Class of 1955
Class Chair:
John Young 260/726-2565; jgyoung@jayco.net
Class Notes:
John Young
In the fall of 2005, John G. Young attended the 50th Reunion of his Earlham class. During that reunion he reconnected with Rey Caranza of Santa Lucia de la Sierra, Mexico. While the two had not seen each other since 1955, a lasting friendship sparked a conversation that led to the creation of a library in Santa Lucia, Mexico, a village of approximately 350 families in the Sierra Madres Mountains. Santa Lucia, which is two-and-a-half hours from the closest restaurant or hotel, has never had electricity, so the needs there are great. The idea of providing books and other educational materials for a library for the children of Santa Lucia surfaced as a project worth pursuing. By August 2007, $4800 in funding had been secured for the project. Caranza traveled to Mexico City in October 2007 with list and credit card in hand to buy the books and transport them by bus to Fresnillo, a four-and-a-half hour drive from Santa Lucia, and from there by pickup truck into Santa Lucia itself. By November the books were in place and in December, Gonzalez and other members of the Fresnillo Plateros club drove to Santa Lucia to visit the library and deliver dictionaries, a solar powered TV/DVD system, blankets, and food provided by the members and the wives of the members of the Club to the children of Santa Lucia.
(Posted May 08, 2008)
Obituaries:
H. Joan Charles
Helen J. "Jodi" Charles, 74, of Hamilton, OH, died Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at Hawthorn Glen Retirement Center in Middletown. Born Feb. 26, 1933, in Preble County to Alva and Marguerite Orr Charles, she had taught at the Richmond YWCA, Cambridge City, Ind., Preble Shawnee School in Camden and in Middletown City Schools where she retired in 1987. There are no immediate survivors.
(Posted February 27, 2008)
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