Doug and Molly are pictured
 along with their youngest,  Ellen, on the left with her daughter, Maeve.
Their oldest daughter, Lori, is on the right, who is expecting in September.  
Molly said it was a great family trip.  Son-in-laws were not pictured but they were there. 

A recent get together to celebrate
Nick Horney's and Harold Muse's 65th birthdays (YIKES!)

 

L/R: Bill Hibbard (Mary Jones), Meredith Muse (Harold), Lynne Pierce (Rob),
Mary Jones Hibbard, Burt Higgins, & Nick Horney. 

This is a video about the USS North Carolina
starring our own Jeff Thomas...
www.twcnews.com/nc/triad/save-our-ship/2015/08/8/children-play-key-role-in-bringing-battleship-back-to-nc.html

Ward Bursley's summer included a road trip to Spring Canyon near Buena Vista, Colorado
where he was the mentor (fourth summer) for the daughter weeks of Father Teen Adventure (FTA).  
Ward and wife Jody visited their youngest daughter Susan, who lives in Beuna Vista.

Feel free to contact Ward directly if you have any questions about this program -
ward.bursley@gmail. com

Recent picture of Tim Beaver. Thanks for all your help with the reunions.

Guys week-end at the beach.  
L/R Harold Muse, Nick Horney, Rob Pierce, a bit of Burt Higgins' head,
Sammy Schiffman, Fitzhugh Stout, Doug Furman, Jeff Thomas and Hank Williams..

Jeff and Martha Thomas back in January with their then newborn granddaughter Reyna...

The newest addition to Jeff Thomas' family.
In front is Jeff holding his new grandson - Sam - "Sam I am" as Jeff affectionately calls him. Behind Jeff is new Grandma, Martha. In the back, left to right are Jeff's kids - Scott, Matt, Sam's dad Jay, and daughter Taylor...

Burt Higgins and Mary Jones Hibbard..

This is a pic from Barbara Wollman Lovejoy's home. L/R  Lindsay Welch Daniel, Maja Banks Norman, Barbara Wollman Lovejoy, Cathy McCaully Payne, Sherry Griffin Jones, Molly Hoffman Furman, Gaye Williamson Kester.  

Mollie Culp Elliot - 3rd from right in back - and her kids and grandkids at Thanksgiving..

Jeff Thomas having the father daughter dance with Taylor. What a proud dad.

In May Maree Briggs Howe, her mother and sister went on a Mediterranean cruise.
 They sailed from Rome with stops in Marseille, Pisa, Cannes, Barcelona, and Naples.  She said they had a wonderful tour of the ruins of Pompeii.

  The Harold Muse family L/R Anderson, Harold, Meredith and Jonathan.

 This is Caroline Purnell Tompkins and husband Tom. They just finished a 10 week trip to Australia and southeast Asia. 

Fresh off the tour - L/R
Hank Williams, Jeff Thomas, Nick Horney, Sammy Schiffman,
Rob Pierce, Doug Furman and Burt Higgins...

This is Caroline Purnell Tompkins in front of the Wewal Castle in Krakow, Poland.  She and husband Tom also visited Auschitz and Birknau as part of a 2 month trip to Poland, The Baltics, Russia, Korea and Japan.

 This is Caroline Purnell Tomkins with Bobby Rydell -    he was speaking at her local library. He's 76 - Caroline says he is very nice and full of energy. He still performs with Frankie Avalon and Fabian 

 This is Don Dietrich with his son (L), son-in-law (R) and four grandchildren. He and wife Debby have been married for 41 years and have lived in or near a small town named Woodstown in South Jersey since their marriage. 

 In December, 2017 my husband, our friends and I joined 55,000
 patriotic Americans at Arlington National Cemetery to help Wreaths Across America place wreaths on every grave at Arlington.  It was the greatest honor of my life.  This year, National Wreaths Across America Day is December 15.