Newport High School, Newport OR
Class of 1963
UPCOMING CLASS OF 63 EVENTS!
1. BREAKFAST IN NEWPORT on Saturday, May 31, 2025. John & Karen Owen plan to be in Newport then. They invite any classmates & spouses or friends who happen to be available to join them for breakfast at Newport Steak & Seafood, 10:30 A.M. on Saturday, May 31, 2025. Please RSVP to John Owen by texting to 541 403-2503 or email to owenjohn93@gmail.com if you can be there!
2. Karen Owen invites us all to John Owen's 80th birthday party, on August 9, 2025 at their home in Baker City, Oregon. Please let John know if you can be there, at the phone number listed above.
3. Class of 1963 - 62nd class reunion--Tentatively set for August 16, 2025, in Newport. John has suggested that we just have breakfast together, instead of a potluck as we've done in the past. However, we have some time to think about this and to plan whatever we think is best. Please contact John with your ideas!
(John says he would like someone else to step up and do the planning if anyone wants to have more event(s) besides the breakfast!)
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We started having monthly class breakfasts 23 years ago, in February 2002! That was when a small group gathered in Salem area to begin working on trying to locate all the class members, prior to our 40th reunion that was scheduled for the following year! During the first 19 years, we only missed 3 times--once when we scheduled the breakfast in central Oregon & no one showed up, and two other times when we cancelled the event due to severe weather limitations! Then, in March 2020, Covid-19 shut us down for two long years, until March 2022.
Monthly Breakfasts resumed in April, 2022, but going forward they will be quarterly instead of monthly.
GO CUBS !
Did you know? Our site has now been viewed more than 90,000 times!
This site has had 110,527 total visits since we started it in November 2013!
To make it easier for planning our calendars:
The idea is to make the breakfast sites reachable for as many classmates as possible!
Do YOU have other ideas? Other locations where you would like to meet for breakfast? In the past we have tried the Eugene area a few times, but the turnout there was usually low. We have never met in Corvallis, so that is another possibility. Would really like to hear your ideas!
Please contact us at newportcubs63@yahoo.com and let us hear your ideas!
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Need your help: We have NO pictures in the "Pictures of Years Past" Sections for the 1950s and the 1980s. If you have some that you would like to share, please contact us at newportcubs63@yahoo.com. If you will loan them to Pat, she will scan them & return to you promptly!
If you would like to have a better-quality copy of any of the photos from this site, please "Contact Us" and we will be glad to email the digital file to you! PPH
Other websites of interest :
"Lost in the Fifties" video...thanks to Jeanene's Karl for sending this one in to us!
http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZ Xu
On Facebook, check out "You Know You're From Newport, Oregon when . . ."
Newport High School Alumni Association: https://nhs.lincoln.k12.or.us/community/738-2/
Current news & weather from Newport and Lincoln County: www.newslincolncounty.com
and www.lincolncountydispatch.com
Here is a bit of nostalgia to tug at the ol' heartstrings a bit:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/nSC7SXQpInM?rel=0
Lincoln County Historical Society: http://oregoncoasthistory.org/
www.newportfishermenswives.com
http://www.newportchamber.org/
WHAT WAS THE #1 HIT SONG ON THE DAY YOU WERE BORN?
This site will tell you what song was the #1 song on the day you were born.
You can also see a video of the artist singing your birthday #1 hit!
http://playback.fm/birthday-
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Baby Boomer's eMuseum: http://www.bbemuseum.com/museum/index.php
http://www.pinterest.com/jannetie/1950s-nostalgia/
http://safeshare.tv/w/FEDEwZHZ Xu "Lost in the Fifties" video
Our website now has a connection with Facebook. It is called Class Connection, and there is a link to it in the list of Member Functions at the left. If you have a Facebook account, begin by clicking on the link. Your name should come up (with your picture if you have posted one on your profile). Follow the prompts and use your Facebook name and password to complete the connection. Information posted on this site flows seamlessly to Facebook, and vice versa.
Note to folks who are not part of the Class of 1963 but who attended NHS from 1960-1966: If you would like to join our website and your name is not already listed on our guest list located in the Classmates List (click on tab at the top of this page) then please let us know by sending an email to newportcubs63@yahoo.com.
Many thanks to those of you who are helping to work on this site in various ways!
Patty Plunkett Holler, your site admin.