Date: Fri 21-Nov-1997

Publication: Bee

Author: DOTTIE

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A 40th Reunion For Class Of 1958?

Fredrick Rees, president of the Class of 1958, is hoping to organize a 40th

reunion party to be held sometime early in the fall of 1998.

Mr Rees said that his class was one of the first to go all the way through the

"new" high school on Queen Street that was built in 1953. The building now

houses the middle school. Before 1953, Newtown's upper grades were located in

the Hawley School.

Mr Rees actually missed his graduation ceremonies at Edmond Town Hall 40 years

ago, because he "had to catch a boat" headed for France. But he did receive

his diploma early from the Board of Education during a "surprise" ceremony, he

recalled.

Now, Mr Rees would like to see as many of his 32 classmates as possible come

back for their 40th, including those members of the class who did not graduate

from the Newtown school system but transferred to private schools instead.

"We were a tight knit bunch," he said during a recent visit to his former home

on Hanover Road.

Any member of the Class of 1958 who might be thinking of attending is asked to

write to Fred Rees at PO Box 4222, Cave Creek, AZ 85327. Classmates may also

reach Mr Rees by making a collect call to 602/488-3457.