Hi fellow alumni. Welcome to the new and improved Knox website. Prepare for a trip down memory lane as the website provides a doorway to all those wonderful memories of Knox Memorial High School. The success of the website will, in a large measure, be determined by your interest and participation. Please encourage as many alumni as possible to sign on and/or to keep their e-mail addresses updated.
Remember the website also provides a "connect" with the present as you may wish to contact past classmates and friends. We encourage you to send us your ideas, articles, announcements, or pictures you feel would be of interest to your fellow alumni. The website is a work in progress. We look forward to its continued growth and development. Enjoy!
The Class of 1965 lost a valued class member at 9 pm, on Saturday, Jan 9, 2010. Ron was a classmate, friend, and Navy Vietnam Veteran.
Ron’s wife Bertie can be reached at:
102B Susan Court Hendersonville,
Hendersonville, TN 37075
A Celebration of Life will be held at the VFW in Canton, NY on March 11, 2010, from 1 – 5PM.
There has been a tentative date set for the 2010 Knox Alumni Banquet.
Date: August 14th, 2010
Place: The Club (formerly known as the Canton Club)
Stay tuned for further news.
HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!
Just a reminder that we will be having an Alumni Meeting Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at 6 PM, Russell Library (Back Room).
Let’s get ready for a good Alumni Celebration Weekend (I think we set the date for August 14, 2010)!!!
Susan A. Collins
During the past year, the “Vietnam Moving Wall” stopped in St. Regis Falls for a few days. Fortunately, we were able to obtain a couple of photographs of William (Billy) McBroom’s name on the wall. William Stanley McBroom gave his life in service of his country, while serving in the army in South Vietnam, during the year of 1967.
The Knox website is using this opportunity to honor, not only this very fine person, but all Knox students and all our brave men and women that served not only in Vietnam, but in all theaters of war during the past 2 centuries.
As a way to honor friends and alumni of K.M.C.S., the Alumni Association has been accepting donation “in memory of”. As donations in an individual’s name reach $100.00 their name is placed on a “K.M.C.S. Memory Plaque”. The plaque is on display at the Russell Museum throughout the year, and is brought to each annual meeting/dinner of the Association. The “Memory Plaque” has been well received by friends and alumni of K.M.C.S.
(Click on thumbnail to view Donation List)
Kudos to Janet Bacon Wiese (Knox class of 1978) for her recent induction into the Edwards Knox Athletic hall of fame!
Class of ‘43 Knox alumni Earle Kirkbride has published a book titled ‘Letters Home‘. See the official press release below:
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July 7, 2009
For Immediate Release
For further information:
Earle Kirkbride
4626 Paladin Circle
Vero Beach FL 32067
Earle42127@comcast.net
772 778 0090
Letters Home is the title of a book about post WWII Japan just published by former Degrasse resident, Earle Kirkbride.
The book is based on the letters his late wife, Norma Jean Cone, wrote to her parents, sister, and brother in 1946, 47, and 48. She was the first American woman to be part of a team inventorying the assets of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo during the occupation by the U. S. Army.
Through Letters Home, the reader gets a personal view of what life was like for a young American woman who was a civilian employee with General Douglas MacArthur
Gary Bushaw has sent in a picture of the volunteers who helped with Alumni Banquet mailing this year. “A special thanks to Dave and Tracy Charleson for donating their time and materials in printing the invitations.” And thanks to Gary for the picture.
Knox alumni Marcia and Ronnie White have opened a new bed & breakfast in the town of Russell.
The Guest House Bed and Breakfast is open year round, and The Guest Cottage is open from May to October and is located on the river. They are two separate rentals at two separate locations.
