| E-Notice |
THIS
IS SURRATTS FOUNDATION E-NOTICE 2014-1 OF JANUARY 1, 2014
Hello Hornets:
Happy new year! Here are some items
that might be of interest:
1.
MANY THANKS TO OUR 2013 ANNUAL
CAMPAIGN DONORS.
The Foundation owes a debt of
gratitude to the many, and generous, 2013 Annual Campaign donors
listed below.
Their generosity will enable the
Foundation to continue its important work on behalf of the great
kids at Surratts, work that has accelerated markedly in the past 18
months.
And thanks as well to the
extremely, and very generous, \2014 Annual Campaign donors listed
below!
2.
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO MIKE
GIFFORD (84).
When the
Foundation was established in 2000, Bill Thomas (76) kindly
volunteered his significant talents to design, build and operate the
Foundation's web site at
www.surrattsville.org.
When Bill stepped down as
webmaster after a few years, the web site didn't skip a beat because
Mike Gifford (84) quickly volunteered to fill that role.
During his ten years or so in that
role, Mike continually modernized the site to reflect current trends
on the internet and worked tirelessly to keep the site regularly
updated with news, information and photos of interest to the
Surrattsville community.
Mike is now taking a very
well-deserved "late retirement" from that volunteer role, and we
can't say enough about how all of his hard work has been enjoyed by
so many folks both within, and outside, the greater Surrattsville
community. Thanks, Mike!
3.
SEEKING 71 CLASSMATES.
Debbie Herbert Woegens (71) is
attempting to locate her classmates Dawn Sutherland and Star
Shaeffer.
If you have any information on
these 71 graduates, please send Debbie an email at
cdwoegens@bresnan.net.
4.
SEEKING OLDER BOOMERANGS.
Rudolph Nielsen (42) is looking
for yearbooks, or copies of yearbooks, for years during his time at
Surratts.
Please send me an email at
hsmith@smithdowney.com if you
have any information that might be useful to Rudolph.
5.
NEED FOR GENTLY USED STRING
INSTRUMENTS.
Speaking of the band, as reported
in the last e-Notice, the School is in need of "gently used" string
instruments for the recently-revived student orchestra.
The Foundation thanks Steve
Profilet (71) for the first two donations to this cause – a
virtually new violin that was recently received with much gratitude
by instrumental music department chair Valerie Dent and a restored
viola that is on its way to the School.
Please send me an email at
hsmith@smithdowney.com if you
have a violin, viola, cello or double bass collecting dust in a
closet that you'd like to donate to this very worthy musical cause.
[This new initiative is featured,
along with three other Foundation initiatives, in a new youtube
program at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq7IGI69kOo&feature=c4-overview&list=UUJBiUH49oYAmsczyuPCTI3Q]
6.
NEW PHOTOS CONTINUE TO BE ADDED
TO FOUNDATION'S FACEBOOK GROUP.
Thanks to the on-going work of a
number of members of the Surrattsville communiy, the large
collection of wonderful historical photos with Surrattsville themes
on the Foundation's Facebook Group, "Surrattsville Alumni,"
continues to grow.
These include wonderful photos
from Surrattsville's various theatrical events over the years,
photos of the gone-but-obviously-not-forgotten El Rancho and Ranch
Drive-In, photos of beloved teachers, a tribute to Accokeek's own
Link Wray (recently nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame;
our own Greg Laxton (80) is one of the special custodians of the
Link Wray legend), a photo of Link at Surrattsville, and the like.
(Naturally, the Foundation would love to
have any Surrattsville- or Clinton-themed historical photos or
videos you might wish to share.)
7.
FOUNDATION'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL
CONTINUES TO ADD CONTENT.
The Foundation's rapidly expanding
youtube channel is always looking for additional content to add.
(There's a rumor that there might
be some digital copies of drama productions at Surrattsville that
might be suitable to include.
Naturally, we'd love to have those
treasures!)
Please become a subscriber to the channel,
take a moment to view the programs on the channel at
8.
DIGITIZATION OF FOUNDATION
ARCHIVES.
As many of our readers know – and
as all recent visitors to the Foundation's "Surrattsville Alumni"
Facebook Group have seen – the Foundation's Historian and Archivist,
Shelby Lee Oppermann (79), has largely single-handedly saved from
destruction, collected and made presentable a virtual treasure trove
of Surrattsville-related historical items.
Shelby now hopes to digitize those
priceless artifacts to ensure their survival into perpetuity.
Here's a message from Shelby that
we shared in the last e-Notice:
"We're hoping to find someone with the
capabilities to professionally digitize all our Foundation
memorabilia.
I will get as much up on Facebook
as the material will allow, but a professional job would be really
nice.
I also want to see if anyone in
our Surrattsville community would be able to take the Foundation's
oral history interviews off of the digital tape recorder and the
cassette recorder, enhance them, and take out background noises
(though the live episode of "Hornetman" recorded in the background
of some interviews from the Y2K reunion was pretty funny!).
I did have the digital tape
recorder downloaded onto a CD last year.
I am having fun uploading and
describing the pictures, and reading all the comments.
In addition to the Surrattsville
Alumni Facebook Group, I have been uploading onto various Facebook
groups like "If you grew up in Clinton you remember," "Clinton
Volunteer Fire Department," and the various elementary school pages.
Shelby"
(If you might be able to assist in
this important conservation effort, please send me an email at
hsmith@smithdowney.com.
)
9.
CLASSES OF 83/84/85 REUNION.
We received this
notice from the Classes of 83, 84 and 85:
"Mark your calendar for Saturday,
October 11, 2014 for our Classes of 83/84/85 Reunion.
Please email Debbie O’Clair
MacKenzie at
Debbiemackenzie45@yahoo.com
to be placed on the mailing list (if you have not already received
the “save the date” email).
If you have questions about the
event, contact your Class representative:
1983—Becky delVillar Levin:
bdellevin@gmail.com
1984—Gary Stallings:
gstallings@yahoo.com
1985—MaryBeth Klick:
mbklick@aol.com"
10.
REQUEST FOR NAMING ASSISTANCE
ON FALLEN HEROES PLAQUE FOR LEGACY HALL.
As reported previously, thanks to
the efforts of Bob Jeter (64), the Foundation is preparing a Fallen
Heroes plaque to hang in the Legacy Hall that will contain the names
and Class years of Hornets who died while serving in the military or
as first responders (or later from service-related injuries).
Please contact Bob at
bobjeter@verizon.net if you
know of any Hornets who should be honored in this way.
In addition, Bob is asking for
your thoughts on an appropriate title for this plaque, so please
send him an email if you have any ideas.
[Ed note:
Photos of the Legacy Wall can be
found on the Foundation's web site at
www.surrattsville.org.]
11.
STILL SEEKING WEB SITE
ASSISTANCE.
As noted above, the Foundation is
in need of a new webmaster for the web site at
www.surrattsville.org.
Please send me an email at
hsmith@smithdowney.com if
you'd consider donating your skills to this effort.
12.
CLASS OF 64 50 YEAR REUNION.
We
received this announcement about the Class of 64's upcoming golden
event:
"The Class of 1964 is
planning a 50th reunion in Ocean City for late September 2014.
It might seem a long way off, but we all know how fast time goes by.
We need to firm up a place, reserve a block of rooms to set aside,
and determine how much space we will need. Please email
Ginger Trapanotto,
gingersnap699@gmail.com
or Phil Foster,
fosterphilip6@gmail.com
if you (alone or with a guest) are interested in attending.
Also, if you know the whereabouts of any former classmate, please
ask him/her to email one of us or you can forward the information to
us. We appreciate any help you can provide and the "committee"
is looking forward to re-visiting the 60s with everyone."
13.
FOUNDATION FACEBOOK PRESENCE
CONTINUES TO GROW.
The Foundation's
Facebook Group – called "Surrattsville Alumni" – continues to grow,
and now has over 1700 members.
This is a great, and free, way for
folks to stay in touch.
Similarly, the Class-specific
Facebook Groups – that have names like "Surrattsville 1969,"
"Surrattsville 1973," "Surrattsville 1971," and the like -- continue
to grow.
These Facebook Groups are becoming
an increasingly active way for folks to share memories and news
updates of interest to the Surrattsville community.
Please consider joining the
Surrattsville Alumni Group, and your own Class-specific Group.
Here's hoping your new year came in with a
bang!
All the best, Henry Smith (71)
MANY
THANKS TO THESE EXTREMELY EARLY DONORS TO THE 2014 CAMPAIGN!
- Steve Profilet (71)
- Nancy Miller (67)
- Pat Becker Oles (71)
AND
MANY THANKS TO THESE GENEROUS DONORS TO THE 2013 CAMPAIGN!
- Pat Becker Oles (71)
- Steve Profilet (71)
- Vicki Forsht Williams (65 and
former faculty), In memory of Eugene Colgan and Richard
Mortimer
- Nancy Miller (67)
- Vicky Simontacchi Young (57), In memory of Richard C. Mortimer (57, former faculty)
- Bob Marr (71)
- Debbie Cox Marr (72)
- Mark Scoville (74), In memory of Mike
Helfrich (74) and Nancy Maddox (74)
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