Bushy Tales

Dedicated to all who attended London Central High School in Bushy Park, London England from 1952 to 1962

August 2001

Volume #1

Gary Schroeder (55), Editor   gschroeder_uscgaux@email.msn.com

Class Representatives

These are the ones who have volunteered so far:

1953 - Jackie (Brown) Kenny
JKYKNY@aol.com
1954 - Betsy (Neff) Cote
JPACOTE@aol.com
1955 - Nancie (Anderson) Weber
nanciet@inland.net
1956 - Glenda F. Drake
gfdrake@swbell.net
1957 - Celeste (Plitouke) Brodigan Mbrodi1939@aol.com
1958 - Pat (Terpening) Owen
nemoamasa@worldnet.att.net
1959 - Jerry Sandham
Jerry.Sandham@aig.com
1960 - Ren Briggs renoldbriggs@mediaone.net
1962 - Dona (Hale) Ritchie DonaRitchi@aol.com

This leaves the ’61 class without a representative

Roster Changes

Joan Maltman Rindfleisch (54)
New address and phone number:
104 Avovcet Lane
Thorofare, N.J. 08086
(856) 848-5403

Robert E. Wulff (62)

rwulff@ft.newyorklife.com

Lola (Sersain) Biegler (53)

bieglerjohn@netscape.net

6132 E. Hampton

Tucson, AZ 85712

(520) 296-6046

Frederic "Ric" Selbie (62)

rselbie@kaydon.com

304 Victoria Pt

La Grange, GA 30240

(706) 884-1308

Martin Bacheler (57)

Hbacheler@bigfoot.com or

hbacheler@loudoun.com

Tina (Pisanelli) Carder (59)

Humbrd22@aol.com

Steve Marioles (60)

Peter_Marquette@hotmail.com

e-mail watspm@rcn.com

Phoebe Ford (57).

Pford@aol.com

Helen (Reinhardt) Murray (61)

18960 NE Meadow Run Drive

Poulsbo, WA 98370

Irene (Sersain) Biegler (53)

6132 E. Hampton St.

Tucson, AZ 85712

Math Teacher (1956-60)

cliff_gunderson@hotmail.com

or cliffordg9@home.com

Where Are They?

In this issue we are looking for those we have not found from the Class of 58. Some of these may have been found and we are not aware of it yet. If you know where any of them are please let us know.

Gloria Ackley James Adamson

Jane Allen Paula Apple

Leon Banks Priscilla Barnes

Joseph Paul Basha James Bass

Cedric Batchelor Geneva Bates

Eleanor Bestwick Christine Boex

Jon Bois Joyce Booth

Robert Bowen Jon Boyd

Arleen Branham Mary Brooks

Elizabeth Cain Kristin Cantrell

Betty Caraway Marsha Checketts

Patricia Cherry Robert Chilton

Henry Clark Glenda Coleman

Walter Collins Patsy Cooper

Patricia Costner Larry Curtis

Brian Dalton Betty Daniels

Ernest David James Defreece

Adrienne Donald Ruth Dutcher

Ingrid Eberhard Tom Elliott

Jerry Ellis Stephen Eng

LeRoy Ferguson Deanne Fowler

Beverly Fox Serrye Francis

Clyde Freeland Gretchen Fricke

Daniel Galvin Susann Garrison

Delaine Glidden James Goewey

James R. Green Virginia Greer

Nancy Hansen Mary Harcos

Judy Hardy Walter Harris

Tommy Hattaway Arnold Henry

Gordon Henslee Daniel Hicks

Stewart "Skip" Hill Ronald Hogan

Glenn Hoss Bert Humphries

Rita Jackson John James

Craig Kimm Marian Lane

David Lawrence Donald Lewis

Julius Arthur Lloyd William Longwell

Jack MacCartney James MacLean

Bernard Maltman John Devon Markus

Shari McClaran Nettie McClellan

June McHenry Marcia McVay

Robert Melrose Sherman Messinger

June Mills Jacqueline Morris

Carol Naldrett Barbara Neal

Patricia Ness Henry Parker

Lorraine Pery Donald Peterson

Lyn Carol Peterson Stephen Pratt

Peggy Reeve Elena Ruddy

Barbara Rupp Stephen Schlussel

Jenifer Schmidt Robert Schmidt

William Scholp Frederick Shantz

Catherine Shuman Frank Seiburth

Jerry Sparks Robert Stark

Warren Stuart Pauline Suggars

Susan Sweeney Roger Taylor

Joan Thomas Mercedes Torres

Bonnie Vaughan Flora Via

LaDonna Vinson Nancy Vorlander

Roger Von Sassenscheid

Elizabeth Waters Nancy Watkins

James Weldon James Wheeler

Patricia White Suzanne Wichman

Gertrude Williams Mahlon Williams

Nicholos Williams Parke Williams

Michael Wilson Richard Wilson

Thomas Witzel Willard Wolfe

Valerie Wooten

Deceased from 1958

Roger Nelson Burr, Graham Bussler, Richard DeRoberts, Frances Dilley

Judy Garrison, Barbara Martin Hobbs

Judy Szalai, and Ben Trail

From: Betsy (Neff) Cote (54)

JPACOTE@aol.com

I met and married my husband at Fairford in

England and then spent the next 17 years at four stateside bases and Germany.

He was in Viet Nam twice before he retired both before and after Germany. My two kids were in school, one in Spangdahlem and one in Bitburg where the High School was and I was teaching in Spangdahlem at the pre-school.

They had a saying in Germany that when you were there you either got a cuckoo clock or a baby, so we bought a cuckoo clock and somehow also got the baby - she is now 31 yrs old (an RN with three boys 6,4,and 2) and by the way we still have the cuckoo clock although it doesn't work. My son who graduated after we retired in Pennsylvania joined the Navy and is now retired and living in Spain as his wife is still in the Navy hoping to retire at the end of their tour there. After 30 years as a Military Dependent it was an adjustment to be a civilian and I still feel at home at an Installation be it Army, Navy or Air Force..

Charter Members of Bushy Park

All of the people listed below attended the first year or more that the school was opened. The ones marked with an "*" are the ones that we still do not know where they are. If any of you are in contact with them please let them know what we are doing and that we are looking for them. Have them get in contact with Nancie Anderson (Weber), Chuck Clemens, Pat Owen or me so that we can add them to the "Class Roster"

In this issue we will list those "Charter Members" of the class of 1954.

Gary Baldwin *Fred Hart

*Robert Barton *Judith Ann Hearn

Ronald Bowers (Deceased) *Barbara Hodgeman *Clarence Cain *Ginger Ireland *Diane Calderwood *Richard Jackson Dan Chew *William Kane *Geraldine Clem *Gail Lemmon Charles Clemens *Giles London *Barbara DeVaughn Robert Lyle Frank Embree *Joan Maltman *Helen Flatters *Johnny Muerer *Karin Fricke *Diane Miller Gemma Gamble Donald Miller Suzanne Garrison Samuel Myers Kathleen Gfeller *Elizabeth Neff *Barbara Grinnell *Robert Parker *Carol Hall Hal Van Piety (Deceased)

*Raymond Harper *Leroy Rogers

*Mike Salmon *Diane Tiffany

Guy Short *Edwin Toone

*Helen Speed *Margaret Wright

*Janice Staples *Pat Ann Wells

*Betty Sullivan

Do You Remember

Can anyone name all four of our Cheerleaders in the picture above?

From Ronald Miller (56)

Rpm38@aol.com

USAF 1956 - 1981

July 56 - August 56 - Basic Tng at Lackland AFB; August 56 - April 57 - Tech School at Keesler AFB in Abrn Nav Aids; April 57 - September 58 at Pinecastle (McCoy) AFB, B-47s; September 58 - December 59 at Lake Charles (Chennault) AFB, B-47's, December 59 - October 64 at Offutt AFB (after retraining into Computer Maint at Keesler), Atlas Missile Sys/465L Sys Maint; October 64 - October 67 at Ramstein AB, 412L System Maint; October 67 - June 69 at Adair AFS, OR, SAGE Sys Maint; June 69 - June 72 at Hamilton AFB, CA, NCO Acad. Instructor; June 72 - November73 at Gunter AFS, AL, Sr. NCO Acad Instructor; November 73 - February 81 at USAF Academy, Group/Wing Sergeant Major. Retired February 81 as CMSGT.

During my military career the only person from Bushy Park that I was stationed with was Teddy Hopkins, who was a Major at USAFA when I first arrived. I played basketball at LCHS with Teddy who was in Class of '55.

From Albert Karg, (62)

w.karg@pss.boeing.com

With regard to Vietnam service: I joined the Navy to avoid the Draft in 1967 and spent a little less than 2 years in and around Vietnam. Two cruises with Patrol Squadron 6 and three cruises with Attack Squadron 196 (2 on Enterprise and one on Coral Sea). I ended up spending 12 years active duty and 8 years Reserves.

From Ted Hopkins (55)

mrteddyboy@msn.com

After graduation from Bushy Park, Ted Hopkins went to Purdue University with his Bushy classmate, Bob Coppa. One year later, Ted went to the Air Force Academy in the second class at Lowery AFB, Denver Colorado. In 1958 the Academy moved to Colorado Springs when construction was complete. In his sophomore year, Ted got to fly super sonic for the first time in an F-100 fighter, piloted by Col. Chuck Yeager. His class graduated as flight rated navigators, although all but a few went directly to pilot training. Ted started pilot training at Bainbridge Air Base, Georgia, in the last primary pilot class to use prop aircraft and civilian instructors. That was a long time ago.

Then he took basic flight training in T-33's (the T-bird) at Webb AFB, Big Springs, Texas. Advanced training was in F-102's at Perrin AFB, Sherman, Texas, where he got a license to fly very high and very fast.

Ted's first fighter interceptor squadron was the 331st FIS back at Webb AFB, Big Springs, Texas flying, F-102's. That was an all weather, air defense, fighter in the Air Defense Command. Ted got combat ready just in time for the Cuban Missile Crisis. As a result of the exercise in Cuba, the 331st FIS was switched out of F-102's and into F-104 Starfighters The F-104 was a Mach 2 air superiority fighter well suited for the MIG's brought into Cuba. In the 104, Ted flew twice the speed of sound frequently and zoomed to 94,000 feet where the sky turns dark purple at midday and your blood boils if you don't wear a pressure suit.

From Webb, Ted was assigned to the 526th FIS at Ramstein, Germany. He went back to the F-102 Delta Dagger flying the East/West German border patrol from the southern Berlin corridor down to the Prague air corridor. It was at Ramstein where he met and married his wife Dawn. He became a General's aide for a time in the 82nd Air Division. But when the Division failed two Operational Readiness Inspections by the USAF Inspector General, they ripped off Ted's aiguillette and sent him back to the fighter squadron (no big deal). They ripped a lot more off the General and that was a big deal. The funny thing was that the three day operational exercises were all successful for both inspections and all the flying units won the mock air war, but code word compromises on the ground cost the 82nd AD their general.

All this took twelve years after Bushy Park. Those were really the good old days.

From Charlie Clemens (54)

cclem68802@aol.com

Left Bushy Park after the year '52/'53 and returned to the states to graduate from Fort Hamilton HS in '54. Then went to Penna

Military College '54-'58 and was commissioned in June '58. Entered active

duty in Nov '58 at Fort Sill, OK. Went from there to The 10th Field Arty in Germany until Aug '62. Then transferred to the Signal Corps and went to Fort Monmonth NJ and from there to Fort Benning, Ga. to 122rd Signal Bn.

Was discharged from the Service in July '65 and went to work as an Engineer mainly in Industrial Construction until I retired July '96

From Gary Schroeder (55)

Gschroeder_uscgaux@email.msn.com

I left Bushy Park in January of 1955 and returned to the States to join the Air Force. Served from Feb 1st 1955 to Feb 3rd 1963. Took Basic Training at Sampson Air Force Base in Geneva, NY. Then to F. E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, WY for teletype school, then to Scott AFB Belleville, IL for Crypto school. From there it was off to the 1961 AACS Sqdn. at Clark AFB in the Philippines. From there to McCellen AFB in Sacramento, CA, then back to Clark AFB in the Philippines to a Mobile Communications outfit (5^{th Comm and Control Group - I was in the 605th Comm Sqdn) where all we did was go TDY all over the Far East. Out of a little over two years in that unit I was only at Clark about three months. Some real interesting stories came out of some of those TDYs but too long to go into here. Then left there and went to Castle AFB, CA (92nd Bomb Wing SAC) where I took my discharged. Anyone else out there that was at any of these bases between those times?}

From: Diane (Lathrop) Zumwalt (56)

dzumwalt@kscable.com

HI Gary. Read your SOS for more Bushey Park stuff so here goes: Does anyone

remember Carlene "Candy" Whalen? (she was so cute and bubbly, but she got pretty despondent and home sick and her parents came to take her home in the middle of the semester). I also remember Linda (Kay) Clark, pretty blonde and tall, also class of 57. She was a great admirer of Marilyn Monroe and used to try to dress like her and look like her.

I remember the night before the end of school when all us Freshmen girls stayed up all night (or tried to) and ate strawberries at 3a.m. and thought we were s-o-o-o sophisticated and worldly!

I remember Dave, our English bus driver, who sang for us every weekend on our many bus trips. I can still hear him singing "Because" and "Love Me and the World Is Mine." I guess he got tired of the songs we usually sang, such as "Down By the River, A Courtin I Declare, etc." "Shotgun Boogie" and "Mountain Gal." He was such a nice guy, and he could quiet the whole bus down when he sang. (I can still taste those awful sandwiches that they gave us in box lunches from the base). But we got to see so much on those trips, things like Stonehenge, Salisbury Cathedral, Land's End, and Greenwich, as well as Hampton Court. It was a great way to see the country!

Us Freshmen girls did not get to have many wild parties like the older girls who lived across town, but we lived behind the boys dorm and did have the boys all to ourselves when it got too foggy to drive. We had dances every Friday and Saturday night.

From Anne Marie Jones Weber '53.

WEBERANNE@msn.com

Thank you for Mariann's diary. It brought back memories of the belles of St Mary's. I remember a group of us being late back from London. The train was delayed. Honest! We had the train conductor write a note for Miss Hayward. She was not impressed. Mrs. Griffiths was another of our housemothers, and she wasn't too familiar with the house rules. One night- way after lights out - she found a group of us crouched on the bathroom floor, smoking and studying for a test. She sent us off to bed without the word "demerits" even being mentioned.

Unfortunately, the next day she mentioned to Miss Hayward what great kids we were, studying so hard, so late, and hardly able to read our textbooks for the blue haze of smoke. Miss H. was not amused, especially since some of us didn't have permission to smoke. I lived with my sister and brother-in-law and, before my brother-in-law would sign the permission slip to keep me from being suspended, I had to smoke in front of him. It was the longest driest least enjoyable cigarette of my life.

Does anyone remember "Slam books?" Someone would start a fresh book with each student's name at the top of a blank page and it would get passed around the school to be filled with unsigned comments. Lord, but I hated those. I always vowed next time I wouldn't look, but always succumbed...and always regretted looking. I wouldn't be that young again for all the tea in England.

Thank you for the Bushy Tales. (I remember wanting to call our newspaper that but High Times won the vote.) I appreciate the amount of time and effort required to assemble the material.

From Ted Hopkins (55)

mrteddyboy@msn.com

This update is for the IN CROWD. You have reservations. You have motivation. And some of you are even going to get dinner. This is the last reminder I will send out until around Labor Day. Traveling. (On the last page of this Newsletter is a reprint of the Branson Questionnaire.) If you haven't already, take a minute and send me some information. We'll get it out of you anyway at the Reunion so send me some of the secret stuff now for the children. For posterity. For the heck of it!

This message is for those not yet registered at the Radisson Hotel in Branson for October 1st & 2nd. The 36 Bushy Park alums with reservations plus their spouses and friends are still hoping you will make it. "53" has 5 now, "54" has 10, "55" has 4(but we were always slow), "56" has one (but they need encouragement), "57" has 9 and "58" has 4. There are twenty five to forty of you who should make the trip. Many of you have indicated to someone you were trying to make the trip. The problem is we're only taking the hard count from the Hotel Reservation list. If you're still leaning towards coming then make a reservation soon before the rooms are gone (we might be able to get more, -- after Labor Day it's doubtful). Since I will be traveling, this will be the last reminder until Labor Day.

Radisson Hotel, Branson: (417) 335-5767/3602 or (800) 333-3333, "Bushy Park High School Group." $72/night, single or double occupancy + 11% = $80.00

Nancie (Anderson) Weber is collecting for show and meal reservations outlined below:

Monday, October 1st: Jim Stafford Show @ $13/dinner + $25/show = $38.00/person.

Dinner is at 6:00p, the show at 8:00. If your timing's tight, you don't have to make the dinner.

Tuesday, October 2nd: Reunion Banquet from 6:00p at the hotel: $35.00/person.

Don't forget to send the lovely Nancie (Anderson) Weber your checks for the banquet dinner and the Jim Stafford show / dinner. She takes names, knows where you live and can "carry a grudge". Be nice, talk to Nancie ------ soon. Her address is:

Nancie T. Weber

22309 Canyon Lake Drive South

Canyon Lake CA 92587.

(909) 244-6673 or email for questions.

Here is how the attendance is going. As of today 7/18/01(not counting spouses, maybe 15 - 20) we have 36 in six classes -- if you count Judy (Blakeney) Clemens "56" as a class. What's happened to all those lovely kids? Since the last list "53" now has a quorum, "55" almost has their act together and "54"/"57" keep on growing. "58" has 5 coming and they have another reunion next February. Be sure and stay in contact this summer with others you want to see and tell them to be careful about running out of rooms in August.

Attendance Roster (As of July 18th)

Just lost Jim Baker "57".

"53"

Sherry Gregory (Carson)

Jackie Brown (Kenny)

Marcia Craver (Thomas)

Mariann Walton (McCornack)

Arden Atkinson (Sederholm)

"54"

Suzanne Garrison (Mayo)

Billie Culp (Bules)

Mary Easley (Brokaw)

Betsy Neff (Cote)

Bob Lyle

Gary Baldwin

Dan Chew

Kay Gefeller (Smith)

Scott (Guy) Short

Diane Calderwood (Caldwell)

Chuck Clemens

"55"

Nancie Anderson (Weber)

Ted Hopkins

Joyce Ford (Williams)

Ruth Lund (Bethea)

"56"

Judy Blakeney (Clemens)

"57"

Celeste Plitouke (Brodigan)

Shirley Huff (Dulski)

Vaikai Brown

Bill (Grable) Rees

Charles Neff

Rev. Aaron Peters

Barbara Bookhamer (Luehrs)

William Cooper

June McDaniel (Kohanek)

"58"

Ed Brown

Bill Bailey

Ruth Easley (Tidwell)

Michael Murphy

Pat Terpening (Owen)

"60"

Judy Risler (Covington)

Biloxi Feb 21-24 2002 for 58-62 classes.

From Carol M. (Coles) Condron (62)

ccoles@datasync.com

A reunion of the 58-62 year groups (more or less, we're certainly not discriminating) in Biloxi, Mississippi, February 21-24, 2002, at the Beau Rivage Resort?

Number of folks in your party? ___

HOTEL: You'll be staying at the beautiful Beau Rivage in the heart of downtown Biloxi. For more information on this resort, log onto www.beaurivage.com

February 21 (Thurs.) through February 24 (Sun.), 2002 @ $86.90 for Thursday, and $119.90 for Friday and Saturday nights.

Thursday afternoon, approximately 2:00-7:00 p.m., as you arrive

Friday and Saturday, all day, approximately 9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Sunday morning, approximately 9:00 - 12:00 a.m.

Thanks to Jim McGrew, we got a discounted rate for the hospitality room. Based on our predicted attendance of 55-65 Bobcats, your pro-rated fee would be about $20-25 per person for all 3 days.

FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER BANQUET (6:30 - 8:30 p.m.):

We're still working on the entertainment for this dinner/dance, but…Good News! The standard room rental cost for the dinner banquet room will be waived and offered complimentary, provided we can guarantee a minimum of 50 people.

OTHER STUFF:

As we mentioned in our previous letter, the Gulf Coast is rich in history and culture and there is so much to see and do. The Bureau of Tourism will be mailing you some pamphlets, just to give you an idea. Golfers--bring your clubs! Transportation to and from, as well as around Biloxi will be no problem, and we'll have tours and activities information available at the hotel.

The success of this gathering depends on your response, so please take the time, in the next week or so, to respond by mail or e-mail with your preferences.

My mailing address is 6212 Juniper Dr., Vancleave, MS 39565; phone is 228-826-1917; e-mail: ccoles@datasync.com

From Gary Baldwin (54)

gbaldwin36@earthlink.net

I spoke only briefly to Snookie, shortly after Pete's death. My heart goes out for her...he will truly be missed. We spent a few days in

Phoenix last year visiting with Pete and Diane, and of course Snookie and her spouse, Peter. Bob Lyle, Billie (Culp) and Ted Hopkins were also part of the "mini gathering." The girls had a lunch planned, so the "men" headed for the ultra light flying center and ended up later at a beer joint in Carefree, AZ just having a great BS session. We had such a good time with Pete. I will not forget him!

From Steve Warner (58)

WarnerS@HQ.7ATC.ARMY.MIL

We had a mini-Bushy Reunion, in May, at my home in Germany, that included Al & Greta Forsman, my brother Jeff ('60) and Gloria Warner, two British friends who were active in the Scouting movement in London, in 1955-57.

Al Forsman (59) successfully underwent an operation for prostate cancer, on 13 July 01.

Pat Terpening (58) Owen and husband John, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on July 15 at a dinner party with their children, Susan Sanchez of Colorado, and Stephen and Lori Owen and grandson, Ben. John and Pat met and married in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pat (Terpening) Owen (58)

nemoamasa@worldnet.att.net

This came out in our local newspaper yesterday.

The Capital-Journal (Topeka, Kansas) July 22, 2001

Military Brats Gather to Devote Museum, Park for Dedication

by Chelsea J. Carter - The Associated Press

WICHITA - Virginia Search Chessnoe studied a model of the buildings that will become the closest thing to a hometown the 55-year old has ever had.

Her former high school has closed. The house she grew up in belongs to somebody else. Even the country where she spent her formative years has changed -- West Germany is now just Germany.

But this weekend, Chessnoe came together with more than 1,000 others -- children of military personnel and their former teachers -- to dedicate a museum and historical park for military brats.

For many of those who gathered for the four-day Homecoming 2001, which ends

Sunday, life was a series of adjustments to one foreign place after another.

With Saturday's dedication of the American Overseas Historical Park, scheduled to open here in 2003, the military brats say they finally have a place to come back to -- a permanent hometown.

"It will always be here," said Chessnoe, who graduated in 1954 from Frankfurt American High School. The school closed in 1994.

The dedication of the $12 million, seven-acre park, which will contain a museum and archive, was held in conjunction with the reunion of military brats held every two to three years at various locations around the country.

"There's a common thread, a common denominator to our stories," said Joy

Harper Bryant, 47 who attended Jonathan Wainwright School in Tainan, Taiwan,

until 1971. "Most of us can't go back to our schools and visit our old hangouts. But when we come to these places, we can sort of go back to those places."

Sschroe273@aol.com

Hi everyone,

Had an idea; why don't we all dig though

out photo achieves and see if we have pictures taken around the base and school. Even if the subject was not what is in the background, there may be enough to help resurrect the old place, on film anyhow. I was one of those bus kids (from Ruislip) so have little memory of anything except the school and the bomb shelters (used for sneaking a smoke by some - like my brother).

Second subject, does anybody from the '52 - '55 group remember the name of the math teacher that taught freshman or sophomore algebra? She was young, had brown hair and married another teacher (whose name I also can't remember) who, I think, taught French. She held a remedial algebra course in the summer of '54 with only me and one other kid attending. Would like to find her and say thanks for helping me get started on the path to a successful engineering career. If anybody has the slightest idea of what I'm talking about, I would appreciate any help I can get.

Jerry.Sandham@aig.com

Last year (August 2000) I attended Reunion in London. We had a guide (historian) named Cliff Williams. He's compiled a questionnaire for both Bushy Park and Bushey Hall students and would like you responses. The questionnaire starts with Cliff's regular mailing address and includes his e-mail address. (Editors Note: I am going to show the email he sent with his address and email address so you can contact him if you would like to. I am not going to put the questionnaire in this issue as it would take up too much space.)

"J.C.Williams

21 Grovelands Road

Palmers Green

London N13 4RJ

Tel: 44-020-8886-0729

E-mail: cliffwilliams@supanet.com

To those "Bobcats" who attended the London reunion (and to those who couldn't make it),

I hope you had a memorable time looking at the three homes of London Central during what was a packed day. I hope it brought back some nostalgic memories for you...... judging by some of your reactions I feel sure it did.

As some of you may know, I have been working on the history of Bushey Hall and Bushy Park. Following your visit, I am writing to all of you, courtesy of Ron Crowe, to ask if you could reply to some of the following questions I have listed below. And I would very much appreciate it if you could find time to write a personal paragraph about a building or place in one of those two locations of which you have a particular memory and say why. This would be to use as an anecdotal memory. Please feel free to e-mail me with any additional information that could be used in a book or supplied to the Bushey Museum or the Royal Parks Office at Bushy Park.

Many thanks for your help. I look forward to meeting you and your classmates again when you return to England.

Yours Sincerely,

John Clifford Williams

E-mail address: cliffwilliams@supanet.com

Editors Note

Don’t’ forget to check the Guest Book on the Bushy Park web site at:

Branson Reunion Questionnaire

Now that you have reservations and are looking forward to seeing some people

you haven't seen in almost fifty years (and seeing some people you don't remember but shared the same high school experience with you) help me get things started by filling out this questionnaire. You don't have to fill out

every question. You are not limited to the space provided. You are not even required to answer, but it might be fun to try and come up with some of these old memories. They don't even have to be accurate. The information will help our dinner program preparation. It will also help Gary Schroeder with future newsletters. It takes time, sure, but who knows it could be the start of the book you always wanted to write. If you really get in the mood send extra pages and stories.

Reunion Questionnaire 2001 (Branson)

Name

Class of 195 Phone

Address

City

State Zip

#___ years in the UK, from 195 to 195

Other EUR from 195 to 195

Spouse Name

Married where

When

Num Children Num of Grandchildren Num of Cats Dogs Squirrels Other

Mil/Gov Ser from to

Branch Occupation

Locations

Children You're Proud of

Why?

Last thing you remember at Bushy Park that made you laugh?

The most unusual thing that has ever happened to you?

The best trick ever played on you.

The worst thing you ever did at Bushy Park.

The best teacher story.

The most unusual job you ever had?

When did you first fall in love?

With who?

Why?

When did you have your first drink?

Where?

Who were you with?

What happened?

If you could have been someone else at Bushy Park for a week, who would it have been?

Why?

What was the most misunderstood thing about you during your Bushy Park days?

Who did you admire and why, but never told anyone about it?

Who did you want to get even with and this is the first chance you've had?

Now, one more Bushy Park story. The one you have kept to yourself all these years. The one you are mature enough to tell now. If you tell me, I won't share it with anyone else ever. But you have to name names. And if you are torn between several, write them all. Just imagine you are on one of those tell all TV shows. Remember this part is always in strictest confidence. Trust me.

^{(Editors Note: If you believe that I have a bridge in Brooklyn I would like to sell you.)}

(928) 758-2963

Betsy (Neff) Cote (54)

The email address should be:

JPACOTE@aol.com

Harold Ferguesson (57)

He's changed his e-mail address from yahoo to AOL. Otherwise it's the same.

Blaine Campbell (58)

New email address:

chipc1@earthlink.net

The backup address will be

chipc@addlebrain.com

Fred Buhler (58)

ddinmont@oro.net

P.O. Box 792

Nevada City, CA 95959

Harold "Hal" Baldwin (53)

No longer has email.

Jerry Hunsicker (56)

jerry@speedfactory.net

He's new to computing so help him out.

Barbara Cameron Squires (59)

Jbsqu@aol.com

Barb's E-Mail is up and running again.