Class of 1974
Greetings to members of the Class of 1974! It seems as though it was yesterday that we were graduating and now we are upon our 34th year out of school. Where does the time go? We are the age our parents were then, hard to believe isn’t it? Many of us are grandparents now, yet some of us still have children in grade school or high school. Ah, to be young and free again…..would we want to go back to 1974?
As we age, we are faced with losing class members in greater numbers than ever before. In 2007 we lost two members of our class….we actually lost them within a week of each other.
Wendy Stone passed away on July 28, 2007 at the age of 51. Jay Bacon passed away on August 2, 2007. Wendy was good about attending the reunions and Jay assisted with the floats. Jay rode the float in 2004 as part of our “Next 30 Years” theme, he was the 2004 section. They will be missed.
The 35th reunion will be here before we know it…..a little more than 1 year! It takes quite a lot of planning to organize the reunion and the float…..so please start thinking about it. I organized the one in 2004 and will continue to handle the paperwork and mailings, but it will be necessary for other class members to step up to organize the reunion activities and float participation. Without people stepping up to do this work, the reunion will not happen….which will be a shame. We had a small turnout for the 30th, but hopefully more will be able to participate in 2007. I can be reached at charlie0956@aol.com if you have suggestions for 2009 or would be willing to organize it. I can then get the word out to the rest of the class.
We also need to be raising funds to help pay for the float and the reunion. We have a very small amount of money in the bank account….so any suggestions on how to raise some money would also be appreciated. Any donations that you would like to make personally can be sent to me….made out to the Stevens High School Class of 1974.
I would ask that you also please contact me with comments, thoughts or news to share with classmates. I am also looking for current email addresses, so if you have changed yours recently or have email addresses from other class members that I might not have, please let me know. Plus, if you have moved or changed your name in the last few years, please let me know that as well.
So….here’s hoping that all of you remain well. That your children, grandchildren and spouse/significant other are well too. That as we continue further into the second half of our lives that we will continue to enjoy it and have some fun.
STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL - CLAREMONT, NH CLASS OF 1974 A blog dedicated to the 260 of us who passed through those hallowed halls of upper education at Stevens in the early 70s. Although 39 years have passed since we made our way out into the world, we still remain identified by those years we spent together in Stevens. Our hometown Claremont, has moved on with the times, but hints of the past remain for us to cherish.
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