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WELCH HIGH SCHOOL |
If you're hesitant about attending your upcoming reunion,
please take a minute to read this message posted on our Message
Board:
"We attended our 50th Class reunion along with the Classes of 54
& 55, at Pipestem in WV last weekend. What a glorious
weekend! The weather was gorgeous (warm days and cool nights)
and seeing all my old classmates for the first time since 1953
was priceless. I recognized quite a few and surprisingly some
recognized me! From our Friday night get-together to the
Memorial Service on Sunday morning, everything was perfect
thanks to all the hard work of Bob & Anita Martin and their
committee members. We had so much fun recalling all the memories
from our youth and some sad moments remembering those classmates
that have gone on before us. I was so "puffed up" from the
weekend, I didn't even mind the rain on the way home on Sunday.
If there is any doubt in your mind about attending your class
reunion, please go - you won't be disappointed. I will carry the
fond memories of this weekend in my heart forever." Liz
(Burton) Drees, Class of '53
(Liz passed away December 2004)
Click the links for past
reunions to view related photos.
Upcoming Reunions:
WHS
70s Reunion
July 17-18, 2015
Click link
for more information
Please contact me at dskuja@yahoo.com if you want your upcoming WHS reunion
listed here.
WHS
Class of 1964 50th Anniversary Reunion
(Pipestem, WV -- August 8-10, 2014)
Call Ron Thompson at 434-971-3560 for more information
for students of 1960-1969 WHS
classes
(August 1-2, 2008)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr.
High
School Reunion
(June 21, 2008)
WHS
Classes
of the Forties
(October 19-12, 2006)
WHS Class of 1953
(October 6-8, 2006)
WHS Class
of 1952
(September 8-9, 2006)
WHS Class
of 1956
(June 23-25, 2006)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr.
High
School Reunion
(June 19, 2006)
Lost
in
the 50's Reunion
for students of the 1953-1955 WHS classes
(October 21-23, 2005)
WHS
Class of 1960
(October 14-16, 2005)
WHS
Classes
of the Forties
(October 4-6, 2005)
Sensational
Sixties
for ALL students who attended WHS in the sixties
(August 19-20, 2005)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr.
High
School Reunion
(June 18, 2005)
WHS 70s Reunion
for students who attended WHS 1968-1978
(June 10-11, 2005)
WHS
Class of 1959
(April 29-May 1, 2005)
WHS
Classes
of the Forties
(October 5-7, 2004)
Fabulous
Fifties Reunion
for students of 1955-1960 WHS classes
(October 1-3, 2004)
WHS
Classes
of 1949, 1950 and 1951
(September 17-19, 2004)
Hemphill/Capels
Jr.
High
School Reunion
(August 6-8, 2004)
All-WHS
Alumni Picnic
(July 24, 2004 - for ALL former WHS students)
WHS
Class of 1964-- 40th Anniversary
(June 25-26, 2004)
WHS Picnic
for all former WHS students
(August 16, 2003)
Hemphill/Capels
Junior
High
School
for ALL former Hemphill/Capels students
(August 9, 2003)
WHS
Class of 1956
(June 20-22, 2003)
Maryland
Area
WHS
Students
(May 21, 2003)
Sensational
Sixties
(June 21-22, 2002)
Fabulous
Fifties Reunion
(for students of WHS classes from 1955-1960
October 5-7, 2001)
Cookout
for
ALL Former WHS Students
(June 23, 2001)
WHS Class
of 1969
(06/17/01 update: This reunion has been cancelled)
WHS
Classes of '62, '63 & '64
(June 8-9, 2001)
WHS
Class of 1956
(June 1-3, 2001)
Cruise
for ALL Former WHS Students
(May 21-25, 2001)
WHS Class
of 1955
(October 6-8, 2000)
WHS
Class of 1960
(October 13-15, 2000)
WHS Golden
Anniversary Reunion
(June 16-18, 2000 for WHS
1949, 1950 & 1951 classes)
WHS
70s
Reunion
(for students of WHS classes from 1968-1978
June 30-July 2, 2000)
WHS Class
of 1954
(September 17-19, 1999)
SENSATIONAL
SIXTIES
(July 30-31, 1999)
WHS
Classes of the 1940s
(July 9-11, 1999)
If you wish to have information about your WHS reunion posted on the web, please email me at dskuja@yahoo.com
or call me at 727-207-7117
Don Juan (Collins) Skuja
There is no charge for this service.
Click the Pictures link below to view photographs taken at
the reunions.
Every five years, as summertime nears, An announcement arrives in the mail, "A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand; Make plans to attend without fail."
I'll never forget the first time we met; We tried so hard to
impress.
We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars, And wore our most elegant
dress.
It was quite an affair; the whole class was there.
It was held at a fancy hotel.
We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined, And everyone thought
it was swell.
The men all conversed about who had been first To achieve great
fortune and fame.
Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses And how
beautiful were their children.
The homecoming queen, who once had been lean, Now weighed in at
one-ninety-six.
The jocks who were there had all lost their hair, And the
cheerleaders could no longer do kicks.
No one had heard about the class nerd Who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon; Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain; She married a shipping tycoon.
The boy we'd decreed "most apt to succeed"
Was serving ten years in the pen, While the one voted "least" now
was a priest; Just shows you can be wrong now and then.
They awarded a prize to one of the guys Who seemed to have aged
the least.
Another was given to the grad who had driven The farthest to
attend the feast.
They took a class picture, a curious mixture Of beehives, crew
cuts and wide ties.
Tall, short, or skinny, the style was the mini; You never saw so
many thighs.
At our next get-together, no one cared whether They impressed
their classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal; By this time we'd
all gone to pot.
It was held out-of-doors, at the lake shores; We ate hamburgers,
coleslaw, and beans.
Then most of us lay around in the shade, In our comfortable
T-shirts and jeans.
By the fortieth year, it was abundantly clear, We were definitely
over the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed, And be home in
time for their pill.
And now I can't wait; they've set the date; Our fiftieth is
coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball, they've rented a hall At the Shady Rest Home
for the old.
Repairs have been made on my hearing aid; My pacemaker's been
turned up on high.
My wheelchair's oiled, and my teeth boiled; And I've bought a new
wig and glass eye.
I'm feeling quite hearty, and I'm ready to party;.
I'm gonna dance 'til dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun; I just hope that there's one Other person
who can make it that night.