The Howard W. Blake “Soulful Class” Of 1971 celebrated their 40th-year reunion last month at the Cruis-A-Cade. They started on Thursday with “Hospitality Night” and concluded the following Thursday with a “Spaghetti Dinner Celebration” at the home of Yvonne Glasgow.  Classmates came from as far as California and Virginia and as close as Ft. Myers and West Palm Beach, Florida. Class members in attendance were: front row kneeling from left to right: Marshall, Freddie Moore, Freddie Everhart, Dwight (Fishman) Bolden, Henry (Cheta Man) Carrington and Robert (Bobby) Reeder. 2nd Row: Gloria Thomas, Doris Williams, Deborah (Kirk) Warr, Mary (Jones) Randolph, Yvonne Glasgow, Willie Mae (Sails) Gregg. 3rd Row: Shirley (Fisher) Best, Freda Mitchell, Harriett (Chester) Watson, Charles Jackson, Carolyn (Flowers) Dix, Denise (Franklin) Wester, Latrell (Thomas) Ghant, Cindy Samuels, Helen Smith, Yvette (Ballard) Sims, Sylvia (Wallace) Harris. 4th Row: James Dix, Brenda (Pearson) Perry, Wanda Seigler, Robert (Tuley) Bell, Bonnie (Brown) Dukes, Melvin (Schoolboy) Monroe, Gussie (Bigham) Albury, Coach Winston Davis (Class President) and Gregory (Nick) Griffin.