Kudos to Lloyd Stanley!

Happy New Year!

Lloyd Stanley has made this reunion committee very happy - not only does Lloyd contribute his time for committee meetings, makes his home available for reunion parties, he has now so generously contributed to our reunion fund! I want to say a personal thank you to Lloyd and speaking for the "working committee" a 'huge' thank you for the 'huge' donation.

Love from North Chattanooga,

Susie Turner Crouch

Two new e-mail addresses

We are so pleased to add two more e-mail addresses to our list:

Susan Burke Brener
brener@bellsouth.net

Bob Rodric
bo@Ocsonline.com

Our list keeps growing, yea!

Carolyn

Sharon Tunnell: Seek & Find our classmates

Click: Seek & Find these classmates

List of lost CHS '59 class members

Respond to Sharon Tunnell with information about these lost friends.

SEEK & FIND PROJECT (updated December 29, 2008)

Friends,
The following list includes classmates whose current mailing addresses are unknown to us.

If you have information in this regard, please send it to sharon_tunnell@hotmail.com
We have had positive response from a short list posted earlier. Thank you!

1)Abercrombie, Thetus 2)Anderson, Glenda M. 3)Arthur, Gail 4)Beavers, Linda (Simcox) 5)Bonin, Michael 6)Bradshaw, Zaetta Jean 7)Brasfield, Judith Ann 8)Brown, Gerald Allison 9)Brown, Neill (Sargent) 10)Burke, Susan (Brener) 11)Butler, Wilma 12)Caldwell, Linda Gail 13)Carden, Donnie Lamar 14)Carpenter, Peggy 15)Carter, Kenneth 16)Cartwright, Peggie (Waller) 17)Chambliss, Barbara Faye 18)Cheek, Patricia Anne 19)Clayton, Carolyn (Davidson) 20)Collins, Patsy (Hawkins) 21)Corn, Jim 22)Curtis, Susie (Headrick) 23)Dale, Sandra (Blevins) 24)Davis, Sylvia 25)Dyer, Audra 26)Eberhart, Joseph Karlton 27)Estes, Helen Morris 28)Estes, Jerry 29)Everthart, Chris 30)Filyaw, Anna Lea 31)Finney, Sherry 32)Flerl, Wanda (Ford) 33)Forman, Janice 34)Forney, Frances Ann 35)Fox, Richard Kenneth 36)Frank, Ralph Dallas 37)Funderburk, Thomas M. 38)Gash, Carolyn Elizabeth 39)Gordon, Nancy (Campbell) 40)Green, Richard 41)Gregory, Arch 42)Grubb, Lela Ann (Shields) 43)Gunter, Sandra (Slaten) 44) Hammond, James Gordon 45) Harvey, Roberts (Ingram) 46) Hassler, Martha (Hammond) 47) Hope, Edgar Lee 48) Hundley, Pat 49) Johnson, Janice Huskey 50) Johnson, Marion 51) Jones, Alice Marie 52) Jones, Barbara Theresa 53) Jones, Valene (Webb) 54) Kaplowitz, Iris (Tashbar) 55) Kennedy, Anna Faye 56) Kerr, Lucinda Darrell 57) Kimball, Barbara Anne 58) Laney, Jo Anne 59) Langford, Sherry Lynn 60) Lawson, Philip 61) Levan, Lawrence 62) Light, Kenneth 63) Palmer, N. Gene 64)Peterson, Kenneth 65)Powell, Linda (Payne) 66) Shields, Jackie 67)Smith, Judie (Brown) 68) Smith, Mary Alice (Power) 69) Steward, Howard Alan 70) Tamaras, Ronnie 71) White, Barbara (Jones) 72) Whitfield, Lawrence Ken 73) Yates, Evelyn 74) Zarzour, Louise (Boring)

The Roberes on the Orient Express

Since we've used a "train" in most of our promotion, I thought that I would send you this picture of my wife and me on the Eastern & Orient Express from Bangkok to Singapore last week. ---Paul Robere

reunion planning meeting

Our next planning meeting for the BIG reunion will be Thurs, Jan 15th at the Choo Choo. We will gather in the bar/lobby area (under the dome) at 5:00-5:25 and then procede to the meeting room, #152 and begin the meeting at 5:30 p.m. As usual, please bring a snack and beverage of your choice. Also, committee chairmen, don't forget your reports!

All are invited. If you can't come and would like to volunteer to help with the reunion, please respond and we will gladly give you a job.

Carolyn (Thomas) Presswood
cpresswood@bellsouth.net

CHS 59ers Christmas Card

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Seek & Find Project

The following mailings have
been returned. If you have
an updated address for any
of these classmates, please
e-mail information to
sharon_tunnell@hotmail.com

Lanny Davis (Knoxville)
Susan Burke Brener (Chattanooga)
N. Gene Palmer (Chattanooga)
Sandra Dale Blevins (Daisy, TN)
Kenneth Peterson (Charlotte, NC)
Judy Pope Harris (Chattanooga)
Ronnie Tamaras (Chattanooga)

Who remembers Luther?

Courtesy of Jon Locke, here's a trip down memory lane

Carolyn's Christmas Card

Jon Locke's Christmas card

To fill you in on my latest...

I am still employed at the Tennessee Aquarium.

I am attaching a picture of my work crew around the Christmas Tree.

November was my fourth year. I love my job. First it is a great environment. Then I enjoy my fellow workers and supervisors.

I am getting ready for Christmas. I always like this time of the year. I wrote some cards Saturday night and wrapped some presents.

My daughter lives in Chicago where she is a designer. She is coming home for the Holidays. My son lives here. He is always a delight to be around.

Right now I am cooking a cherry pie. I have many things to be thankful for. A cupboard full of food. A car full of gas. My health and good friends.

Happy Holidays,

Jon

Fond memories..........

Good friends............

Be there......May 15-17, 2009!

Lawyers urged to help the poor

retired Chief Justice William Barker.
(Barker is a 1959 CHS graduate)
December 6, 2008

"Equal justice under the law, if it means anything, it meant that we, as lawyers, ought to step up to the plate. Even if you're a corporate lawyer and have never set foot in a courtroom, we can find something for you to do."---retired Chief Justice Barker

Chief justice says too many forced to tackle legal troubles on their own by Jennifer Brooks, The Tennessean

The Tennessee Supreme Court is calling on every attorney in the state to step up and help out in the face of a mounting crisis in the legal aid system.

More and more low-income Tennesseans are running into deep legal troubles — unemployment, bankruptcy, eviction, foreclosure, unpaid bills and predatory lending practices. And most of them are forced to navigate the courts alone and undefended because they cannot afford an attorney.

The worse the economy gets, the worse their legal problems become."It is no exaggeration to say that low-income Tennesseans have little hope of legal assistance when they encounter civil legal problems. Only one in five income-eligible people will receive the legal help they need," said state Supreme Court Chief Justice Janice Holder, sounding the alarm at a Friday news conference.

The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over the practice of law in this state, and this new initiative comes at the urging of the Tennessee Bar Association, Legal Services and a raft of other legal groups to call for more access to civil legal aid for those Tennesseans who need it most.

"Equal justice under the law, if it means anything, it meant that we, as lawyers, ought to step up to the plate," said retired Chief Justice William Barker. "Even if you're a corporate lawyer and have never set foot in a courtroom, we can find something for you to do."

As an American, you have a right to a court-appointed attorney if you cannot afford one — but only in criminal cases.There is no such right in civil cases, although legal aid groups do work to provide counsel to some of those who need it.

More than 1 million Tennesseans live in poverty who are eligible for civil legal aid, but there are just 75 legal aid attorneys in the entire state, one for every 13,000 people. Private nonprofits, student volunteers from local law schools and attorneys who volunteer pro bono attempt to fill in the gaps, but can barely put a dent in the caseload.

With the state facing a budget deficit of as much as $800 million, it's unlikely the government can step in to solve the problem.

Instead, the access-to-justice coalition will spend the next several months soliciting suggestions from the legal community and the public.

In search of

Please e-mail any pictures you have from theatrical productions featuring members of the Class of 1959. We'd like to post them.

Thanks,
Dru
e-mail to: chs59ers@gmail.com

Marsha Moore Cunningham checks in!

Message from Aug. 30, 2008

Hi everyone,

I received the most wonderful note from Marsha Moore Cunningham expressing her appreciation to the "working" committee and she also included a very, very generous contribution to our reunion fund.

Her wish is that a portion of it go to Sharon Barker who has incurred so many expenses with mailings. I couldn't agree more!

I will share her lovely note at our next meeting in October.

Love from North Chattanooga,
Susie Turner Crouch

A Gathering of Friends

May 15, 16, 17

Meet us at the Choo Choo

CHS Class of '59 Hospitality Room

Hotel I ~ Room 152

Friday, May 15

3:00 P.M.

CHS '59ers: Get on track!

CHS '59ers: Get on track!

All aboard for May 15, 16 17

CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO

Reunion Rate

$89/Night

[includes 2 nights prior to and 2 nights

following reunion dates~ May 15,16,17.]

Reservations: 1-800-872-2529

Front Desk: 423-266-5000

FAX 423 265-4635

Comment on Post:

Anne said...

Make plans now for May 15, 16,& 17 2009 including your room reservation.

Contact the Choo-Choo directly, and tell them you are with the Chattanooga High School class of 1959 reunion. On line at http://www.chattanoogachoochoo.com/.

I looked a pictures of the Choo Choo complex and of Chattanooga area attractions. Check it out, there's lots to do in Chattanooga!

Come see us!

Anne Johnson
December 2, 2008 7:58 AM