1961 & 1962

KNIGHT OWL GATHERING

 

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The Knight Owls are a group of guys who have known each other through grammar school, junior high, high school, scouting and church activities.  They described themselves as guys who went out for coffee and dessert after church.  Most of the girls who joined them were from the class of 1962.

On April 21 - 25, 2010, twenty-three classmates from the classes of 1961 and 1962 met at Lake Junaluska, NC for a Knight Owl Reunion.  We arrived and left at different times, but we were together long enough to renew our friendships, catch up on families, reminisce about careers and the joys of retirement (for some). 

The long weekend allowed for lots of time to visit. We all got together for several meals, with a planned dinner on Fri night.  Many of us wandered to the Biltmore Village in Asheville on Friday and met for lunch. There were even some who walked the two miles around Lake Junaluska. On Saturday some went to tour the Biltmore house, while others headed home after breakfast at Shoney's.  

The Knight Owls in 1961

First row: Fred Pollard and Gary Starrett  Second row: Ralph Winter, Kit Christopher, Doug (Butch) Fain, Charles Ruehl, and Lee Wheeler

Knight Owl Reunion 2010

First row: Fred Pollard, Gary Starrett.  Second row: Ralph Winter, Kit Christopher, Butch Fain, Ed Stripling, Charles Ruehl, Charles (Bobby) Yarborough

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Knight Owl Reunion Group Picture

First row: Joann Roark Arneson, Ralph Winter, Gary Starrett, Patti Bedenbaugh Howze, Kay Anderson, Bobby Yarborough.  Second Row: Linda Richards Wiglesworth, Kit Christopher, Barbara Westberry Bynum, Fred Pollard, Virginia Johnson, Charles Ruehl, Butch Fain, Sandy Patstone Stripling, Ed Stripling.