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05/14/23 02:37 PM

#488

Claudia Hutchinson

Ricky, I don't know but it would be great for her to come join! Maybe Don or Mike knows. So excited you are both coming to celebrate!!!!

05/22/23 08:43 AM

#489

Don Traylor

One month till the 50th Reunion! Looking forward to seeing you.

Mike and I have about two weeks left to get a firm number of players for the Jacket Hack-It. So, ladies and gentlemen, please let either of us know if you will be attending. Also, we'd invite you to come watch us make fools of ourselves! If you're better halves are into chasing the little white (sometimes yellow, orange, green) pellet around, let us know.

We realize that some will be coming from long distances and clubs are a burden. If you'll need some, give us a heads up so we can plan accodingly.

See ya soon!

Don Traylor (512-784-0992)

05/22/23 03:29 PM

#490

Claudia Hutchinson

Thanks Don and Mike for heading this up!!! Sounds like a blast!!!!!

05/26/23 06:07 PM

#491

Suzie (Suzanne) Jary

Can't wait for our 50th Reunion!! Come one, come all, Class of '73, Jacket Spirit, Keep that Spirit UP.

sjary@mindspring.com Suzie Jary 682-234-4566

05/28/23 04:00 PM

#492

Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

LOVED the DEAR message from Bo Walker this afternoon that went to all of us via email! He did a perfect job of capturing the "essence" of our Class of '73. AND great news that he and Renee are still going strong!

CAN'T WAIT to see everyone! Jackets Fight! Anne

06/04/23 10:21 AM

#493

John Wilmoth

I just read this morning that Jeff Pumphrey's mom passed away at the age of 100. She had an incredible and interesting life. I can't seem to message him directly from here. If anyone has his contact information to share I would appreciate it. Thanks, Johnny

06/07/23 08:24 PM

#494

Jack Graves

I know that I have less to live than I have lived.
I feel like a child who was given a box of chocolates. He enjoys eating it, and when he sees that there is not much left, he starts to eat them with a special taste.

I have no time for endless lectures on public laws - nothing will change. And there is no desire to argue with fools who do not act according to their age. And there's no time to battle the gray. I don't attend meetings where egos are inflated and I can't stand manipulators.

I am disturbed by envious people who try to vilify the most capable to grab their positions, talents and achievements.

I have too little time to discuss headlines - my soul is in a hurry.
Too few candies left in the box.

I'm interested in human people. People who laugh at their mistakes are those who are successful, who understand their calling and don't hide from responsibility. Who defends human dignity and wants to be on the side of truth, justice, righteousness. This is what living is for.
I want to surround myself with people who know how to touch the hearts of others. Who, through the blows of fate, was able to rise and maintain the softness of the soul.

Yes, I hustle, I hustle to live with the intensity that only maturity can give. I'll eat all the candy I have left - they'll taste better than the ones I already ate.

My goal is to reach the end in harmony with myself, my loved ones and my conscience.
I thought I had two lives, but it turned out to be only one, and it needs to be lived with dignity.”

Brilliant Anthony Hopkins
and free interpretation of Mario de Andrade’s poem

Let's all show up at the 50th, act like 15 year olds and eat "some candy"!!

Regards, Jack

06/08/23 06:27 AM

#495

Margaret Grace Dickie (Wolfe)

Loved this when I read it, Jack! Look forward to enjoying some candy at the Reunion!

06/08/23 01:51 PM

#496

Bill Clemons

Saturday morning the 24th, Dr. Richard Selcer, TCU history professor, will lead a short guided tour just for our class from the Embassy Suites downtown to the bluff behind the Court House where Fort Worth was founded. The walk, which is less than a mile roundtrip, will begin at 9AM from the lobby and return at 11AM. Professor Selcer will share Fort Worth history as we walk through Sundance Square. There is no cost. So we have a head count, please contact me at whclemons@yahoo.com if you want to join us. Thanks. Bill C

06/16/23 12:28 PM

#497

Robyn Davis (Flowers)

I hate to miss this reunion, and I hope all the attendees have a wonderful time!

06/17/23 08:57 AM

#498

Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

We're in good company, Classmates! Willie Nelson's Fourth of July Picnic turns 50 this year! 🎉🎊🙌🐝🐝🐝🐝

06/17/23 02:48 PM

#499

Claudia Hutchinson

Thanks Robyn! Wish you could be there!!!!

06/17/23 10:11 PM

#500

Doug Drewry

Re: 50th Reunion...HERE WE COME!!!

Our AHHS Class of 73 represents American Greatness and proof of the opportunities that abound in our Country for everyone.

Starting from a modest town on the banks of the Trinity River, with kids from every walk of life, in an already 50 year old school - our class members have dove the Titanic on the ocean bottom, probed the reaches of space, and have traveled all over the world. Our Class produced Doctors, Lawyers, Oilmen, Teachers, Pilots, Flight Attendants, Actors, Musicians, Artists, Business Owners, Service Providers, Engineers and Builders, a couple of Spacemen and even a few Warriors. Some worked from home, for some home was work as they concentrated on raising families. Even though many attending this Reunion are Parents, Grand Parents, and even Great Grandparents; we will know them as the same kids we went to school with just a few years ago - and the Yellow Jacket spirit will be strong as ever.

50 years… the stories we can tell… time has passed but next weekend we will all be teenagers again.

Looking forward to it!

06/18/23 09:17 AM

#501

Claudia Hutchinson

Wow Doug! That was wonderful!!!!

06/18/23 09:24 AM

#502

Jerry Boydstun

Well said, Doug, I'd like to meet everyone of those classmates, see y'all there.

06/18/23 02:30 PM

#503

Bill Clemons

Very insightful Doug. Thanks for posting. Bill C

06/19/23 06:53 PM

#504

Kellie Cooper (Hales)

I loved your well written story of our lives. We will need to follow up on these amazing people. So excited to see everyone.

06/21/23 06:32 PM

#505

Jerry Crummel

I thought I would be able to attend the Friday night get-together at the Poop Deck but I can't make it. After retiring from band directing 10 years ago I still am very involved with music. This summer I am the musical director for our local community theater and we have rehearsals for "The Sound of Music". Full circle because we did this musical our senior year. I think my twin brother Terry might be there. Just pretend he is me.

Have fun everyone! Jerry Crummel

06/21/23 06:47 PM

#506

Brenna Barber (Jones)

Dear fellow Yellow Jackets, what an amazing class we have! I am so utterly grateful for my time at Heights. It was a time that profoundly shaped my life, and I was especially inspired by incredible friends and classmates. I will not be able to come to our reunion this year, but I wanted to express my gratitude for you all. I will miss seeing you! Brenna

06/21/23 07:06 PM

#507

Kathy Keith (Hennigan)

This is Kathy Keith ( Hennigan ) I am so happy I will get to see all of you on Friday night ! You all warm my heart !!!
Kathy

06/22/23 08:06 AM

#508

Houston Kauffman

Jerry and Brenna, sorry y'all can't make. You will both be missed. Jerry, I'll have no problem pretending Terry is you. In the six years of attending Stripling and Heights together, I could never consistently distinguish between you two anyway.

06/22/23 08:16 PM

#509

Houston Kauffman

I was just talking to Jean-Marc Ferraud. He gave me permission to post his response to me from back in September when I asked him how in the heck he ended up at Dear Old AHHS in 1972. Hopefully this will save some of you from asking him the same question this weekend.

Hello Mr AHHS ‘73 and thank you for your very kind message !
It’s indeed too bad I had not posted before June, our home was undergoing major maintenance “actions” and we moved temporarily, sharing ourselves in Provence, my heart and family country and Biarritz on Sophie’s side ! And you are right and next time you reach Paris, I’ll take you to some very very very fine dining places in Versailles…no way to avoid it ! Versailles is merely 5 miles southwest of Paris “as the crow flies” but it took a whole day for King Louis XIV to travel to the small hunting lodge his father had built…and that’s why he raised a Palace and moved into, even before the closing of the works. My AHHS year was a whirlwind of excitement, enjoyment and discoveries of all kinds. Let’s remember that, at that time, France was “starting to finish” erasing the stigmates of WWII and preparing to enter the world of modernity. My dad, who was trained and “winged” as a fighter pilot in USAF in the early ‘50 after his college years at the French Air Force Academy (via Texas and Arizona air bases… already), had this brilliant idea to send me out and follow, in a way, his footsteps ! All was possible thanks to John Jr and Carrie Anderson, my American parents who live now in Durango. They were an extraordinary warm and welcoming family, very well cultivated and educated and it truly was a chance for the 15 year old kid I was when I dropped in late July 1972. Next person I love to mention is Mr Homer Ludiker, with whom you have been working a lot at the school Council. Two days before registration day, Carrie and I had an appointment with him to “build” my life in AHHS. I came with all my school records which had been translated and validated in English. He went through that quickly and turned to me questioning and me replying : “you’ll done all of that ,son ?”- “Yes, Sir”- “what are your favorite areas, sports and hobbies ?”- “science, swimming and scuba diving, and airplanes, Sir”-“well, I have almost all of that in store. You will take Trigonometry, Calculus, Computer Math, American History, Government, Swimming, Aviation and you will give a hand to Mrs Bright French class at the lab. You will be a senior and graduate at the end of the year. OK for you, son ?”- “ But, I am only 15, Sir”- “That’s fine with me, son, let’s go”-“Thank you, Sir” (my last reply probably having the taste of “Aye Aye, Sir”). What a great great person ! I learned that he passed away at a decent age, but always too early for such a personality. At start, I was a bit worried in socializing with 2 years older classmates (at that age, it counts) but I quickly realized it was very different from French school system and I attended classes with all age group students and everything went seamless. And next came of course Mr Bernard Lionberger, Bernie… I still have a bunch of emotions writing these words because he definitively became “the man I want to look like in my life”. He really passed away prematurely and I am very sad not to have visited him before. I’ll post a picture of his words, written on the Yellow Jacket 1973. Too much to say !
That was the start of what became my life along the years, totally impregnated by what I had experienced in one single year.
Back to France was a bit sour, not going back home with my beloved family of course ! It was rejoining a school system, surely academic, but totally closed to real life. My US graduation was not validated and I went two more years in French Lycée to graduate “made in France”, two more years for “Preparatory Classes” (they are intensive Math / Physics classes to prepare the contests to join major academies, which are distinct from Universités). I had the choice between Civil Aviation Academy, Air Force Academy and Naval Academy…and choose the first one. 4 years to learn my future job, then 1 year for military service. And then, Air France for 40 years ! I have been able to fly on many aircraft types, hold many positions as instructor, manager, V.P. Flight Ops… The dream had came true and it all started in a school room in Fort Worth…
I am very sorry to have taken your time to read my words. It for me a great pleasure to rejoin Class of ‘73 …and to express myself in the language of Shakespeare (though, widely perfectible !) instead of the Airbish and Boeingish I practiced …for more than 45 years !
We will take the time to talk again and again during our reunion next year.
Take care, Houston, as for your family !
Very kind regards.

06/23/23 06:52 AM

#510

Jack Graves

Thanks for sharing Houston!!

I was in Bernie's aviation classes with Jean-Marc. Bernie had a big influence on my life too and is foundly remembered. I did not get into commercial aviation but aviation has been a huge part of my life and it all started back on "The Hill" with Mr. Lionberger! Will never forget "flour bombing" the ROTC boys and girls from a Cessna 172 up at the old Navy base on Eagle Mountain Lake - what a blast (bet you can't do that anymore!).

look forward to seeing you and many of the others tonight and tomorrow night!! Thanks to all the wonderful people for their efforts and support in making this reunion possible!

Regards, Jack

06/23/23 09:34 AM

#511

David White

Can't wait to see everyone tonight. Just a heads up, I will be wearing some Hai Karate after shave that I borrowed from Jeff Pumphrey

06/23/23 01:39 PM

#512

Jerry Boydstun

The fun has started! Joe Brower and I had fun this morning with Shotguns! Bragging rights intact as we didn't keep score.
I did not hold the camera sideways, so deal with it. w

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