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Colonial Heights High School
Class of 1971

Colonial Heights, VA

(Updated 29 August 2008)

Class "Get-Together" on Saturday, October 4, 2008, at 4:00 PM in Midlothian!!
We'll eat, socialize, and listen to some tunes from the past.
We had a really great time in July, so please make an effort to be there!
(We'll talk about you if you don't come...we did last time.)
As of August 29, we've got nearly 40 people who have RSVP'd for this event!!
E-mail us for details on the location and arrangements.

We have been tremendously successful in locating "lost" classmates over the last few months.
Every class member we've "found" has been pleased to hear from us and very interested in the website and our class activities. We extend our deepest appreciation to those who have spent so much time to get us in touch with each other again. Please keep it up in the CHHS spirit!

WOW!! Our class "Get-Together" on Saturday, July 12, was a huge success!!
Dozens of classmates and their spouses enjoyed a huge spread of food,
a lot of friendship, music from days past, and ample reminiscence. We're compiling
photos of the event from many sources and the first few can be found here.

Many, many thanks to the generosity and efforts of Rose and Bert Browning,
who allowed us to invade their beautiful lakeside home, and to Jenny King Fisher
for her hard work in organizing such a successful event!

Here are some photos from our get-together on July 12, 2008. How many classmates do you recognize? We're still collecting photos from those who attended, so check back frequently to see what we've added. In this photo, left to right, are Patsy Johnson (Arnett), Cindy Jones (Thornsvard), Harry Thornsvard, and Barbara Good (Hearn).

Here is the list of the 1971 Graduating Class members. Class members for whom we have e-mail addresses or contact information are noted and you can send an e-mail to those classmates using the form provided. (We do NOT post e-mail addresses on this site.) Please help us out...if you have contact information for "missing" classmates, let us know and we will add it to our contact list.

Here are recent photos submitted by class members. You'll be fascinated by what they've been doing! Most of the pictures include notes about their families, their leisure activities, their careers, and even their pets. And, as always, we are putting more pictures up as time permits. Remember, we're depending on YOU to send us your photos and notes to add to this site!

Here is the 1971 Commencement Program, including the list of graduating seniors and a list of students receiving awards and scholarships. The image files are large, so be patient when downloading them if you have a slow connection. If the program is not legible in your browser window, expand the image or right-click on the image and download it to your local computer.

Here are some scanned pages from 1969 and 1970 programs for the Colonial Heights High School football team. These include pictures of the coaches, cheerleaders, and Minutemaids.

Yes, I had a hard time finding a good digital version of the CH varsity letters, so I drew them myself. Here is a high-resolution JPEG image of the letters at the top of this page. And if your memory is fading, here is what the originals look like on a letter sweater. (Let me know if you want a GIF version of this logo with a transparent background.)

Here are scanned pages of three issues of The Colonial Crier from 1971. The issues, music, and gossip are both fascinating and amusing. How did we ever grow out of that period of our lives? Many thanks to those who contributed to the Crier (you know who you are.) If anyone knows the exact dates of the two issues with unknown dates, please let me know. (I've tried to make these legible on a browser, but you may have to right-click and download the high-resolution target images.)

Here are some old photos. Sorry, like most of us, I tend to save the photos in which I appear, but you'll also see Mike, Claude, David, Ian, Harry, Wilson, Fred, and others. At left, it's (L to R) Ian Wright, Tim McIntyre, David Kennedy (typically making an inappropriate gesture with his right hand), Kile Unterzuber, Mike Hingerty, and Claude Anderson. Hey! Send me some old photos so I can add to these, OK?

No Sony Walkmans...no CDs...no MP3 players...no cassette players in cars...heck, most car radios wouldn't even pick up FM stations. If you listened to music on the way to school, it was often WLEE 1480-AM in Richmond. Many of us were into music that never showed up on AM radio. (Seems like I recall Claude liking The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.) To refresh your memory, here is a list (PDF format) of the Top 100 Songs of 1967-1971, as determined by sales and airplay. Some of this is still great music...even if you have to lump in "Chick-A-Boom" (Daddy Dewdrop) with the good stuff.

Would you like to contribute to this page? If you still have photos from the Junior Ring Dance or the Senior Prom, please consider scanning them and sending them to me by e-mail. High-resolution scans are preferred. Don't worry if there's a crease, scratch, or water-spot...I can usually take them out or minimize the effect. Here's an example of a Ring Dance photo.

This site is NOT affiliated with the State of Virginia, the City of
Colonial Heights, or the Colonial Heights Public School System.
This is a private, non-commercial website intended for CHHS alumni/alumnae.
Don't bother contacting me about advertising on this site. I don't want to hear it.