Join fellow Lions at West Virginia Day Picnic

Well, it looks like we might have a Monongah High Alumni Reunion in The Villages, Florida on March 1, 2015, when the annual West Virginia Day Picnic happens.

Pat Meredith Wills, Class of 1950, who lives on Crescent Beach just south of St. Augustine Beach, Florida with husband Don Wills, a Fairmont West graduate and former athlete, plans to be there.

So do John Matkovich Class of 1948, who once lived on Swisher Hill but now resides in Palm Harbor, Florida with wife Dolores Sweede Matkovich, Class of 1953. Palm Harbor is near St. Petersburg.

Joyce Cowart Davis Peck, Class of 1966, also lives in Palm Harbor. Maybe she’s neighbors to the Matkoviches.

Bob Cottrill, Class of 1951, who lives in Melbourne, Florida, said he may pop over to The Villages, for West Virginia Day or just to visit Paula and me.

Leo Kubiet, Class of 1942, lives in Largo, which is near St. Petersburg.

Joe Martin, Class of 1959, lives nearby on Treasure Island, Florida, with wife Arlene Kitchen, a Nova Scotia native, so maybe they’ll make it up for West Virginia Day in The Villages, too.

We saw Joe and Arlene in the Sarasota, Florida home of Bill Meredith, Class of 1957, and wife Roleta at the 3^rd annual Monongah High Reunion/Sarasota Feb. 5, 2015.

Even if you can’t make it for West Virginia Day in the Villages, Paula and I will be renting in The Villages for three months (January-March, 2015). If you’re near The Villages call John at (330) 388-4466 and we’ll arrange a Monongah High mini-reunion of former Lions. 

West Virginia Day Picnic admission will be limited to the first 500 tickets purchased. The Villages is northwest of Orlando and northeast of Tampa and 30 to 40 minutes from each city.

Send your check for $18 per person to Karen Rodriguez, a 1960 Fairmont East grad married to a Fairmont West grad. Make the check out to: West Virginia Day Picnic.

Mail it to:

Karen Rodriquez

2755 Privada Drive

The Villages, FL 32162

On a separate piece of paper, put your name, the West Virginia town and county that you came from (they will seat people by counties so the Marion County people will be seated together), your email address, your phone number.

The doors will open at 11 a.m., the catered meal will begin at 12:30 p.m.

See you there!