Published: May 02, 2008 11:43 pm            

Reunions 5/4/08

McCarver reunion

Descendants of the E.D. and Annie McCarver family united April 26 in Corsicana. Those arriving early spent April 25 at the weekend home of Johnny and Harriet Minze in the St. Elmo community.

Planned events began April 26 at the Palace Theatre for a viewing of “Corsicana’s Oil History.” The family went from there to Corsicana Laundry and Dry Cleaners, which E.D. McCarver founded in the early 1900s. City Manager Connie Standridge presented the family with the key to the city. From there the family went to First United Methodist Church for a tour and lunch of deli sandwiches from Collin Street Bakery. After placing flowers on the family plot at Oakwood Cemetery, free time was spent at Derrick Days, the Pearce Collections Museum at Navarro College, and visiting extended family in the area. Planned activities resumed with dinner at Napoli’s Restaurant.

The family enjoyed sharing memories, pictures and old clippings from the Corsicana Daily Sun, which included a death notice of the McCarver family’s pet parrot “Polly,” who reportedly knew all the children’s names, some of the grandchildren’s and was known to sing “After the Ball is Over,” Annie’s favorite song.

The family wished to thank all those who helped to make their visit a memorable one.



CHS Class of 1978

Corsicana High School Class of 1978 is planning a 30-year reunion to be held Aug. 2. If you were part of the CHS Class of 1978 or know the address, phone number or e-mail address of someone from that class, please contact R. Sterling Hyden by e-mail at rhyden@farmersagent.com or by calling (903) 875-0400.



CHS Class of 1988

Corsicana High School Class of 1988 will celebrate its reunion soon and is looking for members. Please send names, physical address, phone number and e-mail to Amara Hale Hughes at amara.hughes@verizon.net.



82nd Airborne Division Association

82nd Airborne Division Association has over 100 chapters across America. The chapters hold regular meetings, picnics, dinner-dances, mini-reunions, a national convention, march in parades and give special school programs about World War II for history classes. Airborne is the only requirement. Membership has veterans from the 11th, 13th, 17th, 82nd, 101st and today’s special forces. All American Week will be May 19-25 in Fort Bragg, N.C. The national convention will be held Aug. 13-16 in St. Louis, Mo. For complete details on events and material for membership, call (937) 898-5977, e-mail to Srgabn@aol.com or write to Airborne-USA, 5459 Northcutt Place, Dayton, OH 45414.



USS Nimitz Association reunion

USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Association is searching for shipmates (ship’s company, staff, squadrons and detachments) who served on board the nuclear attack aircraft carrier for a ship’s reunion June 19-22 in Nashville, Tenn. For more information, contact Joe Brunner at waldoj@cox.net or (619) 466-2132 or log onto www.ussnimitzassociation.org for membership information.



USS Maddox Destroyer Association reunion

USS Maddox Destroyer Association reunion (DD-168, DD-622 and DD731) will be held Sept. 3-7 in Oklahoma City, Okla. For more information, contact Cliff Gillespie, 2118 Hines Road, Jennings, LA 70546; by phone at (337) 616-8450 or by e-mail to cwgilles45@aol.com.

        

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