Mishawaka High Class of
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It was a "Come on home" kind of weekend! Forty-five years out of high school,
the thrills began on Friday the 13th, with MHS vs. Riley
football, at MHS. Many from MHS '68 gathered at the
20-yard line and saw MHS beat Riley. <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> PHOTOS
<><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Details of the weekend:
THANKS to Terry DeMaegd At least 17 traveled more than 200 miles to be at Castle Manor. |
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Wrap-up of the
weekend: At least 80 from MHS '68 were at Castle Manor on Saturday, September 14, 2013. Most had a guest or two. Best guess on total attendance at Castle Manor would be about 150 (counting guests of class members). The weekend could NOT have happened without the involvement of many, many people. First were eleven people who volunteered to contribute to cover the cost of renting Castle Manor. And there was Terry DeMaegd, without whom the day could not have been put together: There had to be someone whom others would trust to send their $$, who could be trusted to use the $$ to rent the space, who would bother with actually getting to where he needed to be to sign the forms, and who then would actually show up to unlock the door. Every time something was added to the list of "donations wanted," someone immediately volunteered to donate. And every person who volunteered to donate came through. And the food for the day? Mamma Mia! If you were not there, you would not believe it, and no description would be adequate: Folks came through with generous, wonderful food contributions for the potluck table. The spread looked like something out of the movie "Steel Magnolias." You name it, and we had it! Even pink lemonade in a fancy dispenser! Someone brought the best sausage ever -- large links in a big aluminum pan. Meat balls to die for! Hungarian noodles. More desserts than you would find at a restaurant. The food was fantastic! And behind every dish, there were loving hands that put it together. Drinks? We had bottled water, hot coffee, beer, wine (red & white), chocolate milk. Pam Craig deserves a special thanks for some beautiful center pieces. She cut up her own senior yearbook to make them. And time for clean up? Everyone helped some, but Linda DeMeulenaere really did the lion's share of the clean up. No advance notice. There was just work to be done, and she started doing it. She wanted to wash some windows at the end of the day, to make sure that MHS '68 was known as a "clean group"! Who washes windows? Terry stopped her! The place was left spotless. Please understand: THIS WEEKEND WAS DONE ON ZERO BUDGET! On a more sober note, 47 of the MHS '68 folks have passed on. They are named here: Virtual Cemetery, MHS 1968. Thus far in 2013, we have lost three. In 2012, we lost two. In 2011, two. In 2010, three. In 2009, three. In 2008, four. "Each man's death diminishes me." The death of any childhood friend is especially hard; childhood friends serve the purpose of remembering when we forget. |
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