Koons, Steve (wife—Andrea, one daughter) Employment - Retired from U. S. Army, now working as a civilian with the Army

Fayetteville, GA

Dreams - Good health, good fortune, and continuing friendship? In addition, hope to have the "final" retirement plans in place and will have moved back to Tennessee near Ft. Campbell, KY and the home of the 101^st Airborne Division (AASLT).

Memories – Now that I look back at those years, there were so many fond memories that it is difficult to pick one that stands out. Being a Future Farmer, planing in the band, orchestra, Student Council, football games, basketball games, and pep rallies all come to mind. But, I guess the fondest memory is just being a part of our class-which as the years grow on means more and more. We had such a really close class and probably didn’t realize it. But, that has all paid dividends as we all seem to getting closer together again, thanks to the internet, but the foundation of friends we formed has endure time and weather to take us where we are today. I am reminded a saying the British had when I served in one of their Battalions "…may the hinges of our frienship never rust". Seems to fit here!

Gibbs (Gehring), Linda (two children, four grandchildren) Employment – Realtor, Re/MAX Excel Realtors

Indianapolis, IN

Dreams – Stay healthy and be happy everyday, because who knows what tomorrow will bring.

Memories – All those slumber parties we all enjoyed on Friday nights. Sneaking out and meeting our boyfriends and wondering how Mom always found out. The slumber party in my house where we all put on all my warm socks in my drawer and traced over to the graveyard across from the house. The snow was blowing and knee deep that night! Needless to say, the next morning Mom found wet socks everywhere. If I remember correctly, I believe the police followed us back that night! The Candy Kitchen after school and on Saturdays when we had our cherry cokes and potato chips with mustard. All those "good ole days" we thought we were so miserable.

Wise (Wright), Mary Lynn (three children, six grandchildren) Employment - Administrative Assistant, Rhodia Inc.

Baton Rouge, LA

Dreams – Retirement before my children. Growing older with the love of family and friends. See all 50 states. Compile a family cookbook. Research the Wise family tree. Attend the MHS Class of ’62 45^th Reunion.

Memories – Asking my parents for the keys to the car and a quarter for gas. Carbon paper. The simplicity of life but mostly the friendships which have grown through the years.

Lesser (Smith), Karen (one daughter) Employment – Senior Secretary, Eli Lilly

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Retire.

Memories – Pep Club with little white gloves and red, white & blue cardboard cards for spelling out messages; mixers after games, Candy Kitchen visits.

Pruett (White), Lila A. (three children, three grandchildren) Employment - Purdue University

West Lafayette, IN

Dreams – To make each day an "important day," to thank God at least once a day for my blessings, and to "go forward."

Memories – Some of the favorite memories in my life (and maybe some of the saddest) were the years of my "being in love" with Eddie Neal

Swisher (Thomas), Melissa (husband—Glenn, one son, five step children, 11 grandchildren children; one decreased.) Employment – Retired

Gosport, Indiana

Dreams - My dream for the next five years is for peace on earth. I dream my grandkids will grow in a world free from terrorist and war. I dream of a cure for cancer and other fatal diseases.

Memories – All the dances and proms we decorated for. We didn’t have to spend a lot of money to have fun. Driving around and setting at the Big Boy with Thelma delivering cherry cokes. Wearing cords

which is thing of the past. Of course we couldn’t write on ours!

Brummett (Britton), Janet S. (husband—Glenn D) Employment -Worksite Coordinator, Hoosier Hills Career Center

Bloomington, IN

Dreams – Retire, travel, play golf, and stay healthy

Memories – GAA and play days with other schools, being a T.A. for Mrs. Scherer – the P.E. Teacher; overnights at Judy Brummett's house; Mrs. Kitchen taking her lunch hour to give me extra shorthand timed-writings and her taking me to Mr. Smith’s room when I passed 150wpm.

Caldwell (Hamilton), Judy (husband—Leon, two children, five grandchildren) Employment – Teacher Indian Creek Middle School

Trafalgar, IN

Dreams – To continue living, loving and learning.

Memories – Being with friends.

Barger, Robert E. (wife—Juanita, five children, one grandchild) Employment - Watson & Son and self employed painting business

Trafalgar, IN

Memories – Mixers after the ball games.

Worland (Summerlot), Linda (husband—Ron, two children, three children) Employment - Real Estate Broker

Mooresville, IN

Dreams – Health and happiness for my family.

Memories – School mixers after the basketball games. One middle school. Mr. Moore's chemistry classes. The year Marty Akard, Jenness Northerner, my sister – Susan and I soaped Dick Cohens car windows inside and out solid at the Brooklyn Fall Festival (he forgot to lock his car).

Knapp, H. Russ (wife—Connie, one daughter and one grandson) Employment – Retired, Columbia Gas System

Hohenwald, TN

Memories – Summer breaks and basketball games

Chandler, David W. (wife—Judy, five children, ten grandchildren) Employment - G.M. Metal Fabs (nights) and Brittany Inc.(days)

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Retirement

Memories – Graduation

Fleener, Terry J. (wife—Martha (Janie), four children, 13 grandchildren) Employment - Retired Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Take it one day at a time and enjoy each day.

Memories – Graduation!

Jones, John William (three children, one granddaughter) Employment – Owner, J.W. Jones Co. and Jones Development

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Easy – to be healthy and happy.

Boner, Gary Curt (wife—Mary Frances, three children and six grandchildren) Employment - Packing & Shipping - Rolls Royce

Bargersville, IN

Memories – Driving around the "Big Boy’, dances after games, going to all the away games with my brother, Brent, and friends, Mark James and Bob Ely

Pope, (Boner) Mary Frances (husband—Curt, three children and six grandchildren) Secretary/Treasure – Pleasant Grove Elementary

Bargersville, IN

Memories – I will never forget the excitement of running for class treasurer I may not have won but everyone knew who "The Pope" was. Our slogan was "Vote for the Pope" My senior year was the best and I hated to see it end. Of course, I ended up getting a date to the prom with Curt and two years later we married.

Massey, Jerry H. (wife—Janice, two children, one deceased, two grandchildren) Employment - Truck Driver

Martinsville, Indiana

Dreams – Enjoy my grandchildren.

Simpson, Rufus (wife—Sandy, four children, six grandchild with one on the way) Employment – Self Employed

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – To have good health.

Memories – Graduation Day!

Burleigh, Don (wife—Linda, two children, four grandchildren) Employment - Production Control Analyst – Affiliated Computer Service

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – I hope to retire when I’m 62. Keep actively involved with my grandkids, and do some traveling

Memories – There are so many but one thing that really enjoyed was just "Hanging Out’ with my friends. Riding around in my ’46 Ford Convertible with Mark "Rocky" Cohen, Steve Carrell, Doug Bass plus other will always be fond memories. Also going to basketball and football games and playing baseball… Speaking of baseball, if Coach Mann was teaching today, he would be in jail for abuse!

Anderson, Jack (wife—Pat, two children and four grandchildren) Employment - Retired

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – To walk and be normal.

Memories – The favorite memory was how Coach Barnes signed my yearbook in 1962.

Brummett (Peterson), Elizabeth (three children and two grandchildren) Employment - Retired

Indianapolis, IN

Dreams – As I have just recently retired, I am catching up on my household duties, playing with my four dogs and three cats on a daily basis. Also visiting my children and grandchildren, traveling some, gardening, bicycle riding, horseback riding and enjoying just being outdoors.

Memories - I really enjoyed being involved camera club, to be honored for being in the top 10% of my class grade wise. I also remember how much fun I had dancing at the hops, etc.

Griffin, Norris (four children, six grandchildren) Employment - Self Employed

Indianapolis, IN

Dreams – My dreams are that all ill will be eradicated and that peace and harmony will prevail and dominate our world. My wish is that my friends, relatives, classmates and the people of all nations be endowed with good health, prosperity and longevity. And my hope is that when we meet again in five years that we each bring with us our peace, harmony, good health and prosperity.

Memories – I have so many fond memories of my high school years at MHS that if I were to transfer them to text the pages would fill a couple of Edsels, a Packard and possibly a Studebaker Golden Hawk.

Dyer (Hornberger), Marilyn (husband—Richard, seven children, 26 grandchildren) Employment - Retired

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – That we all can meet again in good health and staying in touch. Keep travelling with Richard and to go out with my friends to L.T. once in a while.

Memories – Going to pep sessions and hanging out with friends and always getting in trouble during study hall.

Hacker, Ken (wife—Melinda, three children, seven grandchildren ) Employment - Dept of Labor, Safety Division

Jacksonville, AR

Dreams – Pay off everything and retire again then go fishing with my grandson.

Memories - Everything and everybody. As for a favorite – competing in Track/Cross County, and Football. The Sock Hops and Graduation Day are also among my favorites.

Evans (Archer), DeeAnn (three children, three grandchildren) Employment – Receptionist, ABG Inc.

Whitetown, IN

Dreams – Travel, retire, tennis, and family times.

Hammack, Jack (wife—Kathy, three children, seven grandchildren and one on the way) Employment – Retired

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Good health to all.

Memories – They are all cherished as they come to mind from time to time.

Barrick, Jim (wife—Georgia, two children, four grandchildren) Employment - Self Employed Martinsville, IN

Dreams – To maintain 98.6 degrees.

Memories – Phillips (Greg) riding into the back of a car on his bicycle while reading a newspaper. Spinning my ’49 Chevrolet between police cars, in front of the jail. Slippery leaves! Didn’t hit a thing while doing a 360. Wally Damastus was with me. Piling in the trunk of "Peanut" Coffey’s 48 Plymouth to get into the drive-in. Got caught too!

Suter (Thacker), Ione (husband—Kenneth, two children, three grandchildren) Employment – LPN, K-Force

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Travel.

Memories – Emma Lou Hamilton – remember the time someone put a garden snake in Mr. Duckworth’s class in Jr. High?

Carol Schell – remember when we helped bake the brownies in Miss Shonkwiler's Home Ec class for a school function and we became hungry? I don’t think we ate very many, did we?

Sharon Fraker – in 1962 you wrote in my year book, remember the night we spilled fingernail polish all over the bathroom? Sharon it must have been someone else because you and I wouldn’t do anything like that! Ha! No one ever calls me Ionie anymore.

Shirley Littell – remember when you were dating your husband to be, we would double date. The #1 hit was "Big Bad John".

Janice Parmelee – remember the fight we got into in the girls gym locker room. Well we were freshman at MHS and we didn’t know any better. Let’s always remember the good time we had during are four years at MHS.

Fisher (Phillips), Linda Sue (husband—Gordon, three children and six grandchildren. Employment - Faulkerways Retirement Community

Lansdale, PA

Dreams – Retirement next May after over 22 years at the same job. Hope to travel if both of us will still be healthy enough as we camp when we travel which takes some extra work.

Stafford, Gary (wife—Sarah J., three children, 11 grandchildren) Employment - Retired

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Sarah and I want to live a good Christian’s life and want to see all of our families saved before Jesus comes back for us. Hope this whole class of ’62 will consider their destiny and home in heaven.

Memories – I have several good memories of my school years, but the one I remember and cherish the most are of Eddie Neal and Jack Leonard in biology class. We dissected a frog and when I got to our next class (history I think), Kenny Barnes was our teacher, I opened my to find frog guts closed up in the pages. I made some sort of verbal gesture and was sent to the hall by Mr. Barnes. Jack and Eddie were both about to fall our of their chairs.

Boner, Brent Employment - Power logistics

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Good Health and peace of mind.

Memories - My four years at Martinsville High School.

Reese (Thompson), Jane (husband—Earl, two children, two grandchildren) Employment – Family Business

Carmel, IN

Dreams – To take a river cruise through France - to take a cruise on the Mediterranean. To see my husband have successful transplant surgery and be healthy again.

Memories – Smoking cigarettes with Tishy!

Scherer (Hartley), Patricia (Tish) (husband—Mike, one daughter and one grandson) Employment – occasionally at the jail (just for fun).

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – My dreams for the next five years are (as always) to become Queen of Martinsville or Indiana or beyond – also I wish to become a Sagamore of the Wabash, even though I do practically nothing for partially anyone. If anyone is in a position to help me with my endeavors they should get hold of me and they will be rewarded with a maximum of $.07 (seven ants) per hour – to 100 hours. Please know that I am worth it!

Memories – All of ‘em – I liked high school and everything since then!

Etter, Bob (wife—Catherine, three children) Employment - Electrician - Allison Transmission

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Stay alive!

Memories – Getting out.

Arnold (Pottoroff), Karen (husband—Camden, one child and one grandchild.)

Paragon, IN

Dreams – Travel

Memories – Living in Martinsville my last year of school, so I could be close to my friends and school activities.

Woolbright (Dunigan) Ruth (husband —Lloyd, four children, two grandchildren) Employment - Housewife (Pastor’s wife)

Rex, GA

Dreams – Staying healthy so I can enjoy retirement when that day comes. Also to enjoy my grandchildren. I hope to have some time in the future.

Memories – I want to find the words to the song we sang at our graduation. All I remember is "We’ve come a long way together." I appreciate the way we didn’t have to worry about drugs and ugliness like we do in the schools today. Students respected teachers and each other when were we in high school.

Elliott, Roy R. "Bob" (two children, four grandchildren, one deceased) Employment -Retired

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Love and happiness

Memories – Mr. Rogers, AKA "Ace".

Akard (Short), Marty (husband—Dave, three children)

Fishers, IN

Memories – My favorite memory of my High School years, was being a cheerleader because it allowed me to get to know and become friends with many different groups of students throughout my four years at MHS. Today I use those leadership skills in my business and my social life.

Steward, John (wife—Karen, one son) Employment - owner –Stor-More

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Stay alive.

Memories – "Accused" of having been at a mixer dance after a ball game. Before getting into next dance all involved had to breathe into the face of Ray Kennedy to prove we were not drinking and no alcohol breath. We arrived after eating garlic bulbs and blew into Mr. Kennedy’s face. Needless to say we were expelled from the dances for several weeks. Putting condoms in Jane Reese’s purse after a date. PS – she never returned them.

Blunk, Rick (wife—Marsha, four children, seven grandchildren) Employment – Principal Engineer , The Boeing Company Phantom Works

High Ridge, MO

Dreams – In five years I hope to be retired and taking care of my yard, flowers and grandkids. I’ll like to do more volunteer work especially at the Botanical Garden.

Memories – Band, Dramatics Club, "Mixer" in Girls Gym after ball games.

Hamilton, Richard (wife—Joyce, two children and one grandchild) Employment – Retired

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – In the next five years I hope to have restored by fourth antique tractor. I have finished two and still have two Allis-Chalmers to finish. I also collect antique toy metal barns and in the next five years I hope to have my total reach 200.

Memories – One of my favorite memories was our freshman year when John Stewart talked our algebra teacher into taking the class room to a picnic at the park. He had worked on the teacher for several days and finally he gave in. We had 4^th period lunch and went to the park and stayed the rest of the day. Only John had the gift to pull that off!

McDaniel (Raymond), Sharon (husband—Robert, one child) Employment – Shoemaker

Shutesbury, MA

Dreams – I anticipate leaving the teaching aide position I hold onto to make shoes for people with foot problems. This will allow me to travel a bit with my husband who has a flexible schedule. I want to become more involved with improving the life of a small village in Haiti, where a friend of mine works. With the donation of a small amount of money, the villagers are building a cassava mill that will support the teachers in a small school there. They want me to come down to teach them sandal-making from tires – apparently they have no footwear and parasitic diseases are being contracted through their feet

Memories – One of the classes that remains in my memory bank is Miss Shufflebarger’s, with our Shakespearean project – very creative for that era. I remember making a little Caesar doll with real laurel leaves for his headband and Janet Kelly’s model of the Globe Theater stand out in my mind. I can remember being paralyzed with fear in speech class, and delighted to share opinions and argue points of view in Mr. Emhuff’s government class. Then I remember writing about a British poet, Persey Shelley, in senior English – he has been of interest to me through the year. Of course, I can also remember the guys in each class whom I had excruciating crushes on…

Myers, Mike (wife—Kathryn, five children, five grandchildren) Employment – Self Employed

Terre Haute, IN

Dreams – Just want to be alive, happy and in good health.

Memories – We just didn’t know how easy we had things then.

Smith, Robert J. (two sons) Employment – Sales, Paper Service – I.O.S

Indianapolis, IN

Dreams – As I love my work, hope to continue to design and sell office furniture. Continue to be friends with my former wife, Sharon the mother of my two sons.

Memories – First date with Patty Shane and parties at Steve Carrell’s basement.

Fulford, Bill (one child, three grandchildren) Employment – Ritter Realty

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – Stay healthy

Memories – Going to the prom and the picnic the next day.

New (Arnold), Brenda (husband – Cam, three children, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild) Employment – Retired

Martinsville, IN

Dreams – To continue to be healthy, happy and the best person I can be.

Memories – Friends, fun and graduation