WILSON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1956 AND GUESTS

2018 is the year when most of us turned 80. So……..LET’S HAVE A PARTY!!

DATE – Wednesday, August 8, 2018

PLACE – Roseville Central Park Victoria West Area

2495 Victoria St. N. Roseville, MN

TIME – LIONS SHELTER from 9am to 3pm

COME WHEN YOU ARE ABLE, LEAVE WHEN YOU MUST

FOOD – Bring Your Own Lunch (BYOL) and beverage

- Coffee and bottled water provided

- veggie and fruit trays provided

- pastries available around 9:30am for those who arrive in the morning

- Lions Shelter has kitchen facilities, water, electricity, 3 grills

ACTIVITIES – Conversation, conversation, conversation………………….

⁃ Program (informal) after lunch (maybe 1pm);

come prepared to share a story about an event, teacher or classmate

⁃ Bring your own lawn games, card games, board games, Bocce Ball

⁃ The park has hiking trails

Classmates’ Reviews of the party:

EMAIL. From Pat Fuller Arent:

Why do we bother to show up, every few years, at our Wilson Class of '56 Get Togethers?

Here's my "1-2-3 Take" on it:

1. Many of us, through the forties and fifties, spread lots of positive youthful energy all over each other, as we traveled through our grade school and high school years.  From this period, we created, and stored, our own special time capsule of friendship and life experiences, which culminated in our graduating from Wilson in 1956.

2. Through the decades, we could individually open this Wilson '56 capsule anytime, by looking at our Logs and scrapbooks and feeling grateful for these fond memories .

3. Well, who are the very best people in the world that we can periodically join in sharing the opening of our special Wilson '56 time capsule?  Who understands us the most in those formative growing years?  You know the answer.  All of us that are still here.  Clyde, our Class President, has assured us that our 65th reunion will occur. In 2021, will you join us for our Wilson Class of '56 Reunion?  Stay alive and come!!!

From Pat

EMAIL From Sandy Melby Clasen:

“It was so good to see everyone at the party yesterday.  Many thanks for all your hard work.  Terry Rossi's wife said we have the greatest class with people keeping the get-togethers going and I agree. “

EMAIL From Ron & Lois Peschel:

“We both enjoyed the Birthday Picnic yesterday!  " Well Done"

all of you!!”

EMAIL From Tom and Gayle McMahon:

Thank you, we had a very good time.. Tom & Gayle McMahon

PHONE CALL From Gloria Longevin Ulbricht:

“Thank you for all you all did for the class party.”  Gloria said she loved the format, the location, the picnic with BYOL so that everyone can have food that they want.

EMAIL From Ron and Joanne Causton

“Thanks so much for all your tracking of our 1956 class and all of the communication about our 80th birthday bash. Also please let the committee that planned the get-together know we appreciate their good work and had a very enjoyable time.”

NOTE From Audrey Keefe Mitchell

I want to add my thank you to all who worked to make the party so very great.  I love the location, the format, the program with stand-up 'talk-stories', the wonderful glasses, Pat Fuller Arent’s memory books and ‘free for the taking’ and the ‘bid items', Bob Witt’s balloons and the banner and the truck, Betty Hunter Wilson’s and Gloria Longevin Ulbright’s management of the name tags and the receiving desk. THANKS to Ken Wenzel and Barb Maier Seaberg for picking up and trucking the water, donuts, pastries, fruit, veggies, ice, coffee, supplies and Clyde Nelson for party management, format and coordination of the committee members. Most of all, thank you to all classmates and guests that came to the party and made it great!!!

PS: I will add other comments as they are received.

EMAIL from Wendy Rossi:

It was a great party, obviously very well thought through and executed.  Having us bring our own lunch was a great idea, avoiding costs and picky eaters and a lot of work for the committee.  

congrats

The 62 attending RSVPs.

Gerry and Marlys Norve called to cancel due to hip issues which restrict them. Jim and Jane Peterson decided they cannot attend the party. Bill Zins’ sister, Gloria Zins, recently died and he said he won’t make it to the party. Ray Johnson recently said he would not be able to get to the party. Marjo Johnson Sindelar and Dick Sindelar will not be able to attend due to unforseen circumstances.

Classmates’ attending RSVP

Pat Fuller Arent

Roger Arent : Guest of Pat Arent

Karen Swanson Booth

Roger Booth : Guest of Karen Booth

Betty Wolfe Carlson

Harold Carlson : Guest of Betty Wolfe Carlson

Bill Casey

Carol Johnson Casperson

Joanne Causton : Guest of Ron Causton

Ron Causton

Lynn Clasen : Guest of Sandra Clasen

Sandra Melby Clasen

Donna Foss : wife of Tom Foss

Sharon Nielson Gosiak

Colleen LeVasseur Hantho

Terry Hantho : Guest of Colleen

Beverly Wall Jessup

Byron Jessup : Guest of Beverly Jessup

Anita Shisler Johnson

James Johnson

Dick Kennedy

Mary Kennedy: Guest of Dick Kennedy

Eugene Louden

Barbara Louden : Guest of Eugene Louden

Dean Libby : Guest of Lori Libby

Lorelei Sabean Libby

Patrick Mandell

Glenn Miller

Kaysene Miller: Guest of Glenn Miller

Jim Miller

Audrey Keefe Mitchell

Clyde Nelson

Judy Nelson : Guest of Clyde Nelson

Ron Peschel

XXX : Guest of Ron Peschel

Wendy Ham Rossi: wife of Terry Rossi

Nancy Mattson Schwandt

Barbara Maier Seaberg

Dave Seaberg : Guest of Barbara Seaberg

Jim Senske

Katie Senske: Guest of Jim

Don Shearon : Guest of Mary Shearon

Mary Komives Shearon

Sharonlee Marstad Strohkirch

Eunice Hagstrom Sundberg

Wes Sundberg : Guest of Eunice Sundberg

Stanley Swanson

Rosemarie Swanson : Guest of Stanley Swanson

Marsha Labonne Timlin

Gloria Langevin Ulbricht

Jackie Moldenhauer Vanderheyden

David Wagner

Ken Wenzel

Bonnie Wenzel : Guest of Ken Wenzel

Betty Hunter Wilson

Vic Heiska : Guest of Betty Wilson

Bob Witt

Kay Witt : Guest of Bob Witt

Barbara Fair Young

Bill Young : Guest of Barb Young

Roger Ziehl

William Zins