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could buy gifts for my young teenagers. Craig and I enjoyed several wonderful, lazy, story-filled days in Galveston with Dick and Liz. He loved the ocean. Dick never missed a class reunion. He and Liz attended our 50th in 2016. Dorothy Amerman Allen wrote that Dick and her husband Milton had a good visit that night. Milton was impressed with the stem cell work Dick was doing in Honduras. Dick’s obituary (included in the “In Memory” section on page 88 of this magazine) is a testament to his varied interests and talents. Anyone who met Dick was touched by his humor and his desire to help people. Most importantly, he loved making people’s lives better through medicine and encouraged living by Christian values. I hope you will consider a contribution in Dick’s memory to the scholarship fund our class established in his name. I also have many fond memories of our dear friend and classmate Chip. Several of you sent memories of Chip and they all included his friendly, outgoing personality. I think that’s what defined Chip for many of us. He was the first boy from our class that I really got to know when I entered Kinkaid my sophomore year. I spent many Fridays after a football game at his house with other classmates. His older children and my kids attended Kinkaid together and Chip and I always spent time together at Parents’ Night. He attended all of our reunions and it was especially good to see him at our 50th. He was funny and kind. I already miss him. Chip’s obituary is included in the “In Memory” section on page 90 of this magazine. At our press deadline, I was very saddened to hear about the recent passing of former classmates DeAnne Hines Rogers (fs) and Michael Hunter (fs). Their obituaries are included in the “In Memory” section on page 90 and 89 of this magazine. If you have memories about either of them, please share them with me so we can include them in the next round of class notes. A Message from the Class of 1966 to Pat:
50th Reunion Party at The Tasting Room
past 33 years your talents have touched the lives of thousands of students. Whether helping students with Dyslexia to read, providing community service through KOCI or creating a Lower School Treble Choir, you have given extraordinary service to Kinkaid. Enjoy those planned trips: June (North Carolina), July (Maine) and September (Normandy, France). Stay in touch. Sincerely, The Class of 1966
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Steve Adger
Houston, TX sadger@yahoo.com We had our 50th reunion this past April and it was great seeing a good many of our classmates again. Many of us see each other often, but we did have several who traveled some distance to share memories with us once again. To the best of my memory, the Friday and/ or Saturday night attendees were: Ann Lents, Diane “Dede” Mosbacher, Ellen Sechzer Aronoff, Priscilla “Prissy” Freeman Larson, Margaret Windsor Painchaud, Terry Davis Harrison, Kathy Cowart Hall, Chrissie Norquist Stamey, Laurye Rutten Tanner, Kingslea Thomas, Demi Lockett Prentiss,
Dear Pat, Your classmates send all their very best wishes for a happy retirement and a heartfelt “thank you” for serving all these years as our class correspondent and reunion organizer. You cajoled us through these years to write about our lives and never gave up on us, even when we did not provide those updates. You kept us connected. Your tireless efforts were reflected in the turnout for our 50th reunion, a beautiful party. This message of appreciation would not be complete without mentioning your dedication not only to your class but also to Kinkaid. Over the
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Jane Pulaski, Jan Ginther, Nancy Corley Wehrung, Anne Selig Ganz, Karen Neuhaus Schneider (fs), Alison Anderson Bailey, Dede “Sis” George Smith, Tom Hargrove, Joey Tennant, Larry Knapp, Bob Kent, Marvin Morse, David Dunwoody, Merrill “Pepe” Haas, Steve Adger, Ronnie Ladin, Stewart Simonds, Norman Bering (fs) and many spouses. Ann Abercrombie is still living on 139+ acres in the country about an hour west of Houston. Although she loves it, she may downsize this year. She had great time at the reunion and was very proud of herself and our classmates that she could still recognize most of us. David Dunwoody is the new president of River Oaks Country Club. He and his wife Kackie are expecting another granddaughter in the next few months – a gift from their daughter Maggi (fs). Alex Diffey couldn’t make the reunion but wrote the group that he was well and very happy living in Charlotte, NC. After Emory, undergrad and MBA, he entered a career in banking. He has two children and five grandchildren living in the Charlotte area. The last few years he has been an occasional expert witness in banking cases and consulting troubled banks from coast to coast, but that is coming to an end. Charity volunteer work is beginning to fill his days now. As he looks back he is most grateful for his years at Kinkaid and how the Falcon experiences and friendships helped influence the way he has lived his life over the last 50 years.
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Elizabeth Topper Nash
San Marcos, TX enash@grandecom.net Terry Davis Harrison ‘67, Prissy Freeman Larson ‘67 and Kingslea Thomas Von Helms ‘67 getting together during Reunion Weekend
Annie Owen
Houston, TX anniedowen@me.com
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Don Pickels
Houston, TX donwayne69@gmail.com I’m ecstatic that we got more Sixtyniner responses than ever before (23!), thanks in part to classmate Bill Liedtke’s heartfelt begging and good Class Notes copy! As we get older (groan!) maybe we all have more time to reflect on our pasts and are willing to share with old friends. Those who contribute every issue are the true heroes. Here’s hoping the rest of you see “the light” and write in “what’s going on,” to quote the great Marvin Gaye. We’d love to hear from you before the final curtain. Billy (a/k/a “Horn”) exceeded all expectations by soliciting the entire class and receiving 11 “news” responses, over twice our entire total last time. Here are those contributions, mostly written as submitted by Horn...(Hook ‘em!). Our intrepid fullback Scott Talbot retired from the industrial distribution business after 42 years of hard work (but probably not harder than his El Campo oil roughneck days in the early 70s!). His wife Eva recently recovered from breast cancer and is also now retired. Eva’s daughter was recently elected a judge in Harris County. Scott and Eva just completed a two-week driving trip through beautiful northern New Mexico and this August, Scott plans a fun week in Galveston with his two grandchildren ages 11 and 12. I’m seeking his cell number if I hear the August speckled trout bite has hit the surf! Judy Neun (fs) writes that she sees classmates Garth Whittington and Browne Baker ’70 all the time. Sadly, she sees Ricky Frachtman, Jeff Cross and me “only” at Kinkaid events… oh woe is us! Judy also told an unnerving account of what Garth endured just a few days before his dear mother’s memorial service at the Edith Moore Bird Sanctuary in