IS THIS LARRY HOOPES?

Millard is carving 50 elves for a Telephone Company to give to their employees this year.

This is his latest elf. I put it on facebook and posted that it looks like someone we know, but we couldn't think of who it was. I asked if anyone could help us out.

Dorene Chrisler commented . . . .

"It looks like Larry Hoopes to me."

That was a laugh out loud comment.

Oh how I wish Larry Hoopes would use his computer for something besides solitaire. :)

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You can see and read about this elf and Millard's other elves on his Foundwoodcarvings blog. He has a lot of carving to do before Dec. 1st.

http://foundwoodcarvings.blogspot.com/

Perhaps I should ask who Ditsy looks like! :)

PARADISE REUNION PICTURES FROM IVA (LAUGHLIN) BYRD

Class of 1960

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← Lois (Rounkles) Bonar & her husband,
Gene Bonar

Alex "Butch" Thacker,
Shirley & Harold Thacker →

← Denzil & Angela (Krob) McNeal

Ron & Linda (Hoopes) Beisner
and Dennis Albrecht →

← Lois (Rounkles) & Gene Bonar
with Karen (Hudnall) & Keith Jakub
in the background

Gene Bonar and

Donna (Schmidtberger) Albrecht →

in the right background
Karen & Keith Jakub

in the left background

AN EMAIL FROM TERRY HOOPES

Thank You, Terry Hoopes, for your thoughtful email today.




Dear Onnalee,

Just a quick note to say what a great job you have done with Paradise Educated. It is always great to see all the pictures, of all the folks I grew up with and it's especially good to see my family.
I'm the youngest of the Hoopes's and live in Painted Post, New York, and your blog takes me back to Paradise almost daily.
As far as my big brother Larry, being a hoot, most of us younger brothers and sisters, we would just call him an instigator and ornery.
I truly believe he is harmless, and no I will not send you pictures of my tomato plants. Ha Ha
Hope to make it back in a couple of years to the next class reunion, and would love to meet you.
Once again, I want to thank you for all your hard work.

A Paradise Graduate-Class of 1963

Terry Hoopes

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Again, Thank You Terry and we are looking forward to meeting you in a couple of years.

PARADISE UMW COOKBOOK

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The United Methodist Women

are selling

Beautiful (two ring) Cookbooks

with

Delicious Recipes

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$15.oo each (plus postage/freight)

You may order your cookbook by contacting

Mollie Haberer mhaberer@russellks.net

(Mollie is the wife of Eric Haberer and is a former teacher at Paradise.)

If you click on each photo it will make it larger - then it will go back smaller and will still too small to read.

Click on it again and you should be able to read each page.

































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KEEP WATCHING THE BLOG

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All the new photos of the reunion and Paradise Church Dinner will always be added at the end of the Paradise Reunion 2010 section.

PARADISE REUNION - 2010

Sorry I am so slow!

I know that I do not have pictures of EVERYONE that was at the reunion. I will apologize right now for that.
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We took 137 pictures. Some of the pictures did not turn out and it wasn't my camera's fault. I don't know what I clicked on when I took the pictures. I had 5 black pictures. :(

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And, of all pictures . . . I took several of Millard's cousin (Thelma Hutchinson) and her family so we could give them to Aunt Helen. I even sneaked them in so Thelma wouldn't know it. Well, she still won't know it and what a disappointment to us to not be able to send them to Aunt Helen. There were others too, some I don't recall who I was taking of and some I am very disappointed about.

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If anyone has any pictures of the class of 1960 at Meridy's and all the classes in the Blue room, the reunion itself and/or Sun at church or the dinner, I would love to add them to the blog.

Email them to me Onnalee@foundwoodcarvings.com.
I would appreciate having them identified.

Thank You so much for your interest in the blog. I write down the daily counter each morning and I am very pleased to see so many hits. I'm sure a few of you check in several times each day (as I have been told) but I enjoy knowing that you are checking in on the blog each day.
THANK YOU!

Don't forget . . .
When you get to the bottom of the page, you need to click on "Older Posts" for more photos.

SUGAR & SPICE & EVERYTHING NICE

Lisk Productions

Russell, KS

685-483-0596

Lisa Arnoldy

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The class of 1960 hired Lisa Arnoldy to take pictures at their reunion get together in the afternoon. What beautiful photos! My goodness, these members of the 1960 class already have their Christmas card photos! I am very impressed with Lisa's work.

I have tried to figure out a way to put each of these photos on the blog. Naturally, Lisa has protected her beautiful work from being used - which would allow people to make copies of each photo, thus keeping her from selling her masterpieces.

Enjoy these photos by clicking on her Paradise Reunion link on her web site.

http://lisakay.zenfolio.com/p1070422759

Class of 1960 - what a wise choice of photographers to capture such splendid sittings of your class members.

PARADISE REUNION 2010 - ELKS CLUB

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Deb (Bealby) Maupin (1973), Karen (Lahar) Carney (1973), Gene Eulert (1959)

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Millard Harrell (1959)

Isn't that an awesome pirate.

Somebody did a great job.

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Millard Harrell, Eric Haberer (1959)

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Eric Haberer, Charles Landis, Millard Harrell
(1959)

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Gene Bonar
(husband of Lois (Rounkles) Bonar),
Joyce (Rounkles) Mello (1957)
Angela (Krob) McNeal (1960)
Frances (Mrs. Robert) McNeal,
Sharon (Dwinelle) Leiker (1960)

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Donnie (Martin) Miller (1960)

Karen (Hudnall) Jakub (1960)

Iva (Laughlin ) Byrd (1960)

Gene Bonar (husband of Lois Bonar)
Joyce (Rounkles) Mello (1957)

Lois (Rounkles) Bonar (1960)

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Vernon White (1954)
Merilyn (Miller) White (1962)

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Ron and Linda

(Hoopes) Beisner (1960)

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Joyce (Howe) Thompson (1951)
Sonja (Thompson) Weisgerber (1970)

10 →
Jay Anderson (1953)

Virginia Robertson "Miss Virginia"

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Roger Pruter (1958)
Ernest Thacker (1958)
Thelma (Mrs. Ernest) Thacker

12 →

Diane (Hoisington) Hanzlicek (1957)

Sue Thompson (Heitschmidt (1962)

Mona (Mrs. Dan) Hoisington

Ann (Mrs. Jay) Anderson

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Dorene (Reich) Chrisler (1958)
Dan Hoisington (1967)
Keith Jakub
Karen (Hudnall) Jakub (1960)

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Ernest Thacker (1958)

Thelma Thacker

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Thelma Thacker, Ernest Thacker (1958), Roger Pruter (1958),

Dorene (Reich) Chrisler (1958), Iva (Laughlin) Byrd (1960)

"Miss Virginia"

Virginia Robertson

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Sue (Thompson) Heitschmidt (1962)

Miss Virginia

18→

Thelma Thacker
Ernest Thacker (1958)

Roger Pruter (1958),

Donna (Ringler) Totman(1970)

Sonja (Thompson) Weisgerber (1970)

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Donna (Ringler) Totman (1970)

Miss Virginia

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Sonja (Thompson) Weisgerber (1970)

Sue (Thompson) Heitschmidt (1962)

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Joe Zitnik (1961)

says to

Sue (Thompson) Heitschmidt (1962)

"Do you know who I am?"

She looks him over and thinks about it.

22 →

This is after she found out who he was

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Ernest Thacker (1958)

Thelma (Mrs. Ernest) Thacker

24→

Myron Brown (1962)

Miss Virginia

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Hugh & Evelyn Richardson

Teachers

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Dick Woodall (Teacher)
Jan (Mrs. Roger) Pruter

27→

Paul Elliott (1970)

Tom Maupin (1969)

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Dorene (Reich) Chrisler (1958)

29 →

Richard Ross

(Husband of Janette (Angel) Ross)

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Bonnie Thompson (Mrs. Brett)

Tammy Hutchinson (Mrs. JR)

31→

JR Hutchinson (1977)

Brett Thompson (1982)

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Matt (1989) & Mary Hoisington

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Dixie Finch Eggleston (Sister of Norma Jean Thompson)

Roger Thompson (1954)

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Connie (Hudnall) Jahnke (1962) & her husband, Bill

Somebody's elbow came up just as I snapped the picture.