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Carolyn Artis Robert Baker Rod Bagby Pete Bihl Nancy Brahl Robert Bryant Harry Browning William I. Bubenzer Tom Buring Robert Carlton Robert Clare Jeanette Clendenen Jo Ann Clendenen Robert Codey Rita Cummins Gail Damon James Drahman Thomas Edmonds James (Ike) Eichelberger Betty Elliot Don Ellis Vernon Eugene Ervin Bob Eubanks Albert Freeman Sherlene Funk Bob Galt Shirley Goode Joe Hall Marilyn Hedges Don Henry Orland Hoskins Bill Houston Rita Hungler Melrose Jacobs Monte Jaggers Gayle Jameson Judith Ann Johnson Marlene Jones Katherine Kaucher Vernon Kinman Leah Rae Kreiling Joan Carolyn Landon Deanna Marsh Gene McGuire Harold Craig McLean Betty Lou McManama Jim McNees Russell Moore Earl Morrison Theresa Ann Morgan Melvin Morrison Ballard Mullins Lois Oster Sue Opferkuck Dorothy Palmer Alta Perkins Robert Perry Carol Pratt Robert Rankin Wanda Lee Reams Jim Reeves Willaim Reeves Ruby Renaker Bonnie Jean Rhea William Schaeffler Leslie Scott Marilyn Sininger Bill Stricker Fay Taylor Carol Jean Torline Harry Robert Ward Jack Wagner Keith Wells Bob West John Willen Richard Wilson Marvin Wright Jeanne Young

Like the Rest of Us Born Before 1945

YOU WERE SURVIVORS!!!! CONSIDER THE CHANGES YOU WITNESSED!

We were born before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees, and the PILL. We were before radar, credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ball point pens. Before pantyhose, dishwashers, clothes dryers, electric blankets, air conditioners, drip-dry clothes .....and before man walked on the moon.

We got married first and THEN lived together. In our time closets were for clothes, not for "coming out of". Bunnies were small rabbits, and rabbits were not Volkswagons. Designer Jeans were scheming girls named Jean, and having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with our cousins. We thought fast food was what you ate during Lent, and Outer Space was the back of the Madison Treatre. We were before house husbands, gay rights, computer dating, dual careers and commuter marriages. We were before day care centers, group therapy and nursing homes. We never heard of FM radio, tape decks, CD players, electric typewriters, artificial hearts, word processors, yogurt and guys wearing earrings. For us, time-sharing meant togetherness.....not computers or condominiums. A chip meant a piece of wood or a golf shot. Hardware meant hardware an software wasn't a word.

Back then, "MADE IN JAPAN" meant "JUNK" and the term "making out" referred to how you did on your exam. Pizzas, McDonalds and instant coffees were unheard of. We hit the scene where there were Five and Dime Stores where you could actually buy things for five and ten cents. Sams sold ice cream cones for a nickel. For one nickel you could ride a street car, make a phone call, buy a Pepsi or enough stamps to mail one letter and two postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600....but who could afford one? A pity to because gas was only 11 cents a gallon.

In our day, GRASS was mowed, COKE was a cold drink and POT was something you cooked in. ROCK MUSIC was a Grandma's lullaby and AIDS were helpers in the Principals office. We were certainly not before the difference between the sexes was discovered, but were surely before the sex change. We made do with what we had. And we were the last generation that was so dumb as to think you needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder there's a generation gap.

But, Together We Survived!!! What better reason to celebrate?
Author Unknown.

Thank each of you for being a part of our lives.
We miss you!