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Maroon and Black Threads
February 2007
Greetings Classmates
The
Lee Edwards Class of 58 Steering Committee has been busy this past month calling 144 classmates to verify correct mailing
addresses and phone numbers. We also asked for e-mail addresses which we will use for instant communication between the steering
committee and all classmates at large. We are proud to inform you the Class of 58 has to date, the largest e-mail network
of any of the following graduating classes at Lee Edwards. Those classes include the classes of 56, 57 and 59. Your
Steering Committee has done a wonderful job of contacting all of our classmates who did not respond to the letter I mailed
in August of 06 announcing the fact we will have a fiftieth class reunion.
Also, I am in
contact with those members of the above classes who are keepers of the class networks. If any of you need information
on anyone from the Classes of 56, 57 or 59, I can contact my sources and get the information for you.
The Class of 58 Fiftieth Reunion Steering Committee met Monday evening, February 19, at the home of Rex and Margaret Redmon
in Greenville, SC to continue discussions and plans for a gathering of 58 classmates on April 20, 07 in Asheville at Amici's
Restaurant on 900 Hendersonville Road.
Invitations for the gathering will be mailed within the
next two weeks to all classmates living in Western North Carolina (Franklin to Hickory) and Upstate, South Carolina (Spartanburg/Greenville).
The purpose of the meeting is certainly two-fold. First, we have the opportunity to gather for a short mini-reunion to reunite
with old friends for a few hours, and second, to allow those who wish to volunteer as helpers for the Fiftieth Reunion
in 2008 to sign up with a committee of their choosing.
Areas in which a classmate can volunteer to help are;
1. Location Committee chaired by Anne Beckham Ewald,
2. Food Committee chaired by Jennie Lazenby Padgett assisted
by Morgan Pritchard, 3. Decorations Committee chaired by Jo Anne Chandley Elliott assisted by Elaine McPhearson,
4. Setting Up and Tearing Down--need chairperson
5. Registration & Greeters--need chairperson
6. Memorabilia
to sell--need chairperson
7. Program and Entertainment-Chairperson Rex Redmon
8. Other such as mailings, directories,
videos, etc. need chairpersons
It is the goal of the Steering Committee to make the planning of our Fiftieth Class
Reunion a fun time for all those classmates who wish to work on committees. The Steering Committee wants you to enjoy your
committee experience and to let it be a memory which you will treasure always.
For those who live in
the designated areas mentioned above and for those of you who live outside the designated areas who have asked to be included--such
as Betty Ann Ray Richardson who lives in Texas--mark your calendars now for April 20, 1907. The invitations will explain
in detail the events of the evening.
Missing Classmates
Written below is a list of those
classmates who we are presently unable to contact. There are several for whom we have never had addresses. Also, several
more who have moved since the 99 Millennium reunion. Regardless of why they are missing, please, if you know of their
whereabouts or know of a relative contact either Rex Redmon at Redhrex13@aol.com or Pippa Clark Dolen (Class of 59) at Pippadevil@hotmail.com. Pippa has a rare disease called "findumitus"
and she lives to locate missing classmates. We certainly appreciate her help in locating our missing classmates.
Classmates who have never been located are:
1. Mary Joanne Austin Fore
2. Eugenia Leigh Burton
3. Barbara
Joan Culver
4. Sarah Toby Glassman
5. Sarah Gosnell
6. Constance Elaine Matthews.
Classmates whose mail has been returned and cannot be located are:
Name
1. Charles Robin "Bob" Baskerville
2. Joan Katherine Hamlin Davis
3. Sarah Jane Melvin
4. Annette Elizabeth Miller Kirby
5. Robert "Bob" Lee Robinson
6. Jerry Wayne Sharp
7. Emily Osborne Anderson
8. Thomas "Tom" Neal*
*We know Tom Neal recently moved to the Raleigh area from Asheville.
At some point and time in the future
when time allows, we wish to publish a list of those classmates who attended LEHS in the 10th and 11th grades but did not
actually graduate with the class. We want to give all former classmates an opportunity to gather together with those whom
we shared so many things in common during the "age of innocence"--the 1950s.
Website Comments
Thanks to everyone for your very positive comments and compliments with regard to the Class of 58 Website. Following
are some of your comments:
"Great web site. Thanks for all your work" Carolyn Herman Tarlton
"The Website is just amazing--what fun!" Martha Ann Fuller Hale
"Thanks for all your hard work. Everything
on the Website looks great." Shirley McDonald Hedrick
"Love the Website." Mary K Ricker Thompson
"Website looks very good. Nice Job." June Sorrells/Barbara S. Clayton
"A great way of keeping everyone
informed." Gayle Roberts husband, Bob Kelly
"Thank you for all your hard work." The site is amazing. Anne
Cole Keast
"Excellent job with regard to the Class of 58 Website. Thanks for all your hard work." Ronny Henderson
and Anne Moore Henderson
"Thanks for the work you and the committee are doing in preparation for the reunion next
year." Louise Scarborough Bessinger and Marshall Bessinger
"Thanks for all your efforts." Dick Angel
"Thanks so much for the information you are sending to us and for the fien work you have done on the Website."
Jennie Lazenby Padgett...
...and I can go on and on.
Changes to the Website with regard to incorrect
addresses or phone numbers have been corrected and one given name was removed which a classmate said he/she has never used.
Website E-mail address
publication:
At this time personal or business e-mail addresses are not going to be published on the Class
of 58 website due to concern about web browsers and spam hunters. Many classmates have written asking "not"
to publish their e-mail addresses and that request will be honored. However, there is always an exception to the rule. This
time, if you insist, and definitely "want" your e-mail address included along with your name, mailing address and
phone number on the members page, inform Rex at Redhrex13@aol.com and your e-mail address will be published and your
consent will be saved in a file.
Personal Biographies
During the Steering Committee
meeting Monday evening, the committee voted to write and publish a biographical publication on every classmate who is
willing to submit no more than a 500 word bio of their lives since leaving LEHS. A 500 word bio is about one page of 10 point
type. Bios may be mailed to Rex Redmon, 11 Cantera Circle, Greenville, SC 29615 or written in Comic Sans MS font in 10 point
type and e-mailed either as a pasted or as an attachment. This publication will be available to all classmates as part
of the reunion paraphernalia. If you wish to have your personal bio published for posterity, you may send your bio any
time between now and July 08.
Maroon & Black Threads
March 4, 2007
Hello Classmates,
The Steering Committee is in the process
of mailing 84 invitations to all classmates who live in Western North Carolina and the Upstate of South Carolina. The mailing
will be completed by March 5. We are inviting those classmates to attend a very important gathering at Amici's Restaurant
on Friday Evening at 6:00, April 20. 2007. During the gathering, which will include a reception and dinner, we will
discuss various reunion options and activities available to us. We want those attending the gathering to voice
their wishes and desires for what they would like to experience for the reunion weekend in 2008. We also solicit opinions
from the rest of the class regardless of where you may reside. One little suggestion from each of you, regardless of
how big you may think that suggestion may be, enables us put together a long list and plan an enjoyable reunion
weekend for The LEHS Class of 58.
Missing Classmates
Our list of missing classmates shrinks each week. Tommy Neal, Melvin
Thrash, June McNeely Huntley, Annette Miller Kirby and Joan Hamlin Davey have been found by our chief detective, Pippa
Clark Dolen (Class of 59). Pippa does a great job locating people--and all for free! No, she receives a gratuitous
invite to the reunion. The addresses and phone numbers of the newly found classmates will be added to the members page
of the Class of 58 website once a week along with all the individual changes requested by each of you.
The following classmates are still missing and if you know anything about them such as their whereabouts, their family connections
or females married names, please contact Redhrex13@aol.com or Pippadevil@hotmail.com.
We do have some leads on Eugenia Burton. Billie Rogers
Stapleton wrote last week and remembered Eugenia married a man by the name of Moseley and moved to Georgia. Now, if she is
still married to Moseley, chances are we will find her.
Names of missing classmates
1. Mary Joanne Austin Fore
2. Eugenia Leigh Burton Moseley
3. Barbara Joan Culver
4. Sarah Toby Glassman
5. Sarah Gosnell
6. Constance Elaine Matthews.
7. Charles Robin "Bob" Baskerville
8. Sarah Jane Melvin
9. Robert "Bob" Lee Robinson
10. Jerry Wayne Sharp
11. Emily Osborne Anderson
Class of 58 Website
Have you noticed when you click onto the Class of 58 Website how many hits we
have? There are 710 hits as of March 4. Thanks for making The Lee Edwards Class of 58 Website a popular hit. Yet,
I need news from each of you to pass along for other classmates to enjoy.
For instance, I received a nice e-mail
from Martha Ann Fuller Hale today. She says in one portion of her e-mail, I was not surprised to hear Don Printz
was a Dr. Don, does that mean you were studious in high school? She closed her e-mail with a small complaint however;
I am freezing in sunny AZ at the
moment.
Nancy Drum Clark sent out an e-mail to friends and family last week announcing the fact she
and her husband are leaving the "Land the Sky" and moving to Cary, North Carolina. They have family living in Cary
and the move is to be near family. Regardless, I'm sure Nancy will find the golf courses in Cary to be just as green
as they are at Beaver Lake
(now Asheville Country Club).
Ann Beckham Ewald, one of our sterring committee
members writes; Hi Rex, I'm back in good old NC and these overwhelmingly beautiful mountains......don't
know why I leave in the first place. Daughter and I left 70 degree weather in Charlotte to fly into freezing temps
and worse wind. Anyhoo, it is great to be back home. (No mention of where she and daughter have been.) Anne
informed me she had been to New York where it was very cold. I can only imagine.
Lee Edwards Class of 58 Steering Committee met Tuesday evening, March 13, 2007 at the
Hendersonville Country Club for a dinner meeting co-hosted by Patsy Farmer Jones and her husband, Dr. Don Jones who are members
of the club and who live in Hendersonville. Ken Cooper, who lives in Greenville, SC, was also co-host. Following a brief time
for socializing, Patsy, Don and Ken treated those steering committee members in attendance to a wonderfully delicious
meal. Moderator Rex Redmon, Patsy Farmer Jones, Morgan Pritchard, Jo Ann Chandley Elliott, Elaine McPherson, Jennie Lazenby,
Ann Beckham Ewald, Ken Cooper, Jo Anne Dalton Vaughn and Pippa Clark Dolen (Class of 59) attended the meeting. Sidney
and Vera Mitchell were taking a short sabatical to the beach to escape hammering, sawing. and sawdust from having their
home remodeled. Spouses of Rex, Patsy, Morgan, Jo Ann Chandley Elliott, Elaine, Jennie and Ann were also present.
Rex and Ken reported checks for the April 20 class gathering at Amici's Restaurant on Hendersonville Road in Asheville
were beginning to arrive. (A note to remind those from Western North Carolina and others who requested invitations, your
payment for the dinner must be mailed to Rex or Ken by April 6. The steering committee needs an accurate headcount of
those who will attend the meeting and the restaurant also needs a count. That is why we requested an RSVP and payment
in advance.)
April 20th gathering schedule
6:00 Reception and Socializing--light Hors d'
oeuvres*
6:45 Dinner
7:30 Short Ice breaker program
8;15 Reunion discussion
9:00 Adjournment
(Cash
Bar available with two drink limit)
Cost $30.00 per person--Make checks payable to LEHS Class of 58 Reunionand
mail by April 6 to Rex Redmon or Ken Cooper. (Addresses are on the invitation).
Pippa Clark Dolen, our chief detective
who is locating missing classmates, reported
her search is going well. Removed from the list of those who are missing
is Sarah "Jane" Melvin. (See members page for her address and phone number.) Thanks Pippa for all your hard
work and dedication for the Class of 58.
Pippa and the steering committee still solicits your help as we
attempt to locate the following missing classmates. Perhaps you know a relative, a friend or have some connection or if you
have any lead you could sen our way, any tidbit of information is helpful.
1. Mary Joanne Austin Fore
2. Eugenia Leigh Burton Moseley (previously we did not have her married name)
3. Barbara Joan Culver
4. Sarah
Toby Glassman
5. Sarah Gosnell
6. Constance Elaine Matthews
7. Charles Robin "Bob" Baskerville
8. Robert "Bob" Lee Robinson
9. Jerry Wayne Sharp
10. Emily Osborne Anderson
Sometime during
the coming months, we are going to begin a search for those former classmates who only attended the 10th or 10th and
11th grades at LEHS but who, for whatever unknown reason, did not graduate with the class. The Steering Committee wants to
include all those former claswsmates in our fiftieth reunion festivities.
Also, a big "thank you" to
those of you who are volunteering to work with various committees. Your interest in your graduating class reflects a very
positive attitude and we appreciate your enthusiasm. Plus, your expertise is greatly appreciated.
As a result
of your interest and enthusiasm , Our working committees are beginning to take shape as well. Anne Beckham Ewald is chairing
The Reunion Location Committee. Ann is given the task of finding locations for the Friday Evening gathering and The
Saturday Evening gathering. As a reminder, we tentatively plan a casual gathering Friday evening for the benefit of all classmates
to socialize and reunite while enjoying Bar-B-Cue type food and a short program. Saturday evening will be more upscale with
a dinner and dance and a special program will be planned. Any suggestions for locations are certainly welcome. You may
contact Ann at PADDIBOO@AOL.COM
Jennie Lazenby Padgett, assisted by Morgan Pritchard, will make sure
we have delicious food to eat during the reunion weekend. They will also work hand in hand with Ann Beckham Ewald. Contact
Jennie at jlcdesigns@aol.com and Morgan at GPritc1057@aol.com if you want to help with food selections and for your suggestions or comments.
Elaine McPhearson and Jo Ann Chandley Elliott have agreed to take care of decorations for our reunion events.
Both ladies have a world of experience in the decorating field and we expect them to smother us in Maroon and Black. We can
also expect a sample of their expertise at the April 20 gathering at Amici's. If you wish to assist Elaine or Jo Ann,
please contact them at EMcpher994@aol.com and at joaelliott@charter.net.
Other committees such as Registration and Greeting, Programs, Entertainment,
Memorabilia, publicity and mailings need chairpersons and volunteers. Sign up now or on April 20 and work
on your favorite project. Contact Rex Redmon at Redhrex13@aol.com.
During the April 20 gathering we will decide on which weekend in 2008
we want to hold our reunion activities. Look at your Calendar for September, 2008, and help decide which weekend will be satisfactory
with you for the Class of 58 to reunite. The final decision will be made by popular vote. The Steering Committee is
checking with the events planner at the Chamber of Commerce in Asheville to see what other events are already planned
for September 2008. We are contacting the Chamber to hopefully avoid conflicts with other events already scheduled.
Thanks to all of you who continue to contact your web host with complimentary comments. Frank Fishburne
and Dr. Don Printz send their greetings to everyone. Morris Dillingham sent me some oldies music from the fifties--Boy
that music takes me back to the school dances that were held in the girls gym at Lee Edwards High.
An invitation from the Class of 57 has been extended to our moderator of the Steering Committee to attend a luncheon
in Asheville at the Olive Garden on Tuesday March 20. The Class of 58 is presently networking with the Classes
of 56 and 57 to share class news, addresses of classmates, and most importantly, to create a line of communication between
the three classes for the purpose of uniting those of us who once attended LEHS together and shared the age of innocuous.
Pippa Clark Dolen reports the Class of 59 is also in the process of looking into the possibility of establishing a Class of
59 website.
As your Class of 58 websitehost, I am going to include on our index page the various website
addresses for the Classes of 56 & 57. Posting the website addresses should be completed by March 20. An interesting
comparison can be made with the Class of 57 with regard to our deceased classmates. While we have knowledge of 59 deceased
classmates, the Class of 57 has knowledge of 57 deceased classmates.
Also, I will establish a newsletter
archive on the index page for the purpose of maintaining a history of our newsletters. I receive a new e-mail address every
ten days or so and those classmates will in the future have the opportunity to catch up on past class news.
We
have received over 900 hits to our Class website. Thanks everyone for supporting the Class of 58 website
I
will conclude this week's newsletter by telling you my wife, Margaret, and I had a nice visit with Nancy Drum Clark on
Tuesday, March 13. We were in Weaverville for a planning committee meeting for Margaret's High School Class
reunion from Rutherford/Spindale Central High. Nancy is not without some regret about her move to Cary, NC, later
this year, yet, she is optimistic about the possibilities of moving there. She sends her greetings as does Nancy Young Hunnicutt
with whom I had a nice chat on the phone while we were visiting the mountains.
This concludes
the Class of 58 news for March 2007.
Maroon
& Black Threads
April 2007 (Greenville, SC)
Greetings Classmates,
The Steering Committee of
the Class of 1958 sends salutations and good wishes for good health and peace of mind to all our classmates located pratically
in every state in the Union plus Hawaii (Gwen Richardson and Paul Thomas) and The Netherlands (Lucy Eaton).
I hope everyone has survived the ill tempered weather we have experieced
across America for the past two weeks. Today, in Greenville, SC, we are experiecing gale force winds with gusts up to 40 and
50 mph. This is a good day to stay inside and catch up on paperwork.
Final plans for the Asheville Rally on Friday
evening the 20th of April are taking shape. As of this writing we are expecting 46 guests for a 6:00 reception followed by
a wonderful dinner at Amici's Restaurant in Asheville. During the rally, we expect to confirm Reunion Dates,
Reunion Events and recruit volunteers to work on various committees. Results of the rally will be posted the week of
April 22nd.
Elaine McPhearson, Jo Ann Chandley Elliott and Anne Beckham Ewald have gathered some neat door prizes
to be given away at the rally. In addition, Elaine and Jo Ann are responsible for adding some black and maroon color to the
festivities as they are preparing decorations for the room where we will hold the rally. LEHS school spirit is still alive
and kicking today. Why, we might even sing the school song if anyone remembers the tune. It will be printed on the program.
Our missing classmates list is now down to only "five" lost souls. Eugenia Burton,
Mozley, who has been missing since the 1983 reunion, was feeling nostalgic a couple of weeks ago and typed her name and Lee
Edwards High School into a search engine on her PC and low and behold up pops the Class of 58 Website and she discovers she
is among the missing. A sampling of her e-mail says, Hi, I am Eugenia
Leigh Burton Mozley. I have been thinking about my past so much lately and was thinking about Asheville and how I loved
that city. I have so many times wondered about (class) reunionsm etc., but never received anything and didn't really
look into it myself. Today Asheville was on my mind and so I typed in my name ond school on the internet and WOW, I saw
all this information...(Class of 58 Website) It is Awsome!!
After I responded to her e-mail she replied,
Thank you for responding Rex, I feel liek I belong again.
Another classmate wham we have been
trying to reach, but have failed in our attempts, is George Holmes. This past weekend I received an e-mail from George.
He said, Just stumbled over the Class of 58 website and thought I'd update your files. George informed me he
spends his winters in Cullowhee, NC and his summers are spent on a farm on the plains of Michigan. He says, Thanks for the good work, I'll keep up with the site and I'm leaving tomorrow
(Monday) for a run up to Michigan.
Isn't it incrediable how fate intervenes sometimes. However, a minister
friend says, there is no such thing as fate. He says we experience, God incidents. OK! I'll take those
too.
Malcolm Sorrels has joined our Class of 58 e-mail network and will be attending the rally
in Asheville on the 20th. Malcolm, John Watkins and John Connelly were among my first friends at DAvid Miller. By the way,
does anyone know of the whereabouts of John Connelly? He left Lee Edwards before graduation.
Also eliminated
from the list of those classmates who are missing are, Bob Baskerville, who our chief detective, Pippa Clark Dolen, (Class
of 59) found living in Hendersonville. We hae not contacterd Bob yet because his phone number is not available. Pippa
also confiremd the correct address for Jerry Sharp who lives in Westminster, SC. As I have said before, Pippa has a little
known disease called, "Find-um-itus", and she enjoys helping various classes at LEHS locate missing classmates.
Pippa also informed me fellow classmate, John Price, who lives in Madison, CT, has assisted her with her efforts. Thanks
John. We appreciate your effots too.
The five remaining classmates who are missing are:
Mary Joanne Austin
Fore, Barbara Joan Culver, Sarah Toby Glassman, Sarah Gosnell and Constance Elaine Matthews. Perhaps some of you
might know a relative or remember who Barbara, the two Sarahs and Elaine married. These five women have never been located
since we left high school and what a find it would be to locate them. Perhaps another God Incident is waiting just around
the corner and they will suddenly emerge from hiding.
I am happy to report we now have 145 classmates in our e-mail
network system. Thanks to each of you for sharing yuor e-mail addresses. Again, your e-mail address will only appear
on the class website if you request it be published there, as some classmates have already requested.
I
will conclude this page of LEHS Class of 58 news for now. Take care! Until next time.
Maroon & Black Threads
May 2007, Greenville, SC
LEHS Class of 58 Reunion Dates Announced...
Friday and Saturday, September 19th and 20th, 2008
Yes, Classmates, it is now time
to mark your calendars for the Fiftieth Lee H. Edwards High School Class of 58 Reunion.
Those Classmates from
Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina who attended the class rally held at Amici's Restaurant on the Hendersonville
Highway in Asheville on April 20th voted by popular consent to schedule our fiftieth class reunion for the middle
of September, 2008. According to the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, September is an ideal month for a high school reunion
in Asheville.
Patsy Farmer Jones, who led the, "Lets select a reunion date presentation," informed us
the summer tourist season is over by September and the fall festival of colors has not yet started. Therefore, hotel and motel
rooms will be plentiful in September.
Successful Reunion Rally
The rally proved to be a great
success. Including some spouses who attended there were 47 people present who enjoyed the festivities. Elaine
McPherson and Jo Ann Chandley Elliot, chairpersons of the Decorations Committee, made the room where we met come alive
with the creative use of the school colors. Large helium filled balloons of Maroon, Black and Silver (accent
color) were tied and anchored with matching ribbons and floated freely above each table. A large life size maroon banner with
the letters LEHS and 1958 to 2008, intended for the head table, hung freely over the door to the entrance of the room for
all to see. Maroon and Black Ribbons tied into large bows graced the walls at various intervals adding to the excitement
of seeing the school colors again so proudly displayed after so many years.
Folks, I'm telling you, LEHS school
spirit was alive in Asheville on Friday night, April 20th. What a wonderful evening everyone enjoyed.
A forty-five
minute reception with delectable Hors d' oeuvres preceded the evening festivities which allowed everyone to greet and
interact with each other.
Rex emceed the evening's festivities and introduced Don Printz who led us in
the invocation followed by Sidney Mitchell, our Senior Class President, who welcomed those in attendance.
Yes,
we attempted to sing the Alma Mater before dinner. While there were no choir directors or classic soloists among us to lead
us in singing the school song, our classmate and folk singer, Bill Morris, did his best to keep us on key and going forward
as we sang the Alma Mater.
The chefs at Amici's prepared a wonderful dinner and it was thoroughly enjoyed
by everyone. Many thanks to Don Printz for negotiating with Amici's for the opportunity to hold our class rally at
Amici's.
After dinner, a ten minute computer presentation (played to the background of the song, Lost
in the Fifties Tonight), was read by members of the steering committee. The presentation took us way, way, way back
to the forties and fifties to reminisce about the things of yesteryear such as Red Rover, Red Rover; Hop Scotch, and
You're It--the things from the age of innosence that molded us into the responsible citizens we are today.
Everyone
attending the rally had the opportunity to fill out a volunteer form to join a reunion committee as Ken Cooper explained the
forms to everyone telling them we expect the committee work to be fun and rewarding. The response was tremendous and beyond
our expectations. The Steering Committee received forms from everyone in attendance with one or two exceptions. Thanks
to everyone, including spouses, who volunteered to serve the Class of 58.
For those of you who did not attend
the rally and want to volunteer to serve on a committee--if you have not already done so--please contact Rex. You will be
assigned to the committee of your choice.
Ann Beckham Ewald spoke next and presented an outline of tentative reunion
plans for the benefit of those at the rally. The purpose of the presentation was to get general feed back from those classmates
in attendance with regard to reunion activities, food and locations.
The general consensus for reunion activities
was to definitely have a casual Friday evening affair in an informal setting for reuniting with classmates and reminiscing.
Food should be compatible with the setting and programs kept to a minimum.
We will definitely have a guided tour at
what is know today as, Asheville High School, on Saturday morning and also have a catered box lunch in the school cafeteria.
Saturday evening's event will be more upscale with a dinner/dance. Included in the Saturday
evening festivities will be a "short" program with a color guard presentation, select speakers, and a time to
remember those classmates who are no longer with us.
As Friday evening of April 20th wound down, door
prizes became the order of the waning evening hour. LEHS Class of 58 memrobelia was offered in the way of door prizes
for those attending the rally.
A special thanks to Elaine McPherson, Ann Beckham Ewald and Jo Anne Chandley
Elliot for preparing LEHS tee shirts, maroon knit shirts for the gentlemen and white knit shirts for the ladies monogrammed
with the initials, LEHS. Selected other prizes were given away as well.
Everyone left the rally with a feeling
of renewed school spirit and with great anticipation for opportunities to work on committees.
Classmates who attended
the rally were:
Steering Committee members, Anne Beckham, B.L. Coleman, Jo Ann Chandley Elliot, Ken
Cooper, Jo Anne Dalton Vaughn, Patsy Farmer Jones, Jennie Lazenby Padgett, Sidney Mitchell, Elaine McPhearson, Morgan
Pritchard, and Rex Redmon.
Don Printz, Paul Sheldrick, Paul "Tammy" Powell, Nancy Young Hunnicutt,
Carol Anne Freeman, Malcolm Sorrells, Eddie Lynch, Bill Morris, Charles Bradley, Frank Fishburn, Sue Anne Cook Craven, Nancy
Drum Clark, Judy Justice Humphrey, Gary Roby, George Couch, Bobby Gray, Gayle Roberts Kelly, Porter Jennings, Pat Bates Davis
and Linda Sluder Tandy were other classmates who attended and enjoyed the rally. In addition, seventeen spouses attended
the festivities--and several signed volunteer sheets. Thanks spouses for your support.
Pippa Clark Dolen,
Class of 59, and the person who is greatly responsible for shrinking our missing person's list, was an invited guest and
gave a report on missing classmates.
Your webmaster received news Saturday, April 28, that classmate Helen
Katherine McCracken has returned to Asheville to live. Helen's new address and phone number are now posted on the
Members Page of this website. Give Helen a call and welcome her home to the mountains. She previously lived in Weekie
Wachee, FL.
E-mail addresses are continuously added to the members page of the website. Again, if you want
your e-mail address posted to the members page of the website let you web-host, Rex Redmon at Redhrex13@aol.com know. No e-mail addresses will be posted to the website without your written permission.
A New
Web page is soon to be added to the LEHS Class of 58 website. Numerous requests for Class of 58 photos have poured in
and as soon as time allows, the new page will be posted. Many classmates are wanting to recollect their former class
members faces. Annuals have been misplaced or worn out and the photo page will greatly benefit everyone looking for a particular
face.
Also, many pages of the website have been updated. Take a browse through each page again and see whats
new. If you have suggestions for improving the website, please let your web-host know about those suggestions. After all,
this is the Class of 58 website for your reading pleasure.
A few words to remember classmate, Bruce Campbell...
Carolyn Herman Tarleton: It is sad to hear of the passing of one of our own. It sounds as
if Bruce had a good life and contributed much to his community.
Diane Chambers (Class of 57): Thanks so much for sending this to information. Bruce was a good guy.
Eugenia Burton
Mozley: Thanks for notifying us about Bruce's death Rex...he will be missed--he was a good guy.
Jennie Lazenby Padgett: I am saddened to learn of Bruce Campbell's passing. I was looking forward
to seeing him at the reunion next year. I remember Bruce as an exceptionally nice and cordial
person. Our prayers will be with his new bride and family members.
Roslyn Cooley Lewis: This
notice of Bruce's passing is so sad. He was a great guy.
Jo Anne Dalton Vaughn: I
am shocked to learn of Bruce's passing. I remember speaking at length with him at the millennium
99 reunion.
Sidney Mitchell: Rex, this is a great shock. Thanks for letting everyone
know of Bruce's passing. He was a great guy and will certainly be missed at next year's reunion.
Ken
Cooper: We speak of friends dying, yet when they leave us, it is always a shock. Bruce will be missed.
Bob Sevier: Thanks Rex for letting us know about Bruce. He was well liked in school and will be greatly
missed. I will e-mail, Debbie, his wife.
Class of 58 Trivia Question
Here is a class trivia question
for you. Who wore the Maroon Devil mascot uniform for the class of 58? Joel Zeblin comes to mind, yet the thirty
classmates attending the rally could not remember for sure.
A Closing Point to Ponder
During high
school, we develop the most vigorous adult bodies we will ever have. At the same time, we possess the least amount of
sense we will ever have. This combination produces many memorable moments!*
*(Parade
Magazine. "Ask Marlyn." June 11, 2006).
Maroon & Black Threads
June 7, 2007 Greenville,SC
Greetings Classmates,
I hope
all is well with each of you. Time is certainly flying by. Do you realize it was 10 months ago (August
of 2006) when I mailed the first Class of 58 reunion letter? If the next 12 months passes as fast as the past ten months have
passed, this time next year we will be rounding second base heading for third with our class reunion in sight at home base.
Yesterday, Wednesday, as I was preparing an ethics lesson for the adult Sunday School Class I teach part time;
the issue of time and being patient as we wait for God’s will to be done, instead of our own will, was one of the topics
discussed in the lesson.
The author of the lesson gave an example of one of the things on
which we all wait—eating in a restaurant. For example; we wait for a table, then wait for a menu, wait to order, wait
for the food to be prepared―and served, wait for the check and finally, wait to pay the check—all, while being
served by of all things, a waiter. Go figure that one out.
MAILERS
By now, each of you should have received a mailer
announcing the Class of 58 reunion dates which are Friday and Saturday, September 19th and 20th of 2008.
The Asheville Chamber of Commerce suggested we schedule our
events in September because the summer tourist season will be over and viewing the fall foliage does not begin until October;
therefore an abundance of hotel rooms should be available in the Asheville area. Again, if anyone has questions about the reunion, please contact either Rex Redmon
at 864-284-6360 (Redhrex13@aol.com) or Ken Cooper at 864-268-4142 (kencooper@charter.net). Note; Rex will be on vacation between June 11 and June 23.
Reunion Locations & Activities
In the meantime, the Locations Committee, chaired by Anne Beckham Ewald, and
assisted by Nancy Drum Clark, Frank Fishburn and Bobby Gray, is busy scouting for locations where to hold our reunion events.
Locations such as the Crown Plaza at Westgate, The Renaissance Downtown, The Asheville Country Club (formerly Beaver Lake), Grove Park Inn, Taylor Ranch and the Shriners Club are being investigated by the Locations Committee. While
your Steering Committee wants to use facilities that will have appropriate atmospheres for our reunion events, we certainly
want to consider the cost of each location as well. We assure you, we will be as cost conscious as possible, yet we want to
produce a long remembered 50th reunion event.
As you will recall, we plan for Friday evening to be a casual evening
with a minimum of programming. The Steering Committee feels Friday evening should be a time for reuniting and fellowship with
former classmates. We plan to have either a prepared dinner or islands of heavy hors d’ oeuvres from which to graze
for the evening as we become reacquainted.
Saturday morning is already set in stone. Principal Judd Porter
of Asheville High School has assured us he will cooperate in every way to grant us the privilege
of touring our Alma Mater. A Class photo will be taken on the front steps of the school similar to the one taken on Friday,
May 23, 1958 that appeared in the Asheville Citizen Times on Sunday, May 25, 1958. We are trying to obtain copies
of the class photo from the Asheville Citizen Times and if we are successful in that venture, we will offer both
photos for sale at the reunion. (Thanks to Paul “Tammy” Powell who found a copy of the LEHS Class of 58 photo
in an old trunk in his parent’s basement and sent it to us.) We plan to eat a catered lunch at the school in the new
senior lunchroom as the old lunchroom under the auditorium is now used for storage.
Saturday evening,
September 20, will be a more formal affair with a sit down dinner and dancing, yet in an atmosphere where we can continue
to reunite and have fellowship. We do plan an extended program for Saturday evening which will include a time of remembrance
and recognition to those classmates who are deceased.
Thanks to each of you who have either telephoned or sent e-mails
suggesting various reunion sights as well as planned activities. This event is for the graduating Class of 1958 and the Steering
Committee will do our utmost best to honor your requests while keeping in mind what is best for all concerned.
NOSTALGIC NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
Speaking of the above mentioned class photo that appeared in the Asheville, Citizen Times on May 25, 1958, an article, Lee Edwards Baccalaureate to Be Held Here Tonight
is included on the same page with the photo. The article states some 280 senior candidates are eligible for graduation
and lists the names of all those classmates. (Yet, there are only have 265 names on the graduation list).
According to the newspaper article, four classmates spoke at the Graduation Ceremony on Friday evening, May
30th. The first name in the article is not legible due to a fold in the newsprint. However, Don Printz is sure
Lucy Eaton Jonckheere was the speaker and Lucy’s topic was, Standing forever, Symbol of Our Love—Our Home.
Student body president, Bob Sevier, spoke about All Hail To You—Our World while senior Class president, Sidney
Mitchell, chose the topic, Firm In The Knowledge—Our School. President of the National Honor Society, Bill
Martin, chose to speak about, Our Watchword To Guide Us—Our Church.
Participating in the awarding of diplomas were the following people. Earl C. Fundeburk, superintendent of Asheville
City Schools, Mrs. Don Printz and Mr. Traynham Houston, members of the school board (and parents of two 1958 classmates),
principal W.P. Griffith, Dean of Girls Sylvia Airheart and Dean of Boys, Mr. Don Jones.
SYLVIA A. AIRHEART 1915-2007
I am
sure most of you have heard by now of the passing of Mrs. Airheart on May 29, 2007. Mrs. Airheart was living in San Antonio,
Texas, with her daughter, Janet, Class of 59. She was 92 years old. She left Asheville 14 years ago to live in Texas with Janet. She was interned at the Mars Hill Cemetery in Madison County, NC. Mrs. Airheart was a wonderful English teacher and a grand lady as well.
I know those of us who had her as a teacher remember her with great affection.
CLASSMATE HEALTH
CONCERNS
I received an e-mail from classmate Gary Roby
of Asheville a couple of weeks ago. Gary informed me he had a mild heart attack soon after the April 20th
rally we held in Asheville and he had two stints implanted. Welcome to
the club Gary. We want to continue to remember in our prayers, Brenda Hough Goad who is battling breast cancer and other classmates
who are recovering from strokes, accidents, surgeries and additional chronic debilitating conditions. I am scheduled again
for vocal cord surgery on June 28th in Augusta, Georgia, at the Georgia College of Medicine.
INDIVIDUAL BIOGRAPHIES
Classmates, I am ready to start receiving your ½ page biographies. Take a few moments please
and reflect upon your life over the past 49 years and jot down where you have been, and what you have been doing since you
graduated from LEHS. The bios will be condensed into a booklet and distributed free of charge at the reunion next year. But, I need to begin to collect your bios now. You can send them by e-mail or snail mail.
Do not worry about how well you can or cannot write. I’m a half way decent editor and I can correct grammatical errors,
etc.
STORY TIME
Classmate Charlie
Pruitt is responsible for sending the following story which involves a certain dentist who is a 1958 classmate and also an
unidentified female classmate who is a patient. The story reads; Have you ever been guilty of looking at others
your own age and thinking, "Surely I can't look that old?" Well... You'll love this tale
from a 1958 female classmate of LEHS!
The female classmate says, I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist. I noticed his
DDS diploma, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name
had been in my high school class over 49 years ago. Could he be the same guy that I had a secret crush on, way back
then?
Upon seeing him, however, I quickly discarded any such thought. This
balding, grey-haired man with the deeply lined face was way too old to have been my classmate. After he examined my teeth,
I asked him if he had attended Lee H. Edwards High School in Asheville, NC.
Yes. Yes, I did. I'm a Maroon Devil, he gleamed with pride.
When did you graduate? I asked.
He answered, In 1958. Why do you ask?
You were in my class! I exclaimed.
He looked at me closely. Then, that ugly, old, wrinkled, bald, fat, grey, decrepit son-of-a-gun asked,
What did you teach?
Now, we know who the dentist probably
is, but, the female classmate in question…well, lets let bygones be bygones shall we?
DECEASED
CLASSMATES
Sadly I add another name to our deceased
Classmate list. I learned today of the passing of Eva Bass Bishop on June 19 of 2005. We now have 63 members of the class
of 58 who are deceased. Thanks to Pippa Clark Dolen, Class of 59, and an advisory member of our Steering
Committee for the information about Eva.
LOCATING MISSING CLASSMATES
There were close to 75 people with whom we were classmates in the 10th and
11th grades at LEHS and for various and undetermined reasons, those 75 former classmates did not graduate with
the Class of 1958. The Steering Committee wishes to include those former classmates in our reunion events, yet, we do not
have addresses for them and neither do we know the married names of the majority of those female classmates. Following is
a list of those classmates. Look the list over carefully; perhaps you will know of their whereabouts or know a married name
of a females, even better, perhaps you will know a family member whom we can contact. Any information you can give us is more
than we have now. Contact Rex at redhrex13@aol.com or Pippa at Pippadevil@hotmail.com
Dorothy Allison,
Jim Casabella, Arthur Cheek, Sammy Colyer, Betty DeLaughter, Joe Dibacco, Billie Ellington, Judy Ann Erwin, Phil Fowler, Brenda
Garrett, Tommy Gibson, Teresa Greene, Judy Gutnick, Lillian Henderson, Erma Johnson, Maxine Jones, Charlotte Kosar, nancy
Jane Lance, Jackie Lyda, Charlotte Ann Martin*, Dick Maudlin, Tom Morse, Charles Trexler, Waldo Libby, Robert Allred, Geneva Bishop, Sylvia Brooke, Betty Bradford,
Jimmy and Johnny Bradford (twins), Pat Brookshire, James Burgess, Peggy Burleson, John Connelly, Brenda
Cothran, Ann Crabtree, Bill Craig, Bobby Carlton, Brian Dobbs, Janet Dye, C.W. Gaddy, Jerry Garren, Dale Hampton, Richard
Hassalrander, Julia Justice, Ilva Metcalf, Robert Nickelson, Pat Owens*, Jack Palmer*, Eddie Parkhurst, Margaret Ruth Rice, Brian Roberts, Lucille Robertson, Jimmy
Rogers, Sandra Setzler, Charles Sherlin, Pearl Sherlin, Nancy Shuford, Harry Sisk, Bobbie Jean Smith, Joan Smith, Paul
Smith, Heather Snodgrass, Jackie Stead, Bob Stevens, Hammond Strom, Lee Sturgill, Arthur Turbyfield, Richard Walker*, Jake Weaver*, Betty Jean Ward, Ann Wells, Betty Wharton, and Jeanette Wilkes.
* Denotes
Located
In addition, we still have four female graduates we cannot locate. They
are; Barbara Joan
Culver, Sarah Toby Glassman, Sarah Gosnell and Constance Elaine Matthews. If you remember anything (where they went after high school,
any siblings, parents, who they dated, where they lived) about these former classmates, please let us know.
CLASSMATE E-MAIL
Joyce Almon Rowden of Hendersonville caught up with us recently. Joyce said she
appreciated all the informative information on the website and was saddened to read the Memorial Page. She appreciates all
of our hard work with regard to the Class of 58. If anyone wishes to e-mail Joyce, I have permission to share her e-mail address.
June T. Ramsey, LEHS Class of 55, wrote to say she had looked over our website
on the advice of her cousin, Brenda Penland Davis (Class of 58). She says, “Your class has done a great job with your
website, and I sure wish someone had done a follow-up website like your class has done. We had our 50th reunion
in 2005 but I can’t find anything on the web except for some photos. Congratulations on your excellent site.”
CONCLUSION
As Bugs Bunny used to say at the end of his cartoons…Ehhhhhh…That’s
All Folks!
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