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The
majority of the Class of 1956 didn't wander too far from home. Since
our class size is now 99 living souls, it's pretty easy to calculate the
percentages. Fifty percent live in the Quad-Cities, and 61 of
us are in Alabama. It's ironic that the one classmate who moved the
farthest away from home (Linda Methvin Smith, formerly in San Luis Obispo,
California) has returned to the
Shoals. The beautiful Tennessee Valley does have a magnetic quality
for those of us raised in the region.
Click
here for a list of the location of each classmate. |
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This
map of the U.S. shows us the states in which our class is now
distributed. Butch Bradford, in Longmont, Colorado (just north of
Denver), is 48 miles closer to "home" than is Buck Locke, up in
Winchester, Massachusetts (a suburb of Boston). Both are in the
1,240+ mile range. Don Roper, in Scottsdale, AZ, at 1,620 miles,
just squeaks past Helen Holman Lutes, in Tempe, AZ, at 1609 miles, as the
farthest from SHS now. Recently located, Carol Cahoon in Scottsdale,
too, is only 1557 miles from SHS. |
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This Alabama map
demonstrates the distribution of our Alabama classmates. The
affinity for the Tennessee Valley is apparent. The lure of Alabama
worked to get Frances Crockett Seibert back, but I guess the Gulf, Mobile
Bay and a beautiful golf course community in one of the fastest growing
retirement counties in Alabama took precedence over the magnetic quality
of the Tennessee Valley.
Notice that Jefferson County recently
gained one more SHS Class of '56 classmate. Kitty Stribling
("a.k.a. Kate Lee") was discovered by Peggy Bishop in
Birmingham.
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Here's
where you Shoals area classmates are distributed in the Quad-Cities.
Florence, our dreaded nemesis during our high school days, attracted a
significant number of us. I had to correct the number from 8 to 7
when I recently learned that Irelle Dunning Vann moved to the beautiful
Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina just down the road from Ashville. |
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Of
course, my analysis of our class Diaspora is subject to corrections and amendments.
If you recognize any discrepancies
or
errors, please contact Louis. |
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