I hope to get some of the photos of the reunion onto the website soon.
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This group of 66'ers gathered at Quincy MaGoo's on Saturday August 20th, 2011
(Front row, L-R) Connee (Devore) Bowen, Carol (Lemons) Greenlee, Joyce (Carr) Fritchey, Shirley (Velton) Allen, David Shaffer, Sheila Lewis, Jill (Winfrey) Blanchard (Back row) Mike Gammon, Jim Scott, Bill Rowland, Ben Abrams, John Hale, and Frank Fogg.
Photo credit: Mary Anne Phillips Raytown South 1971
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20, 30, & 40 Year Reunions
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- photos sent to us by members. - our latest class project. - support the JHS Foundation through our class! Buy CDs, mugs, and more! - let us hear from you! ( * - Misc collection of items)
Join the List Server for alumni information and more!
We have set up a members only listserver for JHS alumni use. This message board works like a bulletin board, where posts are made available to all members. Postings can include anything pertinent to our class, including member contact and email exchanges, classmate searches, and events. Only members may post, and all email addresses are hidden. The committee will post event information and website updates here.
You are encouraged to join this group instead of Classmates-dot-com. Our service is free (no strings), and if it doesn't work for you, you really can unsubscribe!
Click this link to browse the JHS 1966 MESSAGE BOARD as a guest. You can join the group using the link below. Note: Submissions to join require confirmation using a valid email address.
Located at Schifferdecker Park, the old Tri-State Mineral Museum has been completely made over into The Joplin Museum Complex and houses several different collections.
If genealogy is your thing, the Missouri Secretary of State has recently created an online searchable database with downloadable Death Certificates from 1910 to 1955. The index is complete, and PDF scans of certificates are added monthly. Use the advanced search for more flexibility.
Locally, the folks at Joplin Genealogy have a new website, and they do local searches in the four state area. You can find meeting schedules and contact information at joplingenealogy.org
JHS - Joplin High School home page. Locate a contact person for other JHS classes at the Joplin Schools Alumni Page, which includes foundation information, merchandise, event listings, and more.
For fun, this little movie "Looking For My Wallet" (2.5MB) sums up what we all are experiencing these days!
Having learned of the demise of a certain establishment in Galena, at the 40th class reunion Vicki Mays and Jim Scott recited their renditions of The Ode to the Green Parrot. Here are PDF files of Vicki's version and Jim's version for download.
The IRS could learn from Glenn Reeves. He placed a spreadsheet on the web to help with your taxes.
Weatherbug features reporting stations and CAMS around the nation. This one is located at North Middle School in Joplin. *Note: Rennovation and construction has this site disabled for a while.
RAP Get real time WX Data from GOES-10 and GOES-12 satellites with visible and Infrared images.
Find WX for any city, state or ZipCode with Weather Underground. Use this link for Joplin and vicinity.
Viruses, SPAM, and Hoaxes! Ever received an email that just begged to be passed on to all your friends! Some with tear jerking stories, others with offers that seemed too good to be true? Some can be sinister. Search SNOPES.COM - Urban Legends Reference Pages to determine authenticity. This site is just plain interesting - it's amazing what people can think up!
For some fun and completely different, you can have a famous (or infamous) quotation emailed to you every day from WorldofQuotes.com, the Quotes and Proverb archive.
Have you ever seen an Iridium flare? They occur almost daily, but you must be looking in the right place at the right time! Predictions for flares, satellite passings, comets and more can be found at the Heavens - Above Web Site. You will need to provide your Latitude and Longitude information to configure this website for your viewing. We have set the location initially for central Joplin, Missouri.
Keep abreast of astronomical events at SpaceWeather.com. This website offers a free email subscription service in addition to a site full of interesting photos and hot topics. It is updated daily.
For the official word - The American Radio Relay League is a national organization for the benefit of amateur radio operators.
Of course we can't forget September 19th. "Avast you lubbers!" "Arrr... " Talk like a Pirate Day.
Please send any favorite links, page updates, corrections, comments, and reports of dead links to Jim Scott. Enjoy!
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who expense every dime they can!
- The Senior class pages from the 1966 yearbook.
- can you help locate them?
- photos sent to us by members.
- our latest class project.
- support the JHS Foundation through our class! Buy CDs, mugs, and more!
- let us hear from you!
