This website is a gathering place for the members of Ithaca High School Class of 1961, the first graduating class from the "New High School."
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LOOKING FORWARD TO OUR
60th REUNION ON
AUGUST 6, 7, & 8 2021
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We, the Class of 1961, will celebrate our 60th reunion on August 6, 7, & 8, 2021, in Ithaca. We will be asking for reunion committee volunteers soon. Keep checking the website for details as they are posted.
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Our webmaster, John David, died on April 9, 2020, in Tucson Arizona.
Earl Buckingham, earlbuck@twcny.rr.com, will fill the webmaster role. I am slowly figuring out how to operate in the MyEvent system, starting with changing all the references to John's name and email address to my name and email address. Then I will tackle entering updates to Classmates Passed on.
Earl
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Note To Classmates
If your personal information, such as home address, e-mail address, phone number, etc. changes, please contact Earl Buckingham at earlbuck@twcny.rr.com or Loulie Kent at loulie304@comcast.net or Margie James Perna at amperna5@gmail.com so that we can update our master information library. Also, if any classmate is aware of other classmates' change of status, please let us know.
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Just because our 55th reunion is behind us doesn't mean you shouldn't register in our Classmates Directory. Just CLICK HERE and add your profile.
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WEBSITE UPDATES
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Our website has been renewed until August 12, 2024.
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The following are changes to the website that have been made this year.
John Lewis David III passed away on April 9, 2020.
Richard Allen Gardner passed away on April 23, 2020.
Richard Lee Hollister passed away on June 19, 2020
Anne Mosher Wimsatt passed away on June 24, 2020
Stuart Alan Grinnell passed away on October 29, 2020
Patricia Scott Dean passed away on December 3, 2020
The Classmates Passed On pages have been reorganized so the entries are in alphabetical order (based on last name at IHS).
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Checkout the Current Class Notes web page for new stories and post-reunion information of interest to the IHS Class of 1961. CLICK HERE to access the latest class information.
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Wish I was in High School, a pair of white bucks on my feet,
Honor student, or delinquent, football hero, or just a creep.
I would gladly be anything, that was anything back then,
when I was busy growing away, from family and friends.
I never meant to do that, there was so much time to share,
But legions of years marched silent, through my garden, unaware.
Now in quiet desperation, I can't remember where they've gone.
The homeroom days, and classes, the homework nights so long.
I would barter with the distant past, to relive those slices out of time,
That disappeared like silent ghosts, to the farside of my mind.
Does life forgive, or just forget, the regrets that come at night,
When all we were, are but stardust dreams, that fade with morning light.
Yes, wish I was in high school....
I'd settle for that.
Rick Gravelding
IHS, Class Of 1961
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Pepper The Skunk
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Check out the photos taken at the 50th Reunion by Clicking Here.
Check out the photos taken at the 50th Reunion by Clicking Here.
Please add your thoughts on any of our reunions by adding your comments to our Reunion Blog. Click here.
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Our Academic Home
Fall 1957 Through Spring 1960
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Our Academic Home
Fall 1960 Through Spring 1961
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THE IHS CLASS OF 1961
Just click on the picture that contains your photo to get a closer look.
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PLEASE HONOR OUR CLASSMATES WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF OUR COUNTRY.
David Leach 12/25/1963
John Smith 6/8/1967
Bill Sullivan 7/4/1970
To read some personal stories written by some of our classmate veterans, CLICK HERE.
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SOME STATISTICS FROM 1961
US GDP: $540 Billion (Today: Over$13 Trillion)
Federal Spending: $97.72 Billion
Federal Debt: $292.6 Billion
Consumer Price Index: 29.9
Unemployment: 5.5%
Cost Of A First Class Stamp: $0.04
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