Alumni Sandstorm ~ 10/12/16
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4 Bombers sent stuff:
Earl BENNETT ('63), Marie RUPPERT ('63)
David RIVERS ('65), Shirley COLLINGS ('66)
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BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Jim CLANCY ('52)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Shirley SHERWOOD ('62)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Diane ZELLEY ('63)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Kathleen REINIG ('66)
BOMBER BIRTHDAY Today: Eric SCHMIDHEISER ('81)
BOMBER CALENDAR: Richland Bombers Calendar
Click the event you want to know more about.
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>>From: Earl BENNETT ('63)
Re: Linda REINING ('64) school cupcakes
I remember, and when my wife accepted a 4th grade
substituting opportunity 5 weeks ago on her birthday, I
purchased a nicely decorated 1/4 sheet cake after calling the
school office to get permission. I walked in at their snack
time as suggested, lit the candle, led the "Happy Birthday"
song and proceeded to serve her and the class. One teacher
who heard about it saw me in the hall as I was leaving and
said "You're such a good husband!" I didn't tell her that I
never managed to figure out what to give her as a gift this
year, so I guess that was it.
Regards, ecb3
Re: Nancy MALORY Johnson ('64)
Pretty sure I made a tape of a couple of Joe KEEFE ('64)
and Ken FINLEY ('64') songs in the '64-'65 time frame, or
maybe '69-'70, when I was involved with Seekers (West Side
United Protestant college and career age youth group with
participants from most Richland churches) at those times,
pre- and post-USAF service. I still have that Uher 5" reel-
to-reel recorder (which was commonly used by professional
journalists back then, but weighs over ten pounds), haven't
had it out for maybe 20 years. The Seeker meetings tended to
be crowded, and I recall one of them, not sure which, would
flip his guitar to avoid the other's and keep playing with
equal adroitness.
Another great Seeker memory is a song from a retreat the
Seekers held, a love song between a pair of hippopotamus.
The chorus went:
"Mud, mud, glorious mud,
nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
So follow me, follow; down to the hollow;
and there we shall wallow in gloo-oo-oo-rious mud."
Don't know if that was Joe and Ken or not, but it fits their
senses of humor.
Regards, ecb3 - in seasonably glorious fall weather in
central Virginia, with slight warming the next two days so I
can paint our entrance door.
-Earl BENNETT ('63)
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>>From: Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
Re: More Memories by Linda REINING ('64)
I know changing from elementary schools to junior high was a
traumatic transfer for so many of us, but can you imagine
what I felt like when my family moved from the farm on
Ruppert Road into Richland? I was in 8th grade and my class
at Ki-Be was less than 60 students split into 2 classrooms.
No transferring to different rooms for each class – it was
much like elementary school had been.
One day I knew everyone in the school and the next I knew no
one and had to deal with the hundreds of kids at Carmichael.
I was completely lost! To make matters worse, it was almost
Christmas time and the kids were already in their friendship
circles.
Our dress code had been different so I didn't have the
clothes that the girls now wore. Coming from a small farming
community we were allowed to wear slacks and jeans to school
– not in Richland! It was awful! I cried myself to sleep many
a night.
I never felt like I belonged until my sophomore year at
Col-Hi. Now there were lots of kids who were entering into
a new school. There I met many friends that I have kept in
touch with over the years. Many of my closest friends from
high school have passed, but I have made new ones and cherish
each one of them.
-Marie RUPPERT Hartman ('63)
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>>From: David RIVERS ('65)
Re: walking
Now of course, we tell our kids we walked to school in rain,
sleet, wind and hail, uphill both ways, but the truth is...
we did until we got bikes and cars... it would never occur
to me to have asked my folks for a ride here or there at
least not in Richland... walking was what we did... I still
remember walking to dances and stuff, before I turned 16 and
was "above" riding a bike... (I will say that bike riding
lost its charm for us when it came to girls pretty early)...
I know that for kids my daughter's age who had those little
hot rod bikes, bike riding lasted longer than it did for
me... but what a way to learn every nook and cranny of our
town... I vividly remember a day when I realized that no
streets were foreign to me... I may not have ridden them
every day but at least I knew them and had no problem finding
my way around... I can no longer make that claim... once
beyond the by-pass and I'm hopelessly lost and I do believe I
would even resort to asking for directions... tho I have not
yet been quite that lost (but then I don't venture out alone
much either)... It has been just great having Bombers relate
their memories of our little town... now today I recall a
Bomber-babe with whom I have only corresponded but didn't
have the pleasure of knowing as a real kid... my loss! I used
to walk a mile for a Camel... I would certainly walk a mile
for a Spuddie with her... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Shirley SHERWOOD ('62)
on your special day, October 12, 2016!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-David RIVERS ('65)
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>>From: Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66)
Re: Dick CARTMELL ('73) Naismith Video
Enjoy this video which is a tribute of Dick CARTMELL ('73)
officiating college basketball and named Men's College
Official of the Year.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-2e9Jx-MWEjdGlCYVhZTFdfYlE
-Shirley COLLINGS Haskins ('66) ~ Richland
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That's it for today. Please send more.
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