Sandra Stewart (Smallwood)

I tnink I RSVP'd for the Nov. luncheon .  I will be there.

Elaine Weinshenker (Keaton)

I will try to be ther. Nothing but a Doctor's appointment that day.

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

Another classmates' birthdays celebrated!  

On Monday, November 12 at 1 PM, at Quarter Celtic Brewpub, a bunch of us gathered for our monthly lunch -- Mike and Ruth Wartell, Marty Glantz Farmer, Sandy Stewart Smallwood, Mary Ann Simanek Villarreal, Helen Stambaugh Williams, Steve Brooks, Jack Dettweiler, Walt Huebner, Neal Kloepfer, Sandy  Bryan, Yvonne Maher, Tracy and Kathi Paton Murray, Hank (LCHS '63) and Anna Nusbaum, John Criswell, Connie Pecha Welty (HHS '61) and me.  

There were a few others who had planned to join us, until last-minute complications intervened.  Cheryl Fossum Graham's return from much warmer climes didn't go as quickly as hoped, and our late-fall cold snap diverted her plan to drive down from Santa Fe.  Jerry Goffe received a drop-in visit from the head-cold fairy (or its close cousin, the allergies fairy) and elected to stay at home with a box of tissues and a bowl of chicken soup.  Susie Strong Neuschwanger is now caring for her adult daughter in her ongoing illness, and was kept at her side by that need, although by the end of the day things felt as though they had improved.  

Quarter Celtic Brewpub was an experiment, and not an entirely successful one.  The suggestion was mine, although backed up by reviews from others, and scouting trips that looked promising.  Although it's impossible to please everyone equally, the food was generally well-received.  It was the service that was very uneven.  Some of us were served promptly, while others watched us eat and didn't received their meals until we had finished.  I might consider a return visit, but it would take some time, and considerable thought.  I'm really sorry that some of us just didn't have a good experience.  

Honestly and truly, suggestions are welcome, although our group does have some particular considerations that take some restuarants off the list, including some favorites of mine.  

In consultation with Rhonda Beauchamp Blech, the December birthday lunch date has been set for December 3.  Mark you calendars!  

Robyn

Rhonda Beauchamp (Blech)

Merl Schafer

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

I'm thankful for you, Rhonda, and Merl -- and for so many friendships
begun or deepened with classmates.  I hope that everyone has been
having a great Thanksgiving celebration! 

And happy birthday to Rosie Caserta Bowers!

Robyn

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

The December birthday celebration lunch will be next Monday!  

Monday, December 3, at 1 PM
Cocina Azul
1134 Mountain Rd NW (SE corner of 12th and Mountain NW)

I hope we've all recovered from Thanksgiving's food coma and that either we've returned safely from travels, or our guests are now safely at home.   This means, however, that December is right around the corner!  I asked Rhonda Beauchamp Blech to choose the date -- otherwise we never get to see her close to her birthday on the 25th -- and she also chose Cocina Azul.  She says that they will seat us in our own separate room; do keep in mind that this is the original location, at 12th and Mountain.  

Please let us know that you'll be joining us! 

Robyn

Steven Brooks

Sandra Stewart (Smallwood)

I will be at the Dec. luncheon

Jack Dettweiler (Dettweiler)

I've got it on my calendar.

Jerry Goffe

I'll be there

Martha Glantz (Farmer)

Rhonda Beauchamp (Blech)

Mary Ann Simanek (Villarreal)

I won’t be able to make the Dec lunch. I have previously scheduled event. See you all in Jan. Wishing all of you a very Merry Christmas May your holiday be safe and full of joy

George Boyden

We look forward to celebration of December classmates’ birthdays at lunch get together !

Congratulations all,

George & Tooey Boyden

Betty Myers (Schaefer)

I plan on being there with bells on and a Ho Ho Ho.  

Kathi Paton (Murray)

Tracy and I will be there!

Walter Huebner

I am planning to be at Monday's lunch.

Neal Kloepfer

I should be able to make it.

Cheryl Fossum (Graham)

I missed seeing everyone at the December luncheon. I hope everyone is doing well.  Several lunches ago I brought a photo of Mrs. Phillips' second grade class at Whittier ES. It was fun trying to identify everyone, but we missed a lot. So if you are on this photo or can fill in the blanks. Please help me out.  I can guess at a few more, but more fun if you help me confirm.

Top Row: Mrs Phillips, ?, ?, Jay Ortiz, Nikki Shearin, ?,? , John Jacques, ?,?,?

Middle Row: ?, Cheryl Fossum, ?,?,?, Barbara Bunch, Steve Brooks, ?, Bill Wilson,?,?, Gwen Sawyer, ?

Bottom Row: Buzz Lenander, ?, Jeff Romero, ?, Sylvia Bernal, Russell Fogleman, ?,?,?,?,?,?,?,?

Martha Glantz (Farmer)

Jay Ortiz

Cheryl:

I don't have that photo any longer - but at our Fiftieth Ellen Coyne Harvey gave me a copy of a photo of our sixth grade class that, if I remember correctly, Nancy Olson had asked her to share with me. That was, in my memory, a remarkable group and a very special year with a genuinely gifted teacher. It's a lot of fun, as we become seriously old, to remember what we all looked like, back then. Unfortunately, I'm still too computer illiterate to know how to upload a copy to the class website - if anyone is interested and can give me some "luddite-level" instructions, I'd love to share it.

Robyn (Jane) Cholerton

Jay, quite a few of us still have copies of that sixth-grade picture.  Now that Cheryl has opened the floodgates, I'll bet someone will upload it here.  Could even be me, when things get a little less hectic. 

Robyn

Neal Kloepfer

Marty, Kathy Hayes was in Mrs. Baker's 6th grade class at Bandelier.

Martha Glantz (Farmer)