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George Washington High 1965
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Well...What's been going on since we
graduated in good old '65?
1965, and we graduate...U.S. sends more
troops to Vietnam, and demonstrations break out
in U.S...Martin Luther King leads march in
Alabama...India and Pakistan fight over
Kashmir... Iraqi and Kurdish troops fight...Petula
Clark hits with "Downtown"... "Man of LaMancha"
on Broadway with "Impossible Dream"...Neil Simon
writes "The Odd Couple"... Rolling Stones have
"Satisfaction"...Beatles cruise with "Nowhere
Man" and "Michelle"...UFO sightings
increase...Edward White is first American to
walk in space... James Bond is in "Thunderball"..."Dr.
Zhivago is on the big screen...Albert Schweitzer
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Robert C. Leher
gladly accumulated the above and following current event
information and photos surrounding the various reunions
dates. He lives with his wonderful wife, Carole, in
Denver and Naples, Florida and is about to send his son
off to college.
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George Washington High 2005
Principal's Letter
George
Washington High History
by Chuck Counts
The 40th Reunion Party
Friday June 24th, 2005
Three Jacks Sports Bar
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The 40th Reunion Dinner
Saturday June 25th, 2005
The Mount Vernon Country Club
35th REUNION 2000
35th Reunion
- (Summer 2000) City Park Pavillion
George W. Bush elected president in
closest election ever...Supreme Court
upholds Miranda rights...50 years of
Israeli-Palestinian struggle
continues..."Traffic," "Pollock ," and
"Erin Brockovich" open at the
movies...Reality based T.V. show,
"Survivor," begins its run...Fourth
volume of "Harry Potter" series comes
out...Charles Schultz, the creator of
"Peanuts," dies...Eminem sings and
Napster plays music... Y2K problem is no
problem...
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50th BIRTHDAY PARTY
50th Birthday Party--(Summer 1997)
Woody's Pizza
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Bill Clinton starts second
term...British colonial rule over Hong
Kong ends after 156 years...NATO invites
former soviet bloc countries to
join..."Cats" becomes longest running
Broadway show...the movie "Titanic"
opens...Mars Pathfinder spacecraft
lands. on Mars, and Hubble Space
Telescope sends spectacular images back
to Earth...Meteorite discovered in
Antarctica may contain proof that life
once existed on Mars...Mad-cow disease
is problem in Europe...Biotechnologists
in Scotland clone a sheep they name
"Dolly"...O.J. Simpson found guilty of
murder in civil trial...Heaven's Gate
cult in California commit mass
suicide...Golfer Tiger Woods wins
Masters TournamenL.Boxer Mike Tyson
bites opponent's ear...Princess Diana
dies in an automobile accident
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30th REUNION 1995
Friday evening at Governor's Park
Restaurant/Bar (7th and Logan).
Saturday - The Inverness Hotel and Golf Club.
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U.S. House and Senate call for
balanced budget...Vaccine is approved
for chicken pox...7 million Americans
subscribe to Internet...Scientists
express concern about hole in ozone
layer... Terrorist truck bomb explodes
in Oklahoma City.. Terrorists convicted
of 1993 bombing of World Trade
Center...50th anniversary of atomic
bombs...Genocide in Rwanda... Clint
Eastwood and Meryl Streep team up in
"Bridges of Madison County'~, and Mel
Gibson stars in "Braveheart"...Microsoft
provides operating system for more than
75% of personal computers... 10% of
Americans have cell phones...Peregrine
falcons are taken off the endangered
species list...International report
states problem with global
warming...Ebola virus in Zaire...O.J.
Simpson found not guilty...Major League
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25th
REUNION 1990
Saturday night August, 1990 at the Racquet World at Inverness
Friday evening at JL Cheers (Monaco and Hampden)
20th
REUNION 1985
Friday, GW North Hall
Saturday, Crestmoor Park and the Sheraton DTC
Ronald Reagan begins his second
term..South Africa declares state of
emergency to deal with apartheid
protests.. Madonna is at top of pop
charts..."Out of Africa", "Prizzi's
Honor", and "Kiss of the Spider Woman"
debut...Coca-Cola markets a new formula
which flops, and the original comes back
as "Classic Coke."...Elvis Presley fans
mark 8th anniversary of his death...
Tipper Gore urges warnings on rock music
labels...Divers discover treasure of the
Atocha off the Florida coast...Nobel
prize for research into health problems
of cholesterol... Divers find the hull
of the Titanic...Oil prices tumble to
$10 a barrel... Tampons are sold in
China for the first time...Chernobyl
nuclear plant melts down...Pete Rose
surpasses Ty Cobb's record for base
hits...Libby Riddles becomes the first
woman to win the Iditarod dog sled race
in Alaska.
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10th
REUNION 1975
The Marriott @
I-25 and Hampden
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Mitchell, Ehrlichman, and Haldeman
are found guilty of obstruction of
justice in the Watergate cover-up...U.S.
evacuates last troops from South
Vietnam...FBI captures Patricia Hearst,
who had been kidnaped by the Symbionese
Liberation Army...James Hoffa
disappears... Khmer Rouge take control
ofCambodia.."Jaws", "One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest," "The Godfather II" and
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail"
open... Television soap "Mary Hartman,
Mary Hartman" begins its run... Bruce
SprIngsteen releases "Born to
Run"...Galaxy 1 0 times larger than the
Milky Way is discovered... Virus DNA is
recombined in atest tube...Apollo 18
docks with Soyuz 19...Metric Conversion
Act suggests voluntary change to metric
system...Chris Evert wins $40,000 in
Virginia Slims tennis toumament...55
nuclear power plants are in operation...
World population passes 4 billion.. Bill
Gates develops the world's first PC.
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PATRIOT PRIZE POSES
Chef Maggie Rice - Rocky Mountain Chefs
This 1962 photo is worth a
thousand words. It portrays the many talents of Maggie
Rice!
Wedding
Party Guys
Is it the "Rat Pack"?, or is it
Larry and Sharon Vaughn's groomsmen from their Sept 1,
1968 wedding?
Left to right; Mike Blachly, George Crowder, Val Knopf,
Larry, Larry's cousin Clarence and Jim Pardikes.
Terry
Howe's Civil War
Hank says, "There is nothing like
a day firing a cannon!"
Living in an historic area
near Washington D.C., one of Henry (Terry) Howe's
hobbies is participation in Civil War reenactments!" If
your having trouble identifying "Hank", he's the soldier
in the back row, 4th from the left.
Send your
favorite photo, along with a short caption!
DO
YOU REMEMBER?
The Jolly Green Giant
The Saga Of The Jolly Green Giant
By Chuck Counts, GW Class of 1965
Historian
The
Jolly Green Giant History
by Matt Wells
Matt Wells & family in the Andes and
Canada
White Sands Beach Club
1960
2005
1960
Home remedies included warm Olive oil in the
ears,
and Vicks Vapor Rub on the chest.
2005
83% of the class of 1965 take either Viagra or
Prozac.
Glaser's Barn Now
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1965 COST
OF LIVING
WE ARE SURVIVORS!
OLDER THAN DIRT
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Life Magazine 1947
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