Reunion Weekend in Review

Here is a recap of the past weekend’s activities in celebration of Ken’s graduating class of 1956.

Bob and Sharon entertained the Davenport alumni, class of ’56, on Friday afternoon similar to what we had done with the Jaynes when the class celebrated its 30th. Everyone enjoyed catching up and reminiscing. The dapper dude in the hat is Bob.





Friday morning, Ken and Bob had to be in Davenport by 10:30 to be ready to ride in the Pioneer Days Parade. One of their classmates has restored a late ‘30s truck and he had created some bench seating with bales of straw on the flatbed where the classmates could hold court over the onlookers. They were near the end of the parade, and were preceded primarily by local candidates for office, fire trucks and the local ambulance. Oh yes, and the Schwans truck! You gotta love these small towns.



Saturday afternoon we moved on to the park for lunch, some very good musical entertainment, and a display of several dozen restored cars. Davenport has a car club known as the Road Knights which was founded when Ken was in high school, and he designed the club logo which is still being used. I made him purchase the baseball cap with the logo, and he was given a tee shirt since he is one of the “old timers”.

The evening dinner and dance was the usual disappointment, but it provided a venue for us to continue to visit and see old friends. Ken’s second grade teacher (in photo at the right) was in attendance and looked as perky and cute as a teenager. She is probably at least 80. She said she knew how to teach children to read, and when UCLA came in and proceeded to tell her how to do it, she retired. She also taught Brian for a few months when he was in the second grade and we were between moves.


Our old house at Liberty Lake was still standing last week end, and Ken and Bob were able to rescue the kitchen sink for me. For those of you who weren’t in that house, I discovered the old original sink and had it installed in the new kitchen when we remodeled. It is the single sink with attached backsplash and drainboard. It has a porcelain finish that must be at least 1/4" thick. I don’t know when we will have time to do something with it in this house, but I am pleased to have it.

The next week will be spent getting the motor home packed and the house ready to be vacated for almost three months while we are in Loma Linda. We will leave next Thursday or Friday. Craig will be available to check on it as well as some friends of his who live down the street. It is hard to leave the yard and garden, but it can be redone next year. Cooper has no idea what he is in for, but I know he will be happy just to be with us. This is all just another adventure! Ciao