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Patty Cox Osborne 67
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 Posted - 02/02/2007 : 11:29:07
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Hi Pam!
This is so Great---of course, I remember Beth! Your family lived in the white house on the corner of 10th Street and Hughart Ave. We had such great times in that neighborhood!!! Don't we wish we still had those stacks of comic books??? 
I am going to send you a message at your e-mail address--please let me know through this site if you don't receive it!
I can't wait to 'catch up' with Beth!
This website has been so wonderful - we have heard several similiar stories about reconnecting with old friends.
Hope to hear from you again soon!
"What your eyes can't see, lives in your heart" |
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Jennifer Wise 68
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Posted - 02/02/2007 : 16:28:34
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| Patty, was just catching up on the reunion website and saw your e-mail with Beth Thrasher. I lived in the last house on 10th street..You should remember me well as I was always across the street twirling batons with jean dolinger...I remember your mom and you. It is amazing how this web site jolts back old memories...I remember Gary Thrasher but not beth real well. I think they moved to Cocoa Beach while we were still in school...Any way just wanted to say hi and look forward to seeing you at the reunion. Thanks for all the work you guys do for this website....From the posts I think you all enjoy it very much and I really enjoy the pictures tha Andy Pendleton puts on... Sincerely, Jennifer Keister Wise |
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Patty Cox Osborne 67
128 Posts |
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 17:40:40
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Hi Jennifer,
Of course I remember you---Are you kidding?---you're another neighborhood 'kid'! I have asked Eric about you several times since I see him often. Are you still in the Roanoke area???
I don't know if you keep up with people or not, but Jean is in Maryville, TN and Jane lives in Lewisburg.
I'm sure you also agree that we surely did have a great neighborhood to grow up in!!! (Thanks for reminding me of Gary Thrash.)
I'm glad to see you are planning on attending the reunion---Have you been to any of the others??? We really do have a great time and the smiles and hugs are abundant!!!
Hope to hear from you again soon.
Patty |
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Jennifer Wise 68
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Posted - 02/03/2007 : 10:32:39
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patty, great to hear from you too. Yes we did have a wonderful neighborhood..In this world today it really helps to take a moment or two and just think about the good ole days. I am retired and my husband and I travel alot in the summer...Life is good.....I am coming to the renion, my cousin Steve Carr owns the Cornerston Inn and I will be there staying and attend the reunion...I do look forward to seeing all the former Rangers....
I can just see us at the school practicing for a band concert or getting ready on Friday night to march from the King Coal hotel to the football field...What memories, but one thing is for sure, I surly couldn't march that far now....Sincerely, Jennifer |
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Frank E. Manspile 58
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Posted - 02/08/2007 : 23:02:27
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Originally posted by Janet Ballengee Estep 68
Can someone help me with the quote that was used either by Ms.West or Ms. Meadows? "The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer." Is that the correct quote and which lady used it? Thanks. Janet Estep
If it is difficult we do it immediately, if it is impossible it takes a little longer. This was the class of 1962, motto. It is still on the gym wall. Ms. West passed away, I think, when we were in 7th or 8th grade. That is when Mrs. Meadows came. Can't recall where the phrase came from, just it was our motto. Maybe someone else can remember. See you in July. Gingy Walker Manspile class of 62- |
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Ron Fleshman66
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Posted - 02/16/2007 : 02:46:30
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| It was Virginia West who coined that phrase. I can remember Jim Hamerick telling us this back in the 8th grade. It's a pretty good motto. |
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Dale Tincher 64
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 03/09/2007 : 09:45:37
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Carolyn Johnson Hunter forwarded a link that is too cute not to pass on. Watch 50 years of memories flash by in a couple of minutes accompanied by the Statler Brothers "Do you remember these?" - http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm
Dale Tincher - Class of 64
919-272-8052
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Dale Tincher 64
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 03/15/2007 : 09:58:17
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Maxine Tennant sent the following interesting & enjoyable e-mail.
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From Maxine)
This is unusual. I am going to send an issue written by someone else. It details some of the wonderful things about my home state, West Virginia. I would add that it has one of the lowest crime rates in our country and has had for several year.
ENJOY AND BE PROUD!
This is the best email I have ever received about WV!!!!
Because of our mountains, we have rivers. The oldest river in the
Western Hemisphere, the New River (quite appropriately named, don't you think) ends in West Virginia. We have the Gauley River, which confluence's with the New River in a magnificent cascade to form the Kanawha River, whichin turn flows through the center of the State, and directly through the capital city of Charleston, the largest city in West Virginia. These rivers in addition to the Cheat, Blackwater, Tygart, Monongahela, Ohio and countless others offer tremendous recreational opportunities.
The tallest building in Charleston is barely 25 floors tall! ,which, if you think about it, is a plus; how could you possibly build a
skyscraper more beautiful than a mountain?
The capital city stretches throughout the long river valley
encompassing oth hill and dale.
The Charleston airport, the largest in the State, sits on top
of a mountain. The crime rate in Charleston, including the entire
population of the Kanawha Valley (around 200,000), reflects that of the entire State, the lowest in America. No more than a handful of murders are committed each year.
Charleston has no subway systems, but, truth be known, you can
get from one end of town to the other, even in rush hour traffic, in less than ten minutes.
There are three major interstate systems going through Charleston,
the smallest city in America to make such a claim.
The entire State has six different interstate systems, meaning,
from Charleston, you can reach Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati,
Pittsburgh, Louisville or Charlotte in four hours or less....Ah, but once you leave the interstates, the drive becomes a thing of wonder. Two lane roads, winding up and down the mountains, offer amazing views and historic places, small towns, poor in wealth but rich in history.
West Virginia is the birthplace of Mother's Day, in Grafton; and Father's Day, in Fairmont.
We have the oldest covered bridge still in use. We have walnut
festivals. strawberry festivals, apple festivals and pumpkin festivals and buckwheat festivals , and arts and crafts fairs and stern wheel regattas and ramp dinners.
We have Bridge Day, on the New River Gorge Bridge over 800 feet
above the New River; the only standing structure in the United States that, one day a year, allows parachuting and bungee jumping.
We have college basketball, and minor league baseball and
hockey, and, just like all of America, Friday night high school football.
We have white water rafting, and skiing, and hiking, and caves,
and waterfalls, and camping in every direction. We have Sundays
where a leisurely drive in the car can take eight hours, and only cover 100 miles.
We have bed and breakfasts, and resorts, and golf courses, and
museums, and the Greenbrier Hotel. West Virginia has more natural
beauty and wonder than any person could ever imagine.
We have all of this, and yet .... our greatest asset is our people.
West Virginians are good people. We care about each other. We talk
to our neighbors over the backyard fence.
We grow tomatoes for the entire neighborhood. We turn around in
each other's driveways, and yell "howdy" when we do.
We sit on the porch on warm summer evenings, listening to
crickets, and watching kids catch fireflies.
We loan a hammer, or a cup of sugar. We don't take two-hour
lunches, but we do spend a few minutes each day with a cup of coffee, and our feet upon our desk, shooting the breeze.
We rarely get in a hurry. We have relatives just down the
street. We don't just loan someone a socket wrench, we help them fix their car. We share recipes, and gardening tips, and our last cup of coffee. We baby-sit each other's kids, we housesit each other's dogs while we're on vacation, and we loan each other our cars if we have to get to the drugstore.
We ask each other if we need anything as we're going to the
market.
We celebrate each others accomplishments, and we cry over each
other's disappointments.
We are a friendly folk. We are West Virginians. Mountaineers are always free! Free to take the time to enjoy life,and hold each moment in our hearts, forever.
Dale Tincher - Class of 64
919-272-8052
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ML2006
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 04/15/2007 : 21:40:38
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Those who grew up in small towns will laugh when they read this.
Those who didn't will be in disbelief and won't understand how true it is.
1) You can name everyone you graduated with.
2) You know what 4-H means.
3) You went to parties at a pasture, barn, gravel pit, or in the middle of a
dirt road. On Monday you could always tell who was at the party because of
the scratches on their legs from running through the woods when the party
was busted. (See #6.)
4) You used to 'drag' Main.
5) You whispered the 'F' word and your parents knew within the hour.
6) You scheduled parties around the schedules of different police officers,
because you knew which ones would bust you and which ones wouldn't.
7) You could never buy cigarettes because all the store clerks knew how old
you were (and if you were old enough, they'd tell your parents anyhow.)
Besides, where would you get the money?
8) When you did find somebody old enough and brave enough to buy cigarettes,
you still had to go out into the country and drive on back roads to smoke
them.
9) You knew which section of the ditch you would find the beer your buyer
dropped off.
10) It was cool to date somebody from the neighboring town.
11) The whole school went to the same party after graduation.
12) You didn't give directions by street names but rather by references.
Turn by Nelson's house, go 2 blocks to Anderson's, and it's four houses left
of the track field.
13) The golf course had only 9 holes. (uh--golf what?)
14) You couldn't help but date a friend's ex-boyfriend/girlfriend.
15) Your car stayed filthy because of the dirt roads, and you will never own
a dark vehicle for this reason.
16) The town next to you was considered 'trashy' or 'snooty,' but was
actually just like your town.
17) You referred to anyone with a house newer then 1955 as the "rich"
people.
18) The people in the 'big city' dressed funny, and then you picked up the
trend 2 years later.
19) Anyone you wanted could be found at the local gas station or the dairy
bar.
20) You saw at least one friend a week driving a tractor through town or one
of your friends driving a grain truck to school occasionally.
21) The gym teacher suggested you haul hay for the summer to get stronger.
22) Directions were given using THE stop light as a reference.
23) When you decided to walk somewhere for exercise, 5 people would pull
over and ask if you wanted a ride.
24) Your teachers called you by your older siblings' names.
25) Your teachers remembered when they taught your parents.
26) You could charge at any local store or write checks without any ID.
27) There was no McDonalds.
28) The closest mall was over an hour away.
29) It was normal to see an old man riding through town on a riding lawn
mower.
30) You've pee'd in a cornfield.
31) Most people went by a nickname.
32) You laughed your butt off reading this because you know it is true, and
you forward it to everyone who may have lived in a small town.
I would not have wanted to have been raised any other way!!!! Tough times
don't last... Tough people do...
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Janet Ballengee Estep 68
USA
119 Posts |
Posted - 04/16/2007 : 10:51:51
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| HAHAHAHA!! Very true, and as a matter of fact, it sounds a lot like Chilhowie, where I live now. With the exception that we DO have a McDonald's, and I haven't peed in a cornfield or picked up beer out of a ditch! Very funny! |
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ML2006
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2007 : 23:01:55
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**Burma-Shave**
DON'T LOSE YOUR HEAD
TO GAIN A MINUTE
YOU NEED YOUR HEAD
YOUR BRAINS ARE IN IT
**Burma-Shave**
DROVE TOO LONG
DRIVER SNOOZING
WHAT HAPPENED NEXT
IS NOT AMUSING
**Burma-Shave**
BROTHER SPEEDERS
LET'S REHEARSE
ALL TOGETHER
GOOD MORNING NURSE
**Burma-Shave**
CAUTIOUS RIDER
TO HER RECKLESS DEAR
LET'S HAVE LESS BULL
AND LOTS MORE STEER
**Burma-Shave**
THE MIDNIGHT RIDE
OF PAUL FOR BEER
LED TO A
WARMER HEMISPHERE
**Burma-Shave**
SPEED WAS HIGH
WEATHER WAS NOT
TIRES WERE THIN
X MARKS THE SPOT
**Burma-Shave**
AROUND THE CURVE
LICKETY--SPLIT
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR
WASN'T IT?
**Burma-Shave**
PASSING CARS
WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE
MAY GET YOU A GLIMPSE
OF ETERNITY
**Burma-Shave**
NO MATTER THE PRICE
NO MATTER HOW NEW
THE BEST SAFETY DEVICE
IN THE CAR IS YOU
**Burma-Shave**
A GUY WHO DRIVES
A CAR WIDE OPEN
IS NOT THINKIN'
HE'S JUST HOPIN'
**Burma-Shave**
AT INTERSECTIONS
LOOK EACH WAY
A HARP SOUNDS NICE
BUT ITS HARD TO PLAY
**Burma-Shave**
BOTH HANDS ON THE WHEEL
EYES ON THE ROAD
THAT'S THE SKILLFUL
DRIVER'S CODE
**Burma-Shave**
THE ONE WHO DRIVES WHEN
HE'S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
**Burma-Shave**
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Dale Tincher 64
USA
485 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2007 : 19:10:52
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Did those who saw it enjoy the Elvis and Celine duet on the American Idol last week? If you didn't see it, go to www.youtube.com and search on Elvis Celine. I loved it! It was a thrill to see The King perform again. I thought they were great together. Dale
Dale Tincher - Class of 64
919-272-8052
dale.tincher@rainellereunion.com |
Edited by - Dale Tincher 64 on 05/01/2007 19:11:07 |
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ML2006
USA
256 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 00:14:54
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| I remember when it was such fun to click in this section and read all the posts! Hi to anyone who still stops by. |
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Evelyn Utterback Drake 56
USA
67 Posts |
Posted - 02/28/2008 : 09:33:55
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| I, too, miss all of you. |
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jdavis
USA
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Posted - 03/02/2008 : 18:19:26
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Heres something to remember from childhood, making valitine boxes
decorated with hearts and crate paper and bringing them to school to
get cards from all your classmates, decorating paper bags for holoween mask,putting playing cards and cloths pins on bicycle spooks
for that motocycle sound, playing kick the can |
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