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Rosemary Roush Schneider says..........If there is one thing I've learned about being a Senior Citizen,it's the fact that these years are ever so busy, and really not the picture many have in their minds of old ladies in rocking chairs and of old gentlemen playing checkers,reminiscing about the Good Old Days. I guess in my real feelings I don't feel much differently than I did in my high school years about many things and people, but I do appreciate the learning experiences I have had about life through these past 55 years since we graduated. As much as they hurt at the time,isn't it good to look back on some of our biggest blunders and mistakes, try to see the lessons learnedl, and be a little glad that we made the choices
we did when we came to those forks in the road where decisions had to be made. Of course,many of
us have our share of regrets about some things, but we cannot dwell on those for long. I hope many of us are in good health (don't count the surgeries and all the aches and painsof just the daily routines---
they don't count!) and can appreciate the good things in life..our husbands and wives, our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren; our homes ,churches, and communities where we reside. As to what is going on now in my life, we are getting ready for a big event: the marriage of our first grandchild! Talk about "where did the years go" when a GRANDCHILD gets married, it really causes a pause to recall each year in that child's life. I know that no matter how determined I am NOT to shed a tear at such a happy occasion, I am sure that I shall do exactly that,for my feelings of love and pride in our grandaughter will overcome me when I see her as a bride, instead as a little blond toddler in my arms. Her wedding is in July of 2003. We will be welcoming a new grandson-in law into our family; he is a dear and an easy young man to love in our lives. Anyway, I am a busy grandmother right now, trying to do what each of us have had to do with children, just "let go", for each of them has his own life to live now. And we can only pray that these children have learned and had the guidance that it takes to prepare them for what is ahead. I will have time to relax after all the wedding things and events are over. That is a rather nice thing about being our age, who is in a hurry? Just relax and take a deep breath and enjoy the moment. Hope that many of you can return to Hannibal for the reunion in October. Things haven't changed much and you'll be glad you came back for another lookaround. After all, think we'll be having a 65th in another 10 years?? See you in October?

Jean Riegel Wammack says..........I'm for the birds! Eastern Bluebirds that is. We have a nesting box trail on the golf course & this year we have fledged some 50 Bluebirds. Red builds and repairs the boxes and I do the cleaning and record the nestings. This was a good year with first, second and third nestings. I also remember that the Bluebird is the state bird of Missouri. At our lake home we have 3 duck boxes for the wood duck and have recorded the first nesting of Hooded Mergansers in Henderson County. The black bellied whistling duck may also nest in the boxes. Our mallards have the worst luck, losing eggs and chicks to raccoons. Red is going to build them a platform over the water this summer......Give us a call when you are in Texas.
June Kaltenbach Baker says..........Thanks so much for the new MIDI music page. It is really great. I enjoy listening to all those familiar songs. The errands will just have to wait.

Byron Morris says..........I have now moved from Iowa to Goodyear (Phoenix) The weather report for the Phoenix area is.......hot (what else).. I really like it here in Arizona though. It is perfect except for June, July and August. We built a nice house and are very comfortable here. I had a little problem with some blocked arteries, but after 7 stents I hope I am good for a while longer.

Ken Jones says..........Collecting bricks is a great hobby. If you are interested send me a quick E-mail and get on board.Clarita Goodhart says..........Send us a paragraph for the site. We would like to hear from you.

Lavona Parmenter Kennedy says..........I can't eat Almond Joy candy without thinking of Ann Atkins. My first year in Hannibal (1946), when I lived on West Ely Road, Ann and I would sometimes walk home from the HHS bus stop at Ahlers grocery store, buy an Almond Joy and share it while sitting on the small concrete bridge. I still think of all of you as extended family.

Shirley Sherman Gottleib says.......... I have intended to send something to the HHS Class of '48 web site for years; but it's been so long since my family left Hannibal I didn't know where to begin. Then Wayne threw out a challenge to write about a favorite "place," and that seemed like a good "place" to start.
Your answers sent waves of nostalgia across time and space. Aside from the original 48 states (plus cruises to Hawaii and Alaska), European capitols, national parks and wide-open spaces where so many of us have traveled, several e-mails evoked memories of places in our past: the Mary Anne Sweet Shoppe, Orpheum Theatre, Riverside Park, etc.
That opened the flood gates. Who remembers wandering through Mark Twain's Cave wearing yellow slickers and carrying kerosene lanterns? Camp Oki-tipi and its spectacular view of the Mississippi River? The opening of the FIRST Mark Twain Bridge? (Now I hear there's a second one.) The year the Mississippi froze over and people walked across to Illinois? Boats paddling around Main Street when spring rains flooded the downtown area? The Lighthouse glowing in fields of wild flowers? Climbing the bluff up to Pettibone mansion?
With all of that forever etched in my mind, one of my favorite places here in California is Idyllwild. We used to have a cabin called "Amadeus" (that's our name Gottlieb in Latin) in this mile-high mountain village that's nestled in a pine forest just 2-and-a-half hours from Long Beach.
With snow in the winter, hot sunny days in the summer, an alpine glow at sunset, Strawberry Creek running through the center of town, small restaurants and galleries, it attracts artists, musicians, writers and nature lovers who return year after year. Since there are no ski lifts to attract a jet-set crowd or spoil its beauty, Idyllwild remains pristine.
I could go on for hours about the marvelous years our family spent there--and all of the wonderful people who came to the mountains to visit us, especially foreign exchange students--but this is quite enough for now and it's time to say "goodbye." It's been lovely roaming down memory lane with all of you.
Thank you, Wayne, for the opportunity to get in touch.

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