Class of 1961
50th Class Reunion Plus 1 (FRPO)
September 16-18, 2012

This site was put together by Ron Hughes.  Feel free to contact Ron (me) if you have questions, comments or corrections:
Ron Hughes
2271 Bildad Drive
Henderson, NV 89044
(702) 270-6955
rondh@cox.net

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Depending upon how your computer is configured, you may need to install a photo/slide show viewer.  Picasa is a great piece of software.  Version 3.8 can be installed by clicking here.  After installing, check for updates.

You will notice that five songs are included below.  Your default music player should work.  If not, you can install Quick Time, version 7, from Apple by clicking here.  After installing, check for updates.

As you navigate from page to page,  you may be confronted with a notice at the top of the page regarding restricted sites and the page may not open until you click on the notice and tell the browser to "Allow Blocked Content".

So, lets get started
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Let's Start With A Reunion Poem

I  developed the famous  "WhoDat" game and placed it on my website.  I received comments from several classmates along the line of  "How did everyone get so old"?  Play the game and see how you do.  (For the sake of the more educated, 'Who Dat' means "Who Is That".
Play Who Dat
Thanks to the hounding of Roy Shrauger, approximately one year before the reunion, I began contacting everyone I could locate and asked them to send me a bio, current photograph and favorite saying.  From this and other efforts, I put a book together (75 pages).  Everything in the book is included here and will be included on the CD which is available to anyone wanting it.  The book is organized as follows:
Cover  
Prologue   
Table Of Contents  

Section 1
Location By State
  Deceased Classmates
  A "Drop" List
  Could Not Locate

Section 2
Classmate Contact Information
  (Address, phone and EMail. Also includes the students favorite/most influential teacher.)  This secction is not included on the web, but is in the book and on the CD  (Does not include deceased classmates, those on the drop list or those we were  unable to locate)

Section 3

On the web or CD only:  The class of '61 as a  PowerPoint Show In PDF Format  (File is over 12mb, so it may take a while to load.  Be patient!)  (Advance slides by using the down arrow on the right side of the screen)

The above as a word document, converted to PDF.  Another large file.  Be patient.
 

The above as a Picasa slide show. Click the Slide Show button on the top left side of the opening screen.

Section 4

Miscellaneous photos from Dick Vona and others.
(On the CD and web, section 4 is included in section 3 above, but separately in the book.)

I was convinced in 1961 to puchase an LP music album featuring the various groups within the OFA music department.  Many years later, I converted the LP to a CD.  I've listened to the CD several times over the years and continue to be amazed at how great "WE" were.  Included on the CD and on the web are four songs from the OFA Music department, 1961.
Dance Band
Song 1		 Concert Chorus
Voix Celestes		 Concert Chorus
Alleuia		 Dance Band
Song 4
                  and a fifth song that reminds us what a reunion is all about:  Song 5
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Here's More Memorabilia
Graduation Service
Sunday June 25, 1961
 88th Commencement
Tuesday June 25, 1961

List of Graduates
Class of 1961
Graduation Announcement
Class of 1961		 Bequests
From The Class of 1961		 Radio Broadcast
Class of 1961

Spring Vocal Concert
May 12, 1961
News Article Regarding Our
Senior Prom "Aloha Oe"		 Our Senior Trip To Scott's Oquaga Lake

And Our Senior Class Play
"Arsenic And Old Lace"
Page 1         Page 2		    

My intent was to include pictures taken at the reunion; however, since the reunion was postponed due to the flood, my good intentions went by the wayside. Instead, I've included photos of the flood.  A great video of the Owego flood is on utube.  Click here to take a look. 
Flats 1 Downtown 1 Misc Owego 1
Flats 2 Downtown 2 Misc Owego 2

or
View the above and many more photos as a Windows Media File
(May take a while to load - be patient)
or
View as a Picsa (Google) Slide Show
( Click the Slide Show button on the top left side of the opening screen)

Contact Ron if you would like to purchase any of the following items:
    Book printed in color ($35.00)
    Book printed in black and white ($15.00)
    Reunion CD, consisting of everything on this page ($3.00)
    Music CD, consisting of the 23 songs mentioned above ($3.00)

(a) If ordering a book and/or Reunion CD or Music CD, postage is $5.00.
(b) If ordering one or both of the CDs but no book, postage is $2.00

Here's a tale from Art White and Price Bingham.

Here's an added treat.  Owego is known as the "Coolest Small Town In America".  Click on the link to take a look.  Not sure how long the site will be active, but it was active as of September 15, 2011.

Enjoy!!