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Jul 8 2026

Waco Town Crier – July 2026

The heat has arrived in Waco, Texas.  July 4th is to be the hottest day we have had this year.  Everyone, please stay hydrated.

Keep us informed on your fun plans for the summer and send us some pictures to enjoy.  Taking a trip??? Do not forget to share with us.  Many of us enjoyed the travels of John Anderson when he was so actively traveling. I found out he never got to The Gambia.  That was the one thing he told me at the reunion he wanted to see.  So,  get busy with your bucket list.  And by the way, …what is on your bucket list?  Want to share???

Stay healthy, stay safe, and stay in touch….

jeanne

Attached is the July edition of The Town Crier.  Contents include:

  • Updates: New addresses and info
  • Medical Corner by Tim Lasseter Latta
  • July Birthdays
  • The Book Corner
  • Did You Know?
  • A Neat Idea
  • Humor
Jul 8 2026

Waco Town Crier – June 2026

Summer seems to be here—Waco temps have already reached in the 90’s. I hope everyone will have a good summer and not let the heat ruin too many things you want to do.

Be sure to send us any pictures or accounts of some of your activities. If there is another world traveler in our group, please keep us in mind. Sadly, we no longer can travel vicariously with John Anderson.

Stay safe, stay healthy, and stay in touch.
jeanne

Here is the June 2026 Town Crier. Contents include …

  • From Our Graduates
  • RE: death of Janene Loftis Jett’s husband, Ernest
  • More comments regarding John Anderson
  • Did You Know? by Sharon McCarthy Odell
  • Updates
  • June Birthdays
  • The Book Corner
  • A Neat Idea
  • Humor
Feb 2 2026

The Waco Posse
by David Patterson Payne

 

Pat Payne has sent me a short story that he wrote and wants to share with our class. Pat believes people our age should actively pursue activities to maintain our cognitive capabilities. He has selected writing.

We all need to do something that interests us in order to “use it or lose it”. I do not feel Pat will lose it because he stays interested in so many different things. Someday it will be “lights out” but it will not be because Pat did not try everything to keep old age at bay.

Pat wants to point out a few things:

1 A month or so ago I decided to begin writing fiction which exercises the brain much more than non-fiction since the writer has to create the story from a blank page. I also decided to write dialog.

2 Both of these initiatives were learning opportunities for me. I used numerous YouTube videos to educate myself.

3 Howard really did eat potato chips with pickles when we waited on our mothers to pick us up at West JH.

4 The last page is actually a picture of my father at his Dr Pepper business in Tucson, AZ. It was a failure and he and my mother returned to Waco after one year.

Hoping our classmates find this a fun story.

Click on the image above for Pat’s story.