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SAVE THIS DATE!
Fundraiser--Friday, June 8, 2012 at The Time Out Lounge (directly across from Simeon High School) 7:00 p.m. Please come by and drop off a donation for our reunion and come out and socialize with fellow alumni and old neighbors of West Chatham. We are in need of funds for picnic permits (in the amount of about $1,000 or more) port-a-potties, insurance, tee-shirts, gift to the community, and much more.
Countdown four (4) months until the reunion! We need your help, support and prayers. Let's make this event a huge success. This is everyone's reunion--not one person. The reunion is not easy as just coming out to the park and throwing some ribs on the grill. The reunion takes much work, especially since the Park District requires a lot of detailed paperwork as well as monies. It's like having a event at a huge hall. In the past, we were able to get the park for a $50.00 permit and that's it. Not the case anymore. We need donations and participation. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! Please spread the word.
IT'S THAT TIME!!! YES, TIME FOR THE HOOKWAY SCHOOL FAMILY AND FRIENDS REUNION. REUNION PICNIC WILL BE TENTATIVELY, AUGUST 18, 2012 FROM 10:00 A.M. UNTIL DUSK. SEE YOUR OLD CLASSMATES AND NEIGHBORS. BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS! LET'S SHARE OUR MEMORIES OF THE PAST AND FOCUS ON THE PRESENT AND LOOK TO THE FUTURE. LOOKING TO RAISE MONIES TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. CAN YOU HELP?
We have several Hookway Alumni who have "tied the knot" gotten married to their childhood, Hookway sweetheart or West Chatham sweetheart recently. "Love will always find a way!" CONGRATS!!!!
Next Hookway School Reunion Committee Meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 30th at 6:30 p.m. at Commonwealth Community Church, 140 W. 81st Street, Chicago.
ALL THOSE OUT OF TOWNERS COMING TO THE REUNION THIS YEAR--DO YOU NEED A HOTEL TO STAY WHILE HERE FOR THE REUNION WEEKEND. PLEASE LET US KNOW---HIT US UP ON THE "CONTACT US" SITE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
JOBS AVAILABLE!! Please pass this info. on to someone you may know that is looking for a job. These jobs are nationwide positions starting at $40,000 a year. Contact: Human Resources 800-635-5768 or www.nscorp.com (Northfolk Southern Railroad is hiring 67,000 people over the next 5 years. During 2012, they will fill 2000 jobs) Thanks Michael Albert, our fellow alumni for the info. Michael Albert is owner of US Railways (usrailways@sbcglobal.net)
Entertainment for the Reunion 2012 -- Please get in touch with Mr. Randolph Robinson if you are interested in performing or helping out with the entertainment at the reunion. Please call 309-685-8620. Bands--Groups--Solo--Hookway Talent Show--D.J., etc.
Look at this website for past memories
http://www.thebestmusicofyourlife.com/remember-PartyPlaces.htm also look on Facebook site "West Chatham/Hookway"
memories and thoughts, as well as, Facebook site "Make the Hookway School Proud of You"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL THOSE WHO WERE BORN IN THE MONTH
OF APRIL.
STAY CONNECTED!!!
There have been several reunions recently. Are you staying connected? I know all of us have either exchanged email addresses, phone numbers and addresses. We took pictures and all that kind of stuff. It is important to stay connected. With the reunions, it is a chance to remember the past and look at the present and future. We are not to just look, but participate in this big world--maybe in a little way or it could be in a big way. Stay tuned for the Connection. Also--continue to tell others about our website.
What's going on? The question has been asked, "Is there going to be another reunion this year?"
Want to know how you have enjoyed the reunions so far. Please log in and let us know how you have enjoyed the reunions and what impact has it made on your life, if any. (Have you reconnected with someone you hadn't seen in years? ) I know of some classmates getting married after seeing each other at a reunion.)
Talk to us! Please log in on our blog site.
The Royce Glamour Show (For mostly Youth talents) Royce Glamour is our very own, Joseph Martin. His cable T.V. Show is seen at least once a week. It features inner-city talent. His show taping is schedule for the end of this month. If you would like to be at the taping and/or support his efforts with keeping the youth off the streets and giving them a constructive environment of rehearsing and discovering their talent. Please contact Joseph Martin (our classmate) aka: Mr. Royce Glamour at 773-734-2739.
Thanks!!!
IT'S ALL OVER--FOR NOW!
NEW PICTURES OF THE 2009 WEST CHATHAM CELEBRATION
LOOK AT ADDED PICTURES FROM BERNADETTE CANNON ADDED TODAY,
SEPT. 7TH 2009 & AVA TAYLOR PICTURES POSTED SEPT. 8TH. THANKS BERNADETTE & AVA. ALSO EUGENE SMITH TOOK PICTURES AND PUT THEM INTO A MOVIE. "HOW WONDERFUL!"
WE HAD THE TOUR OF HOOKWAY SCHOOL. THERE WAS A NICE CROWD THAT CAME THROUGH--HOOKWAY ALUMNI AND A FEW COMMUNITY PEOPLE. WE DID TRIVIA AND THOSE WHO GUESSED THE RIGHT ANSWERS GOT PRIZES. WE SANG THE HOOKWAY CLEAN-UP SONG TWO VERSIONS THE OLDER CROWDS VERSION AND THE YOUNGER CROWDS VERSION. WE LAUGHED AND TALKED STUFF ABOUT THE SCHOOL AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS WARMLY GREETED BY THE PRINCIPAL, MS. THEODORE AT LENART (HOOKWAY SCHOOL) AND HER STAFF. WOW!!! IT WAS GREAT--TOO BAD IF YOU MISSED IT. THANKS LENART SCHOOL AGAIN AND OF COURSE, PASTOR SAMUELS, WAYNE SAMUELS & COMMONWEALTH CHURCH. ALSO, A SHOUT OUT TO MONA (BOOTSIE) COLLYMORE FOR HER GREAT IDEAS.
PLEASE SHARE YOUR PICTURES!
Hope you took pictures. Please upload your pictures on the website starting tomorrow (Monday) afternoon. (August 31st)
THE PARADE WAS GREAT!!! MOTORCYCLES, LOCAL FOOTBALL TEAM AND POM PON GIRLS, FIRE TRUCK, MS. DOCKERY PRINCIPAL OF WESTCOTT SCHOOL, POLICE CARS, CITY OFFICIALS, PASTORS AND SO MANY COMMUNITY AND HOOKWAY ALUMNI--ALL IN THE PARADE. THANKS ALFONSO MOORE!
THE PICNIC WAS ALSO GREAT! WHAT A REALLY GREAT TURN OUT. SOME PEOPLE I HAD NOT SEEM SINCE HOOKWAY SCHOOL DAYS. PEOPLE STAYED TILL AFTER DARK. TWO BANDS PERFORMED, THE ROYCE GLAMOUR SHOW ENTERTAINED AS WELL. RODNEY DANIELS OF THE HOOKWAY COMMITTEE OUT DID HIMSELF AGAIN WITH THE MUSIC HE PROVIDED AND, OF COURSE, THERE WAS DANCING. KIDS PLAYED GAMES. THERE WAS SO MUCH FOOD--SOME PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR OWN FOOD AND SOME FOOD WAS PROVIDED BY WEST CHATHAM IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION THAT MANY BUSINESSES WERE GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO DONATE. (THANKS BERNITA TURNER & HER WCIA FOOD CREW).
HOOKWAY ALUMNI SAW CLASSMATES THEY HADN'T SEEN SINCE THE HOOKWAY DAYS. THERE WAS ALOT OF REKINDLING OF FRIENDSHIPS AND OLD ROMANCES. ONE GOOD THING--SOME PEOPLE ARE EVEN GETTING MARRIED FROM REUNITING ROMANCES FROM ATTENDING REUNIONS IN WEST CHATHAM. OH YEAH, MICHAEL WILBON FROM ESPN WHO CO-HOST THE SPORTS SHOW "PARDON THE INTERRUPTION" OUR HOOKWAY ALUMNI WAS AT THE PICNIC. THANKS, WAYNE SAMUELS OF COMMONWEALTH CHURCH FOR YOU AND THE SAMARITANS GROUP WORKING THE PARADE, THE SET-UP AND CLEAN-UP AND THE SECURITY FOR THE EVENTS AND THE MANY OTHERS WHO VOLUNTEERED LONG HOURS AND HELPED OUT TREMENDOUSLY.
SUNDAY-- WORSHIP AT COMMONWEALTH CHURCH. IF YOU MISSED IT--YOU REALLY MISSED A COMMUNITY OF FOLKS THAT CAME TOGETHER AND THANK GOD FOR A TERRIFIC WEEKEND ALSO A TERRIFIC 60 YEARS--HOOKWAY SCHOOL, WEST CHATHAM PARK AND COMMONWEALTH CHURCH AND SO MUCH MORE THE NEIGHBORS AND THE BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. SAYING THANKS FOR ALL GOD HAS DONE. THERE WAS A MEMORIAL TRIBUTE TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY AND HOOKWAY ALUMNI THAT PASSED ON. PASTOR SAMUELS HAD THE WHOLE CONGREGATION GO OUT INTO THE FRONT LAWN OF THE CHURCH AND DID A REALLY GOOD TRIBUTE AGAIN AND THE BALLOONS WERE RELEASED. REFRESHMENTS WERE SERVED AFTERWARDS. WHAT A END TO A GREAT CELEBRATION!!! A SHOUT OUT TO MR. ALBERT HORNE SR. FOR THOSE PICTURES OF THE PAST.
SPECIAL THANKS TO THE HOOKWAY REUNION COMMITTEE WHO STARTED WITH THE PLANNING OF THE WEST CHATHAM CELEBRATION LAST SEPTEMBER.
JANICE WEBB-- THE MEMORY BOARD IN THE PARK AT THE PICNIC. PRINTING OF FLYERS AND MAILINGS AND HER TOTAL SUPPORT BRINGING HOMEMADE BAKERY GOODS TO OUR MEETINGS AND MUCH MORE. VIENEA WILLIAMS STAMPLEY & DAUGHTER, RENE FOR THE SUPPORT AND THE PHONE CALLS GETTING THE WORD OUT AND HELPING OUT WHERE THEY COULD. EARL TERRY BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND HELPING WHERE HE COULD AND BEING A STRONG SUPPORT AND GOOD TOUR GUIDE FOR THE HOOKWAY SCHOOL TOUR ON FRIDAY. FELICIA GRANT VERY SUPPORTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING. RODNEY DANIELS VERY SUPPORTIVE AND WELLINGNESS TO HELP AND PROVIDE THE MUSIC. WALTER FISHER BEING SO SUPPORTIVE AND WILLING TO HELP WHERE HE COULD. PATRICIA KEY & FAMILY & FRIENDS BEING SUPPORTIVE AND COMING THROUGH AT MEETINGS WITH A FEAST OF FOOD AND OF COURSE, A D. HENDERSON FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE. ALSO THANKS MS. THEODORE AND HER STAFF AT LENART SCHOOL FOR THE 1,000 COPIES OF THE FLYER FOR THIS EVENT.
SPECIAL THANKS!
TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE HOOKWAY SCHOOL REUNION WEBSITE.
WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTION, WE CAN HAVE MORE ABILITY TO UPLOAD MORE PICTURES ON THE WEBSITE--AS WELL AS THE UPKEEP OF THE WEBSITE. THANKS AGAIN!!!
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THE NEXT REUNION WILL BE--PLEASE COME OUT TO THIS ONE AND SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHER ALUMNI AND WEST CHATHAM NEIGHBORS PAST AND PRESENT. THIS EVENT IS A COMMUNITY EVENT SPONSORED BY WCIA (West Chatham Improvement Association) THIS IS NOT A HOOKWAY REUNION COMMITTEE EVENT. THE HOOKWAY REUNION COMMITTEE IS HELPING WITH THE EFFORTS OF WCIA. Special Thanks to the new WCIA president, Sandra Harrison and her WCIA Officers and Steering Committee Members. ( Ms. Pendleton, Ms. Smith, Ms. Atkins, Ms. McClure, Ms. Matthews, Ms. Carter, Ms. Spencer, Ms. Brown, Mr. Johnson, Ms. Webster, and Ms. Griffin to name a few and I know there are others)
WHAT YEARS DID YOU ATTEND HOOKWAY? SOME CLASSMATES MADE AN IMPACT ON US THAT DIDN'T GRADUATE FROM HOOKWAY SOME NEIGHBORS MADE AN IMPACT ON US.
Mr. Horne is collecting your stories or memories of living in West Chatham Neighborhood. There is a book being made of West Chatham to be published and put in the Chicago Public Library.
SHOUT OUT--to our fellow alumni, Mr. Michael Wilbon of ESPN. Pardon the Interruption Show (June 17th) co-host, Tony Kornheiser asked Michael Wilbon what he would do with the Stanley Cup (Hockey Championship) if he won it. He said-- he would bring it to the South Side of Chicago to the West Chatham Park where he grew up.
JOB LEADS??? Know of a job available.?Need a Job? Please let us know. Times are tough now. We need to look out for one another. Please contact us on the "Contact Us" site.
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