Early Accolades!

(Copied from emails received)

 

 

Hi Bill, What a great job you and your committee did in putting on such a fun reunion for the class of 55.  I really liked the location and the size of the room, it made mingling very easy.    The music was fun and not too loud.  Loved Shelly's words and Sharon's story. Thank you very much for everything, the web page is such fun too.  The couple on left in this picture are Rob and Annie's guests from Auckland.  Am sending you the pics I took and hope you can crop some to use.  Cheers, Noelle (Grubb in ’55)

 

 

Hi Bill, wanted to thank you for your encouragement to attend and being so welcoming, so thank you very much. I am really glad I made it and it was very gratifying to chat with as many of the grads I was able to. In many cases it was a matter of connecting rather then reconnecting, especially, with the ladies some of whom I was afraid to even say Hi to in school. Everyone was so friendly and warm I just had a very very enjoyable time. It was really interesting catching up, how things had and are going and where they had been and are now. Didn't get to talk with everyone but enjoyed very much talking to those I was able to meet. A lovely group of people, that has a bond of friendship that exists and has grown over the years and I guess will stay in tact and I guess that’s what reunions are about. Thank you very much Bill, I found you one of the easy ones to talk to in school and I find that you still have that friendly ease. It must come with being a great skip.  Thank YOU (Yugi Asai)

 

 

Hi Bill,

 

On behalf of Sandra and myself, may I say what a great evening we had? You and your committee did a wonderful job, you are to be congratulated. We will download our pictures and see what we might have to send along.

When you have a moment could you pass on to me Eric (Mouse) Brown's e-mail address, I would like to send him a note, I had lost contact for some 50 years.

 

All the very best,

 

Bob Lee (& Sandra Davies in ’55)

 

 

To Bill, Maureen and everyone on the Magee 55 Committee:

Thank you for organizing a terrific evening.  It seems that with each

time we get together more stories flow...and our memories (or

imaginations) just keep getting better and better!!

Cheers,

Barrie (Adams)

 

 

Hi Bill and Nancy

 

Just wanted to thank you for all your work on the Grad reunion.  Carl said he had the best time ever, got to talk with a lot of old friends and was really glad we went.  He is looking forward to the 60th.  Got a big job ahead of you!!

 

Many thanks again to you and your committee for all your efforts.  It was a great night for grads of Magee 55.

 

Carl and Carol (Gustafson)

 

 

Hi Bill -

 

Yes, it was a great weekend.  Special thanks to you and to the committee who made it all happen - really a great job and we appreciate all the work you did to make it such a success.  We look forward to the 60th!

 

A couple of suggestions for next time:

 

* a larger room (so that some of us in wheel chairs 5 years from now can get around easier!)

* a room with more sound absorption (so the growing number of us with hearing problems can hear more easily)

* have name tags for all attendees

 

I took about 50 pictures.  After I delete the out-of-focus ones and others not worth keeping, I'll still have a lot.  If you want me to send the majority, let me know if you have a recommendation on how to do this. Otherwise, I could just pick my best "baker's dozen" and send them in.

 

Thanks again.

 

Murray (and Anne) McAndrew

 

 

Congrats to the organizers......that may have been the best yet.

The shadows are getting longer now and my brain is turning to mush but I am still able to appreciate that life has given me a unique gift.......a very amazing group of classmates!

Soldier on everyone. Hope to see you in 2015.

All the best,

Mike DuMoulin

 

 

 

 

Dear Bill---That reunion was just the best ever!!! I got the impression that everyone there really wanted to be there and loved the interaction with each other with genuine interest. It was a love fest.

 

The venue was perfect and it didn’t even matter that is was wet. No one cared. The food was very good and the service great. Thanks to the committee for a job well done. The comments were all positive.

 

You did an admiral job of organizing and I for one cant thank you enough. Above and beyond the call of duty!!

 

We are all entwined forever and lucky to be such good friends and especially at this stage of our lives. The bond is cemented. I look forward to all of us being together next time. 

 

Thank you –Lorraine (Thorpe in ’55)

 

 

Hi Bill:  

Thank you for a great party on Saturday, as I had only been at Magee for 1

1/2 years I do not know everybody as well as so many of you who have gone to school for years

together.

 

Thanks   Trudy (Birch in ’55)

 

Hi Web Guy

 

We just got back from our  Alaska vacation this week. I intended to write you IMMEDIATELY but came down with a virus almost immediately and have spent the past few days too aching and tired to even sit at a computer long enough to think.

 

I did want to thank you for the truly magnificent effort that the committee, and especially you, put into making our gala reunion such a happy and successful event.

 

Perhaps some of us are not computer savvy enough to realize the risks of letting our e mail address to onto an open list  on our web site. But it seems to me that not too many Nigerian orphans or other types of scam artists nor Trojan virus infiltrators would be lurking about Magee 55.

 

(If anyone wants to steal my identity they can take the whole shabang: the cat litter pans awaiting change,  the daily phone calls of folks with truly horrific stories of abandoned & abused animals needing rescue, my arthritis,  etc.)

 

Would it save you time and  trouble to set up a list that one could click on to access for those who are willing to  provide their e mail addresses on our Magee 55? Then people wouldn't have to bother you asking you to look them up and be the go between. At least think about it.

 

I hope Vancouver has warmed up some. If not, perhaps we could ship you some surpless degrees of temperature. Ours is forecast to be 94 F. this week.

 

Thank you, Bill, for the great time and all the happy memories you have provided us.

Shelley