.thetreasuredepot.com/daddy/rings/ringdaddy.html

John Southworth 
09/21/11

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Oh Har-Har, young Hawkins. HAR-D-HAR-HAR!

Jack Hawkins (SOC 66) 
09/21/11

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Mike it would have been easier to just ask John what metal detector he has. Pretty sure it would be the one that meets your specifications.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
09/21/11

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If I had one of those metal detecting thingies, I'd go right across the street where houses stood for 70 years. The've been torn down recently, so I betcha there's all manner of junque to be found.  I'd step lightly around the septic tanks.

Mike Peters Email
09/21/11

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Geo Johnny!  I consider myself WARNED.  Thanks and I'm looking forward to it.

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