We try to keep costs low for the class. My time is free but it's time to update our website subscription. The cost is about $500 for the next 3 years. Can you help?
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CLASSMATE GEORGE REED PUBLISHES BOOK
This month I published John Gray, the last surviving soldier of George Washington’s Revolutionary Army in support of America’s 250th Anniversary this year. It is available on Amazon. The book describes the life of an average Scotch-Irish immigrant family to America whose members became unpretentious participants in America’s transformation from a British colony to an independent nation. Like my prior two books Happiness is a Cool Reactor and The Real Night Order Book, it will also be listed and incorporated into the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. And, like my prior two books, I will be donating a copy of it to the Altoona Public Library this week. Of note is that my wife, Terrie Wise (a 1973 AAHS graduate), is one of John Gray’s descendants !! We’ve been researching her Gray family branch along with many others for the past 30 years after picking up from where her grandparents had left off. So we had a lot of material to go through and condense to create the book. If you like reading about history you may enjoy it. Take care everyone and enjoy America’s 250th celebrations taking place this year.
NEW TOTAL
Class of 1970 Endowment
RAISED
$0
ORIGINAL GOAL
$50,000
SAVE THE DATE!!!
Please mark your calendars and plan to come back to Altoona in June for a "MINI-REUNION" in June, 2026. Classmate Chris Minnigh has worked very hard and is in the process of securing details for a meetup in Altoona on the evening of June 13! While we will share more details soon, we can promise the following:
1) Club-like setting with DJ and Karaoke
2) One price admission that will include a buffet and non-alcoholic beverages
3) A great chance to get together to reminisce, laugh, dance and spend some time together at least once more (before it's too late)!
4) Cash Bar
5) Other features: mocktails, cornhole, adult Connect 4, a classic Pac-Man machine, and ’80s arcade-style games
Here's what we know so far:
DATE: June 13, 2026
TIME: From 5:00pm to ??? / Buffet at 6:00pm
PLACE: Funky Claud's (formerly the Coaches Inn & Kryptonite Night Club)
ADDRESS: 1524 E. Walton Ave., Altoona, PA
PRICE: TBD (but we'll do our best to keep it reasonale)
DRESS: Casual
Here are a couple promo videos for the venue:
UPDATE TO ONLINE YEARBOOK AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
Our new publications provider has added a new feature I think you'll like. Please visit our new publications bookcase here, or navigate by using the left menu, clicking on "Publications (Yearbook, etc.)". Once you are there, you can click on the "VIEW" button or the picture of the publication, then use the 3-dot menu (. . .) for each publication to zoom in or perform some other functions. I suggest you use "fullscreen" as this will give you the best view. Hope this works better for all of you. If so, please let me know by emailing me at info@aahs1970.com.
VIDEOS...VIDEOS...VIDEOS
Check out our new videos page (click here). Thanks to Larry Callan for finding these videos on the High School and Roosevelt. Feel free to recommend other videos that you think the class might find interesting.
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