Site Updates
(most recent first, since 04/22/07)
Last page update: 09/22/2008
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09/22\/08:
Hi All, Just a few updates to announce:
Enjoy, Herman 08/20/08: Hi All again, I guess I forgot to list all the other recent updates to the site:
Herman 08/18.08: Hi Everyone, I just uploaded a bunch of pictures taken when Linda Meyers, Linda (Skelton) Zimmerman, and Laura Dunagan, went together to Catalina, to relive our Senior Ditch Day of 1957. I think you will see they all had a great time and that you should enjoy as much as I did, seeing some of the island again. On the first page, there is a link to a slideshow/movie, with most all the pictures. Herman 07/15/08: Hi All, Following are the latest updates to the Class of 1957 site. I hope that ALL of you who haven't already done so already, will send me permission to add your contact information to the site, as it seems to be encouraging more of us to get together and to make new friends. I myself have been having some great email conversations with both Betty Joe Grantham and Sandi Winkler, neither of whom I knew in high school.
Enjoy, 07/03/08: Hi All, It is great that I am still continuing to get more stuff to add to our Class of 1957 site: (in order of the addition)
Thanks to all for your input! ~ Herman 06/22/09: Hi All, I just finished my latest round of updates for the Class of 1957 site, so I thought I had better send out a notice of such before it started to get too warm to work:
We recently had a visit from our new friend, Val (Byrne) Gilbert, and if you want to see a slide show presentation I made using the pictures she took, plus a few of mine, go to www.brownthird.com/movies/val.wmv. The background music is from a CD sent to me by another friend from our Santa Barbara days, Wally Barnick, who is the bass player for the Cache Valley Drifters, singing and playing with a few of his old musician friends. Val's visit was very uplifting for us because of her joy and enthusiasm for EVERYTHING, as you might be able to tell from the slide show. We didn't know Val very much at Micohi, but both Cecelia and I have become close friends with her as a result of the reunion site, our recent 50th class reunion, and lots of emails. Enjoy, Herman 06/05/08: Hi all, In April, Cecelia and I were invited to attended a mini-reunion at Marilyn Lyon Hancock's home, and I have since been given lots of pictures to upload for a mini-reunion page and for some of the other pages.
Enjoy! 04/30/08: Hi All, I have added more names to the old class photos, added some new class pictures plus updated the pictures in most of the slide shows. I added a short movie clip of Gil Archuletta at the reunion party, and a long slide show with pictures of the Lost Ones: lost.wmv. That was a big task and very hard to watch more than a few times, as you will see. I just added a bunch of great old pictures from Skip Stratton and rescanned some of the Then pictures so there are a few of you with larger images. I eventually will do that to all of your pictures. Enjoy, and I hope more are having mini-reunions also.. 04/14/08: Hi all, We just got back from a pleasant trip down to Southern CA. While down there, Cecelia and I attended a small, class of 1957 mini-reunion at Marilyn Lyon Hancock's house, and when I get more pictures that were taken that evening by Laura Dunagan, I plan to add a page or two to the site, with the pictures and another slide show. Judy Cleland Bergen also came to the party, and she left me a bunch of old class pictures, plus a few other old pictures. I added those to the site. Many names are missing, but I did my best and expect some help. I also added a Then and Now pair of pictures for her, as well as for Pat Lowery and Ed Edwards, plus added their info to the site. I also added a recent picture of them both, taken along with Jack Eastman and Mike Gardner ('58). I changed Dicelle Black Curtis's Now picture to a better-looking one, and will update the slide show when I get more time, adding more pictures. NEXT: The mini-reunion photos. Herman 03/17/08: Hi Everyone again, I just wanted to send out this update before we leaved for the South Bay. Maybe we will be able to see some of you while we are down there:
Hope to see you soon! Herman and Cecelia 03/06/08: Hi Everyone, I just added a pretty nice slideshow with music for most of the pictures taken by the professional at the 50th Reunion Party. You can see it at www.mchs1957.org/movies/50th.wmv. If you have good speakers, it makes a big difference. It contains about 300 pictures, so it takes a bit of time to go through them all but the music helps them go by pretty fast. It is worth seeing them all. The band Venice has graciously given me permission to use their songs for the slideshow. I also:
We are planning on going down to the South Bay soon to attend a small (?) mini-reunion, and are both very much looking forward to it. From watching the new slideshow, I hope more mini-reunions develop and more of you take advantage of the new Class Directory, to contact old friends and classmates. Later, Herman and Cecelia Brown 02/13/08: Hi all again, Here is the list of updates since the last one:
Enjoy and please help me with those names! Herman 01/25/08: Hi Everyone, For the latest MCHS Class of 1957 reunion site update, I have added two new sections, one named Classmate Directory, for all the info I got for the Class of 1957 pages, and the other named Updates, to list all the site updates for those who are not yet on my mailing list. I also have added a few more names for the old class pictures (with help from the twins again!), added an email from Rosemari (Russell) Reimer-Rice, added an email from Jack Eastman, added some info for Gil Archuletta, rearranged the existing slide show pictures, added a lot more pictures, added some titles, and removed all the music from the slide show. I think that about covers it for now. Later, Herman 01/12/08: Hi All, Just a quick note to say I just added a Then and Now pair for Marcia Schatan, added some old and new pictures of her (Old, Misc. 3, Recent, page 5), and with lots of help from the twins, added more names to the class pictures for both Center and Grandview. Thank you, Dicelle and DeAnne. I also fixed some mistakes on the Old Pictures section, mainly restoring the missing Misc. 4 section. Soon I should have more old class pictures, courtesy of Marcia, and a Then and Now pair from Carol Nix. If any of you see more mistakes or missing names, PLEASE let me know. And keep the pictures coming! Before I forget, does anybody have a new email address for Ron Bukowski? (I now have it, hb) Enjoy, Herman Brown 12/29/07: Hi MCHS Class of 1957, For the Class of 1957 pages, I recently added more names and/or current information. First, Jack Eastman finally sent me an email address, and that is linked with his name on the Class of 1957 page, and his physical address is still displayed when you move your mouse over his name. I also added the same type of info for Carol Nix, after I added her and Marcia Schatan to the class list, with some info for Marcia too. I also added info for Kris Kelly. For Lavonne Gipson, I added some info, with a link to her daughter's email address as an email contact, as well as listed her mailing address and phone number when you move your mouse over her name. She is anxious to hear from any classmate. I added a Then and Now pair of pictures for Carol Nix, plus included an email posting from her on the Bulletin Board. I added some old pictures from Ernie Woods, which include two more Center Street class pictures. If you see any faces there that you can still recognize, please send me the names. I have yet to add any names to the pictures yet, and I do recognize more than a few now. Hope you all are enjoying the holiday season too. Herman Brown 11/15/07: Quick update: I just added LOTS more "Then and Now" pairs, using pictures from the yearbook (some from '56) and the reunion parties. The section now includes 87 classmate pictures spread out over 17 pages, with an index at the top of the page, so if your picture is missing, please let me know where your picture is at the site, and I will add your pictures. If you prefer another one for the Now shot, let me know that too. It is still my favorite section! Also, I am sure I am missing some names under the other pictures and have made mistakes on the ones I did add, so please send me any corrections or additions. Enjoy and thanks, Herman 11/11/07: Hi All, I just added several reunion weekend photos from Judy (Hagenbaugh) Thun, added lots of names to more of the pictures, and added lots of fun Then and Now pairs. I am sure I made lots of errors, so please send me any corrections, or names to replace the question marks under the photos. Enjoy, Herman 10/30/07: Hi Everyone, Just a quick update: I added 5 more pictures to Marilyn Lyon's reunion shots, and added 2 old "shots" sent by George Laun and put under Misc. 3 in the Old Photos section. Herman 10/26/07: Hi All, I just finished uploading all the shots taken at the 50th class reunion by the professional photographer. They are linked on the 50th Reunion photos page. Nice shots of everybody. I mean, EVERYBODY. There are 341 pictures total, so I broke then up into 3 albums. I saw lots of smiling faces, so I would guess most everybody had a pretty decent time. I also saw pictures of many of you with which I had wanted to visit, but we just seemed to run out of time. Maybe at the next reunion. I also added some photos from Marilyn Lyon, added her info, added links to each photographer on the reunion page in case you want to try to get a higher resolution photo, and added info for Gail Mungen. I also updated the home page format a bit, but I already forgot just what I did. Please let me know what you think of the Kodak Photo Gallery format and if you see any wrong or missing names on the other photos. I am still adding them slowly. Later, Herman Brown 10/19/07: Hi All, Here are the latest updates: I got a new domain name for the site, tried to update the home page a bit, added more old pictures of mine, added more names to some of the reunion pictures, added some info for Jack Eastman, the Ploughs, and for Ken Ziegler, and added pictures from the McDills, which are linked to images large enough for printing because they had sent them to me on a CD. Jack Eastman called us to say that he arrived home safely, and that he wanted me to let everyone know. So please send me YOUR pictures as soon as you can. Enjoy, Herman 10/16/07: Hi All again, I added a few pictures from Gwen (Strong), Penny (Welch), and Toni (Lombard), added info for Penny, added an email from Val (Byrne), and added lots of Then and Now photo pairs. I also finally went ahead created a new, simpler, domain name for the site, www.mchs1957.org. The old link still works. I am still adding names to some of the pictures, slowly. Seeing the pictures helps me relive the wonderful weekend again and again. Enjoy, Herman 10/11/07: Hi Everyone, I was just able to add some pictures from Linda Skelton Zimmerman to the 30th Reunion site, reunion_30-linda.htm, plus I uploaded 141 of her pictures from the weekend, to Kodak Gallery. Click HERE. Please tell me what you think of this format, as I edited all the pictures somewhat in order to make them upload faster and fit the size limitations of the site. There are thumbnails at the bottom of the page, and when you place your curser over a picture, you will see a slightly larger image. If you sign up with the gallery, you will also get 20 ea. 4 x 6 prints, all for free. Later, Herman PS: Does anyone have Ken Ziegler's current email address? I lost it somewhere on the way home. (I have it now) 10/02/07: Hi 57-MCHSers, This will probably be the last site update for until we get back here from Manhattan Beach:
We plan to have a place for uploading pictures to a photo sharing site, where you can either download high resolution images or buy prints. See you all soon, I hope! Herman Brown 09/26/07: Hey All, It is getting closer to the reunion weekend date! I just made a few changes or additions to the site:
I also just bought a new, smaller camera mainly for the big weekend. I plan to get lots of shots of as many of you as I can, so keep smiling! Herman 08/28/07: Hi Everyone again, I just got a bunch of pictures from Susan Broberg McDill and a few from others, so I have been updating the site:
PHEW! So if you see any misspelled names or missing pictures or names, PLEASE let me know, as it always seems to look okay to me here. Herman 08/20/07: Hi Everyone again! The new stuff is coming to me pretty fast lately, so I am sending out update notices more frequently so I won't get out of sync. Since the last update, I just added email links and info for Nick Comitas, Linda Meyers, Patricia Colman, Nancy Dornoff, Val Byrne, Gail Greaves, and Bernard Connolly, plus I have added several Then and Now pairs, and included both old and new photos, for most of them. I think all have said they will be coming to the reunion. I have also revised the Invitation and Registration Form to emphasize "Casual Attire" for all reunion events. I also added Evelyn F. Benwell to the Missing List and removed Bernard Connolly from the same list. More names have been added to a few of the old class pictures, and I am expecting to get more Now pictures pretty soon. If any see info that I missed adding, please let me know. I think that about does it for right now! Later, Herman 06/17/07: Hi Fellow MCHS Class of 1957 Classmates, Just wanted you all to know that more email links and residence information have been added to the Class of 1957 pages, plus I have just added a few set of pictures on the Then and Now section, this time for Carolyn (Ewart) Stewart and Ron Bukowski. I also may have a few new postings on the Bulletin Board that you may not have seen yet, so you might want to check out those sections. The Missing List is slowly getting shorter, thanks to some of your help. If you haven't already sent me permission to add a link to your email address, and/or the current city and state of residence, to the site, please do. I have lots of email addresses, but not all of you have sent me specific permission to add the information to the site. More pictures would be welcome too, both old or new. One of the rewards to me of my doing the web site, is getting to hear from so many of you, some for the first time. It makes both of us more and more excited about coming to the reunion. So, thanks very much for sending me your emails, Herman Brown 04/26/07: Hi All again, The Missing List of the MCHS Class of 1957 has grown considerably as more mail is being returned. If you have the time, please go to missing.html and see if there are any classmates for which you know their addresses. If you do know their whereabouts, please pass on the information to one of the contact names listed on the page. The Lost List has sadly grown too. Thanks, Herman 04/24/07: Hi Everyone, I Just added the latest missing classmates list to the site, (sadly) added another name
(Sue Fishburn) to the Lost Ones list, and added Gil Archuletta to the
Then and Now page. This is my favorite page. Bernie Haskins said she would like to see email addresses listed on the web site. I myself would like to include complete addresses somewhere too, that is, if I can have your permission and current mailing address. Please let me know what you think about it. Thanks, Herman |