JMHS Class of '69 - 40th Reunion

Old Stories from before 1969

WebMaster — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:12:05 +0000

Have a story you want to share from birth through 1969? This is the Blog Category for Old Stories. Anything goes … but remember this is a PUBLIC Blog.

Please visit our Reunion HomePage at: www.jmhs69.com/

To register and post comments on the ‘69 Blog follow this link: www.jmhs69.com/blog/wp-login.php?action=register

You can email the Reunion Committee at: reunion@jmhs69.com

Best JMHS Memory

WebMaster — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:52:20 +0000

Share with your James Madison High School ‘69 Classmates one of your school related best memories from 1965 to 1969. OK, a couple of you might have more than one.

Please visit our Reunion HomePage at: www.jmhs69.com/

To register and post comments on the ‘69 Blog follow this link: www.jmhs69.com/blog/wp-login.php?action=register

You can email the Reunion Committee at: reunion@jmhs69.com

Summer jobs

SVM92054 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:05:59 +0000

I worked for Security Storage in Tyson’s (those babysh*t brown trucks!) during the summers while in college. It was sweaty, hard work but I made decent money (though, I can’t remember what it paid!). Talk about dementia!! I also got some overtime working office moves in DC. Those were great because we were in air conditioned buildings with little supervision. Unfortunately, the gravy train came to a halt when I moved to Richmond during my Junior year and became a Bank Teller. That landed me a Branch Manager’s position within a few years and I thought I was on top of the world. I found out that a laborer at an industrial construction worksite makes a little less than a Branch Manager in a Bank!! So I went for the big bucks and learned welding. The welding carried me through 20 years of employment and I held 27 certifications; I could weld everything except Titanium! I even developed a welding procedure for repairing brass impellars while at Virginia Power using aluminum bronze. Working the nukes was the worst because of Quality Assurance; when I was working next to a 5 Rem source and had to wait for someone to sign off on the weld, it got a little disconcerting!! Now I work evaluating Infrared cameras for the DoD. The lab at Fort Belvoir is the premiere facility in the world so it is prestigious, but a very small group knows about it, as you can imagine.

Can’t wait for the reunion activities! It is hard to believe it has been 40 years! Does this make us certifiable Old Farts?!?!?

OK If you found this blog you’re doing pretty well for an old geezer from the class of ‘69. Many Thanks to John Thompson (Billy’s brother) for setting this website/blog/etc. up for us techno-peasants from the 60’s. We are hopeful that many of our class members will be able to access this site and enable us to reach out and contact every member from the class of ‘69 that we can. So sign on and blog away!

Charlie Ostlund — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:02:54 +0000

Looking for Missing JMHS 1969 Classmates

admin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:39:34 +0000

This is a PUBLIC Blog so without revealing any sensitive private personal information … let’s find some of the AWOL Class of ‘69. Where were they the last time you had contact, have a married name, know of a relative (parent or sibling) that might help us track them down.

This is the Blog Thread for sharing missing person info.