CHS CLASS OF 1979 30th REUNION NEWSLETTER – VOLUME 1

Post date: Sep 26, 2009 5:31:23 PM

Hey CHS Class of '79!

I told you that you would be hearing from me! Please maximize this message before reading further. This is the first of what I hope will be frequent positive updates on your 30th Class Reunion, and certainly not the last of pleas for your help. At the urging of David Ratliff and John Lay, and with their help and the help of Lisa (Devore) Stricklin, my wife Ellana (Smith) and several others, we have found and contacted about three-quarters of the 1979 Graduating Class of Savannah Central High School in a little over a month. That in itself is a fantastic feat! A few have put in solid days and full weekends in order to accomplish this, and I for one wish to thank those folks from the bottom of my heart.

A great big THANK-YOU is also due Diana (Abrams) Barker and her husband, Jay, who have graciously consented to host the reunion at the Broken Spoke, their great restaurant at the east end of Counce, TN, directly across Hwy 57 from Marine Sales and right next to the Checkerboard Grocery Store. As you go into town from the 4-way stop at Pickwick, it is the first business on the right. Diana and Jay are granting us all the space we need for the reunion without any rental charge at all. The only cost involved to attend is $15.00 per person which will cover the cost of a delicious array of heavy Hors-D'oeuvres, which will be served so we can eat and mingle without being tied down to one table, as would be the case if we were to sit and have a large meal. Adult beverages will be available on a cash basis, and of course it will be only right and proper if you remember your server with a kind gratuity.

Now … as to plea for your help, as I said earlier we have found about 3/4 of your classmates, so that leaves about 50 people we have so far been unable to find. Please read closely over the list below, and if you know the whereabouts, or even a hint of the whereabouts, of anyone on the list, please get in touch with me via return e-mail, contact one of the folks mentioned above, or get in touch with the person and have them get in touch with one of us. We're just looking for a way to make contact with everybody! The more we age, the more important it is that we stay in touch with each other!

Again, thanks so much for your help thus far. With your continued assistance, this is going to be a grand occasion!

Dennis

THESE ARE THE CLASSMATES WE NEED YOUR HELP FINDING:

Rosemary Aldersaebaes Patti Gray Jeanette McCasland Renee Pridmore

William Ayers Anne Hall Steve McCasland Charles Rogers

Tony Bridges Dyna Harville Dave Misner Kathy Scott

Randy Casteel Ronnie Hill Donnie Mitchell Joyce Smith

Bill Castello Rita Hunt Billy Murphy Steve Stricklin

Sharon Cherry Rhonda Irvin Bruce Oakley Marco Vaccari

Johnny Cox Johnny Jenkins Johnny Oakley Terry Warren

Ken Crotts Teresa Jerrolds Larry Partain Jana West Parker

Anne Davis Ricky Keele Jerry Petty Alisa Wilkerson Deshazier

Dennis Flatt Denise King Johnny Petty Debra Winfree

Judy Franks Charles Kyle Kathy Price Gayle Witherspoon

Vicki Franks Jimmy Ledbetter Tommy Price Steve Worley

Brenda Lowery Regina Pridmore