My arm felt a tug as I was about to leave the room. The Winter Park High School Class of 1961, 40th Reunion was over. What a crowd! What a wonderful time! We certainly had a memorable experience. But we had missed so many names and faces. Where was the rest of the group?

     Sharon Spelzhousen Bozarth was on the other end of the hand tugging at me. Among the kind words and thoughts was her question, "What can we do to contact everyone?" My first thought was the Internet. "But how?", Sharon asked.

     The rest is a blur. Early on I had learned that Anne Laing Ryder was really not dead (as one report from an unofficial publication had made it seem) but very much alive and designing web sites for senior citizens as a hobby while working full-time at the University of Central Florida.

Mary Phillips, Bill Ronay and Anne Laing Classmates

      We have created this website in the hope of locating members of the WPHS class of 1961 - and others. This site is also being used as a forum for classmates to communicate with one another. The website went online July 1, 2001.

     What a great idea it would be to attend the biggest and best class reunion in 2006 to celebrate our 45th year since high school graduation. And if we don't get around to that, well, we are having our own reunion right here on the World Wide Web.

(The 45th class reunion has come and gone - and the 50th class reunion has come and gone...and THIS alumni web site remains online to share and help to connect the old times with the new.)