Posted by Karla Lofgren Davis ~ July 10, 2007
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Posted by: Randy Lofgren | July 10, 2007 at 09:34 AM Way to go, sis! With the overloaded schedule you keep, I know your class will appreciate the effort you are making to reconnect OLD friends. Onward Milby!.
Posted by: Don R Veazey | July 10, 2007 at 04:01 PM Looking forward to all the comments that will eventually be posted. Thanks for giving me a "peek" Karla! Now Patsy and I are off to Maui for a week (can you say snorkel and beer?!), followed by a week in the Seattle area and finally returning home to the 100+ degree temp days here in Southern New Mexico. Surely our 50th can't be too far away especially after going on Medicare in April - ugh!.
Posted by: Karla Lofgren Davis | July 10, 2007 at 04:39 PM Whoa, what a perfect opportunity to display those vacation photos! Be sure to send us a couple when you return from your trip and I'll add them to the Milby Family Photo Album! .
Posted by: Charles Crider | July 10, 2007 at 06:33 PM Karla did a fantastic job in this. I know we will really enjoy using it. It really brings back some great memories of Milby, Charlie Buffalo and the wonderful students and teachers we were so lucky to be with. .
Posted by: Ray Prichard | July 10, 2007 at 10:52 PM What a joy to behold, this tremendous work by Karla. When she offered to set up and run the blog for our Milby Class of 1960 I was thrilled and grateful. I had every intention of setting up a blog but gave new meaning to the word procrastination, with my untimely and inexcusable delays..
The best way to thank Karla for her hard work and initiative is to participate, by posting items to the blog: not just once but often. We need to keep the chatter alive and ongoing. I do not know for sure but I think the Milby Class of 1960 has set another first. We were the first Milby class to have our own website and are most likely the first to have our own blog..
Posted by: Billie Trombatore Young | July 12, 2007 at 12:12 AM Karla, what a great idea! This looks really nice & is a fun way for all of us to stay connected. On behalf of our fellow Buffs, thanks for a job well done!.
Posted by: Ray Prichard | July 12, 2007 at 11:40 AM I am positively and absolutely blown away at the hard work and consummate dedication from Karla for this blog. It has always been a goal of mine to keep our Class of 1960 website relevant and interesting. Classmates who want to keep alive the spirit of the Milby Buffaloes now have that tool, thanks to Karla..
A great way to start would be for everyone to post a recent picture of themselves so we can compare wrinkles and other signs of aging. As I have said many times, aging is a privilege that at least 53 of our alumni will not get to enjoy. .
"I'm a Milby Buffalo and no one could be prouder!" Let's all sing it together again in 2010 at our big 50th anniversary reunion blowout. Thanks again, Karla!.
Posted by: Malcolm T. Sanford | July 12, 2007 at 11:45 AM A good idea. Thanks to all for setting up this resource. I will bee looking at some of the threads..
Malcolm T. Sanford http://beeactor.vze.com.
p.s. The beeactor is in the midst of his first production on the mainstage at Gainesville's new Vam York Theater. He is the oldest by 30 years of anyone else in the cast of the Hot Mikado http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Mikado see a review at http://gainesville.com/article/20070712/SCENE/707110320/-1/entertainment.
Posted by: Karla Davis | July 12, 2007 at 12:09 PM I immediately went to the link - Incredible!!! OK, gang, we have got to get a group together to travel to Gainesville to see this sight. .
Isn't this modern technology wonderful!?!?!?! Who could have dreamed - back in 1960 when we were signing each other's yearbooks - that we would all be meeting again in cyberspace. But then, no one then even knew what cyberspace was! It boggles the mind!!! And at this point in our lives, it is even more important to have these connections. KD.
Posted by: Mike Roberts | July 12, 2007 at 12:16 PM .
Hey, this is great, Thanks Karla. Can you imagine how different things might be had we had all this technology back in the 60's. I will be looking thru these pages now and will return often. This will be a wonderful way to stay tuned with our old friends and perhaps get others off the sidelines to join in as well. I am looking forward to great conversations. Thanks again Karla, Mike.
PS -- I will never pass thru a door, lock it, and throw away the key!.
Posted by: Kay Burg Moseley | July 12, 2007 at 12:28 PM Karla, thank you for the time and effort that went into creating this blog. I am looking forward to reading it often. P.S. I think Donald V. should have invited us to go with him to Maui..
Posted by: Doris Lentz Simmons | July 12, 2007 at 12:47 PM I'm with Kay in saying Donald should have taken us along to Maui ...my gosh, what are friends for? Me, I've just returned from visiting Mt. Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Monument and other Rapid City S. Dakota sights with my youngest grandson (8). I had a great time as I'd never been there before either. It had been one of my dreams so on to the next one...thinking London next summer with my grandgirls - I've been but want to share the wonder with them. Thank goodness for Frequent Flyer miles..
Posted by: Doris Lentz Simmons | July 12, 2007 at 01:04 PM Oh, I just read about the play in Gainesville. That would be a trip worth taking. Isn't Gainsville just north of McKinney (Dallas)? .
Posted by: Karla Lofgren Davis | July 12, 2007 at 02:37 PM That's what I was thinking when I wrote my suggestion that we go to Gainesville to see Malcolm in the play. However, after further reading in Malcolm's links, I have come to the conclusion that he lives in Gainesville, FLORIDA. Now that really WOULD be a neat class field trip!!! KD.
Posted by: Larry Smith | July 12, 2007 at 02:45 PM Thanks Karla!! Charleen and I have been retired for two years, and are living on 13 acres up in the woods near Plantersville (Ren Fest). We have 3 grandkids (3,6,7) who stayed with us last week while their parents were camping near New Braunfels. We are still recovering!!.
Posted by: Bob Neal | July 12, 2007 at 03:41 PM Karla - Thanks for developing this blog for the class of 1960. Following graduation, I went global for several years and lost contact with classmates. I notice that your husband is with the Clear Creek ISD as was I for the first five years of Clear Lake HS. I believe for many of us, we have had paths cross and if blogs had existed in years past, relationships might have continued..
Thanks again and let the names and voices once again be heard -.
Bob Neal.
Posted by: Sharon (Abdo) Ellis | July 12, 2007 at 05:29 PM This is way cool !!! What does BLOG stand for? Ok, I know some of your are laughing, but I really don't know. .
Posted by: CVetters | July 12, 2007 at 05:33 PM Karla, what a fantastic job. Thanks from all of us. A true labor of love shows through. Thanks for giving us opportunity for making prepublish comments. The best we can do is support your creative effort like loyal buffaloes. .
Thanks again..
Posted by: Karla Lofgren Davis | July 12, 2007 at 05:50 PM I cannot begin to tell you all how gratified I am with the responses to the blog during this first day that it has been officially and fully launched!!! I have LOVED reading every comment and following every link. Please keep the stories and information coming!!!.
And in response to Sharon' very intelligent question... "blog" is just a short way of saying Web Log... weblog...blog. Some blogs feature mainly the rambling thoughts of one person, but what we have going here is a web of thoughts from many different people. That's the best kind!!! And ... while the word WEB in the name refers to the WORLD WIDE WEB (the internet), there is also a similarity to a spider's web as our thoughts go in many different directions and yet are all interconnected!!! Keep those thoughts a'coming! Karla.
Posted by: Doris Lentz Simmons | July 12, 2007 at 06:00 PM Well, I just checked back in to see if we had a road trip to Gainesville and saw the news, Florida, not Texas.....so, not this week huh? .
Posted by: John Hammerle | July 12, 2007 at 08:52 PM What a pleasant surprise to see this blog become a working model. Congratulations Karla on a job well done. It is just really great to hear the words of fellow classmates and especially to see the pictures. Again, well done to all involved..
Posted by: Alton Couvillon | July 12, 2007 at 09:42 PM Hello everyone! this is my 1st time on a Blog good job Karla! I was really affected by T.O.'s death, it hit me hard ... alton couvillon.
Posted by: Beverly Frankensen Allison | July 12, 2007 at 09:54 PM Did you receive my "blogging"? I am not familiar with the blog thingy..
Posted by: Beverly Frankensen Allison | July 12, 2007 at 10:03 PM I was told that "blog" is sorta like a "diary" online. Interesting. I remember some of your names, but haven’t been to any of the reunions. I remember Karla being a very beautiful, popular girl. I think I remember her parents owning a drugstore. .
If you want an update on me, it is all in my websites, www.chambermusicunlimited.com and www.bandsandmore.com. Next reunion, let me find you a band. :-) I am going to Montpelier, Vermont Monday to be in a documentary on my world famous 95 yr old teacher and perform his music. That’s a little different, and if any of you like classical music, let me know and I can swing some comp tickets to the Galveston Symphony in which I play. Have 3 grown sons, 6 grandkids and 3 dogs. Don’t know if the other Blob was printed, so I redid it to "get bonded" with past friends and classmates, although most of you probably don’t even remember me. .
Posted by: Karla Lofgren Davis | July 12, 2007 at 10:21 PM Yes, Beverly, we did get your comment earlier today - it is under the Current Event post - see list at top right (Recent Posts) and click on Current Events. You'll see your comment there. And, let me add - of course we remember you!!! However, it would be great if you would attend the 50th reunion. Ray - how about booking a live band through Beverly? (Of course, we'd all have to kick in the extra money!).
It might help you (and others) to know that there are several main items on a blog: The POSTS (I call them THREADS elsewhere - interchangeable terms) can only be added by the blogmeister (that's me!). I will add new ones from time to time as folks suggest a new topic or as I think of a new one to keep things fresh..
COMMENTS can be added by anyone who reads and chooses to comment. They are attached to whatever post you are reading at the time..
Down the far right column we also have various lists and links. By the way - I listed your websites in the Website Links list. That column is also where the photo albums are..
Thanks for posting, thanks for the compliment (my folks owned Lofgren's Bookstore in Gulfgate), and please come back and share your memories and news with us. Karla.
Posted by: Ray Prichard | July 12, 2007 at 11:12 PM If I remember correctly Mr & Mrs Lofgren had their bookstore on Broadway, near the Gulf Freeway. Then they moved into Gulfgate Mall when it opened. Once while I was in college and home for a weekend I was in the mall and stopped by and spoke to one of them (I can't remember which one). I told them I had gone to Milby with their daughter and they were most gracious..
I have a dear friend from my old airline days who doesn't believe in reminiscing about the past. I think he is so wrong. The past experiences that we lived through helped make each of us what we have become. Of all of my friends I have known in my lifetime, the friends of my childhood are the dearest to me. God bless us one and all and God bless the U.S.A..
Posted by: John Echoff | July 13, 2007 at 02:32 AM Karla, Great job putting this together. It's wonderful reading and remembering....
Posted by: Sharon (Abdo) Ellis | July 13, 2007 at 08:09 AM I too remember the book store and a bit of info. that even Randy doesn't remember. He was my first feller to have a date with. My sister and her boyfriend doubled with us. How about it Randy, do ya ?
Posted by: Randy Lofgren | July 13, 2007 at 08:50 AM Well, Sharon -- I don't think I knew I was the first. I suppose your parents thought it was safe for you, with your sister along, to go out with "that nice Lofgren boy." What happens here, stays here. Fun memories. What is the status of Billie and (I can't remember his name)?
Posted by: Jeanine Lofgren | July 13, 2007 at 12:01 PM Oh my goodness, Karla and Ed, I am so impressed. This is the first chance I've had to look at this and I'm just blown away by the expertise of my sister-in-law and brother-in-law!!!!! How did you guys get so smart? No one can ever say you don't "keep up with the times" and with technology. WAY TO GO!!!! Randy's wife, Jeanine
Posted by: Russell Moore | July 13, 2007 at 12:09 PM I think I have Ray Prichard to thank for including me in the 1960 class even though I was '61 but knew and associated with many of you. Nice to get reacquainted.
Posted by: Jerry Roark | July 13, 2007 at 11:06 PM Thanks for the blog. It is very interesting reading. I thought about the book store just a few days ago when I had lunch at Kelly's on Park Place. When I have a meal there I remember that it is the building that housed Lang's Pharmacy for the years after Lang's moved from Pecan Park. I visit the old neighborhood on a regular basis because my dad still lives in Pecan Park, and I like the memories that the visits bring.
Posted by: Sharon (Abdo) Ellis | July 14, 2007 at 08:09 AM Yep #1, of way too many i must say, wink.
His name was Sonny, or Clif Gillock. Both retired and apart, but ageing well. It's so cool, he lives at the old Rice Hotel and I love going to see him. Nice blogging with ya’ Randy.
Posted by: Melanie Morrison | July 14, 2007 at 12:53 PM Good afternoon all of you. This is great and thank you Karla for a job well done. This is a lot easier than emailing everyone. Looking forward to hearing from all of the "ole" classmates. I am one of the ones that will hit the big "65" in December.
All is well in my little world. OK, just one little thing. I "GET" to go back to MDA July 30th thru Aug 2nd for a multitude of tests. I go every 3 months but this is the end of the year biggie. But, being the optimist that I am I know all will be well, but please keep me in your prayers.
Wish I was going to Maui instead. Ha! Ha!
Love to you all, Melanie
Posted by: Ed Davis | July 14, 2007 at 01:03 PM Hi, Melanie. This is your "old" (and I guess that has more than one meaning these days) friend from your junior high days down in Seabrook. Glad to hear you are your usual optimistic self. See you at the 50th - Karla is already making plans for us.
Posted by: Jody Bugg | July 20, 2007 at 04:44 PM Is there a better graduating class than Milby 1960? I don't think so. When we come together at each reunion, it's like there's never been any distance in miles or years between us. I think that's superb. Creating this BLOG so that we can stay in touch more frequently than every five years is a terrific idea. Thank you Karla and Ed.
Right now, I'm in Portland, OR, awaiting the birth of my great niece or grandniece or whatever relation the daughter of my niece is to me. She was due last Sunday, but has chosen to stay put. We are hoping she arrives this weekend. Elizabeth wondered how many of our parents are still living. My 93-year-old mother is here in Portland with me. This will be the birth of her first great-grandchild, and she is very excited. It was so great reading all the comments. I hope to read something from everyone. What a great way to catch up with past friends.
Posted by: Sammie Farquhar Valenti | July 20, 2007 at 06:12 PM Hi Milby, Class of 1960! Thank you, Karla, for all your hard work. This has been a very hard year for me and my sisters who lost our older sister, Nita Beth, on April 11 after a 21 year struggle with breast cancer. Then three weeks later my sister, Marilyn, class of 1963, lost her husband after a battle with lung cancer.
On a much happier note, I Jazzercise next to a former Milby student, class of 1971, who was in my French class at Milby for 3 years when I taught there. She and I are friends now with sons two years apart. We have lots of fun together dancing, singing, talking about our grandsons, and sharing stories about our choir directors. Anyway, its very exciting reading comments written by all of you. Sammie Farquhar Valenti
Posted by: Grace (Moore) and Harvey Ferguson | July 20, 2007 at 06:17 PM It has been fun reading comments from Milby Buffaloes. We moved from West Texas to East Texas about 8 years ago. I have tons of family in this area and it has been great being around them again. Both of us are retired, taking care of grandkids 24/7 because their mom is a single, working parent. Our son/wife live in Dallas. Why would anyone want to live in a city? We recently celebrated our 40th anny. Neither of our parents are alive. Peggy O'Neal Wyatt lives close by in Palestine and we are closest of friends----just like we were during the old Milby Days. Blog On!!!! Grace (Moore) Ferguson
Posted by: Judy Stephens Maus (Class of '61) | July 23, 2007 at 02:45 PM What a wonderful job ya'll have done on this blog. Karla, I always admired you in school and I still do today.
Welcome Newcomers | July 23, 2007 at 02:55 PM It has been so great to hear some new voices on the blog in the last few days. We surely do hope you will read and make comments on the various threads presented here. This is definitely intended to be an interactive communication station!!! It never ceases to amaze me how I can read your names and feel that I saw you just yesterday. Welcome and please come again...and again...and again!!! Karla
Posted by: Ray Prichard | July 25, 2007 at 03:13 PM Sammie, I am so sorry to hear about Nita Beth. I seem to remember that she was in the Class of 1958. Wasn't she also an ROTC Sponsor? I just remember that she was beautiful and vivacious and very kind to me when I was a newly arrived 10th grader in 1957. I believe she had known my sister Shirley who had just graduated that May. Please accept my sincerest sympathy for the losses your family has suffered.
Posted by: Ray Prichard | July 25, 2007 at 03:24 PM Grace, I agree that it is hard to live in the big city after you have lived in the country. Some of us however have decided to stay here and "tough it out". My mother and step-father lived outside Center, Texas in the early 80s and every time we visited it was so hard to leave the clean country air and head back south to Houston.
You and Peggy should plan to make the long trip together south down Hwy 59 into the Big H in 2010 for our biggest reunion yet. Details have not been put together quite this early. The reunion committee will meet in early 2009 and release the details about a year before the actual event so everyone can make firm plans to join us for the parties.
Tell Peggy O'Neal that I remember her from UT. Also her father worked at Hughes Tool and was very kind to me when I met him there, during those college days. I don't think I have seen Peggy since those days in Austin 45 years ago.
Posted by: John Echoff | July 26, 2007 at 01:45 AM Jeez guys, all this dark and gloomy talk of aging, birthdays, retirement and such-sound like a bunch of old fogies-not the KIDS I went to Milby with! Ray if you can get Peggy (O'Neal) to cook for you, try her FAMOUS Frito pie! She used to whip up a batch for some of us guys at her house during the summer months. Peggy, remember when... Really look forward to checking out the blog every chance I get, love the memories and comments.
Posted by: Glen Langston | August 01, 2007 at 04:49 PM Ed and Karla, saw the picture of your wonderful dung hut. If I remember correctly from my visit to the Masai Indians, the women build the huts. In fact, they do just about everything except hunt, protect the family, and sit around and talk. So did Karla build the hut or were you two not domesticated into the Masai way yet? Glen Langston
Posted by: Glen Langston | August 01, 2007 at 04:54 PM Grace (Moore Ferguson), read your blog. I have been trying to find Peggy O'Neil for years without success. Used to be big buddies. PLEASE let me know how to reach her. And YES to Ray's suggestion. Her frito pie was wonderful. Have never been able to duplicate (or is it replicate) it. Glen Langston
Posted by: Larry Bass | August 06, 2007 at 02:06 PM Way to go Karla. What a wonderful way to remember and share those memories. We had Ray and Pat Prichard and John and Linn Echoff over for dinner. It was delightful to see familiar and friendly faces. Ray reminded me of your efforts so here I am. Thanks again for all your work. More to follow.
Posted by: Linda McKnight Thomason | August 08, 2007 at 10:42 AM Karla, you have done an excellent job! I know this is a work of love, because no amount of money could possibly pay for something as precious as all of these memories and reconnects between old friends! This makes it even more exciting to anticipate our big 5-0! Can't wait. Hope to see all of you there! Love, Linda
Posted by: Linda McKnight Thomason | August 08, 2007 at 11:08 AM On a recent trip to Sedona, AZ, I went into a cute little shop called the "Turquoise Buffalo" and just had to purchase one...ah nostalgia...it's good for the soul! Linda McKnight Thomason
Welcome Linda | August 08, 2007 at 04:39 PM How great to see your name pop up here Linda! I get so excited every time someone signs in for the first time. I am enjoying this blogging experience immensely!!! And I love to picture you at the "Turquoise Buffalo", purchasing a reminder of the past. Please come again and again, and give us the pleasure of your memories and insights. Karla
Posted by: Gladys M. (Payne) Bohac | August 09, 2007 at 10:30 AMHello Everyone: I think this "Blog Site" is great. I think all who have contributed to this is doing a great job in keeping the class in contact with one another. I enjoyed seeing everyone at the past reunions and looking forward to the next reunion. I am looking forward to the big "50" reunion. WOW, can you believe we are getting that old?
I moved to Katy in 1979 and still live in Katy, and enjoying my life with my family, beautiful grandchildren, and my wonderful church, 2nd Baptist. We have so much to be thankful for. We have 7 beautiful grandchildren between us. Keeps us busy.
Bo (my husband) and I lived overseas in Saudi Arabia for nine years. What a wonderful experience this was for me, since I had never lived anywhere but Houston, Texas my whole life! I would love to hear from my classmates from the "wonderful 60's" Gladys (Payne) Bohac [email protected] BD: August 28, 1942
Welcome Gladys!!! | August 09, 2007 at 10:48 AM It is so good to see you are joining the "with it" blogsters from the class of 1960. Thanks for all you shared, and please keep a'comin' back and giving us your memories and your news!!! Karla
Posted by: Billy Carter | August 09, 2007 at 11:00 AM My 14 year old daughter is teaching me how to use the internet. In fact she is teaching me a lot about life these days.
Hi, Billy! | August 09, 2007 at 11:14 AM Billy!!! Welcome to the Milby Class of 1960 Blog!!! Technology amazes me, and I am sure that if I did not have to work with it every day (even teach aspects of it to others) I would be clueless. Sometimes I definitely AM clueless!!! But it's great to have the youngsters among us know technology backwards and forwards so they can lead the way.
In a recent tech applications class the presenter suggested that learning "computerese" is like learning a second language for the "older" participants, whereas the younger teachers (and the students) are native speakers of computerese. I buy that theory!!!
So glad you came in and hope you will let your voice be heard here often. Karla
Posted by: Sheila Steele Howard | August 09, 2007 at 04:17 PM Has anyone heard from Melanie W. since her tests at MDA? Melanie, speak up and let us know how you did.
Posted by: Arline Baumgarth Smith | August 09, 2007 at 04:54 PM Hi, Glad to see this web site will read it in full later when I have the time. Thanks for starting up this site.
Birthday Boys, Girls, and the Blog!!! | August 09, 2007 at 08:15 PM Happy Birthday to Beverly FRANKINSON Allison, Jimmie Jo Hardy, Susie HARDY Davis, Paul Adam Valdez, Wanda Leigh GREEN!!!
I got a cute reply to my morning e-mail from Beverly, expressing disappointment that I was wishing the blog a Happy Birthday...said she, "awwww...I thought you were wishing me a Happy Birthday." That sent me to Ray's August Birthday list and saw that those mentioned above all have an August 7th birthday!
This has been a great day on the blog. Welcome to Jo Ann, Arline, Elizabeth, Billy and Gladys. Thanks to all who took the time to chat, or just to listen in. Man, I am enjoying reconnecting with you all!! Karla
Posted by: Richard Ybarra | August 10, 2007 at 12:53 PM Thanks to Ray and Karla for keeping our class in touch. We are not getting older just getting better.
Greetings, Richard! | August 10, 2007 at 01:32 PM So glad to have you join us on the blog, Richard! It seems like just yesterday we were all roaming the halls of Milby, and I remember you well. Be sure to visit often and share your thoughts with us - both the memories and your current interests. Karla
Posted by: Melissa Gray Grant | August 12, 2007 at 11:34 PM Just received this blog and it's a fantastic way to read all the chatter on the internet. I was the new girl in 1959 but I do know many of you and enjoy hearing about the latest happenings. Looking forward to the 50th celebration.
Posted by: Carolyn (Smith) Pfennig | August 12, 2007 at 11:53 PM I very quickly checked out this blog at the first announcement. It looked like so much fun, but we had our two oldest grandchildren here for the month and I just could not take the time to comment or read too deeply... What a wonder site! I was shamed into checking in again and signing in. This is so much fun -- much better than clearing off my desk! So many names I remember from the past!
Grace Jane Moore and Peggy O'Neal! Just like the old Milby cafeteria days. I may just have to take a drive up to East Texas someday and find you two.
I stay very busy -- still working part-time, helping with our oldest daughter who is not able to drive and needs assistance as there is no public transportation in NW Houston (Cypress). I also help with my sister, Judy, who is in the final stages of early onset Alzheimer' Disease. She has been in the "final" stages for about 1 1/2 years now and is still healthy physically. She cannot see or talk (says 1-3 words occasionally). I think she knows who I am. It is so hard to watch your little sister wither away. Thanks Karla for a wonderful job!
Welcome Newcomers | August 13, 2007 at 12:37 AM What an exciting day blog-wise. I so much enjoyed Frank's account of his '59 Garner Park trip. I had not heard stories of fishing in the Frio before.
Laura's recollections of fifties fashions sent my mind racing way back (I had forgotten those sequined bangle balls - I made and wore a bunch of them), but who could ever forget those starched crinolines that scratched the back of your legs until they bled, especially in cold weather when our skin was already chapped!
Melissa, I am sorry I did not get to know you better in High School. I am sure coming to a new school at that time in your life was difficult, but so glad you feel you are at home with the Milby Class of 1960.
And Carolyn – I do appreciate that you took time from your very intense and busy schedule to wander back in time and then grace us with a message. May God bless you as you care for your family members?
(And John – good to hear your voice again today, too.) I will get to scanning that Deady book soon…just gearing up for the start of school right now.)
We’re so glad you all joined us today, and hope you’ll return again and again!!!
Posted by: Susie Hardy Davis | August 22, 2007 at 07:05 PM Hi, everyone...long time no see or hear, eh? I really love the blog...and since I'm really no pro at all on the computer, I think it's simple enough for me to operate. Just seeing if I can update info on ya'll. Love & hugs to all...Susie
Posted by: Grace (Moore) and Harvey Ferguson | August 22, 2007 at 07:39 PM I did not know Peggy could make Frito Pie. She must have saved those special talents for her boyfriends!!!! She lives in Palestine with her husband Robert (Bob) Wyatt.
Grace
Posted by: Malcolm T. Sanford | August 27, 2007 at 11:37 AM Dear Gang, I guess we're all becoming bloggers. so here's a link to mine as I start to travel "Down Under" for the first time. http://abeekeepersblog.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Donna Sanford Phillips | August 28, 2007 at 02:51 PM Today is my first day to join the blog - how exciting! Glen Langston a preacher! Mother and Daddy (Don and Maxine Sanford) would say, "I told you so!" I am married (27 years) to Gerald who has been in the ministry for 49 of his 66 years. He is pastoring a mission church in Tomball. I am at home taking care of his 87 year old mother who has Alzheimer’s. Carolyn, I know what you are going thru. My Mother died in 1993 & Daddy in 1984. So good to hear about each of you!
Posted by: Mary Lou Allen Brewer | September 11, 2007 at 01:18 PM I'm happy to say I'm starting my first year of retirement, well, caregiver to my husband and mom but retirement none the less. No more long drives to work on the over crowded freeways every morning. I retired from banking. I was the branch manager of a bank in Grapevine at the time I retired. I was blessed with three children and seven grandchildren so far. I say blessed because they're now grown and my best friends. I've traveled to several different countries and all over the U.S. but there is still no place like Texas. The only person I keep up with from school is Sharon Abdo who is still a real hoot. I'm in great health; I have really enjoyed reading the Blog. Thanks
Posted by: Charlotte Vann Casselberry | September 13, 2007 at 12:29 PM Hi Everyone. This has been such fun strolling down memory lane. Karla, thanks for all your hard work. It's a wonderful site and you are to be congratulated. I've been searching for old photos (I have a ton) and look forward to sharing them.
Life has been full of peaks and valleys, but God is good, all the time! I lost my precious Bob in 1994, my youngest son, Kyle and my mother in 2005. But I am blessed with good friends, family and my most adorable 7 year old Austin (son of Kyle).
I have returned to a full time position with an offshore survey equipment company and am grateful every day for a wonderful boss and co-workers and a positive environment. I have traveled with Tallowood Baptist Church Adult Choir to wonderful places like Japan, Prague, Budapest, Vienna and Poland, Spain and Portugal as well as DC, Philly and NY to sing at our nation's capitals. More fun and relaxing trips to Branson, MO and Las Vegas and other "hot spots" with my bestest friend, Gladys Payne Bohac. (More about her later - don't know how I would have gotten through 2005 without her.) We talk and laugh so much, our travel time just flies.
Looking forward to hearing more..... All my love, Charlotte
Welcome Charlotte, Mary Lou, and Dianne | September 13, 2007 at 08:57 PM It is so good to hear your voices and to know that you are with us here on the blog! Please come often and continue to converse with us.
Charlotte, I think I remember seeing your mother with you at the 40th reunion when we visited Milby on Saturday afternoon. Right? She really was quite lovely. Karla
Posted by: Charlotte Vann Casselberry | September 14, 2007 at 08:31 AM Thanks Karla. Yes, Mother was with me at the 40th reunion. She graduated from Milby in 1940 so it was quite a thrill for her to go back. Charlotte
Posted by: Herbert Johns | September 14, 2007 at 03:02 PM Thank you, Sharon, for showing me how to see the BLOG. I didn't have a clue. This is GREAT - good job, Karla. Since I have now retired (2nd time - this time from teaching) and I broke a rib last week, I will try to catch up on a few things, like read the postings and the web site.
Posted by: Beverly Allison | October 07, 2007 at 01:39 PM No one has written anything here since Sept 14, so thought I would put in a "hello" out there.
Posted by: Gladys M. (Payne) Bohac | October 09, 2007 at 10:51 AM Just wanted to tell Melanie that my prayers are with her. Melanie stay positive and remember that there is power in pray, I know that you have a lot of friends praying for you. Also Melanie, better have your dancing shoes on for the BIG 50. Bo is waiting for a dance or two. He had so much fun dancing with you and all of the others that he danced with at the 45th. Fun, fun, fun. Gladys Bohac
Posted by: Bill Adams | October 14, 2007 at 10:01 AM Reading these blogs by people with names I remember at Deady and Milby seems like intercepting some kind of digital packets of information that have been floating out in the universe from the 1950s and 60s. It's surreal. It's fun to read some of the clips about Garner. In fact, after a long interlude, since 1990 my sister and brother and I still go to the Garner area (Frio River country) every summer with our kids and now grandkids.
It was also interesting to read a couple of people's submissions talking about Pecan Park and Kelly's Restaurant at Park Place. I guess I had forgotten that it was previously Lang's and I forgot Lang's had moved there from Pecan Park. In fact, I meet a couple of old Milbyites (sp?) at Kelly's Park Place every month for breakfast... and Kelly's is owned by the brother of an old friend who went to Austin High School...small world. Great idea for a blog Karla.
Posted by: Dale Mills | October 15, 2007 at 06:12 PM Great site Karla. It is enjoyable to read about how so many are doing so well.
Posted by: Minda Gomez Dominguez | October 17, 2007 at 09:04 AM Great job and very entertaining.
Welcome Minda, Dale and Bill | October 17, 2007 at 10:31 PM Please come often and contribute more!!!
Billie, thanks for telling us about Charles' talent and craft. I am working on an idea for posting photos of projects and hobbies - I'll be sure to do a little e-arm-twisting with Charles when I get ready to build it. I am anxious to see those items myself!
Charles and I started out together at the Park Place Baptist Church Kindergarten. I'll have to post a couple of pictures from that class in the Elementary School Photo Album. Watch for them in a day or two. Karla
Posted by: brenda joyce collins burnett | December 04, 2007 at 08:02 PM first, i am not an authentic 1960 grad - i was a dreaded mid-term person! lots of my classmates went to summer school just to skip 1/2 grade. but as i see over and over through reading threads, we all knew each other from mixed classes in the elementary schools, churches (i went to PPBC, knew the stiles, blanyers, frenchmeyers, was married in 1960 in the church - mrs johnson played the organ. i remember your dad well, i went to the old church and remember when they started clearing the wilderness that was to be the new church), and neighborhoods. you all owned a book store near the flower box, where we got the huge mum corsages with the ribbon streamers in gold and blue. i shared a locker with jeanette coleman - we were in drama together. when i think about those times i'm not bound by certain "grades", they are all faces that i knew and early on i realized i would never know that many people again at one time, to walk down halls and wave and say "hi" - in fact, just walking everywhere became a lost treasure. i never hesitated to get on a public bus and go downtown to foley's, or palais royal or the majestic - i also walked to schools, to gulfgate, to the vogue and broadway, often crawling under parked trains. i can taste magical moments when some teacher opened doors for me -southmayd took us to see amal and the night visitors and we ALL sang, sleep my child and peace attend thee - i first heard the nutcracker suite in 3rd grade (mrs nell singleton taught 2nd grade at park place) - i was a bluebonnet at their mayfete one year - enough! thanks for the memories/bb
Welcome, Brenda! | December 04, 2007 at 10:42 PM So glad you have joined us, Brenda. It is always exciting for new names to appear, new voices to be heard. Our paths surely did cross and converge often - you stirred up many memories for me with your comments. Please feel that you are a part of this blog community and encourage others with whom you communicate to take a look and leave a message too. From the perspective of almost 50 years, those grade level distinctions are a mere hiccup in time and mean nothing. Our common experiences and shared memories are what connect us all.
I'd love it if you would send some biographical information/photos to me (via e-mail - my e-address is on Class of 1960 web page - or through a comment here) so I can open a bio page for you. Where do you live, what are you doing now, the path your life has taken, family info - whatever you might want to share. Readers really seem to enjoy the bio pages. Again, welcome, and come often. Karla
In response to my invitation (plea) Brenda did send some bio info and her name has been added to the bio list in the right column. Thanks, Brenda. Click on her name and check it out.
Posted by: Herbert Johns | December 16, 2007 at 11:01 PM Hello everyone! Well the ribs are repaired finally - all 4 of them. Now to catch up on all the work that has been set aside over the 2 months of recovery. This will be done in between other things that I want to do like travel. Christmas is here for now and must get thru this then it will be back to the road. Well take care and A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all.
Posted by: Dave Williams | January 16, 2008 at 02:07 PM Some of you may remember my dad, Noble Williams, as the chemistry teacher at Milby for about 30 years. He passed away at the ripe old age of 95 on Jan. 6th in a home near San Antonio. He was a great dad and very good teacher (I even took his class!).
Posted by: Linda Little Strickland | January 16, 2008 at 04:39 PM David, sorry to hear about your Dad. My Mom is 84 and I call her every day. In our conversations she tells me death is just another step we all have to take, "don't cry". Easy to say when all we have is one in this world. God granted your Dad a long life. Never took chemistry in high school, my major was history. I'm sure your Dad was a special teacher to have his own son in his class. Linda
Posted by: Karla Lofgren Davis | January 16, 2008 at 11:15 PM Dave was one of the first to submit photos for the blog. One photo was of his Scout Troop, #556. (Check it out in the right sidebar - I am not sure if it is in the correct album, but it ended up in the Deady Photo Album because I thought most of the guys looked Junior High age.) I mention the photo now because Dave's father - Noble Williams - is in the picture as one of the leaders. What a fine legacy he must have left for his son and many other young men (now "old").
Dave, how wonderful that your dad lived to be 95. How wonderful for you to have had him so long. However, I know from my own experience that the loss is great even though they have lived a long full life and you have had them so long. My deepest sympathy goes out to you and your family. Karla
Posted by: Mike Roberts | January 17, 2008 at 04:14 PM Hi David, you have my deepest sympathy. I too was a student of chemistry taught by your dad. He was my home room teacher as well. He commanded great respect in class and all during the day. If there were one teacher whom I admired, your father would take the prize for he had a nature much like that of my own father.
Posted by: Laura McNeil Burns | January 17, 2008 at 08:04 PM I am sorry for your loss, David.
Posted by: Nancy (Hinson) Benson | March 05, 2008 at 12:10 PM Hi Everyone, My first time on a blog and really enjoy the Milby site. Karla, you and your husband are doing a great job. Had forgotten how much fun we had. We're retired and living in Broomfield, Co.
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It seems everyday, I find another thread I havn't yet explored. It makes my day when you guys jump-in and offer off-the-wall comments that send me speeding back to our "hallowed hallways". I plan to eventually get around to touching base with everyone I knew at school. That ought to keep me from getting that horrid senior affliction known as "napping".
Posted by: Clyde ( Sonny ) Jones | July 09, 2008 at 10:37 AM
How can I get David Williams's e-mail. We played in bands together and I've been trying to track him down for 40 years.
Posted by: Terry Brown | July 17, 2008 at 07:50 AM
Hi Terry, been a long time since we ran thru the streets of Pecan Park or watched Mr. Gibbs wring the neck of a couple fat chickens to make Sunday dinner for his wife a 6 kids. I hope time has been kind to you and yours.
Did you retire and move to LaGrange as you had intended the last time we talked?
I think David visits the blog now and again, perhaps he will see your comment and get back to you.
Meantime, let's get together for some coffee some Saturday morn and kick around old times.
Posted by: Mike Roberts | July 17, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Hi, Terry! Mike Roberts just informed me (via e-mail) that you are Martha Brown's brother. She was one of the gals I greatly admired in the class of '59 as she was a mover/shaker in drama and yearbook - my two main passions in high school. Can you give us a little info on how and what she is doing these days? Thanks!!! Karla
Posted by: Karla Lofgren Davis | July 20, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Hey, you guys! John and I will be leaving on a trip to D.C. and Gettysburg, PA, and other points across the south in a couple of weeks - and I need to be reading my Civil War history books. Instead here I am on the blog! It's addictive! Am loving the chatter. And I want Beverly Frankensen Allison to know that of course I remember her well. Very talented. Seemed focused. While I - a flibbertygibbet. :) And I adore classical music, Beverly! Anyway, Karla, I add my voice to the chorus singing your praises for your work on this blog. Amazing. And by the way, Randy was one of my last Milby dates, but I think it was actually after graduation. You got around, boy. :)
Posted by: Glenda Burns Minniece | July 22, 2008 at 02:09 PM
Talk about a small world. Elaine and I took another Carribean cruise last week and it was terrific as usual. The weather was
perfect and "ridin' them seas" was smooth and beea-utiful. Any way, our first port-of-call was Montego Bay, Jamaica. We signed up for an excursion called the "Deluxe Day at the Beach". So we get off the ship at the terminal, and we're in line on our way to the shuttle bus, and who is in line just ahead of us, but everyone's favorite introvert...Sharon Abdo. I had only seen Sharon a couple of times since high-school, and then only briefly. So now, I travel to Jamaica, and she is directly in front of me. You all remember how shy and demure Sharon was when we were young.....well she's just as you remember(and then some)! She has aged as well as any Angus beef I've ever seen. I guess "fine wine" would be a better analogy. Seriously, we had some big-time fun and all I can say is that she brought back many Milby memories and more. She was with her daughter and granddaughter on an all-girl trip. I fell instantly in-love with her granddaughter, Kaitlyn (who I'm sure is adopted).
The beach was storybook and we had one "different", but entertaining bus ride back. A singing, rapping, rhyming bus driver got some laughs in the beginning, but then, didn't know when to quit, until people started jumping off the bus and handing out ear-muffs. All-in-all, it was a terrific stop, and seeing Abdo was the bomb. She's pretty as ever and conducted herself admirably for someone who had consumed even half as much as she had. Her probation officer told her she could skip checking in that week, so she was feeling kinda loose. She told us she had an appointment to get a "skull & crossbones" tatooed on her forehead when we got back to the terminal. The last we saw of her, she had hopped up on a 30 gallon drum, and was leading everyone in the terminal in a rousing chorus of "Louie, Louie"....Yaah mahn!!
Posted by: Clyde (Sonny) Jones | August 17, 2008 at 02:37 PM
What a story, Sonny!!! Glad the two of you met up and partied hardy...and so glad you could share the story with all of us. What a romp!!! KD
Posted by: Karla Lofgren Davis | August 17, 2008 at 07:08 PM
No Sonny, Kaitlyn is not adopted and she as her Grandmother is quite a Lady as well as Sharon's
daughter Loyce is such a Great lady. They are a credit to the Great Lady that Sharon presents in
herself. And a heck of a lot of
fun. 30 Gallon barrel Huh boy don't surprise me - sitting or standing????
Posted by: Herbert Johns | August 29, 2008 at 04:42 AM
I have a biography to include, but I don't know where to go to put it in.
Nancy Norred Davis
4-18-10, [email protected]
[Karla here - so glad you asked!!! So glad you have a bio to submit. Now, for you and everyone else who is interested:
Just so you know - you now know everything there is to know about posting something on the blog. All you CAN do directly is make a comment - and you've just done that!!!. Everything else has to come through me by e-mail. I have a management site from which I can edit comments and/or submit new material.
If you want to start a bio page - and I hope you will - then just type it up and send it to me within an e-mail text or as an attachment to an e-mail.
( [email protected] )
I will create a page on the blog for you and then copy and paste your text into it with your name as the title/link. Very easy to do!
If you want to send photos - and I do hope you will - those can be attached as well. If you don't have digital photos to attach then you can send photos to me through the regular old US mail and I can scan them and return the originals to you. I'll send that address to you if you e-mail me.
So there you go - you are ready to roll. I can't wait to read your bio!!!]
Posted by: Nancy Norred Davis | April 18, 2010 at 10:14 PM