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If you would like to submit more recent photos of you, your family, or your participating in your favorite hobby or sport, please email them to us at the address on our home page (Reunion@TJclassof1965.com). Be sure to tell us who is submitting the photo(s) and, if necessary, where you are located in the picture.

On May 16th, 2009, Kay (Martin) and Jerry Shapiro were married in their backyard with lots of friends and family. They spent two great weeks in Europe traveling to Paris, Prague, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Kay said "Wengen Switzerland is absolutely the most spectacular place we have ever been! Jerry loved driving on the autobahns. We also added a beautiful great room, carport and covered patio to our house in Goochland last year and intend to live there happily ever after, it is a rancher!"

Because of our 1965 reunion, the 11 of us have enjoyed a renewed "Joy of Friendship". We continue to gather every month or so to reminisce about high school days and share our lives today. Laughter and tomfoolery are an integral part of our group. Attached are three photos we'd like to share.

Fran Sheffield Bailey, Laura Young Baskerville, Linda Mopsy Morris, Mary Ellen Navas, Marvine Weeks Michael, Angier Brock, Laura Haas Childress, Susan Foster Stanley, Linda Jenkins Winslow, Kathy Mapp Waugaman and Betty Timberlake Mennetti

The Bunnyhop: Myra Steinberg's "Imagine" production at UofR. We surprised her with our hats!!

The Tea Party: High tea at Angier Brock's home in Yorktown complete with hats, pearls and gloves!

John Overton and John Schwartz exchanged memories at Hell's Kitchen in Minneapolis (7/2007)

Many thanks to you both for all the hard work for the weekend. Another success! I just personally want to thank you and all the others (you may pass this email on to them) for all the labor and love you all have put into planning these events.

I have been involved myself from time to time with church programs/weekend events and so I know a little of what is required. Actually Peter and I met Buddy Childress (20 years ago! Oh, my!) when he did a singles retreat for us (Peter and I were part of the planning group).

So, again, thanks and a big hug to each of you for all your efforts....

Keep in touch.

Sally K.

I was so sorry to hear about Steve Green’s wife. We are getting to a great age, but a more fragile time in our lives. Sometimes I think I am still the same age, I just don’t see the changes. Then when I think of “bopping” like Sadie Hawkins, I end up “flopping” after a much shorter time. It just takes so long to become wise, I just don’t think I’m going to ever get there! O well, I’ve learned that watching the skies with their lovely colors at sunset is so much better than watching the news. I would say that makes a good start to wisdom. Seeing all the fashions of today makes me feel really good about my mini skirts! Sixty has been a mile stone… it use to be sooooo old and now eighty is old, I’m really looking forward to retirement so that I can scrap book all I want and not feel guilty about it !! It may take me a little longer since I have a 16 year old at home with 2 more years of high school. But hopefully I will feel just as young then as I still do now.

Thanks for keeping me up on everyone, good news I can rejoice with them, bad news ……… I pray.

John, Spread the word!!! In June, my PCP(Primary Care provider) told me I needed to get a colonoscopy. I had never had one. I put it off until I finally got around to it in November. I discovered I have Stage I Colon Cancer. I go into the hospital(the VA hospital which turns out to be FREE) on Tuesday and operated on on Wednesday. I will be sore and uncomfortable for a few months. But, I will be cured. Life will be mildly modified but only mildly. Stage 0 and stage 1 are very easily treatable. Stages 2,3 and 4 are more problamatic, but still very treatable. We are all the same age. So, please pass this along to all our friends. The memories page is long enough.

I was fortunate to fish during the great weather in December and early January and get in on the action at the Concrete Ships and off Smith Island. Attached are a few pics - one is of a 39 lb Striper I caught on 4# test line that was 1lb 8oz off the world record. Another is of a 25lb 12 oz Almaco Jack that I caught on 6# test line which has been certified as the world record and another pic of an African Pompano I caught on 6# test in 135 ft of water on the Tarpon Wreck off Hatteras. I also included a pic of a 29 lb Cuda I caught on 6# spinning tackle over a wreck off Hatteras.

Since they put up such a nice picture I thought perhaps you would like to see us in one of our choirs in New York, The Zamir Chorale. Bill is third from the right in 2nd row; Cheryl is 2nd from the right in first row. In case just seeing us is not enough, and you'd like to hear us as well, come up to NYC and we'd love to see/feel you at the concert!!! Details on the flyer.

John Schwartz visited with Nancy Grey Chandler Stetson and Susan Mintzer Davidoff in Atlanta to share the Memories Package.

John Schwartz met with ABC weather man Spencer Christian (from Charles City, VA and WWBT-12 in Richmond) to find out the weather future for the next weekend celebration.

John Schwartz, Gail, and their son Myles at the Brinks Museum in Chicago getting advice on protection from the Brinks founder for the next reunion.

John Schwartz in "Wine Country" with wife, Gail, and Gail Rothenberg Lewis (TJ Class of 66) and her husband, Joel Lewis. John was advising Gail Lewis on the class of '66 plans over wonderful Sonoma, CA wines.

John Schwartz (2nd on left) and wife,Gail (3rd on left), at dinner with Mary Ellen Navas (1st on left) and husband, Bob Archibald (1st on right) at Belden Alley in San Francisco. Joining them were Gail Rothenberg Lewis (TJ Class of 66) and her husband, Joel Lewis

John Schwartz and wife, Gail, somewhere in a non-smoking area (could it be CA?)

John Schwartz (on the right!) meeting with Forest Gump in Monterey, CA to ask the meaning of life after the reunion.

SweetTooth Wally Lawrence, the roughest toughest biscuit eat'n, donut dunking, M&M chomping hombre to ever ride thru Shoneys or Bill's

She's 16 years old, 6 ft. 1 in., a rising senior at Katy High School (just outside Houston, Texas) and is headed to the Junior Olympic Volleyball championship tournament in Salt Lake City in July 2005. Her team -- Texas Tornados 17 Kara -- was one of 48 to qualify...Could Christina really be related to Everett Campbell?

Mary Jo Wright Atterholt Family ~ 2002 (L to R - Mary Jo, Ashby, Carter, Sarah, Jerry) and "Priority"

Bill & Cheryl Sporn Gross backstage at Carnegie on 06/16/2005! They were singing in a benefit concert for the Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre with their choir, The New Yiddish Chorale, conducted by Zalmen Mlotek. Mandy Patinkin sang Yiddish songs from his CD, Mammaloshen, for the 2nd half of the concert. Last year they also performed at Carnegie in a similar program. NEIL SEDAKA was the headliner that year. Along with some Yiddish songs, their Chorale performed back-up to Neil's "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do."

Mary Lynn and Charles Douglass at The Oxford Market (Oxford, MD - Eastern Shore) - June 2004 - during a sailing vacation on the Chesapeake Bay aboard "Bay Tripper."

(1) John Jay Schwartz and Gail celebrating their 30th anniversary in St. Thomas - 2002

Joe Segal family at UVA Graduation in 2004. (#2 son Jeff is the grad.). From l-r, and top row to bottom, son Jeff, Joe; wife Winfree Ann, daughter Emily, older son Ben; mother-in-law Shirley Hughes, & mother Muriel

Michael Mandel with grandson Noah. Mike is practicing internal medicine at St. Mary's [Richmond]. Noah lives in Atlanta - June 2005

Wayne Blake and Linda were married on August 10, 1985. What a classmate! He and Linda came to our 20th reunion straight from their wedding. This picture was taken 19 years later in 2004 at the Tides Inn.

(1) Classmates Jack Greer and Bobbie Packer Greer at work in San Francisco ~2003/2004

(2) Taking delivery of "Moonshine" in Annapolis - where Jack and Bobbie spend as much time as possible (they live in Maryland)

Earl and Donna Sprouse Dravenstott, living in Ohio, recently celebrated 40 years of marriage!

Rowena Hitt St.Moritz on a spontaneous afternoon trip to Borrego Springs, CA. She was melting in her church clothes in the desert heat and had to purchase a hat at an outdoor market to keep from baking her blonde head.

Angie Brock Caudle and her family: standing – Rob (holding Henry) and Jenny Caudle, Leanne and Will Caudle. Seated – Angie (holding Lucy) and Bobby Caudle. Granddaughters Lida and Jane Angier.

Top Picture: Nonie Bailey and Fran Sheffield Bailey with children, Ann and Nonie Jr., June 2005

Jerry Shapiro [right] and son,Troy, looking at Brown University ( his # 1 choice for college ).

“Four Generations” – Beverly Glaspie Montsinger, left, daughter Shannon, top, mother, Dorothy, right and Baby Madelyn center.

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