February 18, 2007
Dear classmates,
It is now 40 days and counting until we meet to begin to paint the
town red for the 50th class reunion and extravaganza of the Beaumont High
School class of 1957. The dates, in case you have forgotten are March
30th through April 1st. Our committee has worked overtime to plan
a fun and exciting weekend for us, and our job is to come and be a participant.
If you have chosen, in the past, for whatever reason not to attend previous
reunions, then YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR MIND ABOUT THIS ONE. It is
said that the 50th reunion is the ONE reunion to attend, even if you don’t
think you will enjoy yourself. There will be nice, large nametags, hopefully
with pictures, although the debate is whether the pictures will be helpful
or, perhaps, confusing. “Why of course I remember you. Now, let’s
see, didn’t you have dark hair in high school, and a little more of it?
Well, besides that, you haven’t changed a bit”!
Standing in the City Auditorium that sweltering day in May of ’57, all we thought about was that we “made it”. Life would now be a breeze as we sailed through college, got jobs, married, had children. Life would be good and success just over the next hill, so we hit the ground running. The next fifty years for most of us have had a little bit of everything. We’ve seen comedy and tragedy, love, marriage and divorce, children and grandchildren and now some have great-grandchildren, and if we had been told all of this that warm day in May as we danced the night away, we MIGHT have had a little apprehension about the next 50 years, but instead we entered those years with the same amount of love and enthusiasm that we retain as we all come together to make the circle full, one more time.
Do not put off this reunion, thinking you will make the next one. The time is NOW. Look on the next page to see about the activities you can choose from, or, best of all, choose the full buffet. I want to see you at Suga’s on Friday night, Suga. I want to trip the light fantastic, and hopefully not just…trip, while others just…watch! I want to go to Rio Rita’s and have Mexican food on Saturday; I DO Not want to play golf on Saturday afternoon, but for those who do, then Gene Arnold is your man. And I certainly want to be at the hotel on Saturday evening, where lovely ladies and dashing gentlemen will enjoy being Fred and Ginger once again. It just won’t be the same without YOU, so start thinking about how much fun you are going to have and how much you will regret not being there if you choose not to come.
In the South, perhaps more than any other region, we go back home in
dreams and memories, hoping it remains what it was on a lazy, still summer’s
day 50 year ago. It is not the same, of course, but it will seem more like
it on March 30th-April 1st for those of us who choose to be in Beaumont,
as we renew old friendships, see people we haven’t seen for 50 years, and
generally find ourselves back in school-and loving every minute of it.
See you at Suga’s, on Friday night.
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Be certain to check the website for updates and other information on
missing and deceased.
bhs57.homestead.com
Special hotel rates for BHS Reunion at MCM Elegante’ Hotel
MCM Elegante' Hotel
2355 I-10 South
Beaumont, TX 77705
877.842.3606 Toll Free
409-842-3600 Local
MCM Elegante' Hotel and Conference Center
Block held until March 9, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007 7:00-11:00
p.m. – Suga's (The Royal Palm, in other Days)
Get-together; food; music; cash bar; casual attire (461
Bowie)
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Morning tee time to be determined-Golf-Beaumont Country Club
Saturday, March 31, 2007 12:00 Noon –
Rio Rita's, Downtown Beaumont
“Dutch Treat” Lunch: located in the Crockett Street Entertainment District,
this is within walking distance of Art Museum of Southeast Texas: Texas
Energy Museum (site of old Szafir’s building); Tyrrell Historical Library
(site of old Tyrrell Public Library); Marsha English Elmore’s (’56) statue
of John L. Bell (’56), John Reinstra (’56) and James Weber (all deceased
attorneys) in the courtyard of the entrance of Jefferson County courthouse;
beautifully restored Jefferson Theatre (possibility of morning tour for
us, will notified at later date). www.crockettstreet.com
Saturday, March 31, 2007 7:00-11:00 p.m.-
MCM Elegante’ 2355 IH-10 South
Dinner; music; cash bar; jackets for men.
Enclosed is the registration form that must be returned by March 15, 2007. A revised copy of the Directory will be available after the reunion for $4.00. Please indicate if you would like to order one. We eagerly look forward to everyone sharing this special time with each other.
| Maris Clemmons Tarver Jouett Cannon Gardner Clyde Meyers |
Gene Arnold Donna Halbirt Nugent Kaye Thompson Hart |
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