Greetings fellow classmates of Odessa and Permian High School Classes of 1960. At this point we have most of our reunion details finalized to allow us to provide you some information about our OHS/PHS 1960 50th Reunion to be held in Odessa, Tx, at the Elegante' Hotel on August 20 and August 21, 2010.
Attached to this email is a Registration Form which details information and procedures that will enable you to express your intention to attend our reunion event. Please advise as soon as possible by returning your form with requested information and check/money order as we need to give our service providers specific head counts and monies before we can finalize this affair. Since there are some classmates who don't have computers or email access and we probably have not accounted for all the correct/changed emails, we have collaborated with the Odessa Chamber of Commerce to mail out to you under their letterhead this same form. This may take another two to three weeks however.
At the time of the reunion we will be providing you with a variety of things to keep as souvenirs, one of which is a Classmate Directory. Since it will be one of the most time consuming documents to assemble, in addition to the information you provide in your registration form, would you please advise me information you would like to be printed in the directory, e.g., name, spouse name, address, phone numbers, email addresses.
We have a formal monthly meeting, usually first Monday of each month. It is open to all of you whenever it is convenient for you to attend. We would enjoy seeing you even if you don't have the time to assist. Our next meeting is March 1, 2010, 11:30 a.m., at Johnnys bar-b-que, 2201 Kermit Hwy 79761.
There is one confusing matter which needs to be explained. NOT RELATED to our joint OHS and PHS reunion for 1960 grads is a 50 year Anniversary Celebration for Permian High School. The community and others are planning this event to recognize the fact that Permian High School has been in existence for 50 years. It is open to anyone interested. We last heard it is planned for October 1 and October 2, 2010, here in Odessa, Tx. To keep abreast with their plans go to their current web site at: permian50thanniversarycelebration.blogspot.com.
One last notable item. As we get closer to the reunion date, we will have need to report pertinent and timely information to you on a more frequent basis. It will be especially convenient to you and us if you join our reunion web site at: ohs-phs-1960.ning.com. If you haven't already joined the site, just go to that address on your computer and sign in using your email id and password. You will receive an immediate message advising you that you will have to be approved by one of us. I will check my site email at least twice a day so you aren't delayed in getting in to the site. We now have 140 classmates in the site so you can renew old friendships and make new friends.
1.You'll laugh, cry, and reminisce with some of your old friends.
2. It's OK to not remember someone. That's why name tags with pictures were invented!
3. Feel better realizing you are not the only one who has been married, divorced, married, divorced and still looking.
4. Rekindle or begin new relationships.
5. Show everyone how "sexy" bald is!
6. Even if you had some negative experiences in high school, don't fret about it, you'll most likely laugh about it now.
7. Enjoy an evening out without the kids or grandkids..
8. Use the reunion as an opportunity to diet and shape up.
9. Humor the reunion committee; they are usually a bunch of deluded die hards who think everyone should show up to appreciate their efforts.
10. And finally, studies have shown that those who were initially hesitant about attending reunions, discover it was the event that they wouldn't have missed!
NO EXCUSES!!!
If you are NOT coming to the reunion, you need a good excuse and a note from your Mom.
The following reasons have been already tried and are UNacceptable:
Excuse #1: I've gained a lot of weight! Rebuttal: Look around!! I doubt any of us could get back into our jeans from high school any more.
Excuse #2: I'm a different person than I was in high school. Rebuttal: Lucky for you, we ALL are. Let's face it: we could only have improved.
Excuse #3: I don't look as good as I'd like. I (choose one or
more) am bald, have wrinkles, saddlebags, grey hair and no one will recognize me. Rebuttal: Guess what! You won't recognize anyone else, either.
Our whole class looks like a "before" photo in a plastic surgery ad (just kidding).
Excuse #4: I'm not successful. I'm not (choose one or more) a lawyer, a doctor or rich. Rebuttal: You'll be pleasantly surprised to find how much everyone has matured. We may be plump and wrinkled (see
Excuse #3, above) but we're not stupid. Money is not success. You have found success when you are happy doing what you're doing!
Excuse #5: I was not in a popular clique in school. Rebuttal: Now that we're older and smarter, those cliques have dissolved just like the superficialities they were based on. The only cliques you'll notice at the reunion will be the sound of your joints as you walk around.
What Old People Do For Fun !!!
WHAT OLD RETIREES DO FOR FUN!!
Working people frequently ask retired people what they do to make their days interesting.
Well, for example, the other day my wife and I went into town and went into a shop. We were only in there for about 5 minutes. When we came out, there was a cop writing out a parking ticket. We went up to him and said, "Come on man, how about giving a senior citizen a break?" He ignored us and continued writing the ticket. I called him a Nazi jerk. He glared at me and started writing another ticket for having worn tires. So my wife called him a weiner. He finished the second ticket and put it on the windshield with the first. Then I told him he wouldn't be writing them tickets if we were family. Then he started writing a third ticket. This went on for about 20 minutes. The more we abused him, the more tickets he wrote. Personally, we didn't care. We came into town by bus and the car had an Obama sticker.
We try to have a little fun each day now that we're retired. It's important at our age.
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1960 OHS & PHS Yearbook: 
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