AUGUST 12, 2000
RAMSAY REUNION CLASSMATES ADDRESSES
HAVE YOU ENJOYED THE WEBSITE? HOW ABOUT THAT COMMENTS PAGE? I
TOLD NORA CROSBY COALSON THERE IS MATERIAL THERE TO WRITE A BOOK.
USING THE INTERNET AND E-MAIL HAS BEEN A BIG HELP AND I HAVE
ENJOYED IT. AS OF THIS AFTERNOON (8/12), THE WEBSITE HAS HAD
5,442 'HITS'. IT IS AVERAGING 39 HITS A DAY. EACH PERSON IS
SPENDING OVER 4 1/2 MINUTES ON IT. [(9-23-00)And growing:
7539 hits, averaging 42 per day.]
227 CLASSMATES MADE CONTACT AND REGISTERED ON-LINE. BUT NOT
EVERYBODY EMBRACES THE CYBERWORLD. LIKE HE TOLD ME:
JIM.SEALDER@NEVER-WILL-HAVE-ONE-OF-THOSE-DAMN-THINGS.COM
FOR THESE CLASS YEARS 1963-1967 WE HAVE 677 ADDRESSES OUT OF 971
NAMES. THE LISTS WE STARTED WITH HAD OVER A DOZEN NAMES IN TWO
CLASS YEARS. I GUESS SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEY GRADUATED.
LIKE AN ACRON THAT DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM ITS TREE: 471 WE KNOW OF
LIVE IN AL. THAT IS NEARLY ¾ OF THE ADDRESSES. AT LEAST 22 OF US
STILL LIVE IN THE SAME ZIP CODE AS RAMSAY HS (35205). AND 4 PAIRS
OF THOSE HAVE THE SAME ADDRESSES.
ALSO:
29 ARE IN ZIP 35243 (FOR YOU OUT-OF-TOWNERS: THAT'S 'OVER THE
MOUNTAIN'.)
19 ARE IN ZIP 35222 (AVONDALE/FOREST PARK) - 5 OF THOSE LIVE ON
CLAIRMONT AVENUE. (DO YALL KNOW WHO YOU ARE?)
14 ARE IN MONTGOMERY (YALL AREN'T INVOLVED IN STATE POLITICS, ARE
YOU?)
11 ARE IN TUSCALOOSA (THEY MUST STILL BE PARTY ANIMALS!)
OF THE REMAINING 211 OUT OF STATE ADDRESSES:
49 ARE IN GEORGIA. AT LEAST 8 OF THOSE ARE IN ATLANTA.
31 ARE IN FLORDIA (SNOW BIRDS?);
12 ARE IN TENNESSEE;
AND 6 IN MISSISSIPPI (DO YALL LIVE CLOSE TO THE CACINOS?)
19 ARE IN TX
11 ARE IN CA
2 ARE IN WASHINGTON STATE. (WOULD THEY ADMIT IT IF THEY WORK FOR
BILL GATES?)
AND 2 IN CANADA.
DO THESE CLASSMATES KNOW EACH OTHER?:
2 EACH ARE IN: CHARLOTTE, NC; ARLINGTON, TX; JACKSONVILLE, FL;
AND UNION, KY (OH! THAT IS THE NEVILLE'S; THEY'RE MARRIED!!)
1 EACH IN TOLEDO, OH; HYDE PARK, UT; AND NEW HAVEN, CT.
WHERE IS KEN JACKSON? HE LIVES IN HONG KONG, CHINA! GIVE HIM A
HAND FOR COMING! DID ANYONE COME FARTHER THAN THAT!? [I think
he acctually did not get to come, though he sent his money.]
BY MY COUNT THERE ARE, AS OF TODAY, 17 PAIRS OF YOU CLASSMATES
ARE MARRIED OR OTHERWISE CO-HABITATING AT THE SAME ADDRESSES.
[TALK ABOUT EXTRA CIRCULAR ACTIVITIES!!] CLASSMATE COUPLES, YALL
STAND UP.
TWO CLASSMATES EVEN HAVE THE SAME STREET ADDRESS IN DIFFERENT
STATES.
DID THEY EVER GET EACH OTHER'S MAIL? :-)
A NUMBER OF US HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER SINCE GRAMMER SCHOOL. WE
APPAULD THOSE WHO HAVE MAINTAINED THAT CONTACT FOR THESE MANY
YEARS.
WHEN ONE OF US MOVES, YOU BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO LOCATE. WOMEN
ARE PARTICULARY DIFFICULT TO FIND. FOR EXAMPLE: ONE WOMAN THAT
REGISTERED STATED: "MY CURRENT NAME IS"
SEEING WHAT ENJOYMENT WE ALL ARE HAVING FROM RE-NEWING OLD
FRIENDSHIPS, LET'S ENDEVOR TO KEEP IN CONTACT. AND WHEN YOU MOVE,
TELL SOMEONE!!
THANK YOU.