A message to the Class from David Raymond
Hello RTA’66 Classmates!
Once again, it's getting close to that time of year and the R.W. Traip Academy Golden Grads Reunion will take place as it does every year on the third Wednesday of July. So, this year it will fall on July 17th, 2024. The attached
RTA'66 GOLDEN GRADS INVITATION 2024 provides the necessary reunion details as well as the reply form to return to me with your payment.
This year I'll be taking over for Arny Putnam, Connie (Sears) Moulton and Nancy (Foss) Lawson, who have handled the Golden Grads for our class in recent years. Thanks to their diligence and that of many other classmates on past reunion efforts, I have an up-to-date email contact list for 89 of our classmates. However, there are some notable gaps; with your help I would like to include a valid email address, or alternatively a valid cell phone number for some of the classmates on the attached RTA’66 Missing List.
I apologize in advance to female classmates, whose maiden/married names may be not be up-to-date. I'd be pleased to correct these and any misspellings as well. News about any of these classmates also would be welcome.
I recognize that many people are reluctant to share contact information. I get it... it's a hassle getting junk mail and being hacked. My low-tech security approach will be to "hide" the class recipients list in as bcc's (as I did with this mailing to ~89 persons), so that recipients cannot see the names and email addresses.
In addition to the list missing classmates above, there are a couple of other names that were on the Class List that I was given, but I just don't recognize them. They could have been military and transferred before graduating, or guests at a previous class function; however, they are not in our Yearbook, nor on our Graduation Program. Does anybody know: Elizabeth Gustafson or Sidra (Bryant) Van Norden?
One sobering aspect of trying to notify all of our past classmates necessitates a review of the list of classmates who have passed. As one can see from visiting our class website at
https://www.traip66.com/class, that list now stands at 32. It's sad to contemplate...so many good people... dear friends. On behalf of the class, many thanks to Judy (Power) Despres for her years of effort in establishing and maintaining that wonderful website for all of us!
I realize it is early, but if you know your schedule and plan to attend the Golden Grads, please feel free to send in your response and money any time. I'll forward it right away to Louise (LaMarca) Gay, the event organizer. For others this mailing can serve as a "Save-the-Date" notification; I'll send out another invitation, probably sometime in early June... hopefully, to a longer list of classmates.
Best Wishes to All, I Hope to See You this Summer!
David Raymond
Missing/Unreachable RTA '66 Classmates
Judith Ann Aube Regina 'Ginger' Hall Harry Robert Morris
Carol (Cashman) Bryant Jean Lynn (Hardy) Johnson William Hamilton Paisley
Noble James Cassell Shirlen Hargrave Glenn John Ouimet
Robert Bruce Connell Marvin "Buddy" Hewlett Stephen Wayne Philbrook
William Morgan Dinan Katherine Elaine Howland Roxanna (Prescott) Reed
Roland Winferd Foss Jr. Dorian Lee Hutchins Joseph Carl Putnam
Kathleen (Ghirardi) Hall Paula (Long) Rankin Nelson Joseph Schnitzler
Floyd Wayne Gooch Marion Frances Maby Barbara Rena Stevens
Bonnie Goss Linda Jane Martin Linda (Stewart) Anson
Beverly Jean Grant Rose Marie Mason Robert Phillip Tremblay
Vicky Lee Grant Gary Edward Moore Karl L Tucker
Holman Leo Grover Gordon Lorenzo Moore Jr. Judith Jay Williams
Rebecca "Becky" Hall Patrick Morgan
If you have email or text # contact information for any of the individuals above,
please send it to me or advise the person(s) to contact me directly. Thanks.
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