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Bernie Tipper (1965)
My apologies for not writing this before. The reunion weekend was an absolute blast for Lynne and I. We didn’t know what to expect as it had been almost a half a century since we had seen or talked to our school mates. It was a great decision to attend.
We would like to thank everyone from Creston who participated in planning and working on this project. And special thank you to Pat and Ron for the vision and leadership to see this through to the three day weekend. It was also nice to see the business community participating in it with all the signage to the friendly greeting’s from the store keepers.
The Meet and Greet on Friday at the Legion was a very interesting beginning, we were really glad everyone had name tags. Most people’s looks were somewhat different after fifty years but some were the same, amazing. The decorations were very good and took us back to the school dances. I could have stayed all night reacquainting and guessing who I was talking to. Not enough time to see everyone.
Saturday was the big day!! The hall was beautifully decorated and best of all the stage was full of instruments, amplifiers and speakers. The great supper was served with a large selection of deserts and enough food for second helpings. The caters did a great job. The eulogy with pictures of our class mates who had passed on was very emotional but a reality of our age. Everyone got a big charge out of the school stories as told by the class mates who may or may not have participated in the mischievous deeds. The main event, “The Ambassadors” They were awesome. This brought back very vivid memories of dances at school and such places as the Wynndel Hall. It was special as Lynne and I met at one of these dances about forty nine years ago. A special thank you to Gene, Ernie and Orla, (Harreson sorry!) this made the weekend complete. They had to have put a great deal of time into this project after all those years. Thank you for the memories. We wished you could have played all night. A special thank you to emcee Roy MacGregor well done.
Sunday came rather quickly; we had breakfast at the Creston Valley Golf Club and again had an opportunity to visit with old class mates. Sadly this brought an end to this very great weekend. Reality is this may be the last time some of us may meet, so thank you to all for providing us this opportunity. For those who were unable to attend I would encourage you to stay connected and be sure to attend if there is another reunion. Our only regret is that we didn’t have time or opportunity to meet everyone. We are back in our home in Costa Rica and often think of that weekend in Creston. We check this website often and on that note we would like to see it kept up and running in perpetuity. If it requires funding to keep it going send out an email and we would be glad to contribute. It is such a great way to contact each other and to stay connected with class mates who may live in faraway places.
Bernie & Lynne Tipper
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