Jonesboro High School Classes of 1967..and 1968: October 2008

Welcome Jonesboro High School Class of 1967 and 1968!!!

In the immortal words of Grace Witherspoon of the Jonesboro Sun(BACK IN THE DAY)..." a great time was had by all." It was Super!!! We had a great time. The pictures are starting to come in and will be posted soon. Everyone please send in those pics. Send them to the e-mail address below. jhsclassof68@sbcglobal.net Lots of 67 and 68 and a few 69 and 66 and even a 65 or two or three or four or more were there.

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there is for sure a 50 year reunion and also talk of a 45 year reunion.... so keep sending in those e-mail addresses. We shouldn't have to change presidents 2 or 3 times before we get back together again.

TERESA WESTBROOK FOUND.... click on May under blog archive 2008. Where in the World is Teresa ?

If you graduated from Jonesboro High School in 1968 or 1967, then you are in the right place. The classes of '67 and '68 had a Super reunion October 10 and 11, HOMECOMING weekend in Jonesboro. This was an event to remember.

We Still Need Your Email addresses. Yes, it is the year 2008. You should have one of these by now. You can add them in the comments section or.. you can e-mail them to:

jhsclassof68@sbcglobal.net

Post items to this blog.. it's easy. Pictures, memories, stuff you like. You can also send digital photos as an e-mail attachment and we'll get it on for you. ( if you have old photos you want to put on here take them outside on an overcast day and take a digital picture of them.)

Friday: a reception at the RidgePoint Country Club and a party on Saturday at The Station(the old Post Office Downtown on Church Street) .

MORE PICTURES FROM THE REUNION HAVE BEEN ADDED TO THE FLICKR BADGE AT THE LEFT. CLICK ON IT TO SEE ALL THE PICS AND TO MAKE COMMENTS! MORE PICTURES WILL BE ADDED AS THEY ARRIVE.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

HURRICANE WARNING... CAT 5 HURRICANE ... CRAIGHEAD CO. IN ARKANSAS..

Yep, I've been getting calls for the last two days from people coming in for the Reunion. So, If you are still on the fence about coming then here is a big kick to the fence. COME ON!!!!!
• Hurricane flags will be flown on the top of the press box
• The band and the students will sit on the visitor side
• In recent years the students have a designated section at the basketball games they call the "Dog Pound", they want the student section at the football games to be called the "Storm Cellar" ;-)
• They are looking for a storm siren to crank out during the game
• The welcome reception is at The RidgePointe Country Club until 11:30
• Downtown Jonesboro is Open Late and guess what... It's Quite "Wet".
• Saturday is full of different events and things to do with the big PARTY at the CHURCH STREET STATION beginning at 7:00 pm.

SEE YOU THERE :-)

A Reunion weekend.. WHOA!!!

The classes of 1967, 1968,1978,1983,1988,and1998.. are all having their reunions the weekend of Oct. 10 and 11th.. The big game is between the Hurricane and Mountain Home. The field is brand new this year and the seating arrangements have been changed to accommodate all these reunions.....
SO>>> Lets go to the game and OPEN THE ROOF... for the GOLDEN HURRICANE.

How the HURRICANE(not canes) got it's name. from the 1925 High Times

JONESBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Recognized by the United States Department of Education as a school display!,, excellence in education.

RODGER CALLAHAN~
(note the area code)
Phone (5O1)935.2381~’

JONESBORO,
HOME OF THE
HURRICANE

HOW THE “HURRICANE” GOT ITS NAME
By the editor

Until the last football season the J.H.S. gridiron team had no name, and since all other teams had adopted emblems and etc, it gave us some worry as to just what we ought to name the team. Looking through the list of usual names and emblems, we found that about all of the suitable ones were already in use among the various Arkansas teams. That idea was abandoned, for there were Tigers, Bears, Greyhounds, Bull Dogs, Wild Cats, and every other kind of vicious names on the calendar.

With the first edition of the High Times this perplexing problem was unexpectedly solved in a rather novel manner. Bernice Montague, a loyal booster of J.H.S., was asked to write up a prospective view of the foot-ball team for 1924, and in so doing, a name for the team was coined.

The High School colors being Gold and Black, the team was referred to as the “Golden Hurricane.” This name became a catch phrase and stuck. Fans soon began calling the team the “Golden Hurricane” and
the newspapers liked the name well enough to use it.
Other Arkansas school papers began using the name
In writing up games played against J.H.S., and so it
became universally known among Arkansas teams as
the “Golden Hurricane.” :

We feel sure that a better name could hardly have been selected. If any team entertained any doubts as to what was meant by the J.H.S. team’s name, they were dispelled long since, for where ever the team played, it swept the field like a young hurricane. The men that made up the team of 1924 played the best season of their career. High School’s football schedule was made with some of the strongest and oldest teams in this section of the state. Three games were played with Memphis teams, two of which were won by J.H.S.

The enthusiastic predictions made at the opening of the season for the “Golden Hurricane” were fully lived up to. The team’s success was marked from the start. Another year of football success is expected by the team of 1925

THE HIGH TIMES
May 21, 1925
LAFAYETTE SAMMONS. Editor in Chief
RAYMOND VOWELLS Assistant Editor

Jonesboro High School Classes of 1967..and 1968