As Marshall University prepares for the anniversary of the tragic plane crash that killed their football team, banners are being hung on the lampposts on campus.  Here is a picture of the banner for our classmate, Roger Childers.  Roger died, along with 74 others, on November 14, 1970.  Southern Airways Flight 932 crashed at 7:36 p.m. on its way home from the East Carolina game fifty years ago.

This summer, Saint Albans High School got new artificial turf on Crawford Field.  It was a process that took about two months to complete.  Excavation began on May 4, 2020 at a cost of $1.29 million.  SAHS Football Coach Nick Watts said that his players are excited about the new field and have been asking questions about it all summer long.

How does this sound?  A get-together in 2023!  If you are interested, email Deb at debaustinbrown@suddenlink.net.  The planning committee wants to know if there is enough interest to keep planning for a get-together in 2023 or 2024.   

Front Row left to right: Dave Herbert, Ernie Hillenbrand, Mike Sidebottom, Deb Austin Brown, Jim Vickers, Rick Gilbert, Bill Smith, Chuck Riffee, Emily Miller Land, Brenda McClure Montague, Wayne Turley, and Danny Keenan

Second Row left to right: Carol Edwards, Nancy Shrewsbury Terlizzi, Belinda Woods Casey, Debby Winnell Peters, Diane Eplin, Sue Shingleton Taylor, Diane Pauley Kessler, Laura Stanley, Levona Carpenter Lupton, Rebecca Bird Bugg, Debbie Stowers Lambert, Pam May Johnson, Mary Martin Scragg, Trish McGehee Sargent, Patricia Hayes Miller, Cathy Randall Kelso, Roger Flint

Third Row left to right: David Welch, Christy Austin, Adele Groom, Virginia Bricker, Sallie Stocks Lee, Linda Skeen Andresen, Donna Vansickle Dodd, Micki Groom Marra, Roselynn Holland Rowe, Linda Dooley Simpson, Billie Burrus Shulhafer, Elizabeth Burdette Ware, Linda Roberts Stone, Linda D. Taylor, Trish Ely Burton, Marijane Hale Frilen, Roger Rader 

Fourth Row left to right: Robert Hall, Dave Wilson, Bob McElwain, Russ Shannon, Elmer Cartmill, Brad Taylor, Joe Ervin, Bob Frink, Dan Stribling, Michael Anderson, Norman Reitz, Steve Kelso, Robert Cochran, Bob Rogers

Fifth Row left to right: Dan Rooker, Tom Hickman, Harry Mac Grandon, Alan Pritchard, Ric Neal, Chuck Lovejoy, James Hudson, Thomas Griffith, Bob DeHart, Bob Hubbard, Donald Joyce, Gary Williams

To see the photo captions and classmate names, click on the picture.  To view the entire gallery of pictures, click on the first photo and the caption will come up.  The picture will also get larger.  You can then use the arrows to proceed and view all of the pictures with their captions.  

Sadly, fifteen classmates had to cancel their travel plans to Saint Albans because of Hurricane Florence.  We are heartbroken that classmates who so badly wanted to be here, could not.  We will certainly miss you!  We will think of you often this weekend and we will post pictures to share with you.  We are praying for your safety in the storm.  Please check back in with us and let us know how you are after Hurricane Florence passes.  

If you change your email address, please let us know right away!  Perhaps you are planning to retire or perhaps you are planning to switch email addresses.  If you don't let us know, we will have no way to reach you with class news and updates.  Please stay current!

"Surely it is satisfying, gratifying to have gathered together so many people

who knew each other as they knew each other, once upon a time."

- Mike Donnally

• The Saint Albans Town Fair
• Riding bikes and playing outside until dark
• Playing kick-the-can and hide-and-go-seek
• Catching lightning bugs in summer
• Baseball games at Kirk, Billy Dunn, and City Park's Babe Ruth fields
• Swimming at Walnut, Highlawn, and Lakewood pools
• Red Dragon football games
• The excitement of homecoming parades
• The SAHS band, majorettes, and cheerleaders
• The Junior-Senior Prom and the Winter Whirl
• Driving up and down Sixth Avenue and Kanawha Terrace
• Driving across the Saint Albans-Nitro Bridge
• Driving around and around Shoney's parking lot to see who was there
• Curb service at Shoney's and A&W
• Shoney's Big Boy, strawberry pie, and hot fudge cake
• Rootbeer floats at A&W
• Lorobi's pizza
• West Virginia style hot dogs (with chili, slaw, onions, and mustard)
• Cool treats at the Dairy Queen and Tastee Freez
• Movies at the Alban Theater and Valley Drive-In 
• Walking the sidewalks of town
• Shopping on Main Street
• The creaky wooden floors in Field's Five and Dime
• Fountain Cokes at Martin's Drug Store
• Buying comic books and kites at the Newsstand
• Buying bubble gum and candy at the Fourth Street Grocery
• Our school newspaper, The Simmerings
• Our school yearbook, The Dragonian
• Hanging out with friends at the BBF
• Friendly hometown merchants and friends

Saint Albans, West Virginia

Our beloved hometown.  The zip code is 25177; the population in 2010 was 11,044.

Saint Albans, Vermont

Located on the shores of Lake Champlain.  They hold the Vermont Maple Festival there each year.   The population is 6,392.  This was the site of the northernmost land action of the Civil War on October 19, 1864.  The zip code is 05479.

Saint Albans, New York

Located in Queens, 2 miles north of the JFK Airport.  Zip code is 11412.  It is home to a           railroad station, which provides rail service to Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY.

Saint Albans, Maine

Located in Somerset County with a population of 2,005.  The zip code is 04971.

Saint Albans, Missouri

Located in Franklin County and features beautiful high bluffs that overlook the Missouri River.           The zip code is 63073.

Saint Albans, England

Located 22 miles north of London.

Saint Albans, Melbourne, Australia

The population is 33,511.

Saint Albans, Newfoundland, Canada

Has a population of 1,400.

All hail to thee Saint Albans

The school we love so well

And of thy deeds victorious

With pride we'll always tell

As the years unfold before us

Our hearts will loyal be

To our dear alma mater

Saint Albans hail to thee!