50th Reunion Mayville Lion Class of 1969
May 31 - June 2, 2019 |Fair Hills Resort, Detroit Lakes, MN
The Mayville Lion Class of 1969 Reunion was held at the Fair Hills Resort in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, May 31 – June 2, 2019.
Special Gathering
This is a gathering or the Class of 1969 to remember special times with people who we grew up with and to tell the stories of where we have been. It is also a time to remember those who are no longer with us.
Now, this was about the best picture I had of this group… we are laughing and probably not paying close attention… This is the group that gathered for the reunion… As I post this I think of those in that are not there who were great classmates and friends and some who were there and very soon gone…
What the Class of ’69 Has Experienced…
Born in the early 50’s, the Class of ’69 grew up seeing many changes and experiencing a number of things that would impact the country and the world to this day. The birth of rock’n roll. If you check out this timeline you will recognize some of the music we heard and still played in the “60’s: http://www.rockmusictimeline.com/1950s.html
The history of our country was changing as we grew up during that time. The Korean War was fought and then forgotten by many. McCarthyism reared its ugly head. Many Changes took place.
We entered the 60’s and the class began to grow and things started to change. Each of us started our journey toward adulthood and the changes were at times great fun and at times rather sad. Times were changing.
In May of 1969, we graduate. The journey of life started for many of us. Some of us went to more education, some to work, some became part of the US military and served during a very difficult time in our history, some got married, our future had now become our life to be lived…
We enter the 80’s and many of us have families and have started careers in a number of different areas. Some have taken over operation of the family farm, others are involved with many local businesses in Mayville, others are teachers and coaches, still, others have moved far from Mayville. It is during the 80’s we start to get into being adults resolute that our children will grow up in a better place then what we had seen and experienced particularly during the late 60’s and early 70’s. We found out that being an adult was not what we had thought it would be…
The ’90s brought our class and some of our classmates into the place where they were influencing change. Our class had lost the innocence of our youth and being in the place of directing change and having children who were now watching what we do certainly changed our perspective. Our voice was now being heard in many different places. Many of us started to make significant changes in our lives.
The new century starts and we are afraid that our computers will go blank and not work on Jan. 1, 2000. Technology and information were starting to drive what is happening in society. Many of us are using social media and it has become something every person on earth is impacted by… The time had some things happen that had many of us thinking about our past history of the 70’s. Things were changing much faster and by this time we have lost some of our classmates. We started to come to grips with the idea that we were getting older….
The 2010s are still being written and the thing that we all recognize because of our age… sorry I had to point this out. As we age we have lost more of our classmates and we have become more aware of our desire to make positive connections with our families and our classmates and friends. So what will define the 2010s…
Reunion Memories
May 31, 2019 to June 2, 2019
The Reunion started with a gathering for a few beers and a little food at Zorbaz and then a great golf experience… Maybe the word great golf experience might be stretching it… we did have fun for those that participated….
Sitting on the deck, standing around telling stories and seeing each other for the first time in a really long time was something each of us will remember.
The gathering place was the deck and inside was the serious competition with trivia and then an evening of telling stories. For many of us, we wished we had more time to visit with others much longer. Having lost some really good friends in the last several years who I had much fun and memorable experiences I could really feel this as we came together and the time grew short for us to talk and share about how much we cared about each other.
