Post 45th Year Reunion Meetings and Get-Together

"Our Next Get Together"

September 14th, 2010, 6:00pm, Coits Root-Beer Drive-In

2500 S. Western Ave, OKC, OK

 (2nd Tuesday of each month)

We welcome you to come out and spend a couple of hours just reminiscing the good ole days at CHHS.  Find out what we've been doing for the last 45 years.  We just hit our 46th year since our graduation and our 50th year reunion will be upon us quicker than you think.  

Each month, we always have a great time and seem to have someone new each month.  Remember, our get together is always open to alumni, spouse, significant others and friends. 

 

If you need additional information about Coits Drive-In, call: (405) 632-6976. 

                                                                                         Map to Coits is shown. 

Coit's has plenty of parking in the back and we have the private room reserved.  Bring your spouse, friend or significant other and plan to have an enjoyable evening of eating, chatting and reminiscing.  You don't have to be from the Class of '64 to come.  We want to continue keeping the CHHS spirit alive.  Let's continue to find ways of staying in contact with our old classmates.

 

    At each get-together, we try to decide on a new location to have the next meeting.  Coits seems to be a good central place to meet.  So come out and enjoy spending a couple of hours eating, chatting, visiting and having fun together with your 60's classmates and help us with the early planning of the big 50th reunion of the Class of 1964. 

    We want to continue finding more classmates and gathering up-to-date contact information so we can stay in touch.  We realize the 50th reunion will not be until 2014 but it will be here sooner than we think.  We do not want anyone to miss out on the monthly gatherings and especially not the 50th year reunion.  If you need more information about upcoming events or if you have found a missing member of the Class of 1964, please let us know how to contact them. 

    

If you're concerned we might not have your current or correct contact information or want to be a part of the 50th Reunion planning group, please send an email or contact any of the following:

Frances Louderback                                   Mike Shores                                         Melvin Hardeman

flouderback@cox.net                          mikeshores@cox.net                              melokc64@gmail.com 

 

We look forward to seeing you Tuesday, Sept. 14th, 2010

Last Month Get Together - August 10th, 2010

Our last Get Together at Coits was a great turnout.  Several new faces joined us this month along with our regulars.  Larry Welch and Linda Kay Echols came for the 1st time and Peggy (Pledger) Martin and Barbara (Cebulesky) Blanton and Mike Wilson came back for a second visit to Coits.   As always, we had a great time just chatting with one another, looking at yearbooks and photographs, catching up on our families and what we've been doing over the last 45 years.   It was also great to see not only our alumni but also spouses, guests, friends and family join us.  We again look forward to next month’s Get Together and join us if you can.

Our June the 5th Get Together was a

"Cook-Out / Picnic at the Shores",

that is at the home of Mike & La Nell Shores.

We had 21 alumni plus 2 neighbors show up for a great afternoon cook-out.   Paul Pappas definitely knows how to grill hamburgers and hot dogs.   Everyone pitched in by bringing side dishes and you should have seen all of the desserts.   With the huge trees in the back yard, we had plenty of shade to keep the summer heat away.   We're thankful for all of the alumni who came out to join in the fun.   Since we had so much fun at our summer cook-out, we may decide to have a fall cook-out.   If you're interested and want to be notified, please let us know.

 

Click on the photos below for a larger view of the ones who attended the picnic.

 

                                                                            Barbara Blanton's granddaughter,                      

   Everyone except for the picture takers.                Ridley on Tim Hillmans' Ridley bike.              Everyone except for RogerEaton.

             

The people in the 1st group photo are - Standing:  Larry Johnson, Robert Daws, Mike Wilson, Lyndel Blanton, Paul Quillin, Frances Fleming Louderback,  John Carter, Bob Myers, Don McCullough, Mel Hardeman, Carolyn Clayton Felder, Paul Pappas, Tim Hillman, Mike Shores, La Nell Shores

Seated: Barbara Cebulesky Blanton with Ridley, Derrell Felder, Cecilia Pritner, and Mikes Neighbors, Ben & Edythe.

Also attending but not in the picture:  Karen Goss, Mike Louderback and Roger Eaton

Points of Interest

In the Oklahoman July 6, 2010: 

REUNION SET FOR SCHOOLS - The Oklahoma City Public School Foundation is looking for Lee Elementary School graduates to help celebrate the school's 100-year anniversary on September 16, at the school, 424 S.W. 29th.  For information, call 879-2007. 

 Sue (Arnett) Silvers '65 reported to us that Sandra Masopust, a teacher at Columbus Elementary is asking for pictures or memorabilia from any years spent at Columbus for the 100th anniversary.   I am sure there will be more information at a later date. 

 Also, for those who went to Roosevelt Jr. High, the school year 2010-2011 will be the 50th class of 9th graders.  Can you believe it was 50 years ago we all were in the 9th grade at the brand new school.

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"2010 Capitol Hill Rockin' Reunion Festival"

June 26, 2010 - Saturday

The First Annual All Southside Schools - All Years Reunion and Street Party of Mt. St. Mary's, U.S. Grant, Southeast and CHHS. 

Our own Frances Louderback entered her Red '65 Mustang in the Classic Car Show and received the "People's Choice Award".  

Way to go, Frances!   

(Click on the photos to enlarge)

Paul Quillin also entered his Orange '54 Chevy Pickup in the car show and Chebon Dacon '65 was in the Art Show. 

(Pictured with Paul Quillin is Mel Hardeman)

Congratulations to our CHHS Alumni.  Go Redskins!!                             

Past Events

Jackson Jr. High School - All Year Reunion - Sunday, July 25 - 1pm - 5pm  Bring a dish, dessert or any kind of snacks or finger foods and remember to bring your memorabilia. 

Location:  FOP Building, 1624 S. Agnew

 For more information contact:  Sue (Brown) Rider 691-0523 or Helen (Batten) Morgan 681-3329

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CHHS Concert Choir Alumni from 1951 - 1973

honored A.C. "Ozzie" Ossenkop

February 6, 2010 at Southpointe Church

 

The Choir Alumni wish to thank all of the planning committee members for their outstanding tribute to Ozzie and his family.  We also thank Southpointe Church for allowing us the use of their facilities in order to make the tribute available.  So many memories were rekindled on Saturday, from students ranging from 1951 thru 1973.  Ozzie taught choir at Capitol Hill High School for 22 years.  We remembered the influences on our life and the legacy of love given to us by one of the greatest friends a person could have, Ozzie.

 

We all say Thank You Ozzie.

August 7th & 8th, 2009

45th Year Reunion of the Class of 1964

Post Reunion Thoughts

 

Oh what a wonderful time we had.  Friday night with Mel Hardeman conducting a trivia contest and Barbara (Cebulesky) Blanton interviewing several classmates to find out what they have been doing over the last 45 years.  Friday night was held at the FOP building.  The long tables were setup with white and maroon table cloths and there was an abundance of snacks and sweets to go around.   Saturday night was held at the elegant Sportsman's Country Club.  The table settings and food was absolutely great.  Mike Mullings son McClaine and his friend Sean were the DJ's for the evening.  It was great to see lots of people out on the dance floor swinging to the sounds of the 50's & 60's, which continues to be some of the best music of all times.  Mel Hardeman conducted more trivia contest and Carolyn (Clayton) Felder interviewed more classmates. 

 

As the days go on we plan to have several people writing in to tell about the good time they had at the reunion.  It was great to see so many classmates who were unable to make it to the 40th reunion.  Our thanks also goes to Frances for taking the lead in putting together display posters with photos of our deceased classmates, Jackson Jr. High photos, grade school classroom photos and other memorabilia graciously submitted from several of our classmates. 

 

This reunion would never have come to being without the financial support and many, many hours of personal time and effort shared by dedicated classmates.  We want to thank everyone who had a part in planning and organizing the activities, setting up and decorating the rooms so that we all could enjoy such wonderful evenings. 

 

We want to thank Paul Pappas for designing and publishing the beautiful reunion handouts.

 

Our thanks goes out to Frances (Fleming) Louderback for making the nametags with the senior photo from the yearbook.  Without the nametags we would not have been able to recognize many of the classmates.  I know it seems impossible but many of us have changed over the last 45 years.

 

If you have comments or memories about the reunion or the DVD you would like to share with all of us, please send an email to Mike Shores at mikeshores@cox.net and we will try to post some of them on  the website. We will be posting several photos and some video from the reunion as soon as possible.

The list of "Lost" & "Deceased" classmates - updated: 6 May 2009.

Lost Redskins - Help us locate CHHS 1964 Classmates

Thanks to many of you we have found several classmates whom we had no contact information.  Please continue to send us any information you're able to find.

We are still unable to reach many of our 1964 Classmates.  Please go to the Help Page and look over the list. Thanks to you, we have located several more classmates and are currently in the process of updating the "Lost Redskins" list.  Let us know if you have any information that would help us locate and contact them.  We want to keep in touch, as well as let them know whenever a Class Reunion, a picnic or any other activity is scheduled and any other information relevant to the Class of 1964. 

Deceased Classmates

We are also trying our best to keep current information on any of our classmates who are deceased.  We currently know of 61classmates who are deceased.  All of the names currently known have been posted to the Classmates page.  Let us know if you have knowledge of other deceased classmates or any new obituaries.  Please forward the information to mikeshores@cox.net to help keep our database updated.  

Past Reunions, Old School Memories & Old Photos

Go to the Reunions page for photos from the 40th Year Reunion and Social, June 4th & 5th, 2004.  Be sure to look at the photos from the 10 year reunion in 1974 and the Class of the 60's Reunion photos.  They certainly bring back memories.

Old Grade School & Jr. High School Photos

We've added photos from John Adams Elementary, 4th Grade Class with Mrs. Givens, 1956.  See if you can supply the missing names.  Also, added photos from Rockwood Elementary and Jackson Jr. High.  If you have any "Class Photos" from our grade schools, junior high schools, or from CHHS Class of 1964 school years between 1961 through 1964, we would appreciate adding them to our database.  Send any scanned photos to Mike Shores at mikeshores@cox.net .  If you can identify anybody in any of the photos, or just yourself, please contact Frances Fleming at flouderback@cox.net .  Frances will be typing the names to be added to the photos.