Feb/Mar 2006
Vol. 16 No. 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ALUM&I
Dragging Main Street
Dana High School alumni return by Patrick Aikman
Sharing images by Judy Hunt Holland Davis
How do you find out about class reunions? by Kathleen McGuinness
Killer Reunion from Mystery Café, elementary classmates celebrate, student protesters reunion, entertainment professionals meet, Last Chance Dance, Hillel’s road trip
SCRAPBOOK
A fifties basketball team, almost champsby Chuck Hawkins
All American Red Heads, CCC alums, Chambersburg and congregations reunions, and much more
BRANCH OFFICE
Good for your family health by Erika Dreifus, PhD
African American Lives, Irish history writing retreat, Phoenix genealogy group, slave descendants embrace white kin, Clan Count
MASTERPLAN
Reconnecting family by Wendy Erlien
The impromptu reunion by Karen Luna Ray
Family reunion – an outsiders view by Allison Lowry
The Peevyhouse decade by Susie Peevyhouse Hockaday
Gilbreaths return to the heart of Texas by Judy McBride
Reunions, Buffalo style by Georgia Burnette
kids stuff
Q? & A! What activities should be planned for kids?
Citrus County FL place for kids, van Valkenburg kids, surprise leads to book, kids involved in famil history, scrapbooking for kids, games for road trips
Food
Pass the Pasta by Maureen Taylor
Review: The Food Journal of Lewis and Clark
Ice cream reunions by Rebecca LeFever
Feeding the reunion masses by Denise Heinze
Getting there with food, cocktail parties, dining with kids, eat healthy on the road, reunion focuses on health, outdoor event considerations
REUNION VENUES
Cape Cod by Edith Wagner
Storms can’t take the wind out of reunions by Jacky Runice
MILITARY REUNION NEWS
Reunion notes from American Beagle Squadron reunion byJeri Sprecher
VA seeking vets, National Cemetery rules, USS Indianapolis, pilots celebrate, Buffalo Soldiers, military FAM tour
REUNION RESOURCES A directory of reunion-friendly places, services, vendors and products
On the cover
The Wesley Family Reunion sparkles.
Photo credit Patrick Robinson
Masthead
Publisher Jeffrey P. Wallman
Editor in chief Edith Wagner
Travel Editor Jacky Runice
Art Director Jennifer Rueth
Sales Marion Liston, Senior Account Manager
Sales Sandy Lewis, Account Manager
Sales Assistant Shnee McNeil-Hatchett
Operations Manager Karla Lavin
Administrative Staff Jean Salzer
SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION
Thelma Wasserman Friedman
CONTRIBUTORS
Patrick Aikman
Georgia Burnette
Erika Dreifus, PhD
Wendy Erlien
Chuck Hawkins
Denise Heinze
Susie Peevyhouse Hockaday
Rebecca LeFever
Allison Lowrey
Judy McBride
Kathleen McGuinness
Karen Luna Ray
Diane Richmond
Jeri Sprecher
Maureen Taylor
Jackie Utley