Last weekend, August 7-10 Betty Hinkle McDaris and Geri McDaris Dreger and their spouses attended the 60th Class Reunion of Central High School - Class of 1949 - in Chattanooga, Tennessee. There were 63 people who went on the Southern Belle on Friday night down the Tennessee River. We enjoyed a delicious dinner and good entertainment and visited with many old classmates. On Saturday, we attended a luncheon at the East Ridge Convention Center. One hundred and six classmates attended this affair. Bettye McDaris Goode and Glenda McDaris Thompson crashed the party and renewed old friendships including Charles and Helen Perry and Ed Thompson's cousin, Nancy Cope James.

On Saturday afternoon we motored to the home of Betty and Bob McDaris in Seymour (Knoxville), TN. That night we had a surprise visit from a cousin (several times removed), Oran Creasman. Sunday morning we went to the Seymour First Baptist Church and then we were treated to a delicious lunch by Bob and Betty McDaris. Their daughters, Patti Holman and Cathy Atchley and Cathy's husband, Jerry, were with us. The afternoon was spent visiting Patti and Cathy's homes.

The weekend ws terminated on Monday morning as Glenda, Bettye, Geri and Bill drove back to Chattanooga. Bill and Geri went back to Cumming, GA and Glenda spent Monday night with Bettye and then drove to Birmingham on Tuesday morning.

It was a great weekend and fun was had by all.
--Geri Dreger