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Class of 1964 "Class Photo" at our old school!  

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend the Marshall High School Class of 1964's 60th Class Reunion, it was wonderful to get to see everyone and to catch up. If you have photos you would like to share with everyone, please CLICK HERE or email them to Jesse Murphy at jtm71366x@yahoo.com

Hello Class of 1964,

In spite of the stormy weather, our 60th class reunion was a huge success due to the hard work and quick thinking by some of our classmates. One of the class heros is Nancy Brown Conwell, she worked to make sure that what Tuck Kemper started, was as wonderful as he had hoped it would be. When the storms hit, Nancy and Ken put on their Superman capes and got the venue moved downtown (where we had electricity), and we were able to enjoy a great evening with classmates and good food. 

Nancy wanted to share this message with everyone:

Good morning, Classmates!

Well, it certainly was a Reunion to Remember - 

From a low-key meet'n'greet at the Parish Hall of Trinity Episcopal Church (thank you Terry and Jackie Weeks!) with yummy food (thank you Dolly DeBeaux Moore, Libby Morrison Greer, Carol Harrell for procuring the sandwiches, salad and cookies!) the signage and banner (thank you David and Pamela Payne for storing them safely for ten years or more!) to Carol Marshall New, Treasurer, who spent the whole time at the registration table -  WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME - if you weren't able to be here, we missed you and wished you were here.

The fun continued on Saturday with a delicious lunch at Restaurant 1852 in Jefferson, at the invitation of Mickey and Charla Emery.  The rain did not discourage all of the diners -- those that went were rewarded with a good time, good food and lovely surroundings.

FYI:  It stormed on Saturday, and the electricity at Bear Creek went out around 11:30 am.  YIKES!!  A quick-acting Mike Whyte, co-ordinator at Bear Creek texted us, and we scrambled around to find an alternate place.  Earlier that morning, Joan, Sally Van Wert and I had toured the old Weisman building and commented on the spacious banquet halls on the second and third floors, already set up with tables.  A phone call to Mr. Whyte and he transported our pit-fired entrees and cold salads into town, set the dining tables with elegant tablecloths etc., and buffet tables, right on time!  

With the "fire brigade" phone communication of everyone who was attending, the EMAIL BLAST from our Classmates website (THANK YOU, JESSE and daughter KRISTIN) the majority of folks got the message.  In case we missed anyone, Ken Conwell went out to Bear Creek and stood ready to redirect those who may have missed the message.

Thank you, Leana York Westergaard and Sarah Gray Hughes for working so hard to provide a beautiful, quiet Memorial Corner to remember our classmates who have passed away.  

Scotty Eubanks called us to attention with good humor and Leslie Lawrence asked for blessings on our meal, travels and all our Class.

Speaking of all that transpired that day, Scotty asked, "Do you think Tuck Kemper was looking still out for us, maybe influencing the weather so we didn't have to drive 9 miles out to Bear Creek in the dark and pouring rain?" 

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME AND TO THOSE WHO WANTED TO COME BUT WEREN'T ABLE TO. 

PLEASE SEND YOUR PICTURES TO JESSE AT  marshallclassof1964.com  We would love to see the Reunion through your perspective.

Stay well, Stay in touch.

Nancy Brown Conwell

When Tuck passed away, we lost the administrator of the website.  With the help of my daughter, Kristin, I have accepted the responsibility for a while. As you know, all classmates are volunteers and receive no compensation for what they do for the class.  However, the website is through a third party that does get paid.  At the reunion, some generous class members made contributions toward the purchase of another three years of service through Class Creator.  We owe them our thanks.

If you would like to share some of your reunion photographs, you can sue the link on the homepage or email them to me a jtm71366x@yahoo.com.  It was discovered that some operating systems have had compatibility issues with the link.

Finally, It took the work of the volunteers and the attendees to make our 50^th a great reunion.  Thank you all.

Jesse