Ex-Students News
Reported by Charlene Olbrich
Ex-Student Association Advisory Committee Member
December 30, 2008
What a great holiday we have had.  Family straggled in every day for almost a week.  Now the clean up begins and we have to learn to write 2008 on everything with a date on it.  And there is not much movement among our exes.

We did hear that Nancy Barron Heleman, Class of 1957 is improving.  Our prayers are that she keeps on getting better each day.  She still has a long road ahead of her so do keep her in your prayers.

Our last report from Moses Hinistroza, a Senior in High School this year and the son of Felix Hinistroza, Class of 1982 is that he's doing very well.  I think they want to keep a close eye on him for a while though.  We hear that he's very anxious to come home.

My brother, Jimmy Reavis, Class of 1957 of Universal City was here Christmas Day and again to pick up sister, Betty Reavis Morlan, Class of 1959 of Ohio.  She will visit his family for a couple of days before catching a plane back home.  We already miss her.

Noticed a picture in the newspaper of Gary Anders, Class of 1984 of Taylor. He works with the Pony League and they were installing new foul poles on their field.  Nice to see how involved our exes are in their communities.

Ran into Ila Mae Becker Jansky, Class of 1949 of Taylor in the store the other day.  She said she enjoys reading our news and it helps her keep up with our exes.  Always good to hear.

Our condolences to the family and friends of Cleda Marie Gunn Thorn, Class of 1949 of Hurst.  Many thanks to Billie Kelm Schwarz, her classmate, for calling this information in.  Cleda was buried in Taylor and several of her classmates attended the funeral.  She will surely be missed by many.

I know a lot of folks didn't get to see the TCU versus Univeristy of Houston game as it was on the NFL channel.  TCU did win the game.  Curtis Clay plays on the TCU team and he's the son of our Curtis Marcel Clay, Class of 1980 of Rockdale.  Sure would like to have seen that game.  Our thanks to Jeff Olbrich, Class of 1981 of Pflugerville for this information. Jeff works in the same building as Marcel's wife.  Small world!!

A little more on our scholarship history from where we left off in 1992. In 1993, we gave 7 scholarships.  The Ex-Students had enough money to give two and they went to Mark Biar and Shelley Bishop.  We had one that was not accepted from the previous year and it went to Michele Biehle. The Florine Poldrack Woodward Memorial Scholarship also went to Shelley Bishop.  Florine was in the Class of 1950 and passed away June 27,
1985. There was a Bulldog Scholarship given that year and it went to Latisha Hobbs.
The Class of 1942 gave a scholarship and it went to Crispin Gambrell. The Class of 1952 gave a scholarship and it went to Nicole Niemtschk.

Now for some of our "lost" exes.  These have been lost for two plus years and some for a number of years.  If you know of their whereabouts, please contact us.  Class year, name and last know city will be listed.
1986 - Vanessa Deary
Christian Johannes Luther, Germany
Pete San Miguel, Thorndale
Roy Salazar, Thorndale
Lisa Buscemi Baker, Lakeway
1987 - Bruce Deary, Thorndale
1988 - Veronica M. Williams, Rockdale
Christina Rydell, Austin
1989 - Janeen Murray McGraw, Thorndale
1990 - Austin Camp, Thorndale
Jason Hix, Taylor
Amelia Mendoza, Humble
Theresa Zachary, Buda

It seems like the exes that have never been added to our lists are easier to find than our “lost" exes.  If you can find any of these folks, please let us know.  We sure would like to send them an invitation to Homecoming this next year.
1960 - Michael Holder
Jeanette Kaatz
Joaquin Marquez
Betty Joyce Parker
Sara Survant
1961 - Melvin Cornelius
Anita Hall
David Schrader
Thomas Towery
1962 - Beatrice Barratachea
Anita Flores
Adolpho Flores
Annie Galban

We will be giving another scholarship this year.  It will be a Jack and Lillian Stiles Scholarship.  An ongoing scholarship is in the works in this name, but it's still in the process of working out the details.  This will bring our total to nine (9) to be given to seniors this year at the awards assembly.


 
 
Be sure to keep us in mind when you hear of an ex-student's move for a change of address, a marriage, death or an achievement of any kind that we would be interested in hearing about. 

If you have any information for us or if you need information from us, just give us a call or let us know in any way and we'll do what we can to help.  We love to hear from our exes.

Contact any of the following:

Irene Waiser Cast, Class of 1944  898-2167
Gracie Schneider Cargill, Class of 1967  898-2017
Angie Schneider Becker, Class of 1965 898-2257
Doris Grubbs Campbell, Class of 1941 898-2687
Evelyn Beard Young, Class of 1953  446-7390
Mary Ann Sielaff Rodenbeck, Class of 1949 898-2664
Leroy & Charlene Tunstall Olbrich, Class of '51/'53
e-mail: locojo@totalaccess.net
898-2072
 
Thorndale Ex-Students Assn.,
P. O. Box 393,
Thorndale, Texas  76577


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