50th Anniversary!

Gary and Gwen Amis Harrell is soon to be celebrating their 50th anniversary together (Nov. 5).   She send a photo of her and Gary taken on their wedding day.  What a grand couple they made!

Happy 50th Gwen and Gary!!

The 55th Reunion Was Great

We had an excellent turnout inspite of the tropical storm Lee dropping TONS of rain. And everyone had a great time.

I will be putting up some pictures in the next week or so. If you have some please share them with Lionel or Billy.

Our Class Picture

Please click on the picture to enlarge it.

Kudos to Anna Gayle, Marilyn, Gwen, Ruth Ann and Becky Marr for helping to match names and faces in our 1956 graduation picture. They spent hours of hard work on this project -- but always kept it fun! Thanks, ladies!!

1st Row, Sarah Jane Embry, Betty Hammett, Claudetta Needham, Ann Mason, Enla Ray Grimes, Mary Louise Skelton, Ida Well, Dorothy McCaleb, Bessie Hamilton, Geraldine Fulcher, Helen McRaney, Sharon Cothern, Doris Jean Jackson, Carolyn Garner, Nancy Jost, Lin Owen, Betty Cox, Joanne Haluska, Mary Ellen LaCaze, Lynda Caldwell, Nancy Fant, Betsy Rouse

2nd Row, Jo Ann Gannon , Francis Mobley, Eleanor Rouse, Betty Jo Enroth , Martha Davis, Jewel Peterman, June Vierling, Marie O'Neal, Betty McMurray, Patsy Langston , Evelyn Clark, Joanna Dodson, Cynthia Dabney, Becky McMichael, Carol Anderson , Peggy Holcomb, Alison Pringle, Mary Crouch, Gayle Owen, Carol Rainey, Jane Causey, Jackie Glass

3rd Row, Carolyn Bohn, Kay Minor Fant, Russell Rape, Linda Scott, Irene Sanderson, Dorothy Kinsey, Mary Shiyou, JoAnn Hatten, Mary Hanson, JoAnn Lowery, Janice Bowden, Rozanna Brady, Noel Egge, Jane Hunt, Jill Hunt, Susan Medley, June Ramsey, Barbara Swarthout, Clydie Schmidt, George Rosetti, Shelton Sylvest

4th Row, Jimmy Rester, Tippy Milner, Archie Crowder, Robbie Besse, Ramsay King, Lionel Blum, Wayne Davis, Dexter Patterson, Larry Hatfield, Mary Roberts, Bobbie Hall, Gary Harrell, Gwen Amis, Sarah Odle, Carolyn Keel, Alice Jean Arthur, Roger Bailey, Harold Hill, Paul Frank, Jim Morrow, Mike Stewart, Jim Gay

5th Row, Ned Craig, Ron Stewart, Leon Christodolou , Ron Broussard, Thomas Persons, Gary Bell, ??, Bill Mabry, Jeannene Dubuisson, Sara Lewis, Bunny Stehling, Marilyn Sisson, Ruth Ann Gauthé, Martha Hatten, Peter Sheely, Spence Cuevas, Joseph Cuevas, Victor Wimpee

6th Row, Jimmy Deen, Glen Ray Walters, Phil Bolton, Ralph Cuevas, Abraham Kassis, Glenn Wright, Larry Lenoir, Kenny Rich, Joe Gannon, John Davis, Joe Coefield, Frances Head, Anna Gayle Davidson, Jane Hallett, David Broome, Walter Fulton, Jimmy Clark, ???, Darrell Smith, Graham Smith

7th Row, Jerry Crawley, Billy Mount, Jerry Carriere, Billy Hewes, Roland Bond, Douglas Ladd, Gordon Smith, ???, Jim Head, Robert Stevens, Ray Powell, ???, Billy McGown, Jan Perrett, Kenneth Gibson, Scott Embry, R. L. Stafford, ??? , Barry Monroe



The following people are either not identified or not in the picture.

Inez Cameron, Jane Causey, Leon Christodolou, Evelyn Clark, Jerry Crawley, Ralph Cuevas, Johnny Davis, Scott Embry, Charlene Erath, Marco Figueroa, Carolyn Finch, David Fitch, Samuel Fitch, Janet Floyd, Joe Gorman, Harry Hewes, Lauralee Keen, Mary King, Jerry Kinser, Donnie Faye Lawrence, Judy Locke, Johnny Martin, Eva Meadows, Barry Monroe , Frank Moses , Jeanette Norris , Thomas Persons , Raymond Powell, Glenn Rouse, Cecelia Schick, Larry Schultz, Robert Stevenson, Mary Louise Stewart, Paul Walker, Carl D. Williams, Jerry Woleben

Driving Miss Daisy

Ruth Ann has been busy.  She played a starring role in a play produced by the JORT group and EVERY ONE says it was a wonderful production!
Below are some pictures of her.  As you can see, she played a grand "Miss Daisy".

This link will take you to a write up of the JORT group in the Hattiesburg American:
JORT GROUP

Congratulations Ruth Ann!

The Lunch Bunch

A fine group of lunch bunch fellows.  Looks like Ron is not going to go hungry!

From L to R;

First row........Ronald Brussard, Frank Palazzo,  Billy Mount,Baxter Jones

Second row..Paul Franke, John Rosetti, Benny Roy Easterling, Ernest Ray Kirby, Buddy Hammett

And, sadly, I have been informed that Baxter Jones has passed away since this picture was taken.  RIP

Lionel Blum and Submariners

Lionel had a picture of him and his submarine friends in the Mississippi Press on Jan. 3 2011.  I have added it to our blog for a number of reasons. 

First, it is always great to see one of us making the news. 

Second, it would be great if you would send either Lionel or I links to articles about our classmates or emails letting us know when one of them makes the news.

And third, Lionel has had a serious illness the first of the year but is over the hump. 

And, last but certainly not least, we all need to thank Lionel for all the work he does for the GHS Class or '56.

(Sorry about the quality of the image, it is from the newspaper and I could not get rid of the 'bleed' from the back side.)

The Ring

The Blog has been slow lately.  But there is a small drama unfolding—Someone has found a lost class ring and we are looking for the person who might have lost it.  So here  is a very rough compilation of the email that has been shuttling back and forth for the last day or two.  (pardon if I missed a name or two)

From Mike Stewart:

Hi, Classmates!

Thanks to our Golden Commodore blog, I have been contacted by someone about a GHS 56 class ring found near Knoxville. She sent me the following:

Hello, A friend of mine found a class ring from Gulfport HS class of 1956 with the initials BRC. Looks like a ladies ring. He would like to return it to original owner or family.

Rather than send this person’s address to everyone, I thought it might be easier if one of us acted as a clearing house. If anyone has any thoughts on this, please let me know and I will follow up, or provide you with the finder’s contact information.

Please give this the widest distribution you can and maybe we can locate our
classmate who lost this ring.

Blessings and Happy New Year to all,

Mike

From Anna Gayle:

Hi Mike and other classmates,

The best I can do from the year book is Betty Cox.  Anyone know Betty's middle name?  Oh shoot -- just found she was Betty Ann Cox.  What a great human interest story this would make for the paper.

I am now looking on an ole email sheet for BRC and see Ralph Cuevas.  Was Ralph his middle name?

I see that Edward Craig lived in Knoxville.  C fits -- but don't know about the BR.  Any ideas?

Hope someone claims it.  I am adding five people to the mailing list who helped me with names -- and brains.

From Gwen:

I am perusing our graduation program and the list of all the graduates.  Ralph Joseph Cuevas is listed as well as Edward Raymond Craig.  Could the B actually be an E.  How clear is the engraving on the ring?    Gwen

From Anna Gayle:

Thanks. I spoke with Ned and he can’t find his ring! His initials are ERC and I’m waiting on a reply from the gal in Knoxville about the possibility of the B being an E. Personally, it sounds like we have a fit. Just waiting.

From Mike:

Dear Friends –

FYI, I have written the finder in Knoxville again and asked her to let me know where we stand on this. There’s a fine line between being persistent and being a pest and I don’t want to cross  that line, so I’ll just wait to hear back from her. She has a small business that probably keeps  her running on weekends, if I understand her website.

I will let you know when something happens.

Best to all,

Mike