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The
picture at the top was
taken when our school
was dedicated in 1940.
President Harry S.
Truman was in attendance
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After
40 years of being out of school, John McGlasson from
the class of 1955 wanted to reunite with his
classmates again. He wanted it to be a night
to remember, an elegant place with a
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SOME THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER LAST!
Mickey
Collins '43 and Rich Stopke '42 celebrated
their 64th wedding anniversary December 1st
with friends at an early Christmas Party.
Mickey was WHS '43 Queen.
Rebecca
Allen '65 retired December 24th as a
Super Market Associate.
Jordyn,
the granddaughter of Gary Huffstutter '62,
and Donna Hagan '68, performed in an
orchestra concert in November. Jordyn, a 9
year old, straight A student, is entering her
second year of violin. Last year she played
with other violinists, but this year she
advanced so much she was
able to play along
with the orchestra. She is looking forward
to next year as she progresses in learning
some of the most recognizable famous music.
She thoroughly enjoys playing the violin and
makes her parents and grandparents very
proud. There is another concert coming up
in March which we are all looking forward
to.
Barbara
Taylor '57 has been on a lung transplant
list for over a year. She received a
call Thanksgiving evening from Shand's
Hospital in Gainesville saying a lung
transplant became available. She and Joel
rushed immediately to the hospital, going
into surgery early Friday morning. The
procedure and transplant went very well and
Barbara is in GREAT spirits right now.
I'm so happy
for Barbara (Taylor '57). I received a kidney transplant
from my sister (Millie '65) eleven years ago
and am still going strong. I have a friend
who had a lung transplant a couple of years
ago. We're all doing well and wishing the
very best for Barbara (Taylor) DiPalo.
Thoughts and prayers are with you.
Barbara (Blackwell) Honey '60
I thought the gardening article
was very good (December 09 Flashlight). I
grow vegetables in pots in my little
courtyard - tomatoes, peppers, onions,
lettuce, and herbs – and I don’t even have
to wash them! This year I paid some guy a
lot of money to haul potting soil from the
store, empty my pots and refill them. I
thought I’d be all set to go when planting
time came. Wrong - he didn’t use the right
soil for pots. Now I have 7’ tomato plants
with strong trunks – they are gorgeous with
lots of blooms - but no tomatoes. The soil
has too much nitrogen in it. I still have
time to plant another garden before summer.
One good thing about Florida – you can walk
10 feet to the dock and fish or go 10 feet
in the other direction to pick tomatoes most
of the year. Joan (Thoss) Stoyanoff '49
I
lived on Hodiamont Ave in the 50's in a
house built at the turn of the
century...wallpaper on all the walls (of
course). We had a coal furnace and the walls
would get dirty from the soot, even though
my mom put cheese cloth on all the
registers.. The house had those old
wrought iron decorative register covers;
they were wide open and put out tons of
soot. I didn't help too much with the
cleaning, I was too young, but I remember
the smell (I liked it) and the can it came
in. My younger brother and I used to play
with it like the kids play with play dough
today. I have always been sure that the idea
for play dough came from Absorene. I wish I
would have thought of it! Ann
(Hartz) 
Boy,
would I ever love to go back and buy 'em for
the "THEN" price and sell them, for
the NOW price. I had a 1951 Mercury
(2 door club coupe, my first car) pictured
on the transport truck. It was 2 tone, black
top, yellow bottom, that I had painted
Snowshoe white, in Montgomery,
Christmas
in foreign countries isn't what it is at
home. Sandy Gibbons '57 found that to be
true in Lucca, Tuscany, Italy December 24,
2003. Following a Dec. 19 wedding she
performed in Cetraro, near Sicily, they had
joined the wedding party in the city
established by the Etruscans in 180 BC. The
wedding party had family there. They
disappeared.|
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10 TIPS FOR LIVING TO 100 |
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The biggest factor that determines how well you age is not your genes but how you live. Not convinced? A February study of 20,000 British folks published in the British Medical Journal shows that you can cut your risk of having a stroke in half by doing just a few things: being active for 30 minutes a day, eating five daily servings of fruit and vegetables, and avoiding cigarettes and excess alcohol.
1. DON’T RETIRE. “Evidence shows that in societies where people stop working abruptly the incidence of obesity and chronic disease skyrockets after retirement,” says Luigi Ferrucci, director of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. The Chianti region of Italy, which has a high percentage of centenarians, has a different take on leisure time. “After people retire from their jobs, they spend most of the day working on their little farm, cultivating grapes or vegetables, “ he says. “They’re never really inactive.’ Farming isn’t for you? Volunteer as a docent at your local art museum, or join the Experience Corps, a program offered in 19 cities that places senior volunteers in urban public elementary schools for about 15 hours a week. 2. FLOSS EVERY DAY. That may help keep your arteries healthy. A 2008 New York University study showed that daily flossing reduced the amount of gum- disease-causing bacteria in the mouth. These bacteria are thought to enter the bloodstream and trigger inflammation in the arteries, a major risk factor for heart disease. 3. MOVE AROUND. “Exercise is the only real fountain of youth that exists, “ says Jay Olshansky a professor of medicine and a researcher in the field of aging at the University of Illinois-Chicago. “It’s like the oil and lube job for our car. You don’t have to do it but your car will definitely run better.” Study after study shows that exercise improves your mood, mental acuity, balance, muscle mass, and bones. “ And the benefits kick in immediately after your first workout.” Olshansky adds. 4. EAT A FIBER-RICH CEREAL FOR BREAKFAST. Getting a serving of whole grains—especially in the morning--appears to help older folks maintain stable blood sugar levels throughout the day, according to a recent study conducted by Ferrucci and his colleagues. “Those who do this have a lower incidence of diabetes, a known accelerator of aging,” he says 5. GET AT LEAST SIX HOURS OF SHUT-EYE. Instead of skimping on sleep add more hours to your day get more to add years to your life. “Sleep is one of the most important functions that our body uses to regulate and heal cells,” says Ferrucci. “We’ve calculated that the minimum amount of sleep that older people need to get those healing REM phases is about six hours. Ideally between the hours of 10 PM and 6 AM. Those who reach the century mark make sleep a top priority. 6. CONSUME WHOLE FOODS NOT SUPPLEMENTS. Strong evidence suggests that people who have high blood levels of certain nutrients—selenium, beta carotene, Vitamins C and E—age much better and have a slower rate of cognitive decline. Unfortunately there’s no evidence that taking pills that contain these nutrients provides anti-aging benefits. Avoid nutrient-lacking white foods (breads, flour and sugar) and go for all those colorful fruits and vegetables and dark whole-grain breads and cereals with their host of hidden nutrients. 7. BE LESS NEUROTIC. It may work for Woody Allen, who infuses his worries with a healthy dose of humor, but the rest of us neurotics may want to find new ways to deal with stress. “We have a new study that shows that centenarians tend not to internalize things or dwell on their troubles. “Says Peris. “They are rolling with the punches.” 8. BE A CREATURE OF HABIT. Centenarians tend to live by strict routines, says Olshansky, eating, the same kind of diet and doing the same kinds of activities their whole lives. Going to bed and waking up at the same time each day is a good habit to keep your body in a steady equilibrium, which can be easily disrupted as your age. ‘Pour physiology becomes frailer when you get older “explains Ferrucci, “and it’s harder for our body to bounce back if you, say, miss a few hours of sleep one night or drink too much alcohol.” This can weaken immune defenses, leaving you more susceptible to circulating flu viruses or bacterial infections. 9. LIVE LIKE A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. Members of the denomination have an average life expectancy of 89, about a decade longer than the average American. One of the basic tenets of the religion is that it’s important to cherish the body that’s on loan from God, which means no smoking, alcohol or overindulging in sweets. Followers typically stick to a vegetarian diet based on fruits, vegetables, beans and nuts and get plenty of exercise. They’re also very focused on family and community.
10.
STAY CONNECTED. Having regular social
contact with friends and loved ones is the key
to avoiding depression, which can lead to
premature death, something that’s particularly
prevalent in elderly widows and widowers. Some
psychologists even think one of the biggest
benefits elderly folks get from exercise is the
strong social interactions that come from
walking with a buddy or taking a group exercise
class. Having a daily connection with a close
friend or family member gives older folks the
added benefit of having someone to watch their
backs. Another benefit to close connections:
They’ll tell you if they think your memory is
going or if you seem more withdrawn.” Says Peris
“and they might push you to see a doctor before
you recognize that you need to see one
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Although
those are some of the obvious steps you can take
to age well, researchers have discovered that
centenarians tend to share certain traits in how
they eat, move about, and deal with stress—the
sorts of things we can emulate to improve our
own aging process. Of course, getting to age
100 is enormously more likely if your parents
did. Still, Thomas Peris who studies the
century-plus set at Boston University School of
Medicine, believes that—assuming you’ve
sidestepped genes for fatal diseases like
Huntington’s—“there’s nothing stopping you from
living independently well into your 90’s. “
Heck, if your parents and grandparents were
heavy smokers they might have died prematurely
without ever reaching their true potential life
span. So go ahead and shoot for the triple
digits.|
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Can
you differentiate which one is made in
Taiwan or China?
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But
finally the time
came for a car
to appear in my
life! It was
either my Junior
or Senior Year.
There was this
cream colored
Chevrolet (1950)
that I thought
was the best
thing that ever
happened to me
at the time. It
only had a few
problems: like
the driver’s
door flying open
at right hand
turns and a
difficult to
open passenger
side door (which
was great for
dates because
they couldn’t
escape!) Then
there was the
sticking
gearshift which
required a
hammer to knock
it back into
place. Other
than that, the
car handled
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Editors President Sec/Treasurer Trustees Buzz Book ClassMates Remembered Mailing Database WELLSTON HIGH SCHOOL Phone 636-696-4693
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The Economy,
The economy is so bad... That
I got a pre-declined credit card in the mail. If you had purchased $1000.00 of Nortel stock one year ago, it would now be worth $49.00. With Enron, you would have $16.50 left of the original $1000.00. With Worldcom, you would have less than $5.00 left. But if you had purchased $1000.00 of Coors (the beer, not the stock) one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the cans for the aluminum cycling price, you would have $214.00. Based on the above, current investment advice is to drink heavily and recycle.
It's called the 401-Keg Plan
Happy New Year and enjoy!!!! |
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