Jim Webb, Editor

     Welcome to the Landon High School Class of 1956 web site.  This web site is owned and maintained by Jim Webb for the enjoyment of all classmates from Landon High School.  If you have any information or message that you would like to see on this web site, e-mail me your request or phone me at (904) 743-2511.

     Several people have suggested that I list class members contact information on this site.  My thoughts are that everyone may not want their personal information available to the public.  If you want to contact a class member, contact me first, and I will supply that contact information.

     I don't make the news, I just report it.  I would like to report more than death notices, so please send me any news of interest for our classmates such as marriages, retirements and old or new pictures.  I can easily scan pictures and return them to you.

"Growing Old is Mandatory; Growing Up is Optional."

"Bubba" Jim is 71, going on 17.

   What's New for this Edition

     I am hoping for some contributions to "Photo Album."  This is a great place for sharing old pictures that might have an interest for our Class of 1956.  If you have a picture you would like to add, please contact me.  I would like to see some photos of the guys or girls and the cars they drove during their Landon Years, also what about some Elementary School or Prom Pictures.

     Home Page:  New music and some graphic changes.

     Memory Lane:  No Changes

     Landonia:  No Changes

    Classmates:  No Changes

     Photo Album:  Some picture information has been added.

     Guestbook:  If you have any comments about this web site, you may record them in the Guestbook or you can e-mail or phone  me directly.

The Best Format for Viewing This Web Site

     Once the opening page appears, put your mouse's pointer on the middle box of the three that appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen and left click on the center box, the one with an icon of a small square.  This will expand your screen's viewing area to its maximum size and allow best spacing for text and pictures.

     If you see something that needs to be removed or changed, please contact Jim Webb at Jim@Landon56.com

HELP!!!

      Since I have been editor for this Web Site, I have received many questions about Landonians from other classes.  Sometimes these request ask for a Landon Photo with the information.  Unfortunately, I only have a 1956, 1957 and 1958 Landonian for reference.  If someone would like to donate an annual from 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959 or 1960, I could do a better job of helping.  So, if you have one of these annuals and would like to donate it, just give me a call at (904) 743-2511.

     Thanks to donations from Herb Eastman '58 and Bob Watkins '58, I now have a 1957 and 1958 Landonian in my Library.

2009 Christmas Party

(L to R)  Jimmy Couch, Kay King Conoly, Larry Heinke, Bill Thompson, Vann Burney, Mary Fullerton Clark, Tony Fekany, Shirley Brewer Yost, Buddy Rae Turner, Jim Webb and Jack Joachimi.  Jay Newbern and Mary Kay Daniel Hurd attended, but missed picture.  (photo/Judy Fekany)

Joan Glickstein

Joan Glickstein Freidlin enjoying time with her Grand Nephew Max Weiss on a recent visit to Hollywood, Florida.

"It only seems like yesterday, but its been 50 Years."

1960 in Jacksonville, Fla.

2010 in Maggie Valley, NC

     I was at a Corvette Show in Maggie Valley, NC on Memorial Day, and there was a couple from Greenville, SC driving the exact Model Corvette that I owned 50 years earlier.  They were kind enough to take this picture of me sitting in their car.  It was almost eerie to realize I have aged so much, but thank God, I'm still a teenager at heart!

Jim Webb

Five Points Theater

     I don't remember seeing this movie, but something big was going on for the live band to be there.  The two best things about the Five Points Theater was its small balcony for romancing with your date and the Five Points Lounge directly across the street.

     If you haven't been to this area in awhile, it has attracted a lot of young people.  Tattoos and body-piercings are common.  A few outside dinning restaurants dot the landscape.

It's 50th Reunion Time for the Landon Class of 1960

This is one of life's most memorable milestones, make your plans now to attend.

Click on the hyperlink below for Class and Reunion Information

http://sites.google.com/site/landonhighclassof1960/Home

If you have any information on our missing Lions, please contact Bonnie Heipt Gause at: bdgause@comcast.net

Landon Alumni Monthly Breakfast

    This event is held on the second Wednesday of every month at the Piccadilly Cafeteria, located at 3216 University Blvd. S., which is a few hundred feet North of Beach Blvd.  All Landon Alumni and guests are invited.

    The doors open at 7:00 a.m., and the serving line will be waiting for you.  The cafeteria is reserved for Landonians until 7:30 a.m.  After breakfast, alumni and friends socialize, relive past events and catch up on current events in a very informal atmosphere.

     If you have any questions about the breakfast, you may call Reed Tillis ('53) at (904) 704-2252.

    Below this message under the Links Icon, you can click on each subject line, and it will connect you to that article.  These are archived articles that should have some interest for you. 

     In particular is the "Landon on Parade" link, which was a 45 rpm record that came with our 1956 Landonian.  It is an audio-only link, so be sure to have your computer's sound turned-on, and enjoy listening to a review of school events during our Senior Year.

Little Train in Mandarin
Emily Jopling
Remembering Bob Mette