To John and the entire Reunion Committee--a heartfelt "Thank you" for all the hours you have put in on every aspect of our upcoming party! I know your hard work will pay off with lots of laughs, tears, and remembrances of a fabulous time in our lives. I have loved looking at the website, reading about our friends, and enjoying all the pictures! Looking forward to our time together, very soon! Susan

Everything was perfect at the reunion. Thanks to the \'doers\'! What a blessing to see the final results of the promising lives we were given in such a special time in history. I wish I\'d paid more attention! God bless us until we meet again!

I am an alumni.  Even though my family moved at the end of my junior year, and ZI graduated from a different school, LD Bell will ALWAYS be my school.  I enlisted in the US Marines in 1965, and spent 30 years raising a family, and working for the Army.  I will always love LD Bell.

Hey to all my former classmates, sorry I could\'ntmake it to the reunion.I\'ll just say it was because of medical reason\'s and lieve it at that.Maybe I\'ll attend the next one.God bless all of you.John you and your help have done a great jobon this website, keeping us all informed aboutwhats up with all of our former classmates.

i left in nov.of 1964 to join the navy,all the faces in these pictures are so familiar and fun to look back at,sometimes i wish i would have stayed home when i see some old and dear friends on these pages.oh by the way when i went to the navy i had to go back to my given last name,barrett,so thats who i am now.it was nice seeing all of you that i can remember this is a nice memorial to the old days !

Eye just never know a former classmate will turn up. Eye ran into Richard Bell today (

Sorry, couldn\'t make the reunion... still come to the area frequently to visit family.. living in Arkansas and couldn\'t get away...Keep in touch, really forget just how many names I recognize and would have enjoyed seeing and hearing what\'s going on in their lives...have fun, hope to make the next one

Hi all you youngsters!  What a wonderful site! Lot of time, effort & love has gone into this by you all.  Wish all of you could have joined us at our 45th reunion!  We had a great time and would have enjoyed seeing y'all there, as well. It's been suggested that we might want to consider including the Classes of 1963 & 1965 at our big Five-O reunion...what fun that would be to get to see all of you again! I enjoyed taking a stroll through time, looking at all the pics here!

Special thanks to the "committee" for the terrific job they did on planning the reunion. If you missed it, you missed a wonderful evening. Now if we could get names on the pictures from that night it would be absolutely perfect! Hope we can make it to the 50th!

Just thought I'd stop by and say to my friend in the '65 class. Feel free to contact me at:  PP2999@aol.com Pat

I appreciate the work and planning that has gone into the reunion. This will be a great time. I have a great number of found memories of that time in the HEB. John, see if you can get them to move up the start time of the football game. 7:30 is a little late for some of us.

Hey, so glad to see this website!  Those of us from the class of '64 would love for you to join us at our reunion on October 10.  It is the 50th anniversary of the Raiderettes.

John,Thought I would send you a quick note and congratulate you on such a wonderful Web Site for the Class of 1965.  I  enjoyed the music and it has brought back many memories .Best Regards,Lonnie 

This must have been a lot of hard work, and my hat's off to you for that.  It's more than a little freaky to have you find me after all these years.  I went to a lot of different schools and several different colleges, only one year at L. D. Bell.  Of my best friends from that year, three are dead and two are just missing.  I hope that you all have a wonderful time and that you can connect with old friends again.

I'm looking forward to seeing all of you. Mrs. Langston

Just wanted to say thanks for all the great memories on this website & that I'll be thinking about everyone the weekend of the reunion.  I know it's going to be great & I wish we could be there.  We won't be attending because we will be returning from MDA in Houston that week following some surgery that Bill will be having there.  I do hope there will be some pictures & comments of the reunion for those of us who can't attend.  Have fun!!!

I would  love to attend the reunion

Kudos to John and the Reunion Committee.  I am so impressed and grateful for all the hard work that you have put into this website and into organizing the Reunion.  I keep coming back to the site to see what is new!  Thank you for all your work and especially for posting the class photos from the yearbook.  My senior yearbook died in a flooded basement years ago and it has been wonderful to find all those smiling faces and names on line!

I spent hours going through this website before registering, etc. - what a hoot! Hard to believe we look like our parents - except for me..I haven't changed a whit (?!). Truly look forward to seeing all of you, who made a scared transfer student's senior year one of the single best memories of his life. Echoed kudos, John and company.

I've spent the last hour looking at this wonderful website. Thank you so much, John, for creating this for all of us. What an awesome tool technology can be! It is really wonderful to be able to once again touch base with old friends and classmates.

I am overwhelmed with memories! Thanks John for finding me and giving me this link!

Great Website.Really enjoyed the Reunion. Great seeing everyone.Looking forward to the next one.

I enjoyed looking back and remebering old friends and classmates sorry to see those who have gone on before us. Great Job on putting up this site. Thanks Carl

Thank you John. I got a call from Larry Ingram through my Uncle in Texas. I called Larry tonight from Colorful Colorado. It would be a treat to visit and look at the landscape of our lives through this reunion. I hope to make it in September. Regards, Danny C. 

Hi. I'm writing this on Dec. 3, '14. Merry Christmas! %uD83D%uDE03 However, at the rate in which the years have flown by since we graduated , it will "very soon" be time for the (planned) celebration: our 50 year Reunion. Wow and whew! Meanwhile, I wanted to send you my best wishes and say "come visit me" and many other "exes",  on Facebook. (I'm listed under *Carolyn Yvonne (Brown)" May God bless and keep you...(and since its His Birthday I am so happy to tell you His Name.  JESUS .....our best Gift .  

Oh the memories!

I am still alive. Live in Colorado Springs. Co. I am not sure if we had a 50th reunion since I was in the process of moving from Houston to Colorado. We are getting a little old but would like to know if there is another one.

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated! Gs

Hi. I'm sure sorry I didn't get to see you at the reunion. (was just too far to finance this time, living here in "poverty with a view" ha!) but I'm excited hoping to (soon?)see you in pictures having fun there at the reunion. I understand John's going to post them here (thanks John)... (hmm it's been 4 weeks...sure hope that's still in the works ...please, come visit with me on facebook under "carolyn yvonne". Love and prayers always, carolyn brown

Looking forward to the reunion tonight!  Can't believe it's been 50 years!  Tempus fugit.  Does anybody know where the time goes?  So sorry that not all of our classmates are still with us! Thanks to all the organizers for their time and talents in making this website and reunion possible.

Just signing in to so about tonight for the Reunion.  See you there!!!!!

This was a great class in a great school  I would love to have a year book  that I could buy 65 66  my address is 1731 ridgecrest dr.cleburne tx 76033 hope to make a few reuions.god blessand have a good yearthanks DAVID.11

Hope you all have a spectacular time! Reading the names on the RSVP really brought back a lot of memories. I think the class of '65 and '66 were the best of LD Bell High School (LOL)...lots of great friends. Best wishes and lots of love to you all! By the way....this is the best Reunion invitation I have ever seen...cudos to the people who put it together!

How wonderful to have a reunion in 2015!  Lisa and I are living a good dream north of Huntsville.  There were wild two pigs out on the pasture yesterday near the cows, and a big doe with the cows the day before.  We are harvesting yellow, red and dark tomatoes.  When it is hot we kayak in the spring fed Nelson Creek.   I hope to attend the reunion, and will, if I am still in the country and above ground.  Look forward to seeing you all very much.  You might remember my once upon a time name, Thomas Folsom.   Best regards Tore 

Visiting the website after receiving Save the Date card. Glad to find it. I was the Greek student in class of 65. Thinking about saving the date Sep 26.

Checking the site for the first time.

this is a great website and I throughly enjoyed meeting with everyone at the Chapps restaurant tonight. Good burger great fellowship was enjoyed. looking forward to the next meeting and the reunion (hoping nothing interferes with going) Thank you John.....

Really strange what you will come across when looking into your past. This is great. It's a great website. Thanks to all those who have worked to put it togeather. Hopefully I can make it to the reunion next September.

Hi and my very best wishes to each of you...especially during these special 50th reunion days. My %uD83D%uDC99 (heart/spirit) is with you even though I can\'t be there in person. It was just too far for my little old Silverado to make the far far journey down there. . Ha (I\'m blessedly \"rich\" in lots of ways up here but maybe not in \"long distance transportation, or I would be there enjoying seeing you once again.) I pray the Lord Jesus blesses and keeps safe, each one of you.

im so looking forward to this event. I hope the golf outing will be continued  C U There!  Barbar Wilcox Copeland this means you!

Hello all, and a belated Happy New Year!  I am "planning" on attending the 50th, so I am optimistacally hoping to see as many of you as possible.  I am currently teaching at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, AL, home of The Red Tails, and the Tuskegee Airmen, Lionel Richie, and just so many more celebs who came from there. God bless us everyone....stay healthy, and HAPPY! (-: Steve

Hi and my very best wishes to each of you...especially during these special 50th reunion days. My(heart/spirit) is with you even though I can\'t be there in person. It was just too far far for my little old Silverado to make the journey down there. . Ha (I\'m blessedly \"rich\" in lots of ways up here but maybe not in \"long distance transportation, or I would be there enjoying seeing you once again.) I pray the Lord Jesus blesses and keeps safe, each one of you.

Just want to express my thanks to John Hastings for a slam dunk job on this website and to all Bell Alumni Class of 65'. Hope life has been treating you well!!  

My mom is from class 1965, she has lots of good memories of her high school.

I moved to Missouri at the end of the school 1965.  Graduated from Bell in January 1966.   I fooled around and flunked English so I needed 1 credit to graduate.  I've lived in Missouri ever since.  I have 1 daughter and 1 grand-daughter who is about to make me a great-grandmother at the end  of May.   Love looking at the reunion pictures.  Janice

I would like to sa hi to all the 65 class l was a member of  the rodeo team what a great school grea yea lost mybrother in vietnam larry grad in66 I grad in68c

Wow, it\'s been a long time since graduation. Time is precious, memories last forever. Bringing back some of the past memories with these pictures. Thank You for all your eforts to renuite the class of 65, maybe some day I\'ll be back in Hurst and visit the old L.D. Bell grounds. Ron

This is great!!  I hope to see you all next year.  Until then may God's blessings be with you.

I left Hurst after the eighth grade, but had I not moved, I'd been in the LD Bell Class of 1965.  I've stayed in touch with David Watson all of these years and always get updates from Susan (Starnes) Haynes and Davo.  Hope all of you have a great reunion.William Ralph Medford

John,You have already heard what a great job you are doing so I don't have any thing to say that they haven't already said.  The joy we will all have at the reunion will mainly be because of your efforts.  Thanks.David

Thanks, John, for making this website and reunion happen.  I live in NC now, but am hoping to be able to make it to the reunion.  It will be great and "interesting" catching up on everyone and seeing how everyone has changed. 

Wow!  Who says all of the great ideas have already happened??  Seems that we have talent in our class that continues to astound.  Can't wait to see everybody.  (Are white socks banned?)

Carlene and Eunice, why are you using your real names?  I don't belong on this site but I'm a tagalong.  Hope I'm invited!!!

still living in the area.saginaw, texas

Great web site, John.  I am really looking forward to the reunion.  Hope everyone shows up.Jim

Good work,,maybe my bestfriend will let me go with her..to the big 1965 Class Reunion.. I could even bring Mr Gaye ..

Great web site, John! Thanks for all you are doing. Looking forward to seeing everyone in October.

I haven't heard from or seen anyone from our graduating class in at least 20 years.  I'm looking forward to the 2009 reunion.  It'll be great to catch up with those of us that are left!LARRY

I knew you had it in you bubba.  I'm even looking forward to this reunion as well as my own.  I knew a lot of you 65ers.  Great work John.

Can't wait to come back.  John, thanks for keeping me "in the loop.'

What a wonderful thing that is happening here !  Can't wait, and John thanks for the hard work you have already put into this project.

Great website!  Am looking forward to seeing everyone in September. I've never been able to find previous reunions since moving around the country with my jobs 7 times over the past 40+ years has kept my address "old". John_great job in tracking me down! See you all at the reunion.....

Great job on the web site John.  I knew my old North Texas roommate was smart.  I meant that old part in a good way.

Great website John! Hope to see you old farts next year.

Thanks, John for all your hard work on this site, and all others who are involved with putting this together. Request:   For all who haven't put their photos on Classmates.com please do the 'now' and 'then' photo on your profile.  And if ANYONE has pictures from grade school on through high school,  please start an album there and post them.   ***Anyone who has photos of past re-unions please post them also,it sure makes Classmates more interesting when several participate.

What fun it was to look through this site. I am looking forward to seeing you all in September. I appreciate all the work and effort you are putting forth to prepare this event for us all. Thanks to each and every one of you.

Great job John..........Thanks for doing this for us.I'm looking forward to a great reunion.

Good work John!  Looks good!

Let me be the first  to sign the guestbook.

Would love to come, but I live in Colorado...have fun

I really enjoyed this wonderful website which made me wish I had attended some of the previous reunions. 

Hey there, Class of 65! Congratulations on such a great site, John, and for all of the participation here. The Class of 64 is having our 45th Reunion in Hurst on Oct 10, as Danny Gilbert mentions below. Please "crash" our party and join us. The details have not yet been finalized yet. Being a year older than most of you, we are a little slower. It is so nice to see all of the familiar names and so sad to see the number of your class that have passed on. Keep up the good work. John, This is a great site!!!

LD Bell Grad 1964 was friends with a lot of you. We are having our 45 Oct 10 To bad we did not all get together for joint reunion. Have a great time!  Look me up on facebook blessings dan

Thanks, John, for this great web site! I am looking forward to the Reunion. Although I live in Las Colinas (Irving), I never see anyone. The Christmas party for the Bell Chicks which Judy G. and Dixie give is great for visiting with the "girls", so this will be a wonderful chance to visit with the "guys amd girls of '65" again!!

I am a recent widow ready for some fun. I am glad you found me.

Great job John!  I spent a long time looking through the website when I really shoulda' been workin'! Too many fun memories... I hope to hear from some of you classmates! See you in September.

Just wanted to say hello to the class of '65.  I happened upon this website by accident.  Really nice. Pam (Doggett) Love Class of '68

I'm Sue Beth McClure's Sister and Class of 1969.  I'm so excited that Sue has invited me to join her for the Reunion. Ever since she brought home her first Annual ('62 or '63), "little sister" kinda felt a part of everything because I "knew" so many faces. However, the Class of 1969 is having their 40th Reunion at Texas Star also, on 9/12/09.  We are sometimes referred to as "The Wild Bunch", but most of us have matured somewhat, so we'll try to leave the building STANDING!

I'll be there with my "dancin" shoes on!

Hello to everyone, hope all are doing well.Will be attempting to attend reunion.Thanks to the folks who are getting this together, as you are the special ones.

It has been a long time Hope everyone and your families are Ok. My hair is a different color, but it is still there.ea63

I know that a lot of people have been working many hours to put this together and we should all be thankful for thier efforts.  John, this site is great!  Paul 

I went to school with this class in elementary and junior high.  It is fun seeing everyone.I live and work in Weatherford, Tx. I have one child and 3 grandchildren.I love life.

Great website!!  Does anyone know when Bobbie Mcdonald graduated?

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF THE 1965 YEAR BOOK IS ON LINE ANY PLACE? I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND SOME OLD FRIENDS AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY LUCK?  SANDRA

If the reunion is as great as this website, it’s gonna be a blast! I can hardly wait to see old classmates, (uhh, make that former classmates; we’re not old, just experienced.)

Great job with the website.  John you are doing a wonderful job. I am excited about the reunion.  Can't wait to see everyone.

GREAT JOB, JohnFound the class site through classmates. Brings back some great memories of the "good ole day"Duane

Thanks for emails, John,,,,,,,I have never attended any of the reunions before, but this might be fun.

My brother-in-law, Larry Vandiver just called me (12;30am in New York) to tell me about this great site...had to get up and check it out - so worth it!!! Will see y'all in September....thank you, Connie

John, great job on the site, I enjoyed the photos.Larry Vandiver

Thanks for inviting me!  I was at the 20th.  Please invite some other teachers so I will not be the oldest person in the county.  However, i just had my 50th, so I am not that far ahead of you.  Please wear name tags.  i remember your faces and names from the yearbook, but i hate to mention that some of you have changed a little. Miss Windell Hesta Windell Conway

John, thanks for all of your hard work in producing this web site.  It looks great and its a lot of fun stepping back in time.  I'm really looking forward to seeing everyone!Go Raiders!Mark