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Dreux American High School
Alumni Association Newsletter
December 2024
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Featured in this Newsletter:
- SAVE THE DATE - Reunion 2025
- Photos from the 2024 Viking Cruise Reunion
- In Memoriam
- Notre Viking Newsletters Needed!
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SAVE THE DATE!
DREUX AHS ALL-SCHOOL REUNION 2025!
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During the Dreux AHS Association Business Meeting held during the 2024 Viking Cruise Dreux Reunion, the group voted to have the next Dreux AHS All-School Reunion in conjunction with the Overseas Brats Gathering in October of 2025 in St. Charles, Missouri. Dates will be October 2-5, 2025.
St. Charles is about 24 miles from St. Louis. Here is a link to information about the city in case you have not been there before.
More information (reunion registration fees, hotel information, etc.) will be forthcoming as it becomes available to us. We will update everyone via the Newsletter, on the Dreux AHS website, and the Dreux AHS Facebook page. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to our Reunion Coordinator Helen Council Miles '61 if you have any questions.
For now, we wanted to let everyone know so you can pencil in those dates and plan on attending!
STAY TUNED.......
P.S. Even though we are a ways out, It would be helpful to know how many might plan to attend. If you think you might join us in St. Charles either respond to this email or drop me a quick note. Thanks!!
| | PHOTOS FROM REUNION 2024 - FRANCE | | |
1st Row - Paul Krausman '64, Charles Brantley '68, Betsy Patrick Edgar '67, Jeri Norris Rhodes '69
2nd Row - Anne Childs Nance '64, Carol Hutto Krausman '64, Lanny Starr '67, Jane Patrick Ogger '66
3rd Row - Liz Knapp (wife of Randy Knapp), Randy Knapp '63, Jim Adams '66, Bruce "Chic" McKenty '66
4th Row - Sue Miller Smuskiewicz '66, Janeen Christensen Bloyer '66, Michel Picheloup '66
Top Row: Dianna "Dee" David ' 65, Catherine Tudish '64
| | Dianna "Dee" David '65, Betsy Patrick Edgar '67, Jane Patrick Ogger '66, Brenda Mann '67, Alain Wojcik (Evreux), Nonna Mann Carlson '64, Charles Brantley '68 | | Some of our Dreux AHS veterans at Normandy: Randy Knapp '63, Paul Krausman '64, Michel Picheloup '66 and Bruce "Chic" McKenty '66 | | Sue Miller Smuskiewicz '66 and Janeen Christensen Bloyer '66 | | Two photos from the Dreux AHS Association Business Meeting | | "Paris and France is for Lovers" as posted on Facebook by Charles Brantley | | |
Sadly, we discovered the loss of some of our fellow classmates and faculty since the last newsletter in September, some lost more recently and some several years ago.
Alumni:
Class of '62
Richard "Dick" Britton - December 2020
Mary Ann Fletcher (Brown) - October 2024
Brad Marling - October 2024
Class of '64
Doug Blankinship - October 2024
George P. Cole - June 2022
Class of '66
Robert Copeland - July 2015
Our sincere condolences to all their families and friends!
A full list of those who have passed, along with links to many obituaries,
are available on the Dreux website.
| | NOTRE VIKING NEWSLETTERS - Need your help! | | |
Many of you may know that we have quite a few of the old Notre Viking Newsletters from 1960 to 1966 available for download on our Dreux website. Thanks for everyone who has provided those in the past for posting!
We are missing quite a few newsletters from some of the school years, most notably 1962/63, 1963/64 and 1964/65.
The list below shows in red which newsletters we HAVE for those school years. If a month between September and May of those school years aren't shown, that means we don't have them.
1962/63 School Year **
NOTRE VIKING NEWSLETTERS:
November 22, 1962
**need more newsletters from the 62/63 school year
1963/64 School Year **
NOTRE VIKING NEWSLETTERS:
February 20, 1964
June 3, 1964
** need more newsletters from the 63/64 school year
1964/65 School Year **
NOTRE VIKING NEWSLETTERS:
October 1964
March 1965
**need more newsletters from the 64/65 school year
If you can help in any way by checking to see if you might have any of the missing months/years that you can scan and email Vicki Key that would be great!
Here is the link to the Notre Viking newsletter page on the website in case you haven't visited it before: http://www.dreuxalumni.org/Old_Notre_Viking_Newsletters_etc.htm
| | COMPLETE OUR DAHS ALUMNI SURVEY! | | |
Don't forget to complete the survey we have put together! It will give us some great bio information for the Alumni/Faculty Spotlight section of the newsletter and perhaps the Dreux website. Be sure to include memories from your time at Dreux as well as what you have been doing since Dreux!
Clink on the blue link to access the survey. Alumni Survey
Several alums have completed the survey...Thank you! I could use some more! Be sure to include enough information and detail to make for a great bio for the newsletter. If you would prefer to email me some memories of your time at Dreux, that is an option too! Please remember to send a "NOW" photo of yourself to Vicki Key if you complete a Bio Survey. Thanks!
We would like to have more bios! Complete yours today!
| | BECOME A MEMBER OF THE DREUX ALUMNI ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS | | |
Dues are $40/yr and are based on a calendar year. You can pay for one year or for multiple years if you would like to do so.
Now is a good time to pay dues for 2025! If you pay in December we credit those dues to the next calendar year. The Dues page on the Dreux website currently reflects those that have paid dues for 2024 and beyond. That page will be updated at the end of December to reflect only those that have paid dues for 2025 and beyond.
Remember that you can pay dues by using a credit card through PayPal. Just visit our Dreux AHS website at www.dreuxalumni.org and click on the Dues/Donations button and you will see the Dues menu for PayPal.
If you prefer to pay by check, you can mail your Dues payment to our Treasurer:
Marilyn Hutto Turner '62
2015 Mount Forest Dr.
Kingwood, TX 77345
Dues paying members will receive a copy of our current Dreux AHS Alumni Directory via email.
As always, we GREATLY appreciate any and all support! Your support is what keeps our association going and helps fund the costs to find information on former classmates, maintain the database, website, send out newsletters, pre-reunion costs, etc. We can't do it without you!
THANKS to everyone for your past and hopefully your future support!!
| | NOTE: The board decided years ago that it was important to maintain a minimum bank balance of at least $10,000 so that future reunions can be planned. | | UPDATING YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION | | As always, if your contact information has changed (i.e. email address, postal address, area code or telephone number) and you haven't notified me, please email that information to Vicki Key. I want to be sure that your contact information is correct in the Dreux AHS Alumni Directory and that we don't lose touch with you! | | COME JOIN US ON FACEBOOK! | | |
The Dreux American High School Group page on Facebook has been a lot of fun! We have 593 members in the group right now. Former friends have reconnected, uploaded photos from Dreux, and have general discussions about their time spent at Dreux. We also do New Find Alerts when we locate former classmates that have not yet been found as well as Sad News Alerts when we discover that former classmates or faculty/staff members have passed.
If you are on Facebook and have not already joined the group, here is the link to our page so you can request to join:Dreux American High School Facebook Group
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Missed a prior Dreux AHS Newsletter?
You can view them on the Dreux website
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In case you missed receiving any of the past Dreux AHS Newsletters for whatever reason, they are archived and available to view on our Dreux AHS website. There is a link on the front page of the website to access them.
(Note: It looks like the older newsletters that have been archived, did not retain the photos that were originally in the newsletter. Might have happened when Constant Contact changed the way they are now archived. Sorry about that!)
PLEASE remember that you can always opt out of receiving the newsletter if you would like, but PLEASE do not tag or report it as SPAM. That really hurts our ability to continue to do these newsletters using Constant Contact and there are many people who enjoy getting them. We certainly hope you don't opt out, but it is certainly your choice. I try not to overwhelm everybody with them, but keep in mind that just prior to Reunions, we may do them more than we normally do.
For those that may have opted out in the past, you can always rejoin anytime by visiting the Dreux AHS website and clicking on "Join Our Dreux AHS Mailing List". We would love to have you back in the loop!
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Dreux AHS Alumni Association Board of Directors
President - Paul Krausman ‘64
Vice President - Charles Brantley '68
Treasurer - Marilyn Hutto Turner '62
Secretary - Shari Murphy Koziol’64
Alumni Affairs - Vicki Key ’67
Advisory Board Member- Carol Hutto Krausman '64
Advisory Board Member- Sally Downing Thomas '64
Advisory Board Member - Dianna "Dee" David '65
Reunion Coordinator - Helen Council Miles '61
| | Dreux American High School was open from 1960-1967. The first graduating class was 1961. The school closed in January of 1967. We have a very active Alumni Association. There have been 12 major reunions since that first get-together organized by Reunions Unlimited in Dallas in 1993. The last reunion was held in France in October of 2024. The next Dreux All-School Reunion will be October 2-5, 2025 in St. Charles, Missouri. | | | | |
