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WRHS Class of 1956 Reunion #53 - a "mini" reunion A Day in the Country at the Fox Ridge Preserve For something different from reunions in hotels, conference centers and schools, your committee has taken a bold step for reunion #53 for the Class of 1956. On Saturday, September 12, 2009 we will be the guest of classmate Jack Barnes at his ranch, Fox Ridge Preserve, nestled between Stone Bluff, Coweta and Haskell. From 71st and Memorial it’s about 24 miles and 30 minutes to Fox Ridge. He has 160 acres of shaded woods, rolling hills, two lakes, hiking and four-wheel trails for our walking, hiking, pontoon boating, fishing and four wheeling pleasure. (Please leave your four-wheeler at home. Jack has one!) We can also pitch horseshoes, roll bocce balls on level ground, talk, sing, reminisce and eat. Jack has a shelter, a place for a bonfire, a Loch Ness monster bench, a few permanent picnic tables and benches, but please bring your own lawn chairs and a table if you wish. With a window of 10 a.m. to dark, there’s a time convenient to just about everybody. We can make this reunion laid back and one to remember. Details: What: Outdoor picnic. Reunion #53. There’ll be tent cover and some shade. Where: Jack Barnes’ Ranch, 27020 East 181st Street South, Haskell. When: Saturday, September 12, 2009 Time: Gate opens at 10 a.m. Gate locked at ?? Come and go anytime! Activities: Talking, walking, fishing, boating, horseshoes, bocce ball, reminiscing, singing, four-wheeling and eating. Food: Lunch – 12 Noon. Volunteers will bring snacks, finger food, etc. Soft drinks, water furnished. Dinner at 5:30. Hamburgers, chicken and trimmings from Back Yard Burgers who catered the Saturday lunch at our 50th reunion. Dress: It’s an outdoor picnic. Jeans, shorts, sneakers. You wear it, we’ll like it! Directions:. Go southeast on the Broken Arrow Expressway. Take a right at the last free exit, Highway 51 to Coweta. Follow 51 for about 13 miles. Take a right on State Highway 72 through downtown Coweta. Follow 72 out of town and cross the Arkansas River. After about a mile take a right on 181st Street South. Proceed less than a mile and turn left into the Fox Ridge Preserve. Look for black gate and fence and red fire hydrant. Congratulations, you made it- almost! Now follow the road to the right. We’ll be set up near the second lake. Cost: $25.00 per person. Donations are welcomed. Want to come? Then print and fill out this 2009 Mini-reunion Form [click] and mail it back with your check. Please return as soon as possible or no later than August 15, 2009. Extensions possible. Questions? Contact either Louise McKinney Shewmaker or Sally Lofton Olah Louiseshew@att.net 918 697-7051 slolah@swbell.net 918 627-9167 Overnighters: Looking for a place to stay? Here are some suggestions convenient to the Broken Arrow Expressway and near the Bass Pro Shop. We did not include prices and did not make reservations thinking you would want to check out arrangements yourself. If we can help please contact Sally or Louise. The hotels are expecting some senior citizens to call. Fox Ridge is about 15 miles and 20 minutes to the southeast. Clarion Hotel 918 258-7085 Comfort Inn 918 258-7085 Holiday Inn Express 918 355-3200 TownePlace Suites by Marriott 918 355-0699 But wait - there is more you could do - J WRHS tours - In January 2009 free open house and public tours began on the Second Monday of each school month. Community response has been terrific to see the art deco, the Will Rogers pictures and walk the halls again. Most of the attendees are first timers in the building. Current students have served as docents. Second Monday tours will be held September thru December. They begin at 6:30 p.m. and are over about 8 p.m. If interested in a special tour Friday night, September 11, 2009 please so indicate on the 2009 Mini-reunion Form [click] .

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