PASADENA HIGH SCHOOL
Pasadena, Texas
Copy of the Article in the Pasadena Citizen is as follows (without his picture):
"YET ANOTHER MINI-REUNION"- MARCH 28, 2004
Pasadena, Texas
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CLASS OF 1951
| 70th Birthday Celebration Photos| PHS BRICKS | 50th Photo Album(1) | 50th Photo Album(2) |
| Bill Allen Dedication | Mary Laura's Rap Song | Class Song | Class Flower |
| 55th Reunion Pictures | IN MEMORIAM |
| Bill Allen Dedication | Mary Laura's Rap Song | Class Song | Class Flower |
| 55th Reunion Pictures | IN MEMORIAM |
Class of '51 - 60th Reunion, held March 26, 2011 is History.
We had a great 60th Reunion. Tentative count is 59 of our classmates plus 24 from other classes, spouses, escorts. Not everyone signed in, so the count will increase when we check our pictures. Pictures, submitted by me, have been added below and more to come. Please send/email your pictures to Shirley for further handling.
I didn't make the happy announcement that our classmate Paul Englishbee will be getting married in May and will live in Encinitas, California. I know we all congratulate Paul and wish the best for him and Betty. Hope to see them both at the next reunion. I'm sorry I missed making this announcement so we could all rejoice with Paul and his daughter at the Reunion. For those that did not make this reunion, another one is planned next year and the details will be worked out.
Shirley Davis Conrad
I didn't make the happy announcement that our classmate Paul Englishbee will be getting married in May and will live in Encinitas, California. I know we all congratulate Paul and wish the best for him and Betty. Hope to see them both at the next reunion. I'm sorry I missed making this announcement so we could all rejoice with Paul and his daughter at the Reunion. For those that did not make this reunion, another one is planned next year and the details will be worked out.
Shirley Davis Conrad
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| Bill & Norma Billingsley Shepherd and Jo Ann Floyd |
Bill Hall & Earl Boykin |
Gene & Doris Spicer Hargis |
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| Elnora Flynn, Floyd Stone and Annette Benton Whatley |
Paul Englishbee & Daughter Elizabeth Bremer |
Barbara Cleghorn Dickerson & Shirley Davis Conrad |
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| Betty Jo Bingham Barnhart & Marilyn Miller Patterson |
Bill & Sheron Long | Bobby Monroe & Eugene Stahl |
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| Bonnie Ryan Phillips | Bill Moody & Carl Cox | Dee Pollard Callihan, Willo Dean Perry Konvicka & Lorraine Sutherland Burton |
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| Della Beatty Thomas & Cecil White | Doris Herring Kouba & Bart Kouba | Carl & Pat Cox |
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| Eugene Stahl & Charles Duschamp | Hartford Anderson, Bill Hall & Willo Dean Perry Konvicka | James Page, Shirley Davis Conrad & Jackie Houston Conces |
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| Joan Butler Neal, Kathryn King Fischer & Pat Kolaski Bailess |
Joan Butler Neal & Peggy Peek Spear | Marcia Drew Benash & Altha Dossey Williamson |
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| Marilyn Miller Patterson & Margie Benoit Fry |
Paul McGowan & Marvine Juerges Locklin | Peggy Peek Spear, Billy & Shirley Pinkston |
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| Raymond Florow, Emil & Sally Soderquist |
Rob & Anita Hand Rollo | Pat Kolaski Bailess, Rob & Anita Hand Rollo & Kathryn King Fischer |
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| Shirley Davis Conrad & Robert Wilson | Wesley & Sonja Turbow | Al & Gerry Kinsey O'Farrel 61th Wedding Anniversary |
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| Dan Talbot & Dan Fischer | Gay & Travis Dixson | Willo Dean Perry & Bennie Konvicka |
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| Don Miller & Ralph McNeil | Romain Slabbaert, Hartford Anderson & Mary Slabbaert |
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| Wesley Turnbow, Raymond Florow & Norleen McGowen |
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| Roy Allen, Don Miller & Wanda McNeil |
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| Travis Dixson, Shirley Davis Conrad, Joy Hight & Hartford Anderson |
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| Hans & Sylvia Hausler Hugo | Betty Jo Bingham Barnhart & Helen Kruse Shinpaugh |
59th Lunch Reunion & Plans for the Big 60th Reunion
We celebrated our mini-reunion on March 27, 2010 at Pepper's Restaurant in Pasadena. The mini-reunion was a big success, with 44 classmates and 12 spouses attending. The Reunion Committee voted to have our big 60th reunion at the Hilton Hotel-Hobby Airport on Saturday, March 26, 2011, one year from the date of our mini-reunion. We will have a meeting at the Hobby Hilton Hotel in a week or so and give you more details. We will be posting some pictures from the mini-reunion as soon as we gather them from our various photographers, so keep checking our web site.
As the Pasadena Luby's has closed, please join us for the first Monday lunches at the Deer Park Luby's on Center in Deer Park at 11 A.M. It is about a block north of Spencer Highway. If you can't make it at 11:00 come anyway, many come later and stay longer. The food is good, and service is exceptional.
The bricks that various classmates bought have been installed at Pasadena High School, and we have a picture on the web site @ PHSBricks. We worked with the manufacturer and were able to get a better price on the bricks, then we located a bricklayer to do the job cheaper than the school district projected. The district even contracted with him to install bricks they had been storing for several years. Part of the money that was saved on the installation of the bricks will be used for the 60th reunion. It will be a bang-up reunion without having to pay a lot out of your pockets.
As the Pasadena Luby's has closed, please join us for the first Monday lunches at the Deer Park Luby's on Center in Deer Park at 11 A.M. It is about a block north of Spencer Highway. If you can't make it at 11:00 come anyway, many come later and stay longer. The food is good, and service is exceptional.
The bricks that various classmates bought have been installed at Pasadena High School, and we have a picture on the web site @ PHSBricks. We worked with the manufacturer and were able to get a better price on the bricks, then we located a bricklayer to do the job cheaper than the school district projected. The district even contracted with him to install bricks they had been storing for several years. Part of the money that was saved on the installation of the bricks will be used for the 60th reunion. It will be a bang-up reunion without having to pay a lot out of your pockets.
Tapley presented the Distinguished Alumnus Award
Dr. Byron D. Tapley, a 1951 Pasadena High School graduate and current chairman
of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin,
was named the Pasadena Independent School District's 2009 Distinguished
Alumnus.
Tapley was formally presented with the award at a special reception held in his honor on Thursday, March 12, at the Pasadena ISD Administration Building.
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Pasadena Citizen NewsTapley was formally presented with the award at a special reception held in his honor on Thursday, March 12, at the Pasadena ISD Administration Building.
For more of this story, click on or type the URL below:
Copy of the Article in the Pasadena Citizen is as follows (without his picture):
Dr. Byron D. Tapley, a 1951 Pasadena High School graduate and current chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, was named the Pasadena Independent School District’s 2009 Distinguished Alumnus.
Tapley will formally be presented with the award at a special reception to be held in his honor at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Pasadena ISD Administration Building, 1515 Cherrybrook.
Tapley was raised in Pasadena and attended Kruse Elementary and Jackson Junior High (now Jackson Intermediate) before his graduation from Pasadena High School. He then graduated from the University of Texas in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He also earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from University of Texas.
As chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas, he has helped it evolve into one of the top 10 programs in the nation. Under his leadership, the university’s Center for Space Research is an internationally-ranked center for research.
Among Tapley’s many achievements, he established the Orbit Mechanics Program at the university and developed it into an internationally recognized program of excellence for graduate study in space research and applications. In addition, Tapley has served as a director for the Texas Space Grant Consortium and an advisor to the National Research Council. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
For the past 11 years, the Distinguished Alumnus recognizes a Pasadena ISD graduate who has made significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments and career have brought credit to the Pasadena school district.
Tapley will formally be presented with the award at a special reception to be held in his honor at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, at the Pasadena ISD Administration Building, 1515 Cherrybrook.
Tapley was raised in Pasadena and attended Kruse Elementary and Jackson Junior High (now Jackson Intermediate) before his graduation from Pasadena High School. He then graduated from the University of Texas in 1956 with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. He also earned his master’s and doctoral degrees from University of Texas.
As chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas, he has helped it evolve into one of the top 10 programs in the nation. Under his leadership, the university’s Center for Space Research is an internationally-ranked center for research.
Among Tapley’s many achievements, he established the Orbit Mechanics Program at the university and developed it into an internationally recognized program of excellence for graduate study in space research and applications. In addition, Tapley has served as a director for the Texas Space Grant Consortium and an advisor to the National Research Council. He is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
For the past 11 years, the Distinguished Alumnus recognizes a Pasadena ISD graduate who has made significant contributions to society and whose accomplishments and career have brought credit to the Pasadena school district.
75TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION/MINI REUNION
About 47 Classmates and others attended the 75th birthday reunion. We will be calling those who said they were coming but did not attend, and let them know we missed them.
We collected $50 in donations, and 8 classmates paid to have their names on the bricks, with more promising to send a check. Those who paid were: Earl Boykin, Wayne Field, Diane Walker Hall, Ralph McNeil, Raymond Florow, Margie Benoit Fry, Leon Sefton, and Paul McGowen.
Our lunch cost was $518.75 to serve 55 people and we had plenty. We have had offers for two other free sites for yearly lunch/mini-reunions, and everyone seemed to be enthusiastic for keeping up the yearly events.
Charles Fischer is going to draft a letter to send to the classmates regarding the plaque and bricks, and we will attach a picture and offer them a chance to participate. At the same time, Shirley Davis Conrad will send out a newsletter with news about the 75th birthday/mini-reunion and any directory changes, as well as our usual reminders and list of Reunion Committee members to contact, so if anyone has anything to add to it, please let her know.
We collected $50 in donations, and 8 classmates paid to have their names on the bricks, with more promising to send a check. Those who paid were: Earl Boykin, Wayne Field, Diane Walker Hall, Ralph McNeil, Raymond Florow, Margie Benoit Fry, Leon Sefton, and Paul McGowen.
Our lunch cost was $518.75 to serve 55 people and we had plenty. We have had offers for two other free sites for yearly lunch/mini-reunions, and everyone seemed to be enthusiastic for keeping up the yearly events.
Charles Fischer is going to draft a letter to send to the classmates regarding the plaque and bricks, and we will attach a picture and offer them a chance to participate. At the same time, Shirley Davis Conrad will send out a newsletter with news about the 75th birthday/mini-reunion and any directory changes, as well as our usual reminders and list of Reunion Committee members to contact, so if anyone has anything to add to it, please let her know.
Paul and Norleen McGowen's Grandson Chase,
14 year-old Chase McGowen, a typical teenager who digs music, pizza, teasing his sisters and cutting up with friends. One thing sets Chase apart from being your "typical" kid though. Chase has cystic fibrosis.
Chase spent over a year waiting for lung and liver transplants, culminating in historical surgery on January 5, 2004. Chase's miraculous recovery has been inspiring. The McGowen family is very grateful to everyone who contributed to this miracle: the doctors, medical staff, friends, all the fund-raising contributors and volunteers, and the exciting celebrity visits.
Thank you each and every one. The McGowen family asks you to remember the donor family in your prayers.
As of late Chase's health has deteriorated, then stabilized several times, and he is in need of a lung transplant.
Please visit their web site for additional information: www.helpingchase.com
Thank you each and every one. The McGowen family asks you to remember the donor family in your prayers.
As of late Chase's health has deteriorated, then stabilized several times, and he is in need of a lung transplant.
Please visit their web site for additional information: www.helpingchase.com
55TH REUNION
October 13,14 and 15, 2006
October 13,14 and 15, 2006
The Class of 1951 55th Reunion was held on Friday October 13, Saturday October 14, and Sunday morning October 15, 2006 at the Hobby Hilton, near the Hobby Airport. The festivities started at 5:00 p.m. on Friday with greetings to our Classmates and we had a sit-down dinner Saturday evening followed by a Sunday morning breakfast.
Robert Burton and Charles Fischer were the MCs and Clark Oliphint, Marilyn Miller Patterson and Willo Dean Perry Konvicka made presentations. Our Classmates, who have died, were remembered. Approximately 70 plus Classmates and guests attended, and pictures of the event are on the 55th Reunion Picture page.
Valedictorians Marilyn Miller Patterson & Clark Oliphint (not pictured LaNell Bishop Gregg & Anita Hand Rollo)
***Marilyn Miller Patterson has written a book titled "Reaching to Recovery -- Depression Anonymous", which is now in publication.
It is a guideline for a 12-step program, devised by her, to assist in recovering from depression. It also contains personal stories of people who have suffered from depression, including Marilyn's personal struggle.
Robert Burton and Charles Fischer were the MCs and Clark Oliphint, Marilyn Miller Patterson and Willo Dean Perry Konvicka made presentations. Our Classmates, who have died, were remembered. Approximately 70 plus Classmates and guests attended, and pictures of the event are on the 55th Reunion Picture page.
Valedictorians Marilyn Miller Patterson & Clark Oliphint (not pictured LaNell Bishop Gregg & Anita Hand Rollo)
We have a Published Author in our Class!
***Marilyn Miller Patterson has written a book titled "Reaching to Recovery -- Depression Anonymous", which is now in publication.
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It is a guideline for a 12-step program, devised by her, to assist in recovering from depression. It also contains personal stories of people who have suffered from depression, including Marilyn's personal struggle.
"YET ANOTHER MINI-REUNION"- MARCH 28, 2004
Photos of this mini-reunion can be viewed by clicking on Mini-Reunion Photos
70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION REUNION-SEPTEMBER 20, 2003
The 70th Birthday Celebration Reunion, which was held on Saturday September 20, 2003 at the Monument Inn, 4406 Battleground Road, La Porte 77571 was a great success with about 70 classmates and members of other classes attending. Click on Photos of this celebration.
RECAP OF THE 50th REUNION CELEBRATION
Dear Classmates:
The 50th high school reunion celebration was a success due to the hard work and planning by:
An unexpected 160+ classmates and their guests attended, and at the last minute we had to obtain a larger room, since the room we reserved was not big enough.
On Friday the Pasadena High School tour was attended by 70+ people and guided by Principal Mr. Wayne Adams and Bookkeeper Mrs. O'Banion. Without exaggerating, our old beloved PHS now looks more like a Junior College Campus.
The hospitality suites were an ideal gathering place for our returning classmates, some we have not set eyes on for a half a century. Much memorabilia was displayed in the hospitality rooms for the nostalgic moments we all come to love more and more, as the years pass on.
The Saturday Banquet and Program was attended by Coach Carter Lomax, Mrs. Jeanne Smith and Mrs Estelle Carter and her husband. Unfortunately Mr. Carroll Teague could not attend due to illness.
Robert Burton opened the program by welcoming everyone, and recognizing the teachers in attendance. Charles Fischer served as the Masters of Ceremony. Several classmates participated in the program, and were for the most part a humorous rendition of:
"True Confessions" - Charles Fischer, Leon Sefton, Byron Tapley, Neuborn Shepherd, Hartford Anderson
PHS Sports etc. - Alton McGee
Girls Senior Trip - Pat Kolaski Bailess
"The Way We Were" - Mary Laura Hall Pierce - Rap Song by Mary Laura
"Stuchbery's Band"- John Finney and Earl Boykin
As a tribute to our deceased classmates, Rober Burton formulated and gave a slide presentation, narrated by Shirley Davis Conrad and Gloria Chitwood Vetzel. Cynthia Darby Ward read a letter from Bill Allen's wife, as a tribute to our Class President Bill Allen, who passed away this year.
Charles Fischer made a challenge to the class to collect money on an annual basis to purchase a class gift to be presented to PHS during our 70th Reunion in 2021. The surviving classmate(s) will make the presentation to the school. Details to follow.
The Invocation and Benediction were given by Raymond Florow and Dan Talbot respectively.
We invite you to visit Anita's 50th Reunion Photo Album. She has done a beautiful job putting the photos in frames complete with music! Anita Hubbard Gould is looking for addtional wedding photos for her web page. They can be mailed to her at: 200 East State Street, Eagle Lake, Texas 77434.
We continue to look for the following missing classmates:
Pasadena Independent School District Alumni Information
U.S. High Schools Alumni Information
The 50th high school reunion celebration was a success due to the hard work and planning by:
Robert and Lorraine Burton
Joan Butler Neal
Shirley Davis Conrad
Gloria Chitwood Vetzel
Jackie Houston Conces
Helen Kruse Shinpaugh
Joy Hight
Anita Hubbard and Al Gould
Charles Fischer
Carlton Guidry
and others.
Joan Butler Neal
Shirley Davis Conrad
Gloria Chitwood Vetzel
Jackie Houston Conces
Helen Kruse Shinpaugh
Joy Hight
Anita Hubbard and Al Gould
Charles Fischer
Carlton Guidry
and others.
An unexpected 160+ classmates and their guests attended, and at the last minute we had to obtain a larger room, since the room we reserved was not big enough.
On Friday the Pasadena High School tour was attended by 70+ people and guided by Principal Mr. Wayne Adams and Bookkeeper Mrs. O'Banion. Without exaggerating, our old beloved PHS now looks more like a Junior College Campus.
The hospitality suites were an ideal gathering place for our returning classmates, some we have not set eyes on for a half a century. Much memorabilia was displayed in the hospitality rooms for the nostalgic moments we all come to love more and more, as the years pass on.
The Saturday Banquet and Program was attended by Coach Carter Lomax, Mrs. Jeanne Smith and Mrs Estelle Carter and her husband. Unfortunately Mr. Carroll Teague could not attend due to illness.
Robert Burton opened the program by welcoming everyone, and recognizing the teachers in attendance. Charles Fischer served as the Masters of Ceremony. Several classmates participated in the program, and were for the most part a humorous rendition of:
"True Confessions" - Charles Fischer, Leon Sefton, Byron Tapley, Neuborn Shepherd, Hartford Anderson
PHS Sports etc. - Alton McGee
Girls Senior Trip - Pat Kolaski Bailess
"The Way We Were" - Mary Laura Hall Pierce - Rap Song by Mary Laura
"Stuchbery's Band"- John Finney and Earl Boykin
As a tribute to our deceased classmates, Rober Burton formulated and gave a slide presentation, narrated by Shirley Davis Conrad and Gloria Chitwood Vetzel. Cynthia Darby Ward read a letter from Bill Allen's wife, as a tribute to our Class President Bill Allen, who passed away this year.
Charles Fischer made a challenge to the class to collect money on an annual basis to purchase a class gift to be presented to PHS during our 70th Reunion in 2021. The surviving classmate(s) will make the presentation to the school. Details to follow.
The Invocation and Benediction were given by Raymond Florow and Dan Talbot respectively.
We invite you to visit Anita's 50th Reunion Photo Album. She has done a beautiful job putting the photos in frames complete with music! Anita Hubbard Gould is looking for addtional wedding photos for her web page. They can be mailed to her at: 200 East State Street, Eagle Lake, Texas 77434.
 50th Reunion - PHS Tour |
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"Not Finished, Just Begun"
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GREEN & SILVER |
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| Class Flower White Carnation |
Class Colors |
Class Song "Look for the Silver Lining" |
We continue to look for the following missing classmates:
Carl Carlson
Maxine Carr
Bette Jo Dodd
Bill Jacques
Barbara Lawson
Margie Morris
Betty Jean Orgeron
Betty McKnight
Barbara Miller
Don Montgomery
Ronald Hall
Marilyn Robertson
Macye Robinson
REUNION COMMITTEE CONTACTS
Robert and Lorraine Burton E-mail:rhburtn@netscape.net
406 Friends Knoll
Friendswood, Texas 77546-3781
Phone No.: 281-482-1049
Joan Butler Neal E-mail:j.c.neal@sbcglobal.net
28862 Lake Side Green
Magnolia, Texas 77355-2845
Phone No: 281-356-2112
Gloria Chitwood Vetzel E-mail:avetzel@swbell.net
Phone No: 281-998-3363
Shirley Davis Conrad E-mail:phs1951@sbcglobal.net
1413 Harris Avenue
Pasadena, Texas 77506-3717
Phone No.: 713-473-0989
Willo Dean Perry Konvicka
E-mail:dyoungtexasgal@yahoo.com
12538 Ticonderoga
Houston, TX 77044-2330;
Phone: 281-458-2275
RELATED SITES
Pasadena Independent School District Alumni Information
U.S. High Schools Alumni Information
| 70th Birthday Celebration Photos | Newsletter | 50th Photo Album(1) | 50th Photo Album(2) | Anita's 50th Photo Album |
| Bill Allen Dedication | Mary Laura's Rap Song | Class Song | Class Flower | 55th Reunion Pictures | IN MEMORIAM |
| Bill Allen Dedication | Mary Laura's Rap Song | Class Song | Class Flower | 55th Reunion Pictures | IN MEMORIAM |
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