WHAT'S THE BUZZ?

Ray was a really solid friend. 51 years ago 9/21/68 we entered a car rally called Confucious Says. Very complicated trick questions necessary to find clues to the directions. I think we started near Independence about 3 and drove all over KCMO till late at night. Ray was the navigator and was doing most of the work. At one point he's leaning out the back of my TR3 and looking at a billboard of Len Dawson selling something, an important clue. Trouble was we were going the wrong way on a one way highway. We finally got to the party destination in South Missouri to find Paul Long and Skip Coons playing pool and drinking 5% beer. Somehow we took 2nd place and got a nice trophy (see attached). He let me keep it even though he did most of the work. Another fond memory was double dating to the Starlight to see John Davidson in Camelot or something. He with my coworker Susie from Zales Ward Parkway and me with his coworker Susan from Ranchmart. Wish he could be here. A great guy and fellow Drinking Buddy.

Posted on: Sep 14, 2019 at 5:22 PM

Posted on: Sep 15, 2019 at 10:49 AM

See you this coming week

Barry was my housemate at KU second semester of Freshman year.  This was the Spring Semester of 1970, when some real funky stuff went down, such as the Student Union fire, and Kent State murders.

Our house was a very, very funky house, and there were no cats in the yard. 1017 Delaware, accross from the real old baseball field, and the the Stokley Van Camp Pork and Bean Factory. The house leaned to the right, and it was haunted. I think the only way it continued to stay up was because the termites were holding hands.

Every day was a party.  I hardly remember going to class, but I had my best semester GPA when I lived with Barry. He was an easy guy to get along with, very nice and a good friend.

I got to see him last summer when he visited Glen Stinson. Still a real good guy. We had a couple of brews, some dinner, and told some old stories which made us all laugh.

Rest in pease friend.  I hope you find succor for your pain.

I hope you are coming to the reunion and joining us on the museum tour!! Will be wonderful to see you ??

Posted on: Sep 01, 2019 at 4:33 AM

Pleased you joined the website. We have a fun weekend of festivities planned. Hope you will make it.

Lee was a good guy.  Ran with him a little bit. Lost touch after high school

Posted on: Mar 04, 2019 at 1:23 PM

Linda, would you please contact Shelia Kinney and encourage her to join the website and attend the reunion. Thanks.

I enjoyed listening to and dancing to the music made by Bill Speer and other classmates. Paul Clark, R.G daCunha, Skip Johnson, Bob Morris, Greg Whitfield. I haven't seen Bill in years, but I remember him as a real nice guy.