Blog Day # 146 in a day of my life. An outsider becomes an insider! Wifes Class Reunion. 1967 Smethport Pa.

     Lets see, I had gone to two of them. What you may ask is a THEM? Well, the correct term is the dreaded two words most spouses never care to hear or be a part of. CLASS REUNION! LOL

THE FIRST WAS 30 YEARS AGO AT THE SMETHPORT GOLF COURSE COUNTRY CLUB. YOU SEE, WE HAD JUST GOTTEN MARRIED, HAD JUST COME BACK FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SLIM, TRIM AND ALL TANNED UP!

WAS NOT QUITE SURE HOW IT WOULD GO, BUT BACK THEN I REALLY DIDN'T CARE. I HAD JUST MARRIED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL LADY AND WE WERE HAPPY TOGETHER. THE MEMORY OF THAT ONE IS VAGUE, BOTH HERS AND MINE. THERE SEEMED TO BE SOME JUST HANGING OUT WITH DIFFERENT SETS OF FRIEND'S AND THIS BEING HER FIRST RETURN AFTER 10 YEARS, IT WAS SORT OF ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN. SO, WE HUNG AROUND AND SPLIT.

NOW FAST FORWARD TO THE 25TH. THAT ONE WAS MORE TO OUR LIKING- MET UP WITH SOME REALLY NICE PEOPLE AND HER LONG TIME HS FRIEND BECKY FAULK AND HER HUSBAND BOB. WE GOT ALONG REAL WELL AND WE HAD A GOOD TIME.






THIS WAS THE SENIOR CLASS OFFICER'S OF SMTHPORT IN 1967.

NOW IT IS SATURDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 4TH, 2012 AND IT IS NOW HER 45TH HS REUNION. WE ARE READY TO GO. FAMILY , THOSE THAT STILL LIVE IN AND AROUND MT. JEWETT AND SMETHPORT, AND TAMMY AND THE TWINS, ARE SITTING ON THE GRASS AND IN LAWN CHAIRS OF HER MOTHER'S FRONT YARD.

AS WHEN ANYTIME YOU GO TO MEET PEOPLE YOU HAVE NOT SEEN IN 20 YEARS, YOU ARE NERVOUS. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, SHE IS BEAUTIFUL- BEYOND WORDS- ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST LOOK AT HER, AND SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE IS IN HER LATE 40'S!

I WILL POST A PICTURE SO YOU CAN JUDGE FOR YOURSELF, BUT IT IS TRUE!



THE HOMECOMING KING AND QUEEN OF 1967.

I FELT LIKE MAN, I WOULD JUST AS SOON STAY HERE WITH THE FAMILY, HAVE A BEER OR SOME WINE, HANG OUT, TALK AND JUST HAVE FUN! LITTLE WOULD I KNOW JUST HOW MUCH FUN I WOULD HAVE AS AN OUTSIDER!

WE MADE THE TRIP DOWN OFF THE HILL INTO SMETHPORT ABOUT 16 MILES AWAY. WE DROVE HER MOTHER'S CAR, WE HAD LEFT OURS BACK IN NOVA AND CAME UP WITH TAMMY.





SOME OF THE CLASS OF '67 ADMIN. AND TEACHERS.

I CAN NOT TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW WELCOMED I WAS MADE TO FEEL. PEOPLE WERE GENUINE IN THEIR CONVERSATIONS. THEY WERE FRIENDLY, AND I FELT RIGHT AT HOME. IT WAS NEAT TO LISTEN TO ALL OF THEM, AND IT BROUGHT BACK MY MEMORIES OF MY HS DAYS. IT WASN'T THAT MUCH DIFFERENT- IT WAS ONLY A MATTER OF MILES OR DISTANCE FROM ONE SCHOOL TO THE NEXT.

WE DRANK, WE TALKED, AND I EVEN FOUND A SHIRT TAIL RELATION THAT I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT. WE HAD FRIENDS IN COMMON, GOLFING BUDDIES, SPORTS AND LITTLE THINGS THAT WERE JUST EASY TO TALK ABOUT.











TEACHERS    CAFETERIA---JANITORIAL   ADMIN.

WE MOVED ONTO THE LEGION - I DID NOT EVEN KNOW ONE EXISTED! $2.00 DRINKS- MUSIC OF THE 60'S- ALL BRINGING BACK MEMORIES. WE SLID TABLES TOGETHER, I EVEN DANCED!  WITHOUT TOO MUCH TO DRINK!  LOL LOL IT WAS A EASY COMFORTABLE TIME.

AND ONE THING STOOD OUT- SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL- THEY ALL WONDERED HOW SHE LOOKED SO YOUNG! I HAD TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE ASK ME. ONE GUY EVEN TOLD HER" I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU ARE DOING IT CHIKEY' BUT KEEP IT UP, YOU LOOK GREAT!."

PERSONALLY, I THINK ALL THOSE YEARS AGO THEY GOT THE KING AND QUEEN THING ALL WRONG! THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAD! LOL  I DO!

SO, WE WERE ALMOST THE LAST ONES TO LEAVE, IT WAS A GREAT TIME! I FELT RIGHT AT HOME. NOW, IT IS MY TURN. MY REUNION, THOSE TWO DREADED WORDS TO SPOUSES, IS NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT. I HOPE THEY WILL MAKE HER FEEL AS WELCOMED AS I WAS AT HERS. THIS TIME, I WILL NOT BE THE DD! OR WILL I? YOU JUST NEVER KNOW HOW THE NIGHT WILL PLAY OUT! LOL

ANYWAY, FOR THOSE OUT THERE WHO ARE HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS, TAKE MY ADVICE, THERES ALWAYS A HIDDEN GEM IN WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW, WHERE TO FIND IT! I FOUND MINE 30 PLUS YEARS AGO!

   MY GEM!

SHERRY LYNN OVERBECK FITZSIMMONS SMTHPORT PA. CLASS OF '67