Mark Weaver

Nancy Raetzloff (Groth)

I love it that so many of you have chipped in with information to round out the pictures and other information.  It gives me a great sense of community.  Thanks all.

Judith E. Payne

Congratulations to you, Wayne, on such a long and good marriage.  I made it 40 years with my husband but we are still a close family with 2 wonderful daughters and 4 grandkids and we both have new loving partners.  

I treasure this Franklin community!

John MacLeod

Wayne, 

Congratulations to you and Sandra for reaching the speed liomit of marriage.  Seems to have worked for you two.  Keep on keeping on. I am still with my practice wife of 40 years.

John

John MacLeod

Johnny H.

Billy to Bill to Wild Bill to Pile Buck to Building Inspector Nelson.  Good memories of a friend. His dad and his Chrysler 300.  It appeared his dad was always trying to get to the 300.  Some of our classmates very likely met him at his job at the King County Jail.  

Colombia Congrcasional Churh, for Bill and April.  Might have been Pastor Ben at that time.  Ben was memorable for his voice and fiighting scars.  Used to see Bill in later days.  Met up with him and his two boys.  They looked like chips off the block.  John, thanks for dragging up some good memories.

 6-2 and even, over and out..................

John MacLeod

OH BOY!!  Am I ever in the coop, or dog house now.  Got into a high stakes poker game last night.  Had a three dozen grade A large egg buy in.  My strategy was a little scrambled and my poker face a little cracked.  I have been informed by "She Who Must Be Obeyed" that there will be no quiche, beignets or any other food items that require cackle berries for some time to come.  So much for friendly poker games.

Karen Kummerfeldt

John, your humor always "cracks" me up!

Yaela Ettlinger (Yaela Ettlinger)

Yeah Karen, John's humor "cracks" me up too. 

How is everyone feeling about turning 75yo?  This is the first birthday that has bothered me.  I think because it's on the slope to 80 and 80 seems really old to me.  As a former gerontologist I should be doing better with this!

Karen, that looks like a really big confirmation class.  I recognize Susan Tungate there.

Sylvia Lovegren (Petras)

75 seems REALLY old. 

A friend thought I was turning 65 and when I said, no, 75, she was shocked. She tried to cover -- "Wow, you look great! I never thought...!"  But you could tell she was thinking "I had no idea you were so OLD." 

But not much to do about it, eh?  Eat my vitamins, do my exercises, enjoy myself, appreciate the people around me, do some good in the world.

Cheers!

Janice Lynn Ferrera

75 definitely seems old!  just saying that number shocks me!!!

Dorica Rockwell (Jackson)

Hi all.  Seems I hardly ever get here, but I saw the posts about anniversaries and age.  I guess 75 doesn't feel so old to me because my husband of almost 51 years will be 87 later this year. 😁.    It was good to see many of you at the 50 year reunion, the only one I've made it to.   Blessings to all

Judith E. Payne

Yep 75 seems truly old.  I'll be there in a few weeks.  But all of you with me!  That's sort of a good feeling.  I go to quite a few memorial services these days.  I'm becoming a bit of a connoisseur.  I'm in LA for one this weekend and have a chance to see old friends from when I lived here 25 yrs ago (or who knows how long).  Very nice.   I appreciate the gentle chatter of this website.  I'll try to post a new photo of me so you can see what almost 75 looks like.  Judy  yikes it's sideways!  You get to see my "baby" brother, Tommy, as well.  He biked across the US last summer (he's a mere 70) and stopped by.

Sylvia Lovegren (Petras)

Judy, you and your brother look G

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Zaharenia Dagadakis (Neuhauser)

Would you believe it, I just got carded.  Must have been a joke.  75 and going strong.  

John MacLeod

Zah.

I heard a rumor that there has a rash of youngens trying to get in to senior centers with fake ID's.

Now that many of us have reached 75 and more yet to come, there is another age for us to be concerned aboput.  Believe it or not.  Social Security stops payijng out at the age of 115 years old.  Double checked that one myself but please double check that me. Like "Judge Judy" was quoted.  Don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining.

Tick, tick, tick.  Before we know it 115 will be here....................

Yaela Ettlinger (Yaela Ettlinger)

Judith E. Payne

Yep that's Tommy!  He turned out to be a very dear brother after all -- and an MD for 40 years in Seattle in charge of medical systems for the Univ of W and doing clinical work at Harborview -- and a proud father of two daughters and husband too.  The only people that call him tommy are me and my family.  

John MacLeod

Too much time here.  As some or many of you might know, I drink copious amounts of coffee.  I am going to go cold turkry, quitting, this month.  I am giving it up for three (3) days.  February 29, 30 and 31.

weirder than skiditch.............

John MacLeod

Dorica, or do you still use Dori, Dory?

Nice berg that Ketchican.  Been there 3 times.  Thought I'd gone to the wrong place.  The sun was shining 2 out of the 3 times.  We only get 80 to 95 inches of rain a year in Hoodsport and a touch of snow.  Bragging or complaining?  Not sure.

Dorica Rockwell (Jackson)

Hi John,  it was Dori in high school and college.  Somewhere along the line here in Ketchikan, there was someone else in our church going by Dory (her name was actually Dora).  I had never had to share my name using Dorica.  People I've know for a long time still call me Dori though.  Still in Ketchikan where we average 140-160 inches of rain a year.  Nice for you that you were here on good days.  If you get up this way again, let me know. 

that goes for anyone.  If I'm available, I like to show people around

Dorica Rockwell (Jackson)

Don't know if it's possible to edit a post.  Part of that should have been that I wasn't used to sharing my name so I started using Dorica

Al Ovadia

Happy Birthday to the Benecke brothers!!! Señora Chavez diga Felíz Cumpleaños.

John MacLeod

Once again, I am a little confused.  Where might I open an account for my daylight savings?  One of the big national banks, credit union or the Intergalactic Solarium Mutual Savings?  Thus far I have been swooping it up with my butterfly net and tucking it under the mattress, but it seems to be gone by morning.  Not a shadow of it left.  Is that because of those early dawn tariffs?

Don't know about the rest of you.  I started with nothing and have struggled to keep most of it.

Humor comes and humor goes but in my case it is out of control..............ouch

Yaela Ettlinger (Yaela Ettlinger)

John - 

Sylvia Lovegren (Petras)

Dear John, your experience is universal. We just needed to be reminded. Thanks for the laugh!