Here we are again, you
youngsters of the Class of 1954, looking for a word
from you. Thanks to those who have already gotten
back in touch! It’s good to know you’re alive and
kicking! We’ve had about thirty affirmative
responses to date. We are including an agenda and
would like to know which activities you’d like to
participate in. At our age, we can do as we jolly
well please, right? As stated in a previous letter,
we’ll have the Dora Roberts Community Center all day
Saturday, if we just want to hang out and visit.
Listed below are the hotels with prices. You’ll
need to mention the Class of ’54 in order to get the
special rates on the first two. Since all the hotels
now offer breakfast, we have decided not to have
breakfast at the Dora Roberts Center Saturday
morning. We will have snacks to serve during the
day. Here’s what you can offer in return:
We mainly just want to hear
from you! Hello – are you out there??? Do you have
any other suggestions? We’d surely love to know if
you’re going to make it to the homecoming reunion
and what special things you’d like to do. Also,
we’d like to have updates on any classmates you may
know about who have moved, etc. The hotels where we
have reserved rooms:
Best Western
Palace Inn, 915 Lamesa Hwy (southwest of I20 at
Hwy 87), 432-264-1500, hot breakfast included.
Holiday Inn
Express, 1109 N. Aylesford (southeast of I20 at
Hwy 87) 432-263-5400, hot breakfast included.
You can get a better room rate
by using the internet for these additional hotels.
No reservations have been made for the Class of ’54.
Comfort Inn,
2900 E. I20, 432-267-4553. $70 and up, per room.
Hot breakfast included.
Quality Inn,
300 Tulane, 432-264-7086. 1 bed - $57; 2 beds -
$61. Hot breakfast included.
Days Inn,
2701 S. Gregg, 432-267-5237. $74 - $76. Breakfast
consisting of cereals and breads.
Study the agenda, and get back
to me if you haven’t already, okay? We need to know
how many to plan for before too much longer. We’re
really looking forward to seeing everyone again! We
especially need to know how many will be going to
dinner Friday night at Cowboys, and to lunch
Saturday at Just Peachy. Of course, we also need to
know how many there will be at the catered dinner
Saturday night.
Daury Garrison Cockrell, 4403
Beechnut St., Big Spring, TX 79720. 432-267-6400.
Daury@suddenlink.net.
AGENDA
Friday, Sept. 18th
4:00 P.M. Parade
- Jack Cathey is again furnishing us with a truck
and driver. As the City is working on Gregg, Scurry
and Main Streets, we’re not sure where the parade
will start, but plan to meet at the 14th
and Main Church of Christ and if anything changes on
that, you’ll be informed. Wear your Steer T-shirt
if you have one, and bring candy to throw to the
children.
6:00 P.M. after Parade
–
Meet at Cowboys on FM700 for supper. We will
pay on separate checks, but do need to know how many
to plan for. They have reserved the back section
for our class.
7:30 P.M. – Steer Football Game.
You will need to get your own tickets at the gate.
Reception at HCJC Campus.
Details are not available at this time for the
reception, but will let you know later about
details.
Saturday, Sept. 19th
8:00 A.M. - Registration at Dora Roberts Community
Center
(old Cosden Club), 100 Whipkey Drive (turn right off
of Highway 87 across from Day’s Inn). Bring your
yearbooks and picture albums, as well as pictures of
your family, for everyone to enjoy.
8:00 A.M. - Golf at the Big Spring Country Club.
Green fees are $26.50 and carts are $11.00 for a
total of $37.50. Reservations must be made in
advance. Let me know if you want to play. We will
be playing with members of classes ’47 through ’51.
10:00 A.M. - Tour of restoration projects
as guests of Classes of 1947-1951. This will be a
caravan of vehicles and will guide you to see the
old Runnels gym which is now Life Church, the statue
in honor of Medal of Honor recipient George O’Brien
at the V.A. Medical Center, and the Settles Hotel.
We’ll need to know if you want to join this caravan
so we can let Pat Simmons know.
1:00 P.M. - Lunch at Papa Georgio's, on FM 700 in
the shopping center south of the Veteran's Hospital. We’ll need to know if
you are going so we can give the management an
estimated number attending.
5:00 P.M. – Business meeting at Dora Roberts Civic
Center.
Bring notes for planning our 60th, like:
Do we want to have our reunion somewhere
else?….Dallas/Ft. Worth, Granbury, Fredericksburg,
etc….or do we want to get together in Big Spring?
Who will be coordinator of reunion? Daury Cockrell
and Janice Minter think maybe it’s time for someone
else to make the plans. Be thinking about it,
okay? Other items of discussion????
6:30 P.M. – Catered dinner at Dora Roberts Civic
Center.
Frank Griffith will greet our class and introduce
guest speakers. We will be entertained by the Satin
Strings of Permian High School in Odessa. They are
an elite 28 piece strolling ensemble. Students are
chosen for membership based on character, musical
ability, dedication and academic achievement. This
group of highly motivated musicians perform as a
community service promoting the fine arts through
West Texas and the nation. They are fabulous!
Ken Briden will talk to us
about writing his trilogy of books based loosely on
the life of his great, great-grandfather who
immigrated to the United States and became a Texas
Ranger.
Donna Boyter will talk to us
about the life and times of Jim ‘Ace’ Boyter. Jim
was one of our favorite classmates, and this should
be very interesting.
If we have time, we’d like to
have everyone bring us up to date on what they’ve
been doing since our last reunion. Be prepared,
okay?
After we are finished with
dinner and the entertainment, we have been invited
to join the Classes of 1947-1951 at the Stampede for
dancing to the music of Jody Nix and the Texas
Cowboys. We’ll need to know if you plan to go so
we can give Jody a rough estimate.
Please complete the form below
and send back to me by August 15th, if
possible. The form only contains those activities
that require payment and I’ll need to have an
estimated number attending beforehand. Thanks
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I (we) will be participating in
the following activities:
Myself / Other