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Beth Broadhurst (Murray)

Fred, Janie, Clare

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I am so appreciative for all you did to make it possible for another WHS gathering. Everything was Perfect. Clare’s warm welcoming and beautifully decorated house (YES she’s  still up on ladder stringing outdoor lights). Declicious food (I agree with Jodelle —-salad recipe, please).  Many laughs along with fun and interesting conversations.  It was a special evening having an opportunity to talk with those we missed at the reunion.

Wishing everyone near and far a Merry Christmas and abundant blessings, big and small in the year ahead!

Michael McLeod

Nice to hear everyone had fun.

Hoping one of these days it will time out so that I can come up for one of those shindigs.

Have a wonderful Christmas season everyone. 

John Maxwell

David Mitchell

Jack,

So who is Henry Ford anyway? Some pal of yours? 

Francene Maple (Kriegel)

Better late than never.... Thank you Clare, Janie and Fred.  It is so nice to have someone take care of all the planning, decorating and cooking.  It was all lovely.  I am glad I got to chat with so many people.  And so glad the weather was nice for us  out- of- towners.  Great fun.  Thank you again...

John... I am on board for Ford I love Greenfield Village... I do not love camping....

Mary Clare Hummer (Bauer)

Sounds like fun. I’ll pick you up on my way thru Findlay, Francene. We can find a good hotel to camp at!! 

Clare

James Hamilton, M. D.

Michael McLeod

Glad you brought that out about Cody. It's sad, Jim, the IC envy that these people are still carrying around with them after all these years. I try not to hold it over them. Face it people: We were the mothership. Clintonville was Rome. I try not to rub it in that I lived on East North Broadway, the very same street that IC is on. but I mean that's basically like living right around the corner from the Vatican. 

Of course, you can see what good it did me, but that's another conversation.

Timothy Lavelle

I'm sorry but how have we not started a line of high end waffle and pancake dressings under the label FRANNY MAPLE?

I think we are missing something here...

Francene Maple (Kriegel)

Clare,  Yes, pick me up on the way .... a nice hotel I could do.    Tim,  Where were you years ago when I could have started a syrup business.  I would have looked great as a butterworth bottle.  

Timothy Lavelle

Look at those cheeks. My god girl, Mrs. B'worth has nothing on the Maple DNA.

Hey, I have a birthday gift for you for whenever that was or will be. In line with your always great sense of humor, I give you two names...one current...Bill Bryson (The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid)...and a blast from the past, P. G. Wodehouse...just anything he wrote. Both will give you hours and hours of chuckles bordering on outright guffaws...cackles even! Enjoy. And pass the Butter.

Kathleen Wintering (Nagy)

 2018 Sounds like I missed a wonderful party! Wish I lived closer! Kathy WIntering Nagy

John Maxwell

David Mitchell

Jack,

You don't say. Did he make any money off the damn thing?

(Just kidding, I've met one of his grandsons at a church out on the Island during our "Concourse de Elegance" a big time annual fancy car show they hold down here on Hilton Head - and, been there done that  at the Dearborne Village museum many yeas ago - very impressive)

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Tim and Francene,

I'm thinkin" we could use this somehow at the local Waffle House for their Fried Chicken on Waffles special.

Fred Clem

John,

I've been to both the Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.  It was about 1990 and made the trip with Sue Lally & Mike Boulware along with their three children and my niece.  We did the museum the first day and the village the next.  I think all thoroughly enjoyed both venues.  

Janie Albright (Blank)

Jack, I think a road trip like that sounds like a fantastic idea. I’ve been there before but so long ago that I don’t remember the details so much as that it was great. Makes no difference if it’s repeat trip. We will be going with old friends. I’m in with Clare and Francene and anyone else who is opposed to a tent. Nice offer though Jack. 

I‘m thinking if we do a weekday or two won’t be so crowded. Maybe September? That way out of towners can plan on it. But I’m open to other dates. May is also a possibility. Summer probably too busy or we are too busy. Anyone else interested jump in here. 

David Mitchell

Road trip? 

I thought you all just made one clear across the river, all the way over to Clare's house. I know Keith must live all of 6 or 8 blocks from her house. But, according to sources I have on the inside, he managed to find his way.  (He and John Jackson always were real smart about figurin' stuff out.)

Still jealous that I couldn't make it! 

Hey, I got an idea. How about a road trip to the People's Republic of Bluffton? Or even Hilton Head - they got real hotels out there on the Island? And restaurants you can eat in sittin' down. But whatever you do, don't bring your golf clubs. We only got 'bout 35 courses in the immediate area. No sir, don't even dream about bringin' yur golf clubs. 

   (and whatever you do, "PLEASE don't throw me in dat briar patch")

And a couple o' Waffle Houses. 

Why, I could take y'all over ta Savannah and show ya where Forest Gump sat on the park bench. And out on the local course at Colleton River where they shot "The Legend of Bagger Vance". And back up to Port Royal to see where they shot the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company scenes, and into Beaufort where Mary Ann could show y'all where they shot The Great Santini, The Big Chill, and The Prince of Tides. And we could stop somewheres along the way and order "shrimp and grits" - mmmmm deicious! 

If you timed it right, come during the Beaufort Film Festival and May Ann might introduce you to a few of her former (Historic Inn) house guests, Andie McDowell, Blythe Danner (Film Festival board members), or crusty, angry Tom Berenger - you know, regualr folks like that. (if she's reading thi s she could probably add a few more names)

Road Trip?  Yea that's it, a Road Trip!     Drive South

David Mitchell

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

(ta da Moon, Moon, Moon)

Why do I get the feeling that we are about to hear a major explosion coming from inside the "beltway" in DC?

Will it be like an earthquake? Or a major hurrricane?  Or more like fireworks?

Kinda reminds me of the girls prom dresses - well, sorta.

Joseph D. McCarthy

ONE of these days I am going to get back to The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village, hopefully next year when I visit Detroit ( phoentically  "Dit Troit" ).   Come to think of it is has only been about Sixty-Seven years since I first visited, and about about 55 years sincce my last visit.  I am sure things are a lot better now and they've forgotten whatever I did on those visits.

Joseph D. McCarthy

Dave please pardon me if I'm taking too much of your limited time on the forum, BUT.....

My Eyesight's gone, my Hearings BAD, my joints are STIFF, and I have trouble staying AWAKE!!!

THANK GOD I Can still DRIVE.

David Mitchell

Joe, 

If you and Francine and Joe Gentilini didn't spend so darn much time hogging this Forum, the rest of us might be able to squeeze something else in from time to time. 

And yes Mark, we like to put lots of r's in "hurrricane".

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Note; on my previous post I used a different Katy Perry "Fireworks" video, but I took it down and replaced it after about 5 minutes. It was a studio version with some social messages contained  (kids with cancer, and the social stigma of overweight teen-age girls, and other subtle matters) .

So I thought it might seem like bad taste. But there was something significant in that one that I would like to point out. It had a wondeful studio effect with fireworks shooting out of her boobs. Now that is a skill that the nuns never taught us and I can't for the life of me figure out why. I mean like, what self respecting person would NOT want to be able to shoot fireworks out of their boobs? Can any of you help me come to grips with this?

Imagine going to a party and everybody is shooting fireworkds out of their boobs and you're the only one there who can't do it. I just hate when that happens!

Joseph Gentilini

Hey, David M -- I have not commented in these forums for a long time, but I read everything.  The think that you are projecting  quite a bit here -= Ha!

Mark Schweickart

Just a note to say that I cannot recommend enough having Jack act as a tour guide through Greenfield Village and the Ford Museum. He hasn't mentioned it yet, but a few (probably many, we are getting old, now aren't we) years ago, he actualy worked there, so he really knows his way around the place, and what a fantastic place it is. He was a terric host shepherding my wife and myself about the place for two days. It definitely takes a minimum of two days to begin to absorb what is there. I highly encourage people to organize this possible field trip.

And Jack -- so when are you going to share with us what one derives from this sleeping in the snow, communing with nature,  and commiserating with other frozen manly men? Have you become enlightened, or just lightened by a few pounds from this experience?

David Mitchell

Just heard Nancy Wilson died at 81 from a long illness.  I loved her !  

I think she grew up in Chillicothe and moved to Columbus and went to East High School.

Francene Maple (Kriegel)

I may not be as "religious" as Joe about the forum... but I do read it almost every day.  Usually I am still forming a thought in my mind when you have moved on to the next few ideas.  

Tim, thanks for the reading suggestions.  I love BIll Bryson, but have not read that one.  I will add them to my ever growing list of "must read"s