Class Of - Shawn Snider

8 Class of ‘58
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Marjorie (Brenneman) Roach
Doris (Brubaker) Heatwole
What I learned at EMHS:
• How to wash windows…lots and lots of windows.
• How to dig weeds on the front lawn.
• How to keep my elbows covered…so not to excite the guys!
• How to play soccer and basketball with a skirt and covering…talk about exciting the guys!
• How to wear fake stockings to breakfast on Saturday mornings…using an eyebrow pencil.
• How to try sneaking in the dorm after hours, and getting caught.
• How to finagle $5.00 out of my brother to get the required “bonnet” to wear to DC for the senior trip.
• How to make lots of great friends.
• How to be forever grateful for a first class education!!
What I learned after graduating EMHS:
• That “life” is a lot more difficult than going to school.
• That after spending 3 years in India at Woodstock School, India really is the land of sixty six distinct
stinks.
• That sometimes love doesn’t last.
• That moving to Denver, CO wasn’t just a physical move.
• That “cupid” can strike again when you least expect it.
• That being in the fish bowl of a major university athletic dept. is character building.
• That having 3 sons grow up to be fabulous, responsible adults…priceless!!
• That being a Christian Democrat is an oxymoron to the Religious Right!
• That being a grandma is the greatest.
• That having gray hair doesn’t mean I can’t still play golf.
• That “wintering” in Arizona adds “gold” to the golden age.
• That all of you are precious to my heart.
—Marjorie Ann Brenneman Roach
Dear EMHS Classmates of 1958:
Isn’t it great we do not get old by ourselves, but we have friends who walk a similar path with us?
When we were in our teens, fifty years seemed like a very long time, but now it is fifty years since we
graduated from high school. WHERE DID THE TIME GO?
For me, it was marriage in September 1958.
Soon it was living at the Lincoln Homestead Dairy Farm for six years. While there, my husband,
Charles, and I had four children—three daughters and a son.
Next, was the purchase of a farm east of Harrisonburg, which my husband’s parents had owned. We
lived there for thirty-eight years and then moved in March 2003 to a retirement house at Bridgewater,
Virginia.
During these years, our son was killed operating a skid loader, and then another little daughter joined
our family. All four daughters are married and we are blessed with fourteen grandchildren. The oldest
grandchild also joined the married ranks and as of February 27, 2008, we became great-grandparents to a
very precious little great-grandson.
The Lord has richly blessed us as we committed our lives to Him. Since 1963, my husband has been
involved in the ministry. This has given direction to most of our energies along with pastoring in the
City of Harrisonburg, Rockingham and Highland Counties. While my husband has retired twice from
pastoring, we are currently in a short-term assignment at a small church west of Dayton, Virginia. Along
with pastoring, we have been involved with work in Haiti, Puerto Rico, Los Angeles, and Washington,
D.C. Particularly in Los Angeles, the ministry was directed more to people on the street, including
skid row, and the homeless. We have also volunteered for some disaster recovery work with Christian
Aid Ministries. These involvements with the church and other ministries have been very rewarding,
challenging, and stretching! We are truly blessed with the spiritual heritage that is ours, and the material
blessings and opportunities that have come our way.
My husband and I are still enjoying good health. We currently are focused on celebrating our fifty
years of married life! And so in recognition of this very important and enjoyable event in our lives, we’re
now packing for an Alaska cruise and land tour.
As we observe world events, natural disasters, etc., we are impressed with the fact that our world is a
very troubled one, and conclude that we are probably living in the last of the last days. May these things
remind us to look up knowing that our REDEMPTION DRAWETH NIGH. The greatest reunion of all