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1:29 am Saturday, February 15, 2003

Reunions

By Staff
March 4 The next reunion planning committee meeting for Meridian High School class of 1973 reunion will be at 6 p.m. at The Salad Factory. For information, e-mail Kathleen Manning-Burton at kburton_30349 @yahoo.com.
April 3-6 USS Tarawa CV-40 and LHA-1 shipmates will hold their 14th annual reunion in Myrtle Beach, S.C. For information, call Chas E. Huck at (812) 612-4219 e-mail: ashuck@evansville.net or
C. "Roscoe" Turner at
(607) 865-4076 or e-mail: acturner@stny.rr.com.
April 11-13 Meridian High School Class of 1953 will hold its 50-year reunion. Checks for reservations are due by March 15 to Sylvia Jones McMinn, 3715 Kay Drive, Lauderdale, MS 39335. For information, call Richard Dixon at 485-7567.
May 30-31 Meridian High School Class of 1988 is planning its 15-year reunion. For information, e-mail Tiffanie Roberts at TIFF2T@aol.com.
May 30-31 Meridian High School Class of 1983 will hold its reunion. For more information, call Deloris Davis-Terrell at 693-6973, ext. 231 or e-mail Kimberly Killins-Franklin at reallilkim1@yahoo.com or Deloris Davis-Terrell at detel21@aol.com.
June 27-28 Meridian High School Class of 1968 reunion. For information, call Terry Anderson at 635-5515 or e-mail: twa@netdoor.com; or Vance Grantham at 484-5488 or e-mail: grantham@netdoor.com.
July 5 Clarkdale Class of 1977 is in planning stages for a reunion. Need addresses of classmates or numbers. Help planning would be a plus. T-shirt orders will be available in sizes M-XL. $20. prepaid. Contact Tina Moulds Estes at 485-2692 or e-mail: tjfrogette@aol.com.
July 10-13 The USS Boston Shipmates Inc. is planning its 19th annual reunion in Buffalo, N.Y. For information contact Arthur L. Hebert, P.O. Box 816, Amherst, NH 03031-0816. Phone: (603) 672-8772 or visit www.ussboston.org.
July 18-19 Meridian High School Class of 1983 will hold its 20-year reunion in Meridian. For information, e-mail: Jamie Bullock Cater at ejbcater@comcast.net; or Dimetri Mosley Brown at dmbrown@mpsd.k12.ms.us or call 484-4475 if you have not received a class letter.
July 18-19 Lamar High School Class of 1983 will hold its 20-year reunion in Meridian. For information, e-mail: Delita Duncan Waldron at waldronrx@aol.com or call 483-8062. Please note the date has been changed from the previous date of May 30-31 but the plans remain the same.
July 26 Members of Meridian High School Class of 1973 have set a date for their 30-year reunion. For information, e-mail Kathleen Burton at kburton_30349@ yahoo.com.
Sept. 4-7 USS Maddox Destroyer Assoc. Reunion (DD-168, DD-622 &DD-731) in Buena Park, Calif. Contact: Cliff Gillespie at 215 Wichita Avenue, No. 605, Huntington Beach, CA 92648. Phone: (714) 960-5283 or e-mail: cwgilles45@aol.com.
Oct. 8-11 2003 Memorial Reunion of the USS Canberra, CA-70 and CAG-2 will be in St. Louis, Mo. For information, call Bryan L. Humphry (410) 208-4911, e-mail:kandokangaroo@mchsi.com; or Kenneth C. Minick (740) 423-8976 or e-mail: kcm4@charter.net.
Oct. 16-19 Reunion of USS Iwo Jima (LPH2-LHD7) for all company, staff, HMM squadrons and embarked U.S. Marines will be in Norfolk Virginia Beach, Va. For information call Robert G. McAnally at (866) 237-3137 or e-mail: yujack@megalink.net.
Upcoming The Boose family reunion will be in Saginaw, Mich., this year. Family members in the Hickory community meet on the first Sunday of each month for planning. For information, e-mail: potts5615@aol.com.
Upcoming Quitman High School Class of 1993 is organizing a planning meeting to discuss its 10-year reunion. For information, send e-mail to: Quitman93@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Clarkdale's Class of 1993 is planning its 10-year reunion. For information, send e-mail to: Clarkdale93@aol.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 send e-mail to mdogw@aol.com or mwhit33@sears.com.
Upcoming Meridian High School class of 1973 is looking for classmates for its 30-year reunion. A date for the reunion has not been set. For information, call Teresa Walker at (601) 829-0007 or e-mail: twalk2209@bellsouth.net; Cindy Buntyn Addy at (662) 476-8522; Joe Buntyn at (334) 278-3126 e-mail: jlb0369@bellsouth.net; or e-mail: cowen.mpsd.k12.ms.us.

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