Class Reunion

We went to the Lodge Grass All Class Reunion over the weekend. The reunion was held at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center. Lodge Grass is not big enough to hold something this big, in fact Lodge Grass is barely a livable town anymore. The locals jokingly call it "Little Beirut". People kept telling me what a great little town it was, but I just can't see it. I do believe them and I've seen the photos. It really is a shame how this town has turned out.

We didn't go on Friday as there wasn't anything planned for his class. The only class that really had anything going on Friday night was the class of 58.

Saturday we checked in at the registration table to pick up our tickets for the dinner and picnic. There was a cocktail hour from 5-7 and then dinner at 7 with dancing at 9. We didn't get there until about 5:30 and milled around a bit, found a table to sit at and then visited with some of his friends. There was a good turn out but the younger set didn't come. Most of the people there were from the 30's, 40's, 50s and 60's. A few from the 70's, but no one from the 80's on. There were only 2 from Gary's class and he said 15 graduated. One of the ladies who sat at our table was his mother's very best friend. She was also a teacher at Lodge Grass. She was a very funny lady and she had us all laughing with her stories. My favorite story was when she sent another teacher a sympathy card. She said that she had this problem student and when he transfered to another school she found out who his teacher was and she sent the teacher a card. We had a good dinner and ate quite a bit. The dinner was buffet style. We didn't stay for the dancing. The band didn't play our kind of music. We didn't win any of the door prizes or the teepee that they were raffling off.

Sunday was the picnic. The picnic was held at the Convention Center. Again we ate very good food. One of the people at our table this time was a mother to one of my childhood friends. You remember Bonnie Watson and you guys would probably remember her younger brother Cody. I got caught up on Bonnie and Cody. It sure was nice to visit with Lupe. Today was the day to say good bye to everyone. Gary did get to visit with some more people who he went to school with. He did run into a woman that he hung out with. She is living in Billings and they exchanged addresses and phone numbers. She would sure like to get together with us. She was excited to see Gary. They didn't date in school or anything, she was just part of the group that hung out together.

Gary had a good time, but he just won't admit it. He did say that we are not going next year. Lodge Grass has a reunion every year. He would like to go when he finds out some very good friend come. That will probably be in three years when he will have his 40th.