| The generation of
children described in a song that says ‘ WE HAVE FREEDOM, WE
HAVE MONEY, IN THE LAND OF MILK AND HONEY, KIDS OF THE BABY
BOOM’ have matured and many are grandparents. Now a desire to
revisit bygone days, reunite with old school friends and teachers,
seems to have become a ‘need’. Probably it is an awareness of
our middle age, combined with the motivation to reconnect with the
carefree times in our lives.
The special ‘Boomers’ of
Horwood Regional High School in Clarenville, NL are working
tirelessly to hold a ‘50th Birthday Party’ for
their old school, combined with a reunion of all students, and
teachers, who were at the school anytime during the years
1957-1966. This ‘Supersize Reunion’ is planned for July 21,
22, and 23, 2006. An invitation is being extended to all those who
attended or taught at Horwood High during those years, to take
this step back in time with your spouse or guest. Celebrate those
school days with a reunion that promises to be one of the best
yet! The drive is on to find anyone, not only graduates, but
anyone, whose lives were touched by this school during those
years.
For the students in Grade Nine
and Ten in 1966, this is a bonus. Having been eligible for the
last Horwood Regional High Reunion in 1992, they now have the
opportunity to join the gang at Reunion 2006! A huge effort is
underway to contact everyone possible. This seems to resurface the
old school spirit. Stories of those school days will be told over
and over, along with stories of the participants’ present lives.
Friends who have not seen each other for years will feel the time
between then and now slip away.
A Planning Committee of former
students for this ‘SMASH HIT REUNION’ chose the dates as
mentioned enabling people to make their plans well in advance, to
develop ‘Early Bird’ draws with tremendous prizes of *Two
nights at a Clarenville area hotel, such as ‘St.Judes’, ‘The
Restland Motel’ or ‘The Clarenville Inn’, *A prize package
worth $250.00, or *A full refund of your Registration. Details of
all these things are on the Registration Form they have designed.
By Reunion 2006 starting time, more prizes and plans will have
been added to the already marvelous itinerary.
A most impressive idea is the
special draw to be done as the Reunion begins on Friday, July 21,
2006. This first-rate prize will really kick start the weekend. At
least to me it sounds terribly appealing. Due to their generosity,
a keen interest in this project, and being alumni of Horwood
Regional High School, Gene and Lorraine Ploughman of ‘Thorburn
Aviation’ are donating a half hour flying sightseeing tour for
three over the Clarenville/Shoal Harbour area. The winner of this
draw will be the guest who has traveled the greatest distance to
attend Reunion 2006. It is a remarkable opportunity for three
people to have an aerial view of just how much the area has grown.
Committees have been burning the
midnight oil, and plans are falling into place. Everybody is
encouraged to PLEASE raise awareness of this occasion. After all
those years, many former students and teachers are living in
places they never dreamed they would be. Their fellow alumni want
to find them, so they can be sent their invitation. By getting
started now, a year and four months before the party, everyone has
time to make their plans to attend. (I think they are starting
early so they have time to lose weight and color their hair! Just
my opinion of course!)
Up to now they have identified
700 students and have addresses for only 75% of them. So true to
Newfoundland tradition, they’ll forge onward ‘til the work is
done! The committees need help in publicizing their ‘REUNION’!
Students from Port Blandford, Smith Sound, Random Island, South
West Arm and Come by Chance attended Horwood High, a school that
was bustling from 1957 to 1976, when it was replaced by the new
Clarenville Regional High School.
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