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3:43 am Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Reunions

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July 18-19 Lamar High School Class of 1983 will hold its 20-year reunion in Meridian. For information, e-mail Delita Duncan Waldron at waldronrx@aol.com or call 483-8062. Please note the date has been changed from the previous date of May 30-31, but plans remain the same.
July 18-20 Meridian High School Class of 1978 will hold its 25th reunion. Friday, a get-acquainted and registration time will be at Montana's Bar-B-Q &Seafood Restaurant from 6 p.m.-9 p.m.; Saturday, a dinner will be held at Montana's at 7 p.m. with a dance following; Sunday a memorial service will be held at East Mississippi Electric Power Association at 11 a.m. For information, call 917-6793 or 880-3190. You also can e-mail vhampton@andersonhospital.com.
July 19 Oak Grove High School Class of 1993 is holding its 10-year reunion the weekend of July 19. Events are planned for: Friday evening, Saturday noon (includes children), and will conclude with a sit-down banquet on Saturday evening for graduates and their spouses/dates at Southern Oaks in Hattiesburg. Please e-mail Rose "Nagy" Barfield at Rose.Barfield@usm.edu for more information or to register.
July 19 The annual Complete reunion will be at St. Patrick's Family Life Center from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. For information, call Norma Walters at 632-4758; or 485-4219, 482-2444 or 483-4156.
July 26 Members of Meridian High School Class of 1973 have set a date for their 30-year reunion. The event will be at Howard Johnson's. Cost is $30 before May 15 and $45 after. The reunion committee meets the first Tuesday of each month. For information, check out www.cityofmeridian.com and enter Class of 1973 in the search field or e-mail: dtoms@mpsd.k12.ms.us or rflint@mpsd.k12.ms.us.
Aug. 8-9 Members of Meridian High School Class of 1958 are planning their reunion. For information, call Rita at 483-6827, Beth at 482-0094 or Myra 482-2242.
Sept. 4-7 USS Maddox Destroyer Assoc. Reunion (DD-168, DD-622 &DD-731) in Buena Park, Calif. Contact Cliff Gillespie at 215 Wichita Avenue, No. 605, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. You also can phone (714) 960-5283 or send e-mail to cwgilles45@aol.com.
Sept. 7-14 4th Infantry IVY Division Association National Reunion. For information: Gregory Rollinger, 13507 Danube Lane NR-79, Rosemount, MN 55068-3395 or visit www.4thinfantry.org.
Sept. 8-14 US Long Beach CGN-9 Association will hold its 2003 reunion in Buffalo. N.Y. at the Radisson Hotel &Suites. For reservations, call (716) 634-2300. For information on the reunion, call Don Shade at (716) 569-2314 or e-mail: LBCGN9@aol.com.
Oct. 8-11 2003 Memorial Reunion of the USS Canberra, CA-70 and CAG-2 will be in St. Louis. For information, contact Bryan L. Humphry (410) 208-4911 or send e-mail to kandokangaroo@mchsi.com. You also can contact Kenneth C. Minick (740) 423-8976 or send e-mail to kcm4@charter.net.
Oct. 16-19 Reunion of USS Iwo Jima (LPH2-LHD7) for all ship's company, staff, HMM squadrons and embarked U.S. Marines will be in Norfolk Virginia Beach, Va. For information call Robert G. McAnally at (866) 237-3137 or send e-mail to yujack@megalink.net.
Upcoming West Lauderdale Class of 1993 is planning its 10-year reunion. For information, contact Terri at (601) 626-8812 or (601) 934-3422 or send e-mail to terridecamp@aol.com or WestLauderdale93@hotmail.com.
Upcoming The N.H. Pilate High School Alumni Committee is searching for former classmates who attended N.H. Pilate Vocational or Newton Vocational High School between 1938 and 1970. A reunion is set for 2005. Regular meetings are held the last Friday of each month. For information write N.H. Pilate High School Alumni Committee, P.O. Box 467, Newton, MS 39345.
Upcoming The Boose family reunion will be in Saginaw, Mich., this year. Family members in the Hickory community meet on the first Sunday of each month for planning. For information, send e-mail to potts5615@aol.com.
Upcoming Quitman High School Class of 1993 is organizing a planning meeting to discuss its 10-year reunion. For information, send e-mail to Quitman93@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Clarkdale's Class of 1993 is planning its 10-year reunion. For information, send e-mail to Clarkdale93@aol.com.
Upcoming Union Class of 1994 is planning its reunion. Contact Mandy White at (336) 996-8965 or (336) 665-7622 or send e-mail to mdogw@aol.com or mwhit33@sears.com.
Upcoming Longdale School Reunion Committee of Neshoba County is searching for people who were principals, teachers or students at the school from 1949-63. Send name and address to Longdale Reunion Committee, P.O. Box 742, Philadelphia, MS 39350, or call (601) 656-1007, (601) 656-2258 or (601) 362-8010.

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