Northwest Indiana Discussion

I can't believe that next June, just seven months from now, will mark the 40th anniversary of my high school graduation! I was in the Hammond High Class of 67, and we will be having our 40th class reunion August 3rd thru August 5th next summer.

Please, help me get the word out, if you know of any members of that class who may not be aware of the reunion plans. We are diligently looking for our classmates, but it is just about impossible to track everyone down.

I wrote a little poem about the Class of 67. I'll post it below.

Tom

Friends Forever, The Class of 67
By Tom Johnson, 8/9/06


We remember with fondness
Our days at Hammond High
Can it be that forty years
Have gone so quickly by?

Does not our laughter yet echo
Through those hallowed halls?
Shouted greetings to our friends
Within those strong brick walls

We each had our hopes,
And we all had our dreams
So eager, so anxious,
We were bursting at the seams

We were imbued with the love
Of our moms and our dads,
Their hopes pinned upon us,
They’d given the best they had

Life took us each
Our own separate ways
But now we look back
On those sweet childhood days

The years have flown by,
As if in a blur
And it’s time now to remember
What good friends we were

You are my classmate,
And I love you, my friend.
How good it would be
To grow up with you all over again.

Yes, we grew up together
In the same time and place,
And the memories of you
Put a smile on my face.

Your face looks up at me
From the yearbook page
And for just a few moments
We are once again that age.

Most of us are still here
But some are in Heaven
Together we stand,
The Class of 67