9/1/2015 BHS Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony - Oct 2, 2015
John Stern just talked with Pete Lyell, the BHS AD, who advised that the above will be taking place on Friday, Oct 2, with a tailgate before the high school football game followed by a brief
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9/9/2013 Kurt Meyer passed away suddenly on January 17, 2012.
Kurt Meyer passed away suddenly on January 17, 2012. He had only recently retired from the Florence Prison System on 12/31/2011. Kurt made the long trip from his Gold Canyon, Arizona home to
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12/30/2011 Charles Vandenberg dies Dec 17, 2011.
Charles Herman Vandenberg, 65, of Charlotte, formerly of Blacksburg, VA, passed away December 17, 2011 surrounded by his family. He was born February 28, 1946 in Blacksburg, VA one of four c
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I was a member of the class through seventh grade, leaving in 1959 to move to Florida where I went to high school. Nevertheless, I maintained frendships with several people here in Blacksburg.
In 1964, I came back to Tech for college, then spent eight years as an officer in the Army. Afterwards, while working for the Department of Defense as a civilian, I started my own company producing books on military aircraft. This became my full time work in 1981, and it continued until I had a fluke but serious heart attack in 2004, just before the 40th class reunion which I had planned to attend. I was very fortunate to survive, but now have to take life slowly because of stamina issues. When I was forced to stop work, I had produced 113 published titles, about eighty-five of which I wrote myself. The final book I produced was written by our classmate, Larry Rowell.
I have been blessed with a wonderful wife, Lynda, for more than forty years now. I've always said that in 1965, God sent me a guardian angel, and three years later, He was nice enough to let me marry her. We have two wonderful children, Janet, who works for the Red Cross, and Chip, who is a Navy pilot. We also have four wonderful grandsons.
It has been nice to move back to Blacksburg and renew so many old friendships. I spend most of my time working in support of the Highty-Tighties, the Virginia Tech Regimental Band, and two years ago I was honored to be elected as President of the Highty-Tighty alumni organization. It allows me to work at something I love at a my own pace and at times that do not stress my heart.
As with anyone, my life has had its ups and some downs, but I cannot imagine being more blessed.
What a wonderful time we had seeing each other again in some cases after 45 years! Sixty-three classmates attended one or more of the reunion events on August 14-15.
We had a great turnout of classmates and guests at each event: Golf – 11, Smithfield Tour – 17, Friday social at Bull & Bones – 64, Saturday Picnic at Sutphin Farm – 78 and Saturday evening BBQ at German Club Manor – 63. Two classmates attended their 1st reunion since graduation and nearly a dozen have a perfect attendance for all reunions, thus far.
While the majority of us still reside in Virginia and nearby states, Ted Hurst traveled all the way from Colorado, Kurt Myers from Arizona , Jean Michael (Shick) from Maine and Carol Stockton (Mackinder) made it from Michigan to attend the 45th!
We collected some $4001 in fees and contributions for the reunion, which covered expenses of $3770, leaving us a reserve of $231 to be applied to our 50th Reunion activities.
We were able to locate (verified email or postal mail addresses) all but 21 members of the Class of 1964 and invited each of them to the 45th. We’ll do our best, with your help, to maintain and update contact information plus find the missing “21” between now and our 50th Reunion. Setting dates and location for the 50th soon and keeping in touch via the website and email, will hopefully allow for even greater classmate attendance in 2014.
Fifty-seven of you have registered on the website and hopefully will check back often for new information and keep your email address current thru 2014.
Reflecting on years past, it seems that our class was “closer” than most and for many of us each reunion brings us even closer … renewing old friendships and adding new ones… appreciating each other to a greater extent as the years go by. Anyone who attended can tell you that there were a lot of smiling faces and laughter and just warm feelings … a truly nice, personally rejuvenating experience. We spent much time reminiscing, including remembering and missing classmates who could not attend. It felt really special to be together again.
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