The Name Game

On Tuesday evening, representatives from Classes of 1953-1960 met to assemble the name tags with the old annual photos for this year's 50s Decade Barbecue. Robert Murphy had printed names and colored dots for each class. Butch Murdoch had copied and cut the photos and prepared the envelopes for our class so the job was easier. There was much laughter and general enthusiasm as we settled into the job.

Comments around the table included "Hey, you got my scotch tape!" "Where is the picture for this one?" "You look good in this photo. Where were you when I was dating?" "Is he bringing a date this year?" "Are there more plastic sleeves for the name tags?"

We thought of others we'd like to have seen on the reservation list. We finished the job, carefully repacked the blank name tags to use for late registrations and added the clean-up(Oct 13)/prep days(Oct 19) to our calendars.

After the job was done, we began to mingle. I was approached by a member of another class and asked, "Are you Annette?" When I said yes, he replied that we used to work together. Thank goodness my long term memory kicked in (doesn't that happen at our age but we can't remember what we had for lunch?) and I said, "Hugh." For two years, he was head lifeguard and I was cashier at Highland Park Pool 47-48 years ago and I had not seen him in almost that many years. I'm looking forward to the 50th Reunion of our Class, but the Decade Barbecue connects more than just our class and jogs almost forgotten fond memories. It's a Good Thing.

These are the new additions to the previously posted list of those coming to play the Name Game.

• From Lady Lake, FL:
• Patricia Folk Carter
  

• From Panama City, FL:
• Ed Brown

• From Palmyra, TN:
  
• Olin Padgett

• From Cochran, GA:
  
• Dorothy Lanier Cravey

• From Conyers, GA:
  
• Lewis Linson

• From Kathleen, GA:
• May Pulliam Williams
  

• From Metter, GA
  
• Donna Andrews Pittman

• From Evans, GA:
  
• Jimmy Broadwater

• From Harlem, GA:
  
• Larry Enroughty

• From Martinez, GA:
  
• Bill Ward

• From Augusta, GA:
• Sherry Dorris Mercer
• Elizabeth James Roye
  
• Jimmy Knight
• LaVerne Montgomery Young

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