This editor/writer has said in past issues and says once again, the South Side Class of 1982 contributes more than their fair share to the life of Fort Wayne. We have celebrated their January ‘Party with a Purpose’ twice, but this year they also make news with their 35th reunion, the 60th class to graduate from South. One member has contributed in his own best way through music. Pete Bombard posts a top song from ’78 thru ‘82 each Throw Back Thursday. Pete credits the ’82 class officers Patty Ashman and Janet Higgins Howard for “holding us together.” The ethnic and financial differences within the class created a melting pot and those differences “made South Side special for me,” he said. The time period and their upbringing made their particular class even more special. Pete remembers the principal of Fairfield Middle School calling their class “very special.” These elements made the combination of Fairfield and Geyer Middle Schools a smooth transition into South Side, he feels. As Pete shows as he posts ’82 songs, music often knits seemingly disparate groups together. Teachers Earl Jackson and Dave Streeter played a big role in that process at South Side. Archer Arrows has… Read More
Chris Zigler Franks, SS ’72 has retired. Chris came to South Side after 18 years at Lincoln National Life Insurance. She had held the Guidance Office chair since April 6, 1990 through twenty-eight generations of graduating Archers and four principals. She served Jack Weicker, Jennifer Manth SS ‘62, Tom Smith, Carlton Mable SS ‘88, and “a lot of good people,” she told Archer Arrows. In 2015, she was inducted into South Side’s Quarter Century Club. Chris quietly celebrated her induction and her years at South. Thank you, Chris, you are missed.
Pictured from right to left….GENE BEGHTEL ,1957; CAROL BEGHTEL SIMS, 1960; KEITH BEGHTEL,1966; JANET BEGHTEL BRESLER, 1966; JACI BEGHTEL DiGregory,1971 Gene from [email protected] writes us, “First time we have all got together for 40 some years . The Sims and GENE B. both have homes in Homosassa,Fl. the gathering point…” BullsEyes celebrates with the Beghtels! Thanks for updating your fellow Archers.