The current master list for the class includes 671 names. That's a decrease from 702 which was the working number in the Fall of 2005. Most names were removed because they were variants of names (a woman listed twice, once by maiden name and once by married name for example), thus some people were included twice. A few classmates who were in the class for only a year or two have asked to be included. The current total count seems reasonable given the number of names and photos in the 1958 Orenda and on class graduation programs.
Of these, 92% have now been found! Congratulations, Richard! Some 8% are STILL MISSING. A very small handful have declined to have their names included.
Of the classmates, about 15% are January graduates; 85%, June graduates.
Thanks to each of you who have taken some time to help us straighten out the duplicates and errors as well as making connections with friends to help ensure that a high percentage of us can be contacted about the 50th Reunion as those plans develop.
We know of many marriages within the class
Anna Crapitto and Stephen A. Zander
Carolyn Hoeflich and Johnny Allen
Jeanette McCollum and Kent Sims
Judy Pauly and Everett Frizzel
Mary Flo (Cookie) Hrdlicka and L. Scott Charlton
Barbara Sue Thompson and Jonathan Day
Amanda (Mandy) Stuart and Thomas Raymond Hurst
Donna Wendler and Richard Moers
Patricia Freel and William S. O'Donnell
Karen Price and Maurice Joseph Meynier, III (deceased)
Rachael Richardson and Richard L. Murray
Barbara Snell and John Gates Burum
Richard L. Murray and Rachel Richardson (1957)
D. Ann Watts (1958 and 1957, deceased) and Keith (Kit) Hinkle
Pam Bryan and Walter Britain
Jonathan Day and Barbara Thompson
And, other classmates who married Lamar alumni
Louise Wright and Gordon Robertson (1953)
Michael Bettes and Sherry Shawell (1961)
George A. Fisk and Mary Frances Harris (1959)
Judy Polinski and Bill Franklin (1967)
David Talbot and Patricia Patterson (1957)
John William Focke and Catherine Kolias (1961)
Ford Smith and Sharon Ann Ellis (1959)
Robert F. (Bob) Lindsay and Susan Veltmann (1957)
Helen Pat Dayvault, and Homer Luther (1957)
Sharon Harris and Russell Barnett (1957)
Carol Patton and Hugh C. Welsh (1952)
Clayton Walling and Alice Alsup (1962)
Nancy Smith and Samuel B. Stewart (1959)
Sally Neuhaus (1960 had she not changed schools) and Tommy Loftus
Karen L. McKinney and Robert Moore (1957)
Peggy Wright and John Pundt (1955)
Bill Edmond and Sarah Norman (1962)
Phil Santamaria and his family may hold the record for Lamar graduates within the family! After Phil, there are brothers: Joe, 1957; Vin 1960; Richard, 1964; John, 1968; and George, 1969; Sisters: Phyllis, 1961; Jane, 1963; and Lulu,1967. That's a sibling going to Lamar for fifteen years, 1954 to 1969! Then Phil's daughter, Leslie, graduated in 1995. A total of 10!
Do you remember? Here are the words to the Alma Mater:
Hail to Lamar, Alma Mater Dear,
Sing her joyful praise
Sound it far and near.
Rallying around her banner
We will never fail.
So to Lamar, Alma Mater
Sing Hail - Hail - Hail!
And to the "Fight Song?"
Fight Lamar forever, we will see you through
We'll defend your honor all brave and so true
Fight! Fight! Fight
Hail, Hail, the gang's all here
Sound your colors true
We'll fight forever for the crimson and the blue
L-, L-, L-, A-, M;
M-, M-, M-, A-, R-,
L-, A-, M-,
M-, A-, R.
GOOOOO LAMAR!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
How about the 50's in general. Check out Take me to the 50's developed by OldBlueWebDesigns.com. Here's another titled "Do You Remember These?" from the same company. Make sure you have your sound turned on to a reasonable level for the memories to flood in!
If you care about history...
Mirabeau Bonapart Lamar Senior High School opened in the fall of 1937 with a student body of 1,341 10th-12th grade students and a faculty of 58. Named in honor of one of the heroes of the early Republic of Texas, the school is a three-story rectangular Art Deco building with a two-story high map of Texas carved in the front wall.
Of these, 92% have now been found! Congratulations, Richard! Some 8% are STILL MISSING. A very small handful have declined to have their names included.
Of the classmates, about 15% are January graduates; 85%, June graduates.
Thanks to each of you who have taken some time to help us straighten out the duplicates and errors as well as making connections with friends to help ensure that a high percentage of us can be contacted about the 50th Reunion as those plans develop.
We know of many marriages within the class
Anna Crapitto and Stephen A. Zander
Carolyn Hoeflich and Johnny Allen
Jeanette McCollum and Kent Sims
Judy Pauly and Everett Frizzel
Mary Flo (Cookie) Hrdlicka and L. Scott Charlton
Barbara Sue Thompson and Jonathan Day
Amanda (Mandy) Stuart and Thomas Raymond Hurst
Donna Wendler and Richard Moers
Patricia Freel and William S. O'Donnell
Karen Price and Maurice Joseph Meynier, III (deceased)
Rachael Richardson and Richard L. Murray
Barbara Snell and John Gates Burum
Richard L. Murray and Rachel Richardson (1957)
D. Ann Watts (1958 and 1957, deceased) and Keith (Kit) Hinkle
Pam Bryan and Walter Britain
Jonathan Day and Barbara Thompson
And, other classmates who married Lamar alumni
Louise Wright and Gordon Robertson (1953)
Michael Bettes and Sherry Shawell (1961)
George A. Fisk and Mary Frances Harris (1959)
Judy Polinski and Bill Franklin (1967)
David Talbot and Patricia Patterson (1957)
John William Focke and Catherine Kolias (1961)
Ford Smith and Sharon Ann Ellis (1959)
Robert F. (Bob) Lindsay and Susan Veltmann (1957)
Helen Pat Dayvault, and Homer Luther (1957)
Sharon Harris and Russell Barnett (1957)
Carol Patton and Hugh C. Welsh (1952)
Clayton Walling and Alice Alsup (1962)
Nancy Smith and Samuel B. Stewart (1959)
Sally Neuhaus (1960 had she not changed schools) and Tommy Loftus
Karen L. McKinney and Robert Moore (1957)
Peggy Wright and John Pundt (1955)
Bill Edmond and Sarah Norman (1962)
Phil Santamaria and his family may hold the record for Lamar graduates within the family! After Phil, there are brothers: Joe, 1957; Vin 1960; Richard, 1964; John, 1968; and George, 1969; Sisters: Phyllis, 1961; Jane, 1963; and Lulu,1967. That's a sibling going to Lamar for fifteen years, 1954 to 1969! Then Phil's daughter, Leslie, graduated in 1995. A total of 10!
Do you remember? Here are the words to the Alma Mater:
Hail to Lamar, Alma Mater Dear,
Sing her joyful praise
Sound it far and near.
Rallying around her banner
We will never fail.
So to Lamar, Alma Mater
Sing Hail - Hail - Hail!
And to the "Fight Song?"
Fight Lamar forever, we will see you through
We'll defend your honor all brave and so true
Fight! Fight! Fight
Hail, Hail, the gang's all here
Sound your colors true
We'll fight forever for the crimson and the blue
L-, L-, L-, A-, M;
M-, M-, M-, A-, R-,
L-, A-, M-,
M-, A-, R.
GOOOOO LAMAR!
Fight! Fight! Fight!
How about the 50's in general. Check out Take me to the 50's developed by OldBlueWebDesigns.com. Here's another titled "Do You Remember These?" from the same company. Make sure you have your sound turned on to a reasonable level for the memories to flood in!
If you care about history...
Mirabeau Bonapart Lamar Senior High School opened in the fall of 1937 with a student body of 1,341 10th-12th grade students and a faculty of 58. Named in honor of one of the heroes of the early Republic of Texas, the school is a three-story rectangular Art Deco building with a two-story high map of Texas carved in the front wall.