Every man born between 1947 and 1954 has a draft story. Our cohort was impacted by this element of the Vietnam War because all males were required to register before their 18th birthdays with the military’s Selective Service System, aka the Draft. Men’s numbers were assigned by a random lottery which was matched to birthdays, […]
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When asked about getting in trouble in high school, Kelley Burford immediately said he got in “major trouble” the spring of our sophomore year, 1970. A point of reference: the Burford family was a ranching family and all the children grew up working with the animals. “At the Junior/Senior prom I was one of the
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December, 2022 Although our 50th reunion was now weeks ago, I am still buzzing from how much fun it was to be together with those who came for the two gatherings. We hugged and laughed and the years seemed to fall away. Many conversations included the phrase, “do you remember when…” as we spent time
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Welcome to GJHS Tigers 72 and thank you for checking out this website! This is such a special time for you, for me, and for everyone who spent some – maybe all – of their growing up years in Grand Junction, Colorado between 1954 and 1972. The point of this site is to share memories
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(Cherry, an accomplished writer, wrote this fun essay remembering her growing up years in GJ. Part 1 can be found in the Early Years group. Part 2 mentions 9th grade when we were in junior high, but goes on from there to recall high school.) Proper attire In 9th grade, I quit wearing my long
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Kelley Burford spent every summer, including 1969, working on the family sheep ranch. “The one that sticks out in my mind was landing on the moon. We were up at the ranch and had no TV.” Kelley remembers driving to the neighbors property, where the was TV, two miles down the road. “It was a
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Ed. note: this story refers to long-time and legendary band director Marion Jacobs, whom everyone called “Jake.” Jack, you were such a good kid. Did you ever get in trouble? “I really tried to stay out of trouble. The only thing that I remember doing … When we were orchestra aides, Curt (Edfast) and Joe
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I will not go so far as to say I have great memories of my childhood and growing up; but I do have a good memory. In fact, I may remember people who have long forgotten me. I often remember miniscule events that shaped my education and ultimately my grown-up life. My mother and father
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When asked to remember her life in Grand Junction after moving here in seventh grade Shauna Burke (Jackson) spoke easily and a little wistfully about coming to a new town at age 12. Her family lived on North First Street on a property that had a pasture in the front where they kept Shauna’s horse. “Probably my
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“We sort of came of age during the Vietnam War. My two main memories of that are, one, the body counts on TV every week – how many American soldiers and how many VietCong were killed every week. Every week there were, like, 200 Americans and 2,000 Vietnamese. I remember thinking, ‘oh, we must be
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