Memories,
Memories
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Memory
Album
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A
special collection where classmates are encouraged to share their
memories of Lamar - and their life since. Send your
info to Webmaster@Lamar59.org
As needed: MS Word
file or PDF
file describing the Album and offering suggestions for
submittals.
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| 50th
Reunion Cruise Journal |
Ignatius
Snigglefritz provides
his
personal journal from the 50th
Reunion
Cruise (September
16-26, 2009), New York City to Quebec
City. |
| 50th Reunion Reflections |
The essay (as a PDF file) composed
for the 50th Reunion by Jon Hugh Fleming as appearing in the Reunion
Directory. "Through the loving
union of our parents, we came to this good Earth during 1941...."
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| 50th Reunion Memories |
The
script (as a PDF file) used by Lynn Zarr and Sherry Strater at our 50th
Celebration (Saturday Night, River Oaks Country Club, 14 Nov 2009). |
Class Photo
|
Where
are you in this panorama photo from November 1958? Email your
Row and
Position number to Webmaster@Lamar59.org if
you're not already identified. Click on one
of the four sub-panels to actually see who is
standing next to you.
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| Lamar
Lancers |
Here
you have access to years of our
Lamar Lancer papers, from Sept 19,
1956 to
May
14, 1959. Fun reading! |
Pershing Chatters
|
Not yet implemented. We hope
to add this
feature: PDF files of some of the
Pershing Jr High School newspapers from 1953-1956.
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Fun
Photos
|
Collection
of the Senior Interest Photos from our 1959 Orenda - click on any small
photo to see the larger version. |
Activities Photos
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Clubs,
Football Photos from our 1959 Orenda - click on any small
photo to see the larger version. |
Houston
Photos
|
Provides
link to some 40 historic photos of Houston during our formative years,
plus comments and memories by classmates.
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Commencement Exercise
|
Where
were you on 2 June 1959 at 8
pm? Why, in the old Sam Houston Coliseum, of
course! Click at left to display your Commencement Exercise
program. This is the only version that doesn't list Janet Junker in the Cabinet
twice!
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| Medicare
Cruise |
Remember
that milestone in 2006 when we reached the magic year of Medicare
eligibility? Here are photos and memories from some of the less
mature members of our Class celebrating via a Medicare Cruise through
the uncharted waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
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| 45th
Reunion |
The Class of 1959 45th
Reunion
Weekend: Houston, April 30 - May 2, 2004 |
| Stories
from '59 |
Some of Jon Hugh Fleming's memories
from our days at Lamar - as delivered at the 45th Reunion. [PDF file] |
Roberts Elementary
|
Roberts Elementary was
a feeder school to Pershing and Lanier, which fed Lamar.
Here are photos of some of our classmates back in 1951-1953. Did
we have a great childhood or what!
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| 40th Reunion |
One classmate's musings following
the
Class of 1959 40th Reunion Weekend: Houston, April 11-12, 1999. |
| The Reunion Poem |
"Every five years, as summertime
nears, an announcement arrives in the mail ..." Thus begins
this summary of class reunions, author unknown. Kay
Cole Segrato provided it for the Class of 1959. If you
want a version with animated cartoons, go to this
site and scroll down....
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Back to the
Fifties
|
Frank Jones suggests visiting this
fun site that captures
some of the spirit of our youth. (For the 'full songs,'
visit our Memory Album. )
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Lost
in the Fifties
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A
large file to download (about 6 MB) yet worth the time - fun
collection of slides (PowerPoint) of 'how it was' during our high
school years.
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Your classmates gather high atop the Acme Building in the City that
Never Sleeps: 1 August 2018 , cw: Bette Azadian Leonard; 
Katherine Berberian (Gerson): Katherine died in Houston on June 20, 2018. Graveside services were held in
Emanu El Memorial Park on Bissonet in Houston on Friday, June 22, 2018. 
s home in Austin following a two
decade battle with Parkinsons. His fascinating life story is
captured in the two books he has written; a summary is on our obituary
page. 
