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Reunion Plans, 2009

The 40th reunion for the Class of 1969 will take place on Saturday, June 27, 2009 at LaGuardia Airport Hotel in NYC.

We have a block of hotel rooms reserved, as well as the ballroom, terrace, side rooms, etc.

Here's the schedule/itinerary:

2:00 p.m. - tour of John Bowne High School. Meet on the front steps. There's no charge for this.

7:00 p.m. - midnight The Reunion!

7-8 cocktail hour
8:00 group photo
8:15 dinner served
9:15 or so - awards
9:45 dessert
after dessert: group photos of elementary schools, junior high, etc.
dance the night away, buy t-shirts, etc., socialize galore, etc.

Plans include sales of Nauga T-shirts, scanned copies of the yearbook...

Also: Prizes for various "mosts" - e.g. Who has traveled the furthest / Who lives closest to Bowne / Who looks the most like they did in high school / Senior celebrities ... other plans are percolating.

Fill out this Reunion Questionnaire in Word & send it to Sue!

If you are interested in joining the reunion committee, please contact Sue Rothaizer at sue_bowne69@yahoo.com or 718-261-9655

We're looking for a volunteer to scan the yearbook & shrink it to 8 1/2 X 11 to fit on standard paper - any volunteers, please contact Sue Rothaizer at sue_bowne69@yahoo.com or 718-261-9655

(See further discussions below)

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Old news:

Our Yahoo Group has an active discussion going about plans for the next Reunion.

Join in, and add your ideas to the mix:

Visit the group's home page to sign up and chat!

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Let us know if you have any goods and services to contribute (e.g.
printing, postage, flowers, gifts, music, d.j.).

Also, many of our classmates have leisure time or love
to surf the Internet. Help is needed to locate more
Missing Persons.

Please contact Sue Rothaizer to lend a hand! Write to
her sue_bowne69@yahoo.com or call her at (718) 261-9655 or (212) 924-5714. Thank you!

Mailing list updates:
Please contact Shoshana Nurik (formerly Sheila Deutscher) at shosh1@aol.com with her requested information:

Your name
Your preferred e-mail
Your snail-mail address
Your preferred phone contact - home phone, cell phone
If you would like to be on this committee and have input on the plans
Other names of Bownites missing from this list and e-mail/phone numbers
News or locations of Bownites for us to share

 

 

To add your own information to this site, visit our JBHS '69 Update form.

To make suggestion for improving this site, email Marion Leeds Carroll at bowne@leedscarroll.com

Donations: All this organizational work does cost something, and the Bowne '69 Alumni Association bank account is not bottomless. Help your Alumni Committee to maintain this web site, send out snail-mailings, and ultimately pay for hall rental, celebratory music, decorations, food and drink, and souvenirs, by making any donation you can afford.

Sue says: Our expenses include web site costs, printing, phone calls and postage, etc

Make checks payable to John Bowne '69 Alumni Association.

Send checks c/o:

S. Rothaizer
147-44 69th Road
Flushing NY 11367-1732

(718) 261-9655 or 212 924 5714
sue_bowne69@yahoo.com

 

site maintained by
Marion Leeds Carroll
bowne@leedscarroll.com

last updated 12/13/13