HI,
I could not access the 57 website. Since I read that people are telling about their grand
children, thought I'd brag on mine. My oldest is 20, a senior at OSU, working on her Masters at the same time, and has
a spring internship lined up with Price Waterhouse in Tulsa. She is pretty and very smart. The next is 17, a senior
at Sanger, Texas highschool. Pretty, gabby and not as studious as her sister, but very warm hearted. The next
is 12, a top notch gymnast, and is a member of a competition cheer leading team. Not too studious, cute, and a good
athlete. Last is a grandson, 8 years old, a genuis, and the apple of his grandma's eye. I am a very lucky woman.
My only major ailment is laziness. My daughters will not come clean my house because they say I'm capable. How
can I make them realize that major laziness, is a major disease?
I plan on attending classmate, Robert Wilder's annual Christmas bash this Saturday night.
I will behave as he is the county Sheriff. His wife Edy and I attend the same community club. She is a sweetheart,
and goes all out decorating for Christmas.
Does any one know what happened to Vonceal Maxwell?
Merry Christmas to all
Carolyn Sue (Upton) Berry
John Arnold was born on the Hacksaw Indian Reservation,
at 40th and Eastern, under a tree, 1938.
1938 Prices
Average Income $1731.00
New Car $860.00
New Home $3900.00
loaf of bread .09
gallon of gas .10
gallon of milk .50
Morris Menefee and I both recieved scholarships to the University of
Tulsa to play football. We both transfered, Morris to Northeastern College and I transferred to Central State College.
I recieved a degree of Bachelor of Science in Education. Spent most of my 26 years of teaching in the Putnam City School's.
I play golf year round with Glen, David, Bob and Jim Day. I spend the summer going to Frontier City and White Water
with my older brothers' great grandchildren.
John Arnold
following was sent Dec 13, 2005
Hello
The University of Maryland finally started the training schedule for sending representatives
to Afganistan. My daughter Susanna is in Grafenwehr, Germany, now ready to start her "boot camp" training for one week.
She'll be back in Heildelberg next weekend, the 17th or 18th. She said it is very cold there. I remember when
I went for my training before going to Bosnia in early 1996, I got very cold in the tent at night. I snuck out to my
car in the middle of the night and turned the heater on. Apparently they caught on to this, because now they lock the
cars in a lot. Anyway, I was elated when I finished my training-being able to keep up with the young soldiers in the
marches and other activities. Susanna will do OK.
She's going as a civilian and civilians contracted with the University of Maryland
have to have the same training as soldiers. Civilians with other companies also train with the soldiers-staying with
the soldiers, going to formation at 5:00 a.m., etc. When I went, they called it "sticks training"-I suppose because
you march in the woods. Another reason is that you use sticks to poke the gound ahead of you so you don't step on a
land mine. They train on how to do that, but I never had to. That may not be an issue at all in Afganistan.
Other types of training are lecture types-orienting one on the culture in Afganistan, giving advice on the water, whether
or not it's safe to brush your teeth with local water, taching a few necessary phrases like "Stop, drop your weapon" in their
language, etc. I also learned how to inspect vehicles for bombs at check points. (I never had to do any of those
types of confrontation. We stayed on camp which Susanna will do also. Most of the training was unnecessary).
Tom Driver
this one I have had a long while
March 3, 2005
The smartest thing I ever did was marry Sandra Lowell on August 16,
1957. We will celebrate our 48th wedding anniversary this year.
I sold surgical equipment the first 8 years we were married. From
a financial standpoint, it was wonderful. From a personal standpoint, it was lousy. I left home on Monday morning
and returned on Friday afternoon. The kids were referring to me as "that man.
I joined the Oklahoma City Fire Department in 1966 and told Sandra we
would try it for a year and see if we like it. Twenty two years later, I retired from the Department. I had some
wonderful assignments in my carreer. As a sergeant, I was an aid to both a District Chief and a Battalion Chief.
With the rank of Captain, I spent 13 years in charge of a rescue squad. We responded to fires, car wrecks, heart attacks,
suicides, industry accidents, drug overdoses, etc. I delivered 6 babies, in return I received 3 cakes, 1 pie, 1 flower
arrangement and something we could never identify.
After my retirement from the Department, I joined a small travel agency
as Vice President and Sales Manager. We had the good fortune, over a 10 year period, to turn it into a hugh travel agency.
On October 4, 2001, I had a mandatory heart attck and left the work force.
When our children were older and in school, Sandra went to work for
the FAA/Transportation Safety Institute. She had a wonderful career and received many honors and awards. There
was a lot of pleading "don't go" from the director of the Institute when she retired.
Our three children are: Kathy (44) and engineer with Southwestern
Bell; Sean (39) and actor; and Curt (35) Petty Officer 1st class, U.S. Navy. We have four grandchildren ranging in age
from 24 to 4.
Like a lot of people, we always traveled by air. Now we travel
in a minivan and visit all the places we used to fly over. We are looking forward to our 50th anniversary and reunion.
James Pratt
John (Buddy) Maxwell and I were married June 1, 1956 in OKC and lived there until
1967. We lived in Dover, OK for nine years and moved to Enid in 1976. We have three children and six grandchildren.
Our older daughter Joni and her husband Craig live in Evanston, WY. Joni is an elementary and middle school Art
Teacher. She has two children Grant and Laura. Grant graduated from OU in 2005 and is currently attending graduate
school at UCO. Laura was recently married to a cattle rancher in Wyoming. Our son Ricky and his wife Suzanne live
in Enid. Ricky is following in his dad's footsteps by owning his own pipeline construction business. He has two
sons, Tyler is a sophomore at OSU and Mitch is a high school senior. Our younger daughter Paula and her husband Craig
live in Virginia Beach, VA., where she is a store manager for Dillards. She has two daughters. Mackenzie, a high school
junior and Madison, a sixth grader. One of our proudest accomplishments is that all three of our children graduated
from college. John has always worked in the pipeline industry and along with his partner bought KM Pipeline in 1986.
After suffering a heart attack in 1991 he slowed down some and then in 1997 he sold his share of the company and retired.
Over the years I have done volunteer work for several organizations in the Enid area. I served on the Board of Directors
of the Enid YWCA for six year. John and I helped to support a capital campaign that resulted in a new building for the
Enid YWCA. The new building houses a Crises Center for abused women, a half-way house for female substance abusers and
a Daycare for the children for young women finishing their education. We take great pride in the fact we were instrumental
in the building of this facility. Since retiring we have traveled extensively. We have made two trips to Europe
and have already made plans to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary by taking a Mediterranean cruise. In December
of 2004 we were in New York City taking in some of the show and enjoying all the Chriwstmas lights and decorations.
John developed a shortness of breath, so we cut our trip shor and returned home. On Dec. 13 he had quadruple by-pass
surgery in OKC. The surgery went well and in a matter of weeks we were back to traveling. We especially like to
travel in our 40ft Morot Coach. We have traveled to all but 5 state in the US. Attending OU football games and
several NASCAR races a year are some trips we really enjoy. When we aren't traveling I play tennis, workout, garden
and lay by the pool. John likes to ride his Harley and restore old cars. Since we have lived in Enid we have custom
built and lived in four home. Hopefully the one we are in now will be the last. Our favorite thing to do si spend
time with our children and grandchildre. With our daughter locations we can either to the mountains or to the beach.
John and I fell very fortunate to have such a wonderful family and so many great year together. (Where did the time
go?)
Karen Moore Maxwell
just talked with Karen to make sure both her sons-in-law were named Craig.....she
said they were and was quite confusing at times. Karen volunteered to make the name tags for our upcoming reunion.
Thank you Karen~~~
After gradutation I went to OU for nine weeks. I quit OU and joined
the Army in November '57 when I turned 18. Basic training was at Ft. Carson, CO. From Colorado I went to Ft Devins,
Massachusetts to quality for translation school. I qualified but out of 250 men only one was choosen. From Mass.
I went to Ft Gordon, Georgia and attended radio carrier school. From Georgia, I went to Camp Roberts, California.
Here I was assigned to drive a 3/4 ton truck for a test by MIT about small arms fire against air craft. While on leave
in Oct '58, I returned home. I asked Garry Owings (class of '59) out on a double date and we had a great time.
We had dated for about two years beore this. I asked Garry to marry me and she accepted. All agreed and Oct 10,
1958 we were married. About Dec '58 my unit at Camp Roberts was transferred to Oakland, CA. From there I was transferred
to Alaska. Assigned to a signal company near Anchorage, Alaska at Ft Richardson. Here I achieved the rank of Buck
Sargent and had my own team of five men and radio carrier. After Garry graduated she joined me in Anchorage where we
lived off base. Alaska became a state and the overseas pay was discontinued. We had a good time in Alaska and
made many friends. My signal team was the main company team. Our equipment was in a remote spot on base in a building
with heat. On spring maneuvers I would take my men and equipment out into the field. In the spring of 1960 our
team was flown to the top of a high mountain by helicopter about 150 miles out of Anchorage. From here we could see
Mt McKinley. On Nov. 12, 1960 I was discharged from active service and I turned 21 the same day. On 6-12-61 I
went to work with Western Electric Installation. October of 1961 I was drafted back into the service because of the
Berlin-Cuba crisis. Dec. 5, 1961 Leslie Kay McCann was born. She is our only child. I served about 10 months
and was discharged. I went back to Western Electric Installation and worked until I retired in Sep. 1990. Since
retiring I have stayed busy painting houses, mowing lawns and helping others. Garry and I have the Retiree's Club from
the Installation group. We have a breakfast once a month and a Christmas luncheon once a year. Also I have the
Union Retiree's Club Local 6290 AFL-CIO CWA. We have one grandson Ryan Kidd born 3-4-97 and are enjoying being grandparents.
When Garry and I have time we like to to to Tunica or the Casino's locally. When I meet old school mates many ask about
my brother Mike and sister Judy. Mike died from a heart attack in 1986 and Judy from cancer in 2003. Garry and
I have enjoyed my 13 year of retirement and look forward to many more years.
David McCann
OK gang that is all I have at the present time.
I am waiting for yours....I guess those of you we never hear from just aren't interested
in old classmates. If that is not the case, send me your bio and get involved with our class. Time is short............your OKC classmates meet on the third Tuesday (this month, Jan 17) at Western
Sizzlin' 74th & Penn. We start gathering about 5:30.........see you there????
