Alumni Newsletter 2019 Pdf

Hallsville Alumni News Hallsville Alumni Association March 2019

The 69th Annual Hallsville Alumni Banquet will be held Saturday, May 4, 2019. The meal will be catered this year by Tammie’s Covenant Kitchen. The price this year will again be $14.00 per person.

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The Banquet will be held in the Hallsville School Intermediate Commons. Parking is in front of the Intermediate School building on Highway 124.

In Memory

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Scholarship Fund

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Please return the enclosed reservation form below to the Hallsville Alumni Association, 4130 W. Willis Road, Columbia, Mo. 65202. The deadline is April 25, 2019.

Message from 4 The President

Class of 1969 3 50th Reunion

Doors will open at 5:00 pm for visiting. The meal will be served at 6:00 pm. Please remember that you can stay after the banquet to visit also. Please detach and mail today: 69th HALLSVILLE ALUMNI BANQUET Price: $14.00/person May 4, 2019 Please reserve _____ places Hallsville Intermediate Commons Amount Enclosed $_______ Please reply before April 25 Class of______ INDIAN GATHERING

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In Memory 1943 Houston Leo Willis 1945 Lois Mae (Willett) Cook 1950 Nella Mae Crosswhite 1950 Kathryn Maries (West) Quisenberry 1950 Dottie (Doak) Thompson 1954 Sylvia Gail (Shern) Creason 1958 Kenneth Wayne Ancell 1959 Helen Marie (Riggs) Brady 1962 Judy Kay (Pemberton) Hibbs 1963 Larry Michael Jones 1966 Kenneth Ray Lewis 1974 Norman Wayne Brown 1987 Lisa Lynn Drummond 2015 Charles Jay (CJ) Frederick

Alumni Scholarship Fund Update The annual Hallsville Alumni Association Scholarship was awarded last year to Tyler Phillippe and Cole Scheetz thanks to your continued support of this program. Congratulations to Tyler and Cole! We thank you for your contributions and plan to award two $500 scholarships this year. We will be collecting donations for the scholarship fund at the banquet; look for the collection jars on your table. Please consider a donation in memory of someone who helped with your education.

Class of 1979 – 40 years We were toddlers when JFK was shot and killed. Too young to remember when it happened, but we grew up with the story. We were 8 years old, sitting on the floor and watching TV when Neil Armstrong took the first step on the Moon. We had images of the Vietnam War on the nightly news. I never understood young adults spitting on our soldiers when they returned and calling them "baby killers". That angered my young heart. I didn't quite understand the hippy generation and flower power, even though we were there, we were just kids. In high school, we lived the shift from bellbottom jeans and tie-dye T-shirts to straight-leg Levi 501 jeans. The boys had come back to school with shorter, clean-cut styles. The girls had a chance to wear longer, more romantic skirts that had come back in style. Farrah Fawcett definitely had an influence on the girl's hairstyles. There was nostalga nods to the 40s and 50s in fashion. We watched the first Star Wars in theaters. Charlie's Angels, Three's Company, Mork and Mindy and M*A*S*H were some of the TV shows that we liked to watch. There wasn't a lot of time for TV or movies with the many basketball games and homework. It was the height of Disco. Fun songs like "I will Survive" by Gloria Gaynor and "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer, Michael Jackson and the Commodores. The Eagles and Pink Floyd were still popular. However, if I remember correctly, most of my classmates didn't like Disco or Pop, but preferred Country Music. I was never a fan of the old country music, but in 1979, a lot of country had added some rock to it. Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson and Linda Ronstadt were favorites. "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by The Charlie Daniels Band was popular in pop, rock and country. Ours was the first class to use the new gym. Before our senior year, the original gym was a great old gym with wooden bleachers that were almost two stories tall. Hardly any sideline space. The community had finalized raised the money and backing to build a brand new larger gym. We had our homecoming, prom, pep rallies, plays and graduation in that gym. When we returned for a visit at our 20th reunion, we were a little surprised by how worn that "brand new" gym looked. Then, of course, it would be with hundreds of kids using it for 20 years. Time kind of works that way. I'm not sure if they still use that gym or if they have replaced it with an even newer gym. Our senior year of 1979 was full of fun memories. Homecoming was a blast, with a bonfire, parade, basketball games, which we won both boys and girls games, (that was our Homecoming). Kathy Hight (now Klemme) was Homecoming Queen. There was the Homecoming Dance in the "Old Gym" for fun. Our pep rally was crazy with fun skits. There was even a skit with a prank of treating our basketball players with caramel "onion" apples. The gym was full of laughter and "tears". We took our Senior Trip to Florida and New Orleans. Daytona Beach, Disney World, Pensacola Beach, (receiving the worst sunburn ever). That was the year that the movie "Jaws" was filmed at Pensacola Beach. It was the buzz around town. Thank goodness we didn't see that movie until after we visited the beach. In New Orleans, we were given tours of the grand old southern homes and the beautiful French Quarter with the artists at work and the jazz musicians. It was a great trip. To those of the class of 1979, please consider coming to the Alumni Banquet! And watch for news about reunion plans. And we're hoping to come together again to watch Hallsville's football team this fall at the Hallsville High Football Homecoming. Something we never got to experience. See you then. Christina (Rice) Knapp – Class of 1979 – Hallsville High School.

Class of 1969 Celbrating 50 Years!

Hallsville Alumni Association 4130 W. Willis Road Columbia, Mo. 65202 www. hallsvillemoalumni.weebly.com 69th Annual Alumni Banquet Return Service Requested

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Hallsville Graduates: Mark your Calendars for May 4, 2019! Hallsville Graduates: Hope 2019 has been healthy for you and your family thus far. My how time passes by and it is time for the 2019 Alumni Banquet to be held May 4, 2019. I encourage you to attend for good food and to visit with classmates and friends. Hope to see you there! Dorothy McKenzie, Alumni Association President Alumni Officers: Vice President: TBD Secretary: Marceil Nolte Flatt Treasurer: Connie Ott Reedy Committee Members: Mary Schnell Russell, Erika Crane Wildenhain, Trynton Roberts

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Check out the Alumni Web site at www.hallsvillemoalumni.weebly.com! Hallsville Public Schools Web Site is www.hallsville.org See the Hallsville Historical Society on Route OO, across from Casey’s! It has past years class photos, yearbooks and lots of Hallsville history! Mercantile Museum Grand Opening April 28 at 2 pm!