Waco Town Crier – December 2017

Reminder of WHS 1960 Quarterly Luncheon

Casa de Castillo
December 5th
12:00 Noon
Reservations to Sissie Blair Shandalow- elizabethshandalow@yahoo.com or 936-425-1373

From Our Graduates

Pat Payne is surely a patriotic citizen, ready to jump in and help everyone. Three cheers to Pat and congratulations on the award. The story about Mr. Wise was interesting too. He had a big heart. Good to hear from David Pettus, Jerry Causey, and the Bakers and McPhails. It’s good to see that, even though we are 75, we are enjoying life!
Tommye (Blair) Toler

I loved Mr. Wise. He was one of two teachers that even noticed me and spoke directly as a friend instead of an authoritarian. Study Hall was two things to me ….1) a place to do my homework and never take a book home and…. 2) where everyone was equal because of Mr. Wise.
Steve Mercer

We just returned (October) from a visit to Door County, Wisconsin—enjoyed the beautiful fall foliage and the perfect fall weather. Our son, who lives in Chicago, went with us and kept us hopping and focused. We enjoyed visiting local antique shops—made purchases for our antique space here in Omaha. We find so many ‘different’ antiques/collectibles in that area, and we always enjoy shopping. We had beautiful weather in Wisconsin, but when we returned to Chicago for a quick visit with our son, we had constant rain and much cooler weather. We returned to Bellevue (Omaha, NE suburb) to find the first freeze of the season. When we left our air was on—now, heat is on.
Clara Sue Griffis Arnsdorff
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December Birthdays

9 and 10- Sondi (Nelson) Pace (remember this story?)
13- Jerry Causey
14- Peggy (Wake) Thyfault
16- Chinky Johnson
24- Howell Johnson
26- Jack Martin, Howard Dudgeon, Joan (Beaty) Settle
28- Gayla (Mille0r Webb
31- Elizabeth Bentley, Gwen (Ewing) Hodges

Pictures

Judith (Hamff) Murphy and husband, Tom, recently spent six weeks in Italy–part of a recovery/escape from their “Annus Horribilis” in 2016/early 2017. After a few days near Rome, they spent nine days in Sicily with a group tour, then four weeks in Tuscany split between Siena and Florence. There were some wonderful day trips, wine tasting, and the visiting small Tuscan-hill towns. Judith reports this was one of their best trips ever as they spent time just relaxing, people watching, and enjoying the Italian ambiance. She reports that not having any TV news in English also helped.
Judith sent two photos: One was taken near San Gimignano during a day trip to the countryside. The other was their anniversary celebration at the Tre Cristi Restaurant in Siena.
Janet and Glenn Hurta spent a week in New England in mid-October with friends. The perfect weather and fall color was a great backdrop for some new photos! They visited the Lake Winnipesaukee area in New Hampshire, Kennebunkport, Maine, King Arthur Flour and the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory in Vermont. Glenn braved the stream on the Kancamagus scenic highway route through the white Mountains State Park.
Jack Martin and Jeanne (Holland) Harman have just returned from WinStar World Casino in Oklahoma where they enjoyed seeing/hearing Willie Nelson. Willie’s famous guitar, Trigger, is really showing its wear and tear of being “on the road” with so many performances. Trigger was purchased in 1969 and Willie says he guesses he and Trigger will play out about the same time. Below are some pictures of Willie & Trigger…. and Jack & Jeanne…. at the performance.
Also included : an 11 minute link on the story of Trigger and an 8½ minute link on keeping Trigger alive.
Willie tells about Trigger
Keeping Trigger alive

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