Ladies Luncheons

When we heard that several out of state classmates planned to be in Baton Rouge over the 4th of July holiday, we decided to start a ladies luncheon event. A total of 15 attended, including several daughters. We hope that this can become an annual affair. If you have any suggestions about dates or places (maybe we can go to Texas sometime because we have many classmates there), email mhaustin2001@yahoo.com
Please note: It was easier to just go with maiden names to identify everyone.

We officially started a monthly ladies luncheon group in October 2006. Five of us met at Calendar's and had a great time catching up again. We decided to try to get together the 2nd Monday of each month. We meet at 11:45 at Calendar's on Perkins Road. We try to keep the same schedule each month so that any out-of-towners coming to BR can possibly make plans to attend. Emails are sent out to everyone whose current email addresses we have. If you're in BR at any other time and want to get together, just email us - we can always add an extra lunch date during the month! Hope to see you there!

Please check out the Recent Family Pictures while you're on the website - I am adding new pictures as I get them. We'd love to enjoy everyone's pictures! Send them to mhaustin2001@yahoo.com or mail me a copy to scan.

There were two more ladies luncheons where we traveled to Madisonville and Mary Lynne was able to join us for lunch. We sat on the deck overlooking the Tchefuncte River at Friends Coastal Restaurant. We stopped meeting for the summer and fall schedules proved to be too busy for anyone to attend, so we now meet for an occasional lunch. Please let us know if you are going to be in town - we're always up for lunch!

March 16th, 2009 - Lunch
Lunch at 11:30 at Italian Pie
We had a good group of six - Sandra, Martha, Susie, Helen, Virginia, and Annell. We enjoyed catching up with everyone, see pictures of grandchildren, and the good food! Martha & Susie brought up the idea they had been working on for a 45th reunion - everyone seemed enthusiastic - so the wheels are in motion to have a 45th class reunion the weekend of Feb. 13th, 2010. Mardi Gras is Feb. 16th, 2010 - we thought that might be extra incentive to come for the reunion & stay to enjoy Mardi Gras.

Feb. lunch was cancelled

Jan. 12, 2009
Lunch at Calendars - 11:30
Attending were Helen, Martha, with granddaughter Elyse, Penny, Susan, and Mary S.

Festive Christmas Luncheon at the LSU Faculty Club
Monday, Dec. 8th, 2008 - 11:30

Nov. 11th - at the Grapevine Cafe in Donaldsonville - 11:30
Lunch was enjoyed by all who attended - the food was great - and there was a unanimous decision to have another lunch there in the near future - but maybe sooner! One problem is that it is not open on Mondays.

Oct. 13th Lunch

Six of us met for lunch at Calendars after an extended summer break. Penny, Martha, Helen, Susie, Annell, and Erin got together to catch up from the summer and to share Gustav tales and pictures of grandchildren. We also decided to "expand" the scope of our lunches and hope to go to an outlying area of Baton Rouge for a fun time of food and shopping.

June 16th Lunch

Helen, Martha and Sandra had a wonderful lunch and chat at Calendars - Sandra was home for a few days - it was great to get to see her! Sandra is expecting a 2nd grandchild, a granddaughter later in the fall.

May 12th Lunch

We had a nice group of six for lunch, including Penny, Martha, Susie, Mary S., Virginia, and Helen. We saw new pictures of Susie's 2 grandchildren, Mary S. grandson, Helen's newest granddaughter, and Martha's newest granddaughter. We decided to go to a relaxed summer schedule of getting together for any special visitors from out of town (or special occasions) during the summer whenever we decide - so be sure to let someone know if you're planning to be in Baton Rouge this summer and would like to meet the group for lunch!

April 14th Lunch

Message from Penny: "Life got in the way for this month’s lunch so we’ll regroup next month."

March 17th, 2008 lunch

We had a wonderful lunch at The Little Village. We especially enjoyed visiting with Sandra, from Texas, who
was visiting in BR for part of the Easter holidays. Also attending were Martha, Penny, Susie, Annell, and Susan.
It is so nice to meet with a special group that has shared so many years together in school. It is also very interesting to learn
details and different points of view about events that we were unaware of or too self-absorbed to notice (most teenagers),
yet were all present for. We realized that even today, we were positively influenced by our high school experiences and teachers.
Helen was unable to attend - she was welcoming her newest grandchild, granddaughter Cameron Ellis,
and helping with grandson, Paul, the proud older brother. Congratulations Helen!

Helen w/ new granddaughter, Cameron Grandson, Paul and Granddaughter, Cameron

February 11th, 2008 lunch

Five of us met at The Little Village in downtown Baton Rouge. Our appetizer, Cheesy Bread, was really good. We all loved the restaurant, everyone's food was great, and the lunch prices were very reasonable. Apparently Monday lunches are not as crowded as normal. We all agreed to go back there for our March lunch. Enjoying conversation and lunch were: Penny, Martha, Virginia, Erin, and Kathryn.

January 14th, 2008 lunch

Seven of us met at Sammy's for lunch - Penny, Kathryn, Helen, Martha, Erin, Mary S., and Pam.
We visited, talked about current happenings, and passed around pictures of the grandchildren.

December 10th, 2007 Christmas lunch

We met at the Faculty Club on the LSU campus for a festive Christmas lunch. There were 7 of us -
Martha, Penny, Virginia, Susie, Helen, Erin, and Kathryn. We enjoyed visiting with each other, catching up on holiday plans
and planning our next event!

Luncheons were also held on October 8th, 2007 and November 12th, 2007

September 10th, 2007 lunch

Helen, Susie, & Martha met at Calendar's - ready to move into the fall season and put the long hot summer behind us. Through emails, the "lunch bunch" was asked to consider changing locations for lunch. We came up with several suggestions for Penny, so we might be having lunch at a different location in October. If you have any suggestions, please send them to Penny. Baton Rouge has a "never-ending" list of great places to eat! It was also suggested that we might want to have more communications about what we're all doing - one idea would be to send an email newsletter - but that would require input from everyone about what they're doing, any trips, news, etc. Hope to see everyone soon!

July and August 2007 - On vacation!

June 11th, 2007 lunch

We had a great group this month - there were 10 of us! Penny, Susie, Helen, Martha, Mary S., Susan, Kathryn, Erin, Virginia, and special guest, Sandra from Dallas! Lots of pictures of grandchildren were passed around and we all caught up on the latest news, adventures, etc. of the group. We are even thinking about adding more group activities, such as group chic movies, plays, drinks at Tsunami, etc. Any suggestions would be helpful!

Susan Mary S. Sandra Erin Susie

Kathryn Penny Martha Helen Virginia

May 14th, 2007 lunch

Four of us met for a fun lunch this month. Penny, Susie, Helen, and Martha attended. Susie brought pictures of her new grandson, Brendon, born April 12th. - a real cutie! Penny also told us that Virginia has another grandson, Wynn (her son's child) born on April 30th.

April 9, 2007 lunch

We had a great group of six at our April lunch. Penny, Susan, Martha, Virginia, Helen and Erin met and got to see pictures of Erin's 4 month old granddaughter. Virginia just became a grandmother again (her daughter's children) - this time of twins, a girl, Fairfax and a boy, Jack, born on April 9th! For those of you who may not know, Helen's husband of 27 years, Ed, passed away on Monday, March 26, 2007, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis. We were so glad that Helen was able to meet us for lunch - please keep her in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. We also decided that May would be our last regularly scheduled lunch before summer. ** The summer will be scheduled on a more impromptu basis - let us know if anyone from out of town is in town or if anyone working will have some time off, and we'll arrange to meet for lunch during the summer!

March 12, 2007 lunch

There were seven of us who met for lunch in March, including Sandra from Texas. Those attending were:
Erin K., Martha A., Penny S., Sandra M., Evalyn B., Mary D., and Susan K. (not pictured). Sandra was in for Spring Break visiting with her parents, sister, and brothers. She was "glad to be home again." She brought new pictures of her family, including her husband, son, daughter-in-law, grandson, and parents. Erin shared pictures of her new, precious granddaughter and Susan brought new Brownie Troop pictures and 7-A pictures - be sure to look for these on "Pictures from the Past".

February 12, 2007 lunch

Eight of us met at Calendar's to visit with each other and with Peggy, who was in BR from Dallas. Those attending were Penny S., Susan K., Pam H., Evalyn B., Peggy E., Martha H., Susie B., and Annell T. It was great to have Peggy back in BR.! Our lunches are getting longer and louder - really fun!

Martha, Peggy, Penny, Evalyn, Susie, Pam, Susan, Annell Peggy, Penny, Evalyn, Pam, Susan, Annell

January 2007 - no lunch

December 27, 2006 lunch

Six of us met at Calendar's to visit with Sandra, who was in from TX. We enjoyed visiting with each other and sharing pictures. It was a great Christmas season treat to be with "old" friends - not in age, but from the past!
There are more pictures to come. Kathryn also came but had to leave early - she is in the pictures that are coming soon. Erin couldn't come because her first grandchild was born on Wed., Dec.20 in Florida. Her name is Genevieve Erin and, of course, she is adorable. She will have photos in Jan. or Feb.

Helen, Susie, Susan, Sandra Susan, Susie, Helen, Martha, Sandra

Susan, Kathryn Whole group again

December 11th, 2006 lunch

Five of us met for the Dec. luncheon - Penny, Virginia, Mary S., Helen, and Martha. Several others had planned to come, but couldn't make it at the last minute. It has really been fun to meet on a regular basis and get to know each other again. Although we have all changed and grown over the years, there is still that common bond from our school years and we've found that we have not really changed all that much! Unfortunately, our planned camera person was sick, so no pictures this month. However, we haven't changed much since last month's picture!

Nov. 13th, 2006 luncheon


Martha H., Penny S., Susan K., Kathryn G., Susie B.,
Helen P., Mary D., Erin K., Annell T.