Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

Marc, 

Please feel free to join us at the Check In table whenever you can. If we're scrambling, we will appreicate the help!   

Also, here's a Message from our Classmate Don Martin: 

Hello my friend. Sorry I won't be able to make the reunion this time around. Living in Utah and driving the Big Truck all over the country means I have to be careful in how I utilize my vacation time. Hope you have a great time. See you in 5 years.

Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

Ya'll, I spoke to Mr. Archie Van Meter yesterday, our much-loved Biology teacher! He and wife ,Pat, are planning to join us tonight at Pinstripes! Claudia had a name tag made with HIS picture on it!

OK, is it just me.... looking at our Class of '73 Jacket Yearbook, the teachers look younger than we are! 

GOT THE FEVER! Anne

Jean Stacy (Robinson)

Berna Linda Massingill

Hello, folks. I'm not at the reunion but am finally catching up with the *huge* pile of unread posts dating back to 2013. Some of you have had amazing lives! (Well, possibly most of you, but some have written about them in your profiles). I just updated my own profile and put in a little more detail, though the summary version is still the same (teaching computer science at Trinity in San Antonio and very happy to be there).

It's pretty cool that some of you are willing to organize these events and that apparently some of you have stayed in touch through the years. I've lost touch with so many people, but I guess it happens. E-mail has apparently come and gone as a way of staying in touch (and isn't *that* an "I feel old" thing, when something goes from the latest thing to something only old people use), but I still like it, so feel free to e-mail me, either through this forum(?) or at the work address I'm using here, bmassing@cs.trinity.edu.

Yvonne Marie Blaisdell (Mann)

OK - deep breath, you aren't in high school anymore and they will understand if you can't remember or recognize anyone.  Well those were the words in my head last night as I nervously entered the 45th reunion event, and I am so glad I went!  No, most people didn't know me, but as more than one person told me - "I don't remember you but I am going to give you a hug anyway!" 

It was casual, full of laughing and sharing with so many pats on the back and so nice for once to NOT be the oldest person in the room (like at work or anywhere else!).  It was so nice to hear all the things we have in common - retirement or almost, "empty" nesting (which turns out to be awesome), parenting/grandparenting (yes there were pictures), aches and pains (that was heard all night!), and body parts getting upgraded - as in repaired - not improved, and all the things we didn't have time to discuss.  It was so lovely, so wonderful to get a chance to connect with folks who were there when cell phones (even microwaves) didn't exist, who were alive when Kennedy was shot and Vietnam and sit ins were not just in a history book.  Folks who knew how to sit down and talk to you, looking in your eyes, not down at a device.  People who could appreciate the latest "as seen on TV" device or rerun of an "old" movie.

I just wanted to say to all the folks, and their partners, who showed up and were so gracious as we checked you in (always asking your name and maybe asking you to repeat for all us old rock concert goers with bad hearing) - thank you for letting me know my "outside my comfort zone" experience was worth the anxiety!

For all of you who didn't get to make it - come on the next time - don't worry the water is fine.  No, there is no emoji I can use to tell you these are truly friends from the past willing to share a piece of their life with folks in the present who have shared more than 4 years (yes we were the first freshmen at AHHS) in high school.  We have shared a culture, a space in time and ups and downs all together.  What we share now is the future we still help to shape in our familes, friends and values.  Hats off to you Class of 73 - you did not disappoint.  Hope to see you around town and in the not so distant future - or around TCU where I have been hanging out (called working) for the last 25 years!  Thank you, thank you.

Yvonne Marie Blaisdell (Mann)

Oh - sorry - and a HUGE thank you for those who put this all together!  You accomplished more than you can imagine.  ym

Suzie (Suzanne) Jary

Suzie Jary here.  Well said by Yvonee Blaisdell.  Eunice and Claudia THANK YOU SO MUCH for organizing this and doing all the footwork.  Your service to our Class of 73 is so appreciated.  Thank you for all your time and Spirit of the Hill.

Loved seeing everyone and just having that bond of a time an place,,,,,and everyone the same age.....loved it.  I went on to the Bill Clemons Terrace Suite gathering.  I will post in photo gallery....fortunately have a tech savy husband...he will help. 

Love you all, sending good vibes for more Good Health and Good Times.

Suzie Jary

682-234-4566

sjary@mindspring.com

PS thanks to Bill Davis for this Website....

Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

Dear Classmates of '73,  

What a fabulous note from Yvonne! Wow! So glad you joined us and felt the Class of '73 LOVE! 

Just to chime in with thanks to Claudia and Eunice for ALLLLL the time, effort, love, thought, creativity and more time they put in to the Reunion so we could have so much fun on Friday night!  Many thanks to Bill Clemons for opening his suite and terrace at the Worthington on Saturday so the party could go on....and we could meet his precious Golden Retriever, Dickens! 

I think we all knew then, and this weekend is a reminder NOW, of how special our class was/is. There are so many ways that we shaped each other's lives as the first freshmen class (as Sylvia pointed out), and the ensuing three years til we graduated from Dear Ol' AHHS. And, having the opportunity to reconnect over the years is so special. Yvonne said it all beautifully. 

It was SO wonderful to see so many of our classmates, and we missed those who couldn't be there. 

HAIL THE GOLD AND HAIL THE BLUE! Anne 

Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

Many thanks to the FABULOUSO "Meet and Greet" Committee!  Everyone was so wonderful to pitch in! 

So grateful to:

Bill Davis

Debbie Sarsgard Whiltto n

Judy Adams Gant (who took the extra time at the table to sort things out toward the end!) 

Yvonne Blaisdell Mann 

Earl & Frances Hauss 

Jean Stacy Robinson 

Jack Graves

Marc Monzingo

Houston Kauffman 

Mary Helen Strain Smart 

Suzie Jary 

Gosh, if I left anyone out, please let me know! Ya'll were the SMILES AND THE HUGS that kicked off the "feeling good and true"!!!! 

JACKETS FIGHT! Anne

Don Traylor

I'd like to say "Thank You" to all.  It was a pleasure to see those that showed up.  My lady, Linda, said that she felt included and loved by all.  That is the true testament of who you are.  I appreciate that and see that in all your words and actions.  Big shout out to Marc and Cliff for another Jacket Hack It Golf outing.  Looking forward to another one!  Congrats to Eddie and Mack (Ham and Egg extraordinaire)!

God Bless!

Donna Forester (Fisher Boccieri)

Hi, friends!

I was so saddened not to be able to join you all for the 45th reunioin. I had knee surgery in May and was "grounded" from any air travel. sigh. Meanwhile and in your honor, I did spend the weekend listening to Doobie brothers, Cat Stevens, Crosby, Stills and Nash, James Taylor and even a little Jimmi Hendrix.....all the best music ever!  Many of you said it well....our class was truly a special group of people who have made a difference in many niches as we scattered and launched into adulthood. I will always be grateful for your friendship, the crazy fun (but not truly illegal) things we did  during those years, and the foundation for life those years gave me. You rock, Yellow Jackets!!!!   The pictures (and you all!) looked amazing and I am committed NOT to miss our next gathering and catching up with you! 
Blessings to each of you and take good care this summer!!! Donna

Claudia Hutchinson

Love you Donna! Eun and I were saying we were so sorry you couldn't be here. Been through 2 knee surgeries so I know about being grounded. Love ya! Claudia

Jerry Boydstun

They even let the ROTC’s in! Bald Baxter Knowles and myself weee the only ones I recognized, but others could’ve been undercover like me (ponytail and long white beard). The Colonel orders you to attend the next one, pretty please.

Donna Forester (Fisher Boccieri)

haha!!! thanks Claudia and Jerry! and a note to all--- come hike or picnic with me in Colorado  this summer if you find yourself out this way! (and as soon as both of my legs work well beginning in July) LOL

Bill Clemons

Bill Clemons

Donna, now that Colorado has legalized dope, I understand what you and Karen must have been smoking at Shady Oaks. Yes, high in Colorado sounds like a good idea.

Bill Clemons

Casey Sanford

Bill, her eyes do look a little dilated in the photo above.....just kidding!!!  God didn't give Donna those beautiful eyes just for her to see out.  They were a gift to all those who know her to see in, and anyone who ever looked in knows that her outer beauty is eclipsed only by her inner beauty.  Donna, we missed you at the reunion.

Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

Casey,  How sweet of YOU! Donna, you were missed!  Happy Father's Day to all our AHHS Class of '73 Dads!  JACKETS FIGHT! Anne

Anne Adele Szablowski (Robillard)

BIll, 

You are hilarious! A

Berna Linda Massingill

Another belated two cents' worth:

I so enjoyed Yvonne's post. Just going by what most people are saying here, I feel like I don't have a lot in common with most of my former classmates. But, Yvonne, even though I don't remember you (sorry!), you said it exactly right that we "shared a culture, a space in time", and that means something. A semi-random sample of our shared past: We grew up in a time when computers were room-filling beasts we interacted with only a little, and indirectly, rather than being gadgets you could carry around with you and use for all kinds of things I doubt many of us could have imagined in 1973. (Plus you can use them to make phone calls!) We remember .... paper maps, carbon copies, TV before cable, going to a library to look things up (unless we lived in a household that had invested in an encyclopedia), and so much more that's now mostly forgotten. For us all of those events whose 50th anniversaries are being noted this year -- we may not have vivid memories, but we were there. One of the things I like most about my job is trying to get my head around how different life is for my students -- indeed, for a lot of my colleagues. I try not to bore them with too much "what life was like in the old days", but it's hard to resist.

I didn't seriously consider coming up for the 45th reunion (I'm reluctant to leave my nest these days), but I think I did miss something. Maybe the 50th reunion, if there is one!

-- Berna

Margaret Grace Dickie (Wolfe)

Bernie, I remember you too! Just like Yvonne! Hope you remember me. You were always the genius in any class I had - advanced biology, chemistry, and math. You blew me away with your intelligence. You should come to the 50th and reconnect!

Yvonne Marie Blaisdell (Mann)

Hello sweet Berna,

if people didn't remember me, then I did a good job of staying 'under the radar'.  I was so shy it was painful.  I wore a sweater all year long and white knee high socks - those were the nerd years.  If anyone even talked to me I thought it was such a kind gesture (thank you lockermate Patty and Mack)!  So if folks looked at me now and didnt see the shy girl with a sweater and knee highs - great! 

Band was my life saver and those wonderful. talented, friendly folks who shared that time with me.  Working on the school paper and setting up the first classified ad section was another high point.  Heights was my "safe place" everyday, where things seemed normal and exciting, even if it was awkward for me.  I am very blessed to have married Gary Mann '70 from Heights, although we met after I graduated, thru our mutual friend Dennis Donaldson '70.  We will have our 45th wedding anniversary this September - hey, when you find your knight in shining armor - you know this is happily ever after!  He truly rescued me.

Yes - do come to the 50th, all of you - this is not high school anymore - it is so much more! 

Donna Forester (Fisher Boccieri)

sweet Yvonne and Berna- 

I do remember both of you at Heights, and Berna, we were in camp fire girls and grade school together among other things. I remember admiring you when you won the spelling bee!! So nice to hear from you both on this website and where you are these days. \Yes, it was a truly special time and we shared a lot during those 70s years. I think we were blessed more than we know to grow up in Fort Worth, in a place and time when anything was possible for us as we used our minds, talents and efforts to build something for our futures. I cannot believe all the remarkable things our class has done with their lives, including raising the next generation. So amazing!!!

I also hope we are having a 50th and a special thanks to those of you who have reached out to me and either own property or frequently visit here in Colorado! Life is dynamic and such a blessing! have a grand summer all!

Donna

Donna Forester (Fisher Boccieri)

one more thing---Casey...thank you for your kind words....Bill...where in the heck did you get that pic of Karen and I ???? Karen and I bonded through many experiences but I don't even remember those cigs...I only remember sneaking out of my house in Ridgmar along with Jay Clifton and Judy Gant one night and smoking a few that we "borrowed" from Judy's parents.  I was typically too scared to sneak out of my house but did one night to talk to Huffy on the curb at 3am.....that is until my DAD came out to take me back inside...sheesh.