RANDOM THOUGHTS

THIS COMING FALL

2009-02-12T13:52:00.000-08:00

For those of us who said we were going to come back to OCEAN CITY EVERY YEAR, I have had the Dunes Manor set aside a block of rooms for Sunday October 25 to Wednesday October 28,2009, with a special price of $56 per night.
Those of us who come can "scope" out various things to do for the 55th the following October so we can make "first hand, in person arrangements". Besides, by then, we might have an "idea" of how many plan to come to the 55th.
Anyway, if you plan to join us THIS YEAR, the reservations # is 1-800-538-2888/reservations/"towson high fun group 2009."
just do it!!!

How Many of us Know Our State Mottos??

2008-02-02T09:21:00.000-08:00

KNOW YOUR STATE MOTTO
Alabama Hell Yes, We Have Electricity
Alaska 11,623 Eskimos Can't Be Wrong!
Arizona Yes, But It's A Dry Heat.
Arkansas Lituracy Ain't Everythang.
California By 30, Our Women Have More Plastic Than Your Honda.
Colorado If You Don't Ski, Don't Bother.
Connecticut Like Massachusetts, only smaller.
Delaware We Really Do Like The Chemicals In Our Water.
Florida Ask Us About Our Grandkids And Our Voting Skills.
Georgia We Put The Fun In Fundamentalist Extremism.
Hawaii Haka Tiki Mou Sha'ami Leeki Toru(Death To Mainland Scum, Leave Your Money)
Idaho More Than Just Potatoes ... Well, Okay, We're Not, But The Potatoes Sure Are Real Good
Illinois Please, Don't Pronounce the "S"
Indiana 2 Billion Years Tidal Wave Free
Iowa We Do Amazing Things With Corn
Kansas First Of The Rectangle States
Kentucky Five Million People; Fifteen Last Names
Louisiana We're Not ALL Drunk Cajun Wackos, But That's Our Tourism Campaign
Maine We're Really Cold, But We Have Cheap Lobster
Maryland If You Can Dream It, We Can Tax It
Massachusetts Our Taxes Are Lower Than Sweden's
Michigan First Line Of Defense From The Canadians
Minnesota 10,000 Lakes ... And 10 Zillion Mosquitoes
Mississippi Come Visit And Feel Better About Your Own State
Missouri Your Federal Flood Relief Tax Dollars At Work
Montana Land Of The Big Sky, The Unabomber, Right-wing Crazies, and Honest Elections!
Nebraska Ask About Our State Motto Contest
Nevada Hookers and Poker!
New Hampshire Go Away And Leave Us Alone
New Jersey You Want A ##$%##! Motto? I Got Yer ##$%##! Motto Right here!
New Mexico Lizards Make Excellent Pets or...Home Of The Flea, Land Of The Plague
New York You Have The Right To Remain Silent, You Have The Right To An Attorney... And No Right To Self Defense!
North Carolina Tobacco Is A Vegetable
North Dakota We Really Are One Of The 50 States!
Ohio At Least We're Not Michigan
Oklahoma Like The Play, But No Singing
Oregon Spotted Owl ... It's What's For Dinner
Pennsylvania Cook With Coal
Rhode Island We're Not REALLY An Island
South Carolina Remember The Civil War? Well, We Didn't Actually Surrender Yet
South Dakota Closer Than North Dakota
Tennessee Home Of The Al Gore Invention Museum.
Texas Se Hable Ingles
Utah Our Jesus Is Better Than Your Jesus
Vermont Too Liberal For The Kennedys
Virginia Who Says Government Stiffs And Slackjaw Yokels Don't Mix?
Washington Our Governor Can Out-Fraud Your Governor!
West Virginia One Big Happy Family ... Really!
Wisconsin Come Cut the Cheese!
Wyoming Where Men Are Men ... And The Sheep Are Scared
The District of Columbia The Work-Free Drug Place!

WHAT A PAIN!!!!!!!

2008-02-02T09:11:00.000-08:00

Some of us are suddenly beginning to feel our slowly advancing ages....and I would just like to offer tons and tons of good feelings and improved health wishes to any of us who need them. Specifically, Frank Strzelczyk is expecting some upcoming heart surgery (with the usual trepidation that accompanies such things), and Evelyn Bartha Kane and her husband are also having some current debilitating health problems, as is Dottie Dodson Meyer's husband, Dutch.
I guess we all need a heavy dose of Cathy Rockett Soares' solution: 'I AM NOT GONNA LET IT HAPPEN TO ME..JUST GONNA KEEP ON MOVING OUT!" (If life were only that simple...)

Here's a little email I got from Evelyn Bartha Kane recently...brings back those memories...
Here's a blast from the past that I discovered among my mother's belongings. Enjoy!... Evelyn
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THE TALISMAN, May 4, 1955,

Page One

"SENIORS CHOSEN TO GIVE SPEECHES AT COMMENCEMENT

Bobby Jane Ensor, Marie Ardison, Joanne Miller, Denny Crews and Fred Thiez will give the commencement speeches at the graduation exercises on June 3.
Two competitive tryouts were held to eliminate candidates...The winners...competed with seven other semi-finalists who were eliminated by the following judges: Misses Klier and Reed, Mrs. Beck, and Mr O'Connor.

............................Committee Works On Scripts

Six students, Barbara Torode, Evelyn Bartha, Dotty Durm, Doris Abbott, Carol Killman, and Mike De VIta, have been working for the past three months on the preparation of the scripts. Miss Klier, Miss Shores, Miss Reed, and Mr. O'Conner worked with the committee.

The scripts this year are woven around an idealistic theme: "Darkness into Light." The four talks and the introduction will be very coordinated and closely interwoven in topic. "The script committee is trying to lead away from the presentation of speeches in a singular manner, " said Carol Killman. Special lighting effects will be used to enhance and help convey the meanings and ideas found in the speeches.

Speeches Depict Quotations

...'Courage brother! Do not stumble
Though thy path be dark as night,
There's a star to guide the humble
Trust in God and WALK IN LIGHT.'. . Norman MacLeod...

...'A light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, to reprove.'. . . Wordsworth...

...'The path of life is like a shining light
that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.' . . . Old Testament...

...'No darkness, for it has passed
Away. Ahead lie the lights of truth
and Right, shining in the dark we
once had Known.' . . .Anonymous..."
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Page Two

"Beat The Type

(That is, guess before the end of
the expose' who He is.)

He was. . . president of the
Loch Raven Teen Center...vice-
president of his homeroom. . .
treasurer of his English class. . .
on the honor roll. . . an S.G.A.
representative. . . the winner of
two poetry contests. . . a Talis-
man feature reporter and Assist-
ant Business Manager. . . Know
who? Well --

He is ...an S.G.A.representa-
tive again. . . Talisman Business
Manager. . . in the National
Honor Society . . . a valu-
able contributor to the feature
pages of Talisman . . . What! You
don't know? Hmmmm . . .

He likes . . . Doris Day . . . chile,
enchiladas . . . spaghetti, lemon pie,
and french fries . . .football, ten-
nis, swimming, and soccer . . .
to write songs . . . Canasta, Samba,
and Monopoly . . . to dance . . .
Really now -- think harder.

He dislikes . . . knee highs . . .
science . . . Eddie Fisher, Dinah
Shore, and Jane Froman . . .

He has . . . a record collection of
1,573 . . .a tape recorder . . .won
several jitterbug contests . . . plans
for a future as an English teach-
er . . .

His name is . . . you guessed it
--Mike DeVita! "
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BACK TO OCEAN CITY????????

2008-01-21T08:46:00.000-08:00

BOB GAY is organizing our next trip to Ocean City for a mini-reunion in the Fall. This makes two years in a row for us, and the group decided the last time that we want to do this EVERY fall from now on. So...you can join us or not, as you see fit.
Details: Dunes Manor Hotel is saving rooms for us from SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19TH thru
WEDS, OCT 22, 2008 at a guaranteed rate of $57 per night (all rooms are doubles/oceanfront).
If you are interested, let Bob Gay know asap.....write him robertgay@comcast.net
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Frank Warthen is making his first trip to Baltimore since our 50th Reunion the week of Valentine's Day. That Friday night, the 15th, I am hoping to gather a few friends for dinner at Razorback's in Dulaney Valley Shopping Center at 6:30 p.m. WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US???
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If you have not visited this website..give it a shot. Turn your speakers up, relax, and enjoy..
Go to the main website and see about 15 different programs...all short and nice to watch:
http://www.e-water.net/viewflash.php?flash=irishblessing_en>http://www.e-water.net/viewflash.php?flash=irishblessing_en
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Send your IM concerns to both Evelyn Bartha and Carolyn Strzelczyk: both husbands are having some serious health issues. (moviedocfrank@comcast.net for Frank; 8329@msn.com for Evelyn)

WHAT A WAY TO GO...............

2007-12-28T19:23:00.000-08:00

http://llerrah.com/newyearwishes.htm (TURN UP YOUR SOUND)

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

2007-12-22T09:59:00.000-08:00

FRANK (WARTHEN) says I "talk too much" and should have a spot to refer you to from the main THS55 web page, so let this be a humble beginning. As I find things to say or suggestions for you to try, I will be happy to post on here.

You all should have joined us in OCEAN CITY in the Fall..It was a great trip down memory lane, and we thoroughly enjoyed being with ech other. How many in the picture can you identify? For correct answers, email me or jeri wagner cushman at jericush@aol.com

We plan to reunite NEXT fall in Ocean City once again...why not join us??? Bob Gay will be helming the next fun group!