Inside the Building, the visiting began at the reception desk.  
  Here Fred Polly class of '49 compares notes with Margaret (Nichols) Chiristensen class of '60 . Fred already has something to drink so he has been here a few minutes.  In the right background Myrle (Nichols) Hendrickson  and Rita (Smith) Walker have apparently remembered some amusing episode (probably from the fifties;  wouldn't you guess?)

Other groups collected sometimes with a discernible theme as in the photograph below. If you know your classes and people,
   


In the picture to the left, it  looks as if most of the attendees from the class of '56 have collected just here from widely scattered places .  Left  to right are Florence, Leo, Birlee, Carol.  Just check the class pictures.  Someone might like this one better. If so click here to see a full screen width
  In the  picture below the  common theme is the name REESE.   Seated in in the foreground to the left are Wayne Reese and Opal (Reese)  Herrin.  Then in the white shirt at the end of the table is Ron Reese.  All these Reese attended Con. 8 and are cousins, children of three Reese brothers, Ed, Carl, and Claude. The two ladies on the right side of the table are Zula, spouse of Wayne, and Derna spouse of Ron.  Of the the two barely discernible  persons in the background; the lady listening attentively to the story presented by Ron is Elouise (Brewer) Curtis.  Elouise's  husband Byrd is beside her.   We caught them later after Ron had finished his story, but not together. Here he is  and to Bryd's right Eldon Dickson.
 







And then below is collection of athletic gentlemen  looking for a basketball court.  Attendee's from the 1952-53 basketball team.
Ray Curtis, George Sorell, Herman Ritchie, Noel Brewer and Danny McClure.
 


That 1953 Senior Boy's team was one of our premier entries in  the sports hall of fame.  Unfortunately the sports archives do not have a picture of that team taken in 1953.  If you know of one, it would be a nice addition. Click here to see the picture at right at full width.  I am sure that other teams both men's and women's and in the absence of a basketball court had to content themselves with just talking about those past glories.

Usually the scene was more diverse and the only common theme was Con. 8.

C. H. and  Helen McClure are in focus in the foreground of course, and we can all make guesses about who is who in the back ground examining the history posters on the wall or groups engaged  in discussion of special topics or special gossip..

There are a lot more pictures and we could go on and on here; but we hope this suggest  the idea that we and you will want to do this again in 2007!   The plan for 2007 will be on the site  later.  

Also, at this reunion, some business was done, and important steps taken to form an organization to provide perpetual care for the Con. 8 Monument Site and for other less tangible parts of the Con. 8 Tradition.    Details will be on the site early in the next year.