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3:51 pm Tuesday, August 6, 2002

Reunions

By Staff
Aug. 4, 2002
Aug. 10 Enterprise High School Class of 1957 will have its 45th class reunion at the Ole Farm Beef House. For information, e-mail Alice Pouncey at apouncey@hotmail.com.
Aug. 10 The 34th annual McGehee family reunion will be at Mars Hill Community Center, 10 miles west of McComb, from 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m. All descendants of Thomas MackGehee and their guests are invited. Bring a covered dish for noon meal. For information, call Wilma Ponder at (601) 847-3437.
Aug. 10 All descendants or relatives of Amos Smith or Eldridge Williamson Henley of Clay County are invited to attend the Henley/Smith Reunion. The reunion will be in the assembly room at the "Ole School House" at Una Community Center at 11 a.m. Bring a covered dish. For information, call Madeene Smith Watts-Williamson at (601) 582-1041 or Smith Henley at (662) 327-3020.
Aug. 10 23rd Annual McGrew Family Reunion will begin at 10 a.m. at Clarkco State Park in the air-conditioned pavilion. Bring a covered dish for lunch. For information, call Velma McGrew at 776-3271.
Aug. 11 The Annual Stokes Family Reunion will be in the Neshoba Baptist Center, 903 Valley View Dr. Family and friends are invited and please bring a covered dish for lunch.
Aug. 17 The 10th Annual Complete Community Reunion will be at St. Patrick's Family Life Center from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. For information, call Norma Semmes Walters at 632-4758 or Karlen Walker Bagley at 482-2444.
Aug. 17 The Lafferty-Carlisle Family Reunion will be at Clarkco Sate Park in the office lodge air-conditioned room beginning at 10 a.m. Bring a picnic lunch and drinks. For information, call Mavis Moffett at 482-1660.
Aug. 27 The USS Saint Paul (CA-73) Association will hold its 10th reunion in Portland, Ore. For information, call George M. Takis Jr. at (770) 393-3185.
Aug. 27-Sept. 2 The U.S. LST Association is looking for all LST'ers to have a reunion with shipmates from World War II in St. Louis, Mo. For information, call Bob Garner at (800) 228-5870 or e-mail USLST:@KMBS.com
Sept. 4-8 The 25th Infantry Division Association is holding its 53rd annual reunion-convention in Branson, Mo. Also planned is a Veteran's Day Weekend (Nov. 8-11) reunion in Washington commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam War Memorial. For more information, contact Andy Ansell at RD #3, Box 336, Acme, PA 15610.
Sept. 19-22 All former ships company, officers and Marine detachment of the USS Canberra (CA-70, CAG-2) who served aboard the ship from 1943 to 1971 are invited to a reunion in Falls Church, Va. For information, call Paul D. McManuels at (717) 737-2516 or e-mail: memcrew@aol.com.
Sept. 20-21 Meridian High School Class of 1962 will hold its reunion at Highland Park Carousel House on Friday from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. and at 6 p.m. at Howard Johnson on Saturday. E-mail patsyjh@msn.com for more information.
Oct. 12 Jefferson David Academy School Reunion will be from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Whynot Community Center. To volunteer to help or for information, call Carrie Jones Latham at 485-4337.
Upcoming Clarkdale's Class of 1993 is planning its 10-year reunion. For information, e-mail: Clarkdale93@aol.com.
Upcoming Meridian High School Class of 1973 is planning a reunion. For information, call Kathy Manning-Burton at kburton_30349@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Union Class of 1994 is planning its reunion. To let us know where you are, contact Mandy White at (336) 996-8965 or (336) 665-7622 or e-mail mdogw@aol.com or mwhit33@sears.com.
Upcoming Meridian High School's Class of 1988 is planning its 15-year reunion to be held summer 2003. For information, e-mail Tiffanie Roberts at TIFF2T@aol.com.

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