Several significant changes and additions have been made recently to Hereford High School Alumni Association's website. There is now a Photos page featuring photos from last summer's multi-class reunion. The Newsletters page archives periodic newsletters just in case you may have missed any of the electronic publications that were sent via email. Any comments made by our alum that are noteworthy will be posted on the new Comments page.

In addition, there is a separate page for us to remember our classmates on the Memorials page. This page also offers a beautiful rendition of Hereford's Alma Mater that you can hear online as recorded by The McCampbells of Dallas, Texas. Golf shirts, baseball caps, the 2006 Memory Book, the Photo CD & DVD, and the new mug can be seen on Herd Stuff page. An order form can be printed to place your order and Visa, MasterCard, Discover, and checks are accepted.

As a business or individual, you can show your support for Hereford High School Alumni Association by donating money to advertise on the alumni association's new and improved web site. The web site's Sponsors page has been an excellent vehicle for businesses and individuals to get out their messages to former classmates, schoolmates, and faculty.

Sponsorships range in price from $50 to $1000 and with each level of sponsorship, we have designed web site displays to showcase your business, message, and support. Each display ad will remain on the web site for a period of 12 months. If you have a business to promote or you just have a generous heart, then you are encouraged to select a sponsorship that is appropriate for you.

A beautiful rendition of Hereford High School's Alma Mater as performed by The McCampbells of Dallas, Texas can now be heard on the alumni website. The four-member vocal group made their appearance at last summer's Hereford Alumni 2006 Multi-Class Reunion in Grapevine, Texas with a memorable performance. To hear the school song performed a cappella by this fabulous group of siblings, go to www.herefordalumni.com, click onto the Memorials page, or click onto the link below this article.

A contest was launched before last summer's Hereford Alumni 2006 Multi-Class Reunion held in Grapevine, Texas titled "The Most Memorable Memory Book Message". Mr. Fred "Freddy" Conyers (Class of 67), emerged as the winner and received a $50 Visa Gift Card. Mr. Conyers spent seven months in Baghdad, Iraq (pictured above), as a contractor building hospitals and schools in 2004. Freddy resides with his wife, Donna, in Miami, Florida. Congratulations Freddy!

Hereford High School Alumni Association is currently seeking to get lists of both physical and email addresses from you and your classmates for our Spring mail-out campaign. It is our aim to keep each and every alum informed of upcoming events, class reunions, and other news from Hereford and the alumni association. We are without mailing list from the following classes: Classes of 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 67, 75, 76, 77, 81, 83, 84 & 85.

If you graduated from any of the above classes and have a list of your classmates then please send your list to: HHS Alumni Association, 1108 Oakridge Drive, Euless, Texas 76040. Phone 817-267-2608, Fax 817-868-0796. Email any computer files to: info@herefordalumni.com. Our website address is www.herefordalumni.com. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

You could hardly see for all the snow, -- Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go. -- Pull a chair up to the TV set, -- "Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet." -- Depending on the channel you tuned, -- You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June. -- It felt so good. It felt so right. -- Life looked better in black and white.

I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys, -- Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys, -- Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, -- Superman, Jimmy and Lois Lane. -- Father Knows Best, Patty Duke, -- Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too, -- Donna Reed on Thursday night! -- Life looked better in black and white.

Let's talk about airline travel compatibility. Have you ever traveled alone on a long flight and was seated next to someone who wanted to talk the whole time when you wanted to sleep? Or have you ever gotten stuck on a plane's window seat next to a talkative passenger who was just down-right annoying or had bad breath? Nowadays, there are dating websites that will match you in advance with someone compatible for the purpose of air travel so that you're not placed in an unpleasant situation for two, three, or four hours.

Of course, there was no such service nearly twelve-and-a-half years ago when Shyla Thomas High (Class of 75) , and Don High met on that fateful plane trip. "We met on Delta flight 1492, flying from Dallas to Boston on September 29, 1994. We sat on row 24 in front of the exit door", Shyla explains. "The first thing I said was 'you know, our seats don't go back'. He (Don) was working on a law suit and I was going to see the leaves turn with mother in New England", she says regarding the flight.

Don High graduated from Conroe High School in 1978 and from Baylor University in 1982. After undergraduate school, Mr. High graduated from Baylor Law School in 1985.

Upon graduation from Hereford High in 1975, Shyla moved to Austin and graduated from the University of Texas College of Pharmacy in 1979. After college she practiced pharmacy in the Dallas area for eight years. She headed to medical school in 1988 at Texas Tech University and graduated in 1992. As a doctor, Shyla did her post graduate training in internal medicine and cardiology. She is currently a cardiologist on staff with Cardiology Consultants of Texas in Dallas and has been there for more than eight years. Today, husband Don is an attorney in Dallas with his own private practice. They both enjoy snow skiing, water sports, and musical theatre. Don is also an actor-singer and is involved annually in theatre in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Currently, the Highs do not have children.

You can find a lot of unusual stuff these days on Ebay, the online auction site. There's been a grilled cheese sandwich with an image of the Virgin Mary on it, a pregnant lady selling corporate ad space on her belly, and more recently, the hair of out-of-control, pop- singer, Britney Spears. But I never thought that I'd find a Hereford High School yearbook from the 1950's and then actually buy it from the comfort of my home in Euless, Texas. Okay, I know that for some people this may not be a big deal but when you're the head of an alumni association...in charge of finding Hereford exes...for the sake of keeping those exes up- to-date on activities and subjects of interest...then it's a big deal!

To be honest, I was a little miffed and hard pressed to understand why anyone would actually sell their high school yearbook. Aren't yearbooks suppose to be a kind of heirloom or keepsake, reminding us of the good ole' days yesteryear? Okay, I'll admit that I sold my high school senior ring when I needed money really bad as a freshman at West Texas State in Canyon. But that was when I was a freshman. I was young and stupid, not to mention a broke college student! But isn't it true that older we get, stuff like yearbooks, track medals, pom poms, and other mementos that seemed trivial and unimportant when we were young and fresh out of high school, suddenly become terribly important as we grow old? With that in mind, I will gladly purchase any Hereford Roundup yearbook from the Fifties for under $10...except, of course, the year 1955. (From the Editor, Lee Mays - Class of 70)

The 26th Annual Hereford Jubilee Day Parade & Celebration will be held on Saturday, July 28, 2007 with the parade starting at 10:00 AM in downtown Hereford, Texas. The Arts & Crafts Bazaar will be at the Hereford Community Center located at 100 Avenue C. Other events and activities will be soon announced as details become available. Also that same weekend, the Class of 1977 will hold it's 30th Class Reunion on July 27-28, 2007 in Hereford. Further details on the reunion can be found on the Class of 77's website at www.herefordisd.net.