LAHS Alumni Newsletter, Fall  2002

LAHS ALL SCHOOL 2002  REUNION

WHEN?  October 25-27, 2002

WHERE?  Mission Inn, San Juan Capistrano, California 866/234-0249 or 949/234-0249   FAX 949/234-0331

The ?official? reunion begins Friday, October 25th, but as always many will begin as early as Tuesday, October 22nd.  Come early; stay late! 
There is limited space at the Mission Inn so the overflow crowd may make reservations at the Best Western in San Juan Capistrano, 949/493-5661 or FAX 949/661-8293 or WWW.capoinn.com.
Closest airport: Orange County.
Next closest: San Diego
Other routes: AMTRAK on West Coast, LAX (90 minutes away in GOOD traffic; isn?t that an oxymoron?)

SOME RECENT FINDS

Marian Curry LAHS ?63: currently resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Richard Donaldson LAHS ?57, currently resides in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Lyle Donaldson Janousek LAHS ?59

Rae Donaldson LAHS ?60

Bitsy Galvin Edwards LAHS ?59, currently resides in Tower Lakes, Illinois, married to Harry Edwards whom she met at Camp Darby

Terry Hollowell Divito LAHS ?63, currently resides in Hollister, California

Ellen Keefe Whelan LAHS ?59, currently resides in Corrales, New Mexico; Sadly we learned of the death of her brother John LAHS ?62 when we found Ellen.

GUESS WHO FOUND US ON THE INTERNET?

Lynn Hathaway LAHS ?63, currently resides in Santa Fe, New Mexico

LAHS YEARBOOKS AVAILABLE

Extra yearbooks are available for purchase for the following years: 1962, 1969, 1970, 1972-75, 1977-79, 1982, 1985-2000.  The cost is $25 plus $5 for shipping, payable by check to the Livorno Unit Student Activity Fund.  This is a fund raiser for the school.  Please contact Nancy Alberti or  Kay Burns at: Nancy_Alberti@eu.odedodea.edu or  Kay_Burns@eu.odedodea.edu

Also, Jack Miller, LAHS ?58, has scanned the 1957 and 1958 yearbooks.

STRUGGLES

Maria Allegra, LAHS ?73, reports the death of her classmate Diane Dover(Hembree) on April 12, 2002, at Merritt Island, Florida.  Diane had a long battle with pancreatic cancer. She died peacefully with her family by her side.  Diane met her husband Gary at Camp Darby in 1971, and they were married at the base chapel.  They would have celebrated their 29th anniversary in June.  Diane represented Merritt Island as a torchbearer last December for the Winter Olympics.

Sue (Harris) Wright, LAHS ?61, and Dub are mourning the sudden death of their 7 month old grandson, Zachary Liggett, on May 1, 2002.

INTERNET REGISTRIES

The Internet provides many opportunities to get in touch with old friends.  The Overseas Brats website has a guestbook for observations and a memorial page for those who have died in the service of our country.  Our own Doug Doody, LAHS ?62 is included on that page.  The Classmates website offers a registry for all schools.  Military Brats Registry has a registry for schools and  military bases.  All of these are helpful for locating friends from the past.

DIRECTORY ADDITIONS

Harry Heflin has recently added new listings to the Alumni Directory .   He is now including the names of our classmates who have died, their birth and death years, along with short comments.  If you have information about anyone who should be included, please notify Harry Heflin.  This is a ?work in progress? so not all are listed yet.
In the works are listings of all who have attended LAHS, even those we are still looking for.  George Partn is working on this.

NEWS

Bill Allshouse, LAHS?59, writes from North Carolina that he is retired as of 1997.  His oldest son recently graduated from college and is in graduate school.  He also has a daughter in college and a son in high school. 

Rebecca Winston Perrine, LAHS ?61 was visited in June by her OLD friend Sue Harris Wright,  LAHS 61 for the wedding of her son Peter in Richmond.  Pictures of the wedding are available on Dub and Sue?s website: www.dubwright.com

JoJo Turpin Hentschel, LAHS ?64,  Joda Boyd Summers, LAHS ?64, Stephanie di Marco Adams, LAHS ?64,  Kathy Schwarz Fontanilla, LAHS ?64, Mary Lee Gibson Eargle, LAHS ?64, Karen Thomas Patton, LAHS ?64, and Seri Kukla Ling, LAHS ?64, met in Massachusetts for a long weekend get together.  They even allowed Bert Hentschel, LAHS ?62, to be included.

George Parton, LAHS ?61, and his wife Diana, hosted Sue Harris Wright?LAHS ?61, and Dub at their summer home in Ogunquit, Maine, in July.    Photos are available on Dub and Sue?s website: www.dubwright.com



REUNION NOTE: IF YOU ARE COMING TO THE REUNION, PLEASE BRING YOUR LAHS PHOTOS, YEARBOOKS, AND OTHER ?SCANNABLE? ITEMS. WE PLAN TO DO SOME SCANNING AND HAVE DISKS AVAILABLE TO SHARE.  SEE YOU THERE!