Anytime you are in Columbia, please stop by for a visit
or I might come visit you!

Click to see a few of the Kewpies who have visited me
or I have gone to visit since April 2002.

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Peggy Jones & Carolyn Kemper (1963)
Gary Acton (1963)
Jerry Reynolds (1963)
Dave Dunn (1963)
Alan & Diane (Dugan) Fugit (1963)
Pam Harris (1963)
Barthena Allen & Ruth Weaver (Class of 1932)
Chris Odor & father (C. K. Odor, Class of 1941)
Mary Frances Armstrong Winter (Class of 1948)
Berta Dean Dunn Garrett (Class of 1948) & Don Garrett (Class of 1949)
Elizabeth Douglas Windmiller (Class of 1932)
Virginia Graves Muench (Class of 1931)
Nancy Cassity Tate & Lucy Cox Winkler (Class of 1965)
Mrs. Glenn Smith and Deidre Jenkins (Class of 1999)
Reuben Jacobs (Class of 1955)
Jay Spangler & Carolyn Barr (Class of 1963)
Alice Rouse Callison (Class of 1963) and Joe (Class of 1961)
Donna Crane & George Bremer (Class of 1961)
Jane Rogers & Roy Jeffries (Class of 1937)
Mary Allen (Class of 1963)
Pam Harris (Class of 1963)
Rod Ayers, Pat Wilson, David Brinkman (Class of 1963)
Nancy Obermiller (Class of 1964)
Lila Gafke (Class of 1963)
Carol Jones (Class of 1962)
Laurie Haskins (Class of 1977)
Annie Gibbs (Class of 1975) and Edie Hulett (Class of 1941)
Sandy Smith & Carolyn Kemper (Class of 1963)
Zay Winscott & Jerome Mathis (Class of 1963)
Jim Woodruff (Class of 1963)
Chellie Corcran & Jane Cunningham (Class of 1963)
Sharon Milhollin (Class of 1963)
Judy Burnett (Class of 1967)
Bonnie Pahl (Class of 1963)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



Peggy Jones was in from Aiken, South Carolina doing genealogy research on April 11, 2002.  Carolyn Kemper also does genealogy and I invited her over too, while Peggy and Elvis were here.
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Gary Acton stopped by on May 15, 2002 while in from Hemet, California to visit family.
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Jerry Reynolds stopped by on August 14, 2002 while in from Claremont, California to visit family.
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Dave Dunn stopped by on November 29, 2002 while in from Cass City, Michigan,
to spend Thanksgiving with his mother and family.
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 Alan & Diane were here January 16th and left the next morning for St. Louis on business.
Alan will be retired from State Farm, effective January 31, 2003.
Hopefully we will see them more as Alan joins me in a "Work Free Enviroment."
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Pam & her husband Jim Biddle were in Columbia June 27, 2003.  Jim had business at the University and
I ran over to see Pam at the University of Missouri Alumni Center, where this picture was taken by Jim.
Couldn't get them to stay over so I went back home and finished mowing the yard.
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Ruth Weaver Arbuckle (on the right) was in from Maryland visiting family over the 4th of July and stopped by
for a visit July 3, 2003.  I called Ruth's classmates; Barthena Allen Barnes, Mildred Crawford Hourigan,
Elizabeth Douglas Windmiller, and Helen Moore Wiggins and invited them over to see Ruth and join us for lunch.
Barthena (on the left) was the only one who was able to join us.  Barthena, Mildred, Elizabeth and Helen are still
living in the Columbia area.  All of these ladies are Kewpies from "The Class of 1932."  Ruth returned to
Hickman in 1936, immediately after gettinng her degree from the University of Missouri as a music teacher.
Mrs. Helen D. Williams was her teacher in the early 30's and Ruth and Helen taught together through 1941.
Ruth and Helen jointly produced the plays and assemblies at Hickman during that time.
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Chris Odor, her husband (Walt) and her father (C. K. Odor) stopped by Sunday, July 6, 2003.
I apologize for not getting C. K.'s picture, he is a 1941 Kewpie!
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Mary Frances Armstrong Winter (Class of 1948), Berta Dean Dunn Garrett (Class of 1948)
and Berta Dean's husband Don Garrett (Class of 1949) stopped by July 7, 2003
after the monthly luncheon of The Class of 1948, at The Gibson Girl's Cafe.
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Elizabeth Douglas Windmiller (Class of 1932) was in the neighborhood and stopped by on July 10, 2003.
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I went to Washington, Missouri July 11, 2003 to visit Virginia Graves Muench (Class of 1931),
who dated by dad, Taylor Benson Blackmore in the 30's.
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Nancy Cassity Tate & Lucy Cox Winkler (Class of 1965) met at my house for a visit July 14, 2003.
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Betty Gayle Smith's mother, Bee and her daughter, Deidre stopped by Friday afternoon, July 25, 2003.
Betty Gayle, who is in the hospital recovering from a stroke is my dear friend of the Class of 1963.
Her dad was a 1937 Kewpie, the deceased Glenn T. Smith.  Deidre Jenkins, is a 1999 Kewpie, now living in Oregon.
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Reuben Jacobs (Class of 1955) stopped by with pictures Jean Ellen took at our reunion in October.
I worked with Reuben for over 30 years, here in Columbia for the U. S. Postal Service.
Reuben's wife, Deanna (Class of 1959) is Jean Ellen's sister.
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Carolyn Barr was in from Denver for her parents' 60th Wedding Anniversary
and Jay Spangler stopped by on his way home to Ballwin from his dad's
in Clinton as Carolyn was leaving on Monday, July 5, 2004.
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Alice Rouse Callison (Class of 1963)  & Joe (Class of 1961) stopped by
on July 14, 2004 while they were visiting family in Columbia.
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George Bremer & Donna Crane (Class of 1961) & Roy Jeffries & Jane Rogers (Class of 1937)
September 22, 2004
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Mary Allen was here Thursday morning, December 30, 2004,
while she and her son were home for the holidays with her mother.
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Jim & Pam Harris (Class of 1963) with Karen at our gazebo June 21, 2005

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Rodney (Rod) Ayers, '63 Kewpie & wife, Sharon visited Kewpie land on July 3, 2006
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We stop by the VA Hospital and visited other '63 Classmates Pat Wilson and Dave Brinkman
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Then stopped at Columbia Manor and visited Frances Sappington, mother of our deceased classmate Gerald
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Nancy Obermiller (Class of 1964) and her mother stopped by on September 9, 2006
Nancy's mother was P.T.A. President at Hickman High School, during my Senior year.
She came to bat for me against James R. Chevalier at the "Fairy Tale" incident!


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Lila Gafke, 1963 Kewpie Classmate stopped by November 4, 2006 while visiting family in Columbia.


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July 12, 2007, Carol Jones, Class of 1962 and her dad stopped by for a visit and to check out Karen's flower gardens
and day lilies, while they were seeing Carol's mom at "The Bluffs" which is in our subdivision.


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August 15, 2007, Laurie Haskins, Class of 1977 stopped for a visit and to show me pictures from their 30th Reunion of the Hickman & Rock Bridge Class of 1977, on August 4, 2007.


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Thanks Annie Gibbs, Class of 1975 for donating her '75 Cresset to Kewpie Classmates!
She and her new stepmother, (Edie) Hulett, Class of 1941 stopped by for a short visit on August 17, 2007.
Congratulations! Edie and Ed Gibbs (Class of 1943) were wed on June 20, 2006, and both had lost their former spouses.


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Sandy Smith & Carolyn Kemper (Class of 1963) stopped by the morning of May 23, 2008 to check out Karen's irises!


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Stopped by the ARC in Columbia on Saturday June 14, 2008 and visited with
Zay Winscott and Jerome Mathis, cousins and 1963 classmates at the Mathis Family Reunion.


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Jim Woodruff (Class of 1963) had to be in Kansas City for a friend's funeral
and drove to Columbia for a visit on June 24, 2008.


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Chellie Corcoran and Jane Cunningham (Class of 1963) were in Columbia visiting parents
and stopped by for coffee on July 21, 2008. Jane shareed her scrapebook her mother put together
of most of her school history from elementary school through college.


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Sharon Milhollin, '63 Kewpie and her mom, Mary stopped by while in Columbia for her mom's 82nd birthday!



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Judy Burnett, 1967 Kewpie, & my classmate Melvin Burnett's little sister,
dropped by on March 20, 2009, with her husband of 39 years, Joe Ridgley. They were on their way
to Chicago for a "Celebration of Life" for Mel, who passed away February 18, 2009.
A local "Life Celebration" and graveside service is scheduled for April 4, 2009 in Columbia.



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Bonnie Pahl, 1963 Kewpie dropped by for a visit June 19, 2009
after Karen and I had dinner with her and her friend Charlie Langreder.


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Please plan on stopping to visit "Mr. Kewpie"
while you are in Columbia.
You are always welcome, anytime!
 

Charley Blackmore
2312 Deer Creek Ct
Columbia MO  65201-3564
573-442-1873
charley@kewpie.net
 

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