Monthly coffee hour - Tuesday, October 30th!

Yes, we still meet monthly for our famous "coffee hour" and lots of conversation!

Always on the "last" Tuesday of the month (unless that day is a holiday) and from 5ish to 7ish at The Woolley Market. 

We had a great summer gathering at Shirley's in July and traded lots of stories from the olden days.  Full of laughs and memories.  We don't seem to look any older!

 

 

YOU are welcome to come and

see what these get-togethers are all about!

 

 

Make your reservations for the reunion and all-class picnic!

CLASS OF 71 REUNION
SATURDAY, JULY 9TH, 5:00 P.M. AT BRYSONS’ IN SEDRO-WOOLLEY
Menu: Salmon or chicken, baked potatoes, salad, bread, dessert (TBD, as the strawberry crop here is LATE)
Water, coffee, tea provided.
If you want additional kinds of beverages, please feel free to bring your own.
$15 per person.

All of the meal is provided (and accessories) – we’re not asking anyone to bring anything besides their own beverages, if desired.

Yes, you can offer to help set up in the afternoon so Sue Ann doesn’t have to do everything. She is Superwoman but we are determined to take some of the load off of her.


Please mail a check to:
Judy Johnson
PO Box 529
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284

I guess you’ll have to make the checks out to me because we don’t have a bank account for the class.

You are not the first to pay! The first ones to reserve were Darlene and Joel Woiwod!!

As this is our 40-year reunion, if you want to get sentimental and bring your 1971 Kumtux or old photos or other ephemera, please do!! And bring your cameras!!


SEDRO-WOOLLEY HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL ALL-CLASS PICNIC
SATURDAY, JULY 9TH AT RIVERFRONT PARK IN SEDRO-WOOLLEY
11:00 a.m. until about 3 p.m.

This is a really big event with people from all classes attending. 400+ will be there. It’s lots of fun! Bob Dow is the master of ceremonies. And more people come every year. Class of 71 can sit together under one of the provided tents. We’ll come early and stake out a space. But bring a hat and sunscreen because you’ll spend time in the sun. It’s very festive with some raffles to benefit the scholarship fund. Mostly visiting.

$15.00 per person. SPECIFY chicken or hamburger as your entrée. Catered by Joy’s Bakery.

Send your check to:
SWHS Alumni Assn
PO Box 509
Sedro-Woolley WA 98284
Also specify your graduating year.


Yes, I know their PO Box number is almost the same as mine. It wasn’t my idea. Sometimes I get their mail.

Plz let me know if you have questions!PS Yes, we’re having an entry in in the Loggerodeo Parade!! More on that in a week or so.
PPS And yes, we’re having a coffee hour at Starbucks on June 28th!

SWHS Alumni Assn - recent news

The Sedro-Woolley High School Alumni Association has a new blog!

www.swhsalumni.blogspot.com

OK, I admit, I did it. But there are a lot of commercial "class reunion-type" web sites out there that are confusing our alums with their claims to be the official site. They're not.

I have been attending the S-WHS Alumni Assn meetings and I put up the blog under their auspices. It is likely that we will have a true web site in the future but right now the blog will do what we need done - to give alumni a place to go for news and contact info!

The next events that you should be aware of are the geranium sale and the All-Class Picnic!

Geranium Sale - Saturday, May 1, at the park next to the Sedro-Woolley Community Center. They sell lovely geranium plants and tomato plants $3.00 each. And some baked goods - always popular - as priced. Come early because all of these items tend to run out! If you want to pre-order (and many do) let me know and I'll put you in touch with the event chair.

All-Class Picnic - Saturday, July 10th, at Riverfront Park in Sedro-Woolley. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This is the BIG event of the year for SWHS Alums! A lovely lunch - prepurchase of lunch tickets is required - $15 per person. Hamburger or chicken. Lunch is served at 1 p.m. Lots of mingling, visiting, photos, etc.! The Association sells raffle tickets to benefit the scholarship fund. Class members sit together - if they want to! Some classes put up their own "tents". Some classes put up a sign (we have one - see it on this page!). Many alums travel for great distances to attend! Put it on your calendar today and I'll put up contact info for ticket purchase when the tickets are ready.

That's the news from downtown Sedro-Woolley. More as it develops!

S-WHS Alma Mater

At the all-class picnic in July, copies of the words to our Alma Mater song were handed out so everyone could join in at the close of the day. Class of 71 has always sung this song, but it seems that some classes didn't know about it at all. Ed Hoyt provided the words from his mother's collected papers; Mary Newberg Hoyt graduated with Class of 1920:

S-WHS ALMA MATER

Here beside the Skagit River,
stands our school so bold.
"Tis the royal Alma Mater
glo-rious to be-hold."

Chorus
Hail to thee O' Sedro-Woolley,
blue and white all hail.
Hail to thee our Alma Mater,
Sedro-Woolley hail!

We sing of Sedro-Woolley,
give a rousing cheer.
Raise in union our voices,
sounding far and near!

***
Well, not so much on substance, but great on spirit!

More as it develops...

2009 S-WHS Alumni All-Class Picnic - update

Today at the S-WHS Alumni Assn meeting they reviewed the picnic and made notes for process improvements next year. They also gave some statistics; I'll give you a few here.

First, the most important thing, is that the picnic income/expenses netted out in the black. Very good news.

There were 440+ attendees, 340 cars in the parking lot, and 394 meals purchased. 14 people paid dues on site and 2 people made monetary donations to the Assn on site.

The classes of '64, '51, '46, '48, and '67 had the most attendees per class (calculated by people, not per cent). In that order. Those class of '64 people are pretty organized.

That's just a sample of the data. The rest will come out in the S-WHS Alumni Assn's newsletter.

Everyone associated with the comittee had received many positive comments on the picnic and the food.

It's a big deal when 440 people gather in Sedro-Woolley for a single event. And the picnic is such a great way to reconnect with old friends. More people are discovering it every year!

2009 S-WHS Alumni All-Class Picnic

Here are some photos from the SWHS Alumni All-Class Picnic on July 11th! It was held at our beautiful Riverfront Park (where the old "dump" used to be) and was well-attended by enthusiastic alums from many classes! I had a sign made last year for our class to use at events like this and this year there were several classes with a sign. So maybe I have started a trend! Some classes have so many attendees that they have their own tent!

Alas, only four members of Class of 71 were there. JB Bryson, recovering from his responsibilities at Loggerodeo, Julie Jones Anderson (seen below in a photo with JB and with her dad, Dr. Bud Jones), Pat Dow (no photo), and I (no photo). Last year we had more. Maybe next year...Oops, forgot that Mike and Janet Joy were the caterers and I didn't get a photo of them, either. So that makes five Class of 71'ers.

Bob Dow, Class of 72, did a great job as master of ceremonies. Looks like he'll be inheriting that job for a while.

The missing element this year was Spud Walley, who passed away in February but was surely a mainstay at the annual picnic. There are so many faithful alums who attend the picnic, take leadership roles, and donate door prizes. It's a great tradition. Barb Thompson, Pat Hyatt, Lola Ellestad, Bud and Judy Jones, Gene and Irene Johnson, and Ed Hoyt are but a few who work hard to make the picnic fun, profitable, and earn money for the scholarship fund.

I can't get these photos below into any kind of order, and when I mess with them and move them around, Internet Explorer gives me a fatal error and shuts down. So I'm going to let them display as they will, below, and you can match the names above with the folks in the photos. One of the photos is of Mr. Bill Stendal. Standing by the welcome sign is Vern Sims, SWHS Alum, who is always a big sponsor of the picnic.

2010 picnic - Second Saturday in July - plan now to attend! Then we'll start counting down to our 40-year reunion!

SWHS photos

Here are a couple of photos I took today, on the first day that there has been any sunshine and dry weather of note. I had been meaning to post photos of SWHS the way it looks today and these are two photos of the main building. The modern side faces Third Street (and the gym) and the old "Union High School" entrance faces north, on what used to be Nelson Street. Now it is a nice concrete-paver mall with lights and some outdoor seating.




















In 1969 when I broke my ankle, skiing, I left my crutches at the top of these stairs and rode all the way out to the L&M Drive In with friends before I realized that I hadn't brought the crutches...luckily, we retrieved them without incident. That was 40 years ago this month. Ankle is fine, thanks for asking.

I also went to the SWHS Alumni Association meeting today where we discussed upcoming events. The Geranium Sale/Bake Sale is scheduled for May 2nd. It is a major fund-raiser for the Alumni Assn's scholarship fund. Also the all-class picnic will be Saturday, July 11th. Be sure to get that on your calendar and I'll let you know when to purchase tickets. It's a fun gathering at Riverfront Park for graduates of all years and friends. It will be catered again this year by Joy's Bakery - Janet and Mike Joy.

The monthly gathering of Class of 71 will be Tuesday, March 31st at Common Ground in Burlington. 5ish to 7ish. Come on over and visit around the big table! Maybe we'll watch Nancy knit!

More as it develops...

2011 - our 40-year class reunion

2011 is just around the corner! Considering that we are already discussing the presidential election in 2012...exhausting, isn't it?

Class of 71 will be having a 40-year extravaganza in 2011 and here is something to think about:

Historically, SWHS classes had their reunions in August (I'm talking in the olden days, maybe 20 years ago). In the current times, more classes, including ours, have reunions closer to the 4th of July. Many people like to come to SW for Loggerodeo activities, and it could be convenient to have our reunion around that time.

July 4th falls on a Monday in 2011. That will be the day of the Loggerodeo Parade and Class of 71 will want to be in it!

The second Saturday in July is the 9th, and that is probably the date of the SWHS Alumni Association All-Class Picnic.

Some classes have been holding their reunions the same day or weekend as the all-class picnic. They reserve the small shelter at Riverfront Park (the all-class picnic uses the large shelter) and continue the festivities after 4 p.m. when the all-class picnic is over.

If we would prefer to have the reunion event closer to the 4th of July, we need to look at July 2 and/or 3.

Or go out to August or another time.

Just a few things to consider. It's not an emergency - yet! I'll be happy to compile people's opinions and suggestions about this and we can come to a decision later.