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50 Year Reunion Announcement!
Prince William Sound Day Cruise - NO MORE SPACE
Thursday,
July
9,
2009 - 8:00 am
Starts and returns Anchorage. Transport to/from Whittier.
$150. per person due with registration by May 15. Add $10. late fee/person
THIS EVENT HAS REACHED CAPACITY.
Coach-ride along Turnagain Arm and through Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel to Whittier, Alaska.
In Whittier at @11am you board Prince William Sound Glacier Tour ship to cruise Esther Passage to view tidewater glaciers in Harrimon Fjord and Barry Arm stopping at Surprise Glacier. Lunch is provided. You will see a working salmon hatchery. You will arrive back at the Whittier dock @5pm and ‘coach’ back to Anchorage to arrive @7pm.
(Bus pickup points: @Hawthorne Suites; 1110 W. 8th Ave., or @ Carrs Aurora Village)
Make Checks Payable To:
Anchorage Class of 59 Reunion
Mail Payment To:
Spence Allen, 32165 Via Barrida, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Picnic on Flat Top
Friday,
July
10,
2009 - 10:00 am
Optional Event - in lieu of Anchorage Coach Tour
Free. Bring a picnic lunch.
Contact John Walkup or Judy (Chisum) Saha for details about meeting the group. John's email is JPWalkup@GMail.com and Judy's email is jsaha@ruralCap.com.
Hike with Judy (Chisum) Saha & John Walkup
As strenuous as you want it to be. Also scenic, bring lunch (Optional alternative to Coach Tour of Anchorage)
$20./person, Add $5./person late fee after May 15.
Use reunion registration form available from Denny Comeau at comeau@gci.net
Tour Anchorage sites and see how Anchorage has changed. (Water, Snacks, Sound System and Bathroom on coach.)
You might see the Park Strip, Cruise 4th Avenue, Small Boat Harbor, Bootleggers Cove, Anchorage (West) High
School, Earthquake Park, Point Woronzoff, Ted Steven Int’l. Airport, Kincaid Park, H2O Water Park, Top of
O’Malley Road(view). If time permits you may see the Zoo*, or visit the Anchorage Museum*. *(Fee required)
(Bus departs from Hawthorne Suites; 1110 W. 8th Ave.)
Make Checks Payable To:
Anchorage Class of 59 Reunion
Mail Payment To:
Spence Allen, 32165 Via Barrida, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Decade of the 50's CD set - Reunion Fundraiser
Saturday,
July
11,
2009
$199 for 13 CD package, plus $20 shipping and handling
Classmates have an opportunity to acquire (almost) ALL of the charted hit songs of the 1950s (383 songs) on 13-high quality CDs while helping our Reunion funding.
This 1950s music set comes in a 6" X 6" hard CD case with small individual laminated menus in each CD slot. Each CD label is decorative and identifies the CD.
There is also a master alphabetical song list identifing all the songs in the set.
The "donation" to "Anchorage Class of 1959 Reunion" is $199.00, plus $20.00 shipping for addresses outside of Anchorage.
Classmates can "Pre-order" this collection of high quality digital 1950s music now at comeau@gci.net, - or win one at the 50th Reunion, -or, order their set at our 50th Reunion in July.
Make Checks Payable To:
Anchorage Class of 1959 Reunion
Mail Payment To:
Denny Comeau. Contact him for his address.
Tour of Anchorage High School
Saturday,
July
11,
2009 - 11:00 am
West Anchorage High, 1700 Hillcrest Drive
Free
Use the registration form to indicate you plan to come. We need to have a count in advance for the school.
Principal Rick Stone is your tour-guide. Meet at 11am in West High Auditorium @1700 Hillcrest Drive.
You will surprised and impressed. Come and see the re-modeled auditorium.
Donations to the West High Auditorium Restoration Fund accepted to replace stage equipment.
Want to see hundreds of past Anchorage-ites photos? Join us for lunch afterwards (about 1) at the Arctic Road Runner Restaurant located at the corner of International Airport Road and Old Seward Highway.
Contact: Dennis Comeau, comeau@gci.net
$85./per person paid by May 15. Add a $10./per person late fee after May 15.
Use the registration form available from Denny Comeau to sign up for the Dinner Dance.
6-11pm. “Memories of 1959” (Casual-Dressy, Name Badges)
Eagles gather @6pm with hors d’oeuvres and cash-bar.
Silent Auction, Door Prizes, Lots of ‘50s favorite tunes)
7:30pm Buffet Dinner followed by “Memories of 1959” Reunion Dance
A roving-reporter will encourage classmates to share interesting/embarrassing stories from the past.
Smile for the group picture of the “50th Reunion of AHS Class of 1959”
(@Reddington Ballroom, Millennium Alaska Hotel, 4800 Spenard Road)
Contacts: Facility & Banquet: Paul Akers, akersap@gci.net
Reunion Dance & Music: Wayne Lewis & Dennis Comeau, comeau@gci.net
Tasty Alaskan Buffet Menu:
No host bar.
Spinach Salad w/Bacon Vinaigrette
Hors d’oeuvres before dinner)
Mixed Green Salad with 2-dressings
Penne Pasta Salad with Roasted Red Peppers & Olives Baked Salmon Wellington a Béarnaise
Alaskan Halibut Olympia
Roast Beef –Carving Station.
Hot Rolls and Butter
Chef’s Selection of Fresh Vegetable and Starch
Fresh Brewed Colombian Coffee & Iced Tea
Desserts
Make Checks Payable To:
Anchorage Class of 59 Reunion
Mail Payment To:
Spence Allen, 32165 Via Barrida, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
Gold Cord Mine Tour with Dan Renshaw
Monday,
July
13,
2009
Contact John Walkup or Judy (Chisum) Saha for details
no host lunch
This is a post-reunion event for those still in town on Monday, July 13 who want some hiking, views and final memories. Contact Judy or John to express your interest and get details on the meeting time and starting point.
Readings by Fran (Ruhlen) McConnel and Bruce Means
Tuesday,
July
14,
2009 - 12:00 pm
University of Anchorage-Alaska Bookstore
Free
Authors Frances Ruhlen McConnel and D. Bruce Means present Returning to Alaska: What Can Happen in 50 years
2 members of the first Anchorage High School graduating class of the new State of Alaska return to Alaska for their 50 year class reunion.
Frances has become an accomplished poet and creative writing professor.
Her most recent poetry collections are The Direction of Longing and
White Birches, Black Water, a fine press chapbook published by fellow
classmate and Anchorage resident, Ben Robar at his Bucket of Type Printery.
Bruce is an accomplished naturalist, author of Stalking the Plumed
Serpent and other Adventures in Herpetology: 45 Years of a Field
Ecologist's Encounters with Exotic Animals, as well as numerous science
books, documentaries and magazine articles.
Everyone is invited to hear their stories. Frances Ruhlen McConnel' calls her sections of the reading"Moose, Wolves, Cougars, Oh My!" and "An Angel's Wishbone, a Pierce-Arrow, and other Oddities" and D. Bruce Means calls his "Snakebite" and "Giant Earthworm!".
For more information contact Rachel Epstein at the UAA Bookstore at 786-4782.
Event Contact: Rachel Epstein at the UAA Bookstore at 786-4782
5/27/2009 GUESS WHO
This is a list, current as of June 16, 2009 of who is registered for one or more events. I show female class members by their maiden name so you'll recognize them. The list names sixty-sev
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4/26/2009 Gregg Erickson on our reunion celebrating two 50th anniversaries
Gregg has written about our reunion in the Anchorage Daily News and Juneau Empire and links us to the 50th anniversary of statehood.
The online links to his pages are in our "Featured Links"
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11/15/2008 Fun At Reunions Past!!!
Pictures from reunions in the past were contributed by Lori (Burnett) Humphrey, Peggy (Allison) Lyon and Melba (Prater) Hoskens. Thanks to them for reminding us of the fun.
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