I'm sorry I won't be able to attend our 60th class reunion due to a long -planned previous commitment. Sixty years? It seems almost like yesterday that I was prancing around as an Indian in"Annie Get Your Gun.", or hoping each school day that Ms. MacNamara had called in sick. Time flies! I will be thinking of you all and wishing you a wonderful time. Make new memories. Bob Peters rproyce@hotmail.com

(for 50th Reunion) After graduation I attended college in Kansas graduating five years later with degrees in psychology and theatre. Next was graduate school at Indiana University receiving my Masters. The following summer I apprenticed at the Falmouth Playhouse earning my Actors' Equity card (requiring a name change - aka Robert Royce) - then on to NYC for the next seven years trying to get that big break. That never happened - although a few opportunities turned up from time to time. Finally, tired of subsistence jobs, and also falling in love, my partner and I moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, where I worked for a number of years in social services management. We later moved to Cape Cod to futher my partner's career,while I found new work here also in social work.
My partner died suddenly/unexpectedly almost ten years ago after 32 incredibly wonderful years together, and since then I've been working in (not living in - not yet anyway!) an assisted living facility. Although the loss of my partner stays with me deeply every day, I'm fortunate to still be working - in good health (knock on wood) - and enjoying bicycling or walking each day in a beautiful environment.
I looked through the "Pine Tree" recently for the first time in many years, as well as this website, and remembered so many names and faces - which brought back memories both happy and sad. Because I will not be attending the reunion, I will be left only with the memories of many of you as you were then - when life was a little simpler and we all had dreams - some came true - some didn't - but to those of you reading this, we've at least survived!
Best wishes to you all and have a wonderful reunion.
Bob Peters (rproyce@hotmail.com)