ALL REGISTRATIONS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE. DEADLINE: AUGUST 28, 2022
FRIDAY
Friday, September 9 - Abilene Country Club, 4039 S. Treadaway, 6:30-10:30pm
Enjoy the All American Buffet of hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, chips, and baked beans. A bar will be provided and will accept debit or credit cards or reciprocal Country Club membership tabs. This is a great evening to start catching up!!! No stairs or elevators needed because we will be on the first floor in the Forty39 Room, Fireside Room, and Outdoor Patio. Enter at the Portico on the west side.
SATURDAY LUNCHTIME
Saturday, September 10 - Cooper Library, 3639 Sayles Blvd., 11:30-1:30pm
The Saturday Box Lunch meal will feature time to break into Junior High groups! Come to see CHS and get in lots more visiting!
About 2pm: The Downtown walking tour route is about 1.5 miles long. Leaving from North 1st and Cedar (in front of the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (the NCCIL, 102 Cedar), Bill Minter (CHS '69) will guide the tour and update participants on the vibrant life of the revitalized Abilene Downtown, SoDA District, and Abilene Heritage Square (former Lincoln Jr. High). Exciting changes in A-TOWN!!! To talk to Bill Minter and ask questions, call him 325-829-0617 or better yet, email him at bill@mintermedia.com.
SATURDAY EVENING
Saturday Night, September 10 - The NCCIL, 102 Cedar St., 6:00-10:00pm
The Saturday Evening Event will feature a barbecue meal of brisket and chicken, Cowboy beans, corn casserole, green beans, peach cobbler and iced tea, provided by 5C Smokehouse. Cypress Street Station will provide a wine and beer bar, accepting credit or debit cards or cash in payment.
Local historian, author, humorist, and speaker Jay Moore will provide a 20 minute review of the Abilene of our youth!
A large group PHOTO will be taken during the evening, plus pictures of Band or Choir or FFA groups, junior high buddies, and more! Pictures can be ordered and paid for at this time, or Mindy Morris, longtime Abilene photographer, will give you the order form to mail in with your payment.
Our event location, The National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature (NCCIL) is a treat in itself! The NCCIL exhibits, tours, collects, preserves and promotes original art from the finest children's literature. Their vision is to inspire and empower children to read and be creative. Through their programming and outreach, the NCCIL actively promotes children's literacy, both art and reading, in the Abilene community and beyond. It is a non-profit organization, www.nccil.org.
Parking for the NCCIL: A few places on Cedar Street, a parking lot west of the NCCIL, and the Abilene Public Library lot to the north of the NCCIL. Also, First Baptist Church has a large parking lot about a block away (west) between N. 1st and N. 2nd Streets.
***Special Note*** Ed Elmore is interested in having a worship gathering on Sunday morning, September 11, and would like to hear from any of us who would like to participate. Contact him by email: eelmore@hle.com, or cell: 979-229-0618.
HOTEL BLOCKS: Ask for CHS Class of 1970 50th Reunion block of rooms. TELL THEM THE DATES YOU WANT!! There's another CHS reunion soon after ours!!
MCM ELEGANTE SUITES, 4250 Ridgemont Dr., phone #325-698-1234, $114.00 + tax, offer available until August 10, 2022 (Block of 20 rooms: 10 KING, 10 two DBL BEDS each night in block)
COURTYARD BY MARRIOTT, 4350 Ridgemont Dr., phone #325-695-9600, $139.00 + tax, offer available until August 10, 2022 (Block of 20 rooms: 10 KING, 10 two DBL BEDS each night in block)
