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Mon. 9/21/2009 10:16:36 PM

Hi Larry,
Thanks for the picture. We just got back from Victoria and the Northwest. We drove to a family reunion in Iowa and then went up through Montana to Calgary, Canada and back through Seattle, Salt Lake, and St. Louis... We love to drive. We are going to the 55th in two weeks. I hope to get some pictures to post then. Thanks again for your interest. Dean

Thur. 9/17/2009 10:32:09 AM

Hi Dean, Not sure if you are still the keeper of the CHS web page. Have to admit, I have not accessed it for a long time. If I remember correctly, the Class of 54 is planning another reunion in the near future. Becky (Fullick) and I will not be able to attend but thought we could at least send a recent photo of Becky and me taken on a Columbia River Boat cruise. We were celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary with a trip to the northwest. Hope the attached picture will come through (it is a little dark). All the BEST to the Class of 54!! Becky and Larry  (See picture in current lives)

Wed. 8/26/2009  10:32 PM 

Hi Dean,

Well, I am disappointed that no one has posted their news!   I keep checking!  

Unfortunately, we will be unable to attend the class reunion in October as we are going on a Panama Canal cruise.  I will be looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing how the reunion went. 

By the way, we are great grandparents for the first time!  Our great grandson was born July 27 and is named Bailey Paul.  He has sandy red hair so maybe we will get another redhead in our family finally!  Now I am really beginning to feel old!  

I had lunch with Marilyn Stamp yesterday.  We had not gone to lunch in about a year because  both of us had busy schedules. She only lives about 20 minutes from me.  It was very nice to catch up with her and we had a long leisurely lunch!  

I continue to keep busy with my quilting, crocheting, playing the organ and of course, my genealogy.  Computers are wonderful as it allows me to stay in contact with cousins from all over the world without waiting for 'snail mail'.  Even tho more and more records are now being posted on the internet, I have to admit that I still like to visit the cemeteries, libraries and Federal Archives. 

Thanks, Dean, for keeping this site going!  

Natalie

Sun. 5/17/2009 4:51 PM

I am still looking for pictures and news from the class of 54. Some of us were able to help David and Nancy celebrate their 50th Anniversary in Davenport on May 2. Pictures of the party are posted under current lives. There were 9 classmates there. Unfortunately Jim and Virginia Heidt as well as Tom and Bev Havens left before I got their picture. Ron Buelow, David and Walter Smith and their wives were there. Please let me know if you have any thing to post. It is always good to keep up with good friends from our high school days. Virginia is planning a get together for a weekend on Oct. 2 - Oct. 4. See 55 Reunion tab for details. I guess the only way I can get pictures is come and take them. See you all there.
Dean

Thu 4/9/2009 6:55 PM

What a great surprise... After a long dry spell it was great to get a post, thank you Natalie.  I was considering giving up on the site but now we'll keep it going and see if anyone else ever looks at it.  We need pictures and other news to keep things fresh.

As for news from Alabama, I am still running a Computer Learning Center here in Huntsville..  www.hsvclc.org  We keep about 8 instructors and have a series of 10 different classes.  Each term last 6 weeks.  I am also supporting another not-for-profit organization by serving on their World Service Board, it is Families Anonymous.  We are hosting the World Convention here on Memorial Day week end.  This has turned out to require more time and energy than I imagined.  I also maintain their web site.

In all my spare time Julie and I love to travel, and we are getting good at it.  I hope that Tom and Bev are more careful about their adventures, the picture of them on the Zip Line made us decide to try it.  Real sport after the first few platforms.  We spent January in the Patagonia region of South America.  Found a Zip Line down the side of the Osorno volcano near Puerto Montt, Chile. It was a great trip, visited 4 countries and the Falkland Islands.  As a descendant of sea faring Scandinavians I never dreamed that I would get my shellback certificate for going around Cape Horn.  We saw a lot of glaciers and penguins. We also spent a few days at Igauzu Falls and some time on a sheep ranch.

If others will cooperate and provide pictures and news I will try to keep the CHS 54 site fresh and newsworthy.  I enjoy making and maintaining Web Sites.  I conduct several Web Publishing workshops each year... If I don't stay active I will soon forget how it is done.  We are going to Iowa in August for a Family Reunion at Honey Creek Resort State Park, Rathbun Lake, Iowa.  There had better not be any ice or snow then.

As ever Dean

Wed 4/8/2009 1:20 PM

Hi

I don't know about anybody else, but I check about once a month to see if anything new has been added to the Clinton High site.  I am as guilty as everyone else because I never post anything.  However, I do enjoy hearing about other's lives and what's been happening.  I hope we don't have to wait to post only tragic events.  

With that in mind, I would like to share with you that we are going to be great grandparents for the first time in August!   We are delighted!   It doesn't seem possible that I was 73 in January this year, and our oldest grandson is 24.   The older I get, the quicker the years fly by! 

We stayed home in Illinois this winter for the first time in about 15 years, instead of going south.  It seems it was a poor choice as we had one of the worst winters ever.  But this winter too, has gone quickly by and now the crocus and daffodils are peeking up with promises that surely warmer weather will be upon us soon. We are already planning our trip for next winter, beginning with a fall cruise to the Panama Canal and then taking our motorhome to Florida for the winter. 

I have been visiting with Billie Ruth(Ray) McDonald online for several years now.  She and her hubby live near the San Diego area.  We grew up in Camanche together and it has been fun reminiscing with her. 

I hope some of you will post what you have been up to lately - good and bad! 

Natalie (Powell)Swanson

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