I graduated from high school in 1969, 50 years ago. That summer, because I had some classroom experience operating 16mm film projectors, I was invited to the Class of 39’s 30-year reunion at a local restaurant, to show home movies of my hometown filmed in 1939. I remember how ancient those scenes looked with the vintage pre-WWII automobiles, etc. Now here it is 50 years later and it seems, in some ways, like I just graduated a few years ago. But, in truth, a half century has passed since we walked the hallowed halls of our high school. It was time for a trip back in time, to our 50-year high school reunion.

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