John Shelton Reed's Mom

Barbara, I'm sure class members in Kspt. know about John's mother, Pinky Reed who died July 10 but don't know that he and Dale moved to a retirement community in Chapel Hill. The address is: 3140-V/ Carolina Meadows, Chapel Hill NC 27517 if anyone wants to send them a card. I see them every now and then in Columbia when they do a speaking engagement or book signing. Anyway, hope you are doing well and let me know if you have some days you could come see me. Love, zollie (harrison) miles

Thanks, Zollie!

BC

50th REUNION MEETING 7/20/2009

DB Class 60
50th Reunion Planning Committee
July 20, 2009
Group met at 6:30 at the DB Alumni Field House with the following present: Katie Taggart Driskell, Dick Odum, Sue Shaulis Thomas, Margaret Bray Slemp, Margaret Ketron Colley, Christine McConnell Barker, Kathy Morse Parham, Fred Begley, Pat Ferguson Meade, Jane Beck Harris, Paul Harmon, Doris Cox, Anne Morrison Garber, Sondra Dotson Bridwell, Sharon Deatherage Fults, and Linda Lamberth Robinson. Person who sent regrets: Carolyn Rice Cameron, Rita Bookhardt Deason, Pat Thompson Donaldson, Barbara Williams Coughenour, Janrose Dotson Gilliam, and Carolyn DeVault Tichenor.
Sue Thomas chaired this meeting. Sue, Barbara Coughenour and Katie Driskell are co-chairs for the 50th Reunion. A listing of Kingsport area persons will be attached to the minutes.
Dates for 50th Reunion are:
Caribbean Cruise – March 13-20 2010 - all interested let Margaret know by August First Friday.
Reunion – Kingsport – October 8-10 2010
Katie reviewed the 50+ classmates for whom we do not have confirmed contact information. Members present took cards and agreed to find out what they could on individuals. The information is to be returned by mail or email to Katie. Sue thanked all the class members who have helped in preliminary contacting of classmates.
Group agreed to casual dress for all parts of reunion.
Group discussed each of the topics in the table below and added suggestions and comments. The group then volunteered to help in areas as noted. Any assignments should be completed by the next meeting which will be September 21, 2009 at 6:30 PM at DB Alumni Field House. If location changes we will be notified.
Topic
Comments
Assignments/Volunteers
Caribbean Cruise
Details arranged by Margaret and have been sent out by email. Barbara to send again.
Margaret Colley
Golf Outing Friday Lunch at O’Charley’s
Arrange for play at area course
Paul Harmon will get details to offer this
Program Friday Night Event DB Field House
Maybe begin at 5 PM. Have Pick-Up type food. Have Program over by time ball game begins. Maybe recognition at half time. People get their own ball game tickets. Questions about parking. Prepare agenda, music. Who will be MC, who recognized
Anne Garber
Program Saturday at Katie Driskell’s
Boat rides, group did not want a band or blue grass group, music from 50’s &60’s. Do we need an MC
Linda L. Robinson Sharon D. Fults
Tour of School
Could we have tours of DB or Sevier available

Sunday Brunch
Get details on Meadowview as an option that everyone pays for individually
Kathy Parham
Food and Drink options for Fri. Nite
Pick-up food – get estimates from DB Culinary, Culinary School Bristol, Golden Corral, Pratts, others? No Alcohol allowed estimate 120-150 people
Jane Harris
Food and Drink options for Sat. Nite
A&B Fish Works Bring Your Own Beer or Wine. Committee members will bring desserts.
Margaret Colley
Prepare Questionnaire and Cover letter
Send out when? Return June 1, 2010 Directions, Photos, How return Questionnaire, to whom, group liked idea of magnet if not too expensive as reminder. Sue can get book printed at DB if done in summer
Dick Odum, Ann Garber, Jerry Bass, Sue Thomas
Prepare Reservation form and details
Cost by day, cost book, cost for mailing, donations, different rate ahead or at door, how make checks, Date to send out? Return reservation by Sept 1
Jane Harris will write up after information is available from committee.
Mailing Committee
To mail out the letters to non-email folks, mail out the books after reunion
Group will prepare mailing at one of spring meetings. Someone can then volunteer for mailing books
Video Production
Scan photos from annuals, past reunions, etc. Able to do photos, newspaper articles, slides. Will then put on a CD for use at Fri Nite. Will do CD of deceased.
Anne Garber, Jane Harris
Web Master/Web Site
List of classmates with address, phone, email etc List of people who are registered for reunion, actual site other options might be Facebook Group, Google Group, Etc. Some concerns about confidential information on web
Anne and Kathy M. Parham will get information and bring to next meeting.
Decorations Committee
Friday – DB has greenhouse and makes wreaths Saturday – Pat Donaldson has shakers
Sondra Bridwell, Kathy Parham, Pat Donelson, Pat Meade, Chris Barker
Set Up of Facilities
Friday/Saturday
Tables, Chairs, PA System, Video Equipment, Music Requirements
Merton Dibble - call him for help
Clean –Up Committee
Arrange for people to help with this for both nights
Fred Begley
Name Tags
Make List of what we already have and then make ones needed
Sharon Fults, Katie Driskell
Welcome, Greeters and Registration
Must have someone doing both registration and greeting. Must have all committee members committed to making everyone welcome. Divide up the time and definitely have 2 roles.
Sondra Bridwell, Doris Cox, Scottie Webb, Sue S. Thomas
Remembrance for Deceased
Table with photos, flowers, whatever and someone to make a short talk Anne Garbor will do the photos of deceased on a CD for use on a laptop
David Plott – someone ask him Anne M. Garber
Call, Email, notes
Photographs
We do not want to hire a photographer. Will ask someone in class to do a group photo and then 2-3 people do candid shots. Have as a CD afterwards?
Merton Dibble ? someone ask
Housing
Get list of hotels with contact information and rates Maybe find out if individuals need housing in homes – who would be willing to offer housing in their homes.
Jane Harris
Invitations to non-classmates
Teachers – yes we will invite Other Classes – not much room on Friday nite. On Saturday – yes on individual basis We need to address the issue of class of 61 having reunion the week before ours.

Gift/Scholarship to DB
Group liked idea – Wanted more information on what the Alumni Foundation is about. We could allow classmates to include a donation with their registration. We could also make donation from what we have left.
Anne Garber is to bring information she has got from Lib Dudney at ‘59 reunion recently.
Gift Bags for Out-of-Towners
We did these for 45th – think Phil Baldwin did them. We will decide later if we want to do them again probably do
To determine later
Tee Shirt
Group did not want a Tee shirt

Future Meetings
September 21st, November 16th. After 1st of year may meet monthly. Each time someone will agree to coordinate simple refreshments for next meeting. September meeting Refreshments – see list
Sondra Bridwell – coordinate with help from Jane Harris, Sharon Fults, Linda Robinson, ?
Jane Harris, Secretary

John Shelton Reed's Mom

Barbara, this is the mother of John Reed who graduated with us in 1960. Cris Moorehouse
Alice Margaret Greene Reed 92 died peacefully on Friday, July 10, 2009.
Born in Hornell, NY on Jan. 8, 1917
Resided in Kingsport, TN and Departed on Jul. 10, 2009 at Preston Place in Kingsport from complications following a recent heart attack.
Alice Reed was the fourth of five daughters of Bessie and Floyd Greene.
Born in Hornell, New York, she grew up in Rochester, New York.
She majored in English literature at the University of Rochester,

where she was asked to join Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. After
teaching high school English for two years, she married Shelton Reed.
They lived in New York City for four years before Dr. Reed entered
military service, and they moved to his hometown of Kingsport in 1946.

Mrs. Reed loved reading and gardening. She belonged to the Kingsport
Junior Book Club and to the Little House and Garden Club. She served
on the Kingsport Public Library Commission and the Kingsport Symphony
Committee. She also enjoyed her family antiques and genealogical
research, and belonged to the Long Island chapter of the Daughters of
the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of
Antiquities. She was a parishioner of St. Paul s Episcopal Church
for over sixty years, and was active in the Altar Guild.

She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Dr. John Shelton Reed of
Kingsport; a sister, Margaret Kindig, of Pittsford, New York; her
children and their spouses, John and Dale Reed of Chapel Hill, North
Carolina; Lisa Alther of Burlington, Vermont; William and Cici Reed of
Asheville, North Carolina; Michael and Kathy Reed of Kingsport,
Tennessee; and Jane and Greg Shaw of Charlottesville, Virginia; and
seven grandchildren and four great grandchildren.

The family would like to express a special thanks to Dr. Lesley Jones,
her long-time physician, and Nina White, her caregiver, for their
wonderful loving care.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that friends send contributions to
the charities of their choice.

A memorial service will be announced at a future date.

God bless us everyone!

BC

50th Class Reunion Meeting July 20th, 2009

We will be meeting this coming Monday night at the Alumni Field House
(behind the J. Fred Johnson football field scoreboard). You can park
on that street, or we can arrange transportation to and from
meeting... just let one of us know what you need. Sue Shaulis Thomas
will be directing the meeting... I have reserved the space from 6 p.m.
till 9 p.m. leaving time to get there, assemble for the meeting and
time afterwards to clean up. If anyone would like to bring some
light refreshments (lemonade, tea, cookies, etc.), please let Sue know
at 247-4458. Something simple!! The front entrance where the memorial bricks are
is the entrance, there is an elevator so it won't be hard to get
upstairs... there is also a staircase if you prefer the steps. Please
come! We need as much input as possible to get our act together for this really big 50th
class reunion!!! I'm excited, and I hope you are too. We have a
good head start on finding our DBHS Class of 1960 classmates... thanks
to Sue's hard work and those who called to get up to date addresses/
emails/etc. I am sorry I won't be there Monday night, but I will be
at the beach with my daughter's family... Thanks again! BC

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First Friday July 3rd 2009

We had another great turnout, and a lot of fun at our First Friday July. Sarah Sims Housley came from Lynchburg VA for our lunch, and Zollie Harrison Miles came from Lexington SC! I'm impressed, and I hope you are too! I'm so proud of our group. We had a very large group again, Nancy Ellis Baldree, Sharon Deatherage Fults, Janrose Dotson Gilliam, Anne Morrison Garber, Phil Baldwin Todd and her hubby Ray, Doris Cox, Cris Moorehouse and wife Theona, Carolyn Rice Cameron and hubby John, Chris McConnell Barker, Carol Leeper Killian, Doug Killian, Linda Lamberth Robinson, Carolyn Devault Tichenor, Celia Lyons Falin (is this your first time?), a friend from class of 1959 Judy Williams Simpson... myself and a classmate of many of our class from elementary school Patsy Mills. I always am afraid I've left someone out... I pray not! Thanks for coming...

We will be meeting at the Alumni Field House on Monday, July 20th, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. We will try to have some light refreshments there. (Any volunteers?) We will be discussing our information gathering process, etc. Anne Morrison Garber is spearheading a video/picture project, and that involves bringing us some of your favorite pictures from our high school years/past reunions/etc. to include in the project. Anne says that you can scan them and send them to her at "amgarb@aol.com" or bring them to the meeting (she can scan them and return to you). Sue has a database of all the corrected names/addresses/phone numbers/email addresses... and we will have those at the meeting as well.

BC

MISS MARGARET PHLEGAR

MESSAGE FROM BOB REAGAN: when people ask me how long i've been married, my immediate response is, "27 happy years and 27 out of 42 ain't bad." well, today is my 42nd anniversary, and to celebrate ann and i went to a B&B in pearisburg, va, tuesday thru today.

the B&B is the inn at river bend, and you need to check it out at www.innatriverbend.com it is sooooo nice and very reasonably priced. the view shown on the website does not do it justice.

the reason i'm telling you this is because this morning i visited with one of the residents of pearisburg, margaret phlegar. if that name doesn't ring a bell, get out your 1958 maroon and grey and look at the picure of your sophomore english teacher.

MISS PHLEGAR celebrated her 96th birthday two weeks ago, and she is in reasonably good health for her age. i could tell she did not remember me, but we had a great visit. she did light up when i mentioned the names of some of her fellow DB faculty members to include ROBERT FANSLOW, BLANCHE CRIGGER, BOB DEVAULT, DR. ELERY LAY.

thought you all might like to hear about one of my all-time favorite teachers. hope everyone has a great fourth of july weekend.

BOB REAGAN