CHS CLASS OF 1979 30th REUNION NEWSLETTER – VOLUME 4

Post date: Nov 11, 2009 3:1:2 PM

November 10, 2009

HEY CHS CLASS OF '79!!!

ATTENTION! ACHTUNG! ATTENZIONE! OPGELET! ATENCION!

Boy, the news is BIG this time around!!! Reunion plans are final, the menu is set and registrations are arriving daily! More on this below, but before we get to it, the Reunion Planning Committee would like to extend their most sincere thanks to all the classmates who have worked so hard helping to find all of our lost friends, and we extend the same thanks to the Committee for their dedication and hard work putting this reunion together!

THE PARTICULARS:

What: Savannah Central High School Class of 1979 30th Class Reunion

Date: Saturday, November 28, 2009

Time: 5:00 PM 'til ... well, as long as we can keep going!

Where: The Broken Spoke, 7405 Hwy 57, Counce, TN 38326 731.689.3800

Cost: $15.00/person – covers food, name tags, press releases, mailings, etc.

Menu: WOW, LOOK AT THIS!!!

BBQ Pork Ribs, Buffalo Chicken Wings, Catfish Nuggets

Homemade Salsa & Chips, Fried Dill Pickles

Pasta Salad, Apple Nut Green Salad, Two Bean Salad

Cookie Dough Truffles, Creamy Lemon Squares

Hot Spiced Cider, Southern Sweet Tea, Coffee

Adult Beverages: Cash Bar Available

Dress: Casual – remember, you'll be at Pickwick! There is no set theme, but

wear that letterman's jacket, cheerleading outfit, band shako, class pin

or class-ring-on-a-chain or anything else from your high school days;

I think even cowboy boots and hats will be acceptable!

Entertainment: The Spoke's house band playing 70's music

Registration Deadline: November 15, 2009. This is so we can prepare your photo name tags,

order food, etc., and have everything ready in time!

To Register: Print off and fill out the attached Registration Form and mail it along

with your check made payable to CHS Class of 1979 to:

David Long, 30 Fairground St., Savannah, TN 38372

More Information: Go to Facebook and Search: 'Savannah Central High Class of 79'

E-mail davidratliffdvm@hotmail.com, or call David at 865.804.2697

Go to John Lay's website: http://classof79.laysonline.com

Or simply respond to this e-mail.

As of this writing we have, including a few 'Tentatives', 140 people who plan to attend the reunion, and have received Registration Forms and checks for 75. If you know that you are going to attend, there are only five days left to get your checks and forms to David Long. Please send them at the earliest possible moment – make that immediately! Members of the Planning Committee are doing much of the preparation work, such as making our pin-on picture name badges, themselves to help keep the cost of the reunion as low as possible. Please be prompt with your registrations so all of this work doesn't stack up on them at the last minute, and it is now the eleventh hour! Plus, and this is really important, Diana and Jay need to know how many are coming so they can order and prepare enough of that amazing food for all of us! You did see the menu, didn't you?!

Diana has also made a request to the class for assistance in decorating the food tables. If any class member has any memorabilia from your high school days, such as a trophy or plaque or other award, jacket or sweater (football, basketball, baseball, band, FFA, etc.), Baccalaureate or Graduation Program, Football Game Program, newspaper clipping, framed picture or anything else you might think of, she would love to borrow those to decorate the food service tables, and she and Jay promise that extra care will be given your valuable keepsakes. Please contact Diana at the Broken Spoke if you would like to participate with decorations. I know it would mean a lot to her and to the class as well.

As of this writing there are only 26 classmates we have been unable to locate. Considering there were 212 who graduated 30 years ago, this in itself is amazing! However, you have already shown that you can work miracles, so why should we expect any less of you now?! Please respond to this e-mail or to any committee member or any other classmate who can forward the information to us if you have any information on any of the following classmates:

Rosemary Aldersaebaes Lisa Jackson Tommy Price

Tony Bridges Teresa Jerrolds Regina Pridmore

Bill Castello Ricky Keele Renee Pridmore

Sharon Cherry Brenda Lowrey Steve Stricklin

Johnny Cox Jeanette McCasland Terry Warren

Anne Davis Steve McCasland Jana West Parker

Judy Franks Bruce Oakley Alisa Wilkerson Deshazier

Vicki Franks Gray Johnny Oakley Gayle Witherspoon

Ronnie Hill Larry Partain

We show the following phone numbers for these classmates below, but have so far been unable to reach them. If anyone can, please let these folks know about the reunion and try to get any further contact information for them and pass it on to us.

Johnny Oakley - 731.925.9364 and/or 731.926.3731

Steve Stricklin - 731.925.1115

Alisa Wilkerson Deshazier - 731.925.7305

Mr. and Mrs. Mills plan to join us for the evening, and we would like to notify all teachers who might enjoy this gathering. Those who might be in contact with any of them, please issue them invitations to attend and let us know the results. It will cost them nothing to attend - all teachers and sponsors will be our complimentary guests. We know of several already who have said they would enjoy attending ... let's please see that they all get invitations if possible.

It appears that there will be a few tickets available at the door for those who find out at the last minute that they will be able to attend. However, if you have already told us that you are attending, please do not plan to avail yourselves of these tickets. We need your forms and checks in advance so we can properly plan space, food, etc. Again, please help us make this reunion the success we know it will be by sending your registrations now. We need them just like we need you!

Just so you'll know, several folks will be wandering through the crowd taking photographs and making conversation, and there may even be a station set up so you can leave us with a video message. All of this will be material for a Keepsake CD of the reunion, and you can order one for a very nominal price at the reunion ... and I mean very nominal – simply the cost of the disc and postage. How much can that be ... maybe $3.00 - $4.00 tops?!

And as a reminder, any classmate who would like to and could otherwise attend the reunion, but is unable to do so because of financial constraints, please respond to this e-mail. A special sponsor has been arranged who will ensure that you can join us for the evening. Arrangements will be made privately and confidentially to avoid any embarrassment on your part. No one will ever know how this is arranged or even that it was arranged in the first place. Please do not be shy if you fall into this category … and please do respond. We are all well aware of the present state of our economy.

Again, we are all looking forward to a great gathering and a grand time. Please join us ... get your registrations in now and don't leave yourself open to regret for missing this 30th Class Reunion!

REGRETS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR THIS CLASS!!!