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Scotty Croom

celebrated  grandson;19th  birthday in richmond..just 2 days before we .leave for daphne..goods arriving wed.  pm....

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hiya Scotty. I know you're getting ready for that warm gulf breeze. Glad youre getting things settled, and happy birthday to your mom and to your grandson.  My inlaws turned 90 last month and this month; my oldest son turned 50 this month; my grandaughter turned 19 this month; and I'm turnin blue from the cold! 

     What a glorious day this has started out to be, sun rising over the Brazos Valley and  Chappell Hill Sausage Factory, spilling ever so gently into our little valley and brightly up Sam Wann Hill...oh yeah, love the warmth of the sun.  Got to 43 this morn before daybreak.

      Only got to 48 yesterday, never had the HIGH wind the "chicken little news media"  kept warning us about. Highest we had was 21 mph.  We have that most days anyway.  Highest sustained wind we've had up here, if the CHIMACS official wind gauge is correct, was 42 mph, last year or year before.  That mini-hurricane did manage to distribute all the lawn and deck furniture to new spots on the hill.  Some of em placed in better spots than I had placed em in!

     Been keeping a low profile lately, DRONES are lurking about.  Might be the Chi-coms, or those pesky ruskies spying on us, or the talibanners.  Well that, and I had to have two teeth pulled Wednesday, and a temp bridge added.  My jaw is still hurting from it.  Been rinsing with salt water as per instructed, sure hope it is not going south on me and getting infected.  What a  JOY that would be. Not suppose to smoke or drink alcohol. Of course, I dont smoke or drink much of the spirits, but when you tell me NOT to do something, well then...need I say more!

     Guess it's time to sing off. Got some last minuet shopping to do for Diane.  The "family" decided to draw names this year and put a limit on cost, which I have been trying to get folks to do for many many moons.  I wanted to leave my name out of the hat, I need nothing, want nothing, cept happiness for all. 

      Daughter in law sent around an "E" list to all participants to list their desires.  Being electronically challenged, I never could get into the site. My beloved got in and listed a few things, like give our grandaughter something instead of me anything.   Daughter in law sent around an "E" thingy for a party for my son, which again, I couldnt traverse.  Why cant folks just do it the old fashion way, Ben Franklin US Mail, or Alexander Graham Bell ?   Well, guess it's a good thing folks are doing anything at all, isnt it.

   Hmmm, I was signing off two paragraphs ago, so guess I'll git er done now. 

Keep the sun at your six and the son in your heart and ride boldly ride...bundled up of course!

Your frien and resident "fool on the hill",  Cephus T  Malachi Mulroney Mordecai Wanninski esq

Post Script; dontcha just love those M names!

Bennie Schielack

It is just about the best time of year, once more.  I may not be the first, but I do want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas.  Also, a great new year.  Ten days and we get to celebrate our freedom, granted us by the Christ our Lord.  (The reason for the season)

We'll be taking in our second celebration tonight @ The Chandelier Ballroom.  We'll be meeting some of our students from a few years back, some of our current students and a lot of friends who share our love of dance, wether it be ballroom (tonight) or country western . . . . . We'll be celebrating with good friends, good food and good music . . . . . 

 Took three trips to A&M small animal clinic over the past 2 weeks.  Sorry to say our Mo, a stray calico kitten found @ my Sarahs (SO) mothers house while there to mow the lawn (mom is in assisted living care), has gone to kitty heaven.  She was born without a fully developed anus, could not pass fecal matter properly, and following three surgeries to open up her passage way and get the blocked up fecal matter from her colon, she could not be repaired properly, without an outlay of about 4 thousand additional dollars.  (Her colon was extremely enlarged and without surgery to decrease the size, she had no chance to survive, but even with the surgery, she had very little chance of survival.)  Even though she was with us for only about 6 weeks, we miss her dearly.  Hope each and every one of your "furry" friends remains healthy and keeps you company.

Merry Christmas to all . . . . .

Scotty Croom

here we are  kn bama,w/no furniture,yet...mayb e tomorrow...will keep in touch...

William Donald Ansley

May the Spirit of Christmas be with each and everyone of you!!

Johnny Sheffield

Well, it is the time of the year to wish all my waltrip

Buds and gals and your families a very merry merry 

Christmas and happy new year. I wish you all good

Health for the year 2019 and look forward to seeing 

You all this spring at the spring fling ( date to be announce in

January) and also this fall at our 55th reunion October 12,

2019 ( details coming to you in January also)  

Have a safe and wonderful holiday and may gods

Blessings be with you all  

Johnny

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Howdy by find waldrip frids...god a feber, sore throat, foghorn voice, hagink cough, just biserable.  Been down for about a week or so.  No Christmas for me.  Missed seeing folks and havink Christmas dinner, although Diane brought some leftovers for my dinning delight. Not the same!  Then last night, or earlier this morn we had one helluva storm. Lots O thunder and lightning and 2 and 3 quarters inch of rain, and that is official from the official CHIMACS weather station.  Scared the critters half to death...not CHIMACS, the storm. CHIMACS scares me however.

    What time is it?  Hmmm 1:30 AM in the morning...gonna be another long and sleepless night I reckon I suppose I reckon.   I am just about full to the eyebrows with tea, honey and lemon, and cough syrup and prednesone.  Yeah, went to my sawbones and he was away on holiday.  I guess he doesnt care at all about me, cast aside like yesterdays newspaper, and by mine own doc too. 

       His PA-C saw me instead. I know the PA stands for Physicians Assistant, but what is the C for?   Child?   She was a child, and smart too.  "Mr Wann, what seems to be the problem, sick are we?"  Wow, what perception, here I am just a puddle of snot on the examing room floor and she wonders if I'm sick. "well of course I'm sick you ninny, I wouldnt be here otherwise!"  or woids to that defect. Well, moving ahead, she says I have what's going around, and names all the symptons.  Gee thanks, couldnt have identified it without you.  My brilliant wife even read the symptons to me from her I phone. "Oh look sweety, this app on my phone names all your symptons, says your sick, and with about a zillion other folks".  God, I just love helpful people.

     Fast forward to the drugstore..."That'll be 14 dollars and 65 cents!"..."WHAT" I yell comedicly, or try to be, and in my best foghorn voice, 14.65 for medicine, that's an outrage.  I'm trying to be my parents here.   The cough syrup is 14 dollars and the prednesone is .65 cents.   My mon and dad moaned and groaned about the high cost of medicine for years.  I dont think 14.65 is too exorbitant for meds that dont work.  The prednesone seems to be working, but not so the cough syrup. Only way I can tell if the prednesone is working, suppose to be for my lungs, but a side effect is that it helps to alleviate pain. I'll take that side effect any day.

     You can judge for youself about the cough syrup, suppose to stop my cough, (cough cough cough) see I'm still coughing, and it's suppose to make me sleeby, and as you can see, I'm wide awake, well I am drinking coffee.  Hmmm, maybe I can find Gilligans Island on the tely, that ought to put me to sleep, or bore me to death, or both, whichever comes foist.

     Hmmm, no Gilligans island, but plenty of "but wait, dont answer yet, if you call now, you get these handy dandy ginzu knives, but wait, dont answer yet, if you call even sooner than now, we will DOUBLE your order...."   blah blah blah.....You know, if I buy all the silver and gold coins they advertise, like a silver dollar for 19.95, that use to cost what,  a dollar? what good are they?   "Well, if the stuff hits the fan, and we have a depression, you will be set with lots of valuable silver and gold coins that will help you through the crisis"! ! ! Sounds like the ol "Tom Sawyer, paint my fence Ploy".

    Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but if everyone but me has no money, or valuable silver and gold coins,  who's going to buy them? and why?  You cant eat them or drink them, so what good are they?  I can get more cans of tuna and vienna sausages and pork and beans for 19.95, and I can eat them. I decided to put my money in Whiskey!  

     Now there's a commodity that folks would spend money on if the SHTF!!!  I also have a plethora of mason jars on hand to fill up half way with whiskey and the other half with water. See a mixed drink already packaged, and for the measly sum of 19.95, ha take that ol Mr Y2K.   "but wait, dont answer yet, for another 19.95, we'll sell you another jar of the majic elixir from the fountain of youte" ! ! ! !

    Is it morning yet?   Well, yes, but no sunrise, yet.  Oh goody, 5 more hours till that event...oh god, they're selling lipozene for 29.95, and doubling that order for free"....What the hell is lipozene?   another stupid/smart drug...stupid if you buy it, and smart when you discover it does nothing for you, cept make you poorer.  Hold on, got to get another cup O Joe... Ok, I'm back. Stayed longer than I figgered..found an old cinnimon roll that hadnt turned green yet...hmmm, a half stick O butter and a microwave sure do make it good.

     This must be Dick Powell week on TCM. How do you figger that, oh psychic one?  Well. they're into the 5th or 10th Dick Powell movie in a row.  I liked Dick powell, consumate actor! good looking too!  He's in a western at this moment. You know what I noticed about westerns, most all of them?   The hats!  Most of the hats the cowboys and outlaws wear look like they came from the 5 and dime store.  No really good hat, like a stetson or resistol, has a seam around the edge of the brim, none!  And a lot of the guys wear a hat too small for their heads.  I guess that's sos you can see their faces clearly on the movin picture screen, eh what!

     Hey Bennie, nice going on trying to save that kitten.  Unfortunately try as we might, we cant save them all, but at least we tried.  Guess I should say goodnight now huh!  My "this little piggy got none" toe hurts. Wonder what that means?  Dont have to ponder that one long, it's from stumping it on everything in the house at one time or another.  Why dont you just wear house shoes?  well, I cant find them! Well, why not? Cause I had to sit down and stop looking for them because I stumped my toe!   Well why do you keep stumpin your toe?  because I cant find my house slippers.......

     Well say goodnight Gracie, "goodnight Gracie"....

   Your frien and resident whacko insomniako...Olbeauwankanobie esq..

Post Script:  Merry Christmas to all and to all a goodnight.....

Kay Watters '65 (Greene)

Happy almost New Year 2019!  Have been reading your forum and find Mr Beau is sick and suffering..

Hope you feel well ad Diane is administering something, anything to affect a cure or relief.  We can't go into 2019 without our foghorn.

I will be the first to say that things have turned very well for me, during 2018. Along with that I've just lost one of the most wonderful, loving,  country guard dogs, I've ever had the pleasure of ejoying my life here with  Ms. Annie.  She was a trip, a real tough old girl, always loving and protecting our place. and she also liked to cuddle up with me on my bed and keep me warm.  Truly will miss this one of a kind true country dog who could survive hunting and eating her kill, but loving us as well.  Texas A & M could not save her today.

Blessed to have experienced this truly unique dog thoughout our 9 yrs. together.

Scotty Croom

well,hi from bubbas on the bay..got upods,unloaded,reassembled,etc...had quiet holiday..prepping for football games sat...happy new year to all...

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Kay, sorry about the loss of Ms Annie. It's always tuff to say goodbye to a being that loves us unconditionally, all the time.  If A&M cant save them, no one can. We've taken a few to them that they have saved and some they could not.  I imagine Ms Annie and the Coop and the Rock and all the rest of our critters, have met up and are resting comfortably under a shady tree on a hill overlooking a lush valley watching for us to join them. Sure would like to see them again.

     Hey Bubbas by the bay, what a cool new adventure you are embarking on.  Mint julips by the pool, dancin in the moonlight on the beach, well deserved.  The seafood doesnt get any fresher! Take pics and show some of them on the forum, or email them to us all. Yeah, that's the ticket, 400 plus emails.

     Well, hopefully the worst of the "sickness" is over with. Sawbones Jr., said it would get worse before it got better, and it did.  My stomach muscles and back muscles and side muscles are sore sore sore from all the coughing.  My head is still full of crud and lungs as well.  Had to use my inhaler twice last night. It's a love/hate relationship with that thing. It helps me breathe AKA stayin alive, but makes me shake like a drunk with the dts. Makes me so nervous I'm climbing the walls and walking the floors. If it wasnt so cold and damp out, I'd be running up and down the hill.

    Been cooped up here in the cabin in the Chalps, going stir crazy. Thought I'd go into town for a spell, if for nothing else than to just sit on a park bench and watch the pretty girls go by.  However, and aint there always a however, I was so exhausted just going to the truck and driving the 10 miles and getting out of the truck and finding a park bench, I could have just laid down on the street and fallen asleep. Why not, cant seem to sleep at home, even with the "will make you drowzy" meds.  Funny, that stuff always worked when I needed to be at my best, in school, but not when I'm just setting around the funny farm.

      "Oh bother"....as piglet would say. Or was it Eore?  Well no matter !  It will be a quiet new years here as it was at Christmas, being sick and all. Whatever the "all" was. I've got a few fireworks leftover from sometime, since the burn ban has been lifted, and we just got 2 and 3/4 inches of rain, think I'll entertain the cows and wildlife up here in the Chalps come midnight.

     Speaking of wildlife, saw a bald eagle fly over 290 between brenham and chappell hill just east of the old Starlight Drive in movie theater.  Looked like he had spied lunch, an unfortunate duck.  Water turkeys and or coots are their favorite food.  I sure love seeing them in flight, or heck just setting around.  Sure glad the US took steps to save that bird. I do believe they are off the endangered species list.  Seeing that great bird sure gave my spirits a lift. Actually felt some better!  that's the ticket, "Uh Mr Wann, take a bald eagle and call me in the morning", or woids to that affect.

    Another animal that was almost wiped off the face of the earth, the American Bison, as you are all fully aware of.  (it is not a buffalo).  There is a couple up in Bryan that raises Bison. There was an article on them in some magazine.  And what a coinkidink, my sister the artist is good friends with them. She's done paintings of Beverly and Donnis' bisons. 

      Beverly says there are a half million bison between here and Canada.  Not too bad for them coming from about a couple a hundred in 1900 to now.  Seeing as how there were 10s of million of them in the 1800s, it's not necessarily a great record, but at least they didnt become extinct. 

     Guess I'll deplane depart and decompress, so maybe we'll be seeing all yall in the gnu yeah. If not actually in person, then in spirit.

      Keep the sun at your six and the son in your lives and ride boldly ride...

Your frien and resident "will make you drowzy" med, Olbeauwannkanobie esq..

Post script:  HAPPY NEW YEAR YALL ! ! ! ! !

Teddie Jordan

Peace and good health to all of you and your families, fellow Waldripians! 

These ol’ years are clicking right on by aren’t they? 😀

Beau Wann, Jr.

     Hello TJ. Happy gnu year to youse and all youse other youtes.  Been a dreary couple O weeks at Christmas and now New years. Still cant shake this, whatever it is, sick.  Missed Christmas and now New Years.  Fell asleep about 9 on the eve, and woke up hours after midnight. Finally dragged my carcass out of bed around 8 this morn, and felt so bad, went back to bed and slept till 3.  Friends, that is sick and tired right there.  Dont recollect sleeping so much.  Me and little Miss were dead to the whirld.  Didnt get to shoot off any firworks, and didnt even hear any this year.  

    Maybe I'm getting the worst of 2019 out of the way, yeah, that's the ticket.  Here's hopin everyone is doing well, and if not doing well just yet, then soon will be.  

Keep the sun at your six and ride boldly ride...

Johnny Sheffield

To our waltrip class of 64. 

Our dear friend Jackie pass away 

Around 11am with her family in Kansas. 

My understanding is that she had 

A heart attack. Please keep her family 

In your prayers. 

Johnny

Richard Meek '65

So sorry to hear about Jackie. They don't come any better than her. She will be sorely missed. Rest In Peace.

Charles Dent

I am so sorry to hear about Jackie, she will be missed. The Bible tells us when we are  absent from the body we are present with the Lord. Rest in His presents.

Jim Taylor

That's really terrible news about Jackie.  She will be sorely missed.  She really sparked interest in getting the class together when she set up this site.  Get togethers and reunions will not be the same without her smiling face!

Linda Bolton (Roffall)

Our Dear Jackie is gone , but she will remain in our hearts forever . She was so sweet and so good, and she kept us all together through the  Forum  and reunions . We will have to carry on for her sake , because  that is what she would want. I already miss you sweet Jackie . R.I.P.

Scotty Croom

i just got home from ocean sprimgs,al..where we took sharon's cousin from biloxi too eat...i am shocked about our dear,jackie...she beat cancer and was a winner..words cannot describe my sorrow and ache from this loss.....

Jerry Eppner

So sad to hear this news.  Didn't know Jackie as well as many, but I knew her love and support for our class.  She was tremendous at getting things organized for us.  Rest in Peace, Jackie.

Sandi Schlesinger (Stark)

Devastating news about our dear Jackie. We will all miss her and it will be difficult to imagine our gatherings without her.  Sweet, kind, funny, respectful and full of class. 

Mary Weidner (Williams)

I am shocked and saddened at the news of Jackie’s death!  She loved her Waltrip classmates and really made it her mission to keep everyone in touch! She did such a great job of that. My fondest memories of Jackie was when we were in Girl Scouts together! Barbara Mc Kay’s Mother was our leader and that social outlet meant a lot to me. We did a lot and had lots of fun. May you rest in peace, dear Jackie. You will be greatly missed by so many!

Ronna Brand

Words are inadequate to express my shock and sadness over Jackie’s passing.  She truly carried the light of our Lord in her heart and it shone from her brightly.  We will miss her deeply.  Her warmth and caring spirit were treasures for each of us.  Heaven is an even greater home now that Jackie Crow is there!

Bernd Joachim Tonat

Jimmie Lee Smith (Brawner)

I have had the gift of Jackie's friendship since I met her with Glenda McDonald at Black Jr. High.  Oh, how many fun times we all had through the years at Black and on into our years at Waltrip and through the almost 55 years since we graduated.  Jackie exhibited so much strength and courage throughout her fight against her cancer and she continued to work and carry on with her everyday life with such grace even though she dealt with different kinds of pain each day.  Jackie helped Charles and me so much when we got started at MD Anderson, learning the ins and outs of that system, while we all tried to keep our sense of humor during the journey.  Jackie continued being an amazing, supportive friend after Charles passed and was always sending cards, emails, texts and calls of support.  Oh, how we'll all miss her.

Jackie got to visit with all her kids and their families during the holidays - Carrie's family in Houston, Doug and Bianca outside Houston and after 3 flight cancellations, finally got to Manhattan, KS last Saturday and spent the week with her daughter Cheryl's family.  She was to return home today.  I know they are grateful to have had their special time with Jackie.  One of her favorite phrases was, "Keep on Dancin"  and I know she's dancin' in Heaven now.  Many prayers going up for all her family.

Barbara McKay (Thornhill)