Bill Orsborn

Nancy Baughman (Fetter)

Gale, that was so very kind of you to do that for Bryce. He certainly deserved it.  Thanks for nominating him.

John Babcock

Thank you Gail . To add to the story about the dress code I remember being called into the principals office , Mr. Barkley.  Mr. Barkley and the  school had a problem with I wearing T-shirts and blue jeans , I made it very simple if he didn't like my dress code buy me the clothes you like to see me wear. End of story. I knew Bryce through Bruce Eddy, Bryce was a great guy , all have a  good day. Guys forgive for my selection of working , I I barely got through English.🤣

Roger McDonald

In an attempt to resolve the class size debate, I contacted "A Call to College" to see if anyone there could help.  Here is a copy of the response:  "I am afraid I do not have the best news. I asked in the front office and this has been researched in the past. Unfortunately, they do not have a copy of the records you are looking for at the administration building or the high school. However, when looking at the NHS Alumni book, there are 580 listed graduates for the class of 1968."

I assume that "NHS Alumni book" refers to some record apart from the Reveille.  So that may be as definitive an answer as we get.  Surprising that such records were not maintained.  I guess they all shouted "Good riddance!" (e.g., see John B's last post) in June, 1968.

Karen Layman (Williams)

Hard to believe there is no record of the size of the class of '68. I remember asking my standing in class because my GPA had dropped my senior, year, I was given the class size of 567. That can only add to the confusion. I believe Louella Morgan gave me that information.

David Fredrick Smith

The question of class size maybe hard to pin down. There is the record of those who were in attendance for the Graduation ceremony. The evening's program lists the graduates. The Advocate of June 7th.,1968 has a listing of Graduates. I don't know if these two documents were counted, if they would be the same. I do know, for many, when asked over a cup of coffee or something stronger the answer is, "A Lot".

Bill Orsborn

Larry Wilson

I just received word that John Tolliver has passed away.  May John rest in peace, and may his wife and family find comfort in God's presence.

John Robert Tolliver

( April 03, 1950 - February 21, 2023 )

 John Robert Tolliver, Sr., age 72, of Newark, passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2023, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Columbus Ohio. He was born on April 3, 1950, in Newark to the late John J. and Helen E. (Palmer) Tolliver. 

     After graduating from Newark High School in 1968, John served as a U.S. Marine in Vietnam. When he returned home, he gained employment in Engineering Services at Licking Memorial Hospital, from which he retired on May 4, 2015, after serving for 45 years as a licensed First Class Engineer. John attended Second Baptist Church and was a member of several organizations, including the Newark Moose Lodge 499, the Newark Veterans, and the National Hot Rod Association. John was a movie buff, and enjoyed shooting guns and riding his Harley, but his favorite pastime was his love of cars. He spent many weekends at National Trail Raceway where he was always available to help his race track family friends, and where he earned the nickname “Dr. Dodge.”  John’s greatest love was his family, friends and two Pomeranians, Katie and Pixie.

     He is survived by his loving wife of 41 years, Christinea L. Tolliver; children, Joshua (Jennifer) Turner, Courtney (Kenny) Wilson, Jason (Cassondra) Turner, and John Robert Tolliver, Jr., all of Newark; grandchildren, Kayla Gray, Dalton Turner, William Hammond, Kimberly Hammond, Liliana Turner, Diana Turner, Madeline Turner, Elijah Turner, John Tolliver III, Jackson Tolliver, Emmalyn Tolliver, Ember Tolliver, Zachary Turner, Elizabeth Turner, Samuel Turner, Taylor Roberts, Tyler Roberts, Brayanna Wilson, and Austin Wilson; numerous great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, as well as his mother- and father-in-law, B.J. (Wilma) Richards, and brothers- and sisters-in-law Michael (Debi) Richards, Scott (Barbara) Richards, and David (Robin) Evans, all of whom loved John very much. 

     In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Marilyn K. Waits, and an infant sister. 

     Visitation will be held from 12 - 2PM and 4 - 6PM Sunday, February 26, 2023, followed by a 6PM funeral service, with military honors presented by the Licking County Veterans Alliance, at Brucker and Kishler Funeral Home, 985 N. 21st. St, Newark, Ohio 43055, Pastor Steve Dunn officiating. 

     To sign an online guest book, please visit www.brucker-kishlerfuneralhome.com.

John Hughes

My condolences to John's large family and to his expansive friend base. He will be missed by his classmates, but knowing he experienced a well-lived life, we take some solace. Play on, brother John.

Larry Wilson

We attended a birthday party for a parishioner friend of ours today, Sally Stevenson.  Her sister just happens to be Beth Ann Wilson Hershey.  It was good to get together with an old friend from high school that I haven't seen in years.  Beth and I sat next to each other in homeroom for six years.

Gale Cady (Williams)

That is wonderful! So happy you two met up after all these years! Say hello to Beth Ann - she was one of my favorite people in high school. 

Larry Wilson

Dave Roach is a published author!!  He has written a science fiction novel, "One Sad Universe".  You can buy it on Amazon.

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Gale Cady (Williams)

Awesome!

David Fredrick Smith

Very nice! Great accomplishment,

Larry Wilson

Found this picture on Facebook.  Mighty look like our 60th Class Reunion.

Diana Holmes (Brown)

Hello to all fellow classmates. It's that time again (maybe getting started a little late) to plan our 55th class reunion.  Kathy (Applegate) Danner, Donetta (Phillips) Kirk, Linda (Miller) Brucker & myself met up yesterday to get things started.  We will be meeting again on Thursday, May 18, at the Elements in the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Newark.  Anyone interested in participating on the committee will be very much appreciated.  Bring ideas for where we could have the reunion & any thoughts or suggestions you may have. A lot of places are already booked up into the end of the year. Also, if you know of anyone who has not joined our website or follow our Facebook page, ask or remind them to do so. We will try to keep everything updated.   

Diana Holmes (Brown)

There is a change of location for our next reunion meeting.  It will be at the Red Oak Pub off of N 21st St at 4PM on Thursday, May 18.  Hope to see you there.

Janice Orr (Green)

What is this meeting for and who is eligible to come 

Janice (Green) Lewis 

Janice Orr (Green)

What is this meeting for and who is eligible to come 

Janice (Green) Lewis 

Diana Holmes (Brown)

Janice, this is to plan our 55th class reunion. Any classmate who wants to participate in planning the reunion is welcome to come. 

Diana Holmes (Brown)

The reunion committee met tonight.  We decided that ithe reunion will be held on September 16 at the FOP @ 255 S. 6th St. in Newark. As of now, we are not planning a Friday night event or a sit-down dinner Saturday evening.  We are only planning a more informal event for one night. I'm sure there will be something more extensive for our 60th. 
 

Our next planning meeting will be Thursday, June 1 5PM at the FOP. Join us if you can. We still need to come up with catering options, decorations, etc. 
 

Diana Holmes (Brown)

One more reunion meeting down.  We are still working on the specifics for the food situation.  We are trying to keep it as inexpenskve as possible, bur provide something that everyone will enjoy.  

The subject was brought up about what our class could do for our school or community.  For the last renion, we accepted donations from our classmates, which was given to Call For College.  It was suggested that maybe we donate to NHS this time, but we would like to have suggestions as to what that could be.  Any ideas you have would be appreciated.

We are meeting again on Wednesday, June 14 at 5PM at the FOP Lodge, 255 S. 6th St. in Newark.  If you are. still in town, living nearby, or just coming to Newark for some reason, please consider joining us for any input you may have.  Hoping to see some more of our classmates there.

Nancy Baughman (Fetter)

Thank you for your continued updates, Diana

Diana Holmes (Brown)

Update on our class reunion. We are definitely set for Saturday, September 16 at the FOP Lodge. We are planning a taco bar supplied by Day Y Noche in Granville. They will supply all the fixings for 2 tacos, beans & rice per person. There will be corn & flour tortillas, chicken or ground beef, plus vegetables for the vegetarians. Also, chips, salsa & queso. There will be a variety of cookies for dessert. We will have ice tea & water, plus the FOP will have a bar set up.  SIMPLE & FUN.

Our next meeting is Wednesday, June 28 5PM @ FOP. The plan is to set the price & have everyone start submitting their reservations with their choice of meat or vegetarian tacos. We don't have much time, so we are going to need fairly quick responses so that we can get counts to the caterer. If you can, please come to the meeting as we still need to decide about a class donation to NHS. 

Hope to see a lot of you at the reunion.

Larry Wilson

I just now am starting a Facebook group.  I should have done this before, instead of a Facebook page.  The link to the group is - https://www.facebook.com/groups/1626252371186207.  It is a public site, so you should be able to see it, but to post you will have to ask to be invited to the group.