We have a Facebook page. If you have FACEBOOK, go to this link and check out what is and/or will be happening.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/391552215944137/
Those who were able to attend our 58th mini-reunion on Sept. 9, had a wonderful time visiting with each other. Look at the photo carefully, and see how many you can recognize from our PHS Class of 1965.
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UPDATE ON SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Great news about our class Scholarship Fund. Sonny Haguewood said that our Scholarship Fund now has a balance of $1200.00. THANKS to all who have donated to this fund, so far. We still have a few months left to shoot for enough to match the two scholarships we were able to provide last year. As David Weiss said on his Facebook post "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could match last year's achievement of awarding two $1000 scholarships to graduating seniors at our Alma Mater "---Potosi High School Class of 65, Let's try to make that happen!!!!
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Photos from our 57th Mini-Reunion in September, 2022, have been moved to the Photo Albums page (click on Photo Albums in the purple box to the left of this page, then scroll through to the end and click on the 9-dots grid under "57th Mini-Reunion)
WELCOME to all students in our class and school years who were or would have been in the Graduation class of 1965. It is difficult to believe that it has been over 56 years since we were all together in Potosi High School. Many of you have received the Class Directory at our 56th Reunion with updated addresses and phone numbers, so please stay in touch with each other. As we age, we learn to appreciate how important it is to cherish every moment that we can with our friends. If you did not get a new Directory, but would like to have one, please contact Mary Jane Boyer Chapman at 128 Timber Trail, Carterville, IL 62918.
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Our Facebook Class Page is ready for viewing. Please be patient as some items are added.
The new Page is called: Class of 1965 Potosi High School
The old pages will be removed from Facebook, once all photos and important information is transferred.
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Please keep all of our classmates who are currently in bad health in your prayers for healing!!!
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Look back and remember our 50th Reunion. Click on each of the links below (they are in order top to bottom) and relive some of our memories of that day in 2015. (Note: some of the videos may need to be pushed back to the beginning by sliding to the left the red dot at the lower part of the video.)
NOTE: the videos will come up on a computer, but may or may not come up on a phone.
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Claude Evans (Our classmate) was selected to receive a Quilt of Valor.
They reflect the nation's patriotic colors. They often showcase a traditional pattern -- Ohio Star, Fence Rail, Churn Dash and Log Cabin, to name a few. Many feature patriotic images, such as a Bald Eagle, U.S. flag or a praying Soldier. And all carry the Quilts of Valor label.
But these quilts are most remembered for the combat veterans they honor.
Wrapped in their very own Quilt of Valor, veterans across the nation have been receiving tangible gifts of love and appreciation from quilters since
this nationwide grassroots program started in 2003. To date, more than 106,000 patriotic quilts -- representing the prayers, healing thoughts and gratefulness of their makers, have been presented to veterans who have fought for the nation in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Storm/Shield, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom and other conflicts around the world.
The mission of the Quilts of Valor Foundation is to "cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor." Quilts are awarded at many different levels: they may go to military hospitals where chaplains award them to service members; they may be awarded to entire service units returning from deployments; they may be awarded at veterans homes or they may be awarded individually.
On December 16th, 2022 friends and family joined together at the Stony Point Baptist Church to honor Claude Evans, Pastor of Stony Point as he was presented a Quilt of Valor. Claude is a local hometown boy who served in Vietnam . He is the son of Hadley and Ellen (Price) Evans. Claude has been the chaplain at the Leadington VFW for many years. He also was the force behind getting Wreaths Across America started at Bates Creek Cemetery and High Point Cemetery both located on Hwy. P outside Potosi. Those in attendance said it was a very emotional ceremony. (This article was taken from the Independent-Journal 12-29-2022)
