JAMESTOWN, NY, 1986 - The 20th class reunion was a blast (at least the small parts that I remember) but in looking at the picture on my wall of the entire gaggle that made it to the second night, Barbara Pilkey's face jumps out.
She's wedged between Dana Bolles (with a drink in his hand) and Shirley Adams. And if you take a magnifying glass and look, she seems even YOUNGER than in the prom queen photo with today's blog.
I wrote at the time that I thought she had been cryogenically frozen and thawed just for the reunion. (Thank God for science!)
The other person who blew the doors off the place was Marcia Carlson (now Marcia Carlson-Hein) who most of the guys swarmed around like flies when she showed up.
Unfortunately, I was under the influence of the writing of Norman Mailer at the time. Mailer would go such events and get roaring drunk (draw your own conclusions here) and then write about the whole episode later, making himself the hero.
But I remember Barbara Pilkey from the 20th reunion and hope that she has enjoyed the last 20 years, whether she has spent it in a frozen tank or not.
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