Still a bit warm!

Clarinda, IA 94º Hi predicted 104º
  This weekend was all about Phyllis-------and her 50th 1962 Class Reunion from Clarinda High School.  They had 50 classmates at the supper at the Country Club Friday evening.

After the photo above, a meal was taken and then a nice program of slides showing older photos compared to recent photos was shown.

At left are the two chairmen of the reunion trying to explain where the money went and what they had done to set up the weekend.  Everybody was happy with all the events planned.

A very nice booklet containing photos and history of those who responded to request for that was handed to all class members.




Much visiting was done that evening.  The next morning many went back to the club house and played golf

 and many went on a tour of Clarinda with Bill Lisle pointing out many of the changes and improvements made in the community since 1962.  Toured the new water plant, drove around the Japanese Ball Bearing Plant NSK-AKS http://www.aksball-us.com/, toured the Lied Center (swimming pool and exercise facility), drove through Lisle Corp, toured the Lied Library http://www.clarindapubliclibrary.org/, drove through Clarinda Treatment Facility http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/buildings/clarinda/  and Penitentiary http://www.doc.state.ia.us/InstitutionDesc.asp, toured through the new Clarinda Regional Health Center http://www.clarindahealth.com/,  and toured the EZ Way, Inc. facilities. http://www.ezlifts.com
 

 We ended up at Ed Nordland's Classic Cars place and enjoyed lunch of barbequed brats and/or cheeseburgers.

Ed has many cars, inside and outside, and tons of memorabilia relating to cars, car repair, gas stations, etc.

Yes, these were old prices.

Think this might need some work!

Ed had several Mustangs

Saturday evening most of the class members met at Bill & Cheryl Lisle's place for a picnic on the lawn.  Though it was warm, the tree shade, and some big fans made it comfortable.

 Lots of good food, through caterers, and lots of visiting.  Don't imagine the truth was stretched in any of these conversations between people who hadn't seen each other for years.

 One of the classmates, from Missouri, raises, trains, and sells police dogs and he brought a couple and demonstrated attacking one of the other classmates.

They also had a caricature artist from Lincoln, NE who made interesting drawings of all the people attending the supper.  I won't post the one he made of Phyllis & myself.

 On Sunday morning most of the classmates met at the Glenn Miller Birthplace Society Museum for a brunch and more visiting and saying goodby.  Though many from Iowa will see each other in the mean time, many were from states well away from here and it may be the 55th reunion before they see each other.

We had enjoyed a visit with our friends Karen & Jack Norden who lives in our Kenwood RV Park in Texas and were traveling the Midwest this summer visiting friends and relatives.  They headed on to Joliet, IL from our place on Friday morning and one of Phyllis' classmates, Nancy Tarrant-Schaurte, from Florida came to stay at our house until this Tuesday.