William Chrisman High School
Independence, Missouri


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Updated at 9:20 PM Central Time  -  Monday, February 13, 2012

Go Bears!!!       Jim Reynolds' ('57) third novel, "The Continent of St. Louis: The Final Answer" is now available - See Below       Go Bears!!!      The Class of '57 Scholarship Fund surpasses first goal of $10,000.00!!!       Go Bears!!!      Jim Reynolds' ('57) third novel, "The Continent of St. Louis: The Final Answer" is now available - See Below       Go Bears!!!      The Class of '57 Scholarship Fund surpasses first goal of $10,000.00!!!       Go Bears!!!      Jim Reynolds' ('57) third novel, "The Continent of St. Louis: The Final Answer" is now available - See Below       Go Bears!!!      The Class of '57 Scholarship Fund surpasses first goal of $10,000.00!!!       Go Bears!!!

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Class of '57 Committee Announces Dates of 55 Year Reunion In 2012
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Bill Dawson, chair of the Class of '57 Reunion Committee, recently released the dates and location of our 55 year reunion.
It will be held October 19th and 20th at the Drury Hotel, in Blue Springs. The address is 20300 E. 42nd St. So. 64012
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Other details to follow shortly.  Classmates will receive the first mailer in May.
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If you'd like to receive notification by email and you don't know if we have your current email address, or other
contact information, please sent it by clicking here. Click Here
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Twenty rooms with a discounted rate have been blocked off for reunion attendees looking for a reasonably price,
convenient place to stay during the reunion.  The discount is available until September 29th. To make reservations call
816-795-9393 or email dis.kcin.157.gm@druryhotels.com
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If you'd like to help with the 55 Year Reunion or have suggestions contact Bill. Click Here

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Dan Miller, Class of '57, passed away from cancer, January 28, 2012.
Link to Examiner Obituary
From Jim Reynolds via Ollie Sheley
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Don Comstock, Class of '57, passed away from brain cancer, January 29, 2012
Link to Examiner Obituary

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Happy Birthday, to Members of the Class of '57!
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*New* All birthdays can now be seen on a single page Alphabetical and Monthly lists.  Within those lists you can
"jump" from last name first letter groupings or month to month by clicking on the last name first letter group or
month you are looking for.  To go to the Alphabetical list click Here.  To go to the Monthly list click Here.
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The single month on a single page listings used since the beginning of the website are still available. Click Here
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Date May   Date June   Date July
6    Frank Schwartz   3    Harold Keiser   1    Madeline Dowell (D)
7    Eugene Moore   6    Jerry Allin   1    Donna Sutton
9    Jim Ham   9    Alice Fawn Hooker (D)   3    Don Landes
11    Paul Mitchell   12    Janice Cholak   5    Carolyn Caskey
11    Janice Sandage   12    Harold Stewart   5    Denieth Wilson
12    Ramona Reynolds (D)   13    Frank Braton (D)   7    Mike Saxton
14    Stephen Cohoon (D)   13    Hugh Hammond (D)   8    Ken Brightwell (D)
14    Judy Gillespie (D)   14    Bette Sue Allen   8    Donnasue Stobaugh
14    Mona Smith   14    Gerald Stonger   10    Harold Hake
16    Carl Gillespie   15    William Bowles (D)   10    Gerry Resch
17    Patty Ashenhurst   15    Roberta Langford   10    Morris Stephens (D)
17    Wilma McElwee   17    Bill Huntsucker   12    Ed Crawford
18    Barbara Alexander   17    Richard Nichols (D)     12    Jerry Reed
21    Sharon Andes   17    Lysle Weeks   14    Nancy Graham
21    Shirley Kepley   19    James Brinton   15    Cliff Crenshaw
22    Russell Thompson   20    Frank Lewis   15    Willie Kirst
22    Kay Zion (D)   21    Art Hoover   15    Bill Stevenson
25    Verline Cross (D)   21    Charles Myers   17    Charlotte Newby
26    Gary Fish   22    Bryce Craven   17    Shirley Newby
28    Wayne Hobbs   22    Carolyn Luther (D)   17    Gerald Sanders
29    Patricia Clyde   24    Marlene Deaver   17    Kenneth Zumwalt
30    Cynthia Carl   26    Roberta Durnell   21    Byron Barnes
30    Ed Weir (D)   26    Roberta Mallinson   22    David Mock
31    Laura Caldwell (D)   26    Katheryn Williams   23    Jean Wheeler
31    Ranny Ward (D)   27    Gene Kinnaman   24    Joye Carlile
      28    Joyce Aldridge   26

   Thomas Alexander
      28    Thom Borchert   26    Elinor Hubbard (D)
      28    Leslie Houston (D)   26    Nancy Ruppert (D)
      28    Loretta Workmon   28    Don Salter
      29    John L. Allen (D)   29    Richard Lawrence (D)
      29    Jim Crall   30    Marna Etter
      29    James Hershberger      
      29    Barbara Kroesen      
      30    Lola Huber      
     

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    Donna Mosley      
               

(D) = Deceased; (TBG) = Transferred Before Graduating
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If we don't have your birth date (don't need year) please email it to us so it can be added to the website. Click Here
To see birthdays of classmates born in other months Click Here to begin your search.
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The "They're Not Just Sittin' on the Couch and Watching TV" Department
Gene Kinnaman ('57) has returned to his first
love, art, for a post-retirement avocation.
See his work at his website www.sharing-spaces.com. 
Take a look, it's neat stuff		 Jim Rupe ('60) has written a novel,
Day of Vindication: A Look Beyond Tomorrow
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This novel deals with our world at the end of time.
To learn more about the book visit his website.
www.dayofvindication.com
Jim Reynolds' ('57) third novel in a trilogy has been released.
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The Continent of St. Louis: The Final Answer
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This novel concludes the story of a series of modern day earthquakes
that isolates the US from the rest of the world.

If you have a website, whether it's about your life, your hobby, your travels, or
whatever, let us know about it and we'll post it here so your classmates can enjoy it.

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Who Are These People?
This is the Kindergarten Class of Columbian
Grade School in the 1944-45 school year.
Many of them were in the WCHS Class of '57.
To see a larger photo click here
To email any names or guesses click here.
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Berneta E. Sherman
WCHS Social Sciences Teacher
Obituary
Thanks to Shirley Kepley Crick

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NEW!!!
The William Chrisman High School Alumni Association announced it will be emailing its first quarterly WCHS Alumni Newsletter, in January 2010.  To sign up for the Alumni Newsletter click here and scroll to the bottom of that site's page.  At the top of the same page, under "Special Announcements" you will find a link that allows you to sign up for the WCHS Basketball Newsletter.
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This is a link to a memorial website for Pinky Boman
It was built by his daughter.  www.psbowman.com

 

Good News
 Lizz (Given) Scott announces the Class of '57 Scholarship Fund
has exceeded the first goal of $10,000.00.  A gift of $6,000.00
took the total to a little over $11,000.00.
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 Donations are still encouraged as interest rates make it impossible
 to fund a $500 scholarship at this time.  The goal is $20,000.00.

 To see donor list Click Here

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To see unsolicited comments about the reunion Click Here

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Notice!!!!
If you should be looking for a company that provides server space for
websites, in my opinion, you should stay away from andhosting.com.

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50 Year Reunion Class Photo Click Here
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We are Looking for copies of the school photos taken by the professional
photographer Saturday night?  If you have one, and you can scan it, would you
please send a copy attached to an email so they can be posted on the website?
 Click Here to email us.
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****All Reunion Photos We Have Are On The Site****
 Click Here to go to the page with links to the photos
 A great big THANK YOU to Bob Elliott, Thea Maloney, Mike Fligg
and Sandra Pollaro for sending photos they took at the reunion.
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Do you have photos from the reunion you can send via email, on a CD
or memory stick, if digital, or as hard copies through the U. S. Mail? 
We would like to add them to the site. Especially any showing the presentations.

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*** NEW IDEA***
We'd like to add a "Family Section".  We'd like to feature photos of your families, your children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.  We'd also like short stories of you and your descendants.
Contact Us By Clicking Here

Link to a Great Music Site Click Here         Play Chuck Berry's School Days Click Here

Would you like a DVD of the 50 Year Reunion?
Contact Art Hoover at 417-962-5688.
The DVD is be two plus hours of video and photos taken at the 50 Year Reunion.
The cost is only $15, which includes shipping and a very nice protective custom case.
You can pay by credit/debit card, money order or check.
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Jim Reynolds Book Now Available
Jim's book, "The Continent of St. Louis" is available in hardcover and paperback.
Learn more about the book and how to obtain it Click Here
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If you have photos of your school days; elementary, junior high or high school, that your classmates would enjoy, let us
let us know about them.  They are will be used as part of a slide show presentation and on the website.

Also, if you have some special school days memories you'd like to share, we are looking for those for the website.
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To send an email about your photos or memories, Click Here

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Lost Classmates
We don't have contact information for the following people
If you know how to contact any of them, please eMail us.

Wanda Altis Shirley Bailey
Carol Brixey (Braney) John Hancock
Lawrence Miller Jo Ellen Nolan (Sargent)
Sara Stauffer (Fisher) Katheryn Williams
Rebecca Wright Kay Zion
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The Jokes and Funnies page has been moved to it's own page.
Click on the 'Funnies' link at the top or bottom of this page.
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(Thanks to Dan Wheeler ('56), webmaster of the Class of '56 web site, for
showing me how to insert the scrolling  message and other 'tricks'. )