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SAA All-Classes Luncheon & Class of '68 Reunion  Updates

 

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From the
~Shortridge Alumni Association~

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The Construction at SHS is nearing completion; the SAA and Class of 1968 50-year Reunion itinerary is confirmed!
 
SEVERAL REASONS TO CELEBRATE: COME JOIN US! 


FRIDAY: AUGUST 17 (Class of '68 Meet 'n' Greet)
6:00-10:00 p.m. Marriott East Hotel, 7202 E. 21st Street (Cash Bar)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18 (Combined SAA and Class of '68 Programs)
Business first:
11:00 a.m.The Shortridge Alumni Association (SAA) will conduct its annual business meeting and election of officers. We need to elect Board members for the following positions: 

2nd VP (Marketing & Development / Fundraising), Treasurer, Corresponding Financial Secretary, Recording Secretary and Members-at-Large: Representatives for Decades of the '50s, '80s, '2000s. 

If you would like to work with this all-volunteer Board, please send an email to: [email protected], indicating your position of interest, no later than August 1, for your name to be placed on the ballot. Board positions are for a two-year term. All alumni are cordially invited to attend the business meeting; however, only currently paid members of the Alumni Association will be perrmitted to vote. Join the SAA ($50/annual) and become an active participant to help guide our efforts into the future. This is a FREE event!

12:15 p.m. Luncheon (Cafeteria) Advanced, pre-paid reservation REQUIRED. ($20 for current members of SAA; $25 for alumni non-members and guests) Click on the link for the luncheon registration form:
No payments accepted at the door. Deadline to register and pay: 8/13/18
Alumni Authors & Artists are welcome to bring your books to sell/sign. Artists are welcome to bring a few of your art pieces to display/sell -- must provide your own easels (Displays in the cafeteria only) .

1:30 p.m. Class of '68 50-year Reunion Program - Caleb Mills Aud.
* Opening: Alma Mater
* Memorial Recognition of c/o '68 Deceased Classmates
* Announcements, Souvenir Book & Silent Auction Sponsors and Supporters
1:45 p.m. Hall of Fame Inductees - presented by SAA
Ensign William Robinson Evans, Jr., Class of 1936*
H. Roll McLaughlin, Class of 1941*
Charles "Binkey" Brown, Class of 1954
Jeffery Cheung, Class of 1968
Steven Isenberg, MD, Class of 1968
Family and friends of the inductees are welcome to attend.
*Posthumous
2:15 p.m. Presentation of Shortridge 1968 by alumnus
Michael Edgar Myers, class of 1971, presentation, "1968: A Year Like No Other," and salute to members of the 1968 Blue Devils' basketball team's ISHAA Finals appearance.
2:45 p.m. Closing Remarks and acknowledgements
3:00 p.m. School tours - SHS student scholars
4:00 p.m. Dismissal

6:00 p.m. - midnight SHS Class of '68 50-year Reunion Dinner/Dance
Marriott East Hotel, 7202 E. 21st Street, Indpls, IN 46219
$90/adult - Cash Bar
Send check payable to Shortridge 50th Reunion
c/o Harvey Middleton, Jr.
17831 Lake Carlton Drive
Lutz, FL 33558

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 (Class of 1968)
10:00 a.m. Farewell Brunch at the Marriott or create your own get together with classmates before leaving for home.

Michael Edgar Myers, c/o '71
Michael Edgar Myers
'68 Blue Devils
AS WE CELEBRATE THE YEAR 1968...

As mentioned previously in the itinerary for the All-Classes Reunion,  alumnus Michael Edgar Myers (Class of 1971) has contributed numerous stories of the 1968 Blue Devils as they nearly achieved Indiana high schools' basketball crowning glory -- State Basketball Champions! Read some of Michael's blog notes of that era:  https://wp.me/p9piiH-4h 

Thank you, Michael...as we celebrate the 50-year anniversary of the Class of 1968 and the Hardwood Heroes of that year.
 SAA Board of Directors 
SAA Board of Directors 2017-2018:

Executive Board
Keith M. Rand - '70 - President
Bruce Bohlander - '75 - VP, Public Relations
Marilyn (Chance) Shank - '67- VP, Marketing & Development/Fundraising
Deloris "Dee" (Richardson) Duff - '59 - Treasurer/President Emeritus
Teresa (Vertner) - Brown - '64 - Recording Secretary
Brenda Gibson - '72 - Corresponding/Financial Secretary
  
Members-at-Large (decade representatives)
*Open (Decade of the 30s)
*Open (Decade of the 40s)
Lynn (Bolles) Boatman - '58 (Decade of the 50s)
Margaret (Smith) Francis - '53 (Decade of the 50s)
Larnell Burks-Bagley - '63 - (Decade of the 60s)
Hubert Hopson - '65 (Decade of the 60s)
Jarnell (Burks) Craig '63 (Decade of the '60s)
Wanda Burks-Bell - (Decade of the '70s)
Joseph Matthews - '81 (Decade of the '80s)
Nigel Long - '13  (Decade of the 2000s)
**Tayjia Wright - '13 (Decade of the 2000s)

  
Board appointments:
Consultant/SHSAW Founder - Guy E. Russell - '59
Parliamentarian - Open
President Emeritus - Alfred Edyvean
  
SHS Administrators: Shane O'Day, principal

 

 

Thank you for your continued interest and support.
Sincerely,

Dee Duff

Deloris "Dee" (Richardson) Duff
Treasurer & Editor, NewsBriefs
President Emeritus
Shortridge Alumni Association
 
In This Issue
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The Year...1968
SAA Board of Directors
Visit Our Website
SAA Memberships
Shortridge Yearbooks
Update Your Email
Upcoming Class Reunions
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Mission statement, association bylaws, available to view online. Check out the Activities tab. Or share your class information for a reunion.

 

Are you interested in ordering SPIRIT WEAR? T-shirts, caps, sweatshirts, etc. can now be ordered from information on the website. Create a special design for your class reunion. A percentage of your order will help support the Shortridge Alumni Association.

 

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** Examine bios of SHS alumni who have been inducted into our Hall of Fame

SAA Memberships & Renewals
  
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP-- $50/YEAR 
 

HAS YOUR SAA MEMBERSHIP EXPIRED? PLEASE CHECK YOUR MEMBER CARD AND RENEW ACCORDINGLY,

Member dues are the life-blood of our alumni association. These timely annual payments help fund these and other projects:
*Student athletic programs and supplies unfunded by school budgets;
*Support student (scholar) special activities not fully supported by school budgets;
*Alumni special recognition programs; e.g. Hall of Fame; athletic awards, et al;
*Other special student-centric project requests from school administration;
*Annual fees for association business affairs; e.g. website maintenance, newsletter distribution agent; supplies, postage, etc.;
*Alumni association annual meetings and summer celebration activities.

Sign up TODAY! RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP TODAY. IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER WHEN YOUR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES, SEND US AN EMAIL AT [email protected] 
 
FOR RENEWALS: Look at your membership card for the expiration date. If joining or renewing online, please include your class year; ladies please include your maiden name. Example: Dorothy (Jones) Smith, 19xx, email and USPS mailing address.  Alumni Association membership is required for full access to the website.
Fees :
  • One-year membership: $50 annual fee payable via PayPal or check
  • Five-year membership (General Members for Shortridge Legacy Scholarship Fund)  payable to Shortridge Alumni Association; mail c/o 5030 Guion Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254 or pay online. 
  • For more membership information, visit our website: www.shortridgealumni.com or send email: [email protected] 
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Shortridge Yearbooks

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Check out the digital library of yearbooks as catalogued by the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library. Most Shortridge yearbooks  from 1898 - 1968 are available for viewing at: http://digitallibrary.imcpl.org/shs.php

 

UPDATE YOUR EMAIL

Please help us keep our alumni databases up to date. If/when you update an email address, please let us know. Send email to: [email protected].
 
UPCOMING CLASS REUNIONS

Class of 1958 : 60-year class reunion

Friday, September 21, 2018 
Informal get together with Broad Ripple and North Central alumni
7:00-10:00 p.m. White River Yacht Club
1400 E. 74th St.,
Indianapolis, IN 46240
Cash Bar & Light Food - $15/pp

Saturday, September 22, 2018
5:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Class of 1958 - Dinner & Cash Bar - $60/pp
Sheraton, Keystone at the Crossing
8787 Keystone Crossing
Indianapolis, IN 46240

A block of rooms are being held at the Sheraton Hotel until August 23. 
https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/60thHSRe
union 
Please respond with payment and current email address by August 1, 2018, to:
Lynn Bolles Boatman
8070 Heyward Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46250

Make checks payable to Shortridge 60th Reunion