After the dessert Saturday night the entertainment was a total surprise AND it was FANTASTIC! Ellouise Diggle did a standup routine that was absolutely Las Vegas nightclub quality! That's probably where she'll be appearing next.
Then, the biggest surprise of the evening................Sir Winston Churchill arrived and talked to the class for about 15 minutes.....giving his inside view of WW2.
At the very end...just like Superman in reverse.... Sir Winston removed his bowler hat.....and thick glasses....and reverted back to................................Neil Jones!
A truly outstanding performance by Neil, which was a total surprise to everyone except a few....who knew that Neil had been performing as Sir Winston...at college campuses all over the country....to great reviews!
(Ellouise is also a pro. She's been on the "story telling" circuit for years.)
Then, the dance music began......and the young whippersnappers of 1954 boog-a-loooood............til dawn. What a party! What a night!
AND....The PICTURES
are starting to arrive!
Mitzi Minor and Jimmy Cook
are starting to arrive!
Jennie Forehand, Nancy Grayson, Mary Sandra Shulken Costner, Marie Beatty Robinson and Anna Lynn Smith-Peterson Kearse
Pat Gaudet, Jerry Gaudet, Jennie Forehand, Bill Huntley, Bonnie Huntley and Peggy Bedsol Gandy
June Yarborough Alexander and daughter
Martin Hill
Ann RIch Hobson, Jennie Meador Forehand, Peggy Bedsol Gandy, Betsy Villas White, Ellouise Diggle Shoettler
(sitting) Jane Hoke Bultman
Bonnie Huntely, Bill Huntley and Nancy Gibson Smith
Jennie Meador Forhand and Anna Lynn Smith-Peterson Kearse
David and Ruth Sherer
Charles and Donna Sweitzer
Ellouise Diggle Shoettler, Mary Norton Kratt, Beverely Harkey Kearns and Diana Carpenter White
Sylvia Dunn Cross, Shirlene McGill Yeargins and Betsy Villas White
Becky and Warren Sparrow
John Talbutt
Guy and Francy Soule
Judy Walker Cooley, Sophie Leventis Trakas, Nancy Grayson and Mary Sue Barnette
Obie Oakley and Maxcyne Motte Yaworsky
Beverly Smith Garmon, Shirley McClannahan Maynor, Betty Rose Templeton Palomba and Tootie Bryum Nisbet
Mitzi Minor Roper, June Yarborough Alexander, Marlene Rich Beaty, Jackie Hart Lookabill
Robin and Bobby Ellis
Gene and Judy VanCuren, John and Ann Ballard and Vivian and Linsy Farris
Pat and Johnny Culp and Charlie and Jean Willis
Ann Rich Hobson and Bonson Hobson
Pat Sustar McSwain and Nancy Hartis Byers
Harold Cullingford,Jackie Hart Lookabill and Don Nance
Carol Broadwell Welch
Diana Carpenter White and Ivan White
Mary Psomadakis Renfroe and Marie Beatty Robinson
Carolyn Minogue Meacham, Jennie Margaret Meador Forehand, Betsy Villas White and Jane Hoke Bultman
Sylvia Dunn Cross, Ed Myers and Shirlene McGill Yeargins
Gene and Barbara Moore (NOTE: Gene is the guy who provided the CD's!)
Alton and Bonnie Widenhouse, Shelton and Sandra Lineberger Patterson
Barbara McCall Bennett and Frank Bennett
Barbara McCall Bennett and Frank Bennett
Karol Broadwell Welch, Alma Burton Stevenson and Alton Widenhouse
Maxcyne Motte Yaworsky and June Yarborough Alexander
Mamie Goodwin Baucom
"Big Old Saturday Date Night"at Kilgo's Korner. (He's not Jimmy Kilgo, but he played him......that magic Saturday evening!)
Myers and Gaudet receive awards
Ed Myers and Jerry Gaudet were honored for their contributions to the success of the reunion. Obie Oakley, committee chairman presented both with plaques.
(Editor's note: Your humble webmaster was highly honored. However, the sheepish grin on his face reveals that he is very aware that Jerry, Obie, and every member of the committee is much more deserving of recognition than he. However, please refer to me in the future as: "Award winning, humble, webmaster." -Ed)
It's Time for some additional CLASS SUPERLATIVES!
....and I'd like to start the nominations with Jennie Margaret Meador Forehand as the OFFICIAL CLASS PHOTOGRAPHER. Jennie is one of our most successful members. As State Senator and member of the Maryland Legislature for over 26 years, she still has time to maintain her massive collection of photographs of our days of growing up in the Queen City. I hope you got to see her awesome collection that was on display in the hotel. Armed with a digital camera, she documented much of the historical events of our 50th.
Thanks, Jennie!
Jennie and Mr. Gault
Coach Edelman, Alton Widenhouse, Don Nance
Jennie and Mr. Privette
Becky Lampley, Betty Rose Templeton and Shirley McClanahan
Jackie Hart Lookabill, Betty Cunningham and Betty Pressley
Martin Hill and Jerry Gaudet
Mary Psomadakis Renfroe and Cal Reneau
Johnny Thomason and Bobby Wells
Tommy West and Vic Brawley
Harry and Martha Ferguson
Katie and Bill Robinson
Bobby Wells, Alton Widenhouse, Harold Cullingford and Jay Summey
Herb Jacobowitz and Jim Dellinger
Darrell Avery and John Ballard 
Linda Garmon Huggins 
Earl and Rebecca Beckham
CHS'54 grads enjoy the scenery, as Warren Sparrow led a spectacular guided bus tour of Charlotte. The highlight was........
watching the construction crews tearing down the skyscrapers....to restore uptown Charlotte to the way it was in 1954.
Obie Oakley and Linda Garmon Huggins
Herb and Kay McKinnell
Paul Patton , Cal Reneau, Don Nance and John Ballard
Lewis Robinson and Jim Brown
Jim and Barbara Presson Forrest
Beverly Harkey Kearns and Von Kearns
Jeanette Berryhill Bryant
Gene Van Curen, Bonson Hobson and Edgar Smith
Dottie Cammer Parker and Joel Parker
Linsy and Vivian Farris
Nancy Gibson Smith, Mamie Goodwin Baucom, Tootie Bryum Nisbet, Betty Rose Templeton Palomba and Shirley McClannahan Maynor.
