CurrentNews

On this page we will have current news of classmates.

If you have any news of any nature (newspapers articles,

publications, etc. of our classmates) this will be the place

to find them .

Known to us in school as Collier, but known to his brothers and contemporaries in Masonry and Scottish Rite as John. The article available here comes to us courtesy of David McGlamery, and is a profile of Collier's participation as a trustee of the Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, as well as Free Masonry in general, and includes biographical info about his life and family.

Ella Jeanne (Whitis) Thoma, was married Nobember 15, 2003 to Harold Eugene Moore of Sulphur Springs, TX. They will be combining two households into one at her Plano address.

George and Maurine Clements went to Seattle in February, 2004 to visit Maurine's son and his wife. While they were there, Alan and Dee Barnett drove up from Richland to spend some time with them. It is reported that everyone had a great time. To prove it, here are some pictures.

Jerry and Betty drove to Yuma, AZ in Febrary, 2004 with son Jay and his wife ,Debbie to see Jay and Debbie's daughter, Jennifer married ot Corporal Christian Mercado, USMC, at the MCAS base chapel in a small ceremony with some family and a few friends attending. Here are a few pictures.

This is a little late, but Jim promised me some pictures and I waited to get them. They finally arrived, so click here for viewing.

On the date of the e-mail from Jim (January 12, 2004), Jim and Judy had recently celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary, Judy's Mom had passed away peacefully on January 4 at the age of 89, and they were preparing to leave for an 8 day Caribbean cruise from Galveston on January 24. Jim has since told me they had a great time.

Duane Starkey spent the week of April 19, 2004 with Dave and Helen (Collings) Adams at their home in San Marcos, CA. He sent me these photos of Dave and Helen. Click here to see.

Margaret gives us 2 reports of their youngest son, Andrew. Andrew is serving in the USMC. She asks for your prayers for his safe return . Click here

Anne was with her boss, Ebby Halliday, when she received the Horatio Alger Award in Washington, D.C. in April. For a photo, click here.

Jeanie reminisces about her late sister, Billie ( class of '49 ), which was reported recently after her death October 9, 2006. For a column from the Waco Tibune Herald December 6, click here.

Betty served as "Cordinator" for the 50 year anniversay for our church. The event was called Jubilee 06. She coordinated the activities of the many committees and volunteers it took to make this event happen. The church began in1956 as Churchill Way Presbyterian Church, which is now part of the Cooper Aerobics Center. We sold the property to Dr. Cooper in 1983 and moved north to a location on Bentwood Trail, west of Preston Rd. in Dallas. The name was changed only about 5 years ago to Bentwood Trail Presbyterian. The celebration was held at Brook Hollow Presbyterian, from which many of our founding members were drawn. For a few pictures.click here.

Linda had an article published in The Redbud, a bi-monthly Newsletter of the Ft. Worth Botanical Society in January, '07. It's a nostalgic remembrance about her grand-parents. It's called Growing Plants and Children in the City.

Sam and Margaret's younest, Andrew, returned in June for the final time from Iraq. I'm sure there were many hugs and kisses as Andrew returned for good. Sam convinced him to wear his uniform to church on the following Sunday, where he got a standing ovation and a prayer of thanks offered for his safe return. Sam and Margaret want to express their thanks to all of you who sent him letters and boxes. For a look at Andrew in his uniform for the final time, click here .

Jackie and 2 of her granddaughters, Autumn and Jordan (cousins, not sisters ), made a trip to the San Francisco Bay Area this past summer for the purpose of having Jordan ( who is an all-star volley ball player for Coppell) take a look at The University of California at Berkeley. Jordan is receiving many scholarship possibilities and this has been a year of "school shopping". Since we're in Berkely, why not make a trip across the bay to the Beautiful City by the Bay? So are a few pix of Jackie and the girls in my favorite city in all the world (outside of Dallas). Click here .

Jackie made another trip in January, 2006 with her daughter Toni and Toni's 2 daughters Autumn(seen before with cousin Jordan) and Sunny. This was across the Atlantic pond to London. Here are some pics from that trip.