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The Springer Connection is a gathering place for alumni and faculty of Highland Springs High School, located in the small town of Highland Springs, Virginia.

The Springer Connection is a free resource to help us all stay in touch and help Springers of all Class Years come together for Reunions. Join Up and return often, as we add new areas and features.

The years go by and people and places change, but the lives we shared at Highland Springs High School make us friends.

Loose Gravel plays Rock and Roll!

Rock INDEPENDENCE WEEKEND with Loose Gravel
Andy's on Friday, Sunset Grill in Deltaville on July 4th!

This FRIDAY night, July 3rd, Loose Gravel, featuring Buzzy Lawler, HSHS Class of '69 and Bill Coon, HSHS Class of '72, returns to Andy's Restaurant , in the Henry Clay Shopping Center on the main drag in Ashland.

SATURDAY night, July 4th , the boys will rock INDEPENDENCE DAY at Sunset Grill, on General Puller Highway in Deltaville. Show time is 9 p.m.

This will be LG's first appearance at Sunset Grill and Deltaville. All you Springers in the area are invited out to get your Springer fix in advance of this year's Blast From The Past!

Get details, full schedule, map and GO >>

Check out the Jukebox (new songs added) and Video Player on the Loose Gravel web site >>

8th Annual Blast From The Past!
Rock and Roll with Loose Gravel at the Blast From The PastParty with The Barracudas at the Blast From The Past!

THE BIGGEST PARTY OF THE YEAR!
2009 Blast From The Past - Saturday August 15th
Only 480 tickets will be sold.

We Dance So They Can Walk
Net proceeds of this event are for the benefit of Shriners Hospitals for Children

GET YOUR TICKETS NOW: Saturday, August 15th, 2009, The Acca Shriner’s Patrol and The Springer Connection present the 8th Annual Blast from the Past, a big eastern Henrico party for friends of ole HSHS.

Always the BIGGEST Springer party of the year,
The Blast From The Past will feature the best of 60's and 70's Rock and Roll with
(in order of appearance)
LOOSE GRAVEL and THE BARRACUDAS

The last 30 minutes of the Blast will complete the party with BOTH BANDS playing together in the All-Star Springer ENCORE JAM SESSION. This Jam format was a big hit the last two years, with all the songs taken from the bands' own song lists, and will be followed again this year.

Net proceeds of this event are for the benefit of Shriners Hospitals for Children. We dance so they can walk!

You don't want to miss this party! Come out, dance, party and rock with 480 of your best Springer friends.

Buy from a Committee Member or online. Click here for details, directions and where to buy your tickets >>

Highland Springs Reunions

Class of 1974 35-Year Reunion planned for August 15th, 2009
Click for details >>

Class of 1959 sets 50-Year Reunion!
Come to the Country Club of Virginia October 31, 2009!

Get more details and get in touch >>

Class of 1969 40-Year Reunion on Friday, August 14!
Henrico Theatre hosts unique party for unique class!
Get details and contact Jim Stanley for more >>

Class of 1989 announces 20-Year Reunion Plans!
Saturday, September 26 at Doubletree Airport Hotel
Click for details >>

Class of 1999 announces 10-Year Reunion Weekend!
Mark your calendars for August 7-9, 2009.
Click for details >>

Help find Missing Springers

QUESTION: Why are Doris Childress and Ronald L. Stasko from the Class of 1964 in the Detention Hall?

ANSWER: Doris and Ronald are there with other Springers that cannot be found as their Reunions quickly approach.

Please help us find these Missing Springers. Step into the Detention Hall (Just Visiting Hall Pass) and see if you know the whereabouts of any of the Missing. No Smoking, please. >>

Jump to the Springer Connection Collection!

WGOE T-shirts are in for summer!
New colors and are being added to the collection as they become available. Black and Navy, Cardinal and Military Green. Classic Springer Connection designs include the recently reclaimed WGOE Radio logo.

Get your summer shirts from the Connection Collection. >>

HERE ARE THE STORIES of the places we grew up. Did you ever wonder where Highland Springs got its name, and who named the streets after plants? When was the first school built?

It's not Mr. Mehfoud's class, but you can jump behind the wheel of our Wayback Machine. Pay attention, there might be a pop quiz >>>

Springer Connection appears in the Henrico County Leader!

From the "In Case You Missed it" Department:

Highland Springs reunites on the Web
So read the headline of the article in the December 19, 2003 issue of the Henrico County Leader newspaper.

They have the whole Springer Connection story here, from soup to nuts, including those wingnuts Jack and Dan. Read about your favorite web site, the loonies that run the asylum, and the heart of the matter.

Jump to the Henrico County Leader site for the article >>>

Majorie Booth Bonnet

MARJORIE BOOTH BONNET was Principal at Highland Springs School from 1924 to 1944.

She oversaw the largest High School in the County at a time when men were expected to hold the position. Her students felt such regard for her that they called her "Mommie" Bonnet.

Read the story of this amazing woman. GO >>

Highland Springs Favorite Recipes

Jump in the Wayback Machine and bring your appetite! Check out the Highland Springs Favorite Recipes of 1953.

In this classic book from the Highland Springs Women's Club, find Coach Gilly Sorrell's recipe for Chop Suey, Mrs. Alvin Hechler's directions for Salt Pork Soup (eeeuuu) and two fine recipes for hot bread (page 8 - yum!).

Don't forget your Library Card. GO >>>

See film of the Fire!

It was the Fire that made Highland Springs famous.

Raymond Germain, a sixth grader, raced inside the auditorium, screaming “Fire! Fire!”

Get the full story and see video of the Highland Springs Elementary School fire from March 17, 1965. >>

Interview with Coach Bazzrea For all of you that are Jonesin' for Springer Sports, get to the GYM, drop and give me twenty.

He coached Springers in four decades, and Coach Bazz is still the King of the Military-style Flattop Haircut. Check out our interview with Coach Eugene Bazzrea.--- GO >>>
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Jack Adkins, editor of Springer Connection
Jack Adkins Editorial --
Mouse Trap at the Happiest Place on Earth >>
Donna Elkins Monnin gets it right!
Op-Ed Column --
Marsha, Marsha, Marsha! >>
Guest Op-Ed Column
Harry Shelton's memories of Central Gardens Mirror Of My Mind
Memories of Central Gardens, circa 1972 >>
By Harry Shelton
Guest Op-Ed Column
Driving Me Crazy by Denise Feldman Reynolds Driving Me Crazy
Snow White meets
the Evil Queen >>
By Denise Feldman Reynolds
Guest Op-Ed Column
Concert Etiquitte by Wally Denton Concert Etiquette
Fans Disguised as Empty Chairs >>
By Wally Denton
Guest Op-Ed Column
Memories of Highland Springs Elementary School There Was A Fish Tank In The Hall >>
Memories of Elementary School
by James Oliver '68
 
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