Tuesday, May 27, 2014

May 24th yard sale results!

Note below from Sandy regarding this past Saturday's yard sale!! Well done!!
Great news ... mother nature held out and we had a successful sale today, another $600 for the class fund! Thank you soooo much to all of you who helped ... Melissa Dube, Deb Flaherty, Linda Simmons, Sue Doody, Chris Foisy, Jim Hills, Sharlene Thibault, Dave Messier. We got it done! Looking forward to a great alumni! Love you all!

Friday, May 23, 2014

Memorial day Weekend Notices and Reminders


Dear class,

As Memorial Weekend approaches, a couple reminders below. Hoping all of you enjoy your weekend and are getting excited,14 more days to go have fun time!

From Charlene:

Class of 1974....we are only a week away from the RSVP date for the class reunion party. The response has been slow so far; but THANK YOU to those who have returned their cards and blue papers! If you haven't....please do so soon! If you can't come....please do what you can with buying raffle tickets, paying dues and/or donation to the class. Please return the blue paper too! We want to be able to share what is happening with you. If you didn't receive anything....then we don't have a current address for you... let me know and we will get it right out! We hope to see you on June 6th and 7th!

From Wes: (Thanks for the tip and the story!)

As we approach people to invite to the reunion we need to consider that some have not kept in touch at all and may have forgotten many faces. So as we invite classmates, keep in the back of your mind to introduce ourselves, so they know who this is they are talking to and inviting them. Nothing worse than walking away from a conversation and not knowing for sure who that was you were talking to. Taking that extra step introducing yourself, you leave no doubt and they know and appreciate the effort you make in the person to person contact.

Final reminder:

Next and final meeting, May 31st  6pm, 2nd floor, Odd Fellows block. Hope to see many of you there for a final look at our priorities.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

May 10th Meeting Report

The summary of the class meeting is below.



Attending were Melissa Dube, Sue Michaud, Sharlene Thibault, Karen Chabot, Chris Foisy, Rachel Fluette, Jim Hanson, Wes Boardman, Clarence Lique, Linda Janelle, Amorn and Phil Winans, and Charlene Hayes. Thank you all for coming.



Party:


All decorations are decided and in-house. We are still in need of mini white Christmas tree lighting! Please contact Rachel or Jill if you have any hanging around you can loan. If you do loan us lights, please tag them so they can be returned to you.


We will have the lobby decorated where classmates will enter the party.
It was also suggested by Charlene we do a photo booth to record all classmates who come for posterity! The photo prop will have a standup with our class on it. We will also be having name tags with photos for everyone who attends, this to also be managed by Charlene. The raffle items will be all brought to the party to give everyone more chances to win.

Charlene reported the responses to the mailing are still coming in and she expects more will be coming in the weeks ahead. Money is coming in as well and class funds are rebuilding She has received some very nice letters along with the returns. It was voted to have John Irish be master of ceremonies. We will be in contact with him in the coming weeks to go over the party event needs for the evening. Greeters for the lobby so far consist of Charlene, and Sandy Lefebvre, we may need one or 2 more people.



Float:

 
Kim is on top of the painting of the screen and signs. Ticket booth is all set. Wes will handle the cars with the car club....we will add "Class of 1974" signs. They can put it in their windows or attach to their car. The trailer is still being figured out. Wes is working to make sure all communications are clear regarding the trailer. Gary will get the lumber for the float.

If there is music on the float, it will go along with the drive-in theme and be background music. John Irish will be updated on this. There will be some people on the float; to set the drive-in theme but most class members will either ride in the cars, trucks, ticket booth or will walk the route to throw candy and (drag unsuspecting classmates who are watching, into the parade!) J/K! ;-)


NOTE: Just a thought that popped into my head. Should it should be considered for those classmates who are not with the float or walking the parade route, that we establish a location along the parade route where classmates and family members of classmates can gather to watch and cheer us on? Our float will most likely be at the front of the parade as the class designations usually run backward from the oldest graduating class to the current graduating class. And after we have finished the parade route, and before we do the float tear down, many of us may still want to watch the remainder of the parade as it is planned to be a big one with Claremont's 250th being celebrated as well.



BBQ:



This is all set as we have plenty of foods from the yard sale which can still be used. All that is requested is people bring a side dish and BYOD. This is the BBQ we will be holding during the float build on Friday at Gary Dube's field. 



Reunion Dinner:



So far, only 5 people have signed up to attend the dinner. We hope more will join the table to represnt our class.  We discussed where the class donation is to go to. The Paquette/Magoon scholarship had been suggested by Cindi Thomson since many of us have a high regard for these two teachers. It was also brought up by Jim Hanson he has transported the SHS band to various performances throughout  the past year, and has personally observed the music program is in rough shape, (for instance, no handles on one kid's tuba case!) and he would have liked to see some money go towards it. It was suggested we split the donation in half for $250 for each. A vote was taken and it was voted that we split the donation, but to try and up the dollar amount of each donation depending on the money received to the class funds in the coming weeks. Charlene will monitor class funds and report back to what we can afford to up them by. This will be revisited again at the next meeting.



Yard Sale:



There will be another yard sale with many of the remaining items from the April yard sale being on display at Debbie Flaherty's home on Maple Ave on May 17th from 8-2. The earnings from this sale will also be donated to the class funds. So any rain had better hold off!! At this time no help is needed for this, although you are welcome to stop by! Sandy and Debbie are spearheading this event. If anything remains after the yard sale, it will be donated to the Trinity church's yard sale that happens during the parade. Jim will help get it moved to the church.



Invitation:



Sue Michaud has generously invited all class members to her home for lunch on Saturday after the parade float tear down. Her address is 119 Cat Hole Rd.


Next meeting:
May 31st, 6pm, same location! This will be our last shot at getting all remaining items lined up and everything on the same page. Please try to attend if you will be helping with the float build, alumni dinner, or party. Some items to think about. An emphasis on creating a checklist for the MC duties, and any remaining float build requirements. We should also have a better idea what we are looking at for a head count for class of 74 reunion attendees.  Start getting fired up people....I know it has been a long winter and spring of meetings, but the light is at the end of the tunnel, less than a month to go! ;-)


-Phil

Wednesday, May 07, 2014

May 7, 2014

Is everyone starting to feel it? The reunion is now but a short 5 weeks from now and good ol summer is coming too! We are coming into the home stretch as far as putting everything together for the 40th weekend.

We have much to cover at the next meeting which is this Saturday May 10th starting at 6pm at the Odd Fellows block, 35 Pleasant St, 2nd floor, entrance in the rear of the building where Simply Comfort is located. I have added the agenda attached as a file for you all to review and think about. A lot is just verifying what has been done or will be done and some new items to be talked about. If anything is missing, just add it to your piece.


Hope we get a good turnout and can finalize a lot of things. Again, the food and beverages are byo or to share. 

Agenda
 
Class, this is the agenda for the May 10th meeting, please go in the order indicated so we can keep everything moving.  5 weeks left. See you all there!!!! ;-)

      -    Party - Charlene
  • Decorations – final cost report. Are all decorations we will need located and handy? Any response to Christmas lighting request? Do we need more lighting? Will we decorate the party entranceway too?
  • Party raffle
  • Beverages (water, etc) cups, ice, containers
  • MC and what would be involved
  • Who will staff the lobby entrance to greet classmates?
  •  Mailing response - party and info sheets
  • Class accounts funding report
  • How will party room be arranged? Seating and band stage plan. Band power requirements? 
-    Yard sale(s) Parade costume - Sandy
  • Commentary on results and if any items are remaining to be picked up. Discussion on potential for future fundraising? KUDOS!
  • When will the cardinal costume scheduled to arrive? Who will arrange to get candy to hand out?
    -    Float - WES
  • How is Kim progressing on the the movie screen painting? what is the painting going to be?
  • Who will be renting and picking up the movie screen? When will that be done?
  • Has the issue of the ticket booth roof been resolved? And will we be building a concession stand?
  • Have arrangements been made for vehicles following the float to meet us at the float before the parade?
  • Will we need extra room for the float on Broad street for parking the following cars and Jim’s 4 wheeler? If we do, will the alumni have to be made aware for their planning purposes?
  • Are we decorating the cars too?
  • Memorial sign, Anne Muriel will bring? or will she hand off to someone else to bring?
  • Trailer update, all set to go? How much lumber will we need for rails? Who will pick up?
  • Music for the float (John Irish willing to do, just tell him what we want)
  • Will we have enough room for non-walkers to be seated or standing around the edges?
      -    BBQ - Melissa
  • Food selection, everyone chips in? drinks are BYOB? Who will pick up any supplies if needed and main foods like hamburgers, hotdogs?
-    Reunion dinner –Melissa/Deb
  • $500 check from the class to be presented by Cindi Thompson – what are we presenting the check too?
  • Do we have a updated tally on who is attending the dinner?
=-    Roundtable - Everyone
  • Additional thoughts and ideas??
-    Final planning meeting date set – Melissa/Deb