The Pilot Club of Lufkin is having its second annual Fabulous Finds and Foods, a dinner and auction, on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at The Lodge in downtown Lufkin. This event will benefit Project Lifesaver, scholarships for nursing students, BrainMinders and the other projects of the club. The Pilot Club of Lufkin Inc. is a service organization with a focus on brain injury and brainrelated disorders. This year the event will include both a silent and live auction with Mack Carnes as the auctioneer. Betty’s Catering will cater dinner. Tickets are $25 per person and may be purchased from any Pilot Club member. Proceeds from last year’s event have enabled them to bring Project Livesaver to Angelina County. These are bracelets for persons with Alzheimer’s disease, autism, Down syndrome, traumatic brain injury or other brain related disorders. Four people in Angelina County are wearing the bracelets. To learn more about the Fabulous Finds and Food tickets, contact Susie Healy at 936-634- 3795 or email at srhealy2003@yahoo. com or JoAnn Arnold at 936-676-2137.

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Everyone is pleased that Eunice Curry is doing so well after having hip replacement surgery in May. On Saturday, Oct. 3, she celebrated her 96th birthday with a small gathering of intimate friends. She continues to improve on a daily basis.

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Deborah Winston was playing “tennis” with her dogs, Charlie and Kobi, on Reen Street. They love chasing those balls, get plenty of exercise and their time together offers excellent teaching moments. Just recently in July, she began working with Rick and Susan Roig. They got her involved with Golden Beginnings Golden Retriever Rescue in Houston. These rescue groups have a group of foster families who take in goldens which have been given up by families due to recession, strays found on the streets and/or in shelters. The dogs live with the foster families, learn house manners and stay with them until they are healthy and ready for adoption. Deborah said, “Well my friend, I’m a foster failure. I took in “Charlie” in early July. My plan was to see him through heartworm treatments, put some weight on him then put him on the rescue group’s Web site and adopt him out. About two weeks in, I fell in love and I have formally adopted him myself. I’m now ready to take in another foster, but I must be objective this time. I simply cannot adopt each dog that comes my way! As you know I LOVE dogs.” If you would like to view the goldens that are available for adoption go to: www. gbgrr.org.

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Charlene and Woody Gann recently returned from a 20-day, 7,107-mile auto trip to 11 U.S. western states and two Canadian provinces. Points of interest included the old mining town of Central City and the Skyline Drive through Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, Crazy Horse Monument, the Mount Rushmore Monument, and Deadwood, South Dakota; Glacier National Park, Montana; Lake Louise and Banff, Canada; Mormon Temple grounds, Salt Lake City, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park, Utah; both North Rim and South Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona. On Oct. 2, they attended the graduation ceremony of Charlene’s grandson, Jacob Scoggins, from the Marine Corps boot camp in San Diego, Calif. Also present at the ceremony were Jacob’s parents, Robert and Anita Kolb Scoggins; sisters, Amy and Sarah Anne; and Jacob’s friend, Lacey Harrison.

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Dry Hinson will have three greatgrandchildren within three months. Grandson Jim and wife Kimberly Bohn of Austin have adopted a 6- and 2-yearold brother and sister from Ethiopia. Dry attended a baby shower in Houston for granddaughter Julie Madsen. Sue Bohn, Dry’s daughter, came from Portland, Texas, and took Dry to the shower. They will have busy holidays.

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Happy Birthday: Frank Stevenson, Katherine Saunders, Kathleen Atwell, Suzy Harkness, Holly Perkins Meyers, Agnes Hutson, Edward McFarland, Jason Carter, Laurie Brown, Fred Hutson, Mary Samford, Nancy Horn, Kimberly Doyle, Tyler Greening, Brad Leinart, Mahaley Campbell, Jeremy Moss, Dana Smithhart, Dennie Culbertson, Gary Joe Looney, Floyd Yancy, Sr., Karla Yates, Dorothy Hale.

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Happy Anniversary: Regina and Russell Julian, Connie and Gene Tate, Katherine and Bob Hicks, Linda and Hugh Anderson.

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I had a note from Harold Recer that his mother Lennie Smelley Recer Steel passed away on Sept. 16 in Weatherford. She was 102 years old and one of my mother’s best friends all of their lives.

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The LHS Class of 1954 had their 55th reunion at The Beach with 49 classmates and spouses totaling 70 that attended. Their teacher Wilton Killam and Bonnie came and visited with the group. Russell Bourquein called from Conroe and was sorry that he could not attend. They had good food and fellowship from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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The LHS Class of 1959 celebrated with a Burger and Fries Bash on Friday night honoring the class’ 50th anniversary at Thompson’s Grill. I recognized some faces: Judy Ryman Holmes, Janelle Coleman Ashley, Carolyn Bates Carlisle, Charles Coleman, Susan Ames Dickens, Robert Flournoy, Kay Gilmore Gibbs, Bill Hanover, Milton and Robbie Taylor Hickman, Ellen Lacey Hollis, Jim Hurst, Charles and Beverly McLane Kent, Emily Bradshaw Kirkman, Lance McFaddin, Carolyn Murrell McMahon, Joe Murray, Linda Smelley Perry, Linda Huggins Martin, Sue Colburn Reynolds, Pete Cooney, Cecil Roach, Jim Scoggins were a few that I recognized on Friday night.

Shame on you Lufkinites that did not attend your reunions.

Catch you around town.

Janice Ann Rowe was born and raised in Lufkin and graduated from Lufkin High School. She has been director of Alumni Relations for the Lufkin High School Alumni Association since 1993. Contact her at roweja@ suddenlink.net.