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Our Forty-Year Reunion, Held in 2000, Was A Spectacular Event!
Imagine How Great Our Fifty-Year Reunion Will Be!

Webmaster's note: The narrative below is from a school visit that took place months before before our 40th reunion. It is a great recap of what it's like "going back" to our old high school.

After one of the monthly Reunion Luncheon Meetings, Ron Thompson and Steve Wexler decided to take a drive out to see our old school. They were able to walk through the halls and enter many of the rooms and in fact spent about an hour wandering around the "old girl" and reminiscing. The following narrative is from Ron Thompson's e-mails on the visit. I know it sure brought back memories to me and I hope it will bring memories back to you and make you more determined than ever to attend our 40th reunion! Keith Ryan, Webmaster.
 

Immediately after the September luncheon, Steve Wexler and I (Ron) drove straight to DeVilbiss and toured the entire school, from the inside no less. What memories! We even located a 1955 issue of the "Prism" in room 122. After that, we went to Frisch's on Secor Rd., and there sat the DHS trophy case.

The school looked good. A little run down in some areas (girls gym had some warping of the flooring and the library had visible water damage on the south wall. But overall, the "old girl" looked great. Steve and I wrote our names on the blackboard, followed proudly by the words "Class of 1960".

Paige Stadium, the place where we experienced so many of our gridiron victories, has now been turned over to participants of another sport. It pains me to say this, but now the exclusive function of that beautiful old football field is to host something called s-s-s-s-soccer. Eewwwwwwwwww!

Steve & I spent pretty close to an hour inside the building, roaming the halls, locker rooms and exploring the various classrooms. It was as if time had stood still. Such a tremendous feeling being there; 40 years seemed like yesterday.

The only change I noticed was new overhead lighting in the hallways, but the rest appeared just as it did during our moment in time. As I understand it, the Toledo Board of Education currently has a trade school, or possibly a school for advanced children, using part of the building. Deimler-Chrysler is also preparing to lease a section of it as well, for training purposes.

After Steve and I got there, we just walked in the back door (cafeteria; I can still see the fork holes in the ceiling) after seeing a construction worker walking out. No one challanged us, in fact we asked permission and the workers told us to go on in. I'm confident that when the reunion rolls around, we'll all be able to go back and check it out.

I haven't walked the halls of DeVilbiss since graduation, but then I left Toledo about six months after turning 18. The first time I remember even being back on the premises was about ten years ago, (it had been closed for two or three years by that time) just to walk the exterior and look the "old girl" over. I've probably done that eight or ten times since, reliving the football games, the Key Club car smash, smoke breaks in the parking lot, you get the picture. But once Steve and I got inside that big beautiful structure, we were "home" again. What a great feeling! What a great school! I'm excited for all of us. A reunion with classmates is one thing, but heck, let's face it, how many of the 600+ kids did we really know beyond our own group of friends? But there just seems to be something really special about a reunion with your old high school.

Hope to see you in October.

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