Classmates Celebrate Annual Reunion at Gladewater Lakehouse
A long standing Gladewater reunion brings together families of former schoolmates at the Cliff Bowdens lakehouse on the B and B Farm. Guests include the Garretts Delroy Russell and Bowden families with special guests J W Beavers. A birthday for Jill Russell is noted and a buffet lunch features chicken spaghetti ham salads baked beans and chocolate cake.
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Cliff Bowdens
Gladewater
Amanda
Dianne Garrett
Harry Garrett
Jill Russell
Delroy Russells
Marilyn Miller
Dianne
Pat
Linden
Delroy Russell
Mildred Folsom
Sue
Laura Mae
Jim
Roddy
Jill Russell Pope
Wendy
Alba
John Mackey
Normalee Folsom
Marcia
Virginia Blount
Virginia Warwick
Leslie
Lisa
Sherry
Bowden
Mildred Beavers
Hugh
J. W. Beavers
Bob Garrett
Austin
Jerry
Dennis Mackey
Billy and
Ann Phillips
Teresa Mackey
Denton
Jimmy Bowden
Atlanta
Georgia
Memory Games and Name Tricks Goofed by Group Associations
A humorous reminiscence about struggling to recall names using tricks like the Roosevelt style and group word associations. The narrator recalls misnaming colleagues such as Alben Barkley and Miss Traverse as Miss Compost, and notes the failure of word association in social memory.
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Alben Barkley
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Traverse
Compost
Memorable Experience or Memory Deficiency Plague
A reflection on memory decline and rising population, suggesting a future where people are identified by numbers instead of names. The speaker imagines a group standing in a world of numeric IDs and hints at social strain from memory loss.
Super Code Phonalitis Expire-Lice Moment
A humorous aside centers on a chaotic collection of numbers and personal data from a parental interruption. The narrator jokes about a phone number license plate and expiration date, culminating in a comic moment as someone calls out a number as a mother’s cue.
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