Max Hammonds and Cari Jo share photos

It would come as no surprise to most of our classmates that Max has led quite a varied life since he left Manchester High School in 1961.  The photos they are sharing give just a little hint of all they have been involved in over the years.

           This is way too serious, Max.  This was the author photo used for Max’s latest book:  The Indomitable Gertrude Green, a book about a nurse in China in 1936-1941.

Max and Cari Jo with a Greek food booth.

Max is still in the drama business—acting and writing and probably singing.

Is There Any Other Reason to Spend Part of the Winter in Florida?

Hugh Russell shared this photo with us this week.  While we have had our share of snow in North Carolina, we have nothing like this and won’t have that much more this year.  They closed the ski slopes at the top of our mountain this week.  They had over 100 days of skiing this year which was a great year for them.

          

Fred Baker Updates

Just heard from Fred Baker as he takes off once more to Belize on another consulting mission. He is a retired Senior Statistician with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.  Fred and Jane have lived in Italy, ( Rome is the FAO headquarters) Thailand, and Barbados. They now live in Red Wing, Minnesota. He has shared this photo taken at Jane’s last birthday.  He and Jane are planning to come to the reunion

                     

 

   

 

 

Jack Tate shares his updates

Long lost Tate brothers have been reconnected to our MHS 61 class.  Jack lives in Florida after a career as a CPA and VP for Finance for a large insurance company.  He and his wife Luvonn have traveled the world, including China, Japan, England, Hawaii and South America.  They have two children and two grandchildren.  Jack graciously shared this photo of himself with his brother Tom, taken in September of 2009.  Sadly, Tom passed away in July of 2010.

                    

(In my haste to post, I failed to properly identify the Tate brothers.  Tom is on the left and Jack on the right.)

Nancy Beam Wible and Danny

Nancy has agreed to allow us to post her Facebook photo here on our blog.  Thanks, Nancy.  Send us some more.   

 

               

Hugh and Carol Russell and their dogs at –18 below zero!!!

Speaking of which, it was -27C this morn'g when Carol and I took the dogs out. That's 18 below 0 in F! Dogs loved it -- we froze our eyeballs! Full moon's doing this. It'll warm up as the moon wanes, next week. I'm ready.  (I begged Hugh to send us photos of the dogs….Thanks.)

   

The dogs are Tipper and Bear -- they're sister and brother -- but he's long hair and she's short. They're Newfoundlander, Labrador Retriever cross. Meaning that they love to fetch (that's the fetch kong between Tipper and Carol's ski), and especially in the water. Both have webbed feet (the Newfie influence) so they're great swimmers.

Inara and Rhoda meet in North Carolina

 

Last fall, Inara and Rhoda met at Rhoda’s house in Apex, North Carolina.  The two of them have kept in touch for all the 50 years since we graduated.