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Please contact socbear@swbell.net
if you have news or items concerning yourself, your family or other
classmates that you think would be of interest. Please send
pictures or news clippings or other attachments if you have them.
Be sure to include information such as your name, location dates, etc.
We'll post them here for other classmates and friends to read.
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7/8/08 |
Subject: SOC Classes 1960-68 - Vietnam Military Casualties
Greetings, SOC Webmasters, Classes of the 60’s – One of our military veterans from the class of ’66 intends to launch a new website soon. It will be accessible from the vets’ page of our class website
(http://www.soc1966.com/ourveterans.html) to honor those who served.
I’ve been maintaining a ’66 vets’ roster for the past few years & J. D. (‘JD’) Garoutte has been working on the vets’ website over the last year or so. We intend to post our roster, plus some photos & other memorabilia provided by our vets.
JD had the idea of including a page on the new website to post a tribute to all SOC vets from the 60’s classes whose names appear on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (‘The Wall’) or are included in the ‘In Memory’ Program Honor Roll (non-combat deaths).
We’d appreciate your sharing this idea with your veterans groups and/or posting to your guestbook for comments. Please send feedback or encourage direct e-mail contact with both of us regarding this matter – thank you!
- Don Lincoln, dlincoln1@austin.rr.com, USCG (Ret), Vietnam ’68-69
- J. D. Garoutte, jdg53@wi.rr.com, USN, Vietnam ’68, 70-71
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| 4/8/08 |
| I received this email on
Sunday 4/6/08 from Troy Kennedy from the Class of '67.
Jimmy,
This
is Troy Kennedy, I just wanted to let your class know, we lost Roy
yesterday in an automobile accident in Tulsa,
Oklahoma. I know he has not had any contact with any of
you’ll, but just thought you’ll would like to know.
Troy
G. Kennedy
Roy Kennedy attended classes
with many of us from Clara Oliver, Boude Storey and South Oak
Cliff. Our condolences go out to his family and Troy's
family. |
| 3/31/08 |
| Buddy Capps placed this
entry on the SOC 67 website soc67.com
as info-Mr Robert Headrick passed away
3/27/08. Sandy L (SNL) has a post on 66ers site. My senior year I
missed a lot of classes due to a broken jaw. He went out of his
way to help me catch back up. His dry sharp wit looking behind the
rim glasses will be missed. A good man as well as a good Teacher
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| 2/27/08 |
| Thanks to
Cindy Riggs Gromatzky for providing the following
information.
GRUBBS,
, CHARLES RANDALL Born on October 2, 1950 in Dallas,
Texas and passed away on February 16, 2008 in Plano,
Texas. Randy is survived by his sister, Kimberly
Harrington; one niece, Stephanie Welborn and numerous other
friends and family members. He will be deeply missed by all who
knew and loved him. He graduated from Adamson High School and
served in the U.S.
Air Force. A celebration of Randy's life will be held on
Tuesday, February 26, 2008 at 2:00pm at Aria Cremation Service, 19310
Preston Road, Dallas, Texas, Dr. Michael Waco
officiating. Aria Cremation Service & Funeral Home 19310
Preston Road Dallas
TX 75252 (214) 306-6700
Randy
had many friends in the SOC community. He was a classmate from
Boude Storey. |
| 1/15/08 |
As a follow-up to the
posting 1/5/08 regarding Linda McCullough Rogers (SOC Class of
69), Linda passed away Monday , 1/14/08 . The funeral
service will be held at the Porter Funeral Home in Mexia at 2pm on
1/18/08. Plans are pending for a local (Dallas area) memorial
service in the next few days. As soon as we have specific
information, it will be posted on the Bear Tracks page.
Thanks to all our big brothers and sisters from '66 and '67 for
their thoughts and prayers. Linda had served on Reunion and
special events committees for SOC '68 and Friends for the last 20
years and was a member of our 40th Reunion Committee. She will be
missed.
If you wish to leave any messages
or condolences, for Alvin and Linda's family and Beverly
Rogers King please feel free to do so on our guest
book page.
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| 1/10/08 |
| Thanks to Sandy Lynn
Norman (SOC Class of '66) for this update on Linda McCullough
Rogers...
I
s/w Alvin Rogers the afternoon of 1-8 and the news isn't
very good. There has been no improvement in his wife's condition
since her stroke on Jan 2nd. He said it doesn't
appear there is anything they can do. He is waiting for
the Dr now and they are going to discuss moving her out of the
hospital and into an acute care center. He asked
that all their SOC friends pray for them!
More information will be
posted on Bear Tracks as it becomes available. |
| 1/5/08 |
| Linda McCullough
Rogers (Class of 69), suffered a severe stroke on January 2nd
according to her Sister-in-law, Beverly Rogers King
(Class of 68). Linda is hospitalized, currently , at Methodist
Central Hospital in Dallas. Beverly did not have much more to
report as far as Linda's condition but requested we all keep
Linda, and her family, in our thoughts and prayers. Linda is
married to Alvin Rogers (Class of 66). More information will be
posted on Bear Tracks as it becomes available. |
| 11/18/07 |
| Mike
Shelby, brother of Sandy Shelby Simpson , passed away on October
4, 2007. Mike attended T.L. Marsalis Elementary School , T. W.
Browne Jr High and graduated from Kimball. Mike was friends with
many SOCites through elementary school and Boy Scouts. |
| 10/8/07 |
| Thanks to Dennis Nance for
submitting this-
Driving
in Dallas , Texas
First
you must learn to pronounce the city name. It is DAL-LUS, or
DAA-LIS depending on if you live inside or outside LBJ Freeway.
Next, if your Mapsco is more than a few weeks old, throw it out
and buy a new one. If in Denton County and your Mapsco is
one-day-old, then it is already obsolete. Forget the traffic rules
you learned elsewhere. (Frisco has screwed everything up.)
Dallas has its own version of traffic rules...
"Hold on and pray." There is no such thing as a
dangerous high-speed chase in Dallas . We all drive like that.
All directions start with, "Get on Beltline," which has
no beginning and no end. (It REALLY DOESN'T!!!)
The morning rush hour is from 6 to 10. The evening rush hour is
from 3 to 9. Friday's rush hour starts Thursday morning.
If you actually stop at a yellow light, you will be rear-ended,
cussed out and possibly shot. When you are the first one on
the starting line, count to five when the light turns green before
going to avoid crashing with all the drivers running the red light
in cross-traffic.
Construction on Central Expressway is a way of life and a
permanent form of entertainment. We had sooo much fun with that,
we have added George Bush Freeway and the High Five to the mix.
All unexplained sights are explained by the phrase, "Oh,
we're in Fort Worth !"
If someone actually has his or her turn signal on, it is probably
a factory defect. Car horns are actually "Road Rage"
indicators - and remember, it's legal to be armed in Texas ..
All old ladies with blue hair in a Mercedes have the right of way.
Period. And remember, it's legal to be armed in Texas ..
Inwood Road, Plano Road, NW Highway, East Grand, Garland Rd, Marsh
Lane, Josey Lane, 15th Street, Preston Road all mysteriously
change names as you cross intersections (these are only a FEW
examples). The perfect example is what is MOSTLY known as Plano
Road . On the south end, it is known as Lake Highlands Drive,
cross Northwest Highway and it becomes Plano Road, go about 8
miles and it is briefly Greenville Ave,
Ave K, and Highway 5. It ends in Sherman ...
The North Dallas Tollway is our daily version of NASCAR. The
minimum acceptable speed on the Dallas North Toll Road is 85 mph.
Anything less is considered downright sissy. It also ends in
Sherman .
If asking directions in Irving or SE Dallas , you must have
knowledge of Spanish. If in central Richardson or on Harry
Hines, Mandarin Chinese will be your best bet. If you stop to ask
directions on Gaston or Live Oak, you better be armed... and
remember, it's legal to be armed in Texas
The wrought iron on windows near Oak Cliff and Fair Park is not
ornamental!!
A trip across town east to west will take a minimum of four hours,
although many north/south freeways have unposted minimum speeds of
75.
It is possible to be driving WEST in the NORTH-bound lane of EAST
NORTHWEST Highway . Don't let this confuse you.
LBJ is called "The Death Trap" for two reasons:
"death" and "trap."
If it's 100 degrees, Thanksgiving must be next weekend. If it's 10
degrees and sleeting/snowing, the Fort Worth Stock Show is going
on. If it has rained 6 inches in the last hour, the Byron Nelson
Golf Classic is in the second round (if it's Spring) - and it is
the Texas State Fair if it's Fall.
If you go to the Fair, pay the $8.00 to park INSIDE Fair Park .
Parking elsewhere could cost up to $2500 for damages, towing fees,
parking tickets, and possibly a gunshot wound. If some guy
with a flag tries to get you to park in his yard, run over him.
Any amusement parks, stadiums, arenas, racetracks, airports, etc.,
are conveniently located as far away from EVERYTHING as possible
so as to allow for ample parking on grassy areas.
Final Warning: Don't Mess With Texas Drivers ... remember, it's
legal to Be armed in Texas .
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