Barbara Allen reports that her DHS47 Classmates Reunion will dove tail without conflicts with the 2007 All School Reunion. Friday night they plan to meet at the new hot spot in Deadwood called the Gallows on Lee Street. Then on Saturday September 9Th Barbara will have an open house at her home limited to DHS47.
Congratulations on 60 years!
John Korneman gave me this photo years ago. You can see the Bullock Hotel and Trebers Bottling Shop. In near foreground right is what is labeled as John Sohn's Cabin Shop on Lee Street. Sohn was a shoe maker and did shoe repair. In 1947/48 he was my first Deadwood Pioneer Times delivery. He was quiet but knew all the Deadwood history. He was there in 1876 and made boots for Wild Bill and Calamity Jane. He did not like to talk about them as said they were not nice people and those were bad times. I should have listened more and wrote what he had to say. I have wondered all these years if he had family and what happened to all the history he had collected.
From Black Hills Pioneer Zwire see details http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1300&dept_id=156925&newsid=18578222&PAG=461&rfi=9 :
DEADWOOD - It was the first time several people had even been inside the Slime Plant, as the plant's owners hosted a site tour Tuesday in Deadwood.More than 20 area business owners, chamber and city representatives and Deadwood-area residents followed investor Ron Wheeler through the former mining facility and its many floors. Dubbed Deadwood City Limits, the 12-acre venue will soon become a huge entertainment complex catering to both touring musicians and local events. It will also include a hotel and parking ramp.
A few classmates of the DHS 57 will celebrate a small reunion gathering on Thursday September 6th 2007. They will slide into the all school reunion the next day without any conflicts.
Remember the old school bus gear jamming, school crossing king John Korneman? He nailed the rear end of Mr. Klein's Fleetwood Cadallic when it blocked the down hill bus glide on upper Main Street. That car was so long Mr. Klein thought he was still in his garage.John's cream green, straight shift, '49 Olds Rocket 88 was a real classic. Yeup! He also had a excellent collection of historical pictures and many were his own. I wonder what happened to his collection?I believe that John passed away in October 1973 so he didn't have to see too much of the end of DHS. His name stands out in our memories for the DHS Plaque dedication to Staff.
About 650 orange post cards similar to this have been mailed as final reminder of the Reunion registration. At the last all school reunion even Paul Snyder DHS 53 was there. You better be there or we will talk about you and you'll never know. Can you imagine all the senior moments flying around . . . "Remember whats their name and what year was that?".
Velida is very talented and is a member of the Women Artists of the West. See some of her works on the following link http://www.velidapalmer.com/ . She and Reece plan to attend the 2007 DHS Reunion and I am going to spend time looking through her portfolio again. I have two of her originals that are my treasured possessions. She loves Deadwood and I think she should be an honorary DHS Classmate.
