'68 class - 40th Reunion

Light my Fire - Doors, Expressway to your heart, Kick out the Jams - MC5, Center of Your Mind - Amboy Dukes, Good Vibrations, Anything---Bob Seager, Anything--Rolling Stones, When A Man Loves A Woman, Dear Mr. Fantasy, Kind of a drag - Buckinghams, Anything by Bob Seger and the Lost Herd, Anything---Who, Hold Me - Mel Cater, Little GTO. Anything---Neil Diamond, San Francisco (Be sure to wear flowers) Scott MacKinzie, Watchtower - Jimmy Hendrix, My Girl, Anything---Tempations, Dance To The Music, People got to be free - The Rascals, Sunshine of your love - Cream, Midnight Confessions - Grass Roots, Lady Willpower - Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Piece of my Heart & Ball and Chain - Janis Joplin, Itchicoo Park, White Rabbit, Brown Eyed Girl, Both Sides Now, The End. I Heard It Through The Grapevine-Marvin Gaye, Think - Aretha,  Light My Fire-Doors,    Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones, Monday Monday-Mamas & Papas, Reach Out of the Darkness (by Friend and Lover), Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel, Tuesday Afternoon,  by Moody Blues,  MacArthur Park by Richard.  A Whiter Shade of Pale (by Procol Harum), A Place in the Sun (by Stevie Wonder), God Only Knows (by the Beach Boys), A Different Drum (by Stone Ponies), Strangers in the Night - Sinatra, Dirty Old Man - The Fuggs,  Georgie Girl, Knights in White Satin - Moody Blues, Draft Dodgers Rag - Phil Ochs, Walk Away Renee, People Got To Be Free, I Was Made to Love Her, Think, Bernadette, Heard it through the grapevine, There's a summer place,  Hold Me - Mel Carter,  Domino - Van Morrison, Wildnights - Van Morrison,  twentith century fox -  Doors, Break on through - Doors, You were on my mind - wee five.  Stoned Soul Picnic - Laura Nyro, Kick Out The Jams - MC5,  I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs, Come and Stay With Me - Marianne Faithful, Wake Up Sunday Morning - Mad Dog Family Band, "Brown Eyed Girl"  "A Day in the Life"  "The Letter"  "For Your Love"  "Like A Rolling Stone"   Heavy Music - Bob Seger, We've gotta get out of this place - Animals, any Motown hit, Satisfaction - Rolling Stones  Get off of my cloud - Rolling Stones.  Judy Collins - Both Sides Now.  When I saw her standing there - Beatles, Under the Boardwalk - Drifters, Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash.  Light my Fire - Doors.  Hey Jude, 123 Red light, Little Green Apples, I say a Little Prayer, Sealed with a Kiss. Wipe Out, Louie Louie, Dirty Water, House of the Rising Sun. Only in America - Jay & the Americans, Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison, Light My Fire - the Doors, Mrs. Robinson - Simon & Garfunkel, Theme from "The Endless Summer"  Wouldn't it be Nice - Beach Boys. House of the Rising Sun,  Kick Out the Jams, Anything by the Doors,  Eight miles high.  In my room---The Beach Boys   Light my Fire--Doors  Tamborine Man-The Byrds     White Rabbit-Jefferson Airplane Anything British-Beatles, Stones, Hollies,   Journey to the Center of Your Mind. - Amboy Dukes  Light My FIre- Doors  Tuesday Afternoon Beach Boys "Good Vibrations",    Moody Blues  Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison You Were on My Mind - Wee FIve.  anything by the Who, Never My Love - Association. Too many to list.  Everything That Touches You - The Association, To Sir With Love - LuLu, Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me - Mel Carter.  Reach Out I'll Be There - The Four Tops, Summer In The City - Lovin' Spoonful, Walk Away Renee - TheLeft Banke, Got To Get You Into My Life - The Beatles, Tambourine Man - The Byrds.  We Gotta Get Out Of This Place -The Animals.  Satisfaction, Cherish. Louie, Louie, Michelle, I Want To Hold Your Hand.  Help Me Rhonda, Famous Final Scene - Bob Seger, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Gladys Knight.  Born To Be Wild - Seppenwolf, All AlongThe Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix, Jumping Jack Flash - The Stones, Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano, Sky Pilot - Eric Burdon and the Animals.  Good Vibrations- Beach Boys, The Letter - Boxtops, Happy Together - The Turtles, Paint It Black - Stones, When a Man Loves A Woman - Percy Sledge.  You have to be kidding, too many to list, here are a few:  "Spooky" by Classic IV, "Elenore" by the Turtles,   "Your All I Need To Get By" by Marvin Gaye, "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison, "Alfie" by Dionne Warwick.  Domino, Wild Nights - Van Morrison, Any Early Doors - Twentieth Century Fox, Break On Through, Road House Blues.  When I Saw Her Standing There The Beatles, Under The Boardwalk - The Drifters, Wooden Ships - Crosby Stills and Nash. Try To Remember - The Lettermen. All things Motown. Bad Moon Rising, 96 Tears, I Can See For Miles, Pin Ball Wizard, Satisfaction, Get Off My Cloud, Kicks, Heat Wave, Dancing In The Streets, Dance To The Music, Fortunate Son, Mustang Sally, Higher & Higher, Johnny Be Goode, White Rabbit, Save The Last Dance For Me, Do You Love Me, Sleep Walk, Itchicoo Park, Think , Respect, Pink Cadellac, Proud Mary, Spooky, Eleanor, Mony Mony, Be My Baby, Like A Rolling Stone, Suspicous Minds, My Girl, Pretty Woman, California Dreaming, Mr. Tamborine Man, Do Love me Now That I Can Dance, unchained Melody, She'll Have Fun Fun Fun Till her Daddy Takes The T-Bird Away , Good Vibrations, Light My Fire, Sounds Of Silance, Like A Rolling Stone, You've Lost That Loving Feeling, Fortunate Son.  Sounds of silence, My Girl, Michelle, Sugar Pie Honey Bunch, Telstar. Nights in White Satin, Just Walk away, Renee, Sounds of Silence, Cherish, My Girl, What becomes of a broken hearted.

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Memory Flashes:

Listing to 123 while riding to school in Leon Eastman's '61 Bonniville.  Fighting for the right to wear jeans at school. Running across the diamond to the Minuette while cutting class with Neil Sohlin.  The swim team and hanging out with Larry Lebowtiz. Riding around in Larry's Dodge and paying $.20/gal for gas. I tell my 11th and 12th grade students that The Who appeared in my high schol gym and they don't believe me until I show them my yearbook. Riding to work in Bob Pullium's VW. Wrestling Mr. Finlayson in gym class. Art and I getting thrown into the basement by the greasers.  As a senior, I remember taking Humanities, and we used the "AP" excuse to dodge the hall monitors. We skipped school and went out to breakfast, lunch, or snack, just to get away for a moment. Geeze. and I am a teacher now!!!  Skipping school after 3rd hour in my 1966 Maroon Ford Fairlane & going to Burger King with friends & then to someone's house to hang out til school was over.  The WILD parties!!! Hanging out at the football games. Trying to stay out of trouble, but always getting into trouble. And of course, crusing Woodward Avenue. Experiencing another Kennedy asassination. Hanging out with Marcella Daubert and Marie Eddy. Being anorexic, before the dignosis even exsisted. Being called 'boots' because I wore the old-fashioned kind. Wonderful Friday night basketball games and the partying afterward.  Feeling totally prepared for college and graduate school because Southfield High teachers had high expectations and trained us well.  A field trip to Stratford to see a play, and the bus trip with everyone was the best part!  Watching football games with a crowd, wearing a "benchwarmer" coat (remember those?). The prom at Raleigh House was a blast. Going on the car rally with Gail Sherman and using a garbage can lid to layout our "racing emblem".  People stared at the car and someone didn't pay attention and hit another car.  I remember following the boy's swim team to the state meet and staying in a hotel (when I was supposed to be at Kari's house). High school was a fabulous time in my life, only to be topped by my years at MSU. The musicals, clubs, staff mentors, and lasting friendships helped to make me who I am today.  Athletic Office  Uncountable sporting events, Spirit Week - still have my shirt.  All my memories are good, life was so good. Finding out about Bob Horner.  Walking the halls of "O" building feeling like a ghost, wanting a cigarette and a cup of Maple House coffee.  Mr. Fishbeck's bowties.   Receiving demerits for wearing jeans,  being in line at graduation rehearsal when we learned of Bobby's assassination, overhearing all the girls talking about Roger Daltry's hips the day after the concert. Bringing a bag lunch.  Being too shy to have normal fun during high school. Friday night football. the prom.  Working on the scenery for South Pacific---I was ICOPT (in charge of palm trees)  Getting into arguments with Mr Bouton and/or Mr. Sweet in art classes Cruising Woodward Hanging out with Paula, Joanne, Howard and Bernie (being great artsists...) Memorizing the words to Hare Krishna in Jan's room  (also one of us taking out the side of her garage and two cars at the art museum)  Wrestling team, Marching Band, Lunchtime. Going to the SHS football games and the plays. Dancing on Club 1270. Dances at the Civic Center.  Cruising Woodward Ave., Going to the Motown Reviews, Eating at the Dipsey Doodle. Hanging our with friends. Being a WSHS radio DJ.  Lockers:  yours, mine and  ours!  (no wonder I couldn't find my books)   Driving my mom's convertible out to Cass Lake to go swimming.  Everybody  pitching in 25 cents - $1 worth of gas  would get the needed back up.  Trying to 'sit like a lady' in those mini skirts!   Bumming rides so I wouldn't have to ride the 'cheese wagon'.  Being told  to think about work instead of college  - and now I'm going every day!  LOL  Visiting our opponents' schools and having fun the night before the basketball games.  I never got caught.  MI Forever! Being out there under those "Friday Night Lights" Being in the safest place your could be in during the first day of the 1967 Detroit Riots: Camp Dearborn.  Not only did I like being in or going to all those sporting events, I enjoyed going to the Musicals, too.  Teaching Brinza & Elias how to drive a stick in preparation for our great Yellowstone '68 trip.  We're going back in '18!  Do you really expect me to remember that far back?  I missed the last reunion because I was in the Hospital for two months.  i had Legionaire's disease and my kidneys were shut down for three weeks.  I have been told that it was a miracle I left the hospital alive.  Our great senior lounge.  The fun we had in our crazy calculus class. Listening to people tell Mr. Brubaker stories.  Our great prom- no one does it like we did with the party at Alpine. Taking turns cruisin down Woodward Ave in my Dad's sports cars with my buddy Bruce Penberthy.  Going on the car rallys Hey Bruce I bet you still remember the 13th president & Pamm McFadden remembers the guy paying attention to us instead of driving!  The breakfast club---getting kicked out of Howard Johnson's and then going to everybodys houses for breakfast--when it was my turn the Lathrup police showed up too!    Hanging out with the swimmers in Mr. Scarbourgh's art class & having him write me a pass to get back into school when I was late for govt. class.   Disconnecting the odometer on my parent's car and driving my friends up to MSU for Friday night frat mixers.  Traveling to Yellowstone for three weeks to celebrate graduation.   Playing football and beating Royal Oak Kimball when we stopped them at the one yard line as time expired.  Mr. Kelley's classes and the chuckles we got when he used his favorite phrase to describe the administration ..."morons"!  the Who Having fun in our school  musicals, Friday night football games, drag racing Bod Deacans and then losing our licenses, renting an elephant for homecoming ,  the Yellow Gerodas, track with Harry Elias trying to better my record time, rebuilding cars with Tom Unkefer and Jim Clark, trying to stay out of trouble,  with Bruce Penberty, being the only boy allowed in Nancy Sissons room by Mrs. Sisson.  My most vivid memory is the walk out and being up on the roof.  Cruising Woodward in my GTO. Running, Running, Running, The WHO was cool too!  Now I regret never dating the two most attractive girls(in my eyes) at SHS! Adored Miss Gayewski & loved what she wrote about me in the yearbook. I loved working on the 1968 yearbook with Kathy Andrew.  Skipped the Prom to campaign for Sen. Eugene McCarthy.  Never skipped going to SHS football games (and going to the Big Boy afterwards) Go Blue Jays! It's more than just a phase in my life! Before 1st hour in the parking lot, The Hideout, Slavik's Corner.  When we had a protest on the front lawn of the school with TV coverage, not having the Jewish holidays off school.  Concert Chior, Football and Basketball games, Proms and Homecoming dances, Homecomoing Parades, Kensington Park, Ski Club, Making out.  Hope you all have a wonderful time - with regrets - Pat St. John. Line dancing at the Walled Lake Casino, the Grande Ballroom, Motown reviews. My typing teacher's "raised" eyelids.   My house of church for Rosanna P.  Anderbutt's silliness. 4 Jewish White girls doing

a Smokey Robinson & the Miracles imitation at the Sr. Talent Show.  Baking "special" brownies in home economics. Riding in a pink mustang convertible as the orchestra's nomination for homecoming queen.  Dancing with Donna, Teaching Hari how to swing a bat. Graduation ceremony. In 11th grade, co-chairing social action project that raised money to send to children in a village in Tanzania. Graduation with honors. Dancing at the Hideout with Bob Seger. Interviewing Dave Bing and Mayo Smith for the "6:20 Sports Report" on WSHJ, the "neoteric sound of Southfield" (whatever that was supposed to mean).