The following was received as an email to our class from Carol Callis on 8/8/15
Since I am not going to be attending the reunion I did want to send my best wishes to the class. I have to admit, I went to my husband's 50th reunion a few years ago (David Johns, Sharon HS Class of ' 63) and on our way home we talked about it and decided if we had it to do again we wouldn't travel from the State of Washington to attend. Now, a couple of years later, it seems that the HHS Class of '65 reunion is taking on a life of it's own. I must give credit to those who have been busy planning and organizing. The enthusiasm is amazing! David said to me this week, "We really might be missing something". I am sure we are, however, our travel plans this year have been pretty busy and with children and grandchildren who live scattered around the country (Boston, Orlando and Chicago) we could not justify a trip to Sharon.
To let you know what I have been doing for the last 50 years, Wow! I left home after HS and went to Allegheny General in Pgh to become a nurse. I worked six months after graduation in Pgh and returned to Penn State graduating 12/69. I got married and returned to Sharon General to teach in their nursing school while my husband finished at YSU. We then moved to Baltimore, MD. I went back to school at the University of MD and became a nurse educator, had two children and was divorced. I ended up getting married to David who had custody of his two boys and when we were married our four children were 1, 2, 3, and 6. I could write a book! There was never a dull moment in our home in Jacksonville, FL. We moved to Avon, Ct., that was where we were living when you had the 25th reunion but my in-laws were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary the same weekend in Portland, ME (sorry I missed it!). We moved to Fresno, CA where I taught Nursing at California State, Fresno and then on to Spokane, WA where I retired 4 years ago from Washington State University. We finally did achieve an empty nest and our children are happy and productive adults. Now that they have children they wonder with amazement how we got them raised and educated, none of them are planning to have four children! We celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary in May during an around the world trip that took 108 days ( who said it could be done in 80 days?).
I think it is amazing how many of you live in and around the area where we grew up. I would love to talk with you and know what you have been doing. We had a great childhood and were lucky to have grown up in Western PA! I will be thinking of all of you next week and hope you have a wonderful celebration. Best wishes and if we have a 60th I hope to attend!
Fondly,
Carol Callis Johns
Liberty Lake, WA
Sent from my iPad
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