Now don’t go pulling our leg.... you know!

Saturday, September 25th
for our 54th Central mini-reunion at the
River Tower at South Bluff – 655 S Riverside Drive
(Courtesy of Frank Adams and Frances Hunter)
Fajita Bar and Margaritas – 6:00 PM.
Bring an appetizer or dessert for our yummy buffet.
The cost for all this fun is $20 per person.

Please confirm your reservation before September 5
by sending your check payable to Central High Class of 1956.
Tell us what appetizer or dessert you will bring and mail to:

Joy Allenberg Wilk
1375 Pebble Creek Lane
Memphis, TN 38120
(901) 624-2322
amijoyw@aol.com

Richard Harwood is putting together a golf outing for Friday, the 24th.
Please contact Richard to get your name on the tee sheet.
(662) 890-2171 or golfwood2@comcast.net

NOTE: There will be a security guard and plenty of parking at
the River Tower (The old Holiday Inn-Rivermont Hotel),
but for those who prefer not to drive downtown,
our Transportation Committee is working on a means
to provide you a ride from some convenient central location.
Please notify us if you are interested.

FURTHER NOTE: The Warriors are playing a “Centennial Celebration”
homecoming football game against Bartlett High at the
“new” Crump Stadium on Friday night preceding our reunion.
Check with Natalie Lewis Rosenberg for details:
(901) 754-3495 nfrosenberg@bellsouth.net

Let’s Party !!!!!!!!!!!

Look forward to seeing you all,
Your (overworked and underpaid) Planning Committee

P.S. This mail is being sent to only those classmates who have email access. If there is anyone you know who does not use email, please invite him/her to join us.
We love snail-mail, too.
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Central High School 100th Anniversary Event

To keep you informed, the following is an email from Paul Gentry, one of the organizers of the Central High School 100th Anniversary event:
 
My name is Paul Gentry (class of 1977).  I am on the board of the recently formed Memphis Central Alumni Association.  We are currently involved in planning events to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Central.  Please see details at  http://www.memphiscentralalumni.org  about anniversary events as well as membership in Memphis Central Alumni.  The main events center around the homecoming football game on September 24 at new Crump stadium.  The events will begin with a memorabilia display in the Memphis Room at the main public library throughout the month of September. Items to be displayed are being currently sought.  Other events are planned for the weekend surrounding the homecoming game.  Please post information about these events and the Alumni Association on your website. We would love to have Warriors from as many different classes as possible represented.

Thanks!!
Paul Gentry      
paul_gentry@comcast.net

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CONGRATULATIONS, Coach Mac!

On May 10, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame presented the Distinguished American Award to Lloyd C. McDougal, Jr.  The award is not limited to a former college player or coach, must be an outstanding person who has maintained a lifetime of interest in the game and who, over a long period of time, has exhibited enviable leadership qualities and made a significant contribution to the betterment of amateur football in the United States.

Coach Mac served in the Memphis City Schools for forty years as coach at Central High School and Treadwell High School along with teaching and administrative duties. He was also the Assistant Principal of Central High School at the time of his retirement.

Lloyd McDougal graduated from Mississippi State University where he received an athletic scholarship. He is in the MSU Sports Hall of Fame there and is the last of the Four Sport Lettermen, having lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track.

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SARA ELIZABETH “BETTY ” TURNAGE RAFANTI

		Very sorry to report to you of the death of our classmate, Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” Turnage Raffanti. I’m told that Betty (as she was known to us back in 1956) suffered with cancer for nine years before passing away on April 15, 2010. She is survived by her husband of many years, Jimmy; daughters Denise Santucci and Vicki Clark; brothers Mark and Bill Turnage; her son Christopher Raffanti;
and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Betty was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.

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In a recent email from your reporter....

Dear Gail,
So happy that we found you and that you are no longer “lost”! Attached are a couple of Central High 1956 lists that you will probably enjoy reviewing. Be sure that your personal information is correct. (I did not hear you say whether your spouse is still living – if you want to add his name.) As I mentioned, you will be getting email notices of any Central ‘56 happenings.

Please check our website – you will love going through some great memories.

Take care and send any interesting information you have or come across about other classmates.

Yippee! Gail Whitfield Nethery, you are found!

That’s all the news that is news! Remember that our website is still up and running at:
http://memphiscentralhigh56.com
 
Happy Memorial day to each of you. Please take time out this weekend to remember all of those who have defended our liberty.
 
    Billy Schaefer
    ‘56 reporter
      

Check out earlier newsletters here

A Change in Reporting Classmate Deaths

The growing number of losses among classmates has often lent a sad note to these newsletters.That's why we changed the newsletter (home page) to concentrate more on the living side of our class.We'll still report the sadder side to you in other pages where the bad news is shown. It was our thinking that while we all want to know what is going on with our classmates, we don't want to dwell on the morbid news either. It's much more enjoyable to hear good news about everyone.

P. S. Remember to keep checking our website: www.memphiscentralhigh56.com from time to time

Class of 1956 Reunion Committee

Joy Allenberg Wilk, Charles Askew, Kathie Bailey Cavette, Joann Baker Parker, Ann Ball Frost, Marlene Belz Libby, Jerry "Moose" Bruce, Ruth Burrow Peters, Don Cavette, John Crews, Marcia Davidson Moskovitz, Ralph Davis, Betty Farris Russell, Larry Fury, Myrna Gold Drake, Tom Gerdes, Ralph Gray, Jack Hoelscher, Mary Ann Kimbrough Vollmer, Natalie Lewis Rosenberg, Sandra Loskovitz Beatus, Bill Maxwell, Janie McCune Deupree, Pat Parker Maxwell, Sandy Peiser Lipman, Marcia Pinstein Weiss, Barbara Rauscher Walters, Billy Schaefer, Phil Sherman, Ed Simmons, Sophie Theodore, Ramsay Wall, Carolyn Welch Hale