Celebrating 60 Year Legacy (August 28-30th)
August 29, 2009
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CONGRATULATIONS TO PATRICIA KEY (HOOKWAY ALUMNI) WHO GOT MARRIED SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH.
IT'S ALL OVER!
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.
Happy Birthday---July!
Vienea Williams Stampley (11th)
Edwin Taylor (12th)
Willilam Smith (20th)
Delyte Adams-Lawrence (21st)
Cheryl Taylor Beyah (21st)
Robert aka Bobby Lewis (26th)
Happy Birthday--August!
Ronald Carter (3rd)
Charles Wagner (4th)
Russ Cheatham (5th)
Melody Adams (24th)
Happy Birthday--September!
Crystal Hill (18th)
Happy Birthday--October!
Alfred Bellinger (7th)
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.
EXCITEMENT IN WEST CHATHAM
AUGUST, 2009!!!
LOOKING FOR YOU TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE 60TH YEAR LEGACY IN WEST CHATHAM -- THE LAST WEEKEND IN AUGUST 2009. NOT TOO LATE TO HELP OUT! Sponsored by West Chatham Improvement Association.
FRIDAY ---(During the day) OPEN HOUSE AT HOOKWAY SCHOOL (NOW LENART SCHOOL). TIME 11:00 a.m. til 1:00 p.m.
SATURDAY MORNING BACK TO SCHOOL/ANTI-CRIME PARADE (Starts at 8:30 a.m.) & STARTS IN WEST CHATHAM TO END IN THE PARK TO KICK-OFF THE REUNION PICNIC-- 10 A.M.
(LOOKING FOR ALL HOOKWAY SCHOOL ALUMNI, TEACHERS AND WEST CHATHAM NEIGHBORS, FAMILY & FRIENDS.) LOOKING FOR PARTICIPATION.
SUNDAY--WORSHIP WITH YOUR CLASSMATES, NEIGHBORS, FAMILY & FRIENDS) 10:00 A.M. AT COMMONWEALTH COMMUNITY CHURCH. THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEMORIAL FOR ALL THE ALUMNI & TEACHERS & NEIGHBORS FROM HOOKWAY/ WEST CHATHAM THAT HAVE PASSED AWAY. LOOKING FOR ALUMNI & COMMUNITY CLERGY TO PARTICIPATE. RECEPTION AFTER SERVICE. (Please submit names of any deceased Hookway alumni and/or neighbors, family members & friends that lived in West Chatham
neighborhood in the "Contact Us" site)
Dinner/Dance scheduled for Friday, August 28th & the Souvenir Booklet has been cancelled.
YOU CAN STILL HELP WITH THE EVENT.
HERE'S HOW--
When is your birthday? Please go to the "Contact Us" site and let us know your birthday. (We don't need the year--just the date) Thanks!!!
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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