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Topeka West High School Class of '68...45th Reunion
Welcome TWHS Class of 1968!!
You are invited to the Topeka West Class of 1968's 45th Reunion! September 27th & 28th, 2013
Event Schedule:
Sept 27th - Friday Night Picnic, 6:00 pm-11:00 PM
Garden House at Lake Shawnee (air conditioned - same location as the 40th reunion). The address is 3650 West Edge Rd. West Edge is the road that runs on the west side of Lake Shawnee & is accessible from 29th, 37th, or 45th. There are two locations to park. One is at the Ted Ensley Gardens parking north of 37th (Look for the gazebo and the shelter house is just east of there). The other is off SE Yacht Ct,
just off West Edge & south of 37th St.
Cost: $20/person (includes food, beer, soft drinks, & bottled water).
Sept 28th, Saturday -Tour of TWHS, 10 AM-Noon
TWHS Cafeteria...Sweet rolls, coffee, juice -FREE.
September 28th-Golf Tournament - GOLFERS...Tee Times have been scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM. If you haven't called me yet & plan on playing, please call ASAP. I'll only schedule times for amount of people who have notified me, as it's the busiest day of the week for the course. Thanks, Charlie T.
Shawnee Country Club Golf Course (now Great Life),
913 SE 29th Street
Cost: $35 green fees to be paid at the course
Make reservations through Charlie Thompson at 785-633-5138
September 28th-Party, Party, Party!!!!
7:00 pm-12:00 am
Shawnee Country Club (Greatlife) 913 SE 29th, Topeka, KS
Cost: $20.00/person (includes Heavy Hors d'Oeuvres, Cash
Bar). Same band as 40th reunion, Talent show, lots of places to get away from the noise and visit!
All events are casual attire.
Please make your reservations and send checks ASAP to Linda McPike Marling..so we can order the food and drinks!!! Her address is 1831 SW Oakley, Topeka, Ks 66604
After Aug 1, 2013...($5.00 per person per night late registration)
If you have not received a form there is one on this site that you can print out...it's called "Invitation and Schedule". Make sure you use the one for the 45th! Join us on FB by searching for TWHS KANSAS to get the latest information and please please check the list of missing to see if you can help find them! If you have NOT received an email from Elaine, or if you've recently changed your email address, please email Elaine at eneffy@gmail.com.
Questions?? call or email one of the following (emails are listed on the invitation)
Linda McPike Marling at (785) 232-8356
Margo Weidner Leonard at (785) 272-0801
Terry Diaz Dykstra at (785) 220-3892
Jan Pipkin Flesher at (785) 273-3863
Elaine Neff Toland at (785) 379-9558
Charlie Thompson at (785) 633-5138
Add your bio and memories to this site so everyone can re-connect...it's easy...just read the Greetings post to see how to add comments. If you can't figure it out, e-mail it to me or enclose it with your reservation and we'll add it for you. We can also post pictures on this site ..if you would like one added please send it and a caption to Terry D. at princessofkeene@hotmail.com or Elaine at eneffy@gmail.com.
Hotel accomodations and prices will be posted at a later date on a post titled "We'll Leave The Light On For Ya".
On a more somber note: We are planning to have a time on Friday evening to remember those in our class that have passed away. Please view the post titled "In Memory Of" and let us know if we have missed anyone so that we can include them in our thoughts. Please let us know right away if you see an error.
If you are new to the blog, please check out the memories from the earlier blog. We have some very humorous writers and some classmates still have remarkable memories. There's fun for everyone!
It'll be here before you know it! See you soon!!!
You are invited to the Topeka West Class of 1968's 45th Reunion! September 27th & 28th, 2013
Event Schedule:
Sept 27th - Friday Night Picnic, 6:00 pm-11:00 PM
Garden House at Lake Shawnee (air conditioned - same location as the 40th reunion). The address is 3650 West Edge Rd. West Edge is the road that runs on the west side of Lake Shawnee & is accessible from 29th, 37th, or 45th. There are two locations to park. One is at the Ted Ensley Gardens parking north of 37th (Look for the gazebo and the shelter house is just east of there). The other is off SE Yacht Ct,
just off West Edge & south of 37th St.
Cost: $20/person (includes food, beer, soft drinks, & bottled water).
Sept 28th, Saturday -Tour of TWHS, 10 AM-Noon
TWHS Cafeteria...Sweet rolls, coffee, juice -FREE.
September 28th-Golf Tournament - GOLFERS...Tee Times have been scheduled to begin at 9:00 AM. If you haven't called me yet & plan on playing, please call ASAP. I'll only schedule times for amount of people who have notified me, as it's the busiest day of the week for the course. Thanks, Charlie T.
Shawnee Country Club Golf Course (now Great Life),
913 SE 29th Street
Cost: $35 green fees to be paid at the course
Make reservations through Charlie Thompson at 785-633-5138
September 28th-Party, Party, Party!!!!
7:00 pm-12:00 am
Shawnee Country Club (Greatlife) 913 SE 29th, Topeka, KS
Cost: $20.00/person (includes Heavy Hors d'Oeuvres, Cash
Bar). Same band as 40th reunion, Talent show, lots of places to get away from the noise and visit!
All events are casual attire.
Please make your reservations and send checks ASAP to Linda McPike Marling..so we can order the food and drinks!!! Her address is 1831 SW Oakley, Topeka, Ks 66604
After Aug 1, 2013...($5.00 per person per night late registration)
If you have not received a form there is one on this site that you can print out...it's called "Invitation and Schedule". Make sure you use the one for the 45th! Join us on FB by searching for TWHS KANSAS to get the latest information and please please check the list of missing to see if you can help find them! If you have NOT received an email from Elaine, or if you've recently changed your email address, please email Elaine at eneffy@gmail.com.
Questions?? call or email one of the following (emails are listed on the invitation)
Linda McPike Marling at (785) 232-8356
Margo Weidner Leonard at (785) 272-0801
Terry Diaz Dykstra at (785) 220-3892
Jan Pipkin Flesher at (785) 273-3863
Elaine Neff Toland at (785) 379-9558
Charlie Thompson at (785) 633-5138
Add your bio and memories to this site so everyone can re-connect...it's easy...just read the Greetings post to see how to add comments. If you can't figure it out, e-mail it to me or enclose it with your reservation and we'll add it for you. We can also post pictures on this site ..if you would like one added please send it and a caption to Terry D. at princessofkeene@hotmail.com or Elaine at eneffy@gmail.com.
Hotel accomodations and prices will be posted at a later date on a post titled "We'll Leave The Light On For Ya".
On a more somber note: We are planning to have a time on Friday evening to remember those in our class that have passed away. Please view the post titled "In Memory Of" and let us know if we have missed anyone so that we can include them in our thoughts. Please let us know right away if you see an error.
If you are new to the blog, please check out the memories from the earlier blog. We have some very humorous writers and some classmates still have remarkable memories. There's fun for everyone!
It'll be here before you know it! See you soon!!!
TWHS Class of '68
This blog is for members of the Topeka West High School Class of 1968. Check here often for information about the 45th Reunion and updates on your classmates!!
11 comments:
This could get dangerous, you know. All I can say is...after the reunion meeting and reading some of the writings in Margo's yearbook, someone posted in hers about how much he liked her and wanted to date her, yadda yadda. I go look at mine and there's two pages of the same thing from the same guy in mine! You know who you are....how many other gals did you write that to? I'm crushed....totally crushed. And if this gives you any hint...You told me if I got divorced, you would be there waiting in line. Well, where were you when I got divorced back in '74? So much for "waiting" for me. Geez, not even worth a 6 year wait!
After reading all the comments in my book, I've discovered why I don't remember much from high school days. There's all these comments like, "Don't get too drunk tonite" "Stay out of trouble" "Stay sober". Many wishess for Good Luck, lots and lots of luck (apparently several were worried about me). I guess I was suppose to have a double wedding with Marcia M. That didn't happen. One that concerns me tho, is Greg A wrote, "Sorry about your report cards". I must have blocked those out, too! And from someone with an obscure signature.. "Elaine....Eat my left one! This has been a kill this year. I only wish I could have met you sooner. Take it easy and don't do anything I wouldn't. If you do, make sure you get paid for it." Apparently one teacher was glad to have me in class...driver's ed. And one that makes me sad, "Elaine, you're nuttier than a fruitcake!! But the way I see it, that's the only way to be. It's really really been alot of fun knowing you through my high school years and having "pud" classes like Girlies Chorus with you. Good luck in everything you do, Love ya, Sue W.
What do kids do nowdays who don't get their yearbooks until after graduation? Do they have these fun things to look back on? With technology...Many of them won't have any written record of their youth.
Ok, two people in my senior year chemistry class both wrote a similiar comment .... H2SO4 + HCL = burnt fingers. Will have to relay on ink aging technology to figure who wrote first, thus the second person was a copycat !! DJ Jim
Jim, I didn't take chemistry, so those acronyms are meaningless to me. Does HCL stand for high class liquor....sort of like top shelf? And is H2SO4 - water getting steamy with 4 people? Dang...should have taken that class.
My yearbooks are in a plastic tote titled "Crusty Old Quilts!" After my allergy shot I'll open the tote...
Neffy,
LOL, with YOUR acronyms meanings on this !! You're having MORE fun without having taking chemistry. If memory serves me, seems like it was hydrogen sulfate plus hydrochloric acid equals burnt fingers, especially if you touch it without having your official mad scientist black school-issued & licensed rubber protective gloves & rubber full length apron to protect clothing & non-breakable googles to protect eyes ....
What the hey ?? The blog seems to be dead in the water, compared to 5 years ago. Come on, let's get this thing jump started .... have battery charger & jumper cables to help out !!
Elaine, you are absolutely right. Without the ritual of signing yearbooks, you forgo the experience of sharing and bonding for the last time and having a good laugh, a hug and promising you’ll never forget. Forget?? Little good that did me. When I leaf thru the pages of my book, it’s like reading the signatures for the first time and not having a clue why certain people signed my book or wrote what they did. Nor do I recall a single thing I wrote in someone else’s yearbook, but I do hope it was funny or memorable.
Even reading the description of accomplishments and activities next to my Senior picture leaves me wondering a bit. Apparently, I submitted that list for the yearbook. . . “Snowball crew, AFS club. Pajama Game, Intramurals, etc…”, and a few signed my book referencing those experiences, but my mind catches only a fleeting moment. There’s even a club group photo with me standing in the front row, and I barely remember posing for that shot let alone any of the activities.
I do have this vague memory of the day we signed our books, and it seemed I wanted to acquire as many signatures as possible, and if a “cool” person signed that was an added bonus. My thinking, at the time, was how important all this would be in the future when I would look back and smugly assess the bounty gathered. Funny what hindsight conjures up at this point in life. Take for instance…someone named Nancy wrote… “Don’t eat too many flowers.” Why was I eating flowers in the first place? And Nancy who? Then a perplexing one from Carole Wilson....” I love you, Debbie”. Was she spreading around lots of ‘60’s –style free love or did I miss something?
Jane Brooks must have been my ride-along in Driver’s Ed. I guess she was white-knuckling it in the back seat to prompt this entry ”.…although I was a bit petrified at first, you did terrific at the last. Drive carefully.” Jane, sorry you’re not around to see what a lead foot I’ve really become.
Many commented on suffering thru World Lit and World Back. “To a fellow slave of “Wonder Wingo’s.” Apparently, it was “hell” someone stated. It must have been so awful that I blocked it from memory. Oddly, on the back page of my yearbook I discovered a kind word from Wayne Wingo.
I had several crushes in high school, but Jennifer Henderson singled this one out….“ If you’re good maybe that Hap (Eiche) will ask you out. OH BOY.” According to photographic evidence he was last seen at the Snowball in the arms of Martha Schooley. Talk about crushed. It’s too late now Hap, I’ve moved on, and that goes for the rest of you heartbreakers.
For all the influential teachings of Bakalar, Hopkins, Eubank, and Shufelberger, you’d think we could have been more creative in our comments, but every page in my yearbook is covered with generic autographs of: “stay as sweet as you are”, “it’s been swell”, “be good”, “enjoyed having you in class”, “it’s really been fun”, “good luck”, “see you next year”, blah, blah, blah. Marilyn Boone gets the award for the most BS in one comment…”Well, honey, it’s been great knowing you this year. Really it has. Well, have fun this summer and be good. You’re real sweet and cute so stay that way! Be good always and good luck. Love ya – Marilyn.” You’d never guess she would end up in California.
Beth King was a little more sincere …”You have always been my friend and I’ll never forget you.” (gosh Beth, I’m flattered, but honestly I don’t remember hanging out with you in HS. I guess we need to go out for coffee and catch up). And Julie Taylor surprised me by saying…”I envy you because you’re so quiet and I’m such a loud mouth. I never realized you were such a talented artist.” Yes, my talents are yet to be discovered.
A couple of classmates from grade school and Jr High reflected on making it thru the past 12 yrs together and how sad it was it was over. Back then, 12 yrs seemed like eternity. Now it’s a blink in time.
On a sad note, I found signatures from some who have passed, one in particular from Paula McKenzie. We were friends, but lost touch after West. Didn’t hear of her death till the 10 yr Reunion. After re-reading her entry, I reflected on how personable and pretty she was and how tragic it was her ambition to be a doctor was cut short.
Paula McKenzie was the ONLY girl in Mrs. Breitweiser's senior year math class. That in itself was notable and early on, Mrs. Breitweiser made a comment to such. In the early 70s, Paula's younger brother Scott worked at Lewis Toyota when I worked there.
Finally dug my yearbook out... good grief. Like you Debbie C. I've " forgotten" everything everyone said " we won't ever forget". Wann ? Who was he...and why should I remember him ? "Homeroom"?? Several said " It was great getting to know you in Homeroom." Hummm...wonder how much we really bonded there?? Debbie Crawford I found your entry in my yearbook. There it is..big and bold and in red pen !! " I'm sorry I messed up our Lit. reports. But I enjoyed being your classmate. I had fun this year, and it was great knowing you!!! Honest you're DARLING !!! " soc it to 'em" Debbie Crawford-------- I do want you to know Debbie, that I've forgiven you for the Lit report screw up.. Hell, I don't even remember taking Lit ! Thank you for the " you're Darling" comment...I felt like a total toad...so every positive comment was a plus !!! Rita Fortmeyer wrote " You're a nice, cute and smart girl. I really didn't know you very well but I know you're pretty wonderful. " ( Had she known me better she may not have said those sweet things.) Several wished me luck at KState and said they were sure we'd see each other... we didn't...I guess it's just a really big campus ! Several wished me luck in Vet School...yeah..well I wasn't as smart as I thought...or I should not have spent so much time at Tuttle instead of class...although I did have a nice tan ! A couple of guys I had " crushes" on...wrote the typical ..." great knowing you....I'll never forget Chemistry"... well I forgot Chemistry...but I didn't forget them !! I do remember being disappointed that there wasn't a declaration of undying love when they handed me back my yearbook !! Good grief I'm glad I'm not that age anymore ! Hey...maybe it's not too late...should we have another signing party ???
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