Ocala High School Class of 1962

9/6/09

Mrs. Barge's Class - 1956_?

Buster Greene sent me this photo of what he thought was Mrs. Barge's Class in 1956 ... he received the photo from his brother Bobby, who received it from Billy Vosburgh's brother. Anyone know these people? I think I spotted Jimmy Clarke, Johnny Green, Al Peacock, Sully Sullivan, and Meta Jane in the crowd. That may be Buster on the front row.

Johnny Green just sent an email with the following information:
The picture on the Class blog page entitled "Mrs. Barge's Class" brings back memories. We called her "Suzi Q." but not to her face. In the picture I recognize:

1st row: Glen Pope, Buster Greene, Marion Mann, Meta Jane Thomas and am not sure of the rest.
2nd row: Jim Clarke, Cheryl Ackley, Judy Aylward(?, Carol Brakefield (?) and Penny Young.
3rd row: Dale Hulie (?), Bob Frederick, Louise Johnson and Sully Sullivan
4th row: John Green, Kathy Donnally
5th row: Jimmy Clark, Al Peacock
6th row: ?

7/25/09

Here are some photo's from the July 15th get together at Gator Joe's ... starting at the bottom of the photos are our special guests Jimmy and Jana Harrison ... above them we add Pam (Carr) Hatch ... above that are Brian Voge and Glennell Branch (Buddy's younger sister) ... then John & Pam Hatch and Brents Bullock ... above them are a group (I hope I get this right) ... Ann Hankins, _someone help me with this one_, Betty (Enlow) Phillips, Marsha (Matthews) Stephens, Martha (Tinker) Van Duyne, and Marion Mann ... and at the very top of the list are Mickey Summers, his wife Rayne, and our hostess for our 65th Birthday Party, Marilyn Clarke.

5/7/09

OHS Class of 62 FLOWER FUND

Several days ago I suggested that we as a class establish a fund that would pay for flowers for sick or injured classmates and for funerals. This would provide assurance that classmates receive flowers, rather then depending on ad hoc groups to collect money and purchase and send flowers.
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Since then, I have received many responses that made sense:

A fund to send flowers or donation to specified charity, hospice or such is a good idea. Does it need to be so legalized? Can't a committee of 3-5 alumni oversee it? Either way I'm in. - Betty (Mather) Marchinton
I love the idea of a bereavement fund.....I think flowers or contributions to charities would only be appropriate for funerals. A "Get Well" card to anyone sick or injured would be nice. - Betty (Enlow) Phillips
I will be glad to contribute to such a fund for flowers. How thoughtful and kind of you!. - Mary Old-Kooi
I think flowers are a terrible waste and kinda meaningless. Why not set up some sort of charitable fund, one we might all agree upon? or is it possible to create a scholarship fund? Anything that perpetuates someone's memory and not just dies off after a couple days. Just a thought. I reckon we are all reaching the time when these kinds of conversations are necessary, unfortunately. Feel so bad about Paul Turner. - Jim Huber
Unless you were expecting to have a substantial amount of money continuously coming in as would justify an endowment, merely putting money in an interest bearing trust account would seem to make more sense. However, with interest rates as low as they are, I cannot imagine that you would be able to accumulate enough to support paying for flowers strictly from earnings. I think the idea is good as it would certainly be meaningful to receive something from our class, but a lot of effort would continuously have to be expended to keep securing enough donations to keep the program viable. - John Green

5/3/09

Paul Turner Memorial -

It's hard to prepare ourselves for news like this, when we lose a friend from high school. We know in our hearts that we will be seeing this type of news more and more as we all age, but it doesn't make it easier. This comes so close after losing Bobby Williams, and then Lloyd Adams.

Occasions like our 65th birthday party are becoming more important now, as each one may be the last time we see a dear friend from High School. Say a prayer for Paul and his family at this sad time in their lives.

G. Paul Turner

Ocala - G. Paul Turner, age 65, of Ocala, Florida passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Ocala, Florida. Born in Gainesville, Florida, he moved from Bronson, Florida to Ocala in 1948. He attended Ocala High School, CFCC and the University of Florida.

He founded G. P. Turner Construction in the 1970's. In 1989, he went to work for Ring Power Corp. and achieved the title of Assistant VP and The Senior Sales Manager of paving products. He served as President of Marion County Road Builders Association, past President of the High School Rodeo Association and on the Marion County Zoning Committee.

His love of fishing, hunting, and cooking and the Florida Gators are well known. Survivors include his wife, Wendy S. Turner, Ocala, Florida; son, Tripp (Emily) Turner of Haleiwa, Hawaii, daughter, Fawn Katherine Turner, Ocala; step-son, Brett Papini of Bradenton, Florida; sister, Patricia (Buddy) Blair of Ocala: Granddaughter, Mikiala Turner of Haleiwa, Hawaii; several nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Mr. Turner was preceded in death by his brother, Lawrence D. Turner, Jr. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Way of Marion County or Munroe Regional Foundation. Memorial Services will be held Thursday, May 7, 2009, 9:00 a.m. at the Richardson Farm, 22715 NW 60th Avenue, Evinston, Florida. Roberts Funeral Home of Dunnellon is handling arrangements.

4/30/09

OHS 1962 Birthday Bash "THE MOVIE"

Classmates:

Here is a link (click on the title above or at the page bottom) to an exciting movie that will capture your heart; stir your emotions; tickle your funny bone; bring on waves of nostalgia; and a tear to your eye.

The critics loved it! The "New Yuck Times" rated it as "one of the best films of the century." Those famous film critics "Nelson and Bullock" gave the a 5 thumbs up (not sure which one has that extra thumb). And the "Sundunce Film festival" critics claim that Michael Ayer may be the director of the year and heading for his first Sesame Street Oscar.

Next stop is the "Canes Film Festival." Groupies are starting to gather in the Little Lake Weir vacinity, the paparazzi are in the bushes ... See it here first, it will only be available for a limited time ...

NOTE: This movie will take a long time to download (I'm talking 10 to 20 minutes), so just click on the link and get it started ... resist the urge to immediately hit the play button ... let it download for a while (depends on your connection speed) ... then, when it is all downloaded, hit the play button ... otherwise, you'll catch up with the download and the movie will pause and start and pause and start ... well, you get the picture ...

SO ... HERE IT IS ... OHS 1962 Birthday Bash "THE MOVIE"

OHS '62 Rocking Birthday Bash
http://gallery.me.com/mikeandmimi/100056

4/27/09

BLUEGRASS in the Park

Come See "Mickey Summers & SWEETWATER BLUEGRASS" - May 23rd - 6 to 9pm

"BLUEGRASS IN THE PARK - Rain or Shine - bring a chair - at Silver River State Park - Donation $10/Person - Kids under 16 free - Tickets available at Park Enterance - for more information call 236-7148

4/15/09

Classmate Loyd Adams Obituary

Sadly, we learned that another classmate has passed away.
Let's keep Loyd and his family in our thoughts and prayers.

ADAMS, JR. LOYD, 65

Mr. Loyd Adams, Jr. 65, died at his residence on Monday, April 13, 2009.
He was a lifetime resident of Ocala, born on July 23, 1943. Mr. Adams
served his country in the U.S. Navy; he then joined the Ocala Police Dept.;
then transferred to the Marion County Sheriff's Dept. as an Investigator
were he retired. He spent his last ten years with the Belleview Police Dept.
Loyd is survived by his son, Loyd "Trey" Adams III and his wife April, Ocala,
daughter, Angel Ziegler, Ocala and her husband Jerry, brother, Hugh
Appleby, Belleview, two grandson, Sean and Loyd IV, and a granddaughter,
Breana. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Marion Sheriff
Foundation, P.O. Box 1987, Ocala, Florida 34478. Arrangements
handled by Neptune Society.

4/13/09

OVER 115 Signed up for our 65th - Birthday Party

I've just received word that the Birthday Party Committee has received OVER 115 Reservations for the Birthday Party ... This is going to be an incredible event!

Why not shoot for 150 ... we've still got a week to go before the event ... this is absolutely GREAT!

We've gotta thank Betty, Diane, Sara, Jan, Mimi and all the others for their hard work putting this all together.