A Message From Jim Simpson

Hi Karen,
By way of identification, I am Jim Simpson. From 1962 through 1995, when I retired from Gables, I was the Director of Student Activities and a foot ball coach. From 1962 through 1968, I was also one of the basketball coaches. I retired from Gables in 1995, and my wife and I moved to Bradenton, Florida in 1999. Unfortunately, my wife passed away In January of this year.

I just spent some time on the Reunion Site, thus this e mail to you. The Class of 66 was one of the great Gables Classes. I am in the process of attempting to clear my calendar so that can attend your reunion. I am scheduled to visit my granddaughter and her new husband in California, in early January, 07. Hopefully, I can change my plans and attend your reunion.

My High School Yearbook

Over the weekend I received several telephone calls from classmates who were getting excited about the upcoming 40-year reunion in January. So that got me even more excited and I decided to dig out my yearbook from our year of graduation.

As I flipped through the pages I began looking at the notes and well wishes that my friends (or senior year acquaintances) had written in my yearbook. They brought back wonderful memories (and temporarily blocked out any of the negative ones). So I wondered how many of the people who had signed my yearbook were among those still missing and how many the Reunion Committee had already found.

This is what I discovered (the names are listed in the order they are shown in my yearbook from front to back):

FOUND
Nancy Watson Bacher
Karen Williams del Valle
Roger Mittleman
Stan Blake
Linda Stewart Claflin
Sally Timanus Fisher
Larry Rockhind
Mitch Strumpf
Gary Brooks
Lee Besse
Bob Manning
Jan Retzke O’Donnell
Carole Goldberg
Joy Thompson Grau
Elliott Sutta
Sheri Stone
Sandy Holmes Proby
Gail Gordon Chepenik


MISSING
Ann Marie Steinberg
Mark Weisenfeld
Howard Simon - FOUND
Charlie Craig
Stuart Thickman - FOUND
Sandy Stone Delappa
Susan Crain
Bernadette Passafiume Amis - FOUND

DECEASED
Charles Horton
Charlie Sandlin

TEACHERS
Jerold Young
Kay Raap
Ruth Abrams
Dorisann Johnson
Edward Bernstein

WOW! A lot of the people I knew were going to be there, but there were still quite a few that had not been found. I decided if I wanted to make this the very best reunion for me, it would be my quest to find those Cavaliers who the committee had still not found.

Are there friends you would like to see at the reunion that are still missing. Try going to Zaba Search.com - http://216.52.81.211/ - and see who you can find?

Here is how I do it:

1. Go to advanced search
2. Put in their full name including maiden name for the ladies (middle initials do help)
3. Put in 1948 for the year of birth (this really narrows the search)
4. If you have their last known city and state or even just the state, this will also help.

Then push search.

The site will show variations of the name, addresses and often shows telephone numbers. Then I just pick up the telephone and call. If it isn't the right person I just apologize and move on.

If you don't find them, either broaden or narrow your search.

Good luck and happy hunting for your fellow Cavaliers. Make this your best reunion ever.