Arlington Heights High School Class of 1960
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​December 2022
Sadly, we lost another of our classmates.  Jane Green Davis passed away on December 18th.  We will miss you, Janie.
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November 30, 2022
This has been a sad month for our Class of '60.  We lost Jerry Bob Minyard, Lynn Raschke Simpson and Tommy O'Dell this month.  All of these classmates were friends and will be missed.
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December 28, 2020
We lost another good friend in December 2020.  Ronny Shaw was a regular attendee of Pulidos (as well as the Railhead).  He fought a hard fight with COPD and he will be greatly missed.
JoAnn Prather Rose also passed away in November of this year.  
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​October 5, 2020

Another of our classmates, the sweet Joan Grinnell McManus departed this life in October 2020.  We will certainly miss that smile, Joanie!  Recent information from the family shared that Joan was cremated and her ashes were scattered over a sparsely inhabited island off the coast of California and they also wanted us to know that Joanie did NOT die from Covid-19.
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September 28, 2020
Due to numerous concerns about our current COVID-19 situation.  Our attendance was projected to be far too small to allow adequate reconnecting.  The October 8th and 9th events have been postponed until the Spring of 2021 at the earliest. 
Those who have paid in advance will be receiving their refunds this week.  Again,
thanks to everyone for your support in the event planning and promotion.

Harry Hamilton


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Class of 1960, Edward Bradshaw passed away in September of 2020
Our classmate, Clyde Wills, passed away in March of 2020.
Johnny Sartor from the Class of 1960 passed away in January of 2020.
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​Another of our classmates, Vivian Brown Mitchell passed away in December of 2019.
This month of November we lost two of our classmates.   We will all miss our friend Louis Stone.  Our friend, Frank Wolfe, also passed away from injuries sustained during an accident at his ranch this month.
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September has not been a good month for the Class of 1960.   We lost  Mary Ruth Denton Nelson , another of our classmates, this month.
Mary Ruth's funeral will be held at Arlington Heights Methodist Church on Monday, September 7th at 1:30 pm.
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Betsy Heineke Birkett passed away in September of 2019.  We will surely miss this sweet lady and friend.
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We lost another of our classmates this month. Bob McGuffee passed away in May of 2019.  We will miss you Bob, rest peacefully.
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April 12, 2019
We lost another of our classmates today,​ Dianne Greene Barnett.
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March 28, 2019
​One of our dear classmates departed this world today.  We will surely miss Mary Weldon Ridgway.
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Congratulation to newlyweds St. Clair Newbern, lll and Donna Neally.  Also we lost another of our classmates, Emily Arnold Clapp, in January of 2019.
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November 15, 2018    ​Congrats!!
"Dufus" Maben shot his age, 76, today at Squaw Creek Golf Club.  Yours truly shot his weight.
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One of our AHHS math and physics teachers, Bobby J. Phillips, passed away July 28th, 2018.  Mr. Phillips surprised us by attending one of our Pulidos' luncheons.  He was one of our favorites and will be missed.
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Just learned that another of our classmates has passed away.  Mark "Eddie" Anthony departed this life on April 11th.  The Class of '60 is slowly saying goodbye to our high school friends.
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Services will be held for Kenney Boone Tuesday, April 17th at Greenwood Funeral Home, 3100 White Settlement Rd. in Ft. Worth, TX. Viewing will be at 12:00, services will begin at 1:30.
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April 13, 2018
There are some things in life that are inevitable and the longer we live, the more keenly aware we are of some of those things. Today, I lost a friend. This happens much too often for us from the Class of '60 and it is never easy. One of the regular attendees of our Pulidos' luncheon has departed and he will be sorely missed by all. If the opportunity arises, please extend your comfort to the family of Kenney Boone, who graduated from this life to the next this morning. Miss you buddy!
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February 3, 2018
THANKS TO ALL!! As of January 31st, we have had 100,116 page views on our website in just over four years.  What a remarkable group of classmates and friends.  
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December 5, 2017
We lost another of our classmates in December of this year. Linda Flickinger, who did not graduate with us, but was with us for our Sophomore and Junior years, passed away this month. Our thoughts go out to family and friends.
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October 2,2017
Just discovered that Gretchen Weeden  passed away in February of this year. 
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September 4, 2017
We lost another of our classmates, Tommy Winblood, last month.  Our sympathy and prayers go out to his family, he will be missed.  Lynn Ligon also passed away this month.  Our class is getting smaller.  Please remember these families.
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July 12, 2017
Our sympathy goes out to Sharon "Damato" Haynes in the sudden loss of her husband, Wayne.  Sharon is also currently hospitalized with pneumonia.  Please let her know you're thinking of her.
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April 28, 2017
We lost another of our classmates this month.  Jim Fletcher passed away in California on April 10th.  We are all approaching another graduation time and it is important to maintain the fellowship that exists in our "Class of '60".
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April 4, 2017
Paul and Diann, we sure missed you this month at Pulidos!
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January 21, 2017
      On January 18th our website has been on line for 3 years.  During that time
      we have had over 77,200 visits.  Kudos to our classmates for your continued
      support.

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January 2017
       2016 was another great year for the Class of '60.  New classmates at the
      Pulidos luncheon and we had to say fairwell to a few.  A special thanks to
      Diann and Paul Decker for continuing to coordinate that gathering.   Donna
      Neally came out of the "witness protection program" long enough to visit us 
      this month.  Two golf tournaments allowed several of us to display our lack
      of talent and composure.  Oh well, when you get our age, you can ignore
      decorum and just have fun.  Let's keep it up in 2017.  The website will 
      celebrate 3 years on the 18th of this month.  Like one frog said to his
      friend, " Time sure is fun when you're havin' flies!"
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November 2016
     Sorry for the luncheon pictures being so late.  I had to replace my computer.

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July 2016
     It was really nice to have Bob Sewell finally able to join us at our luncheon at
     Pulidos.  Sharon Watkins, we missed you.  Get well quick.  Our sympathy goes
     out to Chuck Needham for the loss of his wife, Janie.
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​June 2016
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 Thought you would like to know that our beloved math, physics  and science club teacher, is recovering from colon cancer  surgery.  He is doing well and should return home this weekend.  Mr. Phillips enjoys occasionally attending our luncheon at Pulidos  to keep touch with his students.

If you would like to send him a card of encouragement during his recovery, his address is:
        Bob Phillips

        6320 Locke St.
        Ft. Worth, TX   76116
 and he can be reached at 817 821-0638

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​October 2015
     What a great time at our 55th Reunion, see pictures.  Over 120 attended
     the Kincaids gathering and at least that many came to Angelos.  21 new
     current pictures of classmates were gleaned from all of the photos we took 
     (Jean Marie Anderson Richerson, Vivian Brown Mithell, DeAnn Fisher
      Mitchell, Jane Green Davis, Jimmy Hall, Bob Harrell, Fred Harvey, David
      Hester, Sam Hudson, Vicki Hunter,Johnny Johnson, Linda Levering, Donnie
      Roberts, Robert Shackelford, Tom, Shults, Mike Stephens, Mary Weldon,
      Carey West, Joe White, John Wayne Wise, Louann Worley).  We now have
      167 current pictures of our original class.  Thanks to all for the great
​      support.  
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August 31, 2015
     Eight classmate pictures have been added to our website.  Current pictures 
     of Larry Wenzel, Sharon Schiefer Mays and Chuck Needham; high school 
     photos of Sharon Shiefer Mays, Mike Brown, Charles Campbell, Tim Croft, 
     Adrian Davis and Rollie LePori.  These last 6 classmates were not pictured 
     in the 1960 annual, so I copied them from 1958 and 1959.
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July 23, 2015
     I failed to mention that Monte Morris passed away last month.  He will be 
     missed.  So far this month we have had one new classmate attend the 
         Pulido's luncheon.  We welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Bob McGuffee to the 
     gathering.  Another newsworthy note; we passed 30,000 views of the website
       just today.  What great class support from all of you folks.  Thanks!!  Now 
     looking forward to the golf tournament next week.
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May 31, 2015
     A summary of our 499 known classmates:
          479 pictured on website
            20 not pictured in annual or on website
           144 on website with current photo
            88 deceased
     We have current pictures of 36% of our surviving classmates.  Not too bad  
     after nearly 55 years.  A special thanks to Kay Ward Davis for providing 
     current photos of 14 from our class.  Two new current pictures during May
     (Carol Hart Williams and Clark Wofford).  I appreciate your support of our
     site.
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April 30, 2015
    We added pictures of 2 classmates who were not in the 1960 annual, (Jimmy 
    McMahan and Tommy Winblood) along with 2 more current pictures of 
    classmates, (Jonny Jarvis and Mary Nell Mulholland Kirk).  Thanks to all.
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March 31, 2015
    In March we have posted 6 additional classmates' current pictures.
    They are Scott Beckwith, Gloria Bracy Oravec, Rex Brewer, Evalie Hawes 
    Edwards, Carol Lee Loucks and Robert "Monk" White.  That's 128 pictures of 
    the 477 that are in the annual or nearly 1/3 of all of the listed Class of '60.
    Not bad.  Thank you for your continued support.     Harry Hamilton
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February 27, 2015
    During the month of February 37 current pictures of our classmates have
    been placed beside their senior pictures.  Too many to list (see "Classmates" 
    above).  We now have a total of 122 current pictures for the 477 seniors 
    pictured in our annual.
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January 29, 2015
    On January 18th our website celebrated one year of publication.  During that     time there have been 19,200 page views.  Thanks to all of you for your 
    continued support.  3 new current pictures of "out of town" classmates this
    month; Gary Ashmore, Sue Gafford Piner and Nancy Horn Roberts.
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November 28, 2014
All of our seniors pictured in our 1960 annual as well as a few others are
now on our website. In an effort to further upgrade the site, we are now
looking for current pictures (taken within the last couple of years) of all of
you who would like to have them included alongside you senior picture. If you
are interested, please email me the picture you select, preferably in "jpeg"
format. I can work with others if that is all you have available. If you are on Facebook, I can take pictures from those photos to include. Regular
photos can be used, but as you can see from the annual photos used on the
website, clarity is more difficult to maintain.
Harry Hamilton hfh1942@gmail.
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October 31, 2014
    We are revising the Classmates page to include all of the graduates of the 
    Class of '60.  This process will take a while, but we did not want to exclude
    any of our classmates.  The AHHS pictures are taken from our annuals and 
    the current pictures have been taken at the luncheon, provided by the 
    individuals or gleaned from other sources.  You will notice that there are 
    several from our class for whom we have no contact information.  If any of
    you have any leads, contact Diann Merrick Decker at pwdecker@swbell.net.
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October 18, 2014
     Just completed our fall golf tournament (see pictures under Pictures / 

     Fundraising Activities /  Oct '14 Golf).
     We have outdone ourselves on the website.  Total for 9 months is 13,135 

     visits.  Only 2,000 of those are mine (surely you jest).  -  Harry
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September 18, 2014 
     Thanks to the support of all of you faithful classmates, our website has 
     gone over 10,700 visits in the first 8 months of publication.  Please let me 

     know if you have any suggestions.  -  Harry
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