Since our last publication of this page, we have received notice of the following:

The death of Rose Tinnin ('95);
The death of Debbie Henrich ('72);
The death of Bobby Gammon ('62);
The death of Leslie E. Eason ('51);
the death of Steve Turner ('65);
the death of Tim Eaton, associated with the class of '66;
the death of Jeff Weintraub's ('67) sister Nina;
the death of Cameron Frechette's ('69) son, Jared;
the death of Erin McDaniel Boyd, mother of Charles McDaniel ('60) and Larry McDaniel. ('69)

The year 2000 runion season kicks off early this year with the Class of 1960 gathering April 14 and 15, 2000. Two other big reunions are known to be well into the final preparation stages. The Class of 1970 has a real treat planned for its members June 23 and 24. The Class of 1975 wraps up the alumni season with festivities on August 5th and 6th.

When we began this full page edition in July, 1999, we had hopes of publishing it monthly. We have failed to do so. The page has not been updated since August until this issue.

The primary cause of the underachievement is the lack of time on the part of the editor to produce this page monthly. There is no lack of story ideas. However, researching the stories and producing the page, while a rewarding experience, does take time. Although this issue finally broke the long delays in publication, it does not contain the stories we had planned because of the time required to produce them.

Invitations for seasoned alumni with high interest in alumni affairs, and East itself, to assist as editors of The Mustang Roundup Alumni Edition were unsuccessful in getting continuing help.

At this point the editor cannot determine what the likely schedule for publication of this page may be. Monthly consideration is still a possibility, though quarterly might be a more realistic expectation. For now, publication will be on an ad-hoc schedule. The editor regrets that lack of specificity.

One of the highest profile alumni of East High School, Kirk Fordice ('52), has completed his two terms as governor of Mississippi and returned to private life in January. Two terms is the maximum time allowed as the state's chief executive officer.

Fordice's terms were not without considerable controversy, both in public policy and personal issues. While the policy debates may be behind him, he announced one more major personal task to complete: marriage to East alumnus Ann Garber Creson ('52). According to Fordice, the marriage was scheduled for February 26 in the Virgin Islands at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on St. Thomas.

If you live outside of Memphis and haven't visited The East High Alumni Page's In the News section, you may have missed East's athletic accomplishment this school year. The high school football team won the state class 4A championship. It was the most successful football season in East's history. The record was 13 wins and 2 losses.

The previous best successes of the East football team are unknown to this publication. However, we have information that some of the early achievements included the first winning season in autumn of 1957, and in the fall of 1961 the to-then highest level of achievement, playing in the "Blind Game," a game for the city's third and fourth place teams.