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Peaches Sweezy Walker 
07/09/10

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Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, happy birthday

 Dear Brenda Brown Kemp,

Happy birthday to you!!!!!!! And many many more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peaches Sweezy Walker Email
07/09/10

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Oh, my gosh!. Laura, I have thought of you so many times and wondered what happened to you. You have been mentioned among Zumwalt buddies. Email me peacheswalker@gmail.com or call me 214.553.0232 (home). Give me all your contact information. We are having a 65th birthday party October 9th, 2010 (letter will be mailed when I  find the time to print the labels and get the stamps). I am still working and stay very busy at work. So glad you found us. You have been missed. So happy to hear you found a good man!

Lynell Garrett Smith Email
07/09/10

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Laura, welcome!  You and I were typing at the same time.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/09/10

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Jack, thanks for the tip about the seller at the Fair. I know what you mean about automatic renewals. I received a card this week saying this year's Passbook is on its way. In five-point type it says call if you don't want it. I called and had a long conversation before they took my name off. Terminix does this, too. They send a card saying they'll be by for a termite inspection Monday at 1 p.m. The card arrives Tuesday. Wonder who dreams up this stuff?
 
On a cheerier note, guess who I heard from today.  Laura Chovanetz Schmidt, that's who! 
Laura, please chime in here.  It's great to hear from you!

Laura Chovanetz Schmidt Email
07/09/10

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I just dropped in for a minute. I was having a hard time the class of 1963.I dropped out from the Golden Debs in my junior year to get married. That didn't work out for more than 3 years. It was a bad situation. In my late 20's I went to nursing school. RN. My 2 daughters were very proud of me and I was proud. I work in the cardiac field for almost 20 years.
I got sick in 1992 and never made it back to work. I was really bummed.
I married in 1992 to Ron Schmidt. A wonderful man. He is my rock. I told him I was sick when he asked me to marry him and he said "I love everything about you". Isn't that wonderful. Over the years I ran into a few SOC buddies. I worked some at Foley's now Macy 's.
Hello to everyone,
Laura

Jack Hawkins SOC 66 
07/09/10

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Good luck with that, Lynell. The Time Life CDs, books and DVDs plans remind me of the record clubs of the 60s. 12 albums for a penny and then they would send you 1, of their choice, a month. If you didn't like it, just send it back for a full refund. Of course the "box" it came in had to be completely destroyed to get it out so you had no container to return it in. Then they went to sending a post card out each month with that month's selection, many with songs and artists you had never heard of. You had to mark the "No selection this month" box and return the card (pretty quickly or you'd get it anyway) You were obligated to purchase 12 albums over the next year. If you picked outside their monthly selection, you paid retail price and shipping and handling.  There is usually a guy with a booth at the State Fair, in the "Women's Building" who has a great selection of CDs for sale. I think some of them are the same as the one offered on TV. Let me know if you ever get off their mailing list.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/09/10

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Me again.  We normally don't watch infomercials, but a couple of weeks ago, one hooked us. It was for Time Life Oldies But Goodies. This set of 8 CD's, 16 songs each, is excellent.  Plus they throw in another double CD of One Hit Wonders. On a whim, we ordered it  It's fantastic! They've reworked the tunes so they all play at the same level, and there are very few duds in the group.  A dud, in my definition, is one I would have twirled the knob away from on KLIF or KBOX.  This will set your toes to tappin' and make you dig out your bobby sox. Now to get off Time-Warner's mailing list.

Lynel Garrett Smith 
07/09/10

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If it came as an e-mail, chances are good it came to everyone else as well.  

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/09/10

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Bye, Bye Birdie was up there with State Fair as a classic, goofy movie.  I recently saw The Girl Can't Help It, where Jayne Mansfield made her "singing" debut.

Claudia Kenngott Bevill 
07/09/10

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Barry, with all due respect, isn't it presumptuous for you and Sam to assume that just because folks here don't want to gripe and complain constantly about politics, and grow weary of others complaining here, that they don't care or have their heads in the sand...that they aren't just as concerned as you...that they need to "wake up"!  Of course we all care...and we all respond each in our own way...but we don't need a rehash of the daily drudge every day...we get enough of that on Fox News and CNN...and we have access to the same newspapers and magazines and websites as you doe!  Certainly our country is in trouble, but constant complaining doesn't help...probably some on the complaintants would do better take care of their own personal business before they have another margarita. Just turnin' up rocks!

Barry Gibbs Email
07/08/10

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I feel the same as Sam and I think that if the current state of affairs in government are given a "yawn" by anyone, we are in trouble.  Our kids are in trouble and their kids are in trouble.  Our government is led by a self avowed Muslin which we know very little about.  Most of his appointees are Chicago thugs and yet were pacifily sit on our rears and act as things are going to be OK.  His just appointed Medicare czar is on the record as being in favor of doling out medical care to the elderly as he sees fit.  That, my friends, is us.  Take a minute to read what Lee Iacocca has to say about our current state of affairs and the see if you want to simply "yawn".  It's time to wake up people......

Just as true today as it was when his book first came out.  
 Often we need to be reminded of Iacocca’s words. 

Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes?  He's now 82 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone?'.

Lee Iacocca Says: 

'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage with this so called president? We should be screaming bloody murder! We've got a gang of tax cheating clueless leftists trying to steer our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even run a ridiculous cash-for-clunkers program without losing $26 billion of the taxpayers' money, much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'trust me the economy is getting better..'

Better? You've got to be kidding. This is  America , not the damned, 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the Democrats out along with Obama!' 

You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore..

The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs.. While we're fiddling in   Afghanistan   ,   Iran   is completing their nuclear bombs and missiles and nobody seems to know what to do. And the liberal press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the '  America ' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for.. I've had enough. How about you? 

I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.)

Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with thumb up your butt and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.

On September 11, 2001, we needed a  strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand.

We're immersed in a bloody war now with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.  But our soldiers are dying daily.

We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the world, and it's getting worse every day! 

We've lost the manufacturing edge to   Asia   , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. 

Gas prices are going to skyrocket again, and nobody in power has a lucid plan to open drilling to solve the problem.  This country has the largest oil reserves in the WORLD, and we cannot drill for it because the politicians have been bought by the flea-hugging environmentalists. 
  Our schools are in a complete disaster because of the teachers union. 

Our borders are like sieves and they want to give all illegals amnesty and free healthcare. 

The middle class is being squeezed to death every day. 

These are times that cry out for leadership.

But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?

We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.

Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping the government will make it better for them.  Now, that's just crazy.. Deal with life. 

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, look what Obama did about it! 
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry. 

I have news for the  Chicago gangsters in Congress. We didn't elect you to turn this country into a losing European Socialist state. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on NBC or CNN news will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?

Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here.  I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in  America . In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of    America 's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: The 'Great Depression,' 'World War  II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years since 9/11.

Make your own contribution by sending this to everyone you know and care about. It's our country, folks, and it's our future. Our future is at stake!! 
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LET'S GET THE MUSLIM ROOKIE OUT OF THE WHITE   HOUSE!!! 

 

Martha Bass Hunt Email
07/08/10

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Going back to a kinder and gentler time in our lives...I just watched Bye Bye Birdie (1963).  What a laugh.  I forgot all the actors that were in it.  Bobby Rydell was my teen idol.  Had a lovely 8 x 10 glossy.  I think it was his Roman nose that I liked.  Hmmmm....  I always do good conversing cocktail party nonsense....IT IS A GIFT....Ha!

Claudia Kenngott Bevill 
07/08/10

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I like Lynelle's idea...take your negativity to Facebook! Then each individual can delete the messages they don't like...what a wonderful idea, Lynelle!

Sam Tenpenny 
07/08/10

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The yawn connection.  I get it........Claudia, it's puzzling wherein you think yourself as the site police on someone else's site, let alone SOC '62.   Please, the rock beckons you to return under it.  These nice folks don't need it.  

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/08/10

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As web wrangler for this site, my comment is that although a great many people are upset with the goings-on in this country now (as has always been the case,) a high school website is like a cocktail party. If you talk politics or religion at a cocktail party, you will be loved by some of people and shunned by the others. At any rate, it's doubtful you'll win converts.  Most will simply find the conversation annoying and inappropriate.

 

I don't like to see the conversation die on this website, nor do I like to go to the trouble of deleting hateful posts by those who won't abide by the one rule and sign their whole names -- and in case anons think they are anonymous, they're not. Please stop it.

 

This is a volunteer job, and it is supposed to be fun. I am happy to do it because I strongly believe we are a special group. I personally think that negativity and political stuff should be taken over to Facebook where they belong.

 

Of course, on this venue we are free to talk about any subject we please. I am not the topic control police.  I'm just sayin'.

 

charloote anders s 
07/08/10

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Um, just thought y'all should know....Ringo is 70 years old today,,,????

Claudia Kenngott Bevill 
07/08/10

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Thanks Char! What a lack of class for a visitor to your site to try and stir up publicly. what one of your classmates discreetly addressed in a personal email! Amen sister!

charlotte anders s 
07/08/10

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SAM, GIVE IT A REST! For goodness sake! YAWN!

Sam Tenpenny 
07/08/10

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I got an email from a SOC '63 classmate of yours, telling me that my political posts on this site are "totally inappropriate" and "garbage".  I think what that person really meant is that they're uncomfortable.  All of us, certainly myself included, live our lives trying to be good parents, grandparents, citizens and try to balance our lives with work, play, worship and sharing, be it our time or our other resources.  The truth is that I think that classmate would like for the content of posts herein to be limited to certain subjects.  I personally find that scary.  What's going on in our country, in my opinion, is not business as usual but, like the recess appointment of a radical Dr. to oversee Medicare made yesterday, are issues that will greatly impact us all for a long time, and deserve more thought than being referred to as "garbage".  I found the comments to be disturbingly sad.  Just my thoughts.     

Cynthia Huse 
07/08/10

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Lynell - I agree with Dr. Martha but I sure was counting on learning how to grow 2 inches so I would not have to lose that last 10 lbs. or so.  Oh well, back to the salads and NO dessert.

Cynthia Huse 
07/08/10

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Sandy - would that be in like bladder control??????  Are Depends deductable?

Sandy Lynn 
07/08/10

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JS - here's even better news regarding the Turbo Tax issue.  You weren't on Medicare in 09!  Can't get it until you turn 65 & that was this year.  So don't worry about the TT problem, unless they don't get it fixed for the 2010 edition!  

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/08/10

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Cynthia, I've made the decision to switch to Martha as my medical provider.  I like the way she sees things.

Cynthia Huse 
07/08/10

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Best wishes there Wonder Woman Lynell.  I want to see the 2 inches and learn that trick - no need to lose 10 lbs. with 2 inches growth.

Martha Bass Hunt Email
07/08/10

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What kind of idiot doctor wants you to lose weight?  You are a perfect height and weight.  I say go enjoy lunch with a dessert.
 
Jud, keep the market going up.  I like being retired.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/08/10

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Made an appointment today for checkup with internal medicine doc.  Gave myself two weeks to lose ten pounds, stay off the goodies and caffeine, build muscle, get my cholesterol and BP down and grow two inches taller.

Jud Caldwell Email
07/08/10

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John, I'm glad to hear you are finally replacing that tiara with a crown. (and you were supposed to call me before you threw away money)

John Southworth 
07/08/10

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Jud, No thank you.
 
[yesterday played havoc with my double-short ETF's. All said, the U.S. still offers the greatest casino in the world]
 
Later this morning I am off in the rain to Conroe for Part 2 of my June root canal ... my very first crown.

Lynell Garrett Smith 
07/08/10

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  Jud, yes, please.

Jud Caldwell Email
07/08/10

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Catwoman, since you liked what I did to the market yesterday, wanna see me do it again?
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