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July 1, 2010 Bill Bravo holds the quilt that will be raffled at the 50th reunion. It was created by Bill's wife Joanne.
June 24, 2010 Reunion registration forms are due no later than September 1, 2010.
June 1, 2010 Krysta Diaz, a junior at Tucson High School, designed the 50th Mini Annual cover for our reunion. The plaque was produced by Badgeman in Tucson and presented to Krysta by Fran Tegarden Johnson, one of the co-chairpersons for the 50th reunion. The plaque reads: THS Class of 1960 Gift of Appreciation Presented to KRYSTA DIAZ For Outstanding Art Work On the Mini Annual Cover For the 50th Reunion October 15-17, 2010
May 31, 2010 The reunion information packets were mailed to everyone earlier this month. Some of them were returned undelivered. If you didn't get one, we may not have your current mailing address. If you didn't get one, please send your current mailing address to Fran Tegarden Johnson, fij10341@cox.net. May 28, 2010 There are some items that can be ordered before the reunion that you might want. Take a look. These items can be ordered on the same form you use for registration for the reunion. Key chains.
T-shirts
Red logo shirts.
May 21, 2010
Registration packets were mailed out to everyone yesterday so you should get yours in a few days. There are some classmates that we don't have a current mailing address for. So if you don't get a packet in the mail, you can read and download the forms right here. To download any of these forms, right-click on the form and select save picture as. You can then tell your computer where to save the file so you can find it.
The DoubleTree Hotel is accepting reservations for next October's 50th reunion. The special price is $119.00 per night per room. Reunion reservations at the DoubleTree Hotel. A block of rooms is reserved for us and open for reservations to be made. The dates of the reunion are Friday, October 15 thru Sunday October 17, 2010. Call the Tucson local number: 520-881-4200 and ask for the block of rooms set aside for the 50th Reunion of the Tucson High Class of 1960. There is another THS class having a reunion that same weekend at the DoubleTree Hotel, so please make sure you tell them that you are reserving one of the rooms set aside for the THS1960 class. The hotel's address is 445 S Alvernon Way Tucson, AZ 85711-4198 and their web site is http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/TUSBTDT-Doubletree-Hotel-Tucson-at-Reid-Park-Arizona/index.do.
May 12, 2010 Some of our classmates got together in Phoenix on April 19th for a Pre-Reunion session. Here are some photos from that meeting.
February 8, 2010 Another 50th Reunion planning meeting was held on February 8, 2010 and you can view highlights below.
January 15, 2010 Diane Dennis LaVetter recorded the proceedings of the reunion planning committee meeting held on October 26, 2009. Notes from 50th Reunion Meeting Date: October 26, 2009 Location: El Parador, Tucson
50th Reunion Planning Meeting October 2009 from Harry Palmer on Vimeo. Attendees:
Guests: Ed Schafer, Don Thomas, Harry Johnson (guests/spouses always welcome!)
Call to Order: Fran Tegarden Johnson called the meeting to order at 1:20 pm. She once again thanked the group’s participation for the very good turnout. A thank you once again to Linda Navarro Rincon for assisting with the location and reservations. Jim Cohen began and gave an update on the mini annual. It was agreed that the size should be the standard paper size, 8 1/2 x 11. Also agreed that “essay” type responses would be printed including tribute type comments to deceased classmates. It was felt that there would be adequate pages and space. After discussion of the questionnaire the term ‘milestones’ was accepted. Those that have additional suggestions should forward those to Jim. Jim’s email is Zzjimco@aol.com. As an aside, the class of 1960 was the 51th graduating class. It was also noted by Paul Deutsch that our French foreign exchange student, Michele Dumontiel, has written to Paul. She is planning on coming to the 50th! Yvonne Tellez reported on her search committee and their efforts. Currently, we have 94 missing. In addition, Yvonne distributed a list of newly found classmates. She also added her appreciation and thanks to those who have helped her – Bob Temple, Lorna Castor and many others. She added having difficulty finding those with very common names and those with married names. The group applauded Yvonne for her and her committee efforts. Marilyn Ash Tarrant, member of THS Badger Foundation Board of Directors, reported that the Class of '58 made a sizeable donation of $11,000 to the THS Badger Foundation. She also added that the 2010 graduating class will be asking for escorts from the class of 1960 at their June graduation. She noted that those alumni who have participated in past graduation ceremonies have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. She also announced that the Senior Follies will begin again. Fran stated that notes of meetings will be posted for a period of time on our website. Jane Chambers Bischoff was unable to attend today’s meeting. Onofre Norton Schnack and Vicky Cutchall Hariton briefly reported on Memorabilia, etc. The theme is ‘A Time To Remember’ - looking for clothes, etc, bikes, old and new pictures, games, i.e., marbles, jacks, pickup sticks. It would be wonderful if we could have a few old cars on display. Onofre gave an update on the key chain memento. Using the same jeweler as the THS Badger Foundation, the key chains would run about $8.50 and would have a special inscription. This would be an item that could be offered in the registration packet. Evey gave a report on the music. Bill Bravo plans to bring three of the Liberty band members. Malcom Levin indicated he is certain that inexpensive t-shirts can also be offered as a memento of the weekend event. Marilyn will check with the foundation for pricing estimates. Butch asked whether THS tours would be available during the reunion time. He agreed to research this with both THS and perhaps Mansfeld and Roskruge. There was a great deal of discussion on the plans for Sunday. It was noted that the Class of '59 spent Sunday at The Shanty Cafe in downtown Tucson on 9th Avenue. Janice will check into the necessary arrangements with The Shanty. This would be an optional event. Ed Shafer inquired about news/newspaper coverage. He also suggested that administration approval might be necessary when asking for donations to perhaps cover expenses of those unable to attend. Paul talked briefly about our website… the continuing changes, updates, additions made over the years. He announced that there have been over 18,000 hits to the website. It was also noted that the class of '59 invited several teachers to their reunion – and several attended. It is anticipated that the registration packets will be mailed in March – seven months in advance of the event. We also talked about the possibility of making a DVD of the events and the possible costs. Plans are to have a meeting in February and the mailing of packets meeting in early March. Evey Fink Bendalin reported on Franklin Gee’s recent unexpected death. The possibility of nominating Franklin for the THS Hall of Fame was discussed. Evey will check with Bob Gee regarding some type of appropriate memorial and also how the contributions for such a memorial would be done. The meeting adjourned at 2:45 pm.
November 25, 2009 This card was recently mailed to all classmates. Some of them were returned undelivered. If you did NOT receive one of these cards, please send your current address to us so we can update our records and make sure you get the forms when they are mailed out next March. You can send address changes to Yvonne Tellez, yvonnetellez@gmail.com.
June 21, 2009 Here is an updated listing of those working on the 50th reunion planning committee:
The Reunion Planning Committee is looking for a few more people who want to help plan the 50th reunion. We have a good core of experienced and dedicated committee members but we need more so that the 50th Reunion will be the biggest and best so far. There are 3 co-chairpersons: Evey Fink, Diane Dennis, and Fran Tegarden. Others involved: Peggy Abbott is the Treasurer. Bette Sacherson, Jan Mackenzie, and Felicia Sanders are the Food Committee. Jane Chambers, Vikie Cutchall and Onofre Norton are doing Memorabilia. Jim Cohen will edit the responses to the questionnaire and will assemble the mini-annual. Yvonne Tellez is heading the effort to track down as many classmates as we can. This is critical. We want to contact as many of our classmates as we can so they know about the reunion and so they can make plans to attend. She has several others working on tracking down classmates including Felicia Sanders, Carol Davies, and Pat Minteer. Also working on this effort are Butch Farabee and Gary Freeman. Other detectives include: Bob Temple, Nelda Schrepel, Dina Diaz, Sandy Padias, Sandy Eckburg, Linda Navarro and Ted Gladden. Linda Navarro sets up the luncheon meetings of the Committee several times a year. There have been 3 in the past year so far. Marilyn Ash will organize the registration. Paul Deutsch is the Webmaster. Did we miss anybody? If so, please let me know and I'll update this list. What other aspects of the reunion need people help? June 15, 2009 There were approximately 560 in our graduating class; more if you count those who started at THS and then graduated somewhere else and some who didn't graduate but were part of our class. 270 currently live in Arizona, about half the class. For those of you who don't live in Arizona and haven't seen our school recently, this is what it looks like now. This is a video so click on that diamond in the center of the rectangle to start the video.
THS (now called Tucson High Magnet School)
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