Susan, to make the flowers, fold the Kleenex in half lenthwise.  Then accordian pleat it from one short end to the other short end.  Put a bobby pin down the middle of the now approx 1" wide folded tissue, and tear the edges off.  Then begin unfolding each separate layer, pulling it toward the center, where the bobbi pin has been pulled tight.  And no, I have not made a single one of these since H.S. but I made so many I will probably never forget how!

  Just wanted to say I had a wonderfultime friday night.  What a treat seeing "old"friends I haven't seen in foooorty years.It was great seeing some of my classmatesfrom '67 too.  How time flies!!!                         My best to all,                                                                                        D.B.                                                                                                            

      Forgot to add my e-mail:                     ldbachman@windstream.net

Hi everyone:I wanted to let y'all know that every year in either November or December there is a Annual Briarcliff Holiday Get Together for all classes from Briarcliff.  This year the Get Together is planned for Saturday, December 27th starting at 7:00 p.m. at Benchwarmers Sports Grill located in the Williamsburg Shopping Center at the corner of Clairmont and Briarcliff.  This will be the 16th year that we have had this event and it would be great to see as many people possible from the Class of '68!!  There might be alot of people here for the Christmas holidays and this would be another opportunity for all of us to get together!  So mark your calendars and plan on being there!!!  Pass the word anound to people from other classes that might not know about the get together!  Looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Mission accomplished.  There are some folks in the BHS Holiday Party picture that I could not name.  If you know, let it go!

Wow!  Has it really been 40 years?  Hello to all my friends responsible for so many wonderful memories!  I am now living in Phoenix, Arizona.  I have been married for almost 39 years and have two wonderful children.  My daughter is 33 and my son is 28.  I taught at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, for three years, after graduating from Georgia State University in for three years and then became a stay at home mom for 18 years. After moving to Phoenix 13 years ago, I began teaching multiply challenged deaf students at the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf.  I have completed two Masters Degrees from Northern Arizona University.  Retirement is no where in sight for me since I love what I am doing!  My husband, Jack, works at the Phoenix Rescue Mission feeding the hungry and sheltering battered women and their children.  Life is good!

Ricky, yes I do remember those "stadiums!"  Coach Hambrick would weight us down with  a 20 pound vest, a pair of 3 pound ankle weights and tell us to give him 50!  I guess they didn't have child protection services back then!  By the way, WHO was Earl the pearl & Sugar Bear?

David, you probably remember me as Assistant Principal Earl Williams.  The booster club gave me that nickname.  So I think you can guess who Sugar Bear was!

Rick, could sugar bear be the asst. principal--Hightower?  We affectionately called him "Mr. Low Castle."  Do you remember our sophmore year when that idiot kick me out of class office and Libby off the homecoming court---that was a day to remember!  Years later-I heard ole "low castle"  terrorized the wrong kid @ another school and got beat up--I couldn't help but smile.

I have a good memory. I still remember all the words to the fight song & Alma Mater. But all this talk about Kleenex reminds me of something I have totally forgotten.  I no longer remember how to make a flower out of Kleenex!  How many Kleenex flowers do you suppose we all made for various homecoming floats over the course of 5 years?

Enough of this "Sugar Bear" business!

BRIARCLIFF BARONS ATHLETICS ARCHIVEVisit http://briarcliffbarons.blogspot.com, an archive of top state teams and athletes at Briarcliff High School from its opening in 1959 to its closing in 1987. Read, comment and enjoy. All the best,Alan Ulman (BHS '78) PS - My sisters are Linda Ulman Frank (BHS '69) and Robyn Ulman Geller (BHS '72).  

I was at Briarcliff College from 1965-1967 and would like any info about the school and classmates from then

Hi everyone.  I stumbled on this site and was very surprised.  I live near Northlake and and happily married to Melanie Mulkey Long, a BHS grad of 1976.  I work in the IT field (geek stuff) and have been doing so for 25 years.  Hope I can make the reunion on such a short notice.  Looking forwarding to keeping contact with everyone.  I attended my wife's BHS reunion of last year at the school!  It still looks the same inside.  Remember the senior courtyard?

#1 Songs on the radio for the Class of 1968:'63 - Louie Louie - do ya know the real lyrics?'64 - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling - Oh! the angst of breaking up.'65 - Satisfaction - Stones rule!'66 - Good Vibrations -  Cali? No way...it's Daytona Beach baby!'67 - Respect - You ladies still sing along with this one...doncha?'68 - Heard It Through the Grapevine - Marvin Gaye at his best.....There were Doors, Beatles, Jimi, Otis, JB, Byrds, Temps, what a mixed bag of American rock, British invasion, and good old R & B.   Slow dancing at the sock hops.  The FourMore, The Prophets, Sweet Younguns, Doo & the Didits, garage parties in the summer time...aaaah the memories....

Hi, I'm not hiding! Rec'd the postcard, and the website is wonderful. Enjoying it very much. I was only at BHS my senior year so you probably don't remember me, but I  remember you. Hope to pop in Friday night and see some of you, thanks for  all the wonderful memories.

GREAT job on your website !!  Enjoying it very much.  Know you will all have a wonderful time at the reunion.  All Barons -  and Friends, for life.....just comes with the territory.   And a personal note to Horace Goza - you were ahead of me at BHS, but Son, you were THE BOMB to all us "Underclass Chicks".  Glad to see you are still among us !!!  Bless you all, and have a a great time!!!!!!Sally Graham, Class of '67

OMG, what a great video.  Ricky, when you are done with the Kleenex, mail it over. 

Okay guys, thanks for the compliments but you should have seen me putting the scenes together -- not sure if I cried because of the end result or because it was finally completed!  BTW, you all know I own a majority of stock in Kleenex!  Couldn't have done it without you!Our Reunion Committee has worked very hard to bring all of us together, please don't disappoint your friends -- SHOW UP! Besides, Ricky has a bet with the Class of '67 Reunion Committee & we want to win.

It's bragging rights Kathryn, did you know they won stunt night all 5 years they were stompin the halls.Ben, I emailed you.  click file/print/preferences/paper-quality/kleenex-dry.

Rick, your photo "genius" is amazing!  I spoke with Mary Shults this afternoon -- I was seeking some professional help to get over all the fun we had last week!  Thanks for keeping the memories alive--I'll send you the bill!

The twinkling eyes and broad smiles tell the story of Reunion 2.  Kathryn, you deliciously captured the weekend.  Who chose the music for both DVDs, you or Charlie? Particularly liked Tim McGraw and Lionel Ritchey on this one, My Old Friend and I'm Going Home.Dovie Wingard, ex-Briarcliffer, gave me a newspaper article about memory research.  It talked about emotions being attached to memories. Reunion 1 dusted off the memories, and Reunion 2 ushered in the emotions.Kathryn, your the bomb!!

I got the reunion DVD and it totally captured the wonderful and special times shared by everyone at the reunion!!  Kathryn, thanks so much!  You did a fantastic job!!  I totally agree with Jane and George's remarks that "the DVD reminds us how lucky we all are to have so many wonderful memories and friends."  We had an incredible weekend and so much fun reconnecting with classmates that we hadn't seen in 40 years!  I had a fantastic time and the memories will last forever!  Just sorry that I didn't have enough time to speak to everyone that I wanted too!  Looking forward to having more get togethers in the future and mini-reunions!!! 

Thanks for the wonderful compliments on the DVDs!  It was great fun & I'm sure that I could put names & faces together for the next 40 years! Seriously, I've looked at all the smiling faces for many months now & I can't imagine an overall happier group than our Class of '68.  I know we've all had our share of heartaches, however, we are resilient & it shows in every smile, in every handshake, every hug and in every post that I've read.All the endless meetings, the daily phone calls with Rick & Tricia, looking at more yearbook pictures than I wanted to -- were all worth it when I saw classmates walk through the doors of the Westin & immediately renew old friendships with hugs, laughter & joy.Thank you all for making a great weekend!

Happy New Year everyone!  I missed the after Christmas get together...bummer, but hope to make it next time. Maybe there will be a "Class of '68 Get Together"  before December... that would be great. I'm still remembering what a great reunion we had and would really love to see all you again.By the way Ricky...when is the "not too distant future"?Love to all

Check out Briarquiz updates!CMIIW, but I think it's time to RSVP ASAP. It'sE123, TM!BHOF

Do you remember… Little League (Frostop, Whitley Concrete, Perkins Freight), the high dive at Kittredge pool, Gerald at Pot-O-Gold, Ben Franklin, Ray’s Men’s Store, Toco Hills Theatre, bomb shelters, Big Huey from Quixie in Dixie flippin off Dr Clark in front of the school, Bobby Jones’ old Ford pickup painted blue and silver, the bandeleros, the pool hall, the crisp fresh fall air with the band playing at Adams stadium before a football game, Barwick’s Pharmacy, Couch Gulf at North Druid Hills and Lavista, girls basketball (3 on defense and 3 on offense) and Ginny Montgomery and Sue Morgan swishin the round ball, Split sessions with Lakeside, Old Hickory House, George’s SS, Fred’s Z28, pitchin quarters, running stadiums (a guy’s thing), Rhodes Bakery, Sugar Bear and Earl the Pearl.   Did you see this post from 6/9/08 CMIIW, but I think it's time to RSVP ASAP. It'sE123, TM! …BHOFDon’t get it?  Ask any ‘08 High School Senior with a cell phone   Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think it’s time to Répondez s'il vous plaît as soon as possible. It’s easy as 123, trust me! ..Bald Headed Old Fart

OMG, did you see Kathryn Underwood Hill's reunion DVD yet?  If you registered by July 15th she sent you one.  Stop what you are doing and go to the mail box.Kathryn, you are the bomb!!Thank you soooooooo much!Does anyone have a hanky?

We couldn't agree with you more Rick.  This makes all the work "the committee" has done so worth while ... to bring back together so many great friends and memories on the 29th & 30th. Can't wait to see everyone.  Thank you Kathryn.

I immediately watched my DVD too - awesome!!  Thank you SO much for doing this!

I just ordered my CD from Katheryn today.  Can’t wait to get it!  Thanks to all the committee members, I did attend the reunion from afar!  I have had the best time checking out the website.  If I am missing from our family room, my husband knows where to find me…in front of the computer walking down memory lane!  We are tentatively planning a trip back to Atlanta for Christmas, and a certain trip for next June.  Jane, please keep me up to date with any future plans for another get together.  Being 58 is even better when you are among friends!

I had wondered it any pictures had been posted from the after Christmas gathering at Benchwarmers.  I'll look forward to seeing them, Rick.  It was fun-I plan to go next year and will try to talk it up in the meantime.  I saw some old friends from the class of '67 which was great, as well as other random Barons and Baronettes!

Hello everyone, I received an interesting phone call today from an old friend and classmate from Briarcliff "Dave Bauchman".  He told me about this website, It's just wonderful to read all the "stuff" people have to say after all these 46? years or so? I remember the majority of those mentioned here on this blog from the class of 67 anyway. As for myself I'm retired and just "mess around" with "HOT RODS AND GUNS"  and build an occasional Race Engine/ Performance engine every once in a while as that's what I did the majority of my adulthood. I live in Buford, Georgia (Lake Lanier area) with my lovely wife Cindy who is a Registered Nurse of some 40 years. I e-mail and see several old  Briarcliff Class Mates almost daily and we still talk about the "old days at Briarcliff". It's my opinion that we were really Blessed to have that community to live in. Seems like the worlds so far away from our way of being taught to live life doesn't it? I spent some time with another class mate yesterday "David Summerville" of the class of 67 and we talked about life in general and our families. I have a Daughter and a Son from my first marriage and I also have 3 Step Son's. Thanks for the entertainment and Have a great day!!

I love seeing all these memories!  (And I'm pleasantly surprised that I remember most of them - maybe I didn't kill off all my brain cells in the 60's after all!). Hey Ben - I pulled out my Senior yearbook too and was immediately transported back to high school - the best part was all the comments by my friends.  Boy, we really thought we all were something (and we were, of course!).  Can't wait to see everyone at the reunion!

Alright...I can top anyone in this class who went to anyone's first, second, or third birthday party and has pictures to prove it.  Pat Fox and I were born on the same day in the same hospital (Crawford Long) and our bassinets were side by side in the nursery!  Ok, I made up the bassinet part, but we really were born on the same day.  And at that time, my parents lived in the Virginia/Highlands area and I don't know where Pat lived.  I think our fathers casually knew each other and got into a fight over who had the cutest first born child in the nursery.  My dad won.  So if anyone can claim to know another classmate inutero, then I'll relinquish the "Known Each Other the Longest" trophy.

OK, Lynn.  You and Pat may have shared bordering bassinets, but he never ran over a mail box and three trash cans while triple dating with David Dyer and Randy Campbell in my dad's station wagon with a rear-facing third seat.  Two flat tires.  Your dad picked you up in his bathrobe, had a flat tire on the way home, and, at his insistence (and implied threat) we never dated again.  Alas, but we all ended up OK.  And, by the way Mary Shultz, I just read your message. Get your self to this reunion.  You were the glue of our class.  The one who kept us all together and whom we were all glad to see every day.

I, too,  hope we will have a follow-up picnic or something before too long.  This was the first I'd heard about it, but I would be able to help organize it.  (While I'm at it, I'll volunteer Becky, too!)  I have more talking to do with everybody, just like Marsha, Susan and others said!  Maybe we'll launch the idea (soon?) at the post-reunion meeting? 

"good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget."  We needed a lodge and a week to sit with each other.  The lights flashed Saturday Night, and I had not talked to so many!!  Trish said we have this site for 3 years??? so we have no excuse. 

You are so right, Marsha.  By the way, folks, the last thing Marsha said to me 40 years ago after school was over, was that she hoped I knew she was taller than me.  The first thing she said last Friday, after 40 long years was, " Hey, Ben, I'm still taller than you."  What a memory!  Drove me to drink!  At least she was kind enough not to mention the bald pate. 

I betcha if we dropped a hint that there was going to be a little picnic get together within the next couple of weeks there might be a few locals interested. Ya think?

Ricky,     I love the bar-b-que idea. And who knew, that 40 years later, Ricky Corless would be the heart of our class! What an outstanding job you did on Sat. night with the entire presentation. I'm with Marsha, I'm not through talking- but my family says I'll never be through! Let's get together again while we can still read nametags.

Actually Susan, I can't read without my reading glasses, and Ben Jones....you ought to be a novalist!!!   I did say, "I'm still taller than you" Friday, but the rest...???.  Trish Gaston and I were the center of the drill team line (when Kippy Simmons and Ellen Lyle graduated.)    As my niece says, "embrace it".  And Rick/Ricky--you have been so positive, and an encourager and these are admirable things.  I saw the picture of your son and saw you.  November and December get so busy, but a gathering is always good.

Thank you Susan and Marsha, but I'm still the Court Jester.  If we put together a Bar-B-Que it will be the girls that organize it, just like they did the reunion.

We got the new reunion DVD today and once again Kathryn has done an outstanding job.  Looking at the DVD reminds us how lucky we all are to have so many wonderful memories and friends.  40 yrs. is a long time, but it doesn't feel like it.  We all reconnected with each other as if we had been on summer break.  Time was to short..we didn't get to talk to everyone, but we remember you all with fondness.  Thanks for making the weekend very special.Looking forward to a "mini" reunion in the future.

Where did the time go? I'm looking forward to the big event. I just have to drive from Sagamore Hills to the pub and the school...shouldn't be a problem!!!!

I am lookfing forward to seeing everyone.  My first son, Michael Jr., got married May 31, 2008.  For those of you who are TV buffs, he married Alana Del La Garza, Alana is currently the Assistant District Attorney on Law and Order, the show is the orginal Law and Order.  Obviously we are very proud, I hope she continues to be very successful so I can retire sooner. 

What a great reunion!  Everyone looks SO GOOD.  We couldn't possibly be the age we are!  Thanks to all the committee who worked so hard.   

It was so much fun to see everyone on Friday night. I'm sorry I could not be there Saturday night as well.  Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to put this reunion together!Lynne, write me back a long note!!Love, Shelly

This is Peggy's brother. Heard about your reunion from Rick and just wanted to say HELLO to everyone. I think I know about as many Class of 68'ers as I know from my own class (65). Been overseas for the past 30+ years..... living in Dubai, UAE since 97 so I don't run into many Briarcliff alumni's and haven't visited the old homestead in quite a while, but I suppose once a Baron.... always a Baron. Y'all enjoy the reunion.... it'll be an eye-opener... and lots of fun.

What fun to find this site! I remember many of your names and wonder if anyone remembers me?  I came to Briarcliff my junior year from San Diego, California...along with my sister, Charline ('70) and brother, Charlie ('72).  It would be so much fun to walk the halls again with you!  After returning to CA, I married and we had 4 children.  I spent the last 20 years homeschooling and just graduated the youngest.   We live in Normal, Illinois.