ALL-CLASSES REUNION A SUCCESS FOR BOOKER T. WASHINGTON ALUMNI.(NORFOLK COMPASS)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19971204
Author:Mills, Dawson

Byline: DAWSON MILLS, CORRESPONDENT

The many alumni of Norfolk's Booker T. Washington High School had something special to be thankful for Thanksgiving weekend. The class of '71 hosted a reunion and invited all of them to come.

Some 200 heeded the call and turned out for the event last Saturday, which was the first ``all classes'' reunion in the school's 80-year history. Before the day was over, those who put it on and those who attended had agreed to make it an annual event.

``Oh, it was wonderful,'' said Brenda James Morris, of Norfolk, who chaired the 14-member ...

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