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Howard High School
Graduating Class of 1972
Class Meeting, Saturday, April 19,
2008
The Southside Reunion Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, June 7, 2008. The parade will line up in the parking lot of the Brown Academy located on the corner of Main & Market Streets at 10:00 AM, and will pull out at 11:00 AM. It's undecided whether or not we'll have a car in the parade, but we did discuss a group of us walking in the parade on that morning. James McKamey will again provide us with tents, tables and chairs for the picnic; he has also gotten signs to hang from the tents and one that can be carried in the parade. We decided that we wouldn't try to sell anything at the picnic this year; we would spend the time fellowshipping and enjoying each other's company. We want to be able to enjoy a meal together; therefore, everybody is being asked to bring anything that they'd like to eat and/or put on the grill. Below is a list of items we'll need as well as a list of suggested food items.
Of course, these items aren't chiseled in stone; if you have a favorite dish that you particular like or enjoy preparing, please feel free to bring it and share it with us. Please let us know what (if anything) you plan to bring so we don't have an abundance of any one item. Feel free to bring radios, CD players, cards, dominoes, etc. Several applications for membership to the Howard High School Alumni Association were handed out; membership is $10 a year and checks should be made payable to the Howard High School Alumni Association and mailed to the address on the application, bring it to our next meeting, or email it to Sandra Trimble , and it will be turned in at the next meeting of the alumni association. If you choose to mail your application in, please put Sandra Trimble's name on the back of the application. An application for membership has been attached. Our next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 6:00 PM, at the Shoney's Restaurant on Shallowford Road. If anybody's interested in eating while at Shoney's, they have an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet on the weekends that is $8.99 for adults—this does not include the price of a drink. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. SEE Y'ALL SATURDAY!!!
Howard High School
Graduating Class of 1972
Class Meeting, Saturday, November 24,
2007
Family Portraits and the Annual Christmas Party were the focus of this meeting We have not sold enough coupons to move forward with the portraits. Sandra Trimble will contact Color Crafters on Monday and make a report and find out where we stand with the portraits. Some people have returned money to people who purchased coupons; and, others have requested their money be returned to them. Travis brought information for a fund raiser at Applebee's; something we could consider for a later time. The Christmas party is scheduled for Friday, December 7, 2007. Donald McDaniel will make sure Letitia Thornton and Cynthia Johnson have the money they need to purchase items for the baskets; Travis purchased liquor for the “basket of cheer” and brought it to the meeting. Cynthia needs to know what to tell Lebron Robinson about providing music for the Christmas party; she said that he is willing to go down on his price by $50. Sandra will call Daphine Ball to learn the name and rates of the disc jockey she referred to at a previous meeting and give this information to Travis Reed. Sandra will let Travis know how many plates, napkins, and cutlery we have from the last function so that he can pick up any other supplies that we'll need. It was suggested, and agreed upon, that the class provide chicken wings for the Christmas party and that classmates provide other food items. Some suggestions for food items: meat trays, meatballs, sliced ham; salads: potato, pasta, green leafy, broccoli, tuna, chicken, seafood; various dips with chips/crackers, veggie, fruit and cheese trays, deviled eggs, mini quiches, cheese and sausage balls, finger sandwiches of all kinds; and, anything else that you want to prepare or that you feel you just can't have a party without. We're also going to need cokes, sprites, bottled water, and WE WILL NEED ICE! Travis will find out the earliest time we can access the IBEW Building so that we can decorate and set everything up. We will be responsible for putting up the tables, so we're going to need some guys to help us with this. We're going to start making phone calls during the upcoming week to remind people of the party and also remind them to bring the needed items of food. We'll also be asking for help to set up for the party on Friday; we should know the time when we start making phone calls. Check the website for updates for the reunion: www.HowardHigh1972.org. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Howard High School Graduating Class of 1972
Class Meeting, Sunday, November 4, 2007
Family Portraits and the Annual Christmas Party were the focus of this meeting. A total of 31 coupon sells have been reported. There are still several people who have coupon booklets who have not made a report. We MUST sell no less than 65 coupons for the class to make a profit from this project. Sandra Trimble needs to make a report of the coupon sales to the photographer on Friday, November 9, 2007. After this report is made, she will begin calling those people whose receipts were turned to schedule them for their portrait setting. NOBODY will be allowed to have portraits done without an appointment, unless they purchase a coupon at The Bethlehem Center on that day. Coupon booklets can be dropped off at Arletra's Bold & Beautiful until Tuesday, November 13, 2007. Family portraits are being made at The Bethlehem Center; Sandra Trimble will get with Lurone Jennings about the times. Sandra will also be recruiting people to work with her during the times portraits are being made. Letitia Thornton and Cynthia Johnson have both sold the required amount of coupons to receive a $100 portrait package. The Christmas party is scheduled for December 7, 2007. We made the decision to have gift baskets as door prizes; Letitia Thornton and Cynthia Johnson are willing to make the gift baskets; Sandra Trimble volunteered to purchase supplies for the gift baskets. We are considering two other people as deejay for this occasion. Tickets for the Christmas party are available at Arletra's Bold & Beautiful. We will have one final meeting before the Christmas party on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at 6:00 p.m., at Arletra's Bold & Beautiful Beauty Salon. Everybody is being asked to please spread the word about the meeting so we can have as many people as possible there. Check the website for updates: www.HowardHigh1972.org. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned. Howard High School Graduating Class of 1972
Class Meeting, Thursday, September 20,
2007
Dwayne Young was present at this meeting and we took time to do business with him. He had several 8x10 group pictures he had made at the reunion on Friday night and also several 4x6 candid shots that he sold to us for $2 each. Several classmates decided to purchase pictures (both 8x10 and 4x6). Six pictures were left with Arletra at her shop (Arletra's Bold & Beautiful); three of those pictures are being held for Willie Chambliss; the remaining three will be sold to classmates on a first-come, first-served basis. Anybody interested in purchasing a copy of the group picture should contact Arletra at 423.855.3941. We begin making plans for our Annual Christmas Party, which will be held on Friday, December 7, 2007 at the IBEW Building on Volunteer Drive in Chattanooga. Travis Reed made a $100 deposit on the room we'll be using and the remaining fee of $400 is due a month in advance, payable by money order, certified check, or cash. James McKamey will go by the IBEW Building and view the room to estimate how many the room will hold, and the number of tables and chairs we'll have access to. The cost of the tickets for our Annual Christmas Party will be $10; this will include an “all-you-can-eat” buffet, music, setups for drinks and a chance to win one of several door prizes.. Tickets will be available at the next meeting scheduled for Thursday, September 27, 2007. After this date, tickets will be available and can be picked up at Arletra's Bold & Beautiful Beauty Salon. Since we've had a problem with people wanting more than one soft drink once they've gotten their obligatory setup for their tables, we will place soft drinks (3 cokes and 3 sprites) on each table—additional soft drinks will need to be purchased by whoever wants them. We have several bottles and/or cans of grapefruit juice and orange juice left from the reunion and these will be adequate for the Christmas Party; we also won't need to purchase olives or cherries, however, we will need volunteers to provide us with sliced lemons; and, of course, classmates are again asked to provide food for the buffet tables. James McKamey will check with a friend at the Coca Cola Bottling Company about the soft drinks.
Lurone Jennings is working at Howard High
School this year and talked with us at length about the school's needs.
The class will purchase a table for $200 at the banquet in the Henry
Bowles Gym given by the Howard High School Alumni Association on
Saturday, September 22, 2007 (all monies from the banquet will go to the
school); Arletra Bolden Smith, Sandra Trimble, James McKamey and Travis
and Doris Reed confirmed that they will attend the banquet on Saturday
night. The table seats ten, and Sandra Trimble will begin contacting
classmates on Friday in an attempt to fill the five remaining seats. At
the banquet, we will look into a class membership for the Alumni
Association, as well as, individual memberships—as many classmates as
possible are encouraged to join the Alumni Association in an effort to
support the school and its students.
This is homecoming weekend and the
different classes will begin congregating in the park directly across
from the school on Friday (9/21/2007) about 12:00 noon awaiting the
start of the parade that will take them to the stadium for the game. We
have been asked to have a car in the parade; this being such short
notice, James McKamey, (a professional clown) will dress in his clown
outfit and participate in the parade. We'll ask Donald (Quack) McDaniel
(another professional clown) if he will do the same.
Lurone mentioned a mentoring program that will go into effect during the next school year and all classmates are encouraged to get involved in the life of a student at the school in an effort to “sow seeds” back into the school; James McKamey mentioned a scholarship from the graduating class of 1972—this is something we'll need to discuss further and in more depth in future meetings. Lurone stated that Howard High School has a high drop-out rate, as well as a low rating of graduates. He suggested that as many alumni as possible become involved and focus on building the school's morale. Vickie noted that we have an average of fifty classmates to show up at each of our functions; if we can get at least one-half of those fifty people who consistently show up to commit to getting involved in volunteering at the school, that would be a start in getting the Class of '72 involved, and possibly boosting the general morale of the school. Members of the Class of 1972 are encouraged to get involved in the life of Howard High in any way that you feel you can be a benefit to the school. We'll try to have more information available about the Alumni Association and its functions ASAP. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned with prayer being offered by Lurone Jennings.. |