Gwen and I shared much. I'm glad we got to get back together in DC at the reunion in...hmmm...was it 1985? So sad that we took up smoking together circa 1963 and laughed that a cure would be found before WE got cancer! Her mom sent me her class ring and it is sitting side by side with mine in a glass cabinet.
We dated at PAHS, then worked at it through college and Vietnam. Married in 1971 and separated in 1983 with a signed divorce in early 1987. Gwen was a wonderful, intelligent, and beautiful woman. The good years out weighed the bad ones. Rob Lee
Rob: Your posting about Gwen dignified. I didn't know she passed away until I saw this string of posts this morning. Paula Sheppe is gone, Wendy Oswell, too, I understand. Betty Berman? All beautiful ladies who departed way too soon. You, Henry Hart and my brother, Jim, were that somewhat "older" crowd but I do recall a long conversation with you one night regarding General Lee. I read the PAHS posts from time-to-time and make an occasional post myself. Haven't gone to a reunion yet but I probably should.
I did post some years back that I ran into, literally, Pat (Colin) Collins, in 1994 when we both were deployed to Haiti. Colin was the Defense Attache. I was....well, enough said on that.
Jim retired from the Army in 1994 (After 24 years Clinton told him his services were no longer required). Taught HS ROTC in Birmingham, AL, after that and until a year ago. Now "retired retired." I retired from foreign service in 2002 after nearly 30 years with "the G" but immediately came back in in a "contract" support role. Last was 6 months in Persian Gulf area. Won't do THAT again.
Signs of life from Mssrs Oswell and Moody. Greetings to two of my close PAHS compatriots. Gracious comment, Mike. Nice to see you haven't changed, Dick. Where's Robbie Thompson? We had some good times. Remember our attempt at producing an "alternate" school newspaper -- and how angry and disparaging Mr. Hull was after he reviewed it (and shot it down)? The failed Spring Break, 1966, trip to Spain, not so much (at least from my optic).
Re Gwen, I thought she had passed some time ago? She had a lot of personality, bu really didn't know her well, Better friends with Jane; then and now.
Oswell....Good God! Amazingly, still the same...or more amazingly still alive. Dylan-esque it seems to the end. Your comments gave me a good laugh. Keep on keepin' on ;)
Oh crap, just read all these comments and I'm having flashbacks. What a place for an online reunion. It's not even noon yet and I think I need a drink. Gwen would love it!
Class of 1966
Jane Rice (Green) (1966)
Gwen and I shared much. I'm glad we got to get back together in DC at the reunion in...hmmm...was it 1985? So sad that we took up smoking together circa 1963 and laughed that a cure would be found before WE got cancer! Her mom sent me her class ring and it is sitting side by side with mine in a glass cabinet.
Robert M. Lee, Jr. (1965)
We dated at PAHS, then worked at it through college and Vietnam. Married in 1971 and separated in 1983 with a signed divorce in early 1987. Gwen was a wonderful, intelligent, and beautiful woman. The good years out weighed the bad ones. Rob Lee
Michael Moody (1966)
Well said, Don
David H Hiley (1966)
Rob: Your posting about Gwen dignified. I didn't know she passed away until I saw this string of posts this morning. Paula Sheppe is gone, Wendy Oswell, too, I understand. Betty Berman? All beautiful ladies who departed way too soon. You, Henry Hart and my brother, Jim, were that somewhat "older" crowd but I do recall a long conversation with you one night regarding General Lee. I read the PAHS posts from time-to-time and make an occasional post myself. Haven't gone to a reunion yet but I probably should.
I did post some years back that I ran into, literally, Pat (Colin) Collins, in 1994 when we both were deployed to Haiti. Colin was the Defense Attache. I was....well, enough said on that.
Jim retired from the Army in 1994 (After 24 years Clinton told him his services were no longer required). Taught HS ROTC in Birmingham, AL, after that and until a year ago. Now "retired retired." I retired from foreign service in 2002 after nearly 30 years with "the G" but immediately came back in in a "contract" support role. Last was 6 months in Persian Gulf area. Won't do THAT again.
Signs of life from Mssrs Oswell and Moody. Greetings to two of my close PAHS compatriots. Gracious comment, Mike. Nice to see you haven't changed, Dick. Where's Robbie Thompson? We had some good times. Remember our attempt at producing an "alternate" school newspaper -- and how angry and disparaging Mr. Hull was after he reviewed it (and shot it down)? The failed Spring Break, 1966, trip to Spain, not so much (at least from my optic).
Chloe (Cathy) Arntz (St. Clair) (1966)
Re Gwen, I thought she had passed some time ago? She had a lot of personality, bu really didn't know her well, Better friends with Jane; then and now.
Oswell....Good God! Amazingly, still the same...or more amazingly still alive. Dylan-esque it seems to the end. Your comments gave me a good laugh. Keep on keepin' on ;)
Chloe (Cathy) Arntz (St. Clair) (1966)
Of course...who else :)
Colin Collins (1966)
Oh crap, just read all these comments and I'm having flashbacks. What a place for an online reunion. It's not even noon yet and I think I need a drink. Gwen would love it!
Susanne Maier (Revis) (1966)
Fond memories: My younger brother, David Maier, never ever, stopped proclaiming the absolutely fantastic
athletic superiority of the 1965 female PowderPuff football game. (the '66 juniors vs.the '65 seniors)
He backed up his admiration of our game by researching the country for
any other female high school teams that played "pad-free", "tackle", & "male rules".
He couldn't find any. I remember practicing with Gwen (I think she was a halfback) and we had a marvelous
time defeating the seniors and watching Frank Kane & Rob Lee cheerleading.
A best friend and confidante through those teenage years. I adored her immaculate fashion-sense and her
ability to control all those raging hormones. I miss the years we might have shared.
... David realized his lifelong desire to be a sports writer & has had his career commemorated with a permenant
display of his "mike" and achievements ensconced in a glass case (in the wall) of the Media Dining Room of
the Magic's Amway Center of Orlando, Florida. David passed in 2013.