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Sue Ehrhardt Class of 1967
I grew up in Hialeah and was
excited about becoming a
Thoroughbred at Hialeah
High School. However, we
relocated to the southwest
area my sophomore year. My
father had a house built in
the Village Green area at
what was then the very end
of Bird Road. When I
started at Southwest, I only
knew a few kids from the
Village Green area.
I missed the friends I had
grown up with and spent my
first year traveling back
and forth to visit them and
to go to events at Hialeah
High. It wasn't until my
junior year that I started
enjoying Southwest and it's
activities. I met and
started dating Eddie
Canady from the class of
'66 and became friends
with some of his friends.
We remained friends for
years, however, he is now
deceased.
I also was one of the
Cosmetology Girls. So,
many of my friends were from
the class of 1966, from my
Cosmetology class and
Village Green. I worked
at the Dadeland Mall
Cafeteria part-time at night
and on Saturdays and spent a
lot of time taking care of
my brothers, so wasn't
involved in many
extra-curricular
activities. I
unfortunately didn't have
the long time ties with the
Southwest area as many of my
classmates.
After High School, I worked
as a beautician at Rusies
Beauty Salon on Miller
Road. I quickly became a
Beauty School Dropout and
moved to
Gainesville and started at
Santa Fe Community College
and eventually received my
Masters Degree in Science
Education with a minor in
Biology. I taught and lived
in Flagler County 24 years
where we resided in Flagler
Beach.
My husband was promoted and
transferred to Savannah,
Georgia. I am now teaching
at an elementary school
known for its marine biology
curriculum, partnership with
the University of Georgia
and it's Marine Science
Center.
We spend much of our time
visiting our children and
caring for our parents.
Both my parent's and my
husband's parents are ill
and still reside in Florida,
so we take turns with our
siblings caring for them.
We were very active in our
little church in Flagler
County. We sang in the
choir and my husband played
the trumpet in our praise
band.. So far we have not
found a church home here in
Savannah like we had back
in Flagler. I miss that
fellowship and friendship.
We enjoy being with one
another and gardening,
boating, fishing and
cooking. We have six
children ranging from 25 to
34 years old and seven
grandchildren from 9 months
to 10 years old. We
have another grandson
(already dubbed Sammy) due
Christmas day 2007.
Here's what's up with our
children. Amanda is
a pre-school teacher here in
Savannah. Jason is living
in Boston and is a graphic
designer credited with one
of the first Islands of
Adventures
logos for Disney
Enterprises. Heather is a
nursing student at Mayo in
Jacksonville. Travis is in
the Navy and was a crew
chief on a P3 over Iraq.
He will be commissioned in
December of this year as
Chief Warrant Officer and
will start pilot school at
the same time. We plan on
being present at his
commission ceremony. He's
now stationed in Portland,
Maine. LeAnn, the oldest,
is a Branch manager of a
Wachovia Bank in Tampa.
Emily is a case manager of
Social Services at Embraced
by Grace adoption
agency in Daytona.
I was delighted to see
everyone's picture at the 40
year reunion. It looked
like a lot of fun. I
would love to attend one of
the mini-reunions and hope I
can make it to the 45th. I
did notice that in Pam
Bledsoe's 20 year reunion
pictures that there was a
question mark under my
name. I was dancing with
another person with a
question mark under his name
and with Linda Gunsch Camp.
Obviously, I didn't make a
big impression at that
reunion. I hope I can be
more involved in some of the
other mini-reunions.
August 18, 2007
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