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7:18 pm Saturday, August 17, 2002

Reunions
Aug. 14, 2002

By Staff
Saturday The 10th Annual Complete Community Reunion will be at St. Patrick's Family Life Center from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For information, call Norma Semmes Walters at 632-4758 or Karlen Walker Bagley at 482-2444.
Saturday The Lafferty-Carlisle Family Reunion will be at Clarkco Sate Park in the lodge's air-conditioned room beginning at 10 a.m. Bring a picnic lunch and drinks. For information, call Mavis Moffett at 482-1660.
Aug. 23 Meridian High School Class of 1957 will hold its 45th-year reunion at Holiday Inn Northeast beginning at 6:30 p.m. Drinks and hors d'oeuvres will be served. The next day a picnic will be held at KC Hall on Highway 19 North from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and a dinner at 6 p.m. For information, call Russelyn Dennis Keyes at 485-4884 or e-mail: russelyn@aol.com.
Aug. 27 The USS Saint Paul (CA-73) Association will hold its 10th reunion in Portland, Ore. For information, call George M. Takis Jr. at (770) 393-3185.
Aug. 27-Sept. 2 The U.S. LST Association is looking for all LST'ers to have a reunion with shipmates from World War II in St. Louis, Mo. For information, call Bob Garner at (800) 228-5870 or e-mail USLST:@KMBS.com.
Sept. 1 The Semmes Family Reunion will be at St. Patrick Family Life Center beginning at 11 a.m. It will be a potluck dinner. For information, call Norma Walters at 776-3212 or 632-4758.
Sept. 4-8 The 25th Infantry Division Association is holding its 53rd annual reunion-convention in Branson, Mo. Also planned is a Veterans Day Weekend (Nov. 8-11) reunion in Washington commemorating the 20th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial. For more information, write Andy Ansell at RD #3 Box 336 Acme, PA 15610.
Sept. 19-22 All former ship's company, officers and Marine detachment of the USS Canberra (CA-70, CAG-2) who served aboard the ship from 1943 to 1971 are invited to a reunion in Falls Church, Va. For information, call Paul D. McManuels at (717) 737-2516 or e-mail: memcrew@aol.com.
Sept. 20-21 Meridian High School Class of 1962 will hold its reunion at Highland Park Carousel House on Friday from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. The gathering continues Saturday, at 6 p.m., at Howard Johnson's E-mail patsyjh@msn.com for more information.
Oct. 12 Jefferson Davis Academy School Reunion will be from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Whynot Community Center. To volunteer to help or for information, call Carrie Jones Latham at 485-4337.
Upcoming Clarkdale's Class of 1993 is planning its 10-year reunion. For information, e-mail: Clarkdale93@aol.com.
Upcoming Meridian High School Class of 1973 is planning a reunion. For information, call Kathy Manning-Burton at kburton_30349@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Union Class of 1994 is planning its reunion. To let us know where you are, contact Mandy White at (336) 996-8965 or (336) 665-7622 or e-mail mdogw@aol.com or mwhit33@sears.com.
Upcoming Meridian High School's Class of 1988 is planning its 15-year reunion to be held in the summer of 2003. For information, e-mail Tiffanie Roberts at TIFF2T@aol.com.

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