Dear Group, The following is the content of the message I received this evening from an "old" high school classmate and "old" high school sorority sister of mine. In my mind she will always be Bobbie Pinkowski of the Theta Xi Upsilon sority. Following her message I'll just add a few more words about the Magna Charta parade of 1949 that involved both of us and the rest of our sorority sisters. Dear Vee I can't tell you how very much I enjoyed your article(s) about the Magna Charta parade. I have used the lenghth and quality of that parade as a benchmark for every parade I have viewed in the succeeding years, but they have all fallen short of the level of that parade. I had begun to wonder whether my memory played tricks and it was not as superb as I recalled...thank you for proving that my recollections are not erroneous. Sorry to read about your recent surgery....hope all is on the mend. I have been intending to write to you about the 50th reunion of the class of 49. I was unable to attend, but would love to hear about it; and any comments you care to make about those who attended. Your old friend and "sister" Bobbie Pinkowski Silberberg Ponn Jackson, Michigan (Vee again): First off, I didn't know that Bobbie was a member of our list. WOW, Bobbie, is it really YOU?? :-) Bobbie, I'll tell you all about our 50th class reunion personally, but this is what I wanted to let you and the rest of the group in on. It had to do with the 1949 Magna Charta parade. The following is part of the article that I had to cut out of the historical society newsletter due to space limitations. "Attracting particular attention were a float sponsored by Trapasso Service stations, on which rode Yvonne C. Fix, this city, "Miss New York State, 1948," a float bearing Miss Joan Kelly, this city, "Queen of the Magna Charta celebration"; a float with Miss Marjorie Marshall, St. Catherines, Ont., selected at the beginning of the Magna Chata observance as "Miss Naval Air Reserve," and a United States Navy fighter aircraft. . . . "Miss Kelly was accompanied by her court, composed of Mary C. Giles, Dorothea J. Case, Joan Hilton, Patricia McGrath and Ann Martin [Mortin] and 24 members of Theta Xi Upsilon sorority." Bobbie, when I read that in the Gazette, I couldn't believe me eyes. I couldn't beleive that *I* actually rode a float in a Magna Charta parade!! All I could dig out from my memory was a feeling that all of us sorority sisters wore evening gowns on the occasion. I called Mary Catherine (Giles) Accardo the other night and she has only vague recollections of it also. In fact she, in turn, called Joan Hilton and Joanie has only vague recollections of it. The only conclusion I can come to is that the parade was held in June of 1949, the same month as our Senior Prom and our graduation excercises. In addition, at the same time I was madly in love with what's-his-name--you know, the first guy that I married (in 1950) ! :-) Who knows but what the parade was just one more exciting event of our senior year in high school. Hey, those were the days, my friends, but I guess you would have had to be there to really appreciate the whole nine yards.. (Bobbie, I'll tell you all about the greatest 50th high school class reunion that was ever held!) vee