Howell High School Bagpiper
Communications & Connections for Howell Public Schools Alumni & Friends
CLASS REUNIONS, GATHERINGS & SPECIAL EVENTS
Author James Michener was invited to the White House by then-President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Michener sent his regrets because he had a previous engagement: "Dear Mr. President" he wrote. "I received your invitation three days after I'd agreed to speak at a dinner honoring the wonderful high school teacher who taught me to write. I know you will not miss me at your dinner but she might at hers."
Don't miss the chance to attend your next reunion!
2009 Alumni Baseball Game
Howell Education Foundation
Fifth Annual Golf Outing
The Howell Education Foundation's goal is to encourage students to
fulfill their dreams and reach their full potential. Each year, the
Foundation will sponsor field trips, science camps, scholarships,
incentive and recognition programs, and more - all designed to enhance
each student's classroom learning with unique educational
opportunities.
Take to the links in a four person scramble format at the
Howell Foundation Annual Golf Outing on September 12, 2009. A shot gun
start begins the day at 12 noon. Entry fee of $75 per person includes
cart, lunch on the turn, and banquet ticket.
Not available to play? Join us for the banquet for $50 per ticket. The banquet begins at 5 PM.
Register now and remember to invite your friends to play. Just
click on "Tell a Friend" and you can send them a link to this site
automatically.
Thank you for your support of the Howell Education Foundation!
| Date: | September 12, 2009 |
| Times: | 12:00 pm |
| Facility: | Hunter's Ridge Click here for more information |
| Fees: | Dinner Only: $50.00 Individual Golfer: $75.00 Foursomes: $300.00 |
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2009 CLASS REUNION SEASON
If you would like to post your upcoming class reunion or other special event information, please contact jeffsalisburyhhs1967@yahoo.com Include year of class, contact name, phone number and / or email address, reunion date, location, time and ticket price (if available)
CLASS REUNIONS
Class of 1959 - 50th Class Reunion: Saturday August 8, 2009 - We will be holding the main event at a banquet facility called "59 West" which is near the corner of Milford Road and M-59. Our committee will meet in February and invitations have or will be sent to all classmates that we have current addresses for that we can confirm. We will meet also meet in March and April to gauge returns and make adjustments. Any questions, contact Bill Park www.parkplaces.com 810-534-2005 direct or 517-404-5714 cell
Class of 1969 - 40th Class Reunion: Saturday August 8, 2009 at the Howell Elks. $25.00 per person, cash bar, casual attire. Contact Judy Richardson Hanner: judyhanner@hotmail.com or call 517-546-1728
Class of 1972 - 40th Class Reunion (in 2012) Keep contact information up-to-date with Dave Kuhlman or LeAnn Trierweiler at howellhighlander@yahoo.com
Class of 1979 - 30th Class reunion
Date: Melonfest Weekend. Waiting to confirm date.
Event: Friday - Informal get together. Casual attire. Location to be determined.
Saturday - Official reunion get together
Howell Elks Lodge,
Dinner - TBD
Followed by entry to Melonfest Beer/Entertainment Tent
Casual attire
For more information contact: Grace Perez-Perry agperry130@hotmail.com or Mary Cubr-Otis m1otis@yahoo.com At this point the event will be by word of mouth or by email. If you have any email addresses we would appreciate a list. Send them to both Mary and I. Next committee meeting: March 12th, 6:30 pm at the Howell Elks Lodge. Looking for more members to help out.
Class of 1982- Class reunion
2009 HHS '82 REUNION
Where: CLEARY’S PUB BANQUET ROOM
When: Saturday - August 22nd
Time: 8:00 p.m. - ???
BYOD: Buy your own drinks
Here is the link again to the Reunion 2008 photos: http://flickr.com/photos/28025389@N08/sets/72157605920757103/
as well as: http://flickr.com/photos/28025389@N08/sets/72157612526797052/
Please let me know of ANY e-mail addresses or phone #s you may have for other grads, as we want to make sure to contact as many people as we can.
I hope you can make it! Let me know a/s/a/p!
Carol Sue (Wellman)
Jonckheere
Cell #517-404-8595
Class of 1984 - 25 Year Reunion
For more information please email Monica (Dutkiewicz) Kiefer at this email address: hhs_class84@yahoo.com
Class of 1999 - 10 Year Reunion
Class of 99 grads please go to http://sites.google.com/site/howellhsclassof99reunion/
for reunion information. We will see you August 8 at Cleary's ~ tickets are $25
and can be purchased at the website.
Please email howellhighschool1999@gmail.com with any questions.
If you or someone you know as reunion info for the "Fours & Nines" Classes ...
1934, 1939
1944, 1949
1954
1964
1974
1989
1994
2004
– Please contact: Don Rose, HPSAA vice president - Email derosejr@earthlink.net
Class reunion tips, ideas and advice
from Reunions Magazine
http://www.reunionsmag.com
School reunion tips
We found these tips for a successful high school class reunion in The
Black Chronicle,
Choose a reunion theme and have it in every detail of your reunion, from
invitations to activities. For example, a western theme can feature hay rides,
Western-themed food, decorations (checkered tablecloths), etc.
Have a welcome night that is casual and intimate with drinks and light
snacks. A local pub or small restaurant where you hung out during school days
is perfect.
Place disposable cameras at every table and have the disc jockey/band/master
of ceremonies remind everyone to take candid photos. After the reunion, post
photos on a website and send links to everyone.
Position a reunion display where classmates will enter the main event, with
photos, memorabilia, awards, news clippings, yearbook photos, etc.
On nametags, have the person's photo from the senior yearbook, so that
everyone can identify each other more easily.
Produce a keepsake publication with photos and an alumni directory.
Balloons are an inexpensive way to decorate for reunions.
Six classes plan reunion
Are you a
From a story by Vin Mannix in the Bradenton Herald,
The Contact Contest
The Cornell University Class of 1998 committee came up with this very clever
way to find classmates. It is a contest, which we expect to be copied! This was
their message.
Want to come to
Participating classmates were to gather as many contacts as they could and
send the information via email (to include as much up-to-date information as
possible: name, undergraduate major, married name, email, phone address,
employer, etc.). A deadline date and email address to which the list should be
sent were included.
In support of decade reunions
Decade reunions are pretty cool. That way, brothers and sisters can all come
home at the same time. We get to see the siblings of our friends or kids who
were older than us. We may have had older kids as mentors or find out that we
had been admired by younger kids. These decade reunions are even better for the
older crowds with numbers diminishing due to age.
We found this comment posted by plainjane on the Daily Advertiser (
Ideas for the program
Ask the disc jockey/master of ceremonies/band about ideas from other class
reunions where they've provided music. One said she dismissed tables for the
buffet by asking trivia questions unique to the school and class. For example,
Who got caught for t.p.'ing the school senior year?
Who got booted out of
McKowen's English class and sent to the principal's for writing notes too many
times?
What was our class prom song/theme?
Have your DJ play songs from your era.
Have a caricature artist come and do portraits during your main evening event.
Plan a tour of your alma mater. It's amazing what memories and stories come
back and are shared!
For classmates too ill to attend, create giant get well cards that
everyone at the reunion can sign. Try new awards that are more fun: First and
Last to Register, Most Body Piercings/Tattoos, Person with the Oddest
Experience, Humanitarian Awards (include all those involved in community
service personally and professionally), Still Class Clown After All These
Years. For those with a good sense of humor, find who has been married the most
times and create an award but avoid embarrassing surprises.
Invite feedback at the end of the reunion. Have feedback cards handed out or
mailed (postage pre-paid, if you can). Feedback should always be taken with a
grain of salt, but if the majority of people have suggestions on the same
issue, it is worth taking note for the next reunion.
Very important: make sure you know time restrictions at your booked
location, from the time you can access the location until the time your party
must end.
Howell High School - Class of 1963 Celebrates 45th Reunion
The Howell High class of 1963
held their 45th
the last weekend of September
The wonderful celebration began Friday evening at the home of Caroline (
Good food + good company + campfire = success. (The Gabel's also furnished a perfecly timed display of rollicking deer in their back yard.)
Saturday started with a golf outing at Chemung Hills Country Club. Later that evening, festivities centered around the theme of "45's".
Everything was designed with 45's in mind, including name tags, chocolate records and an array of clocks, candy dishes and candle
holders all made from 45 records. What fun!
On Sunday we gathered for lunch at the Copper Pickle and took over the restaurant with pictures, stories and lively chatter.
We ended our weekend Sunday afternoon at the
planted a flowering cherry tree and purchased a park bench to remember our friends. Through the donation of scarves
made by Carol Zimmerle Olson (who recently passed away) by her husband, Jerry Olson, enough money has been raised
to complete our Memorial with a bronze plaque.
Once again, with her organizational skills and plain hard work, Barbara Mac Donald Nelson, our Committee Chairman and
our very own "Reunion Guru", has provided us a very special weekend to remember.
Q? & A!
Ask the experts from "REUNIONS" magazine
http://www.reunionsmag.com/reunionarticles/classreunions_q_a.html
The dilemma
A California Class of 1954 faces its golden anniversary reunion and pleads “We need new ideas, new formats for activities, new means of announcing the event and new presentations for ‘the big night’ program.” To start, we asked what they’d done before to avoid replaying old songs. Here’s the response:
Friday evening there were one or two get-togethers at classmates’ homes for reacquainting, drinking and chatting.
Saturday morning, weather permitting, there was a golf outing for men while women visited, shopped and lounged at home or their hotel. Saturday afternoon there was a picnic which very few attended or visits to the high school, museum or other places of interest. Saturday evening the big bash was dinner at a place large enough to accommodate 100 graduates plus spouses and guests. The program rarely varied; an MC paid tribute to the reunion committee for their hard work [Editor’s note: Let’s not change that], recognized deceased classmates, and introduced a program of a monologue, skits, and awards for who came the furthest, had the most grandchildren, etc. Finally, the evening was capped off with dancing to recorded music from the past which attracted very few people and a lengthy session of group and individual photos taken by a hired professional.
Sunday morning breakfast was followed by announcements and a short church service.
“People are becoming bored and there are always problems finding lost classmates and with funding. Funding was charging each attendee a one-time fee which invariably left the committee to make up shortages in the general fund. No wonder volunteering is declining.”
We found this dilemma about a 50th class reunion somewhat universal for all reunions. Therefore, any class reunion organizer will find intriguing ideas from these experts. We turned, yet again, to members of the National Association of Reunion Managers (NARM), who make their livings organizing class reunions. They are paid to keep reunions from boredom.
Nikki Anderson, Reunion Specialists, Inc.,
Deirdre Marvin, ReunionTeam.com,
Carol Riley, Owner of Reunions Unlimited in
Keep the golf, Riley says, open it to women and move it to Friday afternoon, followed by an informal cocktail party open to all golfers and non-golfers. Or have an informal non-alcoholic reception at the school. On Saturday, “nix the school tour if the school has not had a remodel.”
Cancel the DJ at the main event. Keep the program short, skip the skits and pass around a cordless mike from table to table for classmate introductions. Or maybe offer an open mike for anyone who wishes to share something with the entire group.
Put together a slide show from kindergarten through the 50th year reunion. Make a video or CD of it and offer it for sale.
For a donation, ask current cheerleaders, majorettes or band to perform, adding to the excitement of the event. They run in dressed in school colors with pom-poms, mascot included, and do some cheers or songs. They may also sing or play the school anthem.
Don’t do individual photos. One large group shot is fine and offers classmates a chance to mingle. Or take it a step further and break down into grade school groups.
Offer something totally unique on Sunday. If you live close to a large body of water, secure a large boat (walk-on ferry or something similar), bring onboard light finger food and a bar and go out for a three-hour cruise.
Chris Clishe in Riley’s office, who is midway to her 50-year reunion, suggests an additional event after the reunion. Work with a cruise line or vacation center and offer a class cruise or trip a day or two after the reunion weekend, giving classmates a longer and less scheduled chance to be together.
And finally, Riley makes a surprising conclusion that finding missing classmates is easy. The answer? Hire a NARM reunion professional in your area!
Beth A. Miller is president of Reunited, Inc. in
First, I’d suggest shortening the menu of events to two— at most three. On Friday, a “happy hour” ice-breaker at a local bar or club may be a nice change. It can be done inexpensively by starting early before the “regular” crowd arrives. Try to arrange a drink special (ie: 2-for-1, a drink named for the school mascot for a reduced price or even one hour of open bar) whatever the establishment is willing to provide in exchange for an early-arriving crowd. Ask the establishment to provide hors d’oeuvres and light munchies. Remind management reunion attendees are mainly there to see old friends and not to consume the free drink and leave. Such an event could also provide publicity for the establishment and expose it to potential new and repeat customers.
For the Saturday “big event,” why not change things a bit and dress down, make it casual, they’ve done the dress-up thing before. Take it a step further and ask alumni to dress in school colors. It’s pretty cool to still have spirit after all of those years. Add to the spirit by having a trivia contest throughout the night. Give the DJ/emcee a list of questions about old hang-outs, teachers, who had what kind of car, who was voted best dressed, Homecoming King, etc. Provide token prizes or maybe divide the group into “teams,” for a team prize. Solicit token prizes from local businesses.
Offer an informal Sunday event for the “die-hards,” such as a poolside gathering. Anyone who wants to can order lunch or drinks on their own and it doesn’t raise the ticket price.
Put extra thought into the content of events and really bring people back to the “good ‘ol days” without the pressure of big ticket prices and fancy outfits.
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