OBITUARY

What with all the sadness and trauma going on in the world at the moment, it is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed last week.  Larry La Prise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey", died peacefully at age 93.  The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the casket.  They put his left leg in....and then the trouble started.

Your committee for the Parkside High School 35th year class reunion is:
Gary Ethridge
Karen (Ferency) Baker
Sherm MacCready
Greg (Steve) Zwick

Please visit the list of Missing Classmates!!

IT'S OVER!!!!!

Thanks to all who helped make our 35th reunion a big success. (a very special thanks to Cindy Conant (Furnival) for the wonderfull flowers and table decorations).

Come back often as we wrap up the 35th and begin plans for PHS's 40th!!

We have hundreds of photos that will be uploaded to the website in the next few days (and weeks). We will also pass on any stories, comments or suggestions you have regarding the 35th. email.

The data book that was on each table at the reunion is available for downloading here. If you have a high spped connection, you can download an updated version with the old yearbook pictures here. You will need a password and Adobe Acrobat Reader software to view and print. Request password here and download a free copy of Acrobat reader here. You may order a printed copy for $5.00. An email will be sent out in the near future with instructions and passwords for getting your own personal copy.

PHOTOS:

Loaded 8/12/2003 (MacCready/Ethridge)
Loaded 8/17/2003 (Baker)
Loaded 8/18/2003 (Table Cams)

ABOUT THIS SITE

A current list of class members will be maintained on this website and I have added a bulletin board to help collect information on the current "where abouts" of our class. Please review the Member list and if you can update or fill in any of the missing information, please post a note in the guestbook or email us at sherman@jcsvc.com and we will make the changes on the site.

I have started an email list for the class of 1968 so if you have one please let me know.

The group picture from the 30th reunion is now online. Check it out!!! For those of you who can't get enough, there is a new "Nostalgia" page that will be updated with info from our high school years. There is also a short History page highlighting Jackson's past.

You can see an animation of the cascades, if you have a fast connection or a lot of patience. Please view the memorial to classmates who are no longer with us before you leave the site.

The class archive contains several documents from our senior year.

Thanks to the Parkside Dancers who welcome new visitors to the website.

Faculty News

Found this article on the web for those who remember Cy Pombier.
Parkside Links

Class of 1966
Class of 1967
Class of 1970
Class of 1971
Class of 1972
Class of 1975
Class of 1981

Friends in High School

Friends in high school are forever young.
Unchanged, they're where you always will belong.
The crowd is never gone, the pleasure stays,
The music of the moment always plays,
The time remains a field of wistful grace
To which you may return from anyplace.
Of course, you may still know them later on
When you are someone else and years have run;
And you may love them dearly, and they you,
But time must make their friendship something new.
Meanwhile, flourishing within your heart
There is a whole, of which you were a part:
A group of friends, one in love and pain,
In whom your longing comes alive again.
Suggestions for our 40th reunion

Winery tour

Site Created on 3/17/2002
Events of 1968

Check out the local news!
Karaoke Jukebox - worth seeing if it works on your browser.
Short Story - A suspensefull tale of a class reunion. (11 written pages)
Member List - numerous updates on classmates.
Featured Link - A Jackson ghost Story!
Archives - What was our class flower? What year did PHS open? Who was predicted to be "Young republican of the year? You can find all the answers here.
Memorial
CLASS REUNION

It was my class reunion, and all thru the house
I checked in each mirror and begged my poor spouse
to say I looked great, that my chin was not double
And he lied thru false teeth, just to stay out of trouble.

Said that 'neath my thick glasses, my eyes had not changed,
And I had the same figure, just a mite re-arranged,
He said my skin was still silky,'tho looser in drape'
Not so much like smooth satin, but more like silk crepe.

I swallowed his words hook, sinker and line,
And entered the banquet, feeling just fine.
Somehow I'd expected the classmates to stay
As young as they were on that long-ago day

We'd hugged farewell hugs. But like me thru the years,
They'd added grey to their hair, or pounds on their rears.
But as we shared a few memories and re-told class jokes,
We were eighteen in spirit, tho we looked like our folks.

We turned up our hearing aid volumes
and dimmed down the light,
Rolled back the years,
and were young for the night.



Contributed by WENDY SHERIDAN
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