WHS friends,
Well, the weather was not
quite picnic weather but all 43 of us survived. Maybe Mother Nature
was upset with me because we forgot to put her
on the invitation list and I didn't have her email address.
We all came
prepared, however, with our jackets, scarves and blankets. This is
Kansas after all. I think Diane's hot coffee took precedence
over Elberta's
ice tea and the reason I know is because Elberta was offering free
bags of ice towards the end of the picnic. Business may also
have been a little
slow for Gene and Cherlyn's bottled water "booth" according
to what they had to take home. Many thanks to all these gals and guy
for taking charge of this department. Now the food from Jack Stack's
Bar B Que was a different story. It was delicious and we managed to leave
very few left overs. Thanks, Jane, for handling that part (a most tasty
and important part) of the picnic. The cake from Costco's was also very
tasty and Jim's art work (the picture from the invitations) looked very
nice on the cake. We managed not to cut into the picture part of the
cake so we served cake from all around it and it was very good. I know
because I tried it ........................twice! Well, it was half white
cake and half chocolate cake and if I was going to tell you it was good
I needed to try it .................both colors. Juanita did a good job
of taking care of that department. She also had a display of memorabilia
donated by Beverly Kerr Martin's family.
We had plenty
of "50's" music
provided by Carol but there was more visiting going on than us "70's" out
there dancing. I think Jim Carras' brother, George, looked like
he could have put us all to shame on the dance floor. He is a proud
graduate from
the WHS class of 1941. Yes, you do the math and you will find that
he is a bit older than us but he could easily pass for being a
member
of the
class of '57. He was a delight to meet and thank you, Jim, for
bringing George with you. We had a little something to give to
the person who
traveled the most miles to get here and Jim. coming from Texas,
easily took the prize which was donated by Juanita. The tables
looked very nice
with their blue table cloths and beige colored runners down the
middle and a cheery looking basket of apples placed in the middle
of each table.
That made a nice center piece and also a nice take-home treat for
anyone who so desired. To finish off the casual and picnic-type
look of the
table decorations there was a mason jar filled with sunflowers
placed at each end of the tables. The jars were also dressed for
the picnic
with a band of blue checked gingham around the middle with a strip
of fringed beige canvas around the gingham. Thanks to Barbara Field
for
all her work on making the tables look great. Everyone was so willing
to help before the picnic to get the tables ready and also after
the picnic to get the tables "unready" (we have too many
teachers among us for me to be making up words so pretend I didn't
write 'unready").
Among the many helpers there was Carolyn, so perky and bright and
early! Again, thanks for everyone's help. This truly was a team
project and
it took everyone's help to make it a successful one and guess what,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,we
were successful!
As for the guest list, these
people were special guests,Lisa Herrington and her brother, Nick Langley
(Tom Langley's children) and
I apologize for not introducing them as they arrived. Art White
and Cherlyn spent some time visiting with them and looking through
the 50th Reunion
Book. Another special guest, as I mentioned above, was George
Carras, Jim's brother. We were happy to see all the special guests
and also our
classmates that were here at a Westport 1957 function for the
first time. I believe that Joy Young and his wife, Vera, from Mound
City, KS. had
not been to any of our reunions as well as Richard Bayless and
his wife, Vicky, of Raytown (Vicky was the one who made the delicious
deviled eggs)..It
was good to see John Joe Reyes and his wife, Virginia again as
well as Janice McClintock Rowe and to meet her husband, John Rowe.
It was also
good to see Haskel Fisher and his wife, Christine. Of course
we had many of our "regulars" at the '57/57 and I just want to (finally,
you say) say thanks to everyone who came out and helped to make our
picnic a fun and successful one.
Don't forget our next luncheon will be Saturday, Oct. 11 at the
same place as the last luncheon was........ McCoy's in the Westport
area. We will
discuss the picnic and also the Christmas Adoption Program.
It's only taken me 2 days to write this note. I had to stop and
wake myself up at the keyboard numerous times so if you see any
real funky
errors,
I assure you they were made during my sleep time. I have already
corrected too many to number.
Until next time, take care
and remember you are one of a kind and can't be replaced.
Hugs from me,
Merry Becker
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55th Year Reunion
A Great Success
Front Row -
Left to Right
Mary (Hamilton)
Ruf, Kaye (Peyser) Muelberger, Marry (Krause) Becker, Juanita (Furness)
Candillo, Terry (Murphy) Renfrow, Ilene (O'Hare) Blogin, Isabel (Avila)
Cheney, Ron Philgreen
Second RowLynn
Evans, Barbara (Hinshaw) Goodwin, Linda Teegarden, Nancy (Conklin)
Wilson, Cherlyn (Hughes) Bruns, Dick Kiehl, Jim Willettee, DeeDee
(Blackwell) Sterk, Don Philgreen
Third RowCarol
(Nicholson) Williams, Donna (Dodds) Haas, Jeff Sheldon, Gil Nichols,
John Reyes, Diane (Morrow) Kaster, Carolyn (Beck) Casey, Pat (Jenkins)
Turley, Betty (Turley) Smith, Jim Squires
Fourth RowDave
Acuff, Augie Ruf, Bob Brewer, Art White, Dale Oyer
CLICK HERE FOR ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
We had a very
nice 55th Class Reunion on Saturday, October 6th, 2012. The main event
took place at the Embassy Suites Hotel near
the Plaza with plenty of time to visit and renew old friendships. The
buffet meal was very good and the desserts were delicious. We had a chance
to watch the video from the 50th reunion and it was great to see that
again. We had 32 classmates along with 25 spouses/friends that were able
to attend the Saturday event. That added up to 57 which is a coincidence
since we are the class of "57. The Philgreen "boys" provided
a church service on Sunday morning which was very nice of them to do
and we appreciated the time and effort that took. Some of the classmates
met for lunch at the Rozelle Court restaurant which is in the middle
of the Nelson Atkins Art Gallery. They all enjoyed a little more time
together. A big thank you goes out to the committee members of the 55th
Reunion of the Westport Class of 1957. They are Juanita Furness Candillo,
Ron Philgreen and Mary and Augie Ruf. They did a great job of putting
together the reunion.
Please check this website often for future announcements, news from your
classmates or anything that may be of some interest to you and your classmates.
We would love to hear from you and also see pictures.
With warm regards,
Merry Krause Becker
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Westport High School Building Proposals Meeting
Planned
Kansas City Public Schools (KCPS) has invited two short listed teams to
present proposal updates for Westport High and Middle on April 6, 2913.
Each short-listed team will be allotted time for its presentation and for
Q&A from the meeting participants. This is a great opportunity for local
stakeholders to not only learn about the proposals and to ask questions,
but also to provide feedback to the district. Saturday, April 6, 2013
Westport High and Middle Proposal Presentations
9:00am - 12:00pm
Redeemer Fellowship
3912 Baltimore Avenue
For detailed questions and arrangements, please contact Nichole Collier
White at 816-418-7745.
Thank you for your interest and we look forward to seeing you at this
upcoming meeting.
Nicole Colllier White
Program Coordinator, Repurposing Initiative
Kansas City Public Schools
Website
for KC Publis School Repurposing
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