Class of 1950 holds its 59th reunion on July 18th

An anonymous commenter left a reminder that the Class of 1950 holds a reunion every year on the third Saturday in July at the VFW on Lakeside Street. This year, it will hold its 59th reunion on July 18, 2009. If you have additional details about this event, such as what time it begins, please contact me and I'll post it.

The anonymous commenter also left a copy of an ode to the Class of 1950's 50th reunion, which I'm reproducing here:

ODE TO 50TH REUNION -CLASS OF 1950

Our 50th class reunion was a grand affair, thanks to the committee.
Almost all our classmates were there from the best school in the city!
The guys still as handsome as handsome could be..
"Girls" looking the same as in 1950.

Friday night was our special time To get reacquainted over munchies and wine.
Though we were laid back and mellow it's true,
We managed to sing a song or two.

Saturday night was our dinner dance
All together again, here was a chance
To spend a few precious hours(how fast they flew by)
With our dear friends from Central High.

We hugged, we talked, we danced (not much.)
We reached for an old friend's hand to touch.
We laughed, we joked, we reminisced in style...
Young and carefree again for a while.

Don Noel spoke, praising our school..
Said we had diversity before it was cool.
For we welcomed all without any fuss
Their Race/Religion unimportant to us.

Sunday's brunch was our last event..
Our Joyful reunion was nearly spent.
Ron Imhoff took pictures about the room
And we tried to forget we'd be parting soon.

Some of us went once more to the arch
Where we used to wait for school to start.
We revisited downtown Madison
For that was our turf, where we had so much fun.

Then time ran out as it always does..
None left to remember the way it was.
It was time to go... we said our good-bys
And it hurt us so...brought tears to our eyes.

We'll keep in touch with our high school friends..
Though we are parted..it's not the end.
The e-mail, letters and cards we'll write
And telephone calls will keep memories tight.

Some grads like me stayed right here in Mad City.
If we don't meet now and then
Twill be such a pity.
For we have been blessed to belong to a class
That's as wonderful now as it was in the past.

The official Class of 1964 class reunion poster by (who else?) John Schmelzer

The Madison Central High School Class of 1964 is holding its 45th reunion on July 25, 2009 at the Elks Club in Madison. The official poster, created by John Schmelzer is shown above...and there's more to come. John sent me information about limited edition Bling, but I need to clarify who's eligible to to acquire it. I'll be posting more information soon. In the meantime, you can find out more about the reunion by visiting the Class of 1964's website.

Note: If bare breasts offend you, you may not want to click through on the link to John's website.