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4:21 am Saturday, September 14, 2002

Reunions
Sept. 11, 2002

By Staff
Saturday The Annual Burnley and Public Reunion will be at Barnhill's Restaurant from 11 a.m-3 p.m. Call Ouida Haguewood at 644-3358 or Mamie Warren at 986-2267 for more information.
Sunday Meridian High School Class of 1973 will hold a class meeting at 5 p.m. at Highland Park.
Sept. 19-22 All former ship's 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. The gathering continues Saturday, at 6 p.m., at Howard Johnson's. E-mail patsyjh@msn.com for more information.
Sept. 22, 3 p.m.-5 p.m. Reception and reunion at the F.W. Williams Home, 905 Martin Luther King Drive, to honor former USF&G employees and F.W. Williams state agency retirees. Free admission. For information, call Merrehope at 483-8439.
Sept. 28 The Longhorn Riding Club will hold its annual reunion at 11 a.m. in the Collinsville Community Center, Highway 19 in Collinsville behind McPhail grocery. All former members are invited to attend and bring a covered dish for lunch. For information, call R. Price at 737-5141 or G. Goforth at 482-6374.
Oct. 4-5 Barfield Family will hold its reunion at New Hope Blackwater Baptist Church on Friday from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. The reunion continues Saturday at 11 a.m. at Highland Park. For information, call Marcell Hudnall Leggett at 483-6352.
Oct. 5 Southeast Lauderdale High School Class of 1974 will hold its reunion at noon at Coot's Crossing at Bonita Lakes. Bring a picnic lunch, lawn chair, beverage of choice, pictures and memorabilia from high school. If you have not already been contacted, call Debby Payne after 5 p.m. at 693-1423 for details. Registration is $15.
Oct. 11-12 Meridian High School Class of 1942 will hold its 60th class reunion at the Howard Johnson Convention Center. Students from the classes of 1940-1949 may attend. For information, call Dot Yochim-Gleason at 485-8072 or email: dotdavid@webtv.net. Deadline for reservations is Oct. 1.
Oct. 12 Jefferson Davis 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.
May 30-31 Meridian High School Class of 1983 will hold its reunion. For more information, e-mail Kimberly Killins-Franklin at reallilkim1@yahoo.com or contact Deloris Davis-Terrell at detel21@aol.com
Upcoming Quitman High School Class of 1993 is organizing a planning meeting to discuss its 10-year reunion. For information, email: Quitman93@yahoo.com.
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 in the summer of 2003. For information, e-mail Tiffanie Roberts at TIFF2T@aol.com.

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