HEIGHTS NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONThe 60th reunion for the class of 1953 is being planned by Pat...

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Dear Fellow Alumni:

Homecoming 2012 saw approximately

390 people at the luncheon gathering

and 179 in attendance at the dinner.

Class reunions were held for the clas-

ses of 1952, 1955, 1962, 1972, 1982,

and 1987. There was good attendance

from alumni from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s

70’s and 80’s. Members of the Class of

1948 return each year for Homecoming

starting with a Friday night dinner

hosted by Roy Wauford and his wife at

their home.

Homecoming for 2013 will be held on

Saturday, October 12 coinciding with

the annual Columbus Day weekend.

The picnic luncheon will be held behind

the Ingram Alumni House and our din-

ner will be at the Castle Heights Chop

House.

Currently, in addition to the $200,000

in our CD our other accounts show

$779.75 in regular checking, and in the

Library Fund account the amount is

$235,662, and in the LTA account the

balance is $33,097.82. In July, we will

be funding ten (10) $1,000 scholarships

for a total of $10,000.

This year we have had five (5) scholar-

ships funded by individual donations.

Needless to say, we are very apprecia-

tive of the generosity of these contribu-

tors. The interest on our CD is current-

ly at .60% and it is highly unlikely that

it will improve anytime soon. For any-

one who is interested in funding a full

scholarship in honor or memory of a

classmate or anyone else, please con-

tact me at 615/451-0468 or email me at

[email protected].

The Scholarship Selection Committee,

chaired by Allen Chamberlain ‘84, com-

pleted the selection of this year’s 10 recip-

ients for the $1,000 scholarships. We

have now completed the 13th year of the

Alumni scholarship program. This will be

our 6th year to award ten scholarships.

The list of this year’s recipients are on

page 4.

For the second year, the endowed J.B.

Leftwich CHMA Editors’ Scholarship at

Cumberland University was awarded at

Homecoming 2012 and this year’s recipi-

ent was Tabatha Hellane Rivers for the

academic year of 2012-2013. Tabatha is

from Nashville, Tennessee and is a junior

at CU and is editor of The Cumberland

Chronicle.

Enclosed with this newsletter you will

find a dues/contribution form and a

self addressed return envelope to be sent

to the Alumni Association with your dona-

tion or payment of your dues. Please re-

member that all your contributions are

IRS tax deductible. Also, enclosed will be

an Alumni Questionnaire to be com-

pleted and returned. Some of the infor-

Alumni Association UPDATE INGRAM

ALUMNI HOUSE

611 Hill Street

Lebanon, TN 37087

ROBERT P. HOSIER

President

1045 Woodmont Drive

Gallatin, TN 37066

615/451-0468

[email protected]

BOARD

OF

DIRECTORS

Dan Andrews ‘45

Don Ash ‘73

Bill Barry ‘43

Tom Bradley ‘69

James Branum ‘70

Harry E. Bryan, Jr. ‘57

Rondol Cartwright ‘57

Allen Chamberlain ‘84

Tom Elliott ’47

Amy Beth Hale ‘87

Ken Hall ‘71

Frank Hartley ‘64

Richard Hosier ‘66

Rob Hosier ‘63

Ted Lavit ‘57

Larry McCown ‘71

John Means ‘44

Gary Moor ‘59

Philip Phillips ‘87

Peter Rademacher ‘48

Jerry Ream ‘59

Gordon Simpson ‘55

Tony Taylor ‘63

Carleton Thackston ‘67

Horace Whitten ‘59

WEBSITE

www.castleheights.com

HOMECOMING 2013

OCTOBER 12

please place this date on your

Calendar now

HEIGHTS NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Alumni of

Castle Heights Military Academy Lebanon, Tennessee

www.castleheights.com

June 2013 Newsletter

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mation you send us will be used in the August news-

letter in our “Alumni Update” section.

We have had a successful year with regard to dona-

tions by Alumni and others. As of May 4, 2013 we

have received donations from 460 contributors in the

amount of $31,385. These figures are from the begin-

ning of our June 2012 fundraiser through May 4 of

this year and include scholarship contributions.

For this year’s Homecoming, plans are being made for

reunions for the classes of 1948, 1953, 1958, l963,

1968, and 1973. We have not heard anything yet on

possible reunions for the classes of 1978, and 1983.

The 60th reunion for the class of 1953 is being

planned by Pat Buckles, Billy McCann, and Stan

Chauvin. Jim Spurlock is working on the 55th Reun-

ion for the Class of 1958. I am working on the 50th

Reunion for my Class of 1963. Sandy Harris is coordi-

nating his 45th Reunion for the Class of 1968. Fleet

Lester is planning a 40th Reunion for his Class of

1973. Roy Wauford and Fred Marsh are working on

their annual reunion for their Class of 1948.

If anyone would like to take on the task of the class

reunions for 1978 and 1983, please let us know. We

will provide names, mailing addresses, phone num-

bers and email addresses (for those who have email)

for your class. Please call us at 615/451-0468 or

email at [email protected].

Our next Board of Directors meeting will be on Satur-

day, July 13 at the Ingram Alumni House.

Please be sure to reserve the weekend of Satur-

day, October 12 for the 2013 Homecoming. We

are looking forward to another great turnout, so

please make plans to return to the campus for this

year’s reunion.

On behalf of our Board of Directors, my sincere

thanks to all who continue to support our efforts to

preserve the history of CHMA.

Sincerely,

Rob Hosier

Heights National Alumni Association

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Please send your change of address or

email to the Alumni Association to:

Rob Hosier

1045 Woodmont Drive

Gallatin, TN 37066

615/451-0468

Email: [email protected]

Make Your Room Reservations Now

For Homecoming 2013, October 12

Listed below are some of the motels in Lebanon locat-

ed off of the I-40 Exit 238 on Hwy 231 which is also

known as South Cumberland Street.

America’s Best Value Inn & Suites 615-449-5781

Comfort Suites 615-443-0027

Country Inn and Suites 615-470-1001

Econo Lodge 615-444-1001

Executive Inn (next to Cracker Barrel) 615-444-0505

Holiday Inn Express (next to Shoney’s) 615-994-3225

Quality Inn 615-444-7020

Ramada Inn 615-444-7400

Sleep Inn & Suites (Exit 232, Hwy 109) 615-449-7005

CLASS REUNION

INFORMATION

Detailed information on all the reunions for

Homecoming 2013 will be in the next newslet-

ter that you will receive either the last week

of August or the 1st of September. A list of all

the activities for Homecoming Day on Satur-

day, October 12, will be enclosed with the

next newsletter as well as the reservation

form you will complete and return to us.

We will have much more information about

all the reunions in the next newsletter.

Reservation Information

For Homecoming 2013

THE

HOMECOMING RESERVATION

FORM

Will be in the AUGUST newsletter.

Please complete the form at that time and

mail us your reservation for

Homecoming 2013.

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The Alumni Association has received information on

the following alumni who have passed away.

ALUMNI

Justus Baird ‘60

Ed Brown ‘42

Hilmer E. Evans ‘57

Jack Faver ‘60

Richard (Dick) Fields ‘48

Dan Fite ‘72

Don Franklin, Jr. ‘78

Celestino Cano Garrido ‘52

Lloyd T. (Chuck) Harris ‘67

Cy Laughter ‘43

Bill Longenecker ‘79

Richard Oscar Means ‘44

Clark Kenneth (Pete) Lytle (Jr. College ‘49)

John P. North, III ‘68

Ben Matthews ‘43

Angela Ridings Peterson ‘75

Richard (Dickie) Sevin ‘63

Bob Summers ‘59

Jim Sykes ‘65

Alfred Underberg ‘50

Donald Walter ‘47

Dan Wiegers ‘56

Eddie Wilson ‘70



UPDATE Purchase of Rutherford Parks Library

I am pleased to announce that we are closing on the pur-

chase of the Rutherford Parks Library on Monday, June 3,

2013, at 1:00 p.m. Currently, we have raised $235,662 in

cash from 229 donors. Outstanding pledges total $60,134.

On February 23, 2013, the Alumni Board of Directors met

and appointed an Executive Committee which later met by

conference call on April 1, 8, and 15 to determine the viabil-

ity of purchasing the Library. At the February meeting it

was decided to borrow $100,000 from our $200,000 CD to

add to the money already raised. The current owners of the

Library agreed on a lower purchase price of $330,000. We

plan on returning the CD to its previous level of $200,000

within 5 years or less.

This completes the first phase of our fundraising. We will

now work to raise the remainder of the monies needed to

meet our initial goal of $500,000. There is now an adjusted

balance of $250,000 which includes the payback of $100,000

to the CD and $150,000 that will go toward renovation and

maintenance of the Library.

The second phase of our fundraising will begin with a fund-

raising event scheduled for August 3, 2013 sponsored by

several alumni from the Class of 1975 and will be held in

Lebanon at The Mill (an insert in this Newsletter has the

information on this event).

We are still accepting contributions to the Library Fund for

our second phase of the purchase. If you would like to make

a contribution, please make your check payable to Heights

National Alumni Association and indicate on your check

that your contribution is for the “Library Fund” and mail it

to Heights National Alumni Association, % Rob Hosier, 1045

Woodmont Drive, Gallatin, TN 37066.

On behalf of the Board of Directors, my sincere thanks to all

who have contributed, made pledges, or will contribute in

the future to make the Rutherford Parks Library a perma-

nent repository on the Hilltop. Let me close by saying that

there are no plans at the present time to either close or sell

the Ingram Alumni House.

Rob Hosier ‘63

NOTICE OF RECENT DEATHS

ALUMNI QUESTIONNAIRE

The Alumni Questionnaire form is on a separate

sheet in this newsletter. Please take the time to

complete the form especially if your information has

changed since last year. Updates on alumni will be

in the August Newsletter.

Use the self-addressed return envelope that is

enclosed with this mailing.

GOLF TOURNAMENT, OCTOBER 11 FORM ENCLOSED

Enclosed with this newsletter is a reservation form

for the annual Golf Tournament that will be held

on Friday, October 11, 2013, the day before our

Homecoming activities. Please mail the completed

form to Don Oates ‘77, if you are interested in the

tournament. (Don’s address is on the form.)

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DALLAS ADAM ELMORE

(Clay Portis ‘61 CHMA Alumni Scholarship)

Tulsa, Oklahoma Grandson of Donald Howard Marshall, ‘57

Attending Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

D. PATRICK HARRIS

(Drayton McLane ‘21 CHMA Alumni Scholarship)

Louisburg, Kansas Son of Warren Sanford “Sandy” Harris ‘68

Attending Washburn University

Topeka, KS

BRITNEY ELIZABETH KNIGHT

(Dick Meier, ‘43 CHMA Alumni Scholarship)

Fleming Island, Florida Daughter of Lou Ann Winfree Knight ‘79

Granddaughter of Cordell Winfree, CHMA Faculty and

Oleta Winfree, CHMA Staff in Business Office

Niece of Dan Winfree ‘78

Attending University of South Florida

Tampa Bay, FL

KATHRYN T. LEOS

(Thackston Family Foundation Scholarship)

Mesquite, Texas Granddaughter of Nick P. Carlozzi ‘51

Great Niece of Robert A Carlozzi ‘51

Attending Fort Hays State University

Hays, Kansas

ABBIGAIL ELAINE LINK

(Dr. James C. Bradshaw, Jr. ‘50 CHMA Alumni Scholarship)

Nashville, Tennessee Granddaughter of William R. Link ‘60

Attending The University of Tennessee

Knoxville, TN

BRADLEY LONG

(Mrs. Lloyd and Mrs. Foreman CHMA Scholarship)

Mount Juliet, Tennessee Son of Robert Bruce Long ‘76

Attending Duke University

Durham, NC

DUES/CONTRIBUTION

Enclosed is a DUES/CONTRIBUTION

FORM and a self-addressed return envelope

to send your dues of $25 or an amount of

your choice to the Alumni Association.

Please consider sending this when you

receive your newsletter. Thanks, and

remember, your contributions are tax

deductible with the IRS.

2013 SCHOLARSHIP

RECIPIENTS ($1,000 to each)

SARAH ELISABETH PELLEY

(Marjorie and Eliseo Rios CHMA Faculty Scholarship)

Rockwood, Tennessee Daughter of Meg Williams Pelley ‘85

Niece of Russell Williams ‘71, and

Bruce Williams ‘74

Great Granddaughter of R.C. Ford, Faculty

Attending East Tennessee State University

Johnson City, TN

WILLIAM JACOB PRUITTE

(J. Roy Wauford ‘48 CHMA Alumni Scholarship)

Castalian Springs, Tennessee Son of Bruce Douglas Pruitte ‘85

Attending Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

LUKE JOHNSTON STIERWALT

(Fred Burton, Sr. CHMA Staff Scholarship)

Fremont, Ohio Daughter of Kellye Johnston ‘82

Granddaughter of Gayle M. Johnston, CHMA Faculty

Granddaughter of Otis Johnson, PG ‘57

Niece of Kevin Johnston ‘79, Kyle Johnston ‘80, and

Kirk Johnston ‘85

Attending John Carroll University

University Heights, OH

LINCOLN BURGESS TAYLOR

(Claude Hicks CHMA Staff Scholarship)

Greeneville, Tennessee Son of Rebekah Kinnard Taylor ‘85

Nephew of Emily Kinnard Bell ‘83

Step-Grandson of Anthony Hagen ‘66

Grandson of James J. Kinnard (CHMA Foundation)

Attending Westminster College

Salt Lake City, UT

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Seated in Front: (L-R):

Jack Robinson, Gus Smith,

John Ingram, Billy Joe

Caruthers ‘50

Standing in Back (L-R):

E.L. Warren, Bill Morrison,

Fred Morgan, Harry Smart,

James Grasty, Beaty Gresham,

Robert Yahola

CLASS of 1952 60th

REUNION

Seated in Front (L-R):

Brown Hawley

Dewey Lambdin

Sam Phillips

Tommy Vassaur

1st Row Standing (LR):

John Hagewood

Norris Armstrong

Lamar Hill

Agustin Prado

John Shaw

Alan Shaw

Alan McClellan

Stanton Tubb

L.S. Acheson

Gary Gibbs

Lee Dowdy

Chuck Bowers

June 2013 Newsletter— Homecoming 2012 Class Pictures

CLASS of 1962 50th REUNION

2nd Row (L-R): Buzzy Fryer, John Thompson, Tom Matthews, Jerry Curry

3rd Row (L-R): Tyler Payne, Wayne Pelham, Rusty Shenk, Joe Shepherd

4th Row (L-R): Johnny Jones, Vic Hamilton, Walter Lancaster

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2013 June Newsletter—2012 Homecoming Class Pictures

Seated in Front (L-R):

Bill Wheeler, Roy Sloan

1st Row Standing (L-R):

Mike Pelfrey

Dale Haley

Ike Hulme

Bradley Brown

Bill Dodson

Andy Spickard

Robert Warden

Ray Pinkstaff

Jamie Cates

2nd Row (L-R):

Melville Kennedy

Richard Stephenson, faculty

Dean Richey

Harris Gholson

3rd Row (L-R):

Robert McMurry

Jack Goodner

Bill Jenkins

Bob Scholes

Thomas Marks

4th Row (L-R):

Terry Zachary

Louis Washburn

Terry Bird, faculty

Ray Greer

Seated (L-R):

Tim Harper

Angela Woods English

Dooley Bradley

Joey Gibson

Standing (L-R):

Thomas Horton

Dale Colbert

Kevin Etheridge

Greg Roper

Karl Schutz

Russell Rogers



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Left to Right: Richard Krelstein

Jeff Johnson

Gordon Simpson

John “Jack” Caruthers

Rob Collins

John Freeman

William Lloyd

Brad Oliver

Jim Mortimer

Paul Prehn

Alumni of 1940’s

Left to Right:

Harry Bryan

Donald Marshall

Carlos Pennington

Ted Lavit

Charles Carter

Rondol Cartwright

CLASS OF 1957

1st row (L-R);

Marion Brock ‘49, Dr. Jimmy

Noonan ‘49, Dan Andrews ‘45

2nd row (L-R):

Waldo Young ‘48, Thomas

Blevins ‘49, Fred Marsh ‘48

3rd row (L-R):

John Means ‘44, Ben Davis ‘49,

Robert Morrison ‘46, and

Dr. Charles Gill ‘45

CLASS of 1955

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CLASS of 1959

From Left to Right:

Gary Moor

Orlando “Landy” Segarra

John Cullens

Paul Holsen

John Castro

Jerry Ream

CLASS of 1963

Seated (L-R):

Frank Hartley ‘64

Tom McElroy

Rob Hosier

Richard (Dickie) Sevin Standing (L-R):

Jimmy Ream

Mark Graham

Jim Leftwich

Dan Blake

Gary Beebe

Buzzy Fryer ‘62

CLASS of 1987

Seated (L-R):

Becky Rios Morrison

Melissa Jablonski Gann

Amy Beth Hale

Standing (L-R):

Patrick Quinn

Philip Phillips

Mike Massimini

Brad Freeman

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Continued - June 2013 Newsletter (Homecoming 2012 pictures)

Don Loudermilk ‘79, Bart Butler ‘79

Violet Fairweather ‘79, Jeff Seely ‘79

John Murphey ‘80

Jennifer Franklin Winfree ‘80

Joseph Shields ‘80

Gayle Wauford Mallicoat ‘83

Rafael Blandin ‘83

Emily Kinnard Bell ‘83

Richard Van der Dys ‘84

Leslie Lancaster Willis ‘84

Russ Hendricks ‘84

Agustin Prado ‘62 and his wife, Mayra Prado Former CHMA faculty,

Richard Stephenson and Terry Bird

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Left to right, Jeff Seely ‘79, Tom “Trey”

Williams ‘77, Chris Snoddy ‘77,

and Bill Snyder ‘77

Vic Hamilton ‘62 and his wife, Betty Hamilton

Richard Smith ‘59

and

Nick Beck ‘58

Bruce Pruitte ‘85

and

Kevin Etheridge ‘82

Dan Winfree ’78

and

Bobby Gwynn ’64

Bryant Foster ‘47 and his wife, Peggy Foster

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Rob Hosier ‘63, presents the 3rd annual

Distinguished Faculty Service Award to Cordell

and Oleta Winfree. They were given a plaque

and a contribution was made in their honor to

the Winfree-Bryant Middle School Library

Fund (school is in Lebanon).

Don Ash ‘73 displayed the picture of the

Rutherford Parks Library while Ted Lavit ‘57

(not in picture) spoke to the alumni at Home-

coming about the Alumni Association’s cam-

paign to raise funds to purchase the Library.

Under the tent at the Homecoming Picnic

Luncheon

Carleton Thackston ‘67 gave the prayer at the

War Memorial Ceremony

The 101 year old Castle Heights Military Academy

Rutherford Parks Library presently owned by THW

Insurance and soon to be owned by Heights National

Alumni Association.

James “Gus” Smith ‘52 and

Brown Hawley ‘62 placed the wreath of

flowers at the War Memorial

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John G.L. Ingram ‘52, James “Gus” Smith ‘52

and Bill Gallaher ‘71, at the Castle Heights

Chop House for the evening Homecoming Din-

ner event.

Cecil Cherry ‘PG 61

Tommy Thompson ’60 and his brother,

John Thompson ’62

Rob Collins ‘55 and his wife, Jane Collins From left to right, Richard Krelstein ‘55, Ronald

Krelstein ‘60, Richard’s wife, Sydney Krelstein,

and Gordon Simpson ‘55

John Murphey ‘80 and his wife, Mollie Murphey

Left to right, Stanton Tubb ‘62, Johnny Jones ‘62,

Joe Shepherd ‘62, Walter Lancaster ‘62, Rusty

Shenk ‘62, John Hagewood ‘62, and (seated) Alan

Shaw ‘62

To view the pictures in color go to our website www.castleheights.com and on the home page click on “Newsletters”, then click “June 2013”

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