40th Class Reunion at
Sheryl's Restaurant in Live Oak
Saturday, October 18, 2008

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We have added all the names to the photographs that we are almost positive about :)
Please, if you can identify anyone in these photographs E-Me! and I will update this page.

	Left to Right Sandra Robinson Starling, Sue Baxter Stanley, Stanley Hopkins Colvin, Peggy Alderman Bullock, Vesta Skeen, Susan James Radford, Jane Ross Hingson, Elizabeth Bray Davis, Harriet Crouch Irwin, Dottie Roberson Chauncey, Gwen Tomlinson Dixon, Willa Morgan Myers, Renee Preston Poole, Barbara McCullers Peaden, Pam Parramore Wilkes

The Year is 1968: President: Lyndon B. Johnson Vice President: Hubert H. Humphrey Population: 200,706,052 Life expectancy: 70.2 years Median Household Income: $7,743	Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, is slain in Memphis (April 4th, 1968). James Earl Ray, indicted in King murder, is sentenced to 99 years Sen. Robert F. Kennedy is shot and critically wounded in Los Angeles hotel after winning California primary (June 5)—dies June 6.
Stanley Hopkins Colvin, Vesta Skeen, Sue Baxter Stanley and Nelda Land Croft (thanks Nelda :),	Miles Peaden, Barbara McCullers Peaden, Jerry Taylor and Elizabeth Bray Davis
??,??, Paul Snipes	Sandra Robinson Starling and husband, son and daughter-in-law, Susan James Radford

Average price of a car in 1968 - $2450.00 Average price of a gallon of milk in 1968 - $1.21 Average price of a loaf of bread in 1968 - $0.22 Average price of a home in 1968 - $26,600.00 Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.05 ($0.06 as of 1/7/68)	60 Minutes airs on CBS, beginning its reign as the longest-running prime-time newsmagazine. The motion picture rating system debuts with G, PG, R and X. The rock musical Hair opens on Broadway. Movies - 2001: A Space Odyssey, Romeo and Juliet, Funny Girl, The Lion in Winter, Oliver!
Leroy Sapp and wife, Steve Bridges and wife	Doug Tucker, Miles Peaden, Jeff Poole, Warren Jernigan
Carlton DeLoach (married longest winner)	Miles Peaden, Barbara McCullers Peaden, Bill Hogan and wife, Renee Preston Poole (husband behind her)

Top 10 Hits of 1968 1. Hey Jude, The Beatles 2. Honey, Bobby Goldsboro 3. Love Is Blue, Paul Mauriat 4. (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay, Otis Redding 5. People Got To Be Free, Rascals 6. Sunshine Of Your Love, Cream 7. This Guy's In Love With You, Herb Alpert 8. Stoned Soul Picnic, Fifth Dimension 9. Mrs. Robinson, Simon and Garfunkel 10. Tighten Up, Archie Bell and The Drells	Most Popular Shows on TV Laugh-in Gomer Pyle Bonanza Mayberry,RFD Gunsmoke Julia Dick Van Dyke Show Dean Martin Show Here's Lucy Beverly Hillbillies

Renee Preston Poole	Douglas Tucker
Dottie Roberson Chauncey, Paul Chauncey, Willa Morgan Myers and Douglas Tucker	David Montgomery, Marvin Baker, Carlton DeLoach, Danny Gamble and Debra Carver Gamble, ??, Paul Snipes

Chip Harris, Harriet Crouch Irwin and Bill Montgomery	David Montgomery, Marvin Baker and Carlton Deloach
Robyn Bender, ??	Peggy Alderman Bullock, Dottie Roberson Chauncey, Willa Morgan Myers, Douglas Tucker and Paul Chauncey

Peggy Alderman Bullock, Susan James Radford and Barbara McCullers Peaden	David Burch and Jason Sapp
Jimmy Hillhouse	# 21 Harriet Crouch Irwin, ??, David Montgomery and Stanley Hopkins Colvin
Debra and Donald Sapp and Gwen Tomlinson Dixon and husband	James Mercer, Dottie Roberson Chauncey and Pam Parramore Wilkes
Douglas Tucker won the "Traveled greatest distance to attend" award	Interesting Facts about the year 1968 - other than it being the year YOU graduated The successful flight of Apollo 8 makes Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot James Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders the first people to orbit the moon. Charlie Hall, Hashbury, invents the waterbed as a school project. From January - May 1968 40,000 students participate in 221 major demonstrations on 101 campuses Ivan E. Sutherland at University of Utah, invents first head-mounted Virtual Reality display, but powerful enough computer to use with it does not yet exist Many hippies register to vote for the first time. :) Hurricane Dora hit just a week or so after the Class of 1968 started their freshman year at SHS, demolishing the old high school. The Class of 1968 along with all other SHS students spent the next year or so scattered over about 5 buildings, from the Sunday school rooms at First Baptist, to a renovated old armory
There are plans for a "60th Birthday Party" for the class of 1968 - since most are turning 60 some time next year. Please come back often and the details will be provided as soon as we know them. I hope you've enjoyed this little walk down Memory Lane as much as I've enjoyed creating it! Please email Jane if you have any additional photographs or news you want added. ~ yakkatyasoon