Grove High School Homecoming
and
Class of 1952 60th Reunion
Sponsored by Class
of 1952 ~ All Classes
are invited
Scheduled for June 30, 2012
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UPDATED INFORMATION May 29,
2012
The Homecoming for
all classes will be:
Date:
SATURDAY, JUNE 30th
Time: 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Place: ROBERT E. LEE SCHOOL
AND
The Class
of 1952 will meet for an informal Dinner at
Paris Landing at 6 PM Friday, June 29th. Meet at
Lee School Saturday and plans are open for
Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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It is emphasized to
those from out of town, if you let us
know you plan to attend, we will note it so others will see.
This may encourage others to attend. Thanks
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Homecoming get together,
and gab fest to be at the
Robert E.
Lee School Building
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You are encouraged to pass this
information along to your
Grove contacts and ask them to do the same.
To assist
with the planning,
If you will be able to attend:
You may notify the
Grove site by
clicking ewgrove@ewgrove.com or
contact
Don Laster ('52)
by clicking the following:
CLICK HERE
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL ON
THE DATES INDICATED ABOVE.
Don Laster
('52)
JUNE 23
~ LATEST UPDATE ~ THE HERITAGE CENTER
PROGRAM
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INFORMATION FROM
NORMA STEELE,
THE PARIS-HENRY COUNTY HERTIAGE CENTER
We ~ The Heritage Center plan to be open
Sunday (July 1) afternoon from 2:00 - 4:00 P.M., so that
anyone can come visit the Heritage Center. We also are open
on Saturday 10 AM-2PM if anyone wants to come by. We have an
E.W. Grove Exhibit case, a Grove Sport/Band Exhibit case
from the late 40-early 50's era and will have another one
that I have not gotten together yet. We also have a Civil
War Exhibit case that has memorbilia that is locally
significant. We will also be serving light refreshments.
My class ('56) will be having a gathering on Saturday
evening here at the Heritage Center at 6:00 PM. It is
informal and others are welcome to come by.
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JUNE 2ND ~
LATEST HOMECOMING, REUNION UPDATE
Hi everyone,
The weekend of June 30th is fast approaching and I'm looking forward to
seeing people I haven't seen in a long, long time.
I'm listing the states where folks will be coming from. I'm sure there
are others and IF I'VE MISSED YOURS, please let the Grove site know so
it can be listed on site. We appreciate the web site for the work put
into keeping us informed.
States:
ALABAMA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI,
SOUTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, WASHINGTON
Safe traveling to everyone.
Don Laster '52
P.S. I know there are circumstances that are preventing some of you who
would like to attend from coming. You will be missed. If you would like,
send a comment to this site and we will copy it and post it on a
bulletin board at Lee School. (to send your comment title It "Reunion
Comments" and address it to (CLICK the following):
ewgrove@ewgrove.com
GROVE
HOMECOMING/REUNION ARTICLE
By Bill Williams
60th anniversary reunion
planned for Grove High students in Paris, TN
Spearheading a 60th anniversary reunion of his Grove High
School Class of 1952 wasn’t enough for Don Laster.
Why not open the doors to all classes, the Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga., resident reasoned.
“It seems that every time I came home I missed friends from
our class or from other classes that had just been there or
would be coming after I left,” Laster said.
So on June 30, the Class of ’52 is hosting a reunion for all
alumni of Grove, which operated from 1906 to 1969.
A general “gabfest” gathering — no program and no meal — is
planned from 1-5 p.m. that day in the Lee Academy for the
Arts cafeteria.
There is no registration fee, but Laster is hoping those who
expect to come will register on the Grove High School
website, www.ewgrove.com.
The 1952 class is coordinating the general gathering as part
of its own 60th anniversary reunion.
That class plans to gather for supper at 6 p.m. June 29 at
Paris Landing State Park Inn.
“I just thought it would be neat if all classes were invited
back that weekend,” Laster said.
“I’m sure anyone growing up in a small town feels the same
way about their school, but Grove was special and Paris will
always be home.”
The Grove High website so far lists 58 alumni from 13
different classes and 11 states who plan to attend.
Others wishing to come are encouraged to add their names to
the website list, managed by James “Buddy” Dancy of
Logansport, Ind.
Grove High School, in the Grove Tower building now occupied
by offices of the Henry County Board of Education, closed
when Henry County High School opened.
Its archives and other historical information are available
on the Grove web site.
It was named for Edwin Wiley Grove, Paris entrepreneur who
built a fortune on a patent medicine formula and became the
county’s most generous philanthropist.
Among his acts of civic generosity was founding of a trust
fund for operation of the school that bore his name.
The school was reputed to be the first privately endowed
public high school in Tennessee history.
A similar reunion was conducted in Paris in 2006 to coincide
with the 100th anniversary of the school and the Tower
building.
Published: The Paris Post-Intelligencer, Tuesday, June 5,
2012Added to Grove
site June 7, 2012 |
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