Get your class T-shirt for the parade on Friday! Forest green, light-weight material, with "LHS No 1 in 81."
Cost $15. Sherry Johnson Smith will be ordering these.
Please text her at 812-890-3482 with your name and shirt size (S-3X). She will need your order before September 1 to get them in time.
Please Venmo her or bring a check to the parade.
Loss of Brian Davis
Brian Davis of Vincennes passed away April 24, 2021. He is survived by
two sons and two daughters.
Obit
Loss of Chad Cardinal
Chad Cardinal of South Charleston, WV, passed away August 26, 2020. He is survived by his son.
Obit
Loss of Ellen Roman
Ellen Roman Abel of Vincennes passed away August 21, 2020. She is survived by her husband and son.
Obit
Loss of Lanette Onken
Lanette Onken of Oaktown passed away July 25, 2020. She was survived by her six children.
Obit
Loss of Finis Stanley
Finis Stanley passed away October 7, 2019.
Obit not available.
Loss of Nancy Pruitt
Nancy Pruitt Downing passed away January 27, 2020.
Obit
Lunch at Procopio's - The weekend events started with beer, pizza and pasta by many of us prior to the parade. Procopio's is
conveniently located on 2nd street close to the beginning of the
parade route. Those on the long lunch plan just staggered across the street to the parade start.
Homecoming Parade - Scott and Sherry Organ again provided the
decorated truck and trailer for the class to ride on.
Immediately following the parade, the socializing continued at the Riverfront Pavilion.
Homecoming Football Game - Inman Field
Once again, our reunion year has brought bad luck to the Lincoln Alices football. Lincoln lost the game to North Knox.
Class of 1981 - Riverfront Pavilion.
Everyone had a great
time visiting classmates and those from other classes.
Notable classmates returning for the first time;
Cindy Kopp Schleichler,
Chris Van Meter who left town after our Freshman year,
JC Campbell who spend the last 20 years in the military.
Saturday -
35th Reunion Highland Woods Park
Special thanks to Brian Bouillet and his wife Kimberly for organizing all activities for the weekend. It wouldn't have happened without them.
Thanks to Pat Dixon for bringing the huge
jukebox.
Once again, all beer and wine and other things
were stored in the communal cooler canoe.
I went back to Vincennes but my City was gone there was no Executive Inn
there was no downtown Lincoln High School
was razed all my favorite places
my city had been pulled down reduced to parking spaces
Well, I went back to Vincennes but Gimbels had disappeared
I stood at Main Street to an unknown landscape
I was stunned and amazed my childhood memories slowly swirled past like the wind through the trees
I went back to Vincennes but Columbia Drugs was gone
I stood at the cross roads of an unknown town
our time of Vincennes had been gutted from within empty lots and houses filled the blocks from Lyndale through Shelby
A, O, way to go....
Loss of Shannon Catiller
Shannon Catiller died July 20, 2012, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes.
He had served in the Navy and worked as an independent contractor in Vincennes. Shannon had three children and two grandchildren.
HOMECOMING 2011 - 30th Reunion
30th Reunion - Group Photo
30th Reunion - Blues Brothers' performance.
If you were fortunate enough to have attended this year's 30th reunion,
please provide us with any stories, photos, video, etc. How? See below.
Due to some very unfortunate events, no one from the
www.no1in81.com staff made it to
Vincennes for the event. Our vehicle was run off the road and
incapacitated at the state line by a non-descript black sedan.
Early reports of the reunion suggest it was a great success and are as follows*: Friday -
Lunch at Guppies - Despite the last minute decision to get the
weekend started with lunch and drink, the class of 1981 had a great
turnout.
Homecoming Parade - Scott and Sherry Organ provided the
decorated truck and trailer for the class to ride on. The
parade officials held us in line until we where the final float of
the parade before the Homecoming court. There seems to be some
differing opinions on whether this is a place of honor or whether
they were hoping the spectators might get bored and leave before they
had to see us drive by.
Not long after our 25th reunion in 2006, the Friday evening
gathering is held at the Riverfront Pavilion. Though the
Executive Inn still stands, the State of Indiana apparently thinks
it best if no one enters. (Refer to information of our 25th for
more details.). This does have its advantages as the drinking
that began at Guppies, continued throughout the parade, went unbroken
straight into the Pavilion.
Distinguished Alumni Awards - Riverfront Pavilion.
It seems the community isn't as impressed with the Lincoln Alumni of
the last 35 or 40 years as we might have hoped. So, they had
to revert to graduates from the 1940s and 50s. We would like
to list those honored, but no one from our class can yet provide
their names (see above reference to continuous drinking).
Homecoming Football Game - Inman Field
No complete rainout this year. Since Dave
Hill is no longer the Lincoln Athletic Director and therefore had no conflict,
he didn't have do a rain dance again.
Unfortunately, from what we heard of the final score, Lincoln fans
wished it had been another rainout. Lincoln lost 42-17.
Class of 1981 - Riverfront Pavilion. Had this been at the
Executive Inn it would be referred to as our Hospitality Room.
Not knowing what else to call it, we'll just have to refer to it as
our "200 square feet of concrete".
Everyone had a great
time visiting classmates and those from other classes strolling
through. After being at the Pavilion for many hours, most
were secretly wishing they could take a seat or had worn more
comfortable shoes - see above mentioned concrete.
Saturday -
"Old" Lincoln High School open house tour.
Oops! No, sorry. After
what happened five years ago when Scott Blackburn
let us all run wild through the old school setting off
the security alarms, we apparently are no longer
allowed in the buildings.
Lunch at Guppies -
It worked so well on Friday before the parade,
many thought it worth of a repeat. We're not
sure whether it was the repeat of the food selection
or the idea of continuous drinking that begins
there.
30th Reunion Highland Woods Park
Group Photos 7:00 PM - Our skills of arriving on
time has worsened since the 25th when many
classmates arrived just after the group photo.
This year, classmates continued to arrive well after
dinner, or perhaps it was after their evening nap.
Once again, all beer and wine and other things
were stored in the communal cooler canoe.
Thanks again to Rick Snider for grilling the
main course. Rick provided grilled turkey
tenders this year.
The film was immediately followed by the return
of The Blues Brothers live
performance. Jake and Elwood's performance,
that lasted approximately 18 minutes, was the
highlight of the night. We'll post a video of
the live performance as soon as someone provides us
with one. Half Vast Films is
reportedly working on a film of this live
performance. These will be posted here as soon
any become available.
A bonfire remained the focal point for the
remainer of the evening. Based on the reported
cool temperatures, it was probably needed.
Thanks to Brian Risley for providing the firewood.
It kept the most diehard party goers warm until
their departure at ~2:30AM.
The reported return of Ernie S.
was somewhat of a let down. Apparently, he has had
a falling out with the Blues Brothers and is now
tracking them for the return of his belongings.
Ernie's post on
his
FaceBook page 2 days after missing the reunion:
"Arrived Highland Woods, Vincennes, Indiana, 4:37 a.m. Sunday, October 2. Evidence of bonfire, food,
beverages, and celebration. Coals still warm. (Second degree burns on tongue from checking.)
No sign of Jake, Elwood, my car, microphones, instruments. Trail grows cold."
[* Topic and format of this
summary mirrors same from our 25th reunion, mostly due to having so little
to say otherwise]
30th REUNION UPDATE: Special
appearance by The Blues Brothers. Don't miss the
return of Jake and Elwood at this year's reunion.
Half Vast Films
will reportedly be filming the reunion of The Blues Brothers for their
upcoming film "The Blues Brothers: Thirty Year Blues."
Half Vast Films have been "entertaining dozens of people for more than a fiftieth of a century!"
Visit Half Vast Films at their site or on
FaceBook.
No1in81 Forum
is still open! All old topics are reopened and new topics have been created for the 30th reunion.
We don't need Zuckerberg's little project to stay in touch.
Pep rally 1981. Messin' with the Kids
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HOMECOMING 2006 - 25th Reunion
Photos from the 25th reunion have been posted
here.
Please use the Forum to say what you want. Don't just be a voyeur
-participate!
A very brief summary of the weekend is below.
WHEN:
Friday and Saturday, September 22-23, 2006.
Events of the weekend: Friday -
Homecoming Parade - The rain stopped just in time for
the parade. Bob Richardville brought just enough truck and
wagon space for us all to fit.
Jerry Johnson, brother of our Sherry Johnson Smith
Homecoming Football Game - Inman Field
The rain and lightning returned to postpone the game until Saturday
Rain throughout the day Saturday cancelled the game completely.
[In truth, Dave Hill just didn't want to miss the
Reunion]
Class of 1981 Hospitality Room - Executive Inn: Room
404
Contrary to many predictions that the Executive would collapse under the weight of another
Reunion, it remained standing. There were
no reported deaths by falling balconies or debris. Deaths related
to mold inhalation are yet to be determined.
Saturday -
"Old" Lincoln High School open house tour for Class of 1981,
1PM- 2PM.
Scott Blackburn lead the tour of a
good number of classmates throughout the old
building.
Touring the old building through the tunnel into
the old Clark and the Coliseum set off a good number
of silent security alarms causing a maintenance man
to rush to the scene to reset the alarms before the
SWAT team arrived.
25th Reunion Highland Woods Park
Group Photos 6:45 PM - 25 years after
graduation, we have learned at a good many of us
can't tell time considering people continued to
arrive long after this photo was taken.
BYOB/W?, There was ample amounts of beer
and wine in the cooler canoe. Scott
Organ was awarded for having the best tasting
"water" of the night.
Thanks to Rick Snider for some tremendous
tasting BBQ.
Sorry Rick if you were offended considering Jim
Rinehart seemed to prefer eating the crickets and
the moth to your BBQ.
Thanks to John Lackey for providing the backup
sound system (after the rental CD player died on us)
despite most of us having no idea what music he was
playing.
As a side note, we have received a special thanks
from the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company for our classmates'
enthusiastic support of their smoking products.
If you are in contact with other LHS class of 1981
alumni, please inform them of this website. But most importantly please provide us with
your current ‘contact information’ by
registering your profile on our secure
database so that we can keep you updated about future class activities and news.
The
1995/96 basketball season marked the
Silver Anniversary of the 1981 State Championship.
The official celebration of the 25th Anniversary was
January 27th, 2006, during a Lincoln home game against
Evansville Harrison. Harrison is coached by Will
Wyman, son of Coach Wyman.
The championship team was also honored at a March
2006 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Banquet in
Indianapolis. Courtney Witte and Doug Crook where
selected to the Silver Anniversary Team.
